In the courtyard of the Royal Palace, a half-length bright yellow wooden horse was erected on thick fur, and the sides were tied to the ground with strong cow tendons.

Li Xian, dressed in a neat black short coat, stood aside, pulled the elastic cow tendon with his hand, looked at this thing that looked like a horse but not much like a horse, and turned his head to look at Li Xuan with some puzzlement: "Uncle Wang, how to do this?" ”

Li Xuan walked up from behind, glanced at Li Xian with a smile, and said, "Your Highness, please take a closer look." ”

After saying a word, Li Xuan stepped a little, pulled the reins with his hand, and the person had already turned over and sat on the wooden horse.

Grabbing the reins, Li Xuan's body moved forward slightly, and the next moment, the predecessor of the Trojan horse had been deeply pressed, and the cow tendons behind it were instantly collapsed straight.

As soon as the force was released, the rear of the Trojan horse was immediately pulled back deeply, and the front was quickly cocked.

In the blink of an eye, the front and rear of the Trojan horse had begun to rise and fall rapidly, jumping back and forth rapidly.

The iron pillar that supports the center of the Trojan horse makes a "squeak" sound.

Li Xuan sat on the horse's body, not only to sit firmly, but also to adjust the body pressure before and after at any time, so that the whole horse maintained a continuous balance of strength, and then kept rolling back and forth, and the person was quickly turned upside down.

The further back he went, the greater the force Li Xuan used, the greater the amplitude of the Trojan horse's bump.

In the end, Li Xian, who was even more watching, stared at him in disbelief.

After a quarter of an hour, Li Xuan quickly controlled his body, pressed back and loosened the front, pressed the front and back, and used the reverse force, and the bumps of the entire Trojan horse immediately began to calm down rapidly.

The Trojan horse stopped, Li Xuan turned over and dismounted, then looked at Li Xian with a smile, and said: "Your Highness, this thing is used like this, if Your Highness still thinks that the strength is not enough, then find someone and use a rope to pull and press the front and back of the Trojan Horse." The minister assured that this thing would definitely allow His Highness to learn to ride a horse faster than a real horse. ”

The corners of Li Xian's mouth couldn't help twitching slightly, and then he arched his hand and said: "Uncle Wang, if you really want to ride a horse, Xian is still willing to ride a real horse, there is no need for this." ”

"Of course, yes." Li Xuan looked at Li Xian's somewhat frightened appearance, and said with a slight teasing in the corner of his eyes: "Doesn't Your Highness always like to gamble with people, so one day, you will use this thing to gamble with others, and bet on who can last longer on this." ”

"Find more people to ...... front and back," Li Xian immediately understood how to operate.

Playing and gambling, Li Xian is a big expert.

In the blink of an eye, Li Xian had already come up with more than a dozen ways to play this thing.

"However, this first hurdle is still passed by His Highness himself." Li Xuan walked to Li Xian's side, handed over the reins in his hand, and whispered side by side: "Since the Queen of Heaven has an order, it is not good for the ministers to use any opportunistic means, so it will trouble His Highness to work hard." ”

"Why don't you go up?" Li Xian looked at Li Xuan helplessly.

Li Xuan turned to the side and said in a low reassuring voice: "Your Highness goes up first, with less force, it is not so bumpy at all, this thing is much easier to control than a war horse, it is much more fun, and it is not difficult for Your Highness to master at all." The key is to let the queen of heaven see that His Royal Highness is indeed working hard. ”

"Uncle Wang, this thing is really easier to control than a war horse?" Although Li Xian was a little reluctant, he was still more acceptable to this thing compared to a real war horse.

"Of course." Li Xuan pointed to the thick fur underneath, raised his eyebrows, and said frankly: "Even if there is something wrong at that time, His Highness will fall from above...... Your Highness thinks, can this thing really be bumped? ”

"Oh?" Li Xian's eyes suddenly lit up, the reason why he was reluctant to ride a war horse was because the war horse was not easy to control, once he fell off the horse, he had to touch his head and break the blood, but now he did this, and his safety was greatly guaranteed.

