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Chapter 5 Qin Jun II

As Fusu looked at it, he suddenly felt a little strange, and said to Wang Jian: "Old General, can you tell them to stop? I have something to ask them!" Although Wang Jian was a little surprised, he nodded and gave Wang Ben an instructor. Wang Ben took the order and headed straight for an officer commanding the scene. After a while, the officer who received the order waved the red flag in his hand, and the cavalry quickly stopped and gathered together. Although everyone looked solemn, motionless, and stared at the front with a slanted look, his eyes were a little confused. Obviously, he didn't know why they were asked to stop!

Fusu walked forward and began to circle around the hundreds of cavalrymen, three or four times in a row, but didn't say a word. Wang Jian couldn't help it: "What are the questions of the young master?" Fusu pinched his nose and said strangely: "No! Why are my cavalry in Qin not equipped with stirrups? And the saddle is not good!" (This is not surprising. Because Fusu is young and has been learning skills with the "Old Man Zhongyin", he can't ride a horse. He always drives a car when he goes out, and he has never been to the army!)

Wang Jian was confused and said, "Young Master, what is stirrup? I have never heard of it! Moreover, I have used this saddle for many years, and it is the best among the seven kingdoms. Why is it not good?"

Fusu widened his eyes when he heard this, and suddenly remembered: "Cabinets are not allowed to ride horses in the palace, so I didn't pay attention. I remember that stirrups were developed and matured in the Han Dynasty and the Mongolian army. Now there are no ones! And now the saddles used by horses are slightly raised low bridge saddles, which are not conducive to smooth control of horses, and they cannot protect the key points of the cavalry - the crotch! It seems that the high bridge saddles with two high ends were invented hundreds of years later! Hehe!" Fusu laughed in his heart: "As long as you use these two weapons, stirrups and high bridge saddles, it is not invincible in the world!"

Wang Jian and others suddenly saw Fusu giggling there, and they couldn't help but wonder. Wang Xia stretched out his little hand and put it on Fusu's forehead with some concern: "Brother Fusu, what's wrong with you?" Fusu suddenly woke up and patted Wang Xia's little hand and said: "It's okay, I'm thinking about it!"

He turned to Wang Jian and said, "Old General, I am very interested in cavalry. Can you give me a detailed introduction?" Wang Jian's expression moved and said, "Okay! Young Master, please see, my Qin cavalry is extremely strict in terms of military and horse selection. In terms of horses, there are countless people who look for the two hooves.' It refers to my Qin horse's front hooves and kick back when running. The length between the front hooves and the rear hooves can reach 16 meter. And the height of the war horses is also strictly regulated. Please see, in order to maintain the strictness of the cavalry formation, all Qin horses are five feet and eight inches (one meter and three three) in height, with extremely small differences!"

"Oh, what happened?" Fusu was surprised and couldn't help but circle the cavalry again. Sure enough, he found that what Wang Jian said was true. He couldn't help but say in a secret shock: "Qin's choice of horses is so strict. I'm afraid that Zhao, who is known as cavalry among the seven heroes of the Warring States Period, is quite inferior to that of Zhao, who is known as cavalry among the seven heroes of the Warring States Period!" So he said to Wang Jian: "Elder General, the choice of war horses is so strict. What about the cavalry who controls horses?"

Wang Jian smiled and did not answer directly, but shouted to the cavalry: "Drop the horse and line up!" "Wow!" The cavalrymen followed the orders and jumped down from the horse. They had already lined up in one breath. They were well-trained and responded quickly!

Wang Jian smiled and pointed to the cavalry in the array and said, "Please look, my Qin cavalry is also very strict. Height is generally between seven feet and nine inches and eight feet and one inch (about one meter eight), and it cannot be more or less. Moreover, he must be well-proportioned, not fat or thin, his expression must be clever, and his behavior must be more flexible! Therefore, the cavalry in the Qin State can all be called elite soldiers! Their titles are also high, all of them are hairpins, and they wear cowhide round hats to wrap their hair around to facilitate combat!" At this point, the solemn Qin soldiers couldn't help but smile a little proudly on their faces!

Fusu looked carefully and found that what Wang Jian said was true. He couldn't help but nodded frequently and smiled, "Our Qin army has such strict choices of cavalry and war horses. No wonder he can do anything wrong!" Speaking of this, Wang Jian said a little ashamed: "It's almost the same. If it is commanded by a general of the same level, the cavalry of our Qin State is not afraid of the Zhao State, which is the Iron Cavalry of the State of Zhao State, who is the dominant cavalry of the State of Zhao State, but Li Mu of Zhao State is really a genius of cavalry fighting. Although our Qin State has first-class cavalry, there is no first-class cavalry commander, so when fighting with Li Mu of Zhao State, he was defeated many times, which is regrettable!"

