Chapter 28: Results (2)

"Phew."

Xu Yu pulled the reins of the horse and stopped the self-releasing Moyu.

I have said before that Moyu is a good horse, but I don't know if it is a good mount, and here's why.

Because Mo Yu had just been caught in the horse farm, he was wild and untrained. This is both a good thing and a bad thing.

Because both ancient and modern battlefields pay attention to an order and prohibition, especially the ancient cavalry, which is very dependent on formation and impact power.

Moreover, many times on the battlefield, the casualties of the cavalry were sometimes not killed by the enemy, but because of poor riding skills, or insufficient coordination with the mount, falling off the horse, and then being trampled to death by other cavalrymen.

As the descendant of the King of Horses, Moyu does not lack innate qualifications, and Moyu also has the physical capital required by war horses. But this does not mean that Moyu can go to the battlefield and become a good war horse.

Anyone who has an understanding of the ancient Chinese cavalry knows that the ancient war horses will be geldings before entering the barracks, one reason is that they are afraid that the good war horses will become stallions after being captured by the enemy, and the other is because the horses that have not been geldings not only have wildness, but also have the nature that all male creatures have.

It is conceivable that the rules engraved in the mind when the horses are trained do not prevail over the mating nature of the animals. The two hostile cavalrymen on the battlefield were fighting in case the mounts suddenly became interested, what kind of picture was it.

And even the primate of all things, the overlord of the earth, human beings, cannot completely suppress this nature, let alone animals that are more animalistic than rational.

After all, ancient times are not modern times, and there will not be so many great gods of animal protection associations who protest and complain if they are castrated. Coupled with the system of the army, it became the norm for horses to be castrated.

However, there are always exceptions to everything, and the main reason why war horses are castrated is that most of the ancient armies did not have such good riding skills and could not tame war horses with natural and wild nature. It was mentioned in the original work of the evil man in the previous life that in order to improve the combat effectiveness of the cavalry, all the war horses serving in the army were not castrated. The purpose is to maintain the nature and wildness of the war horse.

As a problem that plagued most of the cavalry troops, it did not appear in Dong Li's cavalry troops. Part of the reason is that Dong Li loves horses to the bone and is not allowed to destroy war horses like this, and the other part is that most of the cavalry under Dong Li's command are from Yongliang Erzhou, who grew up on horseback since childhood, and are very familiar with war horses and equestrianism.

Although Xu Yu was a beginner in equestrianism, he agreed with Dong Li's order very much, firstly, because he had never been in contact with ancient warfare and did not know its cruelty; The second is because he feels that this is inhumane in his heart, and the third is because he thinks that the combat effectiveness of the war horse that maintains the wild will be higher.

As for whether the nature of the horse will affect the combat effectiveness on the battlefield, Xu Yu said that he did not want to consider this for the time being. After all, if a knight can't even tame his own mount, then what kind of knight is he?

Having said that, Xu Yu was not careless.

After getting Moyu, in order to cultivate a tacit understanding with Moyu, Xu Yu moved Moyu's stable to his own small courtyard, fed it every day, and often took Moyu out on weekdays to release himself and liberate his nature.

The effect is naturally significant, and Moyu is the descendant of the King of Horses. So unruly and proud. From the initial refusal to feed Xu Yu to the present day, he often takes Xu Yu to gallop on the grassland together, and the relationship between one person and one horse has progressed rapidly. This is the proof of Xu Yu's recent efforts.

"Alright, almost. We have to go back and learn from Master. ”

After Xu Yu ran on Moyu for a long time, Dong Li finally caught up.

"It's still early."

Xu Yu was a little unhappy.

"It's been almost an hour, and if you don't go back, I guess the masters will have to go crazy."

Dong Li said speechlessly.

"So fast."

Xu Yu is still unhappy, in the past few days, because Moyu has accepted him, his interest is very high, and he often doesn't feel the passage of time.

Dong Li glanced at Mo Yu with a little jealousy, then looked at his mount, the corners of his mouth twitched, ignored Xu Yu, and rode away first.

"You wait for me."

Xu Yu hurriedly chased after him.

The two quickly returned to Dong's mansion, and after each went back to their own courtyard to freshen up, they put on scribe's clothes and sat in Dong Li's small courtyard to wait for the arrival of the masters.

The status of scholars in this era is not as perverted as it was in the Song Dynasty. However, the status and etiquette between students and teachers are still very clear. Because they get up early every day to exercise, their bodies are full of stinky sweat, so they naturally have to wash them before the masters come to show their respect for them.

Heaven and earth are teachers, teachers, preaching and teaching to solve doubts.

Although the masters invited by the Dong Mansion are not Dong Li's real teachers, as the people who enlightened Dong Li, Dong Li's corresponding respect is not too much.

In the past two months, Xu Yu's equestrian skills have progressed rapidly, and Xu Yu naturally will not take care of one or the other in terms of martial arts and culture. Every day, after getting up early to play the five poultry operas to activate the body, he began to exercise, and then took Moyu out of the city for a run, and then went back to follow Dong Yu and the masters of the Dong Mansion to learn cultural knowledge. I don't want to be a great Confucian, I just want to quickly familiarize myself with the commonly used characters and fonts of this era, and get rid of the illiterate class.

And because of the foundation of the previous life, Chinese characters are the reason for the same lineage. Xu Yu made rapid progress, and the brush characters could be written smoothly after a long period of training, and the official scripts commonly used in this era were also written with a lot of charm. Except for some rare words, I can basically read the common words, but it is a little difficult to write.

The rest of the Dong Mansion only knew that Xu Yu was a scholar from a down-and-out small family in Yizhou, and he didn't know what level of culture he had reached, so he was also approved to join Dong Yan and invite the masters of the Dong Mansion to teach Dong Li to study.

The masters naturally don't care so much, they are only responsible for teaching Dong Li to read and write every day, teaching some knowledge learned by cultural people in this era, and then letting it go. This also concealed the fact that he was illiterate in this era.

After learning the text in the morning, it was inconvenient to listen to the military book left by General Fubo with Dong Li in the afternoon. Xu Yu continued to take Moyu out of the city to practice equestrianism and martial arts, and at night, Dong Yu recited the war book and tactics, and then the two pondered together, and often discussed together if they had time during the day.

And after the last time the two competed, the daily competition has also become the norm for the two. Xu Yu's martial arts have also improved rapidly under the guidance of Dong Li, a master. From the beginning, he was either pressed and beaten, or he was allowed to fight, and now he can fight with Dong Yan in a regular state without falling behind. Xu Yu's progress is very obvious.

Efforts to have a plan and clear goals always pay off. Xu Yu finally lived up to the hardships he endured when he first came to this world.