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As we all know, cavalry is the trump card of the era of cold weapons! A country without cavalry is doomed to be beaten!

Regarding this point, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, who was the first to propose riding and riding, once said, "It is not ten years to prepare for military control."

If a person does not fall off his horse, he can be trained in three days, but this does not mean that he is a qualified cavalryman. "Riding a horse without falling" is only the basic skill of horse riding, and "dancing with the horse" is a clever riding skill. Learning to ride is only the basic condition for becoming a cavalryman, and then countless training is needed to become a qualified cavalryman, and this time must be several years or even ten years of training.

The first large-scale counterattack against the Xiongnu by Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty was in the sixth year of Yuanguang, that is, in the 73rd year of the Han Dynasty. In that counterattack, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty used cavalry, with more than 50,000 elite cavalry! For this counterattack, the entire Dahan has been preparing for fourteen years! In fourteen years, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty trained 50,000 cavalry! It can be seen from this that for the Han people, who are mainly agricultural, how difficult it is to train cavalry!

Of course, there were no bilateral stirrups during the reign of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty (Note 1), so it was extremely difficult to train cavalry. The reason why the Holy Ancestor was able to sweep across the Central Plains and lay down the vast territory that later generations looked up to was largely because he invented the bilateral stirrup and the Takahashi saddle early and used them in actual combat.

But even with these two things, in terms of the difficulty of training cavalry, there is still a world of difference between the farming people and the nomads. In order to solve this problem, the wise and martial Emperor Shengzu had already made arrangements, which was an indispensable thing in various universities - riding lessons!

At every university, no matter where it is, riding lessons are compulsory for students. This is Han Shengzu making reserves for the cavalry. Once the country needs to recruit cavalry on a large scale. These college students who can ride horses are the best reservists!

This is also the key reason why the Han Empire has never lacked elite cavalry.

Of course, riding lessons at university are more than just horseback riding. Soon after Shen Yun came to this era, he went to take a riding class, in this class, in addition to practicing horse riding, he also needed to practice obstacle crossing, riding and archery, as if he was conducting small-scale military training. However, they were students at that time, and there was no need to learn systematic combat.

After selecting the war horses and preparing the horses, Shen Yun and the five of them once again became horsemen and took good care of the war horses they chose. Because each horse has its own temperament and character, and as the only companions on the battlefield, they need to run in with each other.

After two months of such boredom, when they had a preliminary tacit understanding with their horses, Zhang Mo finally came to inform them that they could officially learn to ride and fight. And let them go to the baggage department to get the armor and equipment necessary for the real cavalry, and set off with the brigade three days later. Rushed to the grassland outside the clouds to rest.

The eighth day of December in 1002. Zhaowu University Cavalry Training Ground - Yunwai Grassland.

The first sunny day after the snow. The ground is covered with snow, and the mountains in the distance are covered in silver, and the vastness of the northern scenery is fully revealed.

Shen Yun rode on a horse, looking at this place, which was called Chahar by later generations, and his mood was agitated.

Looking back, the south is Yunzhou (i.e., Datong). It and Youzhou and Yanzhou in the east rely on the Yanshan Mountains to draw a natural dividing line between farming people and nomadic people. In the history of later generations, countless sons and daughters of the Han family went forward one after another in order to guard the defense line of the Sixteen Prefectures of Youyun. Forget to fight to the death, until the corpses are piled up, but they still can't stop the nomads from invading the land of the Han family in the south.

But now, this is only a training ground for the Han to train cavalry, and the vast grassland of the Yunwai grassland has become a place for the Han to graze horses. The Holy Ancestor often said that "the best defense is to attack" has also become the creed of all Han soldiers! What pride and domineering this is!

Shen Yun, who was well aware of historical changes, had to sigh deeply.

Of course, it didn't feel that way for the other four. They don't know what misfortune the Han nation will suffer after the Three Kingdoms without the appearance of the Han Shengzu, they don't know what kind of misfortune they will encounter, they don't know the shame of Jingkang, and they don't know that "there is no China after Yashan......

Looking at the sky and the cloudy prairie, as well as the Han cavalry galloping on this grassland, Shen Yun muttered in his heart: "It's good not to know, just let this not happen again!" Han people will always be the masters here! ”

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"What are you muttering? Hurry up and keep up! The commander of the fifth company reprimanded.

Shen Yun, who was still intoxicated with the state of "everyone is drunk and I am awake alone", was awakened by this reprimand, hurriedly cheered up, pulled the reins of the horse, and the mount under his crotch staggered and ran.

