Gao Yuan said with a smile: "This is called a horse pedal, which is not used to step on a horse, but to ride on horseback, so that the legs can have a point of focus, so that only by relying on the strength of the legs, you can control your body on the horseback, and your hands can be freed up to use weapons to fight." You see I just rode over, isn't that it? In addition, with stirrups, you can also make some tricks on horseback. ”

Li Yinghong was skeptical when he heard this, and said, "Is it really as easy to use as you say?" Let me give it a try. Saying that, she pressed the horse's back with both hands, jumped up with her legs pushed hard, stepped on the horse's back, and then inserted her feet into the horse's pedals, and kicked hard, feeling that it was really different, after all, the feeling of the feet hanging in the air and having a focus point is of course completely different.

Gao Yuan said: "Don't put all your feet into the horses, just step on the horseshoes with your toes, otherwise when you get off the horse, your feet will be easily caught by the horses and dragged by the horses." ”

Li Yinghong also muttered: "It's still so troublesome." However, she also followed Gao Yuan's words, only stepped on the horse's pedal with her toes, and then gently clamped the horse's belly with her legs, urging the horse to run.

The speed of the war horse became faster and faster, and Li Yinghong also let go of his hands, pulled out his double swords, and waved them on the horse's back. And Li Mu and Zhao Xuan also stared at her figure intently, and the excitement in Li Mu's eyes became stronger and stronger.

After running three or four laps, Li Yinghong ran back in front of Li Mu, jumped off the war horse, looked excited, and said: "Father, what Gao Yuan said is true, such a horse furniture is indeed much more stable to sit on." ”

Li Mu immediately grabbed the reins of the horse and said, "Yinghong, let me give it a try." After saying that, he also jumped on the horse's back, stepped on the horse's pedal as Takahara said, and urged the horse to run twice. Then he stopped and dismounted, and couldn't help but smile on his face, turned to Zhao Xuan and said, "Zhao Xuan, you can also try, if you change into this auspicious horse furniture, will it be like a tiger with wings?" ”

When Zhao Xuan tried riding, Gao Yuan said: "The general thinks that such a horse is useful?" ”

Li Mu nodded again and again, and said, "Of course it works, if all the cavalry of our Zhao army are replaced with such horse furniture, then the combat effectiveness will definitely increase." Gao Yuan, you have made a great contribution to Zhao Guoguo, I will definitely report to the king and ask for credit for you. ”

Gao Yuan said: "It's useless to ask for credit or not, as long as I can help the general, I'm very happy." ”

At this time, Zhao Xuan also finished the test ride, stopped the horse, nodded again and again, and said: "General, this set of horse furniture can indeed greatly increase the stability on horseback, if all the cavalry of our Zhao army can be replaced with such horse furniture, the combat effectiveness can be doubled." ”

At this time, Gao Yuan said: "But the general should also be careful, this new horse furniture is not difficult to make, as long as there is a look, all countries can imitate it, if our Zhao army all change to this new horse furniture, maybe at the beginning can win the Qin army a few times, but soon the Qin army will follow our example, and also give their cavalry a new horse furniture." And the soldiers are not expensive, so I don't want to replace all the cavalry with new horses at once, but step by step, first select only a few elite cavalry and replace them with new horses, so that the Qin army will not find out, and we can also build an elite cavalry army. ”

Zhao Xuan said: "General, Gao Yuan has a point, as long as we have an elite cavalry of about 1,000 people, we can have a big advantage on the battlefield." ”

Li Mu pondered for a while, of course he also knew the truth that soldiers are not expensive, not to mention a thousand elite cavalry, even if there are only five hundred elite cavalry, in a battle of 100,000 people, they can play a key role in deciding the battle situation, so he said: "You three, come to my big tent, let's discuss it in detail." Plateau, you go and find the craftsman who makes the furniture. ”

After a while, Gao Yuan came to Li Mu's Chinese army tent with several craftsmen, and at this time, Li Muji was sitting in the middle, and Zhao Xuan and Li Yinghong stood on both sides of him.

The leader of the craftsman battalion is called Liu Chuang, and after giving the salute, Li Mucai said: "Liu Chuang, if you want the craftsman battalion to make a thousand pieces of this new style of horse furniture, it will take a few days to complete." ”

When he came, Liu Chuang had already heard what Gao Yuan said, so he immediately said: "General Hui, if you put down other things first and make a saddle and a horse, you can complete a thousand sets in ten days, but if you want to put a horsehoe on all the war horses according to Mr. Gao, I'm afraid it will take a month." ”

Li Mu was slightly stunned, looked at the plateau, and said, "What is a horseshoe?" ”

Gao Yuan hurriedly said: "General, I forgot to mention just now that a new set of horse furniture also includes the horse's four hooves. ”

Liu Chuang was clever and hurriedly said: "General, we also made two more horseshoes, you see." As he spoke, he took out two spare horseshoes from his bosom and handed them over.

