Xue Ne and the others followed behind the cavalry, because the road was not far, they did not ride their horses and jumped wildly, but walked forward slowly.

"King Lantian, there is something unclear in the end, can you give me advice?" Wang Haibin asked Li Tao on the side.

"Captain Wang, what's wrong, let's talk about it directly!" Li Tao smiled at Wang Haibin.

"Why are the king's cavalry all one man and two horsemen?"

Li Tao said strangely: "One person and two horses can be rotated when running and charging, so as to prevent the horse from carrying the weight for too long and losing its combat effectiveness." Isn't it good that this will allow the cavalry to achieve the ability to achieve strategic maneuver and enhance the ability to sustain combat? ”

"King Lantian, of course it's good for a cavalryman and two horses, how could I not know this? I don't mean that, I want to know why the imperial court will distribute so many war horses to your regimental training? ”

"The Imperial Court?" Li Tao shook his head and said, "Luzhou regimental training is not a regular army, how can the imperial court distribute war horses to us?" These horses are my own! ”

"Huh?" Wang Haibin was stunned.

Not only Wang Haibin, but even Xue Ne and the others were taken aback, they didn't expect Li Tao to spend so much money for Luzhou group training.

"My cavalry is all one man and two horses, and they are blue Turkic horses!"

"What? Turkic horses? Wang Haibin was taken aback again.

Although the Tang Dynasty has implemented horse politics for many years, there are four main types of military horses in the Tang Army: the Three Hippos produced in the Hulunbuir Grassland, the Kazakh Horse in the Western Regions, the Yanqi Horse and the Weile Horse. Among them, the Yanqi and Wille horses are especially known for their tall and muscular, long necks, and smooth gait. It is sensitive to the reins and is the most used horse breed by the regular cavalry of the Tang Army. The Turkic horses are better than the above four horses, so the Turkic cavalry has an advantage over the Tang Dynasty in horses. Because of the strict control of the Turks. There are not many Turkic horses in the territory of Datang, so they are more cherished. However, Li Tao was able to equip all his cavalry with Turkic horses with one person and two horses, which was quite an easy thing.

"How much does it cost?" Wang Haibin's eyes widened.

Li Tao said disapprerovingly: "What is this? If you look at the equipment of our cavalry, everyone is wearing bright light armor, and each person has a tough horse lance! and swords, bows and arrows, all of which are of the best quality. ”

The armor of the Tang army mainly includes 13 kinds of armor, such as Mingguang, Guangyao, fine scales, mountain inscriptions, bird hammers, white cloth, soap juan, cloth back, infantry, leather armor, wooden armor, chains, and vests. Among them, Mingguang, Guangyao, Chain, Mountain, Bird Hammer, and Fine Scale Armor are iron armor, and the latter three are named after the style of armor armor pieces. Leather armor, wooden armor, white cloth, soap, and cloth back are named after the materials used to make them. Bright light armor is a shiny plate armor with chest guards. It's gorgeous, and it's lighter, but the defense is greatly improved. In the Don Army, only high-ranking generals were equipped. And the cavalry trained by the Luzhou regiment is all equipped with Mingguang armor, isn't it staggering.

Compared with Mingguang Armor, what surprised Wang Haibin even more was the tough horse lance.

The long armament that the cavalry of the Don Army was usually equipped with was a horse lance. Similar to the Zhanghachi snake spear. The front end is sharp and flat, which can be picked and slashed or stabbed straight, and the horizontal knife is used in hand-to-hand combat. There is a lot of attention to the inside of the horse lance, and the lance is not like the wooden pole used in the lance at all, but the main trunk of the high-quality tough wood, peeled into a uniform thickness, and glued together. The toughest wood is the most used for bows. The second is mulberry, oak, rattan, and the worst has to use bamboo. Soak the fine scorn in oil repeatedly. The soak is no longer deformed. No more cracking, just completed the first step. This process takes almost a year, after which the strips are removed and dried in the shade for several months. Glue with high-quality glue paint into a thick, eight feet long, and then wrap the hemp rope around the outer layer. Wait for the hemp rope to dry thoroughly, apply raw lacquer, and wrap it in arrowroot cloth. The kudzu cloth is lacquered, dried and wrapped in a layer, until it is cut with a knife, and the mallet makes a metallic sound, but it does not crack, so it is qualified. Then go to its head and tail, truncated to about six zhang. The front is equipped with a stainless steel lance, and the rear is a red copper lance. Constantly adjusted, the qualified standard is to use a hemp rope to hang at the tail of the lance two feet, the whole Zhangba horse lance can be in mid-air like a weighing rod at both ends without falling. In this way, the military commander can ride on the horse, so that he can keep the tip of the lance forward without the slightest effort. The resulting lance is light, tough, and strong. Generals can charge with horsepower, or swing them in melee combat. It's just that the whole lance takes three years, and the success rate is only forty percent, so the cost is surprisingly high, so the horse lance has always been the symbol of the family's generals.

Hearing Li Tao say this, not only Wang Haibin, but even Li Sijing, who has always been above the top, also felt a little ashamed. What is this around, and in front of them, these regular armies are simply a group of people called Hanako.

Seeing that Xue Ne and the others had different expressions, Li Tao said mysteriously: "Actually, these are not the most valuable, the most valuable ones are ahead!" ”

As he spoke, the brigade of Luzhou regimental training had already entered everyone's sight.

"Lantian King, who are they?" Xue Ne couldn't help but ask strangely when he saw that the Luzhou regimental training had already set up the car formation, and looked like he was facing a great enemy.

Li Tao explained with a smile: "Oh, I didn't know it was Lao Xue you came just now, and the scout came with news that there were cavalry approaching, so I set up a chariot formation, just in case." ”

"So, you're on the march?" Xue Ne asked again.

Li Tao nodded: "Of course it's on the march!" ”

"How long will it be for thousands of people on the march to set up their chariots?" Xue Ne was a little incredulous.

Li Tao was a little embarrassed and said: "My training is not in place, if you encounter a sudden attack by the enemy, how can I give you so much time to set up a car formation?" ”

Xue Ne looked left and right, Li Sijing, Li Kailuo, Wang Haibin and others all lowered their heads. In their opinion, it would take at least half an hour to suddenly stop from the march and then set up a chariot formation to repel the enemy, and this must be a well-trained elite army. They only delayed for a quarter of an hour on the road, and the Luzhou regimental training had set up a standard circular car formation, how could they not be shocked?

"Grand Duke, go, I'll take you to see my army!" Li Tao dismounted and greeted.

"Oh, good!" Xue Ne and the others dismounted.

Li Tao said to the herald behind him: "Order the scout team to be on guard all around, the horse team and the special queue team to be reviewed, and the auxiliary soldiers to stand by in place!" ”

"Yes!" Riding on a horse, the commander received the order, drew the red and white flag from behind his back, and began to wave it.

Xue Ne asked curiously, "Is he using the order flag to pass the order?" Why can't I see it? ”

Li Tao said with a smile: "Luzhou regimental training is not the regular army of the Tang Dynasty, they are using my self-created flag language to pass orders, Lao Xue, you naturally can't understand it." (To be continued......)