"Shen Yun, the speed is so slow, how can you keep up with the army?" The stern tone of the fifth consecutive one really made Shen Yun a little crying and laughing.

The fifth company has a total of 200 cavalry cadets, plus Shen Yun's new recruit, there are 205 people, a total of 410 horses, but no horse will be as strange as this mutant horse under Shen Yun's crotch.

The previously emaciated foal has changed dramatically in the past two months. The height of less than 1.7 meters has suddenly grown to 2 meters, and the weight has increased from 280 catties to 420 catties.

This kind of situation, which is the same as eating hormones, once made other students come to learn the experience of raising horses, and even the people from the baggage department, logistics department and school affairs office went to Shen Yun to learn from him. For this reason, Shen Yun and the others were really complacent for a few days. Zhong Lisi's big mouth even boasted everywhere about how discerning he was when he chose the war horse, and how he tried his best to make Shen Yun, who originally looked down on this horse, choose this horse as the war horse...... It's shameless. If this trend continues, Zhong Lisi will soon boast of himself as Bole alive.

But when it was time to start horseback riding training, Shen Yun was completely wilted. Zhong Lisi, this guy walked around, and when others asked about this horse, he had an expression that he didn't recognize, not like he wanted to snatch custody of this horse with Shen Yun in the first place.

After all, it's the increasingly majestic horse that can't walk!

Well, it's not that they can't walk, it's just that they don't walk in the same way as other horses. While other horses step on their front legs first and then push forward with their hind hooves, this horse has two legs at the same time, just like some people walk hand and foot together. Not to mention the rider, many times it can trip over a horse when it walks alone—a veritable horse belly......

Such a strange horse, let alone Shen Yun, even the veterans in the army have never seen it. Second Lieutenant Chen also came from the Northwest Racecourse to observe once, and finally wiped his mouth and smacked his mouth twice: "This is really strange, I have never seen anything like this before!" ”

Zhong Lisi was blindly coaxed beside him: "Yuan Rang, you horse is limping, like a rabbit, the Holy Ancestor Wu Gong Lu Bu once had a famous horse red rabbit, or you call it a lame rabbit!" ”

"Go, go, go! It's not messy enough to stay on the side! Shen Yun was in a mess before he finally drove this annoying guy away.

But when he turned his head, he saw the "lame rabbit" shaking his head and shaking his head on the side, still looking at him with disdain. Shen Yun almost slaughtered it in a fit of rage.

After two months of training, others are almost ready to touch the knife, but Shen Yun is still competing with the "lame rabbit", and this pain is really not enough for outsiders. Fang Cheng persuaded Shen Yun several times, or simply return the "lame rabbit" to the Northwest Horse Farm. Pick a new war horse. But Shen Yun was also stubborn and made an oath. It has to be trained.

Of course. Shen Yun didn't want to give up, which was also related to the increasingly powerful appearance of this "lame rabbit". To be honest, judging from the appearance alone, the "lame rabbit" is a well-deserved horse! Straight and smooth back, no variegated dark mane, and a majestic horse head with a high head. And the three-petaled horse's mouth that resembles a rabbit, the strong legs, the solid and heavy hooves - everything is in line with the description of a thousand miles of horses in the "Soma Sutra"! According to Zhong Lisi's words, he didn't have the face to say that this was not a good horse when he poured chili peppers on the water tiger chair for the traitor!

But it's a good horse that everyone is optimistic about. But you can't fucking walk!? This is really sad Shen Yun. No, the fifth company rushed to the grassland outside the clouds to rest, and the whole company walked the slowest with Shen Yun - even the reserve horse was in front, and the "lame rabbit" was still limping forward.

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Whenever winter falls, the cavalry scientists of Zhaowu University will rush to the Yunwai grassland to rest. Winter is not suitable for cavalry training, and even less for cavalry combat. At this time, the cavalry of the First Class Regiment, except for those who have no combat mission, will also rush here for winter rest. This is also the reason why the cavalry scientists of Zhaowu University are more elite than other military schools after graduation - they have been in contact with the elite cavalry from the very beginning, and they are superior in theory and momentum.

The southern part of today's Yunwai Grassland is under the jurisdiction of Yunzhou, and to the north is the empire's Duxin Prefecture. Duxin Prefecture is equivalent to Inner Mongolia in later generations, and further north is Beihai Prefecture, which is equivalent to Outer Mongolia in later generations. Today, people living in Duxin and Beihai are also Han Chinese.