Li Mu took it and looked at it, it turned out to be two half-arc bronze pieces, and Gao Yuan explained on the side: "General, nailing this kind of horsefoot to the horse's hooves can protect the horse's hooves, and my war horse has already been hit with a horse's shoe." ”

Li Yinghong said on the side: "Nailed to the horse's hooves? Doesn't that nail the horse's hooves? ”

Gao Yuan said: "No, the horse's hooves are composed of two layers, the one that touches the ground is a hard cuticle, and the upper layer is the living cuticle. As long as the nail is not long, only nailed to the hard, nailed will not hurt the horse's hooves, but this is also a fine work, if you are not careful, it will hurt the horse's retreat, but after nailing the horseshoe, you can delay the wear of the horse's hooves. It also gives the horse's hooves a firmer grip on the ground, which is good for both riding and driving. ”

Li Mu and Zhao Xuan listened, and they both nodded slightly, they all know that the horse's hooves are easy to wear, once the horse's hooves are worn, the war horse will be wasted, so the consumption of the war horses in the military camp is very large, and they are reluctant to take out the war horses for practice in peacetime. For the country where Zhao made good use of the cavalry at this time, the benefits were of course obvious.

And Li Yinghong was still a little curious: "What is the stratum corneum?" ”

Gao Yuan also didn't know what to say, and said, "It's probably the same as a human fingernail." ”

Li Yinghong didn't say anything anymore, and Li Mu put the horseshoes on the table and said, "The horseshoes can be put down first, and the saddle and horses are done first." Within 10 days, 1,000 sets were completed. ”

When Liu Chuang heard this, he immediately said, "Yes, General." ”

After Liu Chuang left, Li Mu turned to the plateau and said, "Plateau, I want to hand over this thousand cavalry to you to lead the training." ”

Gao Yuan was stunned for a moment and said, "Me? ”

Li Mu laughed and said: "You made this new horse furniture, and you were the only one who had ridden this kind of horse furniture before, so naturally you would guide the soldiers." ”

Gao Yuan said: "I can teach soldiers how to ride horses, but I don't know how to ride and shoot, and I still have to learn these aspects." ”

Li Yinghong said a little reluctantly on the side: "If you are asked to teach you, you must first teach the soldiers to ride horses, and then you can talk about the skills of riding and archery, and you don't need to teach the techniques of riding and archery!" He turned his head and said to Li Mu: "Father, I also want to join this cavalry." ”

Li Mu nodded slightly, and said: "Okay, you will assist the plateau and quickly establish this cavalry army, we don't have much time, and we may have a decisive battle with the Qin army in a month, I hope this cavalry army will be able to play an important role at that time." ”

At this point, Gao Yuan couldn't refuse anymore, nodded and said, "Okay, then I'll give it a try." ”

Li Yinghong said: "That's right, let's go, let's pick someone." With that, he pulled the plateau and ran out of Li Mu's big tent.

After the two of them left, Zhao Xuan said, "General, do you really plan to hand over this cavalry army to the commander of the plateau?" ”

Li Mu said: "It's been more than ten days since the plateau came, how do you make an impression of him?" ”

Zhao Xuan thought for a moment and said, "He is indeed a good person, he can get along well with almost all the soldiers in just over ten days, and I don't feel the kind of anger I had when I saw him for the first time." ”

Li Mudao: "I believe that it is a special situation, not his original intention, you must know that people may become violent in order to save their lives." ”

Zhao Xuan said: "This can be ignored for the time being, but whether it is appropriate for the general to hand over this cavalry army to the command of the plateau, such a cavalry army may be the strongest cavalry army in the world, but although the martial arts under the plateau are good, the ability to ride and shoot is very poor, and he seems to have never led the army." Will he be able to train such a cavalry army well? ”

Li Mudao: "Zhao Xuan, don't you think that after he taught the soldiers to kick the juju, the current juju competition is different in the past?" ”

Zhao Xuan was stunned, he didn't expect Li Mu to pull it up, shook his head, and said, "I didn't notice it, what's the difference?" However, it used to be the former military camp Lao Haozhong military camp, and since the plateau came, it has never won, and even if the plateau does not play, it is the same. ”

Li Mu said with a smile: "In the past, kicking and bowing in the military camp was just entertainment in the army, and it was also to make the soldiers strong and build their bodies, but the kicking was chaotic, just relying on the strength of the body, the former military camp could win repeatedly, this is the reason." But after the plateau came, the Chinese military camp is now kicking and jujuing, there are rules and laws, there are attacks and defenses, and the advance and retreat are orderly, so that it is like an army is fighting. Since Gao Yuan can teach his soldiers to do this, I believe that he will also be able to teach an elite cavalry army. ”

After a pause, Li Mu said again: "And this new kind of horse furniture he made, although it looks simple, but the impact on the cavalry is extremely far-reaching, no less than the reform of my Great Zhao Wuling King Hufu cavalry shooting, maybe the era of the cavalry dominating the battlefield is really coming." ”