"Knock-knock-knock-knock-"

The drums of war shook the sky, and the two teams of cavalry, dressed in red and black uniforms, hedged against each other and started a fierce battle. For a moment the horse's hooves rose and fell, the dust flew, the knights roared, the horses neighed, and in the midst of the fierce fighting, the knights kept falling off their horses.

Although this was only a practice battle, not a real slash and kill, and the knights on both sides used wooden weapons, not real guns and halberds, and both wore armor, but in the fierce battle, the two sides still did not give in to each other, and injuries were inevitable. Since he was knocked off the horse, he was inevitably trampled by the horse's hooves in the melee, so the screaming battles were also endless.

The two sides fought fiercely for about a quarter of an hour, only to hear a long trumpet, the knights of both sides immediately stopped fighting, the knights who were still on horseback rode back to their own formation, and the fallen knights also got up from the ground, picked up their seriously wounded companions, and retreated into their own formation, still standing up straight.

After both sides have formed a team to fight the array, it can be seen very clearly that the knights on the red team are only 12 out of 10, while the knights on the black robe team are more than 60%, and the victory or defeat is naturally decided.

Wang Ben saw very clearly on the high platform, turned his head to Wang Jian who was sitting in the center and said: "Father, how is it, after using the horse furniture of the Dai Jun cavalry, the combat effectiveness of our Daqin cavalry has been greatly improved, if you encounter the Dai Jun cavalry again, you don't have to be afraid of them anymore." I built yì to replace all our cavalry troops of Great Qin with such horse furniture. ”

Wang Jian shook his head and said: "This matter is very important, and it should not be taken lightly, now we have a total of sixty or seventy thousand cavalry, if all of them are replaced with horse furniture, the project is huge, and it will take at least a month to do it." Moreover, after the replacement of horse furniture, although the battle of our Qin army can be greatly increased, it is still unknown whether it can fight with the Dai army, but it is only training in peacetime, and it is difficult to see. You have changed the horses of the 5,000 cavalry, so you will first try them on the battlefield, and after a few battles, it is not too late to make a conclusion. ”

Wang Ben said: "But isn't the Dai army returning to Dai County now?" If we want to fight with the Dai army, I'm afraid we won't encounter it until we capture Daliang and march into Dai County. ”

Wang Jian said with a smile: "Don't worry, don't look at the clan of the Wei State to drive the plateau away, but as long as we send troops to attack Daliang again, I'm afraid this group of people will cry and shout to ask the plateau to come back and help them resist our Qin army." ”

Wang Ben said: "But will the plateau come back?" If I were a plateau, I wouldn't come back? Let these clans of the Wei State destroy themselves. ”

Wang Jian snorted and said, "So you are not a plateau, and you can't be a plateau." Wei is located in the hinterland of the Central Plains, dividing Zhao and Han, and if my Qin State does not destroy Wei State, it will be difficult to send troops to take care of him. Therefore, as long as the Wei State is still there, it will be difficult for my Qin State to concentrate all its strength to attack Daijun, which is still a cold reason. In any case, Gao Yuan will not give up on Wei. Do you think the last time Gao Yuan bought so much effort to rescue the Wei State, what was it for, was it really for the sake of justice and justice? He was there to preserve his Daishire. Don't forget that when Gao Yuan withdrew his troops, he still left an army in Guiling, just to prepare for the rescue of Wei again. ”

Wang Ben said: "Although what my father said is reasonable, but this time is not as good as last year, the destruction of Wei is unstoppable, what is the use of leaving an army in Guiling, unless it is to hold Xingkou, otherwise even the plateau is powerless to return to the sky, since he is proficient in the art of war, it is impossible not to see through this, in this case, will he still come to the rescue of Wei?" ”

Wang Jian said: "How not, although the destruction of the Wei State is unstoppable, but the high walls of the Great Liang City are thick, easy to defend and difficult to attack, even if we use water to irrigate the Great Liang, but how much time it will take to conquer the Great Liang, it may not be known, and my Great Qin army of four or five hundred thousand are all out of the army, as many as one million of civil service, and the daily consumption of grain and grass materials is tens of thousands, as long as the Great Liang is stored for one day, our Qin State will consume one more point, even if the Great Liang is finally captured, it is only a disastrous victory like the Battle of Changping, at least in a few years, Unable to launch a new offensive. And Daijun also had a chance to breathe. ”

Wang Ben said: "Even if Daijun can hold out for a few more years, Daijun's foundation is too thin, even if it is given another ten years, Daijun will be difficult to compete with my Qin State." ”

Wang Jian smiled bitterly, if only compared to military ability, Wang Ben is not under his old man, and may even have surpassed himself, but unfortunately Wang Ben is still young after all, and he can't jump out of the battlefield to open his eyes and take a long-term view, because war never happens only on the battlefield, such as last year's war, the Qin army was basically defeated on the battlefield of Daliang, but Qin Wang Zhengtong guò a series of diplomatic, bribery, and divisive means, and turned the situation around outside the battlefield, which is the best proof.

