Zhao Weiwang in the Warring States Period

Li Baijiang nodded upon hearing this, with a smile on his face.

These harnesses were secretly sent to Gao Quesai half a month ago, and the tight battle at that time made Li Baijiang startled, thinking that it was some new type of armor.

But fortunately, the effect of these harnesses came into play very quickly. Horseshoes can enhance the horse's endurance, and saddles and stirrups can greatly help the cavalry maintain balance on the horse. Recently, autumn, the nomadic tribe in the north, has become active, so The cavalry in Gaoquesai attacked day after day, relying on the equipment advantages brought by the harness to win consecutive battles.

Li Baijiang thought for a while and then said: "Although this thing is good, but the second and third sons should not talk nonsense, if the five hundred masters know about it, it will be dealt with by military law."

These harnesses have now become the secret weapons of Gaoquesai's defenders, so the secrecy of the harnesses is naturally the highest level. The highest officer in Gaoquesai, the five hundred masters surnamed Zhao, has already given orders, Every time the Zhao Jun cavalry battles are over, all the horses must be retrieved, and all the dead horses must be unloaded before they can be discarded.

In a joyous atmosphere, the group of Zhao Jun cavalry returned to the closed gate of Gaoquesai, only to see a head protruding from the closed wall, shouting loudly at the cavalry: "Password!"

Li Baijiang replied loudly: "Breaking the slave!"

The two heavy iron doors squeaked open amidst a sharp rubbing sound, and dozens of Zhao Jun knights rode their crotch horses and entered Gaoquesai one by one.

Due to its remote location, there are only 500 troops stationed in Gaoquesai, led by a [-] Lord.

But even so, this fortress has never been breached by the Huns. After all, Gaoquesai itself is part of the Great Wall of Zhao, and the beacon towers on the Great Wall are not just for display. Within a few days, the army from Wuyuan City will rush to the rescue.

Although it is said to be a small military fortress, it can be said that although the sparrow is small, it has all internal organs, such as stables, barracks, playgrounds, etc., and the situation is quite orderly.

After entering Gaoquesai, General Li Bai asked his subordinates to lead the horses to the stables, while he jumped off the horse and saluted an oncoming middle-aged officer: "Master Five Hundred!"

This middle-aged military officer with a weather-beaten face and about forty years old is called Zhao Tong. It is said that the branch of the King Zhao's family was a family hundreds of years ago, and his position is five hundred masters. the supreme officer in.

Zhao Tong patted General Li Bai on the shoulder affectionately, and said with a smile: "I heard that the second and third sons attacked this time and brought back many heads of the Huns."

Li Baijiang smiled slightly, puffed out his chest proudly, and said loudly: "I have met 34 Huns today, and all of them will be given heads!"

Zhao Tong laughed loudly, and said to General Li Bai: "Good! There is an order from Wuyuan City, ordering Gao Que to send out [-] cavalry to gather in Yunzhong City. I will not be able to get out of this place. This time, you will lead the troops to go there. Bar."

"Yunzhong?" Li Baijiang was taken aback when he heard the words. You must know that Gaoquesai is under the jurisdiction of Wuyuan County, and Wuyuan County is Yunzhong County after passing through Jiuyuan County to the east. Why did he go there?

Li Baijiang suddenly felt a little excited, and couldn't help but whispered: "Master Wubai, could it be that the Huns have gone south again?"

You must know that the troops here in Gaoquesai are rarely mobilized, and every mobilization must represent a big battle.

Even in the most eye-catching Changping War today, Zhao Guo did not dispatch a single soldier from Gaoquesai. Firstly, it was because Gaoquesai was extremely important. Not good to play.

Zhao Tong nodded, with a serious expression on his face, and said: "This trip to Yunzhong is to resist the invasion of the Yan people. Since you are my soldier in Gaoquesai, don't forget to lose my face! Gather people quickly, Let's go now!"

The young Li Baijiang straightened his body, saluted Zhao Tong in front of him again, and said loudly: "Li Mu takes orders!"

Chapter 86 Big Trouble

Handan, Miyagi.

Zhao Dan is still dealing with government affairs as before, and his desk is still piled up with bamboo slips.

In addition to Zhao Dan, there is another person in the hall, that is, Yu Xin who was just promoted by Zhao Dan to be the guardian, responsible for filling the vacancy left by Xiangbang Zhao Sheng.

At this moment, Yu Xin is reporting the affairs to Zhao Dan: "My lord, according to Pang Nuan's report a few days ago, he and Ju Xin have arrived in Yuanyang to take over the army, and they will go east to fight against Yan in a few days."

Yu Xin looked quite tired, but now a pair of dark circles appeared on his originally elegant face, which seemed a bit out of place.

The reason why it is east and not north is because the five northern counties of Zhao State are mainly in the west and northwest, while the people of Yan State invaded from the northeast.