Of course, these Han people are not Han people in the traditional sense, but nomadic people conquered by the Holy Ancestor during his Northern Expedition to the West, including the Naibarians, the Tatars, the Mierbegs, and the Uluda...... However, these titles are already history, and now the people here are all called Han people.

In fact, in the era of cold weapons, when electrification did not rise, the Han dynasty, which was dominated by agricultural civilization, conquered the grasslands countless times, but finally had to give up because it could not effectively rule here. The nomads were thus able to recuperate, and then rose again, taking advantage of the weakness of the Han dynasty, and began to invade the south again and again......

After the Holy Ancestor Zhongxing Dahan, he was thinking about how to solve this problem permanently, and came up with corresponding measures, that is, "the same folk customs, no different"! It means that the nomads in Duxin Prefecture and Beihai Prefecture are also treated as Han Chinese, and they do not discriminate!

Of course, it must be said that this policy was actually adopted by Li Shimin, Taizong of the Tang Dynasty. But he used this policy to cause a monstrous disaster to the Han people later, and even almost wiped out the country because of it!

On the one hand, the endless support of the Han people for the nomads made it easy for these nomads to obtain iron, salt, and various materials that they could not easily obtain in the previous Han dynasty. On the other hand, these nomads do not regard themselves as Han Chinese at all, and they have no concept of defending the interests of the Han people in their minds, and only think that the Han people are the Kaizi who give what they want. Finally, the nomads learned the cultural ideas of the Han people and various advanced military techniques and military ideas. This was the deadliest beginning of the Han Chinese.

After the image of the prosperous Tang Dynasty collapsed, the Han people could no longer effectively suppress the nomads, both militarily and culturally, the nomads learned. But they did not identify with the identity of the Han people in their bones.

The nomads learned from the Han how to manage, how to conquer, how to create, and even how to develop, and the regimes they created one after another were no longer chaotic and disorderly, but purposefully enslaved and destroyed the Han people. Even the later Han emperor Zhao Kuangyin couldn't defeat the Liao State established by the nomads, and the sixteen states of Youyun became the eternal luxury of the Song Dynasty......

In the years that followed, the Han people no longer had an absolute advantage over the surrounding nomads, so that there was a mountain wail. The change of Jiashen...... Until a wisp of gunpowder smoke from Humen ignited the beginning of China's humiliating modern history......

Far from it, in short, Tang Taizong's kind of "fraternity" cannot be learned, especially when it is impossible to guarantee that the Han people themselves will always be strong.

Han Shengzu obviously also took this into account, so although he adopted the strategy of "being the same as folk customs, no different", it was a method to completely erase the nomads at the root.

First of all. He did not allow the nomads to retain their respective titles and surnames, as Tang Taizong did, but changed all of them to Han Chinese titles. They are even required to change their language, clothing, customs, habits, and so on. This was not obvious at first, and the resistance was fierce. However, after a hundred years of persistent suppression and killing by the elite army of the empire, the effect has been very significant - of course, all under the premise of the absolute strength of the Han Chinese army.

Secondly, build a city by cultivating roads, and replace faces with points. The nomadic space of the nomadic people. The reason why the Han dynasty was repeatedly unable to completely conquer the grassland was largely because the grassland was too vast and there were no obvious roads to pass. Therefore, the Han Shengzu migrated the Han people's method of building straight roads to the grassland and built castles. Control the nomadic range of the nomads.

Of course, this kind of castle is not a high city like the Central Plains, but a castle imitated from the West, the castle only garrisons, not people's livelihood, and the garrison uses wheels to avoid assimilation. With the protection of the straights, this is not difficult. Nowadays, there are more than 100,000 large, medium and small castles in Duxinzhou, Beihai Prefecture and Northwest Xinzhou, the big castle can accommodate 10,000 soldiers, the middle castle can garrison 4,000 soldiers, and the small castle garrison 800 soldiers, densely spread out in the vast grassland and northwest land, and these new state lands are completely and firmly in the hands of the Han people.

Again, select young children to enroll, Sinicization education, and completely cut off the cultural inheritance of nomads.

Finally, to shepherd the army, the military and pastoral unity. That's what Shobu University is doing today. In Dushin Prefecture and Beihai Prefecture, any place can be used as a training ground for the imperial army, and the generations of emperors after the Holy Ancestor also attached great importance to cavalry because they also had to launch a holy war to open up the territory, and every once in a while the most elite cavalry would be sent here to carry out various suppression of bandits and military exercises.

Now, 500 years later, there is no alien figure in the entire grassland, and the nomadic people on this grassland call themselves the "wranglers" among the Han people!

