Great Han Arrow God

Chapter 516 Yunnan Horse (Knife Edge)
"Of course there are horses!" Zheng Yan was both surprised and somewhat indescribably proud, as if he felt that it would be very happy to surprise the court envoy from Chang'an. "This is the place on duty. There are no horses. Let Tian Jia take Jun Houhou to the big camp outside the city to see and see."

Liang Xiao hit it right in his arms.Zhao Guang left Panyu silently, and he was just about to inquire about it. "Okay, let's go now. Haha, the city is very cramped, and I just want to go out of the city to relax."

Zheng Yan didn't expect him, and was stimulated by the arrogance of the envoy of the great country in Liang Xiao's tone, so he confessed and left the city together with Liang Xiao.

When passing by Zhao Guangda's camp, Liang Xiao asked intentionally or unintentionally: "General Zhao moved his defense?"

"I don't know." Zheng Yan replied casually: "I don't know what's going on in the past few days. There are frequent transfers inside and outside the city. No one knows why."

The speaker had no intention, but the listener had the intention, Liang Xiao's heart skipped a beat.He had always been wary of Lu Jia, and he came to Zheng Yan to find out what Lu Jia was doing. Now that he knew that there was an army mobilization inside and outside the city, he naturally couldn't ignore it.He remained calm, asked a few insincere words, and then closed his mouth.Zheng Yan used to go to Chang'an as an envoy, so he must be a cautious person. Asking too many questions will arouse his suspicion.

Liang Xiao and others followed Zheng Yan and Tian Jia to the camp in the east of the city.The battle flags fluttered in the camp. Judging from the emblems on the flags, it should be the Imperial Guards of South Vietnam, which is equivalent to the Northern Army of the Han Army, which is the main force directly under the Central Committee stationed near the capital.

Liang Xiao came as a private person, and it was inconvenient to enter the camp, so he waited outside with Zheng Yan, and Tian Jia entered the camp alone.

Liang Xiao stood under the shade of the tree, looked at the camp in the distance, and chuckled lightly: "I'm really curious."

"What are you curious about?" Zheng Yan asked back: "I am curious that I also have cavalry in South Vietnam?"

Liang Xiao glanced at Zheng Yan and nodded.There are horses in South Vietnam, and the carts they ride in are drawn by horses.However, generally speaking, there were not many horses in Nanyue, so Liang Xiao always felt that it was impossible for Nanyue to have an organized cavalry.It now appears that his understanding was wrong.South Vietnam may not have a large number of cavalry, but cavalry certainly exists as a formal arm.

From this, he thought of a question.During the reign of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, the military system was reformed, and eight school captains of the Northern Army were established, including the post of Yueqi school lieutenant.Historians of the past dynasties have always had doubts about the captain of Yueqi. Some people say that Yueqi refers to the built-in Yueman.

Now it seems that the Yue Qi Yue should refer to Yue Ren, so that it corresponds to Hu Qi's Hu.

That being the case, why does such a debate appear in the history books of later generations?It stands to reason that there should be no doubts about such things at all, and Yueqiying and Yueqi school lieutenant are not short-lived things.

To put it bluntly, intellectuals -- including those who record history -- don't care much about these things.Sima Qian wrote "Historical Records", South Vietnam is a contemporary event, and Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty set up a Yue riding camp. He did not record it, let alone Ban Gu, who was already a native of the Eastern Han Dynasty.

However, it is hard to say, "Jin Shang Ben Ji" in "Historical Records" was not written by Sima Qian, maybe he wrote it, but it was replaced by others.

For a while, Liang Xiao thought of more, and couldn't help thinking about it.

With the sound of hoofbeats, Tian Jia came out on horseback, followed by three knights, all of them looked fierce and tall - even for Liang Xiao and others, these people were not short.Only in this way, the war horses under their crotch are too small, not much like donkeys, which is somewhat comical.

Beta and Xiya, who were used to seeing Dawan horses, glanced at each other, and laughed in unison with a "puchi".

Liang Xiao also laughed.Tian Jia probably didn't want him to underestimate the South Vietnamese knights, so he specially selected a few big men.However, this is actually a wrong choice.Since the war horses of South Vietnam are not tall and strong enough, the knights should also choose lighter ones, so as to maintain the speed as much as possible.Tian Jia chose a few big men, which are actually a very heavy burden for the war horse, and Mercedes-Benz will be even more difficult.

In other words, the mobility of these knights is very poor, and they cannot give full play to the role of cavalry.

Seeing Liang Xiao and others laughing, Tian Jia was a little embarrassed.Zheng Yan also felt ashamed. "Your Majesty, can you give me some advice?"

Liang Xiao put away his smile, turned his head to look at Zheng Yan, then at the knights, and nodded. "How about this, how about you pick two people and shoot a few arrows first, and then I'll make a review?"

"Why two?"

"We don't have horses, so you have to let us have horses to ride, so we can demonstrate riding and shooting?"

