That night, Li Hao returned to the room to rest, but before he could lie down, the black egg knocked on Li Hao's door in a hurry.

"Owner, something happened to the war horse!"

Hearing this, Li Hao almost didn't jump up, hurriedly opened the door and asked, "What's wrong!" ”

Now the cavalry team is the strongest army in Lijiazhuang, and if something happens to the war horse, it can kill Li Hao.

The black egg's face was full of anxiety, but he couldn't say why for a long time.

"I don't know what's wrong, the owner, come with me to take a look!"

Li Hao didn't have time to think about it, he directly put on a piece of clothing, and the two of them ran to the racecourse in a hurry.

In the horse farm, hundreds of war horses knelt on the ground, you must know that horse creatures, due to their unique biological instincts, even if they sleep, they are standing, so many war horses are inexplicably kneeling on the ground at this moment, which is enough to show that the situation is not optimistic.

Yu Wenqi came to the horse farm first, and was half-kneeling beside a sweaty BMW at the moment, carefully observing something.

"Senior Yuwen, what's wrong?" Li Hao asked with a calm face.

Yu Wenqi sighed: "It's the old man who has been derelict in his duties, and he has been away from the war horse for too long, and he has forgotten such an important thing." For most of the past six months, the intensity of war horse training and combat is too high, and the horse's hooves can't hold it! ”

He said, pointing to the hooves of the sweaty horse.

Li Hao hurriedly leaned over to look, only to see that the horse's hooves held by Yu Wenqi were seriously worn, and the bright red horse's paw meat was already exposed in some places.

Horseshoe is actually a gen, just like a human fingernail, which protects the horse's hoof.

Under normal circumstances, the keratin growth rate and wear rate of the horse's hooves can be balanced, but if the horse runs long distances or goes through a fierce battle, the wear rate will increase.

The cavalry team of Lijiazhuang is now powerful, in addition to the bravery and fearlessness of the soldiers, it is also due to the strict training on weekdays.

Yuwenqi is an excellent cavalry warrior, and he can train a group of recruits into elite warriors in a matter of months. But it's really because the cycle is too short, whether it's a war horse or a soldier, they have to go through high-intensity training every day.

In addition, this time, Li Hao led the cavalry team to fight behind enemy lines for several months, and he was constantly moving and charging almost every day. The horse's hooves wore out far more than they could grow naturally, so much so that now the soles of the horses were injured.

"Is it serious?" Li Hao asked.

Yu Wenqi shook his head: "Fortunately, I found it early, and the war horse's leg was not injured too much." It's just that...... Recently, this group of war horses can't go through high-intensity battles! ”

Yuwenqi has been accompanied by war horses all his life, and the horses are closer than his son in his eyes, and he can't hide his guilt when he sees the war horses in such a miserable state.

Li Hao was furious, he stood up and pointed to the people in the engineering department and asked, "What are you all doing for food?" Don't you know that horses need to nail horseshoes! I asked you to fully assist Yuwen's predecessors in forming a cavalry unit, and that's how you assisted? ”

The people in the engineering department were a little confused by Li Hao's scolding, and even Yu Wenqi, a veteran cavalry soldier, asked blankly.

"What nail horseshoe, what are you talking about, boy Li?"

Li Hao was stunned for a moment, and then slapped his head.

Wipe! How to forget about this! The first use of horseshoes in Chinese history was in the Yuan Dynasty, and it is still hundreds of years away!

"I'm sorry, I'm sorry! I'm crazy! Li Hao smiled awkwardly, and then summoned everyone to the shed next to the racecourse.

He picked up his pen and quickly scribbled on the paper, and after a cup of tea, a U-shaped horseshoe appeared on the paper.

"Look, it's called a horseshoe, and it's made of pure steel. Pin it to the horseshoe and you will be able to protect the horseshoe of the warhorse! ”

Yu Wenqi looked at the horseshoe on the paper, as if he had opened the door to a new world, and his eyes bloomed with fine light.

"That's right! Nail the iron utensils to the horseshoe paper to prevent the horse's hooves from being worn out! Such a good attention, why didn't I think of it before! ”

Since ancient times, the cavalry team has a tradition of fighting and raising, and no matter how strong the cavalry is, if the horse's hoof is damaged, it will also affect the strength of the team.

Even the Turks who grew up on horseback could not escape this rule.

But if there is a horseshoe, then the war horse can avoid the iron law of trimming due to the wear and tear of the horse's hooves, and the durability and combat effectiveness of a cavalry unit can also be greatly improved.

"Brothers in the forging department, listen up! The horseshoe does not have to be particularly delicate, and even deliberately makes grooves on the surface of the farrier so that the horse does not slip and fall when charging. You work hard tonight, and according to the drawings I made, you will first build a few hundred pairs of shoes and put them on the wounded horses. Don't let them get any more damaged! ”

"It's the owner, let's go now!" The technicians of the forging department excitedly ran back to the village with the drawings.

For forging technicians, every new invention inspires a passion in their hearts. Horseshoes they've never heard of before, they're making history!

Li Hao was not idle this night, he personally led people to make more than a dozen trapped horse poles on the horse farm. Horses are unfamiliar with the farrier, and a rash slap on the horse's shoe may cause the horse to be frightened and kicked, and the villagers must be provided with the necessary protection.

In the early morning of the next day, hundreds of pairs of shoes were sent into the racecourse, and such a novelty also attracted many onlookers.

Li Hao was busy all night, tired and sweating, and at the moment he was naked with his upper body, doing things in full swing next to the sleepy horse pole.

The strong muscles shone in the morning sun, causing the onlookers to exclaim and practice.

Li Mingda was also mixed in the crowd, blushing and not daring to look at it, she was a little shocked in her heart, how could these girls look at a man shirtless so grandly.

Wan'er saw Li Mingda's embarrassing question, so she explained to her in a whisper.

The people in Lijiazhuang have received a new type of education, and their minds are much more open than those outside. Etiquette and honesty are important, but there is much more open-mindedness here than outside.

Li Mingda listened to Wan'er's explanation, and although he couldn't accept it for a while, he also expressed his understanding. In the depths of her heart, she faintly felt that the education of Li Jiazhuang seemed to have unlocked the imprisonment of Chinese women for thousands of years.

In front of the trapped horse, Li Hao taught the dexterity of nailing the horseshoe by hand.

He first fastened the horse to the trap pole and then lifted the horse's hooves.

"This step is very important, the horseshoe must be the same size as the horse's shoe, otherwise it will cause damage to the horse, before hitting the horse's shoe, the horse's hooves should be flattened for a better fit!"

As he spoke, Li Hao picked up a sharp hook knife to flatten the horse's shoe, and then nailed the horseshoe to the horse's hoof with a nail obliquely.

The war horse was a little frightened and struggled hard, but it was already locked by the trapped horse pole, coupled with Li Hao's brute strength, how could it break free? In the end, he could only be reluctantly nailed to the horseshoe.

After nailing a horse, Li Hao wiped the sweat on his forehead casually: "Everyone has seen the process clearly, now nail all the injured war horses with shoes!" ”

"Yes!" The trainees responded positively and began to nail the war horse. There was great strength in numbers, and soon all the horses with damaged hooves were nailed to the shoes.

Because of the protection of the shoe, the horses with injured paws can now stand up normally.

The cavalrymen cheered and turned on their horses and galloped.

The sound of the intersection of fine iron echoed on the horse farm with the sound of the galloping of war horses.

More powerful than ever.