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Shen Yun and the others arrived at Yunwai Fort, which was the closest to Yunzhou City on the Yunwai Grassland, which was a large fort that could accommodate 10,000 soldiers. However, in normal times, only one song of the first army of Yunzhou Second Class is stationed here.

The cavalry that had not yet graduated from Zhaowu University moved in a company, and by the time the Fifth Company arrived here, many of the cavalry companies enrolled in 998, 999, 1000, and 1001 had already arrived - of course, not all companies would go to Yunwai Fort, and some cavalry cadet companies would go to Chifeng Fort in the east, Ulan Fort in the west, or other big forts.

As the closest castle to Yunzhou City, Yunwai Fort has not many garrisons, but the scale is not necessarily small. The main body of the castle is made of black bricks burned from stone and black mud from the grassland, and the whole looks like a black earth mountain. The castle is less than ten miles in circumference, and the sharp towers that rise in four directions within the walls of the castle stand out. There is also a watchtower at the top, which is enough to observe the surrounding situation for twenty miles.

When the Fifth Company arrived at Yunwai Fort from the south straight, two long and loud bells rang from the south tower. This was to inform the comrades of the city gate, that more than two hundred of their own men were near. If the enemy is approaching, the number of bells indicates the number of enemy troops, one hundred or one thousand, depending on the urgency of the bell, accompanied by the sound of drums.

The semicircular castle gates were not opened, and as a military garrison, the castle had castle regulations. The time to put in the armed cadets was at noon, and there was still a little time before noon, so the cavalry scientists who arrived first were waiting at the door.

"Stinky face, why did you come so slowly this time?" As soon as the Fifth Company approached the castle, three horsemen rushed to him, and one of them sat on his horse and said to the Fifth Company.

The fifth company still had a cold face, and after a glance, he replied stiffly: "It's not too early for you to come from the fourth company, and the horse's belly belt hasn't been unfinished yet, right?" ”

The person who came was Zheng Ying, the commander of the fourth company of the cavalry department who entered the school in 998, and the word Guanyuan. Stinky Face is the nickname of the Fifth Company. Usually after the horse arrives at its destination. The knight will untie the horse's belly belt, so that the horse can get enough rest.

Zheng Ying looked behind him, smiled and stepped forward and said, "Aren't you waiting to enter the city!" I heard that you have a 'lame rabbit' warhorse, so I guess you should be late, no. I'm waiting for you with Hammer and Gong, so hurry up and introduce us. Which horse is the lame rabbit? ”

The hammer and the gong are both company commanders. The daimyo are Stone Hammer and Luo Oak, who were both enrolled with the Fifth Company at the beginning, and are considered very good friends.

Zheng Ying immediately picked up his feet and couldn't help but look behind the fifth company. I saw that at the back of the line, still a mile away, one person and one rider were still staggering closer. Wait to get closer. Zheng Ying and the others saw the walking posture of the "lame rabbit" clearly, and immediately laughed. No way, Shen Yun's horse walking posture is too cola.

"Hahahaha, damn it. This, this is really a 'lame rabbit'! Zheng Ying held his stomach and laughed very unvividly, pointed to Shen Yun who was walking slowly in the distance, and said, "Ouch, I'm laughing to death." I said stinky face, where did you get such a strange thing? Can this kind of horse go to war? Hahahaha! ”

When someone said this about his soldiers, a trace of anger appeared on the cold face of the Fifth Company, and he said coldly: "Where did you recruit them?" Take care of your own soldiers! ”

Luo Xiang next to him was a master who was not afraid of many things, and immediately smiled: "Yingzi, people don't like your pot at all, haha, do you want to fight like at the beginning, and try to fight the two?" ”

Zheng Ying smiled, not instigated by Luo Oak at all, and said: "His grandmother's, Lao Tzu is not crazy, our entire cavalry section, who doesn't know that the stinky face is the best, ring the gong You fucking this is to provoke the feelings of your comrades, be careful I go to the director of the school office to report you." ”

"You go, you go, you dare to go, Lao Tzu will dare to lead someone to kick your nest overnight!" Luo Xiang was not stunned at all, and smiled and threatened.

This is obviously not the first time this has happened, and these people just like to talk like this. Fifth, it is really rare for a person with such an indifferent personality to get along with them so well.

The stone hammer was a man with five big and three thick, and when he saw that Zheng Ying and Luo Oak were done making trouble, he smiled and said, "Come on, don't make trouble, let the stinky face settle down the five companies first." By the way, I'll come over and discuss something later. So saying, he turned his horse's head and walked towards his company.

