After the camp was established, Ma Chao ordered Pang De and others to start training soldiers, and 7,000 soldiers practiced archery. Pang De and Wang Shuang are both unparalleled archery, Ma Dai, Ma Xiu, and Ma Tie are also good at shooting since childhood, and their skills are also extraordinary. And most of these 7,000 Xiliang elite soldiers are also proficient in archery, and there is no shortage of people with excellent archery skills. It's just that Ma Chao's training method is extremely strange, he has these sergeants specially trained to shoot arrows in all directions in high-speed movement, which makes it several times more difficult. Fortunately, the Xiliang elite soldiers can ride and shoot well, have extraordinary basic skills, and make rapid progress.

At the same time, Ma Chao ordered Yang Yuan, a native of Beijun, to recruit the most prestigious blacksmiths and carpenters within a hundred miles of the surrounding area, and at the same time purchased a large number of fine iron, hardwood, and cow, horse and sheepskin from the people. This matter was time-consuming and laborious, and after seven days, Yang Yuan rushed back to the camp with an old man, a middle-aged Han man, and more than a dozen wagons of supplies.

Ma was overjoyed, and immediately after hearing the news, he met the old blacksmith, and after greetings, he took out his own wooden horseshoe and stirrups to explain his intentions. The old blacksmith looked at it carefully, frowned, and said, "Although these two things do not use much iron, and the degree of fineness is not great, but there are eight small holes on this thick iron sheet, one side is smooth and the other is uneven, so it is extremely time-consuming and laborious to build, and this triangle is no different." ”

Brother Xiao Ma's heart was cold, and he couldn't help asking: "With the master's craftsmanship, how many pairs of iron pieces and iron triangles can be made in a day?" ”

The burly old man pondered for a while and said, "If it is simply made by hand, there will be no more than ten pairs of iron pieces and no more than fifteen pairs of iron triangles. ”

When Brother Xiao Ma heard this, his heart suddenly cooled for most of the time, his army of 10,000 must have at least 7,000 cavalry equipped with horseshoes stirrups, one horse has four horseshoes, and two stirrups, which means that he needs 28,000 horseshoes and 7,000 pairs of stirrups. Wouldn't it take a year or two to complete the construction at such a speed, even if we found more blacksmiths? The population of this land near the frontier is already sparse, and there are naturally not many blacksmiths, and one more person will increase the possibility of leaking military secrets. While this secret can't be kept for long, it can't be known and imitated so quickly.

Just as Brother Pony frowned, the old blacksmith asked, "Dare to ask the general, how much does this thing need to be built?" If the quantity is large enough, the grass people can use the method of flow steel quenching, and thousands are not a problem. ”

Brother Xiao Ma was shocked when he heard this, and asked urgently: "What is the method of flowing steel quenching?" ”

The old blacksmith said: "The difficulty of this thing is in the eight small holes and uneven surfaces, if the quantity is large enough and regardless of the cost, you can burn the pig iron into molten iron, and pour it into the mold after refining it into steel, so that it can be cast in large quantities." ”

Little Brother Ma is happy, isn't this a copy of the modern casting process? I didn't expect that someone in the Han Dynasty would use this method to produce tools in large quantities, and I couldn't help but ask excitedly: "Does the master know this method?" ”

The old man straightened his chest and said: "The ancestors of the grass people have made a living by striking iron for generations, not the grass people boasting, and the people in Xiliang who know this method are definitely not more than a hand. ”

"Okay, God help me!" Brother Xiao Ma stroked his palms and smiled: "Dare to ask the name of the master?" Who else is in the family? I would like to stay in the army and serve the country. ”

The old blacksmith said with a respectful face: "The old man's surname is Li, the name is iron, the vulgar person has no words, the wife left early, and the upper family still has two sons, Li Gang, Li Tan, who has studied art with the old man since childhood, and now he is quite popular." The general's expedition to the Huns is a heroic act, a utilitarian thing, and the old man dares not to serve the general. ”

Brother Xiao Ma was in a very happy mood, and said with a straight face: "The old gentleman is really a righteous man, with the Li family's father and son here, I don't have to worry about the future!" Then a banquet was held to entertain Li Tie, and the two talked about a lot of details during the banquet. When he learned that Li Tie was also good at building high-strength weapons, he was even more ecstatic, and personally verified it with the dagger that the old man carried. The two daggers slashed at each other, and the one found in the army was immediately popped out of a big gap, while Li Tie's one was safe and sound, and it was still extremely sharp.

Brother Xiao Ma was overjoyed and immediately remembered something, but he didn't say it on the spot, in addition to asking Yang Yuan to take five hundred sergeants to fully cooperate with Li Tie and his son to cast horseshoes and stirrups, he also announced on the spot that the three of the Li family father and son would be responsible for the repair and construction of weapons in the Shenwei Battalion, and they would have official positions after the victory over the Huns.

Li Tie was naturally very grateful, and discussed specific matters with Yang Yuan after the banquet.

The next time, Brother Xiao Ma summoned Zheng Si, a carpenter who had been recruited, to study the matter of Takahashi's saddle, of course, Brother Xiao Ma only took out a wooden frame that was not covered with leather, and then carefully explained its usefulness and asked how to improve it.

