Huang Feihu saw that there was a pair of leather cushions under His Royal Highness the Prince, and he didn't want this pair of "ornaments" that he thought was used for decoration to have such a function, and the small bronze objects on the prince's feet were still covered, and the combination of these two things could undoubtedly make the knight control the horses more firmly and freely.

The original saddle was invented by the Assyrians, but it was simple, just a piece of cushion. After improving and practical is the wooden Takahashi saddle, which was first invented by the nomads of Central Asia, when there is no saddle, it is extremely difficult to shoot arrows on a galloping horse, because the rider has to clamp the horse's belly and maintain balance with both legs, and at the same time he has to pull the bow with both arms and try to make the arrow hit the target, even if it is a nomad who lives on horseback since childhood, this mode of combat is also very inefficient and difficult to implement, at this time the best way is to stop the horse to shoot the arrow or simply dismount and shoot; when the Takahashi saddle is put into use, it gives the rider a longitudinal stabilizing effect, so that it can shoot the arrow forward when galloping, but because there is no effective support in the transverseIt is still easy to fall when shooting arrows in the left and right directions or even when turning around and shooting arrows backwards, which is very dangerous. It wasn't until the advent of stirrups that changed that.

Stirrups, devices for stepping on feet while riding, suspended from belts on both sides of the saddle. With it, the cavalry can free their hands and do various movements on the horse more easily, and the history of human warfare has truly ushered in the era of invincible cavalry. According to research, the earliest stirrups were found in the Northern Wei Dynasty in China in the 3rd and 4th centuries AD, and the saddle in China's verifiable dynasties will also go to the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty. For the Shang Dynasty, the saddle and stirrup were definitely an "invention" that was ahead of its time. When Zhang Zixing made the stirrups at that time, it was also on a whim, but it was deliberately brought out today to show Huang Feihu.

Huang Feihu is a family of generals, has been in the army since childhood, proficient in military affairs, after a little explanation, he understood the principle and function of the saddle stirrup, his face suddenly showed a surprised expression, turned down the five-colored sacred cow, and knelt down at him: "If the treasures made by His Highness are popularized in my big merchant army, the combat effectiveness of the cavalry can be more than doubled, and in the future, when our army fights against the dog Rong army that is good at riding and guerrilla warfare, it can have the upper hand, and I ask Your Highness for permission." ”

Zhang Zixing originally had the intention to win over Huang Feihu, so he hurriedly dismounted and helped him up, and readily agreed. Looking at Huang Feihu's appearance as if he had obtained a treasure, he smiled secretly in his heart: Brother-in-law, there are many "treasures" that surprise you!

After this incident, the relationship between Zhang Zixing and Huang Feihu has become a lot closer. The two of them got back on their horses, walked slowly, and were talking happily, when suddenly someone from the generals behind Huang Feihu interjected: "Your Highness is brave and unparalleled, but you don't know how to use archery?

"Bold! Don't be rude!" Huang Feihu was startled, and hurriedly snorted back, and when he saw this person clearly, his face changed even more: "You...... Don't you step down for me!"

Zhang Zixing's eyes were sharp, and he saw that the person who spoke was a white-faced young general in armor, with a slender figure, red lips and white teeth, a very handsome appearance, and even a hint of charm between his eyebrows. Zhang Zixing's eyes swept down, and found that there was indeed no Adam's apple, and he knew that it must be a woman dressed as a man. Seeing that the woman didn't care about Huang Feihu's blaming eyes, he vaguely guessed her identity.

At this time, a general who was scouting in front came to report: "Your Highness, a herd of deer has been found ahead!"

Soon, I saw that the hounds released by the generals drove a group of elk over, and the woman urged His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to show his archery skills, Zhang Zixing knew that archery skills were sparse, and he couldn't take it in front of a famous general like Huang Feihu, so he pretended to smile profoundly: "How do I know what archery, I have heard that General Huang's archery skills are excellent for a long time, just an eye-opener!"

Huang Feihu humbly gave a few words, and saw that he couldn't refuse, so he had to take out a bow, pull a full moon, shoot an arrow, and a deer fell to the ground with a wail, and the young general dressed as a man did not show weakness, and even two arrows, all hit the target, Zhang Zixing cheered loudly: "Miss is good archery!"

As soon as these words came out, the woman suddenly knew that her identity was seen through by the prince, her face was flushed, and she rode her horse and retreated behind Huang Feihu.

In this era, women are not allowed to meet their husbands before they get married, nor can they come out at will, but this Miss Huang's behavior can be regarded as extremely bold. Of course, Rao is her boldness, and under the constraints of the moral etiquette of this era, she can't help but be ashamed. Huang Feihu secretly scolded this sister for insulting the family, but now that the matter has come, he can only ask the prince for forgiveness.

If it were someone else, the impression of Miss Huang would have dropped greatly, but Zhang Zixing came from thousands of years later, where is there any more accounting, he stopped Huang Feihu, who was about to apologize, and saluted the woman: "I have heard that Miss Jiuwen is a heroine among women, and today I can see Miss Shenjiao, which is really worthy of her reputation and is admirable." ”

"Alas, my sister Feiyan, who has been spoiled by her father since she was a child, does not know how to be polite, which makes Her Highness smile. Huang Feihu sighed, he didn't know anything about his sister's infiltration into the team in advance, but fortunately, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince was very enlightened and didn't blame him.

