Li Mu put away his smile and said sternly:
"Juzi, don't be joking, how can the thirty Praetorian Guards be able to fight against our battle-hardened soldiers?"
"We might as well follow Lian Xiangguo's proposal. You select [-] soldiers from the Imperial Guard and compete with us."
Li Yao shook his head flatly and said, "No need, thirty Guards are enough!"
Originally, he said that the selection of fifty Guards was to give Li Mu and Lian Po a face, lest they lose too ugly.
Since the two of Li Mu were so confident, he didn't have to give them face anymore.
Li Mu and Lian Po saw the strong self-confidence in Li Yao, and couldn't help but feel a little suspicious.
Could it be that Li Yao really has some trump card?
impossible!
What can be a killer?
They must be overthinking it.
Li Mu and Lian Po immediately cast off their suspicions.
×××
An hour later, the martial arts training ground of the Guards.
Li Yao stood on a high platform, Shanrou and Zhao Zhi stood on the right.
Li Mu and Lian Po stood on Li Yao's left.
The eyes of the five of them all turned to the training ground below.
At this moment, on the training ground, there were already two cavalry troops, standing opposite each other.
Li Yao asked Shanrou Zhao Zhi who was beside him, "How is it? Have they adapted to the new war horses and new weapons?"
Shanrou and Zhao Zhi immediately nodded excitedly.
Zhao Zhi said excitedly, "I've already gotten used to it. I didn't expect these new harnesses and new weapons you created to be so practical, so powerful, and so powerful."
Shan Rou glanced at Li Mu and Lian Po, and said with a smile, "For a while, I'm afraid that these two prime ministers will lose and won't be able to find their parents!"
Although Shanrou's voice was not loud, Li Mu and Lian Po were very sensitive, and they heard Shanrou's ridicule in their ears.
They didn't expect that they were laughed at by a woman so much, which made them angry.
However, of course they would not care about a little girl.
Li Yao saw that Li Mu and Lian Po were mocked by Shanrou, and his face flushed with anger, he couldn't help but laugh.
He gave Shan Rou a fake glance, and then asked Li Mu and Lian Po, "Two Prime Ministers, let's start the competition."
The two of Li Mu nodded heavily. They were mocked by a little girl just now. At this moment, they could not wait to compete immediately and immediately kill the arrogance of Li Yao, Shan Rou and others.
Li Yao gave Shanrou a wink, Shanrou nodded and waved the flag in her hand.
The two cavalry below saw the signal and began to fight.
The rules of the competition between the two sides are very simple, that is, the two sides fight on horseback. Anyone who is knocked off the horse's back is considered a 'death in battle' and needs to withdraw from the battlefield.
Until the end, whichever side's cavalry are all knocked off their horses, then this side is judged to lose, and the other side is judged to win.
Of course, in order to avoid accidental injury, the soldiers on both sides not only wore thick armor, but also stipulated that they were not allowed to attack each other's vital parts.
When the two cavalry troops had just rushed to each other, Li Mu and Lian glanced at Li Yao proudly.
Their smug eyes seemed to say: boy, just wait, in a while our soldiers will be able to kill those praetorian guards who are not very useful.
It's a pity that their pride is not more than a second.
The scene in the martial arts field shocked them.
I saw that on the training ground, the Guards were like tigers coming out of the mountain, and every time they slashed, they could chop down one of their soldiers.
The Guards seemed to be reborn, murderous and aggressive, rushing back and forth on the training ground.
On the other hand, their soldiers, at the beginning, could fight back a few times, but later they were in a passive situation of being beaten.
Both Li Mu and Lian Po were veterans on the battlefield, and they quickly discovered the problem.
They found that it was not how powerful the Praetorian Guard was, but that the equipment of the Praetorian Guard was novel and powerful.
First of all, they found that although the shape of the knives of the Praetorian Guards was strange, it was very sharp, and when they slashed down, the weapons in the hands of their soldiers were either cut off or cut open.
Second, they found a pair of strange things on the feet of the Praetorian Guards.
It was the pair of strange things that allowed the Praetorian Guards to slash and slash wholeheartedly, without having to worry about falling off the horse's back without having to clamp their legs tightly around the horse's belly.
Also, they found that the saddle sitting under the praetor's ass was very different from the saddle they had seen, and it allowed the praetor to sit firmly on the horse's back, even if subjected to a great shock. Easy to fall off.
Soon, the competition between the two sides was over.
The final result was unexpected for Li Mu and Lian Po.
One hundred of their soldiers were all knocked off their horses.
On the side of the Guards, not a single person fell off the horse.
(PS: The title of this chapter has been eaten again. Is the crab mythical beast so powerful now? The original title is: The cavalry contest, the less wins the more. Is there a problem?)
Chapter 61 Stirrups and saddles, come to life in advance
Li Mu's face is very dark!