When Zheng Si heard this, he was immediately shocked, because once this thing was successfully developed, the combat effectiveness of the cavalry could be improved by more than a notch. The surprise was followed by great excitement, after all, as a carpenter, to be able to participate in such a revolutionary invention means that it may be famous for eternity. When Brother Xiao Ma smiled and reminded him not to leak secrets, Zheng Si was not a stupid person, and immediately asked to stay in the army to serve. Brother Xiao Ma has no reason not to agree, because there are still many places where carpenters will be used in the future, although Zheng Si has no outstanding talent, the carpenter's skills are not fake, as long as this is enough.

The two of them were together for five or six days, and after Brother Xiaoma's continuous experiments and improvements, after carefully comparing the physiological structure of the war horse and the person, the final plan was finally determined. Immediately afterwards, Xiao Ma sent people to purchase a large number of carpenter's tools, and selected two hundred ingenious auxiliary soldiers to learn the craft from this Zheng Si while making Takahashi saddles.

A month later, the 7,000 elite soldiers basically adapted to high-speed mobile archery, and the hit rate was greatly improved, but they couldn't understand the purpose of doing so, and even Pang De, Wang Shuang and the three Ma brothers couldn't figure out their heads.

On this day, Ma Chao concentrated all 10,000 people in the army on the grass in front of the camp. A green horse under the crotch is abnormal, if you look closely, it is not difficult to find that this horse has a pair of Takahashi saddles and a pair of iron stirrups, and the horseshoe prints are also different.

On the war horse, Xiao Ma Ge was also excited, the reason why he dared to lead 7,000 cavalry to invade the Huns was to rely on the stirrups, saddles, and horseshoes. The unprecedented cavalry tactics were sure to catch the Huns off guard and seriously hurt their vitality.

At this time, the discipline of the 10,000-strong army was strict, although 10,000 people were assembled, but the team was silent, the team was neat and orderly, Ma Chao saw this more confident, and said loudly: "Soldiers, today I will gather everyone together as long as I show you a few things, I think you also want to know why this general let you practice archery on horseback, right?" ”

As soon as the words fell, a whisper sounded below, and Xiao Ma Ge hung up the Heavenly Dragon Halberd and gently picked up the longbow. This bow is also one of the Ma family collections, I don't know the name, I don't know the origin, the bow body is made of rosewood that is harder than steel but very light, the bowstring is crocodile tendon rubbing, tough and abnormal, not afraid of rain, the sword is difficult to break, want to pull into the shape of the full moon must have the power of four stones, it definitely belongs to the strong bow in the strong bow, and the more strange thing is that the sound of the bowstring is very small when this bow is opened, which greatly increases the success rate of the sneak attack.

I saw Ma Chao raise his longbow and shout loudly: "Soldiers, take a good look." After running around in front of the army, Ma Chao suddenly stood upright, bent his bow and arrows, and the war horse galloped only to hear "whoosh!" With a soft sound, the carved arrows came out in response, bringing a burst of sounds of breaking the sky, "Do! It hit the bull's-eye a hundred steps away.

"Shogun Kamui!"

"Shogun Kamui!"

Immediately cheers rang out from below, one after another. Ma Chao was unmoved, but galloped east and west, bent the bow sideways, and after a burst of breaking sound, the wolf's tooth arrow hit the bull's-eye again. When the tail of the arrow was still trembling, Ma Chao had already turned the horse's head, stood on the horse again and shot an arrow sideways, and shot the heart for the third time amid the cheers of tens of thousands of people.

After Xiao Ma shot these three arrows, the voice on the field was lowered, these Xiliang elite soldiers after a month of hard training, naturally know the difficulty of hitting the target in the move, Ma Chao hit all three arrows on the galloping horse, it is simply amazing. Some people were so surprised that they forgot the shout.

But things are far more than that, I saw Ma Chao suddenly turn the horse's head, turn away from the arrow target, and the whole person suddenly stood on the horse in the gallop of the war horse, and turned around to shoot an arrow. The bow is like a full moon, the arrow is like a meteor, a distance of one hundred and fifty steps, and the carved arrow goes straight through the bull's-eye, only to hear "Bang!" With a bang, the rattan target was shot through a fist-sized hole.

Quiet, at this moment, the grass is extremely quiet, only the sound of Ma Chao sitting down and the four hooves of the green horse stomping on the ground, the 10,000 sergeants on the scene were completely shocked. If you say that archery on the ground, it is not difficult to pierce the yang in a hundred steps, at least half of these people can do it, but it is difficult to shoot arrows on a galloping horse and be so accurate, which is not something that ordinary people can do. Because the war horse will be bumped up and down in the process of galloping, the legs must be clamped on the horse's belly to maintain balance, in this case it is not easy to turn around and shoot arrows, and it is almost impossible to maintain the accuracy at the same time, but now Ma Chao has done it, and it is still a hundred shots. How can these battle-hardened elite soldiers not be surprised.

The silence was followed by a complete outburst, and ten thousand sergeants screamed, even Pang De and Wang Shuang, who were conceited to be superb in archery, but they could never do this. The 10,000 sergeants had long regarded Ma Chao as a god, and their eyes were not only admiration, but even worship, but also worship of the strong!

In the cheers of 10,000 people, Ma Chao stood on his horse, put away his bow and arrows and waved his hand, and the scene was immediately silent, only to hear Ma Chao say loudly: "The reason why this general is doing this is not to show his personal bravery, I just want to show you a few things, when you see and learn to do it easily." ”

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