Zheng Yan suddenly realized, touched his head in embarrassment, and then relayed Liang Xiao's meaning to Tian Jia and others.Tian Jia was a little ashamed when he heard this.He asked Zheng Yan to apologize to Liang Xiao. They were all ordinary soldiers, and they couldn't bring more horses out of the camp besides their own.

Immediately, Tian Jia gave up two war horses, and Beta stepped forward to take them.Liang Xiao said: "Both of you get on the horse, try your horse's instincts first."

"Here." Beta and Xiya agreed, got on the horse, kicked the horse's belly lightly, and began to gallop slowly.

"Junhou, you..." Zheng Yan looked at Liang Xiao, hesitant to speak.The two South Vietnamese knights who were preparing to perform riding and archery also had dark faces, looking very unhappy.Liang Xiao understood what they were thinking.He twisted his mouth. "That's right, I'm going to let these two maids compete with you for riding and shooting. Don't worry, my two maids are not ordinary people. It won't be that easy for you to win."

"Really?" Zheng Yan was dubious.

Liang Xiao raised his eyebrows. "If you don't believe me, how about we take a bet?"

Zheng Yan exchanged glances with Tian Jia and the others. "Gambling? How to bet?"

Liang Xiao took out two ivory arrows from his bosom, which he bought from the Nanyue market, each worth about [-] yuan.He weighed the arrow in the palm of his hand. "If I lose, these two ivory arrows will be given to the two warriors."

Five hundred dollars is not worth mentioning to Liang Xiao, but it is different to Tian Jia and others.The military pay of South Vietnamese soldiers is not much, and five hundred dollars is a lot of money for them.Besides, there is a question of honor here.

Tian Jia and the others muttered for a while, then accepted the bet.If they lose, they will pay an equal value bet.Considering that they are not used to using money, they are willing to exchange a very rare feather.

Liang Xiao accepted.

The arrow stack stood up, it was a commonly used distance, sixty steps away.Seeing this distance, Liang Xiao felt more confident.The training of the Liang family trilogy was originally higher than the standard of ordinary soldiers, and Beta and Xiya were no exception. Their archery hit rate was about [-]% when they were around [-] steps. If they dropped to [-] steps, their hit rate could reach Increase to more than [-]%, the difference is only whether you can hit the bull's-eye.

However, what Liang Xiao wanted to compare was by no means a simple archery target. What he really wanted to show was riding and shooting that was close to actual combat.Before that, he needs to let Beta and Xia get acquainted with the war horse.After leaving Yuzhang, they did not ride horses for several months.

After trotting for two laps, Beta and Xiya ran back, nodded to Liang Xiao, indicating that it was time to start.

Tian Jia was very polite and asked Beta to shoot first.Beta glanced at Liang Xiao, Liang Xiao smiled and said, "Let them shoot first, I'm afraid it will affect their performance after my maid finishes shooting."

Although Zheng Yan thought Liang Xiao's words were crazy, but he was intimidated by Liang Xiao's great reputation, so he didn't dare to be too provocative, so he let Tian Jia and another knight shoot first.After Zheng Yan's persuasion, Tian Jia and the two reluctantly agreed.They came trotting on horseback from a distance, made ten rounds and shot ten arrows.

The results were not bad, Tian Jia hit six arrows, and the other cavalry hit seven arrows.The two breathed a sigh of relief and glanced at each other, showing a bit of complacency.

Liang Xiao also breathed a sigh of relief, signaling Beta and Xia to come on stage.

Beta came first, rode the horse and ran for more than a hundred steps, turned his head, and rode the horse to gallop.

Although she has been riding this horse for a short time, it can still be seen that her riding skills are superb, and her horse speed is much faster than Tian Jia and others.Unlike Tian Jia and the others who shot directly opposite the target, she drew the bow to aim from a hundred paces away, and released the arrow from eighty paces away.

Feathered arrows galloped across a distance of eighty steps, and hit the target with one arrow.

"Okay!" Zheng Yan couldn't help but praise.When Tian Jia and the others saw it, their eyes lit up.

Before the applause fell, Beta had passed right in front of the target and shot another arrow.Immediately afterwards, she turned around, bent her bow and set her arrow again, and shot another arrow diagonally backward seventy steps away, then put away her bow and galloped away.

In a charge, Beta shot three arrows and hit two arrows.Although the last arrow missed, it was not far from the target.

For a time, the audience was amazed.Zheng Yan, Tian Jia and others looked at each other in blank dismay.They understood what Liang Xiao said just now, if Beta shot first, they would indeed be greatly affected.Among other things, Beta's Mercedes-Benz was faster than them, and he shot three arrows in a short period of time, which was obviously faster than them.Three arrows hit two arrows, and the hit rate is no worse than them.

If you take into account that Beta has just ridden the horse for a short time, and the cooperation between man and horse is not enough, they are far behind Beta in terms of riding skills.