"It's okay, this real surname is also love, how can I be weird!" Zhang Zixing said while peeking at the appearance of this fiancée Huang Feiyan, Huang Feiyan, who was dressed in men's clothes, looked more heroic than ordinary women, tall figure, small and delicate facial features, and the blush on her face added a bit of charm, in terms of appearance, she was still above Jiang and Yang, which was diametrically opposed to what he was worried about before. I really don't know how the king was willing to throw her off the star picking tower later, what an idiot who doesn't know how to pity the fragrance and cherish the jade!

In fact, Zhang Zixing didn't know that before he returned to the Shang Dynasty, His Royal Highness the "former" King Shou had met Huang Feiyan with Wei Ziqi, and the two of them were shocked at that time, so they started a fierce competition. It's a pity that Huang Feiyan is not interested in the two princes, and has been rejecting the two since then, until now she is married by the Son of Heaven. Knowing that she couldn't escape, she was depressed, and she had the courage to take advantage of her brother's invitation to the prince to join the team, wanting to take the opportunity to make the prince ugly and vent his evil anger.

Huang Feiyan found that Zhang Zixing was peeking at her beauty, she was ashamed in her heart, and her face turned even redder, but she still refused to relax in her mouth: "Please show your highness, Feiyan will wait and see." ”

This little girl hasn't forgotten this incident...... Fortunately, His Royal Highness had already left a hand! Zhang Zixing smiled slightly, and had the intention to behave in front of the beauties, and the Lingjia family would release the hounds to drive the deer towards this side again, and then took out a strange thing.

He folded the rectangular object in his hand several times and unfolded it, and it turned into a huge and strange bow, a bronze "bow" with a handle and a row of slots with five long grooves in the middle.

Huang Feiyan watched in amazement as His Royal Highness the Crown Prince took out three special arrows, put them into the slot, and then pulled a mechanism backwards, and the strange aiming posture of the "bow" on the horizontal end was completely different from the shooting posture of ordinary people, and he couldn't help but be curious.

The deer herd was driven here again, and when I saw the bow in Zhang Zixing's hand trembling slightly, with three soft sounds of breaking through the air, the three deer in the distance fell in response, and everyone would see this and cheer in unison. Huang Feiyan had never seen such a fast and accurate "archery" and was taken aback. Huang Feihu also noticed that the three arrows actually passed through his body and were nailed straight into the soil, and he couldn't help but change color: "Your Highness actually has such a shooting technique!

"It must be that strange bow that has strange ......," Huang Feiyan muttered, staring directly at the "bow" in Zhang Zixing's hand.

"Miss Bingxue is really smart, just because Xiao Wang's archery skills are mediocre, so she deliberately created this triple bow to cover its shortcomings. Purple Star generously admitted.

"This thing is made by His Highness, His Highness really has an unpredictable talent!" Huang Feihu blurted out: "The last general is brave, please borrow the divine bow in His Highness's hand to take a look?"

Zhang Zixing nodded and handed over the Lian Yu in his hand, which was originally one of the "treasures" he wanted to show Huang Feihu today. Although the Shang Dynasty also had simple crossbows, they were poorly structured, and their range and power were not satisfactory, and they could only be used for hunting at most, and could not be equipped with armies.

In fact, Zhang Zixing originally wanted to make a more powerful ten-gun crossbow, but because the drawings were too complicated, they used to be stored in the super brain as entertainment materials, and now where can they recall it all, plus the limitations of materials and craftsman skills, so they can only make the most common three-arrow crossbow from the Warring States period to the Jin Dynasty in later generations. Of course, this triple triple also incorporates some principles of firearms, which can control single or burst shots, and the design and aiming are more scientific and lethal than those of the cold weapon era. Although he once boasted of building modern weapons, due to the limitations of materials, processes and technology, he could not do it in one step, and could only do it step by step.

Huang Feihu respectfully took the Lianyu with both hands on the five-colored sacred cow, only to feel that it was much heavier than the general bow, Zhang Zixing explained to Huang Feihu in detail the method of aiming and launching, Huang Feiyan on the side also listened carefully, Huang Feihu according to Professor Zixing's "three points and one line" aiming method, pulled the trigger, shot towards the big tree on the side, three arrows at once, "snatch and snatch", all of them were deeply submerged in the trunk, the strength is strong, the speed of the launch is so fast, so that Huang Feihu is amazed.

Huang Feihu suddenly thought of something, and his eyes lit up: "Dog Rong is good at riding, and Dongyi is good at shooting." Although our great merchant soldiers are brave and unparalleled in the world, they are always invincible in these two things, and in the past confrontations, even if they win, they have to pay considerable casualties. The two treasures made by His Royal Highness today, the saddle stirrup and the lian, are really the treasures of my army, and from now on the east and west can sit back and relax. ”

When Huang Feiyan heard this, her gaze at Zhang Zixing also became strange - I heard that after the prince recovered from his strange illness, his surname changed greatly, he was diligent and studious, modest and polite, and now it seems that it is really very different from before, could it be that the Holy Ancestor has a spirit, so that the frivolous and aggressive King Shou has become the knowledgeable, mature and stable His Royal Highness the Prince?

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