Ancient promotion routine

The King of Jin came to Zhang Yanjin for a secret talk, because he wanted to ask about the saddle and stirrups. Seeing Zhang Yanjin take the initiative to mention the stirrup and saddle, he felt more and more satisfied with Zhang Yanjin.

Zhang Yanjin doesn't know how to play tricks either. He made such a big noise not just for the sake of having fun and winning the game, so he stood up and said, "My lord, looking at the tactics of ancient and modern times, whether it is infantry or chariots, there is no such thing as cavalry." Advantages, the cavalry is galloping and fast, catching the enemy by surprise, but the cavalry also has a fatal problem, that is, the cavalry's legs need to tightly clamp the horse's belly to barely stabilize their body. The energy will be greatly consumed, what's more, they will fall off the horse if they are not careful, and these are unnecessary."

Just as he was talking, he picked up the blueprint and pointed to the stirrups and saddle on it to King Jin: "But if we have these two things, the disadvantages of the cavalry will be greatly weakened, and they can concentrate on dealing with the enemy, galloping The speed is also much faster than before!"

"Indeed." King Jin nodded in approval.

Zhang Yanjin glanced at King Jin, then took a step back suddenly, cupped his hands and said, "This stirrup and saddle paired with the whole army will at least double or triple the combat power of our Great Wei cavalry!"

King Jin thought for a while, and was a little moved after thinking for a while, he said: "You are right, if all the horses in the army have stirrups and saddles, then our army will definitely be able to defeat the enemy in one fell swoop!"

"My lord, can't we use the stirrups and saddles for the imperial court's northern expedition?" Zhang Yanjin asked with a thought.

King Jin nodded. At this moment, Zhang Yanjin's polo match was a scene that everyone in the capital knew about, and he couldn't hide it. Now that Zhang Yanjin showed him this picture, it was because he took the lead. If this thing went up first, he would be fine. If it wasn't the first achievement, the emperor would definitely remember him, so he looked at Zhang Yanjin and said, "Would you like to enter the palace with me, meet the emperor, and show the role of the stirrups and saddles?"

King Jin's words were really unexpected by Zhang Yanjin. He thought that his reputation was not enough for King Jin to bring him into the palace, but now that King Jin is willing, Zhang Yanjin is naturally what he wishes for, so he cupped his hands and said, "Will you be with me?" The prince will meet with the Holy Majesty, show the functions of the stirrups and saddles, and contribute to the imperial court's Northern Expedition!"

"It's so good, it's not too late, let's go to the palace to face the saint." King Jin stood up and said with a smile.

At present, the biggest thing in the imperial court is the matter of the Northern Expedition. The role of the stirrup and the saddle is enough to offset the stupid things Zhang Yanjin did before. With such a great achievement, the attacks of other forces in the imperial court against uncle will also be suppressed by the attitude of the Holy Majesty. If it continues, then the crisis of Ningguo Mansion will be over for the time being.

This is Zhang Yanjin's ultimate goal.

It is true that Zhang Yanjin can ask his uncle to present it as soon as it is done, but it is definitely not as impactful as what everyone has seen with their own eyes.

The palace walls are majestic, with red walls and black tiles, golden dragons dancing wildly, reliefs of Ruifeng circling everywhere, and pavilions, terraces and pavilions revealing the grandeur and wealth of the Qi Dynasty everywhere.

After going through the stairs, Zhang Yanjin followed King Jin to the outside of the Tai Chi Hall.

The huge Taiji Hall stands on layers of white jade steps, and the three gilt characters of Confluence and Chengjian shine brighter and brighter under the light reflected by the glazed tiles.

After the eunuch outside the Tai Chi Hall saw King Jin and Zhang Yanjin, he opened the door and went in to report.

When the eunuch came out to invite King Jin in, Zhang Yanjin was not summoned.Although Zhang Yanjin was a little disappointed, she knew that this was a normal thing. His reputation was indeed not good before, and the emperor took care of everything every day, so how could he have the time to pay attention to him.

