Chapter 116: Pain

On a large piece of grass outside Beifu, more than 20 horses lined up in a column and walked slowly, sitting on it were the teenagers of the pro-guard team, and the leader was the captain Zhao Ta, who was in the first lesson of riding training, but their riding posture was not very good-looking, their legs were clamped between the horse's belly, and they were holding the soft reins in their hands, and they were all trembling and sad, and if you looked closely, you could find that there were no pedals under their feet, no saddle under their buttocks, their feet were suspended, and they were all bareback horses.

"Don't grab the horse's mane, sit up straight" Look at the outer ring There are still five or six people standing, but the clothes are different from them, wearing the uniform of the Thousand Riding Club, the leader is holding a horsewhip in his hand and shouting, no need to ask the situation to know that these people are the coaches of the coaching staff.

The horse team walked slowly, but Zhao Ta's heart was 'banging' and beating, this kind of riding method of not letting the pedal was really terrifying, and if he was not careful, he would lose his balance and fall from the smooth back of the horse. "Hurry up" The head coach suddenly changed the password, those coaches raised their hands and whipped from behind, the horse immediately trotted upside down, Zhao Ta immediately felt unstable, although he tried his best to maintain his body balance, but he was always in the wrong place, his body shook left and right a few times, and suddenly fell off the horse's back, and fell into the grass, he hurriedly rolled to the side, so that he was not trampled by the horse following behind.

'Plop...' Zhao Ta hadn't gotten up yet, and the people behind him also planted it with a grunt, like dumplings, and more than 20 people were not spared.

"Lord Wang, you have nothing to do," Xiao Yu, the head of the coaching team, helped Zhao Ta up, patted the grass foam on his body for him and asked.

"Xiao Jiaotou, it's okay" Zhao Ta moved his arms and legs, and said with a smile as he squeezed out his turban.

"Then please return to the horse" Xiao Yu took the prince's horse and said, Zhao Ta nodded, took the reins, grabbed the horse's halter with one hand, let the horse stand, and then put his hand on the horse's back, suddenly exerted his body, took off in the air, and flew on the horse, but there was nowhere to borrow strength, he could only tighten the reins, and was almost lifted down by the horse, and finally stabilized his body after shaking a few times, but his butt did not dare to move again.

"Quick, get on the horse, don't pretend to be a dead dog" A few sect leaders over there scolded loudly, let those teenagers who fell off the horse get back on the horse, and if they don't climb themselves, the two sect heads will unceremoniously lift people up and throw them on the back of the horse like a sack, otherwise they will be served with a whip, Zhao Ta looked at it and sighed, these sect leaders seemed to be polite to themselves, the prince, and gave enough face.

Get on the horse, fall down, get on the horse again... The scene was repeated on the playground, and it was only when the sun set in the west that the leaders ended their abuse, said goodbye to them contentedly, and rode away.

Seeing that everyone was exhausted, with blue noses and swollen faces, Zhao Ta also felt a heartache, in fact, his appearance was not much stronger, but for his own plan, he had to stick to it. After returning from the horse farm to suppress the bandits, Zhao Ta put cavalry training on the agenda, and he knew that this time he could win completely, in addition to the sharp firearms, the other was the horse that destroyed the bandits' door, which made him see the powerful role of the horse again.

Now they were only conducting the first lesson in horsemanship, and the first thing they had to do as cavalrymen was to get on and off their horses and sit firmly on their horses. The good knight, who does not step on the stirrup, leaps and rides; dismount without stepping on the horse, and jump down; To transfer from horse A to horse B, you don't need to get off horse A and then get on horse B, as long as you jump - get off to complete the transfer. As everyone knows, a warrior is far less stable on a horse than on the ground, once a horse moves or gallops, especially when "crossing the moat, climbing the hills, adventuring obstacles, overwhelming the great Ze, galloping strong enemies, and disturbing the public", he can still sit firmly on the horse, and he can be regarded as a good knight. For this reason, it is quite necessary to master the balance exercise on the horse, otherwise there is a danger of falling off the horse.

But this was only the beginning, and the cavalry not only had to ride steadily on a horse that had galloped on a rough road, but also had to move freely on the horse, firing the bow and arrows from front to back and to the right and left; Swing your weapon and strike the opponent steadily and accurately; The ability to safely dodge or block the enemy's swift slashing stabs is a necessary skill for cavalry.

For that reason alone, cavalry was much more difficult to wield and fight than infantry. Because the infantry is standing on the ground, or half-kneeling, or with their feet open, the bow is drawn accurately, the foundation is stable, it is easy to exert the strength of the whole body, the radiation range is longer, and the degree of accuracy is higher. However, the cavalry is sitting on a horse and aiming and opening the bow, the horse is walking or galloping, the base is in motion, and at the same time, the target may also be in motion. This not only limits the strength of the whole body to a certain extent, especially the exertion of the strength of the arms, but also reduces the degree of accuracy, so it is not a day's work to practice the riding and archery skills of hitting the opponent accurately and powerfully, which can only be done under strict teaching and after long-term and arduous training. ,

Seeing the 'hateful' leaders fly away, but their work was not yet over, the boys took a short rest, so they hurried to lead the horses to the side of the dry canal, first drank the horses, then brought water, bathed the horses, and served the grandfathers of the horses, who had fallen them for a long time.

