At the end of October of the second year of Jianwu, the two states of Yongliang and Xuzhou demanded by the Shu Han have all fallen into the hands of the two families, and the Kyushu of the world occupied by Cao Wei seems to have been removed by one-third at once, and the strength of the Shu Han who got Yongliang has increased greatly, both the economy and the population have caught up with the Eastern Wu, except for the territory laughing. Of course, if it is larger than the size of the territory, Cao Wei is not as good as Dongwu, but what is the use of having a large area of unopened land!

In view of the surge in the power of Shu Han and the strength of Xu Shu since he took charge of the army, the three families of Sun, Liu and Cao have developed in the direction of three-legged. In the past, the Cao Wei family was dominant, and the Sun and Liu families were barely able to compete with it when they were combined, and the Sun and Liu families were willing to unite, so the strength of the previous Wei State was so strong that it only took fifty years to grind Wu and Han to death.

But now, the advantages of Wei have been exhausted, although Wei still occupies six states, including Merge, You, Hebei, Qing, Henan, and Yan, and its strength is still the crown of the three kingdoms. But in fact, although Wu and Han are inferior to Cao Wei, the gap is already limited, and either of the two countries has the ability to resist Cao Wei alone, and the two countries together are more suitable to have an overwhelming advantage.

This may seem incredible, but the reality is that the relationship between Wu and Han and their neighboring alien forces was much better than that of Cao Wei. The mountains of Soochow have already migrated down the mountain, and it will only take a hundred years to wipe them out in the long river of history. In terms of Shu Han, Nanzhong called the ministers, Xiqiang obeyed orders, and the Di people did not become a climate, and even a part of the Southern Xiongnu also showed goodwill to Shu Han. And Cao Wei not only needs to guard against Xianbei in the north, but also always be vigilant against the Gongsun family in Liaodong, although the Gongsun Gong of the Gongsun family is a vassal to Cao Wei, but these local tyrants do not treat Wei very well.

It seems that in this way, all the unlucky ones in the past two years have been the Wei State, not to mention the loss of troops and a large amount of land. Even the advantages in his hands were lost, and you can imagine how much pressure poor Cao Rui withdrew. But in fact, a question is placed in front of Wu Han, the enemy has become weaker, while the allies are constantly getting stronger, how long can this fragile alliance last?

The current Wei State is like a lamb to the slaughter with a knife, and the forces that do not take the initiative to attack still have the means to defend. However, both Sun Shao and Shu have the ambition to take Wei, but what about after that? It is always impossible for Wu and Han to coexist, and the Shu Han, known as the continuation of the Han Empire, will definitely seek to unify the whole country, and Sun Shao is not willing to be a local prince, so whether to destroy Wei first or suppress Shu is discussed in Jianye. Very private discussions, of course. But undoubtedly this is a bad start.

However, Qiao Renbi, who has not shown up for a long time, did not pay attention to this issue, because the first batch of war horses he raised in Dianchi had already been shipped to Jianye. The descendants of these noble Arabian war horses and docile Dian horses have completely inherited the figure of the Arabian horse and the character of the Dian horse, and are the best choice as a war horse, of course, its figure cannot really be the same as the Arabian horse.

Thereupon. Qiao Ren began to think about making some equipment for the cavalry of Eastern Wu, and the cavalry of this era was really rough enough. There were no saddles, no stirrups, and no horseshoes. There was no other tool other than the reins, and Qiao Ren had long wanted to change. Because most of the current cavalry can only be used as a secondary army, the so-called heavy cavalry means that the knights themselves wear fish scale armor, which is not a real armor and cavalry equipment at all. Moreover, the Han cavalry could not use mounted archery due to the limitations of horsemanship, and at most they could use a hand crossbow that could be fired with one hand on a horse. As for the Wuhuan cavalry, that is, the light cannot be in the light light cavalry. There is no combat power at all except for cavalry shooting, and it is a joke to really expect a group of Wuhuan cavalry to break through the battle formation of the Wu army equipped with Mingguang armor and a large shield.