King Jin said with a smile: "Zhang Erlang, I'm going in, so you should wait outside."

Zhang Yanjin saluted and agreed.

King Jin followed the eunuch in red and walked in.

The apse of the Taiji Hall is the place where the king of Jin often comes. This is the study room of the emperor. Today, Emperor Sheng Yuan often handles government affairs in this apse.

As soon as you enter the apse, you will be greeted by a huge purple mahogany table, and below that are three steps covered with red carpets. At the bottom left of the steps stands a screen full of seal characters, and on the screen there are two dragons. The carvings of Xizhu, looking farther away, are bookshelves one after another.

Sitting behind the desk was a middle-aged man of about forty with a majestic face. This was Emperor Sheng Yuan.

Emperor Sheng Yuan often fought abroad when he was young. Although Emperor Zhenning, the father of Emperor Sheng Yuan, was the founder of the country, it can be said that half of the great Wei Dynasty was brought down by Emperor Sheng Yuan.

It's just that Emperor Sheng Yuan didn't become the crown prince because of his high meritorious deeds. Emperor Sheng Yuan was also a hero, so he launched a coup ten years ago and finally became emperor.

King Jin saluted Emperor Sheng Yuan cordially, and Emperor Sheng Yuan, who was sitting behind the desk, put down the memorial in his hand and looked up at King Jin with a friendly look on his face, and said with a smile: "You said you have something urgent to report to me. , what is it?"

"My son is concerned about the combat power of our Great Wei cavalry, so I have been thinking about how to make my Daqi soldiers invincible. After searching and searching, my son finally made a new discovery." King Jin hurriedly handed over his hand road.

The emperor glanced at King Jin and said, "I heard that you brought Zhang Yanjin into the palace. Could it be that you want to say that your new discovery is Zhang Yanjin?"

King Jin nodded. He also knew that Zhang Yanjin's incident had recently brought trouble to the court. His father had a bad impression of Zhang Yanjin, but the polo match was a big one, so it was not easy to hide it, and he couldn't do it. It is a matter of credit, so he still said sincerely: "Father, although Zhang Yanjin is a dude, she has the heart to serve the country."

"Then why are you talking about how he wants to serve the country?" Emperor Sheng Yuan said lightly, he really didn't like those dudes from the Xungui family.

"I implore my father and my son to move the horse farm together. My son can be a guarantee. When my father sees what Zhang Yanjin made, he will definitely understand what my son said is true!" King Jin said earnestly.

Emperor Sheng Yuan still couldn't believe it.

King Jin knelt down and said, "Father, my son can really guarantee it."

Emperor Sheng Yuan always loved King Jin, because King Jin was not only his second son, but also because he was always smart, and the smart King Jin always knew how to measure.

Therefore, Emperor Sheng Yuan saw that the King of Jin was so earnest, and just happened to be busy with government affairs, so he got up and said: "Forget it, I am tired of reading the papers for so long, so I will go to the racecourse with you."

King Jin hurriedly made a big gift: "Thank you, Father."

Emperor Sheng Yuan came out and saw Zhang Yanjin who was standing quietly waiting outside, but he didn't have any intention of responding, so he took King Jin away. King Jin was a few steps behind, and then quietly waved to Zhang Yanjin.

Zhang Yanjin didn't talk much, and immediately followed. It seemed that the original Zhang Yanjin was very unpopular with the emperor.

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Royal Horse Farm.

After entering the racecourse, Zhang Yanjin saw the saddle and stirrups he had brought. King Jin gave a signal, and Zhang Yanjin was the first to leave the field, and quickly put the saddle and stirrups on the horses that King Jin had prepared.

"Father, please take a look." King Jin nodded to indicate that Zhang Yanjin could start.

After Zhang Yanjin cupped his hands to the emperor, he got on his horse.Stepping on the stirrups, leaning forward, grabbing the reins and galloping.

Looking at Zhang Yanjin's vigorous figure riding a horse, the emperor couldn't hide the surprise on his face for a moment.In the past few days, he had been worrying about the Northern Expedition. Seeing how vigorous Zhang Yanjin was, he immediately thought of the cavalry in the army.

