Chapter 625 Armor and Riding Equipment

The war horse, which was not used to the horseshoes, galloped across the wilderness with its head high and its head neighing, but Ma Chao was content and unafraid.

The Ma family is powerful in Xiliang, and Ma Chao is a quarter of Qiang blood and is proficient in the art of horse control. His body was lying low on the horse's back, rising and falling with the bumps of the horse. No matter how the horse jumped up and down, it could never shake Ma Chao off.

"Kneel down!"

Ma Chao suddenly shouted loudly and used a thousand catty drop technique, and his whole body suddenly sank. The war horse was so heavy that he couldn't help but hiss, and jumped up and down in an attempt to get rid of Ma Chao, but his efforts were in vain.

Finally, the war horse suddenly stopped, probably because it was tired, and finally surrendered to Ma Chao.

"Humph, that's pretty much it." Ma Chao chuckled and suddenly tightened the reins.

"drive!"

The horse under Ma Chao's crotch neighed, then galloped out, its four hoofs trampling hard on the ground.

Click! The hard horseshoe fell heavily on the ground, immediately crushing a scattered gravel into powder. After Ma Chao rode his horse for a quarter of an hour, he turned a corner and ran towards where Liu Ye and others were.

"Hello~" Ma Chao pulled the reins and the horse stopped.

"How are you, Meng Qi." Liu Ye asked, "How do you feel after installing the horseshoes?"

"It feels pretty good." Ma Chao said with a smile: "The war horse seems to be more stable when galloping. It seems that this horseshoe is really a good thing."

Oh, it smells so good.

Liu Ye complained in his heart, but he was still quite satisfied with the horseshoes. Horseshoes can increase grip, so running will naturally be more stable.

"Well, we will increase production in the past few days and install horseshoes on as many war horses as possible." Liu Ye turned to the middle-aged blacksmith and ordered: "We will make as many horseshoes as possible in the past few days. I will try my best to arrange them." The sergeant will help you install it. After the work is completed, all the blacksmiths will reward you with two meters and ten stones and five pieces of silk. Is there any problem?"

When the middle-aged blacksmith heard that the reward was so generous, he was overjoyed and said: "The general is kind, so of course we have no problem, we will definitely build it with our heart."

"Well, how many horseshoes do you think you can make in three days?" Liu Ye asked.

The middle-aged blacksmith pondered for a while and replied: "Reporting to the general, there are only dozens of blacksmiths in the camp now. Even if they are running at full capacity, they are estimated to be able to make about two thousand at most."

"Two thousand, that's five hundred war horses." Liu Ye nodded: "That's enough."

"Okay, you go down and build them carefully." Liu Ye ordered: "For these five hundred war horses, we must choose the strongest horses in the camp."

"promise."

Seeing dozens of blacksmiths busy working, Liu Ye nodded.

Ma Dai, who has a calm personality, came forward.

"Well, Zhonghua, what's wrong?"

"General, Dai has a question." Ma Dai reported: "This horseshoe is indeed useful and will be very helpful in improving the combat effectiveness of our cavalry. However, does the general want to use this horseshoe to defeat the enemy?"

The other generals in the army also came back from their excitement and looked at Liu Ye with doubtful eyes.

This horseshoe was indeed successful, and it helped reduce the wear and tear of the war horse and improve its stability. However, this improvement was ultimately limited. It was naturally impossible to defeat the enemy with only two thousand horseshoes.

Liu Ye showed a confident smile: "Of course not."

Bang bang bang!

Liu Ye clapped his hands and said with a smile: "Bring it up."

A sound of war horses neighing suddenly sounded, and generals Ma Chao, Ma Dai, and Zhao Yun couldn't help but look in the direction of the source of the sound.

I saw Guan Hai walking over with a war horse, but this war horse surprised all the generals in the Liangzhou army and started discussing among themselves.

It was seen that the war horse held by Guan Hai was covered in armor from top to bottom, from the horse's back to its belly, even the horse's head was covered in armor, with only two holes exposed and two eyes exposed. The armored war horse seemed to be walking out of the gate of hell, revealing a powerful force.

The fully armored war horse snorted and raised its hooves to dig at the ground.

"This is this?" Zhao Yun frowned. He had never seen such a war horse in Hebei for so long. Wouldn't it be too heavy to carry armor on a war horse?

"Everyone," Liu Ye said, "During the Zhongping period, the late emperor once held a military parade in Pingtang. You should all know about it, right?"

When the Yellow Turban Rebellion broke out, it swept through eight states with great momentum. In order to put down this chaos as soon as possible, Emperor Ling issued an order to recruit troops from various places. As a result, the powerful people gathered their own troops to support themselves. After the Yellow Turban Rebellion was put down, Emperor Ling ordered a grand military parade to be held in Pingtai, Luoyang, in order to relieve his inner uneasiness.

Liu Ye, on the other hand, accompanied Huangfu Song, Lu Zhi, General He Jin and others to participate in the Pingtang Military Parade. Tens of thousands of the Northern Army of the Han Dynasty lined up in a very majestic formation. The Northern Army was the central army of the Han Dynasty. Although Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty used the method of selling officials and vending porridge to enrich his internal funds, because of the Yellow Turban Rebellion, he was very concerned about the construction of the Northern Army, so the military was mighty.

What impressed Liu Ye the most was the thousand-armor riding equipment.

That is the so-called heavy cavalry!

Armored riding equipment is a fully armored war horse. At that time, there were a thousand armored horses arranged in a formation. A thousand armored horses stood motionless, which was in line with the essence of "moving as a mountain" in the art of war. It really stood like a big mountain. In place.

And when He Jin waved his command flag and ordered a thousand men in cavalry to charge, it really made Liu Ye's blood boil, and he remembered it in his heart.

boom!

A thousand armored horsemen galloped out, like a moving mountain galloping across the earth. The horses' hooves trampled hard on the ground, making a rumble like a thunderous sound. Rows and rows of armored and cavalry equipment are charging forward fiercely, seeming to tear all obstacles in front of them into pieces. No matter what kind of army they are, they will be shattered into powder under the iron hooves of the armored and cavalry equipment. !

Unfortunately, after Dong Zhuo entered the capital, he took control of all the troops and horses in Luoyang, but these thousand pairs of horse armor were not used. Instead, they were hidden in Jinyong City in Luoyang. After Liu Ye knew that the Wuhuan cavalry was attacking, he thought hard all day about how to defeat the Wuhuan cavalry.

After thinking about it, he decided on the horse armor, so he sent a letter, ordering Xun You to take the horse armor out of Jin Yong City, and then send it to Ye City by fast boat day and night.

Heavy cavalry is equivalent to ancient tanks, and is much more flexible than the chariots of the Spring and Autumn and Warring States periods.