Since he succeeded to the throne, Qingji has been expanding his armaments, ordering people to build chariots and raise horses.

This makes the number of chariots of Wu State have already exceeded 1,000 times, and it is a well-deserved "country of 1,000 times......

Of course, in a real sense, the state of Wu should be a country of ten thousand times.

Rao is like this, the Wu country has a great cause, there is no shortage of chariots, chariots, and weapons, but what is lacking is an excellent war horse!

Southern horses have short legs and stamina, but lack explosiveness, which is no small flaw.

Moreover, the south does not produce war horses, and there are not many places where horses can be raised.

Although Qingji has recruited people who are good at raising horses over the years, they are responsible for raising war horses for the Wu State, but with little success.

As the saying goes, "orange is orange born in Huainan, and orange is born in Huaibei", one side of the water and soil raises one person.

Even horses that have been crossbred are sometimes difficult to use as war horses.

"Boom!"

At this moment, on the huge school ground, under the gaze of Qingji, a full three hundred cars galloped towards the scarecrows on the opposite side.

"Hugh Hugh!"

Before the chariot arrived, the archers on the chariot were already shooting their bows and arrows at the scarecrows.

Then the chariot ran over, and Rong on the chariot swung his weapon and struck the scarecrow and swept past.

The movements are clean and neat, without dragging the mud and water at all, and it looks very decompressing......

In this era, there were two main types of weapons for chariots, combat weapons and long-range weapons.

In the beginning, the main fighting weapon of the chariot battle was Ge, Ge is a long-handled hook-shaped weapon, with a sharp double-sided blade and a striker, and the Ge equipped with the chariot is generally about three meters long, which is used by the "Rong You" to use for hook or peck when the chariot is staggered.

In the Spring and Autumn period, a large number of Ge were replaced by halberds.

The armor on the chariot is usually equipped with a bronze sword for self-defense, and it is used for close combat when the chariot is destroyed or when the enemy jumps on the chariot.

The long-range weapons on the chariot are mainly bows or crossbows, which are used by the shooter and are mainly used to shoot at the chariot at a long distance.

The personnel on the chariot were mainly protected by leather armor and shields, but there were also a small number of copper armor.

The charioteers mainly fight upright and in the middle of the car, so the leather armor used by the soldiers has a long armor body, and has different emphases according to the division of labor.

For example, Rong You needs to wield weapons such as Ge and halberds to fight, so his "cape" is generally only up to the shoulder.

The Emperor, on the other hand, extends his mantle down to the wrist and has a gauntlet attached.

Large shields, mostly made of leather, were commonly used on chariots, and bronze parts were added to the shields for reinforcement.

Chariots were first used in the Battle of Gan under the command of Xia Wangqi.

Later, the scale of the war became larger and larger, and the chariot became the main force of the war and the standard for measuring the strength of a country......

"Good!"

"Color!"

After the charioteers slaughtered the scarecrows in pieces, Qingji and the generals of Wu who followed behind them all applauded.

The next military exercises were formations, hand-to-hand combat, hand-to-hand fighting, and weapon fighting, and the battle situation was also quite fierce.

As the saying goes, raising soldiers for a thousand days is a time to use soldiers.

Qingji is well versed in the principle of "sweating more in peacetime and bleeding less in wartime", so the officers and men of the Wu army often conduct drills in case of emergency.

It is worth mentioning that there are not many real professional soldiers in Wu now.

Even if these soldiers are undergoing military exercises, if their titles are not high enough, they still need to shoulder the heavy responsibility of cultivating the fields.

In other words, this is still the integration of soldiers and farmers.

They still need to support themselves through their own labor.

Of course, the price to be paid by the state is some farm tools, ploughing cattle, etc., and that's it.

Wu does not raise idlers.

This is not a lie!

Even if it is a standing army stationed near the capital Jinling all year round, it is impossible to train every day......

Who can stand this?

So in their spare time, they will devote themselves to agricultural production.

No matter how high the rank of the general, there are no exceptions.

Even high-ranking generals such as Sun Wu, Wu Zixu, and Tian Sui Tho inevitably had to work in the fields from time to time to play a leading role and set an example for the officers and men of the Wu army.

Such a "integration of soldiers and peasants" has indeed saved Wu a large amount of military expenditure, but it is difficult for Wu's combat effectiveness to be further improved.

"Lieutenant, Great Sima, if my Wu army fights with the division of the Central Plains princes, how can I win it?"

When reviewing the three armies, Qingji did not forget to ask Sun Wu and Wu Zixu who were following behind him.

"This ......"

Hearing this, Sun Wu and Wu Zixu couldn't help but glance at each other.

Obviously, they had already guessed Qingji's thoughts.

I'm just not sure!

Could it be that the king has already decided to participate in the melee in the Central Plains?

Compete for hegemony with the Jin Kingdom?

"The King."

After Sun Wu pondered for a moment, he replied: "The only way to win the war is to win with a military chariot. ”

"My Wu country has a martial style, there is no shortage of people who dare to fight, and the military revolution is sharp, the treasury is abundant, and it is strong in the world. The only flaw, or what is inferior to the Jin Kingdom, is the ...... of the military chariots"

"Since the dream of the first king's longevity, Shen Gong Wuchen was ordered by Jin Jinggong to take thirty chariots into Wu Land, give them to Wu archers and emperors, and teach me the Wu people's land warfare methods, so far, nearly ninety years."

"The state of Wu thus greatly developed the chariot, and was able to win many battles, expand its territory, and compete with the Chu people in the southeast."

After a pause, Sun Wu said again: "However, even today, although the chariot of my Wu Kingdom has already exceeded a thousand times, and is known as the 'country of ten thousand times', in the chariot, I am afraid it is still inferior to the crowd of the Jin army, and it is not as sharp as the Jin army!" ”

Sun Wu's words, although they sounded very harsh to Qingji, were a fact that had to be admitted.

Located in the Central Plains countries, whether it is the Jin State, the Qi State, or the Song State, the Lu State, the Wei State, the Zheng State and other medium-sized countries, all of them are good at chariots.

Because the Central Plains area, the terrain is mostly flat, and the horses are flat, which is suitable for the vertical and horizontal galloping of chariots.

Now Wu has a lot of chariots, and the chariot soldiers are also strong, but they can only rely on national strength and tactics to crush the Song, Lu, Wei, Zheng and other Central Plains countries.

Once it encounters a big country like Jin and Qi, Wu's chariot is afraid that it will be overwhelmed, and if it fights head-on, it will not take any advantage, and it may be at a disadvantage when the chariot charges.

In this era, before the real "cavalry" appeared, the mainstay of the battlefield in the Central Plains was still the chariot!

What is a real cavalry?

It is a war horse equipped with stirrups and horseshoes, which can free the knight's hands to the maximum extent, and a way to maintain the horse's hooves (the life of the horse......

Stirrups and horseshoes are something that is very easy to build.

In other words, there isn't much technical content.

Qingji could move out stirrups and horseshoes at any time, and trained numerous iron cavalry regiments for the Wu State.

But, is this really beneficial to the state of Wu?