Zheng Ying and Luo Xiang finished laughing, and they didn't tease the fifth company anymore, and rushed back to their own company with a smile. After the fifth company had sorted out the team and most of the people had untied the horse's belly belt, Shen Yun was late. Fang Cheng, the last member of the team, hurriedly stepped forward and helped him untie the horse's belly belt, and at the same time carried all the baggage to the horse.

The equipment of a cavalry cadet is extremely complicated, and the equipment that Shen Yun received from the logistics department and the baggage department includes: three sets of training uniforms and three sets of satin underwear, the underwear is to prevent the arrows from having barbs and it is difficult to pull them out after entering the body; a pair of high riding boots; a four-stone bow, five quivers; a military crossbow and a row of crossbow arrows; riding a knife; A short blade, depending on personal preference, it can be made separately; a hydration bladder; a leather cape; Two marching bags, one of which contained several packs of medicine and two bandages, and the other containing dry rations and beans for horses; Finally, a leather blanket for a night break.

This is only the equipment of the cadet soldiers, if it is a regular cavalry, there is also a set of cavalry armor (depending on the heavy cavalry and light cavalry), a flying axe (depending on the cavalry class), and several forage bags (depending on the type of troops, the weight of a forage bag is about twenty catties)......

Among these equipment, most of the combat weapons are placed on the preparation horses, except for the close-fitting ones, and the baggage such as forage will be placed on the logistics horses. However, this time he came to Yunwai Fort and was not equipped with logistics horses, so these equipment must be placed on war horses and reserve horses.

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After putting things in order, noon had arrived, and the gate slowly opened, a double gate, with a stone gate on the outside and a thick wooden door on the inside.

As soon as the door opened. The first thing that catches your eye is a large urn city, which is a unique feature of the castle with Han characteristics. And in the castles of Westerners, there is no urn city. However, the castles in the west were inhabited by residents, and the houses at the city gates were densely built and messy, which also had the effect of blocking the enemy's attack.

After the urn city is another double gate, behind the door is the only square in the castle, around the square is a thick fortress wall, the fortress wall is dozens of meters high, divided into several layers, each floor has a room, as a place for the garrison to rest and cantonment weapons and food.

It's a paramilitary base. There are no civilian facilities. There are also two wells in the castle, and inside the castle walls, there will be a huge tank of water every fifty meters or so, which will be filled with water. This is to prevent the enemy from burning the castle or being besieged by enemy troops. It is used when the water source is cut off. In addition, these tanks can also be used to exercise the physical fitness of soldiers - the height of one tank is 1.8 meters. The inner space can be squeezed into ten heavily armed soldiers at a time. You can imagine how much physical effort it takes to fill a tank of water.

It must be added that the architectural pattern of all castles in the Han Empire was the same. In some counties, even the castle is stockpiled with the same location for weapons and food. This is because the castle garrisons are all rotational, and an army will not be stationed in a castle for more than half a year, and the remote frontier will not be more than a year. The building pattern and the same place to place supplies save time for soldiers to familiarize themselves with the castle. In the event of a war, the soldiers who came from afar to support could immediately enter the combat state. There is no need to re-acquaint yourself with the castle.

In the square of Yunwai Fort, the local garrison had long been lined up on both sides to welcome the cavalry scientists who came this winter. The company commanders naturally went to the meeting with the garrison corps in the fort, and the others went to settle the war horses and their own sleeping beds under the leadership of the local garrison according to the establishment.

Generally speaking. The second floor of the castle was where the knights rested, while the first floor was the stables. Each room on the second floor has five beds and a toilet. The toilet has a sewer and a large iron pillar that is hugged by one person runs from the top floor to the first floor. Between the second and first floors, the sewer was empty, and a fat man like Pang Tong could hold the sewer and slide to the first level. This design allows the knights of the second floor to quickly descend from this sewer in case of emergency, and then ride their horses to fight - a bit like the room design of a modern fire brigade.

Every part of the castle is designed for combat. Of course, the maintenance cost of such a castle is also staggering, just this all-iron sewer, the annual maintenance cost is a hundred gold coins! And it must be replaced once in fifteen years, once it is replaced, it is a big project, and the price of replacement is as high as 6,000 to 10,000 gold coins! Not to mention the maintenance and renovation of other facilities.