"Father, this is my son's new discovery!" Seeing the happy expression on the emperor's face, King Jin took the opportunity to say: "The things on a horse are called saddles and stirrups, which were developed by Zhang Yanjin. If these two things are used In the army, the strength of our soldiers will be greatly increased, and then we will be invincible!"

"Oh?" When the emperor heard that it was developed by Zhang Yanjin, a complex look appeared on his face.

Seeing that the emperor didn't believe it, the king of Jin said again: "Reporting to my father, my son watched the horse race between Zhang Yanjin and Zhou Qihui today. Zhang Yanjin's team beat Zhou Qihui's team because they used stirrups and saddles. Let Zhou Qihui's team have a chance to touch polo."

"It's really so powerful?" The emperor stroked his beard, staring at the tall horse with saddle and stirrups.

"Your servant is bold." King Jin said: "If the father doesn't believe it, you can call the cavalry to compete against each other. I can assure you that the cavalry team with saddles and stirrups is definitely better than the cavalry without saddles and stirrups!"

The emperor raised his eyebrows, turned his head to look at the swearing King Jin and said: "In that case, I will let you try!"

Hearing this, Zhang Yanjin quickly asked King Jin's attendants to bring over 20 pairs of saddles and stirrups that he had brought.This is what Zhang Yanjin had prepared for a long time ago, and it happened to come in handy now.

Emperor Sheng Yuan was also a member of the army when he conquered the Great Wei Dynasty. When he saw Zhang Yanjin, he actually understood the role of this sharp weapon in his heart, but he still needed to be sure.

At that moment, he said to the chief eunuch beside him: "Go and ask the commander of the Black Feather Army to lead some elites, and then find some ordinary guards and commanders to come and test the horse."

King Jin was stunned, he actually sent the elite of the Black Feather Army to fight?

The emperor smiled slightly at King Jin, "I use the black feather army to compete with ordinary guards. The black feather army uses the usual horses, and the guards use horses equipped with stirrups and saddles." Looking at Zhang Yanjin, his long eyes narrowed slightly, "If he can use this method to defeat the Zhou family's Erlang, with my arrangement, ordinary guards should be able to withstand the attack of the Black Feather Army."

King Jin thought of Zhang Yanjin and Zhou Qihui's heroic appearance in the competition this morning, and thought of the miraculousness of the stirrups and saddles. He took a deep breath and said loudly, "I will not disappoint my father's expectations."

In less than a stick of incense, the saddle and stirrups were installed, and the black feather army and ordinary guards also stood in an orderly manner.

Zhang Yanjin was a little nervous looking at King Jin, but he wasn't nervous in his heart. If he wasn't in front of the imperial court, he might have hummed a little tune, biting a blade of grass and watching the competition in front of him.

"Get on the horse, the battle begins!" Following the order of the chief eunuch, the ordinary guards took the reins with their hands and stepped on the stirrups as Zhang Yanjin said, and quickly mounted their horses. In comparison, the ordinary guards were faster than the well-trained black feather army.

As a result, the ordinary guards launched an attack in the midst of the sound of beating drums.With the stirrups and saddles to stabilize their bodies, their speed was as fast as lightning, and they rushed to the front of the Black Feather Army in a few strokes, and started fighting with the Black Feather Army.

In the eyes of these ordinary guards, the Black Feather Army is an invincible and unreachable existence, but now their speed is actually faster than the Black Feather Army, and their morale is greatly boosted.

After a short round of confrontation, the commander of the ordinary guards also realized this. He immediately changed his strategy, taking advantage of their speed being faster than the Black Feather Army, boldly divided his troops into three groups, and charged into the formation from the side in two groups, intending to charge Scatter the Black Feather Army.

"This Wang Zhi is so courageous, he dared to disperse his actions in front of the Black Feather Army!" The emperor saw the ordinary soldiers under Wang Zhi's command, disperse into three rows in an orderly manner, and launched an attack, and he spoke in admiration.