Chapter 22: Gathering Strength

Under the sun, the charging blue-armored war cavalry was like a rapidly moving metal fortress, and the sharp horns of the war horse and the spear head of Han Sensen pointed straight ahead, as if they were about to stab through a qiē block!

The bronze-colored armor with metallic glow just fits the title of the blue-armored warrior.

The light cavalry with dark yellow leather armor quickly divided into two parts after the charge, each on one side, like wings, following the green armor war horse!

The rumbling sound of horses' hooves broke the silence of the meadow. The red jade birds and the echinoderms in front of them were frightened and fled, and the domestic slaves who were watching these livestock not far away were all attracted to their eyes, and they were all dizzy as they looked at the galloping knights.

Seventeen horsemen galloped on the grassland, and in everyone's heart, there was a fearless and invincible momentum!

"Hahaha"

Li Zheng laughed loudly, laughing without hesitation.

The heart rises with an openness and comfort that has never been before

From this day on, Li Zheng focused on training the riding skills of war horses, as well as the cooperation between light and heavy horses, and it took at least three hours a day!

Of course, there was a plan for the training of recruits, and Li Zheng also took the time to put it into writing. Combining the basic training methods of this era, as well as some of Li Zheng's own opinions, a relatively systematic military training code has been formed.

In the future, it is only necessary to follow the guidance of the training drill and come step by step, and under the condition that the supply of resources is sufficient, it is more than enough to train ordinary elites.

In the process of training the art of riding and running in with light and heavy horses, Li Zheng also gained a lot and experienced a lot of things that he had never thought of before.

For example, the problem of coordination between the classes.

Now the real combat power of Li Zheng's subordinates is actually only seventeen horsemen. Because of the small number, issuing orders is very simple, just a few roars.

But Li Zheng took into account that in the future, the size of the army will expand, and it will never work just by roaring.

On this point, Wang Laohu et al. gave a building yì.

In the Han army, there were two ways to convey orders. In the first way, the herald waives the flag and sends out the flag to express the commander's order.

The second is to use vocal music to convey military orders. For example, drums, bells. In different tones, representing different orders, to achieve the effect of quickly conveying military orders.

These are things that Li Zheng has never considered.

But now that I think about it, it's obviously not too late. Of course, Li Zheng didn't know much about these things, and he had to rely on Wang Laohu and others to handle them. However, Li Zheng thinks that although the way of conveying military orders in Shenzhou Grassland can be borrowed from the imperial army, the details still need to have their own characteristics.

Secondly, there is the way in which information is transmitted.

In this era, the strongest and most important way to transmit military information is to use fast horses. Of course, the Hu people on the grassland will actually use birds to deliver messages.

In contrast, bird communication is naturally much more advanced and fast, but it is not universal. Even among the Hu tribes, those who can domesticate birds are only a very small number of birds, and they are accidental.

Through these situations, Li Zheng had a new idea.

If you have a choice, whatever it is, you have to choose the best.

Li Zheng thought of the war horse system, thought of the war horse synthesis, and had an idea in an instant. For the Hu people, it is not universal bird communication, but for Li Zheng, it can be made universal!

In the beast training field, there are all kinds of birds and animals, and there are too many options to synthesize a special war horse used to transmit information.

After making up his mind, Li Zheng did not delay, and immediately asked the beast tamer to prepare the mother body and the secondary body, and went directly to the war riding hall for synthesis.

Based on eagles, geese and wild pigeons, after repeated synthetic tests, a relatively satisfactory special war horse was finally obtained.

This special combat horse is gray-blue all over, and when flying in the sky, it is very hidden. Its size is smaller than that of an eagle, and it is about the same as a wild pigeon, but it is fiercer than an eagle. Moreover, the speed is extremely fast, and the ability to continue to fly also surpasses that of the wild geese, and the spirituality has also been greatly enhanced.

This kind of war horse was named Lan Xiang Bird by Li Zheng - after naming it, Li Zheng suddenly thought of a sentence - which one is stronger to transmit the message, Shenzhou Grassland is looking for Lan Xiang!

Li Zheng believes that with the powerful comprehensive essence and spirituality of Lan Xiangniao, there is a system as a guarantee, and only after a certain amount of training, it can definitely complete the transmission of information excellently!

The only weakness of the Blue Bird is that it is too few in number. Because the eagles are difficult to catch, there are too few domesticated eagles in the animal training field, and only four blue birds are synthesized due to the failure of the removal process.

But it's completely enough at this stage. Besides, these guys can still reproduce, right?

The training and messaging system of the main battle force is certainly important to Li Zheng, but he still does not ignore the other soldiers and the recruits in the boot camp.

