After the war horses were allocated, more than half of the training time in the afternoon had passed. Cheng Yajie and Zhao Lijun discussed it briefly and decided not to train for the rest of the time, but to practice horse riding in the racecourse themselves, but only horse riding is allowed to jog, and horse racing is prohibited from galloping. Of course, the racecourse is just such a big place, with more than a hundred horses inside, and they can't run even if they want to.

Cheng Yajie and Zhao Lijun also wanted to try the horses he had just selected. Although they often went to the racecourse to ride horses after they retired from the army, they had not ridden a horse for several months at this time. Now they naturally have to recover and find the feeling of riding a horse. So both of them also took the saddle and reins, equipped their horses, and then turned over and rode on the back.

The two of them immediately attracted the attention of many soldiers because they had formulated such complex and complicated management regulations just now, and they were very confident. Each one could tell a lot of reasons. When demarcating the horses, they hid all the good horses and divided the bad horses for the soldiers. The soldiers didn't say anything but they still had a little slight thoughts. Now they also wanted to see how many skills these two officials had, not just talking but practicing.

Cheng Yajie and Zhao Lijun didn't think so much. After riding on the horse, he gently shook the reins and shouted: "Hold!" Two horses trotted around the racecourse, one in front and one behind.

Although both of them were veterans, they have been practicing their bodies since they retired from the army and their bodies remained good. And their skills were still there. As long as they didn't do any difficult movements on the horse's back, normal riding was completely enough.

After running for two or three laps, both of them stopped. Cheng Yajie turned to Zhao Lijun and said, "How is this horse?"

Zhao Lijun said: "Yes, it should be a cavalry war horse. Because they are walking sideways, they seem to have been trained, and they have been trained for a long time. However, it is a bit difficult to run and not excited enough, which means that the horse's physical condition is not very good."

Cheng Yajie also nodded and said, "Yes, feeding it well for a month should not be worse than the horses in my previous army."

The so-called "side-to-step" refers to the right front foot and left rear foot, right front foot and right rear foot when the horse is walking and running, and moves in the same direction at the same time. This way of walking can make the horse's posture more stable and walk faster, so that both knights and horses are less likely to be tired. However, the way of walking is not something that a horse is born with, and it must be trained for a considerable amount of time. Therefore, the two people can confirm that these two horses were war horses before.

The other cavalry were a little disappointed, because the two of them had just ridden a few circles and had no fun. They could only say that they could ride horses, but they couldn't tell how good they were. Only a few soldiers who had been pursed soldiers before could tell from the subtle movements of the two on the horse's back just now that these two commanders were indeed people who could ride horses.

It turns out that people who have received professional horse riding training will not sit firmly on the horse's back, but must exercise steadily on the horse's back so that they can maintain stability on the horse's back, and their bodies will fluctuate with the pace of the horse's running, which can reduce the burden on the horse and make the horse's running easier. From this point of view, these two commanders are indeed some real people.

Cheng Yajie and Zhao Lijun rode their horses and jogged in the racetrack for a few more laps. This time, the two of them did not pay too much attention to their horses, but instead paid attention to other soldiers to see how the riding skills of other soldiers were.

They ran and stopped and the afternoon training came. So the two of them first greeted the soldiers, sent the horses back to the stable, and sent them into the horse railing according to the number. They gathered all the soldiers and told them that from tomorrow, the cavalry company would no longer train with the shore-based guards, but started training alone, and then announced that today's training would end.

After dinner, Cheng Yajie and Zhao Lijun got together again and wrote a report overnight, explaining the situation of the cavalry company in detail and also explaining his own training plan. Although the soldiers of the cavalry company now have a certain foundation for riding, as a military branch, the cavalry company still has great flaws. Therefore, the current goal of the cavalry company is to lay the foundation and build a structure, and it is not appropriate to expand it immediately. The problems that the cavalry company is urgently solved are: 1. Equip veterinarians immediately; 2. Equip equip horse-raising staff; 3. Improve the feed of war horses; 4. Manufacture training equipment. In the long run, the things to be solved include establishing horse farms and training bases, introducing high-quality stallions, and improving the quality of war horses.

Most of the cavalry training equipment can be made by the cavalry company itself, but there are a few equipment that need to be made in other factories. The most representative one is imitation of the wooden horse, which is similar to that of ordinary war horses. It is just that four wheels are installed underneath, which can be driven forward by people. Whether it is a beginner or a veteran, it can be used to fight immediately.