In the past, Qiao Ren did not dare to develop cavalry equipment, firstly, because the development of the Shaoma of Eastern Wu could not only fatten the cavalry of the Wei State. After all, none of this is a technical problem. Extremely easy to imitate. The second reason is that the Wei State has also developed the Mingguang armor and the two-crotch armor, and began to change the clothes in large numbers, the generals wore the Mingguang armor and the soldiers wore the two-crotch armor, and the defense increased significantly. It is impossible for the cavalry of Eastern Wu to penetrate the infantry battle formation as before, which has a realistic need.

The Mingguang armor and the two-crotch armor were originally inventions of the Wei Kingdom, but the Mingguang armor was used by Qiao Ren first, but after all, the development of these two equipment is not a problem for the Great Wei. The materials used for crotch armor are mostly hard metal and leather. There are two types of armor plates: elongated and scale-shaped, and the more common one is to use small fish scale plates on the chest and back to facilitate pitching and movement. In order to prevent the metal armor from abrading the skin, samurai often wore two crotch armor with a thick crotch shirt underneath. Compared with the leather armor often worn by soldiers, the defense is much better, and the cost is much less than that of armor, it takes up to two years to change all the clothes with the material resources of the Great Wei, unlike the Wu State soldiers who took five years to change their clothes to the Great Zha and did not complete it.

On the Shu side, the power of Zhuge Lian's crossbow also shone in this battle of Guanlong. The three kingdoms of Wu, Shu and Wei were difficult to develop in terms of hard power, so they invariably turned to the development of war technology, anyway, Eastern Wu also had a large number of horse sources, and Qiao Ren also wanted to make a fuss about the cavalry. After all, only stronger cavalry can restrain cavalry, Shu Han has Guan Long to pull up a cavalry is only a matter of time, and Dongwu can only build a stronger cavalry, so that it will not suffer in future wars!

Outside Jianye City, in the barracks of the exclusive Taiwei Mansion, a group of elites drawn from the four armies gathered together for special training, because the horse lance, which is expensive to make, is really not popular, so after comprehensively considering the spear and the new weapon spear, Qiao Ren chose the spear and the 'white pole nine-curved spear' made of white wood transported from Guilin County, so Qiao Ren's guidance on spearmanship mainly focused on the use of spear skills in cavalry warfare.

Because it is a new type of weapon, and it is a white pole with greater elasticity, this kind of training is destined to be carried out only among the knights selected among those who have a foundation in horsemanship, but Qiao Ren's riding skills are not bad, but his marksmanship is far worse, and it is impossible for him to personally train soldiers as a lieutenant. Therefore, the real training of cavalry was a Xiongnu nobleman Poliuhan Ertu brought back by Kangtai from the Kushan Empire, a Hun who taught horsemanship in the Kushan Empire. In terms of spearmanship, it was originally intended for Tai Shi Ci, but the old Tai Shi was old, and it was not appropriate for the official position to teach the cavalry, so he let Tai Shi Heng, who inherited his father's martial arts, to teach, and at the same time, in return, Qiao Ren also gave Tai Shi Heng a name for a lieutenant to join the army.

This is more than a thousand rides. The 700 cavalry belonging to the Wuwei Army is of the highest quality, but even if there are no more than 20 cavalry in these 700 cavalry that can really make Hanertu feel "so-so", most of them are at the "rookie" level, in order to change this group of "rookie" like cavalry, he has to start from the basics, including teaching them how to standardize horse breeding, and of course, more importantly, how to be a real cavalry.

"You must know that the real cavalry is not as simple as you think, you are just a group of ordinary cavalry holding the reins and chopping indiscriminately, and you are far from the real elite cavalry. , your foundation is so poor, it's like a lump of cow dung! "Perhaps for a long time, the cow was regarded as the sacred Kushan Empire, and the most popular phrase of this serious and rigid Xiongnu aristocrat was cow dung, no matter how unacceptable they were. The title has been with them for months, and perhaps for a long time to come.