Although the war horse is sharp, it has not become a scale after all.

In Li Zheng's prediction, the situation in Liangzhou will definitely change this year. In the midst of this change, Li Zheng is determined to strive for some interests.

War cavalry is the main combat force, but the soldiers in the boot camp also play a great role. If Li Zheng's vision is realized, then the territory of the grassland will be expanded. With the territory, it naturally needs strength to defend it, and this will fall on these soldiers.

Another month passed.

In this month, with the continuous delivery of various resources to the grassland, the forging center also intermittently produced a batch of first-order armor, with a total of more than 40 sets.

Although it is not possible to equip a full warhorse due to the lack of a suitable mount, it can be detached. Mount equipment is put aside, but cavalry equipment can be used to equip soldiers - not cavalry, but infantry first.

So, in April, two more forces took shape in Li Zheng's hands.

A heavily armed spearman armed with fish scale armor and a spear. A light infantry archer with a longbow as the mainstay, supplemented by a saber and leather armor.

There are more than 20 people in each of the two teams, plus the previous light and heavy cavalry, together, there is already a combat strength of 60 people.

At the beginning of May, the batch of 40 acres of ordinary wheat planted at the end of last year matured.

Because of intensive cultivation, these 40 acres of wheat can be regarded as a bumper harvest. On average, eight stones of refined wheat were harvested per mu, and a total of more than 300 stones were produced!

It doesn't seem like a lot, but the house slaves know deep down that this is already a miracle. They are all from ordinary farmers, who doesn't know about the output of grain?

Therefore, everyone rejoiced, and at the same time, the concept of intensive cultivation began to take root in the hearts of the people.

In mid-May, the hunting team brought Li Zheng good news.

They caught a herd of rhinos!

In this era, rhinoceros and green fish were divided into one species, and most of them were called rhinoceros. However, in the system, these two species, which are very similar in size and appearance, are divided into two species.

This made Li Zheng a little regretful. After all, if it's not Qingji, you can't quickly expand the scale of the Qingjia War Horse.

But for the pasture, it's also a good thing.

Whether it is mining and transporting ore, or transporting grain, during this period of time, basically the use of manpower and cattle and horses. But its efficiency, in Li Zheng's view, is still very low.

Li Zheng had long wanted to synthesize a special war horse specifically for engineering construction and transportation, which must be powerful, physically strong, with a huge workload and long endurance, and not too slow.

I think so, but there is no basic matrix.

Whether it is a cow or a horse, in Li Zheng's opinion, it is not very suitable. What can really make Li Zheng look at it is only strong species such as Qingyu.

Now that the rhinoceros has been captured, Li Zheng has decided to use the rhinoceros as the mother body to synthesize a special type of war horse specially used for transportation.

Although it is said that the rhinoceros can be combined with another main battle horse. But Li Zheng still thinks that it is enough to have Qingjia warriors in the grassland at this stage, and it is not easy to serve if there are many types. Besides, the number of rhinoceros in this group is not large, and if you are unlucky, you will not be able to get a war horse with outstanding attributes.

On the contrary, civilian special combat horses that require inferior ones have much more options for synthesis.

So without saying a word, let's do it.

The next day, a transport-type warhorse called the Great Strength Beast was born.

Inheriting most of the advantages of the rhinoceros, the giant beast inherited and carried forward the physique and strength of the rhinoceros, with a height of more than two meters and a body length of more than four meters, it looks huge, but its flexibility and spirituality are much worse, and in addition, the speed is not outstanding, and it fails to meet Li Zheng's requirements.

But this is not a problem, because of the system synthesis, even if the giant beast has no spirituality at all, and it is stupid, it can completely obey the command and be meticulous. This also roughly illustrates that the smarter you are, the more disobedient you are.

As for flexibility, Li Zheng doesn't ask for it.

It's only a little regrettable in terms of speed, but it's not as bad as ordinary cattle and horses.

In addition to strength and physique, the Giant Beast also has a certain amount of attack power. Although the giant beast does not take the initiative to attack, it has a very gentle personality. But Li Zheng believes that if he is provoked, he may be commanded. According to the sharp horns inherited from the rhinoceros by the giant beast, it must be very terrifying to launch a madness!

Despite this, Li Zheng's definition of the giant beast is still a transport war horse. At least for a long time, this kind of war horse will not be used in war - this thing is far less fast than the green armor war horse, and it consumes a lot of grass, and the daily grass eaten is more than five times that of the green armor war horse!

With such a huge consumption, in a short period of time, it is difficult for the grassland to supply more giant power beasts, and now there are only five giant power beasts, which has already made Zhao Wu feel the pressure.

If you raise more giant beasts, will the green armor war cavalry still develop?