Speaking of this, the Qin cavalry had an indignant look on their faces. Obviously, for the arrogant Qin soldiers, the shame of unbeaten defeat was unbearable for them! But the generals in charge could not defeat Li Mu, and these little soldiers were helpless!

Fusu's heart moved: "Brothers, don't worry, wait. I will build the strongest invincible elite cavalry in history. By then, our Qin army will not dominate the world with infantry, but with cavalry!" Fusu thought for a while and asked: "Elder General, how do cavalry in various countries fight now?"

Wang Jian replied: "Basically, there is no big difference in the methods of fighting except for the quality of their own and the quality of war horses. They all launch arrow rain attacks on the enemy with their super maneuverability on horseback. They can only be used for long-range harassment operations, but when it comes to close combat, due to the inconvenience of turning the ring at the horse, the combat power of the self-defense swords they are equipped with can only be slightly stronger than that of ordinary infantry! Therefore, all countries generally only use cavalry for harassment, but rarely used for melee combat. After all, the cost of cavalry training and equipment is much higher than that of ordinary infantry, making them fight with infantry hand-to-hand combat with infantry is not cost-effective!"

Fusu thought for a while, pointed at a cavalry and said, "You get on the horse, how to control the horse to demonstrate to me?" Qin Bing did not move when he heard this, but just looked at Wang Jian. Wang Jian nodded, and the cavalry took the order to come to the front of the horse. Since there were no stirrups, the cavalry could only jump up hard on the saddle, but it also showed his strong physical fitness and explosive power.

The serious cavalryman began to show Fusu his control skills at the horse: "If I want to turn right, while pulling the reins to the right with my hands, my legs will also exert force at the same time, with the left leg heavy and the right leg light, controlling the war horse to the right. If I want to turn left, while pulling the reins to the left with my hands, my legs will also exert force at the same time, with the left leg light and the right leg heavy, controlling the war horse to the left. If I want to drive the war horse forward, I have to lift the reins and whip it while both legs are being forceful. When encountering the enemy and preparing to attack, although the cavalry crossbow equipped by our army can be fired with one hand, in order to make the shooting accuracy, I still choose to control the horse with both legs and shoot with both hands!"

After the cavalry said that, they came to the field to demonstrate to Fusu as usual. After reading it, Fusu frowned and asked, "How do you control your body balance when you run or fight?" Fusu was obviously confused about how the cavalry without stirrups control the balance on the horse.

The cavalry replied respectfully: "Young Master, when we are running and fighting, we need to maintain balance, we rely on these legs. Please see, because our calves are not strong, we can only rely on our thighs to tighten the abdomen to keep the horse's belly in order to maintain balance during the cycling and fighting. Because this is very hard to control horses, the inner side of our thighs will often be worn out after more than a hundred miles of cycling! Therefore, although the cavalry of various countries is extremely mobile, they cannot attack for a long time!"

After hearing this, Fusu said in admiration: "Such war horses are not controlled by ordinary people, let alone wars. My cavalry in Daqin can be called warriors with unique skills!" As soon as this was said, the cavalry showed a slight smile on their faces, and their favor for Fusu immediately increased!

Fusu said to the demonstration cavalry: "You go back to the formation!" The cavalry nodded and jumped into the formation of the soldiers! Fusu turned around in front of everyone, thought for a while, and suddenly smiled and said: "You are the real pride of heaven, you are a group of warriors with unique skills. Are you proud of yourself?" "Yes!" The cavalry answered without hesitation, showing their extremely strong self-confidence.

Fusu nodded and said, "It's great, but I found that the honor you have won is not consistent with your actual ability. This is not only your shame, but also my Daqin!" At this point, the cavalrymen couldn't help but show their strong self-esteem!

Fusu smiled and said, "I know that this is because you don't have a qualified commander, and you are also restricted by the characteristics of the cavalry, so that you have fallen to this point today. But I can tell you that things will change from today. From then on, the chariots will withdraw from people's sight, and the infantry will step back. Only you, the prides of heaven, - the iron-blooded cavalry, can dominate the world!" The cavalry were so excited when they heard this, but they were confused. Obviously, they lacked confidence in Fusu's future so brilliantly!

In fact, it was not just them, even Wang Jian, Wang Ben and others, who were also surprised. You should know that due to the limitations of their combat power, the cavalry now has no status in the armies of various countries, but is just subordinate. So Wang Jian couldn't help but ask: "What does your son mean? Is there any good way to train troops?"
Chapter completed!
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