"What cavalry needs most is basic training. And you don't know what basic training is. It's really ......" Hanertu wanted to continue to express his dissatisfaction, but when he saw Tai Shiheng on the side give him a look of 'hurry up, I will also call spearmanship', so he continued in moderation: "In short, it is necessary to carry out basic training through certain items like infantry." Such as wrestling wrestling, zama stepping, fast movement with weights, and basic mastery of weapons used in foot combat. There is also the mastery of balance on horseback, these training programs have a long history, and cavalry is to improve their physical strength, endurance, agility and proficiency in the use of weapons through these trainings, so I ask you to do basic training over and over again. The more solid the foundation, the higher the chance of surviving on the battlefield, and if you want to practice equestrianism without a foundation, you will only practice a lump of cow dung ....... ”

Hanertu picked up a handkerchief to wipe the spit off the corner of his mouth, looked at the more than 1,000 people on the opposite side standing honestly and listened to the training, then nodded with satisfaction and continued: "If you want to use a horse, you must first train a horse. Although your horses are very human, they are beasts after all, and if you want them to better accept your intentions and make the horse's power a profitable consumption, you should focus on people, and try to communicate the relationship between people and horses, so that people and horses can become human.

Of course, this is not easy, it is quite necessary to teach the war horse carefully and patiently, so that it can establish after-effect behavior, the horse trainer must maintain a close and friendly relationship with the war horse, even if you meet a fierce horse, you must always comfort him, provide it with clean drinking water and clean forage, and often wash the body of the war horse, so as to relieve its fear and increase the dependence of the war horse on the cavalry.

During this period, you need to have enough patience to approach it a little bit, during the horse training period, you must not use the horse whip to intimidate and whip at will, the war horse is a very smart and grudgeful animal, I think you are doing very badly, this needs to be corrected in time, for the knight the war horse is the most precious partner and valuable wealth, if you can't master this wealth, then you will only be killed by the enemy on the battlefield! ”

Hanertu is very simple, including repeated patient training in the process of horse training, and gradually improve the difficulty of training the horse, such as pulling a slow rope on one side, transmitting it to the stirrup, the bit, the horse's gums, and the corners of the mouth to produce an unbearable sense of oppression, forcing the horse to lie down, and after lying down, immediately ease the reins, relieve the pressure of the horn on the mouth corners and gums, and at the same time give praise or rewards to the horse, including food rewards.

In addition, the basic quality of the cavalry has made higher requirements, the warrior carries out the training of getting on and off the horse and riding firmly on the horseback of various action changes, the best cavalry on the horse does not step on the stirrup and jumps up, and the horse does not step on the horse is also - jump down, from one horse to another horse, only need to jump in the air to complete the mount transfer, which has higher requirements for riding.

You must know that once the war horse walks or gallops wildly, especially when climbing the hills uphill and downhill, wading across rivers and climbing over dangerous obstacles, and facing the chaos of the enemy against the battlefield, it is still the most outstanding knight who can still sit firmly on the mount and stand still.

For this reason, it is necessary to particularly strengthen the balance exercise, which has no shortcuts, all of which must be honed by hard sweat little by little, and the cavalry without a balanced training foundation is easy to fall off the horse in the middle of the assault because of the nervous and harmful factors before the battle, once the horse falls down, it is basically either dead or seriously injured, and the hard-trained cavalry is scrapped.

It was not uncommon for the horses to hesitate in the rapid advance of the cavalry to grasp the balance and fall off their horses, and only a few returned to the stage in battle, because the cavalry could not withstand the fierce impact and were knocked off the horse. All these phenomena were due to the cavalry's personal horsemanship's poor riding skills, and they died in battle due to mistakes.

"So don't underestimate wrestling, that's to exercise your balance mastery, boxing is to exercise your balance in high-speed dodge, and weight training, which is to improve your ability to continue fighting when carrying armor and weapons, and then you will do basic training every morning, train immediately in the afternoon, and after dinner, you should summarize your training experience and communicate with each other."

After finishing the lesson, Hantu ordered them to go through their basic training. Turning around and walking to Tai Shiheng's side, he said to him in stumbling Chinese: "The quality of these cavalry is good, except for those three hundred cavalry, everyone else can become excellent cavalry, but I hope that Your Excellency will still provide more abundant food supplies." Because both the cavalry and their mounts need the best provisions. ”

"I can't be the master of this, I'm just an instructor. If you say these words, you'd better go to Childe!! Tai Shi Heng shrugged. said very indifferently, the son in his mouth was Qiao Ren's sister-in-law Qiao Sheng, the director of training cavalry.