"Then Ben Wang tried?" Li Xian looked at the Trojan horse in front of him, and the more he looked at it, the more it looked like an interesting toy, and his interest immediately came.

"Your Highness, please!" Li Xuan stuffed the reins into Li Xian's hand, and then personally sent him on the horse.

Li Xuan pressed the front a little harder, and the Trojan immediately began to shake back and forth slightly.

"Huh!" Li Xian felt this power, and said with satisfaction and joy: "This is quite interesting. ”

"Hey, hey!" Li Xuan smiled maliciously, and then began to gradually increase the strength, the amplitude of the horse's front and back bumps began to get bigger and bigger, and Li Xian already felt a little uncomfortable sitting on his body: "Uncle Wang, Uncle Wang, how about slowing down?" ”

"Hold on to the reins and sit up straight." Li Xuan slapped Li Xian's waist suddenly, Li Xian sat up straight all of a sudden, Li Xuan grabbed his arm again, took a look, and said seriously: "Feel the ups and downs, move with the trend, don't resist." ”

The horse's jolting was maintained at a relatively high, but not too high.

Li Xian finally gradually got used to it, he felt a little like he had found a feeling, and even said happily: "Uncle Wang, you know how to play." ”

"Good!" Li Xuan gradually let go of his hand, and then took a step back.

Li Xian grabbed the reins, one after the other, steadily pressing back and forth, and the Trojan horse had gradually controlled his hands.

After a long time, the Trojan finally calmed down.

Li Xuan stepped forward and helped Li Xian, who was a little weak, off the horse.

Li Xian stood on the ground, as if he was stepping on cotton, and glanced back at the Trojan horse, feeling a little reluctant.

At this time, Li Xuan opened his mouth and said: "Your Highness doesn't know how to ride a horse, it's just that you don't have control over the bumps that are too strong...... Riding a horse, riding a war horse, riding a fierce horse, there will be no big problem for His Highness. ”

"Good!" Li Xian nodded, came back to his senses, looked at Li Xuan and said, "Thank you Uncle Wang, it seems that this time the queen mother is there, and she can barely explain it." ”

……

In the Penglai Palace, Li Zhi looked at the wooden horse placed on the carpet in the hall, stretched out his hand and pressed it slightly, and the front of the wooden horse immediately pressed forward.

As soon as he let go, the Trojan horse was immediately pulled back by the strong tendons in the rear, and after a long time of jolting back and forth, it gradually stopped.

"This thing, the king of Nanchang sent it to the Xiangwang Mansion, as well as Taiping, let them play, the queen thought it was interesting, so she sent it to me." Li Zhi paused slightly, turned to look at Hao Chujun, Pei Xingjian and Liu Xianli on the side, and asked in a deep voice: "Three Aiqing, I want to ask, can this Trojan horse be used for the riding training of southern soldiers?" ”

Hao Chujun, Pei Xingjian and Liu Xianli glanced at each other.

In the end, Pei Xingjian, the secretary of the Ministry of War, took a step forward and said: "Back to Your Majesty, my dynasty has always recruited soldiers with fewer horses and more soldiers, and the recruitment of cavalry has always given priority to those who can ride horses. ”

In today's Tang Dynasty, most of the soldiers are mainly soldiers from the north, but the number of available soldiers is decreasing day by day, so this time, not only the soldiers who returned from Dongdao were transferred to the western front, but even recruited an additional 10,000 soldiers from Jiangnan Province.

However, most of these soldiers from Jiangnan Province did not know how to ride horses, and they could not supplement the cavalry at all, which made Li Zhi worried, but now it seems that they are not needed.