When the South Vietnamese hesitated, Xi Ya followed Beta and started running and shooting.She also drew the bow to aim from a hundred paces away, and shot from eighty paces away, shooting three arrows in one running time.She missed the first arrow and hit the other two.

The two galloped back and forth, until the third round, they slowed down consciously, galloped towards the target at the same speed as Tian Jia and the others, and shot four arrows.

The final result came out, Beta scored eight out of ten shots, Shia scored seven out of ten shots, and achieved an overwhelming victory.

"Why don't you compare the battle again?" Liang Xiao proposed with a smile while holding the arrow in his hand.

Zheng Yan's confidence was obviously lacking, so he pulled Tian Jia aside and muttered.Liang Xiao was not in a hurry, and said to Beta and Xia with a smile, "How is this horse?"

Shia shook her head disapprovingly. "The speed is too slow, not as good as the Central Plains horse. But the temperament is docile."

"Can it be used as a war horse?"

"War horse?" Xi Ya looked at Liang Xiao in surprise. "This kind of horse can barely be ridden, how can it be used as a war horse? The speed is not fast enough, the strength is not strong enough, and the power of charging is limited."

Liang Xiao smiled.In Dawan, which is rich in good horses, such horses undoubtedly belong to the category of bad horses, not even qualified to pull carts.But in South Vietnam, it is not easy to have such a horse.In his impression, all horses in the south are probably like this.However, the southern horse is not useless.As far as he knows, Yunnan horses can not only carry heavy loads and have good endurance, but also are good at climbing mountains and adventures, adapting to the low pressure on the plateau, which is an excellent quality that other horses do not have.

The main transport force of the ancient tea-horse road, which is also known as the Silk Road, is the Yunnan horse.

After discussing with the others, Tian Jia and others rejected Liang Xiao's proposal.They have self-knowledge. After watching Beta and Xia's riding and shooting, they know that their level is limited and it is impossible to win in actual combat.

"Junhou is worthy of being a champion, even the maids around him have such strength." Zheng Yan was full of praise.

"They are not ordinary maids." Liang Xiao laughed. "They are female Amazon warriors, who have been trained in combat skills since childhood. Riding and shooting are as familiar to them as walking. There is nothing shameful about losing to them."

Zheng Yan and the others looked at each other, very surprised.However, they didn't fully believe Liang Xiao's words, and felt that Liang Xiao was saving face for them.

"I also ask Junhou to give me some pointers. You can see how we should practice so that we can do better."

"How many cavalry do you have?"

Zheng Yan hesitated for a moment, and exchanged a look with Tian Jia. "Probably more than 2000."

"That's not much. How many war horses?"

"War horses are not easy to come by. There are about [-] horses."

"In other words, the cavalry is more dependent, and it is unlikely to have the opportunity to go into battle alone." Liang Xiao pondered: "This may be a good thing. Otherwise, with your configuration, it is actually a wrong approach. "

Zheng Yan didn't understand, so he blinked and stared at Liang Xiao.

Liang Xiao explained.As a cavalry, speed is a factor that must be considered.This speed includes two aspects: one is the sprint speed.The faster the charge, the stronger the impact, and the farther the arrow can be shot with the speed of the horse.One is marching speed.Long marches are about mobility.Whether it can be unexpected depends largely on the cavalry's ability to march quickly.

No matter which aspect it is, the weight of the horse is a key factor.In order to reduce the burden on the war horse and increase the speed, the load should be reduced as much as possible, especially for the Yunnan horse, which is already relatively small.The physique of people like Tian Jia is too tall. If armor is added, the burden on the horse will be increased, and the sprint speed and mobility will be greatly reduced.

Of course, if it is only used as a guard of honor, then there is no problem.

Zheng Yan, Tian Jia and others listened and nodded repeatedly.There were few cavalry in South Vietnam. Compared with infantry, they had obvious mobility advantages. However, compared with Liang Xiao and others from the Central Plains, their understanding of cavalry was far worse.It can also be seen from the competition just now that Beta and Shia are obviously faster than them.Liang Xiao had already considered this factor in letting them play.

The gap between the two sides is not one point or two points, or in other words, there is no comparability at all.

"Of course, having a horse is better than having no horse." Liang Xiao smiled and said, "I haven't ridden a horse for a long time, and my thighs are full of fat. Where can I buy a horse? I'll also buy a few for transportation."

"Your Majesty wants to buy a horse?" Zheng Yan reminded, "It's not cheap, a better horse costs nearly a gold."

Liang Xiao smiled.One gold?In order to train the jungle tactics of the Lang officials, he lost nearly fifty gold to Zhao Guang successively.

"Money is not a problem. As long as I can buy a really good horse, I am willing to pay double the price." Liang Xiao paused, and then said: "If it is really not possible, you can also rent it. I can pay for a horse for a month. Two thousand dollars in rent."
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