Cheng Yajie drew drawings of imitating the Trojan horse overnight and sent them back to the Tianjin Military Commission with his own report.

At 6:30 the next day, Cheng Yajie and Zhao Lijun arrived at the racetrack on time, and the soldiers of the cavalry company gathered here. Seeing that they came, they immediately gathered to start today's formal training. After more than ten minutes of warm-up exercise, they started to slid horses in the morning. Under the leadership of Cheng Yajie and Zhao Lijun, the soldiers took out war horses from the stables, pulled the reins of the horses, and lined up to run along the coastline.

I also encountered many other naval units running in the morning along the road. Usually, the soldiers of the cavalry company also ran in the morning every day, but they were all with soldiers from the shore-based defense team. This was the first time they ran alone, and they were running with horses. Everyone felt that it was very fresh. Some familiar soldiers even greeted each other and asked "Why don't you ride a horse?"

After running for about half an hour, everyone returned to the racetrack and let the horses move freely in the racetrack. Then they all went to the cafeteria to have breakfast.

At eight o'clock, the cavalry company gathered in front of the stable again, and then brushed the horses and combed the horses. This work is sometimes carried out after the afternoon training.

Although the soldiers in the cavalry company had ridden horses before, they generally had never done much about brushing and combing horses. Therefore, Cheng Yajie and Zhao Lijun personally demonstrated and taught the soldiers how to do it step by step. First, wet a towel, wiped the whole body of the war horse, and then dipped a big horse brush in water to brush the whole body of the horse again. Now it is winter, and you have to rub it repeatedly on the body of the war horse to promote blood circulation. After brushing, you must also wipe the water on the horse to prevent the war horse from getting cold.

After brushing the horse, the next step is to comb the horse's hair. Each person also equipped a large wooden comb and a pair of large scissors. While combing the horse's hair, they cut off the excess hair on the horse's body. The horse's hair should be cut short. Generally speaking, it is better to keep the horse's hair 5-10 cm long, because this batch of war horses has not been taken care of for two or three months, and the mane has grown very long, so a lot of cuts are cut. The cut mane is not thrown away. This is the raw material for making brushes. In the old time and space, most horse farms will open brush factories.

The two of them did it, and the other soldiers followed their movements to wash their horses. As a result, the sound of scrubbing sounded in front of the stable, and the neighing sounds of war horses were mixed with the sound of war horses. It took more than two hours for the soldiers to clean up their horses. Some of the war horses sniffed a few times, and some screamed a few times, and their spirits were obviously much better. In fact, it was the same thing that the spirits would be boosted after taking a bath with people.

At this time, the cafeteria also received a notice from the base, sending a batch of stems of grain crops such as wheat poles, sorghum poles, corn poles, and other grains. Barley, 300 kilograms of beans, 200 kilograms of salt, and two large guillotines for cutting grass. In the past, the cavalry company had cut a lot of grass and piled up four or five large haystacks, two of which were still grass cut two or three days ago, so there was no shortage of food for war horses.

After Cheng Yajie received this batch of horse feed, he ordered the war horses to move freely in the racecourse, and divided the soldiers into three batches. One batch led by Zhao Lijun to simply transform the stables. First, the stables were separated and the war horses and other animals were raised separately; the other batch went to the nearby to harvest grass. Although it was winter, because Dagukou was near the sea, some grass still grew. Now the food on the crossers was not sufficient, and the feed of war horses was still mainly fodder. Cheng Yajie led a group of soldiers to prepare feed for the war horses. First, the hay stack was dried and dried into hay, then chopped the stems and hay into small sections, mixed with some barley and beans, and then mixed with some salt, and then stirred them to make feed for horses.

Because there are only two guillotines in the cavalry company now, the soldiers can only take turns using guillotine to cut grass and stems. Of course, there are people cutting grass with daggers or pinching them with their hands. Although it is much slower, they can always help. Some people are responsible for stirring. They have been busy for nearly two hours. It is almost noon. The soldiers who harvested the grass have also returned, and the soldiers who renovated the stables have also collected the works. Cheng Yajie ordered all the war horses to be taken back to the stables, and the prepared horse feed is distributed to each soldier, and they will take them to feed their own war horses.

When feeding, the soldiers found that they didn't know whether it was because the horses felt comfortable after being washed, or the feed they made was to match the appetite of the horses. Today, the horses' appetite was obviously much better than before. They chewed their heads and didn't even scream. On the contrary, the cattle, donkey and mules in the other side bar cried until they cried, and they stopped until the staff came to feed them.
Chapter completed!