The Liaodong Iron Cavalry of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 78 The Three Treasures of the Cavalry
Two months after the outbreak of the plague, Huo Yu's reputation in Liaodong reached a peak.With the arrival of the last batch of Yellow Turban captives in Jizhou, the population of Liaodong has nearly reached 15, so Huo Yu ordered the recruitment of more than [-] people, bringing the number of his army to [-].

In the past few months, Su Shuang and Zhang Shiping exchanged Huo Yu for more than [-] war horses through trade with nomadic clans. In addition to the [-] horses captured before, Huo Yu decided to reorganize the Feiyu Cavalry, and the number was set at [-].

Huo Yu clearly remembered that in the autumn of 185 in history, Xianbei would invade the Han Dynasty on a large scale. Although there were only 2000 Feiyu cavalry, it was enough for Huo Yu who was currently on the defensive. No matter how many cavalry he had I can't afford it either.

Huo Yu called a group of civil and military officials to discuss the matter on this day, but to everyone's surprise, the place of this discussion was not the prefect's mansion or the county government office, but the craftsman's workshop.In fact, during this period of time, except for the newly recruited soldiers who are still training, the rest of the soldiers have all participated in the annual spring plowing. Since the advent of Quyuanli, the artisan workshop has withdrawn from overturning, and the surrounding area of ​​Xiangping City has become even more prosperous. Water conservancy and overturned vehicles were soon put into formal use.

"Gongda, my lord, isn't there a new farm tool coming out?" Xi Zhicai looked at Xun You and said.

"You don't think so. Didn't Zhicai see this foodie Guo Jia appearing!" Xun You said pretending to be angry, and looked at Guo Jia while talking.

"Gongda is right, even Feng Xiao, a foodie, has appeared, it must be related to military affairs!" Xi Zhicai also pretended to be angry.

"My two elder brothers, please don't be angry. My lord has ordered me to read the 36 tricks. Jia also obeyed the order."

"Little Guozi, you haven't been in the barracks these days, I miss you." Zhang Fei suddenly said something that made Guo Jia very embarrassed. Ever since Zhao Yu saw Guo Jia called Xiao Guozi once, It was remembered by Zhang Fei.

Xun You and Xi Zhicai looked at Guo Jia jokingly, their eyes seemed to say, "Pretend, let you pretend." Just when Guo Jia was in a dilemma, Huo Yu arrived.

"Haha, Yu came a step late and kept everyone waiting."

"See my lord." Everyone saluted neatly.

"Everyone is here, let's not talk much, let Deheng lead the horse out."

Ma Jun went as promised, and when he was young, a war horse was led out. Everyone always felt that something was wrong there, but they couldn't tell for a while.

"Why do I look at the saddle differently? Zilong, do you think so?" Zhang Fei was the first to speak, and then bumped Zhao Yun with his arm.Now Zhang Fei and Zhao Yun are absolutely good friends. Guo Jia was gradually abandoned by Zhang Fei because he disappeared for a while.

"Yundao thinks this horse walks strangely?" Zhao Yun touched his nose and said.

And Huo Yu thought to himself, the good guy is indeed a natural cavalry commander, you can see this, but I don't know there is one more thing who can discover it!
"My lord, why are there two stirrups?" Gao Shun immediately added when he found a stirrup on the left and right.

Gao Shun's words awakened the dreamer, and the generals stared at the horse in front of them with wide eyes.Stirrups in the Han Dynasty have always been single-sided. What is the use of these double-sided stirrups?
"My lord, could it be that these two-sided stirrups are..." Xu Rong seemed to have come to his senses, but he was not completely sure, so he stopped talking after speaking halfway.

"Zhicai, get on a horse and try it!" Seeing that everyone found three things, Huo Yu didn't bother anymore, and directly named a person with the worst riding skills to get on a horse for a try.

"My lord, you know this equestrian best." Xi Zhicai was about to defend himself but was interrupted by Huo Yu.

Afterwards, Huo Yu didn't give Xi Zhicai a chance to open his mouth, and personally led the horse forward and helped him mount.After Xi Zhicai sat down firmly, Huo Yu twitched the horse's butt, and the horse started running in the yard immediately.After a while, Xi Zhicai rode back with a smile on his face, got off his horse and said nothing.Everyone was even more baffled, and Huo Yu also looked at everyone with a smile and remained silent.

Just when everyone was hesitating, Zhang Fei rushed towards the horse, but a white shadow was faster than him.

"Brother Yide, try the two-sided stirrup first." After speaking, he rode his horse and galloped out.

I saw Zhao Yun standing sideways on the horse for a while, making several difficult moves from time to time. In the past, it was very dangerous to do such moves at high speed.But Zhao Yun did it so easily, it's amazing.

"With the double-sided stirrups, we can free our hands. My lord is truly amazing!" Huang Zhong has been observing this secretly. At this moment, he can be sure that once the double-sided stirrups are released, the combat power of the cavalry will be greatly increased, and as a general, They can devote themselves to the battle without being distracted from controlling the horse.

"Brother Han Sheng is right. What you see today is newly made by the Artisan Workshop. With these three treasures, the double-sided stirrup, the high bridge saddle, and the horseshoe, the combat power of the cavalry will double." Huo Yu saw with his own eyes. Huang Zhong explained the mystery and added.

"My lord, what is this horseshoe?"

"The main purpose of the horseshoe is to delay the wear of the horse's hoof. It not only protects the horse's hoof, but also makes the horse's hoof grip the ground more firmly, which is very beneficial for riding and driving."

After Zhao Yun returned, his excitement was beyond words, and everyone immediately surrounded him, carefully observing the three treasures that Huo Yu had mentioned.

After returning to the prefect's mansion, everyone was still talking about it. With such equipment, there is nothing to be afraid of meeting Xianbei cavalry in the future!Even people who don't know how to ride horses can quickly form combat effectiveness with the help of these three things. For the entire Han nationality, the advantages of nomads are gone.

"Everyone, there are more than [-] soldiers and horses in Liaodong now, except for the army guarding the city in each county. Today I want to redistribute the troops, and then perform their duties and train the soldiers to prepare for Xianbei."

"promise"

With the current possession of the Three Treasures, Feiyu Cavalry was expanded to 2000 by Huo Yu, of which 300 were heavy cavalry led by Zhang Fei, but it was not yet possible to make all horses wear iron armor; Zhao Yun led 800 as light cavalry, and the rest The 900 men were led by Huo Yu, and all the men and horses wore leather armor, except for the generals of course.

In the hearts of everyone, Feiyuqi is the most elite existence in Liaodong County, and Huo Yu devotes all his thoughts to the training of Feiyuqi.Of course, it doesn't mean that other soldiers and horses are not taken seriously. Huo Yu, the [-] trapped camp trained by Gao Shun, never intervenes, and there is a faint tendency to form his own army.

Huo Yu, the 5000 crossbow soldiers trained by Huang Zhong, equipped all the rhubarb crossbows here. As for the remaining [-] infantry, under the leadership of Xu Rong, they were trained even more.Among the [-] people themselves, there are yellow scarf warriors, and their combat power cannot be ignored. Coupled with Huo Yu's brainwashing and Xu Rong's training, the entire infantry phalanx cannot be underestimated.

In order to better stimulate the enthusiasm of the soldiers, Huo Yu specially set up a reward system with a small martial arts performance every month and a martial arts performance once every three months.In addition to receiving material rewards, those who perform well in the martial arts exercise can also attend the weekly training courses taught by Huo Yu himself. Originally, these courses were taught to a group of generals, but with the expansion of the army, grassroots teams, commanders, garrison officers Official ranks are also included.

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