Chapter 141: Cavalry Across the Ages

"The reason is on this bellows." Lu Bu pointed with his hand and said with a smile.

Zhao Yun noticed that a guy was constantly pulling the bellows, he was sweating profusely at this time, Zhao Yun came to the bellows with curiosity, and looked at the bellows carefully for a while, he finally found that the wind direction is roughly the same as the principle of the bellows, but the air volume of the bellows can better heat the coal.

"What a bellows, I don't know, which craftsman made it?" Zhao Yun sighed in admiration.

"I'm ashamed to say that this is the eldest brother who made it up and used it in iron smelting." Zhang Liao suddenly interjected, saying extremely proudly.

Zhao Yun's recognition of Lu Bu at this time was even deeper.

"Alright, these are all gadgets, let's go see the real goodies!" Lu Bu waved his hand absently and led them to a warehouse.

"What are these?" Zhao Yun played with the items in his hand over and over again, a little confused.

"On horseback?" Zhao Yun asked cautiously, with some uncertainty in his eyes.

"Zilong is really insightful!" Lu Bu laughed and exclaimed.

"It's a saddle, protruding from the front and back, and a depression in the middle, and the person sits on it much more smoothly. With this thing, you can sit on a horse and walk on the ground. Lu Bu said and pulled out a pair of things like the soles of his shoes.

"This is? Pedals? Zhao Yun was stunned.

"Haha, let's try it on!" Lu Bu also stopped adjusting Zhao Yun's appetite, and immediately called a knight and instructed the craftsman to put on his horse a saddle and stirrups.

"Zilong go up and try it?" Lu Bu glanced at Zhao Yun with interest, as if he wanted Zhao Yun to try it.

"Second brother smiled!" Zhao Yun answered, and without the help of pedals, his hands put a slight force on the horse's back, and he sat directly on the horse's back.

Seeing that his legs clamped the horse's belly, the whole body of the war horse stood upright, and with Zhao Yun turning the reins, even the people and horses rushed out like sharp swords.

"Brother Zilong, such a handsome horseman!" Zhang Liao looked at Zhao Yun's dashing figure and couldn't help but admire.

Lu Bu smiled slightly, didn't make a sound, and watched Zhao Yun ride around a few times.

......With a long sound, the war horse quickly stopped, and Zhao Yun jumped off the horse neatly.

"How?" Lu Bu asked with some expectation.

"It's comfortable, but I just feel a little awkward, it's better to sit directly on horseback, there are a lot of movements that can't be done. The stirrups were good, but they also restricted Yun's body, and Yun felt that something was in the way. Zhao Yun said something that made Lu Bu almost vomit blood.

"Zilong...... Don't you think that everyone in the world has your riding skills? Lu Bu sighed helplessly. Suddenly, a craftsman was called.

"You go up and give it a try!"

"Lord...... The little ones don't know how to ride horses......" The craftsman who was called over by Lu Bu had a dark face and said with a slight trembling.

"It's not going to be right, get on the horse! A certain family is here, can you still fall? Lu Bu scolded and forced the man to get on the horse.

"Second brother, will it be ......" Zhao Yunda couldn't bear it, and was ready to plead, after all, people who can't ride horses in these years will undoubtedly fall into the sky when they encounter war horses, and it is possible to be trampled to death by war horses if they are unlucky.

"Zilong, don't worry, how can the second brother be a careless person?" Lu Bu still let the craftsman get on the horse, and even tied the craftsman's feet to the stirrups himself.

As soon as the craftsman sat down on the horse's back with a trembling steady, the war horse became angry because of Lu Bu's departure. The hooves jumped wildly, and the horse's head neighed. The craftsman panicked, and grasped the reins of the horse tightly with both hands. But half an hour passed, and no matter how much the horse tossed, the craftsman sat firmly on the horse and had no tendency to fall.

"How does Zilong feel now?" Lu Bu nodded with satisfaction at this time, let the man stabilize the war horse, helped the craftsman down, and arranged some financial rewards for the craftsman to reassure, and then asked Zhao Yun.

"A veteran of a hundred battles is on the horse, and the white horse is righteous!" Zhao Yun's eyes flickered. To make a person who obviously has never touched a horse sit on a horse, except for a miracle, Zhao Yun can't find any other words to describe it.

"In this way, the matter of forming 10,000 cavalry, Zilong still feels embarrassed?" Lu Bu laughed and patted Zhao Yun on the shoulder.

"The second brother's subordinates will have 10,000 white horse servants who can ride and shoot!" Zhao Yun originally had some pressure on Lu Bu to give instructions to form 10,000 elite cavalry, even the Han people in the north were used to seeing horses, but there were not many people who rode on the table, and you didn't see Gongsun Zan in Liaodong for nearly ten years, but he only formed 5,000 white horse righteous servants, and the combined army of Bingzhou and Xiliang exceeded 150,000, and the cavalry was only more than 20,000.

Now with a saddle and stirrups, as long as a veteran can become a qualified knight, in this way, 10,000 cavalry is extremely easy to assemble, and then a few hundred white horses are scattered, and the art of battle formation charging is taught in the army, it will not take a year to become a strong army.

"There is another good thing, which is not useful to deal with the grassland people, but if it is against the Han people, it will also contribute a lot!" Lu Bu looked at Zhao Yun's elated appearance, and was secretly happy in his heart, wishing to take out all the things that later generations knew that could improve the combat power of the cavalry.

"Zilong, look at the things on this horse's hooves!"

Zhao Yun's eyes twitched, and his pupils slowly dilated as he looked at the circular circle of iron pieces on the horse's hooves and the thick spikes on it. Such spikes...... If you are stepping on a wooden shield......

With the support of iron plates, the durability of the horseshoe has been greatly increased, at least there is no need to carry two or three horses on its back, and it will be a long-distance attack.

"Second brother, if there are any other good things, let's take them out together, don't play tricks on the little brother anymore......" Zhao Yun smiled bitterly, but the joy between his eyebrows couldn't be hidden.

"There's nothing good going on right now, but it won't be long before the weapons and armor will improve." Lu Bu smiled and spread his hands. It has been less than a year since the crossing, and it is only half a year to really gain a foothold in Bingzhou, except for the Battle of Bingzhou and the trip to Luoyang, Lu Bu's days in Jinyang will not exceed three months. Where will there be time to make too many things? A papermaking and printing technique made Lu Bu busy, and now the saddle, stirrups, and horseshoe have also been drummed out, and Lu Bu knows that there are really not many things that can be made in this era.

"Tomorrow, Long will start to form a cavalry, if you want money, go to Wenhe, if you choose someone, there is Wenyuan in the army, I will say hello to Yizhong again, and bring Wu Ping (Wei Xuzi) with him, let him be a deputy, so that this kid will not be idle all day long."

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