When the Blue Dian of the Imperial Bank criticized the Ministry of Accounts for "extravagance", it was said that the maintenance cost of a castle reported by the Ministry of Industry every year was as high as 40,000 gold coins! In a year, 100,000 castles across the country need 400,000 gold coins to maintain them! There is also the garrison's grain and grass, baggage, etc., and the castle alone, the household department must allocate 10 million or more!

But the real situation is that among the more than 100,000 castles in the empire today, there are not many that are really still in perfect use, and the big castles in Beihai Prefecture and Duxin Prefecture can undoubtedly still be used normally, and many medium castles can no longer be garrisoned, and countless small castles have been abandoned. As for those new states in the northwest, there are only a handful of small castles that can really be used.

If those large, medium and small castles can still be used normally, why did the Ganzhou and Suzhou legions sent troops from Moshan fight to the death with the Yueshi people in Luntai City? Even relying on a small castle is enough to make the Yueshi people sink into the sand.

Although the castle is in ruins, the annual maintenance costs of the castle reported by the Privy Council to the Executive Yuan have not decreased, but have increased year by year. It's not that some generals or officials have embezzled it! This is an inevitable situation for any empire that has been in peace for a long time! It's a sighing situation!

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Pulled away, back to Yunwai Castle.

As the closest big fort to Yunzhou City, and it is a must-visit resting place for the cavalry department of Zhaowu University every year, the maintenance work of Yunwai Fort is still good, at least every room is cleaned neatly, and it looks like a soldier. Of course, this is the second layer, and above is where the infantry live, so Shen Yun doesn't know.

There were ten companies of cadets arriving at Yunwai Fort this time, with 2,000 and 50 men and 4,100 horses. Of course, this point of people is trivial to Yunwai Castle.

According to the garrison arrangement. The fifth company was arranged to the northwest corner of Yunwai Fort. They had put their supplies and horses in order, and it was almost dusk. Shen Yun and the five of them went to the castle for the first time to rest, and there were many things to learn. As for the rest of the Fifth Company, they were all used to running the castle, and they didn't need to study alone.

Before dinner, Zhang Mo took Shen Yun and the five people to visit Yunwai Fort and told them about the various facilities of the castle. Generally speaking, the large fort is divided into four gates, the middle fort is three, and the small fort is two. There were no moats, only moats. The castle fort wall is in the shape of a spiral. The big fort has four floors, and so on, the small fort has only two floors. The four walls of the east, west, north and south are connected, and soldiers from all directions can support each other at any time.

Each floor of the fort wall can accommodate two horses running side by side, compared to the city of the old state. The distance between the walls is not too wide, this is for the time of the soldiers' support. At the same time, there is a watchtower at the highest point in the center of the city. There is the command center. There are bells, drums, flags and other command tools, and once there is a battle, the supreme commander is there to direct the battle of the whole fort. Once the enemy attacked there, the castle was also announced.

Shen Yun followed behind Zhang Mo, listening to his explanations from time to time, and couldn't help but deeply admire the designer of the castle. Such a castle. Even if there are only a few hundred people to defend, as long as the baggage can be guaranteed, thousands of troops and horses will not want to attack it. However, when Zhang Mo said that the design model of the castle was proposed by the Holy Ancestor and perfected by the Ministry of Industry. Shen Yun was also relieved.

The Holy Ancestor, the predecessor who traveled through the time, really finished everything! It seems that I just need to get a good feel for my military life and wait to go home and enjoy it.

Shen Yun said in his heart.

On the fortress wall, not only Shen Yun's army was visiting. Along the way, from time to time, you can see the cadets of other companies who have just entered the cavalry section through the expansion order, and they are also visiting various places under the leadership of the corporate soldiers of the company.

In fact, Shen Yun asked Zhang Mo a long time ago, why were they, the children of the nobles who came in through the expansion order, directly assigned to the senior year, shouldn't they start learning from the freshman year?

Regarding this question, Zhang Mo rolled his eyes helplessly and said: "First of all, the age, you have all finished college, do you still want to start studying again from your freshman year?" You agree, and none of the nobles behind you will agree; In fact, the content of the first three years of study at Zhaowu University is not much different from that of ordinary universities, so it is pointless to let you study again; Finally, there is time, next year there will be a rebellion in the northwest, and only from the senior year onwards will you be able to catch up. ”

The last sentence made Shen Yun very frightened for a while. But when you think about having so many people together, I'm not so worried.