"What Pei Shangshu said, the minister did not agree." Hao Chujun took a step forward and arched his hand: "Your Majesty, during the Dafeichuan period, I fought against Tubo, and I captured thousands of horses from its border tribes more than once, but at that time, I could not directly convert them into combat power, sometimes I needed to transport them back to the rear, and sometimes I simply gave them up; If the grain transporters who came from the rear could also ride horses simply, not to mention anything else, the speed of the army alone would have to be increased by more than one percent. ”

Pei Xingjian frowned and said, "That's just an infantry on a horse, and it can't fight at all." ”

Hao Chujun immediately replied: "Of course, but the grain and grass required by the front-line cavalry can be transported to the front line faster, and the soldiers with good riding skills in the rear can also be selected and supplemented to the cavalry in time. ”

"Two." Liu Xianli hurriedly interrupted the dispute between the two in front of him, and then said with a wry smile: "The two, now the Ministry of Industry, will be the supervisor, and they are making every effort to build all kinds of equipment needed for the front line, even if they need to be used, this thing will not be able to be built much in a short time." ”

"Then let the folk craftsmen participate in the creation, it is not complicated for the palace to see this thing, draw a batch of craftsmen from Luoyang Shangyang Palace back, and specialize in the assembly and polishing of the core, it doesn't take too much, there are a few hundred, it is enough to come in handy." Empress Wu wore a black phoenix-patterned mattress skirt and walked in from outside the temple gate.

"Diva." Hao Chujun, Pei Xingjian and Liu Xianli bowed their heads at the same time.

Li Zhi looked sideways at Empress Wu and asked softly, "Does the Empress really think this thing is useful?" ”

Empress Wu nodded, and then said a little angrily: "San Lang is now practicing this thing every day, and he also made a bet with the King of Nanchang that if he can hold on for enough time, the King of Nanchang will lose to him a hundred times." ”

"So how much money did King Nanchang lose?"

"A thousand times." Empress Wu's expression became solemn, and then said: "But at the same time, the extent to which this kind of horse can be bumped has reached the limit, and the concubine sees that letting San Lang go to train the horse today is much stronger than before." ”

"It seems that the king of Nanchang has kept his official position." Li Zhi couldn't help but laugh.

Empress Wu nodded and said: "The king of Nanchang not only keeps his official position, but also keeps the money, the concubine has just been summoned to reward the king of Nanchang with 3,000 yuan, the concubine wants to see, how can he help San Lang practice archery next?" ”

"Fortunately, Shiro is skilled in arching horses, otherwise I really want to send Shiro to the king of Nanchang for training." Li Zhi sighed lightly, and then looked at Hao Chujun, Pei Xingjian and Liu Xianli: "Let's do this according to what the queen said, first build a batch and send it to the cavalry of each guard, let each guard train it by itself, and at the same time try how to reduce the loss of war horses." ”

The loss of war horses, this is the greatest use of this thing.

Datang's monthly war horse attrition is definitely a terrifying number, if this number can be reduced, then Datang's combat power will definitely be greatly improved.

After Hao Chujun, Pei Xingjian and Liu Xianli retreated, Empress Wu walked to Li Zhi's side, touched the wooden horse and said: "If you give the concubine three years, my dynasty will be able to completely overwhelm Tubo if you can't say that you can't be on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau." ”

"Three years?" Li Zhi's face became solemn, he looked at Empress Wu and said, "Mei Niang, you have set up a military order in front of me. ”

Empress Wu smiled playfully and said, "Your Majesty, the concubine actually didn't approve of fighting with Tubo before, but now, the situation has changed, and Tubo's advantage is getting smaller and smaller. ”

Speaking of this, Empress Wu's voice lowered: "Your Majesty, the secret report of Tubo, the imperial doctor in the Tubo Palace, has not returned home for three months?" ”

"Huh?" Li Zhi's eyes lit up instantly, and then he nodded slowly and said, "It seems that the matter of Tubo has really slowed down." ”

If they are in a hurry, it is easy for Tubo to have the same hatred and hatred, and if they loosen up, they will go crazy and fight among themselves.

The situation has changed.

(End of chapter)