Zhao Dan hummed, casually put aside a bamboo slip that had just been reviewed, stretched out his hand and rubbed his temples, and after a while he said, "Have all the harnesses been distributed?"

Yu Xin nodded and said, "The three thousand sets of harnesses have all been transported to Yuanyang."

These harnesses were made secretly by Zhao Dan, who had been sent by Zhao Sheng to craftsmen from Zhao Kingdom these days.

At the beginning, Zhao Dan only planned to build [-] sets, and send them to Gaoquesai to train quietly, to see if he could quietly train two to three thousand elite cavalry, and then use them suddenly when he was fighting Qin Guo, Kill Qin by surprise.

But what he never expected was that the situation couldn't keep up with the changes. Later, the situation changed drastically. Zhao Dan knew that the war was imminent, so he simply ordered the craftsmen to work overtime and made a total of [-] sets of harnesses.

To be honest, due to the problems of materials and the first forging, and Zhao Dan was not a professional in his previous life, Zhao Dan didn't know whether these harnesses were good or not.

But now that the army of Yan State is invading, there is a huge disparity between the enemy and us in the northern battlefield of Zhao State, so Zhao Dan can't control so much as soon as he gritted his teeth. He simply transported all his inventory to the northern battlefield, hoping to increase his chances of winning for his own cavalry.

As for the question of whether to expose or not, this is the time to bet on life stud, who cares about that?

To be honest, Yu Xin was also quite surprised. If he hadn't temporarily taken over Zhao Sheng's position a while ago, Yu Xin would not have known that there was such a magical thing as a harness.

You must know that all the scholars in the Warring States Period were capable of martial arts. Compared with those scholars in the later generations who were weaker than women and weaker than women, Yu Xin was also proficient in equestrian skills. Of course It was impossible not to see the value of the harness.

After Zhao Dan paused, he continued to ask: "Where is Yan Jun now?"

Yu Xin replied: "A few days ago, the spies came to report that the main force of the Yan army had crossed the Tang River and was besieging Gucheng. Another part of the Yan army moved westward along Feihuxing, and it seemed that it was going to directly replace the city."

Daicheng is the seat of the county guard of Dai County in Zhao State.

"What?" Zhao Dan was taken aback when he heard this, then his brows were tightly wrinkled immediately, and then a trace of anger began to show on his face.

In fact, even if Gu Cheng fell, Zhao Dan would not lose his composure like this.

In fact, this Daijun is very, very important to Zhao Guo.

As we all know, since Zhao Wuling King Hufu rode and shot, the power of Zhao's cavalry has shaken the world.

For cavalry, what is the most important thing?Of course it is the war horse under the crotch.

The reason why cavalry cannot be popular in the other six countries except Zhao is that they did not carry out the transformation of Hufu riding and shooting, and there is another reason why the quality of war horses in the other six countries is not good.

Horses originated in Central Asia and were introduced to China during the reign of Emperor Yao in ancient times. After thousands of years of domestication, most of the horses in the Central Plains countries today are short and slender, and look more like donkeys, a close relative of horses.

The feeling of riding on this kind of horse can be said to be basically the same as riding a donkey. It is okay to use it to pull a chariot, but it is a bit funny to use it for war.

However, the lack of horses in the Central Plains countries does not mean that the horses in the entire land of China are not good. After all, there were also many tribes such as Dirong and barbarians who mixed with the Chinese countries at that time, and some even established their own countries, such as It is said that Bai Di established the Zhongshan Kingdom.

The Daidi people who occupied Daidi at that time were good at raising horses. The Daima they bred were famous all over the world. It was an important breeding base for war horses until hundreds of years later. Sai Niao can represent Ma Akita."

Hundreds of years ago, Zhao Wuxie, the ancestor of Zhao State, won a part of Dai County from Di Ren. Since then, Zhao State was still the State of Jin, and the Zhao family had its own war horse base, and the horses of Zhao State were also the best in the world. Zhu Xiong.

Because of this, Daijun is extremely important to Zhao Guo.

"Damn Yan people!" Zhao Dan looked gloomy, and slammed his fist on the table.

Today's Zhao State has several large horse farms in Dai County, where thousands of Daidi horses are raised. These will be added to the Zhao State's cavalry in the future, and there are many crucial pure horses. blood stallion.

Once Yan people are allowed to snatch these generation horses, especially these stallions, it will be an extremely heavy loss for Zhao Guo, which cannot be made up in a short period of time!

Although cavalry is still not a trend among the other six countries in this world except Zhao, Zhao Dan is very clear in his heart that it will be a matter of time before the cavalry takes the top position.

After all, cavalry is the real king of the era of cold weapons. Before the emergence of hot weapons, cavalry represented the highest-end combat power in this era of cold weapons.

Under such circumstances, war horses, as the most precious resource for building cavalry, cannot be snatched away by the Yan people!