Zhang Mo took the five of them, circled around the fort wall, and finally stopped at the fort wall in the northwest, took a deep breath, and said loudly: "Soldiers, take a good look at this round of sunset!" The vastness and majesty of the vast grassland can be truly displayed in front of you at this moment! ”

Shen Yun followed Zhang Mo's gaze, a bleak grassland was covered with snow, like a white ocean, stretching to the end of heaven and earth, where a blood-red sunset hung between heaven and earth! Red and white outline the beautiful scenery at this moment, the sun pours out, blending with white, like the bright fireworks across the sky, which is intoxicating!

Just when everyone was indulging in this beautiful scenery, suddenly three bells rang!

"Phew...... Wow...... Wow......"

"What's the situation?"

"What's wrong?"

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A sound of confusion suddenly sounded on the wall of the fort. I don't know when, those new students who have been recruited through the expansion have also gathered on this fort wall.

Zhang Mo immediately shouted: "Don't mess up, this is three hundred cavalry approaching, listen carefully." If there is a drum sound, it means that it is the enemy! ”

"I'd like to have a drum beat!" Someone next to him shouted.

Zhang Mo also thought of the location, this is the heart of the empire, how can there be enemies?! He smiled and said, "Let's see which direction it's from!" You all keep your eyes open and look at it, the people who can come to Yunwai Fort at this time should be the elite of the first-class legion, which is enough for you to open your eyes! ”

The elite of the First Class Legion?

This sentence immediately aroused everyone's curiosity. Shen Yun is no exception.

I have always heard that the nine first-class legions of the empire are the pillars of the Han Empire, especially the three cavalry legions of flying cavalry, hussars and flying eagles, which are the nightmare of all Westerners!

At this time, someone shouted: "Look, over there, it's cavalry!" Wow, that's mighty! ”

Everyone looked at it in unison and couldn't help but be deeply shocked.

Due west. A cavalry of about three hundred men galloped from a distance. The remnant sun is like blood, the iron horses are galloping, and the white cloak is flying behind them, what a magnificent picture!

The procession moved very fast, and in the blink of an eye, the team advanced a full hundred paces—the result of galloping with all their might.

"It's the Flying Cavalry, it's the Flying Cavalry!" Some people who saw the flag in front of the team shouted. The sound is crisp and loud!

Everyone was even more boiling. However, there are various reasons for boiling, most people are because they saw the legendary flying cavalry, and Shen Yun is boiling because he heard a familiar voice!

Yes. A familiar voice that can't be more familiar - Princess Duanping, Zhou Hui!

The crisp shout just now was made by Princess Duanping, and Shen Yun would never hear it wrong.

He quickly turned around and wandered the crowd behind him. Eyes freeze instantly.

Zhou Hui was wearing an ordinary cavalry uniform, and was talking and laughing loudly with several female soldiers in the same costume beside her. Qingli and moving face with a heroic spirit. Her thin lips were upturned, with her own stubborn head that refused to admit defeat, and her big eyes were looking at the flying cavalry galloping outside the city!

Shen Yun couldn't help but bump into Fang Cheng beside him, Fang Cheng was also excited by the arrival of the Flying Cavalry, but as Shen Yun's gaze looked, he opened his mouth wide in shock. almost shouted, but fortunately, Shen Yun reacted quickly, covered him, and lowered his voice: "Don't shout!" Our identities are kept secret. She's even more! ”

Fang Cheng reacted, dodged Shen Yun's hand, and said in a low voice, "What's the matter?" Why did she come too? ”

Shen Yun stretched out his hands: "Where do I know where to go?" I want to ask you! ”

Fang Cheng frowned and said, "Go over, ask her!" ”

Shen Yun and the others were the first to arrive here, so they stood at the front of the fort wall, while Zhou Hui and the other female soldiers should have been later, so they stood on the outermost, close to the southwest. Shen Yun and Fang Cheng were about to squeeze out to ask Zhou Hui. At this moment, the rumbling drums of the troops rang out from the watchtower.

The drum of the gathering of troops sounds, and within the sound of the drum of the three ways, the soldiers must gather at the designated position. This kind of training had already been skillful during the training, and the cadet soldiers on the fort wall immediately moved, and under the command of their respective school soldiers, they quickly lined up and poured down the fort wall. Zhou Hui went down in the first wave, and it was too late for Shen Yun and Fang Cheng to chase after him.

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After the sound of the three drums, Shen Yun's army stood in the northwest corner of the square, but not at the front of the team, but in the back row of the fifth company.

The garrison of Yunwai Fort had long been lined up on both sides, from the square to the urn city. The reason for such a grand welcome ceremony is the most important thing is the military flag of the Flying Cavalry Guard.

