my brother champion

Chapter 158 The big black horse is coming!give uncle a big gift

After returning to the barracks, Huo Guang felt that the days had calmed down again.Every day, I take these recruits to ride horses and train them to slash and kill on horses.

It stands to reason!
The cavalry charging should use the inertial force of the horses to sprint with weapons similar to spears.

However, there were no spears in the equipment of Wei Qing's barracks.

Their weapons are all hooks and ring knives.

These ones.

They are not long-distance weapons, and the attack range is really limited.

This is the so-called one inch long and one inch strong.

However, as Huo Guang trained the hundreds of cavalry for a long time, he slowly thought of the problem.

Why did the cavalry of the Han army give up their spears?
Very simple.

Because of the hook inlaid on this weapon.

The hook is inlaid with hooks on the top and bottom, which can hold the enemy's weapon, and there is a shield in the middle, which can block the enemy's attack.There is a stab in the front, which can deal a fatal blow to the enemy if it gets close.

This is a good offensive and defensive weapon.

However, the cavalry of the Han Dynasty did not develop stirrups, high bridge saddles, and horseshoes.

If a cavalryman wants to ride a horse well, he must hold the reins tightly.

such!

One hand is occupied, while the other hand still needs to hold the hook setting, so there is no space left.

In this situation!
If you want to use a spear, you have to give up the hook, which is a good weapon with both offense and defense.

The spear is very long, but its shortcomings are also obvious!
Like the Huan Shou Dao, it can be carried around the waist.When the two armies are fighting at close range, they can draw out the ring sword at their waist at any time.

And because the spear is too long, there is no Takahashi saddle or stirrup.

In combat, except for the thorns, it is impossible to wield it at all.

If the long weapon is used on the opposite side, the hook of the Han army can also block the enemy's long weapon very well.

Because of the use of long weapons, it is destined to have no defensive weapons.

At this time.

Then he can pull out the ring-head knife at his waist, ride on a horse and bully him, and cut off the enemy's head with one knife.

There you go!
It is only reasonable for the Han army to eliminate spears and use the ring-shou knife as an attack weapon.

Of course, these are just Huo Guang's conjectures!

Another few days passed.

Danzi, the No. [-] recruit led by Huo Guang, also gradually adapted to the daily life in the barracks.Moreover, the three-piece cavalry suits approved by Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty for mass production have also begun to be issued one after another.

of course.

At first, there were not many three-piece suits, and only generals in the army could use them. Soldiers with ordinary leather armor did not have them.

Besides.

For the convenience of putting horseshoes on war horses, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty even directly built a large blacksmithing factory in the northern and southern military camps, and hired many blacksmiths to make them specialize in the production of horseshoes.

Every time Huo Guang finished training the recruits, he would go to this "blacksmith's shop" to chat with those blacksmith workers.

purpose.

Just to see if I can instigate these master blacksmiths to make an iron pipe.

pity.

These master blacksmiths did not let Huo Guang watch the blacksmithing, which was a state secret.

During the period of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, the ring-shou knife was made using the technology of steelmaking.

But this kind of technology is extremely protected by the imperial court, and it is absolutely forbidden to spread it outside. It belongs to the series that whoever spreads the word will die.

Simultaneously.

When the soldiers of the Han Dynasty retired from the army.

Weapons must also be handed in, and they are absolutely not allowed to be taken away secretly.

Why is it said that since the time of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, there has been a saying that one Han should be the five Hu?
That's because the technology of the Han Dynasty was the most advanced at the same time, and many things were well protected.

But unfortunately.

Since Emperor Xuan, the technology of steelmaking has been spread to the outside world, and various core things of the Han Dynasty have been stolen by the barbarians.

gradually.

The gap between the Han Dynasty and the Hu people has been narrowed a lot. It is a problem for a Han to be the three Hu people, let alone the five Hu people.

Huo Guang was chatting with a master blacksmith at this time, and a soldier came to report: "Report!"

"Hodub!"

"General Hussars is looking for you, let me inform you."

General Hussars?

Isn't the only Hussar general in this period, his elder brother, the champion Hou Huo Qubing?
But my brother is in Peking University!
There is a long way to go back and forth!

At this time, why did my brother come to find me? Could it be that he wanted me to go to his Beidaying camp?

thought here.

Huo Guang asked the soldiers who came to report: "Did General Hussars tell you what you are looking for me for?"

"The hussar general didn't say anything, he just asked me to come to you!"

The soldier shook his head.

Huo Guang frowned slightly, then waved his hands to the soldiers and said, "Understood, I'll go back right away."

The words fall.

Huo Guang bid farewell to the master blacksmith, returned to his camp, and met the champion Hou Huo Qubing.