Therefore, Wang Jian shook his head and said, "Do you think that in the past few years, the plateau will only guard the small place in Daijun?" He can take advantage of the weakening of the Qin State to take over the land of the Zhao State, or to capture the Yan State, didn't the Dai Army fight with the Yan State at the end of last year? If it weren't for our Qin army on the side, the plateau would raise troops to capture Jijing and occupy Yandi, and when the plateau occupied Daiyan and Yan, do you think it would not be enough to compete with our Qin State? ”

It turned out that after the armistice, the Qin army retreated to Nanyang County, and Wang Jian rested the soldiers on the one hand, and on the other hand, he was also summarizing the gains and losses of the previous stage of the war, and thinking about how to deal with the Dai army when attacking Daliang again.

After summing up, Wang Jian's father and son agreed that in last year's war, the main reason why the Dai army was able to hold Xingkou and repeatedly defeat the Qin army was that Dai Jun had a strong cavalry army, and its combat effectiveness was far above that of the Qin army's cavalry. Therefore, if they did not manage to restrain the cavalry of the Dai army, it would be difficult for the Qin army to defeat the Dai army.

In last year's battle, the cavalry of the Dai army also suffered hundreds of casualties, and the corpses of some men and horses also fell into the hands of the Qin army. Tong Guò recalls the Battle of Jingcheng three years ago, when the Zhao army seemed to have such a cavalry army using new horse furniture.

Therefore, Wang Ben also immediately ordered to replace the captured new horse furniture with war horses, and let the cavalry of the Qin State test ride. As a result, the cavalry of the Qin State was full of praise for the effect of this new style of horse furniture, saying that the use of this kind of horse furniture can make themselves fix their bodies on horseback, and their legs have a point of strength, and their hands can be completely liberated.

And Wang Ben also tried to ride a few times, and found that the soldiers' feelings were really not wrong, the use of this kind of horse furniture, it is completely possible to make the cavalry have the ability to really fight on horseback, no wonder the cavalry of the army is so strong, it turns out that it is because of the use of such horse furniture.

However, Wang Ben was still not at ease, so he let twenty cavalrymen practice using the new horse furniture for a few days, and fought several times with other cavalry, and the soldiers who used the new horse furniture won a great victory. Wang Ben reported the incident to his father.

After Wang Jian listened, he watched it twice with his own eyes, and the result of the contest between the old and new cavalry also shocked Wang Jian, and he couldn't imagine that the secret of the strength of the cavalry of the Dai Army was here. However, this was only a few dozen cavalrymen, which could not fully prove that the new style of horse furniture was necessarily effective, so Wang Jian ordered the craftsmen to imitate it, and allocated 5,000 cavalry to Wang Ben for training.

Today, Wang Jian is specially here to watch the effect of the training, this time it is no longer a battle of dozens of cavalry, but the old and new cavalry each dispatched a thousand people to fight, and the result is that the cavalry of the new horse furniture has won a complete victory, and the cavalry using the old horse furniture is not an opponent at all. In addition to being shocked, Wang Jian also had to admire the plateau for designing such a convenient horse furniture.

Although from the point of view of production, the double high bridge saddle does not have any technical difficulty, and the horse pedal has long been in this era, but people are used as a horse pedal is to help those noble children who are not diligent to get on the horse convenient furniture, many cavalry disdain to use the horse pedal, but no one thought that the use of horse pedal on the battlefield can make a qualitative leap in the battle of the cavalry. Only the plateau can see this.

But after all, Wang Jian was a cautious person in the use of soldiers, and he also vetoed Wang Bentiyì, and before seeing the actual effect on the battlefield, he replaced the cavalry of the whole army with this new style of horse furniture. At the same time, the father and son also had an argument about the current situation. Although Wang Ben thinks that his father is too cautious and conservative, from another point of view, Wang Jian is the chief general of the whole army, and it is reasonable to be cautious, after all, it is indeed a big project to replace all the cavalry of the Qin army with new horse furniture.

Just when the father and son were discussing and discussing, they saw a soldier ascend to the stand and said to Wang Jian: "Report to the general, an envoy has arrived in Xianyang." ”

Wang Jian listened, hurriedly ordered the soldiers to disband, he took Wang Ben to send the envoy to the Chinese army tent from Si, after the two sides saw the salute, the envoy read the edict of Qin Wangzheng to Wang Jian, it turned out to be ordered Wang Jian to send troops and attack Daliang again.

At this time, the Qin army had gathered 200,000 troops in Nanyang, as well as 100,000 troops and 500,000 civilian servants, and had crossed the Hangu Pass, so they could rush to the front line, plus the troops stationed in Zhao and Han, and the reserve army, the total number of troops invested by the Qin State exceeded 500,000, and it was obvious that it was going to destroy the Wei State in one fell swoop.

After settling the envoys, Wang Jian immediately called Wang Ben and said: "If you want to destroy the Wei State, the first thing is to capture Xingkou and seize the mouth of the Yellow River, so that you can implement the policy of irrigating the Great Liang with water." Although the plateau is now away from the Wei state, he has built a strong fortification at Xingkou, which is still not to be underestimated. Therefore, before the army is dispatched, I order you to lead five thousand cavalry troops with new horse furniture to attack, and quickly take Xingkou. Then he held on to Xingkou and waited for the army. The combat effectiveness of the new cavalry depends on this battle. ”

Wang Ben was also very excited, and said, "Father, don't worry, Xingkou will be handed over to me." ”