Hearing the word son, Han Ertu was embarrassed, he was a Xiongnu nobleman, but the Xiongnu Empire had long been shattered. He was only a riding instructor in the Kushan Empire to teach those nobles horsemanship, don't look at how decently he said to the cavalry, but he himself was actually a person who was not good at verbal communication, and he was often bullied by the naughty Qiao Sheng in the past. really asked him to ask Qiao Sheng for food, but he really didn't dare.

Just when Hantu was at a loss, a light voice came. "Just write down what you want, and someone will prepare it."

"King!!" Tai Shi Heng saw Qiao Ren's purple light Longyuan Sword from afar, and hurriedly clenched his fists and bent down and said, "The young general has seen the king, Changle Qianqiu!" ”

"No need to be polite!!" Qiao Ren picked up Tai Shiheng with one hand, turned sideways and patted the shoulder at the somewhat dazed Han Ertu and said, "You are breaking the sixth Han Han Ertu!" Teach these cavalrymen well, and you will be able to fight in the future. ”

Qiao Ren's very personable language did not impress Han Ertu, because he didn't know who the middle-aged man in front of him, who was one meter eight tall and dressed in gorgeous clothes and had a neat beard.

Tai Shiheng on the side saw Han Ertu's numb expression and knew that this guy had never seen Qiao Ren, and the two of them often joked and had some feelings for half a month, so naturally they didn't want Han Ertu to be rude, so he hurriedly said: "Han Ertu, this is our His Royal Highness the King of Hanyang." ”

"Your Majesty! Please forgive me for my faux pas!! May the heavens of eternal life bless you," when Hantu heard that this was still a king, he hurriedly knelt down on one knee and hugged his chest with one hand.

"Excuse me!!" Qiao Ren supported him with one hand, and then continued to ask, "What are the results of training these days!? ”

"Back to the king, the little ones are very well trained in marksmanship, and they are very suitable for this new type of gun. It's just that this riding technique, in Hantu's words, is still a lump of cow dung!! Tai Shiheng said helplessly, the soldiers of Eastern Wu are all from the Jiangnan region, and they usually ride mules and donkeys at most, even if they are from a family, there are not many horses, and only the people of the Wuwei Army will use limited horses to hone their equestrian skills, because they are the emperor's honor guard cavalry. The rest of the troops, even the Feather Forest Riders, didn't have many people who were proficient in equestrianism. Of course, the formed cavalry such as the Horse Rider and the Ghost Rider are not included.

"Well, it's only been a long time. The Lone King is not in a hurry, just let the soldiers train well. Qiao Ren waved his hand very generously to signal Tai Shiheng not to be too anxious, he himself knew that the ghost face knight back then had trained hard for more than three years because he was crossing the river by feeling the stones, and he had to go through countless battles before he could barely be formed, and it was only after the Battle of Hefei that he incorporated a lot of surrendered and state cavalry.

Not long after Qiao Ren and the others walked out of the barracks, they saw a personal guard galloping over on horseback like a blazing horse, and when they saw Qiao Ren, they hurriedly bowed their hands. "King, Mr. Ouye has completed !?"

"Oh!!" Qiao Ren raised his eyebrows and asked very happily: "Has the steel filling technology been solved!? Let's go and meet our craftsmen!! ”

There are a lot of high-quality iron ore in the Dongwu area, Ma'anshan in the later generations is in today's Danyang County, Guilin County, Changsha County also has a lot of iron ore, there are such resources, 100 steel can no longer meet the military seeking, so Qiao Ren set his sights on the irrigation technology.

In one of Qiao Ren's manors, Ou Yeyang was beating a piece of steel with a sledgehammer by the stove, watching while fighting. Qiao Ren and the others hurriedly got off their horses and asked Ou Yeyang, "Sir, is this steel really better than 100 steel!?" ”

"Oh!! It turned out to be the king, the old man had seen the king. Indeed, this steel is much tougher than wrought iron, and even if it is a ring head knife, it is no worse than the previous Miao knife, and the old man can even use him to create a few Longquan!! ”

"Oh!! The process is complicated no!! ”

"It's very simple, it's eighty percent less time than 100 steel!! (To be continued......)