"Brother, what are you looking for me for?" Huo Guang asked curiously after meeting him.

Huo Qubing smiled mysteriously and said, "I'll bring you something nice!"

The words fall.

Huo Qubing clapped his hands, and some soldiers pulled Dahei in.

The moment he saw Dahei, Huo Guang's eyes were full of surprises, and he asked, "Brother brought Dahei here, what are you doing?"

Huo Qubing smiled lightly, and said: "I asked the question knowingly, of course I brought you the mount!"

"Anyway!"

"This horse is with me, no one can tame it, and it's useless to keep it. So Brother Wei thought that since you have followed uncle in Nandaying, you might as well come over and give the horse to you."

Hear this.

Huo Guang frowned slightly, and said, "Although this big black is fierce, with my brother's ability, it shouldn't be difficult to tame it!"

Huo Qubing smiled faintly, and said, "I haven't tried it, and I don't know if I can tame it."

"but!"

"My method of taming horses is relatively fierce, and I already have a mount that is not inferior to this big black, so there is no need to add another horse, so I sent it to you."

The words are true.

But Huo Guang understood that the main reason why his brother said so was to take care of himself.

It's like when parents usually eat, they always leave good things for their children to eat first.When you are away from home, your elder brother is like your father. This is not a joke in ancient times.

Although he saw through this point, he didn't hesitate, and said directly: "Okay, then thank you, brother!"

"My family, no thanks!" Huo Qubing patted Huo Guang on the shoulder and said.

Subsequently.

Huo Qubing asked Huo Guang again: "How about following uncle, do you find it hard?"

Huo Guang shook his head, and said: "It's not hard, but after I came to the barracks, I don't know if my sister-in-law is happy to stay here but I'm still used to it."

Huo Qubing smiled lightly, and said: "Why are you worrying about this, don't worry, Brother Wei has already sent someone to bring her back to the General's residence, nothing will happen there, you don't need to worry about it."

After hearing this, Huo Guang nodded, and then asked: "Brother, have you ever thought about buying a mansion?"

"After all, my sister-in-law is also pregnant."

"I can't always live in the General's Mansion in the future, can I?"

Hearing this, the smile on Huo Qubing's face disappeared, and he said lightly: "I never thought about it, the Xiongnu are still alive, so I don't even bother to think about the matter of building a mansion!"

Good guy.

Champion Hou's only hobby seems to be fighting the Huns.

No wonder Sima Qian would leave a sentence in "Historical Records" that "the Huns are not destroyed, so what is the family?"

Huo Guang nodded immediately and said, "Understood, brother's ambition is indeed higher than mine!"

Huo Qubing laughed out loud after hearing this, and said: "There is no distinction between high and low ambitions, don't praise indiscriminately."

Hear what my brother said.

Huo Guang shrugged slightly and smiled.

Subsequently.

Accompanying my elder brother to walk a few laps inside and outside the school grounds, during which time I talked about a strange phenomenon.

"Brother, I want to ask, why do you feel that there are so many children from big families in the barracks. This kind of people usually don't pay attention to training, and uncle doesn't care. What's the matter?" Huo Guang asked.

Hear Huo Guang's question.

Huo Qubing replied indifferently: "I also have people with military merits in my North Camp. These people don't go to the battlefield. After the war is over, these people will either use their military merits to become officials in the court, or they will go back and inherit the family business."

The military achievements of the Han Dynasty are a good thing.

But the way to get it is also very difficult!
It was so difficult for an old general like Li Guang to be conferred a title as a marquis.

But as Wei Qing and Huo Qubing's records were too outrageous, there were more people who came to make military achievements.

main reason.

It was the beginning when Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty granted Wei Qing's three sons as infant marquises. At that time, too many people were sealed up, causing many people to follow Wei Huo and start making military achievements.

I heard my brother's explanation.

Huo Guang also understood why those families let their children come here.Feelings, I came here just to make military achievements. Huo Guang was worried about these people before. If they don't usually train, they will play the role of pig teammates when they go to the battlefield.

But listening to it now, the other party is not on the battlefield at all!

He also understood.

Here, Huo Qubing chatted with Huo Guang: "Huo Guang, when the time comes to the battlefield, don't rush!"

"The sword is ruthless on the battlefield."

"You can just stand next to uncle when the time comes, don't feel ashamed, you are still young, don't mind this."

Huo Guang smiled faintly: "Understood, brother!"

Wait until we've had a good chat.

Huo Guang personally sent his elder brother away. Since His Majesty's order had not been lifted, Huo Guang could not leave the barracks yet.

I can only stay in the barracks.

After his brother left, Huo Guang started playing with Dahei.