As we all know, the Flying Cavalry Guard is the descendant of His Royal Highness Duke Hu, not to mention that Yunwai Fort is directly under the cover of the Flying Cavalry Guard, just saying that His Royal Highness Duke Hu is the sacrificial wine of Zhaowu University, it is also worth waiting for Shen Yun and others here.

Three hundred cavalry, that is to say, the leader is at least a company commander, or even a battalion commander, although not as big as the Qu of Yunwai Fort, but how to say that they are also first-class legions, and Yunwai Fort is only the station of the second-class legion - the officers of the first-class legion are promoted to the second-class legion.

The gates opened, and three hundred horsemen rumbled into the city. Shen Yun heard the sound of the horseshoe hitting the ground from afar, which was a little messy and untidy.

Zhong Lisi stood behind Shen Yun and pouted in a low voice: "What about the first-class legion, why is the pace of this horse so messy!" ”

"Shh Today, Fang Cheng was on duty as the captain of the army, and when he heard Zhong Lisi speak, he was busy reminding him not to speak. But in my heart, I also didn't think much of the flying cavalry who couldn't even walk neatly.

Naturally, the Qu Chang of Yunwai Fort did not need to go directly to the door to greet him, but stood in the middle of the square, waiting for the flying cavalry to come in.

When the three hundred flying cavalry troops arrived at the square through the inner city gate, the faces of those who had thoughts with Zhong Lisi, Fang Cheng and others changed at the same time, and they no longer dared to show contempt.

Indeed, the steps of the three hundred flying cavalry were not neat when they walked on horseback, and even the cavalry armor on their bodies was a little worn and messy, and several of the cavalrymen did not even wear helmets, revealing their already somewhat long hair. But the spirit of their horses was really impressive! There are even some cavalry cavalry armor with swords and axes on the marks, and the few soldiers who are not wearing helmets are all wounded on the head and wrapped in thick gauze with blood stains!

Maybe it was because they felt the contemptuous eyes of the cadet soldiers, when these flying cavalry soldiers walked by, their eyes swept slightly towards the cadet soldiers, but this bundle of simple eyes was full of indifference and arrogance for life!

A true division of a hundred battles!

This is the thought that rises in the hearts of all cadet soldiers.

Shen Yun had already learned the might of the Flying Cavalry Army, but that time he saw the Flying Cavalry Cadet Soldiers, and they conducted the graduation assessment - crossing three thousand miles without bearing weight - compared with the soldiers Shen Yun saw at that time, these talents in front of him can be regarded as real elite cavalry, right?!

Shen Yun looked at the flying cavalry walking by, and there was a trace of envy in his eyes. At this time, the Qu Chang of Yunwai Fort had already taken a step forward and said loudly: "I am Gong Mao, the first Qu Chang Major of the First Division of the Second Town and the Second Brigade of the First Division of the First Army of the Yunzhou Second Class Regiment of the Great Han Dynasty, and I dare to ask the number of Pao Ze!" ”

Although everyone saw the banner of the Flying Cavalry at the front, according to the regulations, Gong Mao still had to ask such a question.

The knight at the front of the three hundred cavalry turned over and dismounted, neatly clean, only to see that he was wearing a gilded helmet, and his body was a flowing cloud riding armor, and the white cloak behind him was already a little worn......

"I am Lieutenant Colonel Liu Zhen, the first general of the First Brigade of the First Town of the First Cavalry Guard Division of the First Infantry Guard of the First Regiment, and I was ordered to withdraw from the front line in Beihaizhou. This is an order from the military department, please check it with Major Gong. The hearty and rigid voice spread throughout the square, and the voice was a little rough, but it could be heard that the person did not seem to be very old.

Shen Yun and Fang Cheng were shocked at the same time.

Liu Zhen? Is it the same Liu Zhenma who was in the Praetorian Guard? Fang Cheng looked at Shen Yun with a puzzled face.

And Shen Yun also wondered at the same time, Liu Zhen? Was it Liu Zhen who followed him to Fusang Prefecture to find revenge from the tribe?

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Note 1: The cavalry really became the king of the battlefield because of two things - the bilateral stirrup and the Takahashi saddle. In real history, there were unilateral stirrups in the Warring States Period, but I don't know if it was a conceptual problem or some other reason, and bilateral stirrups did not really take shape until the Western Jin Dynasty after the Three Kingdoms. As for the saddle, the cavalry before the Han Shengzu had a saddle, but it was not safe enough, and the cavalry could easily hurt the crotch when sitting on the horse. (To be continued.) For mobile phone users, please go to read. )