"Second master, you rest, I'll brush the horse" Zhao Ta brought water and poured it on the horse's back, just picked up the brush and brushed clumsily, Zhao Xin came over and said.

"No," Zhao said with a smile.

"Where are you going to do this, go get a bucket of water, or I'll come," Zhao Xin rolled up his sleeves and grabbed the brush and said.

"Zhao Xin, we have all fallen countless times in the past few days, and only you haven't fallen a few times, are you born to ride a horse?" Zhao Ta put the bucket aside, pulled the horse and asked Zhao Xin, in their group, when it comes to horseback riding, many people can ride and run a few steps, of course, when the saddle is complete, Zhao Ta has also 'practiced' equestrianism, but it is also an amateur level, but he has never seen Zhao Xin ride a horse.

"Hehe, in fact, I learned to ride a horse when I was a child, those leaders let us ride bareback horses, and we were deliberately manipulated by not letting the pedaling, at this time, people's hands and feet have nowhere to borrow, all by body to grasp the balance, don't say that the horse can't stand it, I'm afraid that few people can ride horses all year round" Zhao Xin said with a smile.

"Oh" Zhao Ta said thoughtfully, no wonder in the previous life to see American cowboys riding wild horses, it is not easy to hold on for dozens of seconds, it turns out that it is not that he does not have the talent to ride horses, and this is an impossible task, but he forgot that Zhao Xin can do it.

"Second master, let's practice every day now, it won't take long, the body has a feeling, and it won't fall off the horse so often, at least it won't be as ugly as falling now" Zhao Xin looked at the appearance of the prince, thinking that he was happy, and quickly explained.

"What does that feel like?" Zhao Ta asked again, for Ma Zhao Ta is a complete layman, let alone training cavalry, so he had to invite the few 'gentlemen' who were incorporated by the Thousand Cavalry Club to be the head of the sect, they are now professional members of the society, and they soak in the society every day, it can really be said that they take the society as their home, but they are quite wealthy, but they are not unable to eat.

"Hmm... I can't tell, it's like eating when you're hungry and drinking water when you're thirsty," Zhao Xin tilted his head and said for a while.

"Instinct, conditioned reflex" Zhao Ta immediately popped up two nouns in his mind, but this requires a long period of training to develop, and Zhao Xin has been in the house since he was a teenager, and he has not seen him ride a horse in these years, how can there be such a reaction, this guy is becoming more and more mysterious...

After brushing the horses, everyone tied the stables in the house where the horses were returned, and hurriedly added hay to the trough, arranged the horses properly, and then began to clean up their own hygiene, dragging their tired bodies to the canteen for dinner.

Taking care of horses is hard work, but everyone understands that in order to use horses, you must first train them. Although Ma Tong is human, he is a beast after all. In order to make it better accept the knight's intentions and make the horse's strength become a productive consumption, it should be people-oriented, and try to communicate the relationship between people and horses, so as to lead to the integration of people and horses. In this regard, it is not easy, and it is quite necessary to carefully and patiently adjust the war horse to make it establish "after-effect behavior". Under normal circumstances, the trainer must maintain a close, peaceful relationship with the warhorse. Even if it is a fierce horse, it is necessary to caress it, relieve its itching, provide clean drinking water, add grass and materials, and wash it frequently, so as to relieve its fear and increase the emotion between people and horses.

Now these horses in the stables, some of them are horses in the palace, and some of them are horses captured by the bandits, these horses have been domesticated, and to a certain extent, they have developed the habit of obedience, but in order to cultivate feelings, they have to do it themselves

After dinner, as usual, it was the training of cultural and military basics, and now they are still conducting comprehensive training every morning, and the afternoon is the time for riding training, such as fighting, equipment, physical fitness, these things are useful for infantry, and the same is also applicable to cavalry, through these trainings can enhance physical strength, endurance, agility and master the skills of using weapons, that is, learn new ones, and the old ones cannot be forgotten

After the evening class, blow the lights-out whistle, Zhao Ta checked the shop, finished patrolling, and went to the stable to turn around, although there are people on duty, but he is still not at ease, it is not easy to feed the horse on duty at night, the first half of the night is good to say, after a day of training in the second half of the night people are easy to get sleepy, once they sleep, the horse may lie down, and when it is found at dawn, the horse is light and the intestines are knotted, and the heavy can only eat meat.

By the time Zhao Ta was busy with everything, it was already the beginning of his son, he poured a bowl of water, sat on the bed, took off his pants, dipped his hand in water and put it in his crotch, and kept sucking it in his mouth, as if he was doing a very happy thing, "Second Master..."

"Zhao Xin, come here to help" Zhao Tan raised his eyes to look at him, and said disappreciatively, but Zhao Xin's face turned red, and after hesitating for a moment, he gritted his teeth and leaned over.