Originally, Huo Guang wanted to use his own relationship to equip Dahei with three sets of cavalry first.But saddles and stirrups are easy to get, until it's time to get the horseshoes on.

This big dark horse is like the "rebellious period" has arrived, so I don't press this kind of thing.

Huo Guang originally wanted to force Dahei to be held down, but Huo Guang was afraid of hurting Dahei, so he stopped temporarily.

Stop and stop.

But this doesn't mean that Huo Guang gave up on Dahei's horseshoe.

Just now, he thought of a good way.

The first is to order his subordinates to arrange for them to be sent to the horse pens that have been put on horseshoes.

Let it feel.

What is called other horses have, but it does not have a sense of loss.

of course.

Huo Guang can't guarantee that this method will work, after all, people and horses are different, unless the horse really understands human nature.

in the afternoon.

Huo Guang ordered Lin Yaoqing to take some people to the river to fetch a few large carts of fine sand, and at the same time asked General Wei Qing to ask for some veterans who had fought in the Huns.

Not only that.

He also ordered someone to go to the carpenter's shop in Chang'an City, and asked the carpenter Li Hong to make a large wooden box that could be folded and moved easily.

Why is it called a wooden box?

Because it is long and wide, but not high.

In addition, the tailors were also asked to make a very small and exquisite triangular flag in red and blue colors.

Wait until it's ready.

Huo Guang asked Lin Yaoqing and others to pour the extremely soft sand from the river into the wooden box, and at the same time began to ask the veterans about Mobei's situation.

After the question is over.

Huo Guang started to tinker on the sand table.

Lin Yaoqing didn't understand Huo Guang's thoughts, so he asked, "Uncle Huo Du, what are you doing?"

"Drawing a sand table, a three-dimensional drawing that is more intuitive than a map. Hey, your brain, don't ask, you don't understand." Huo Guang said lightly.

Lin Yaoqing was immediately unhappy, and said: "Uncle Huo Du, what do I not understand about this, isn't it just a map!"

"Oh?" Huo Guang immediately stopped what he was doing, looked up at this guy, and asked with a smile: "If you know how to speak, then tell me, how is it better than traditional maps?"

Hear Huo Guang's words.

Lin Yaoqing was dumbfounded suddenly, he is a rough man, how could he know this.

But thinking about what Huo Guang said just now, he said directly: "It's more intuitive than traditional maps!"

Huo Guang nodded and said, "Well, this is what I just said, what else?"

Lin Yaoqing immediately shook his head, and said with an embarrassed smile: "I don't know, Huo Dubo, you have to say it again, so I can know!"

"You, you, if you say you don't understand, you still have to pretend!" Huo Guang laughed suddenly, and then explained to him: "The biggest significance of my military sand table is that in addition to showing the terrain of the combat area, it can also It can show the composition of the enemy's position, the deployment of troops and the configuration of weapons."

"look!"

"This little red flag, I represent the Xiongnu cavalry side, just insert it here."

"This small blue flag, I represent the cavalry side of the Han army, just put it here."

"Come down like this."

"Look, the deployment of troops on both sides is immediately clear!"

Lin Yaoqing looked at the small flags planted by Huo Guang on the sand table, and asked suspiciously: "Hey, Huo Dubo, how do you know that the Hun cavalry will definitely deploy like this?"

When Huo Guang heard this, he shook his head helplessly, and said, "Let me use an analogy. When we really go to the battlefield, we will definitely send scouts to find out the enemy's situation!"

Lin Yaoqing still doesn't quite understand the meaning of this thing.

He thinks this sand table is very bulky!
When fighting against the Huns, those cavalrymen who couldn't beat them would run around in the grasslands and couldn't even catch up. What's the use of this thing?
Here.

It can be seen that the thinking of a soldier and a general is too different.

Huo Guang continued to pinch the terrain in the sand table, while Lin Yaoqing asked: "Uncle Huo Du, although your sand table is very good. But don't we bring a hundred recruits in total? Who do you want?" ?”

100 people playing sand table?

That really didn't work!
But who said that Huo Guang wanted to use it himself?
Huo Guang smiled faintly, and said, "I'm a Dubo, so I definitely don't need to use this. Tomorrow is my uncle's birthday. Because the military affairs are busy, the general doesn't want to do anything, so keep things simple."

"Outsiders don't have to send anything!"

"But my nephew, who has been eating and drinking for two years, it would be outrageous not to give gifts!"

"But if you give gifts normally, I'm afraid you will be scolded back!"

"so."

Hearing this, Lin Yaoqing rushed to say: "So Huo Dubo took this as a gift? Well, Huo Dubo gave this gift on purpose. I think it should be very appetizing to the general!"

(End of this chapter)