The matter of protecting the good breed has its own special person to do it, Duan Cheng and they don't care at all, they look at these sweaty and bloody BMWs, and they can't walk.

Liu Hong knows that the status of sweaty BMW in the hearts of men in ancient times is similar to that of sports cars in the hearts of men in later generations, and it is even more important.

No matter how stupid Liu Hong is, he can't know about this kind of thing of winning people's hearts, so he said directly: "Duan Aiqing, I don't ride these horses very much, it's a pity to let them go." Although there are not many of them, it is enough to give a few responsible points to your military aircraft department, so you are welcome, one person picks one, right? ”

"Ah, Your Majesty, are these sweaty horses really given to us?"

"Of course, these sweaty horses, I will waste them, or you generals, ride them to gallop across the field. However, these horses are **, you should be careful when using them, so as not to affect their breeding. ”

"Thank Your Majesty for the reward, and the last general will definitely live up to Your Majesty's high expectations." Saying that, Duan Cheng and Liu Fu began to step forward to pick horses.

The Imperial Horse Supervisor is located in the West Garden, and the Military Aircraft Department is in the South Palace, not a few steps away. Therefore, when everyone in the military aircraft department heard that the emperor had rewarded them with the sweat and blood horses they had just obtained yesterday, they all ran over to pick up horses.

The person in charge of the military aircraft department is only Duan Cheng, Zhang Huan, Huangfu Gui, Li Ying, and Liu Fu, but there are ten sweaty horses, even if one of them picks one away, Liu Hong can still have half of it left.

The five of them finished picking the horses, but they didn't lead them back, and they all knew that this was **, for future use. So they left all their horses in the Imperial Horse Warden, and waited for the time to ride and then come and lead them.

Seeing that everyone had chosen their favorite horses, Liu Hong said: "Since all the generals have arrived, let's study the matter of cavalry." ”

Everyone also felt that the cavalry should be discussed. In the past, there was a shortage of horses, and it was impossible to set up a cavalry, but now it is different, Su Shuang has just sent 20,000 war horses, plus the previous ones, there are almost 30,000 war horses, and these horses can form a powerful cavalry.

"Yes, now that we have horses, we need to form cavalry as soon as possible. After all, cavalry is not easy to train, and it is impossible for them to form combat effectiveness in less than two years. ”

After listening to Zhang Huan's words, several others also nodded yes.

"Will it take two years for cavalry to form combat effectiveness?"

Seeing that Liu Hong was disgusted with the long time, Duan Cheng hurriedly explained, "Your Majesty, this is fast enough." If you hadn't figured out the Takahashi saddle and the stirrups, it would have been a lot longer. ”

"Can't you cut it down?" Liu Hong was very anxious, and he couldn't wait to immediately form a cavalry, sweep across the grassland, and grab all those places.

"Your Majesty, the last general knows that you are anxious. But our soldiers are not the same as those of the nomads. They grew up on horseback from an early age, and riding a horse became almost instinctive. And our soldiers have to go through a lot of practice to barely reach their level. ”

"It won't take two years, will it?" Liu Hong was still quite skeptical, and said: "Horseback riding is just a skill, and it will be fine to a certain extent." As long as the soldiers keep practicing, it shouldn't take long to reach this level. ”

"Your Majesty, how can we let the soldiers keep riding and training. Even if people can stand it, horses can't stand it. Zhang Huan explained: "If a horse is ridden too many times, its hooves will wear out quickly. If you don't do it carefully, the cavalry will not be able to form an army, and these horses will be scrapped. ”

"The horse's hooves are worn, so why not nail a horseshoe to it?" Liu Hong asked curiously.

"Nail the horseshoe? What is a horseshoe? Now, except for Liu Hong, everyone was puzzled.

Liu Hong didn't know exactly when the horseshoe was invented, but as soon as he heard their words, he knew that it had definitely not been invented yet.

"The horseshoe is what I read from a book that says that people put shoes on their feet in order not to hurt them. The same goes for horseshoe, which can also be shoeed to protect its hooves. So, after research, he made it into a horseshoe. ”

"It's a good idea to shoe horseshoe." After admiring it, Duan Cheng asked, "Your Majesty, what kind of horseshoe was invented by that man?" ”

"In this way, everyone has no intuitive impression, so let's just call a blacksmith and let him play a pair of horseshoes directly."

It was quite quick to do things for the emperor, and it didn't take long for someone to send a few freshly made horseshoes.

Several people came over to look at this inconspicuous little thing, and Liu Fu asked directly: "Your Majesty, how to bring this thing to the horse." ”

"It's easy, just nail it with a small nail, or how to call it a horseshoe."

"Nail it with a nail, then the horse won't hurt, right?" Liu Fu asked curiously.

"It shouldn't hurt." Liu Hong is not sure about this question, after all, he is not a horse, and he can't feel whether the horse hurts or not. However, according to common sense, horses should not hurt. But looking at the other people's appearances, they were all suspicious, but they were too embarrassed to ask. So in order to dispel their concerns, Liu Hong said directly: "If it hurts or not, just find a horse and try it." ”

Hearing this, everyone else nodded yes.

Nailing a horseshoe is very simple, even if it is the first time to nail, I am not very familiar with it, and it does not take long to nail the horse to the horseshoe. At this time, Liu Fu directly turned over on the horse and rode it for a long lap.

"Your Majesty, this horse should not hurt as usual."

Now that the experiment was successful, everyone was relieved. With such a treasure, Duan Cheng directly guaranteed the ticket, and guaranteed to train a powerful cavalry for the Han within a year.

"A year is not a short time, and it seems that in order to ensure a steady stream of cavalry replenishment in the future, I also have to popularize equestrian training among the people as soon as possible." Thinking of this, Liu Hong made up his mind, although the Han Dynasty lacked horses, but first put up those betting horses, horse racing, polo matches or something, and it was still okay to enhance the people's interest in equestrianism.

After making up his mind, Liu Hong began to ponder. The cavalry of the Han Dynasty is not classified, it is a kind of light cavalry. But he knew that there was another type of cavalry, that is, heavy cavalry.

Although the heavy cavalry had many disadvantages, it was an indisputable fact that the heavy cavalry was conducive to charging. In ancient times, this thing was almost quite a tank of later generations, so this thing also needs to be formed.

The heavy cavalry first appeared in the Northern and Southern Dynasties, and the most famous is the Tiefutu of the Jin State during the Song Dynasty. Now this thing is a brand new concept, so as soon as Liu Hong put it forward, everyone has a strong interest in him.

Heavy cavalry is very strict with horses, and they must be good horses. Otherwise, he would not be able to bear the burden, even if Liu Hong now had a lot of horses, after selection, he would only form a heavy cavalry of 2,000 people.

Compared with the heavy cavalry, the light cavalry is simple, as long as enough people are recruited, a cavalry team of 20,000 people will be formed.

The light cavalry formed an army, and Liu Hong found Gongsun Zan and asked him to take his 100 men to take charge of this cavalry team. Originally, Gongsun Chan was still young, and Liu Hong didn't want to put him in such a high position directly. But Liu Hong didn't have a suitable candidate in his hands, and then he thought that his white horse was so famous in history, so he was responsible.

After the light and heavy cavalry was formed, there were still a lot of war horses left, and Liu Hong pondered and formed the chariot team that had prevailed in history. On the battlefield, with heavy repeaters and small steel cannons or something, it is definitely a sharp weapon.