Lian Po's face is even darker!
They had been laughing at Li Yao for being overly self-sufficient, and they wanted to use [-] guards who were not useful to defeat the battle-hardened soldiers.
Now, the results of the test of the cavalry on both sides have come out.
On their side, one hundred soldiers on the battlefield were all 'killed'.
On the side of the Praetorian Guard, of the thirty soldiers, no one was 'killed', but some soldiers suffered minor injuries.
The result hit them hard in the face.
They had absolutely no idea that they would lose so badly.
However, what they are more curious about is how Li Yao did it.
As soon as the competition was over, Li Mu and Lian Po couldn't wait to jump off the high platform and rushed to the training ground.
Li Yao and Shan Rou and Zhao Zhi looked at each other, smiled, and followed.
Before, Li Mu and Lian Po had discovered that the equipment of the Imperial Guard was somewhat different.
Therefore, as soon as they rushed into the martial arts training ground, they began to study the horses that the Praetorian Guards rode and the weapons used by the Praetorian Guards.
First, they looked at a pair of stirrups that hung on either side of the saddle.
Of course, they didn't know that this thing was called a stirrup, because at this time, the stirrup had not yet appeared. About the Western Han Dynasty, the stirrup began to appear in the Central Plains.
The stirrup is an epoch-making invention in human history.
As a Western expert pointed out: "Few inventions are as simple as the stirrup, and few inventions have such great historical significance. The stirrup applies animal power in short armies, making the cavalry and the horse one."
Indeed, after the invention of the stirrup, it made the war horse easier to control, made the man and the horse connect as one, and freed the hands of the man on the horse. Swing left and right on the back to complete the military action of slashing left and right.
Seeing that Li Mu and Lian Po were studying the stirrup with curiosity, Li Yao explained, "This is called the stirrup. I don't need to explain its function. I think the two ministers have already seen it."
Yes, Li Mu and Lian Po are both veterans of the battlefield. As soon as they saw the stirrup, they knew the function of the stirrup, and they saw the advantages of the stirrup.
Lian Po said repeatedly: "I didn't expect that such a small stirrup could solve the big problem that it is difficult for cavalry to fight on horseback."
Li Mu was also amazed: "Mrs. Li is really a great talent, such a simple and ingenious stirrup, we didn't even think that a small pair of stirrups would make it difficult for soldiers to fall off their horses, and it would also make them stronger in combat. increase."
Afterwards, Li Mu and Lian Po's eyes were fixed on Gao Qiao's saddle.
At this time, the saddle has already appeared.
However, the saddles at this time are basically padded saddles, that is, a cushion. When people sit on it, they will not squat.
There are generally two difficulties with horseback riding.
First, it is uncomfortable, because the spine of a horse is very high, and it will feel uncomfortable to ride directly on it, and a certain part will obviously hurt, and the horse is not comfortable.
Second, it is unstable, there is no support in the front and back, and the feet cannot step on the ground, so it is easy to sway left and right.
The padded saddle, to a certain extent, solves the difficulty of riding uncomfortable.
However, the difficulty of riding erratically, a padded saddle obviously cannot be solved.
The Gaoqiao saddle can solve this difficulty well, and further solve the problem of uncomfortable riding.
Moreover, the Takahashi saddle is combined with the stirrup, which perfectly solves the problem of unstable riding.
At this time, the Gaoqiao saddle did not appear. It was not until the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty and the Wei and Jin Dynasties that the Gaoqiao saddle began to appear in the Central Plains.
It can be said that the Takahashi saddle is also a great invention in the history of cavalry in the world, and its function and influence are no less than that of the stirrup.
Lian Po and Li Mu touched Gao Qiao's saddle with expressions of amazement on their faces.
Such an ingenious design perfectly solves the previous problem of riding.
They all know that without stirrups and high bridge saddles, the cavalry rides on the horse's back, and only by grasping the reins or the mane and clamping the belly with his legs can he keep himself from falling when the horse is galloping.
But this way is very unreliable!
First of all, it is easy to get tired from riding for a long time, and it is difficult to use the bow and arrow effectively on the back of a running horse.
In close combat, the cavalry could not use swords and spears as they wished, and the slashing or assassination failed, and the collision of the two sides' blades would make the cavalry slip off the horse at any time.
However, stirrups and Takahashi saddles solve these problems perfectly.
They had no idea that Li Yao would create two things of such great significance.
These two things can definitely improve the combat effectiveness of the cavalry by several levels.
Lian Po couldn't help but admire: "Mrs. Li, you are so smart. You can actually think of such a delicate harness."
Like Li Mu, Lian Po at this moment no longer calls Li Yao Juzi, but calls Li Yao Taifu.
Before, they had never recognized Li Yao's identity as a grandmaster.
At this moment, they were completely convinced and completely recognized Li Yao's identity as a grand master.
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