Chapter 49 Is Wu Chenghou crazy?
Ying Zheng knew that he had to pay to let the gentleman deduce the secrets of heaven.
And it was very expensive!
Soon the guards carried three treasure chests into the reception room of Tiandao Building.
Chen Qilin's eyes swept over the treasure chests.
[Ding! The things in the three treasure chests can be exchanged for 100 Tiandao points. ]
"Sir, are these things enough for you to deduce the secrets of heaven for me and solve the problem of insufficient war horses for the Northern Extermination of the Xiongnu?" Ying Zheng asked.
Chen Qilin grinned and said, "Enough! Your Majesty, Wucheng Hou, wait a moment!"
He picked up the three treasure chests and walked to the backyard, silently exchanging the things in the treasure chests for Tiandao points, and spent 10 Tiandao points to get the design data of stirrups, horseshoes and Gaoqiao saddles.
Chen Qilin took the data back to the reception room and leaned on the sofa.
"Sir, how is it?" Ying Zheng asked.
Wang Jian's old eyes stared at the gentleman without blinking.
They were all very curious, how could the gentleman get 80,000 excellent war horses in a short time?
Could it be that Sir really conjured up 80,000 war horses like a god?
Besides, Ying Zheng and Wang Jian really couldn't figure out how Sir got so many war horses!
Chen Qilin raised the information in his hand to Ying Zheng and Wang Jian, and said with a confident smile: "I have three things that can help your majesty and Marquis Wucheng to destroy the Xiongnu!"
"Sir, what are they?" Wang Jian asked.
Chen Qilin handed the three documents to Ying Zheng: "These three things are called stirrups, horse iron hooves and Gaoqiao saddles, which can also be called the three treasures of horses!"
Ying Zheng frowned and said: "Sir, I want war horses, but you give me other things?"
"Your Majesty, the value of these three things is far more than 80,000 war horses. With them, the Xiongnu cavalry will be defeated!" Chen Qilin said confidently.
Ying Zheng was still skeptical.
Wang Jian saw this and said: "Your Majesty, can you let me take a look first!"
Ying Zheng didn't say anything and handed the three design materials to Wang Jian.
"Sir, won't it hurt the horse to put horseshoes on the horse's hooves? Can putting horseshoes on the horseshoes really prevent the horse's hooves from falling off?" Wang Jian first looked at the information about horseshoes.
After Chen Qilin explained in detail, Wang Jian and Ying Zheng were still skeptical.
As for the high-bridge saddle and stirrups, Wang Jian understood them at a glance and was very excited. He said like a machine gun:
"Your Majesty, it's great, great!"
"This high-bridge saddle is much better than our current saddles!"
"You see... With these two things, the combat effectiveness of my Qin cavalry will increase dramatically, which can completely make up for the numerical disadvantage and completely defeat the Xiongnu cavalry!"
"Sir is really a god, I admire you, I admire you!"
Wang Jian has been a soldier all his life and is an expert in this field. Naturally, he can see the magical effect of the high-bridge saddle, especially the stirrup.
How much the combat effectiveness of the Qin cavalry can be increased after being equipped with these two things will have to wait for actual combat verification to know.
As for horseshoes, Wang Jian still had some doubts!
Does it really not hurt to nail horseshoes on horseshoes?
Seeing Wang Jian so excited, Ying Zheng thought that the stirrups and Gaoqiao saddles must be extraordinary!
Ying Zheng was also very happy!
"Your Majesty, Sir, I don't want to wait any longer. I want to see how much combat effectiveness the cavalry can improve after being equipped with horseshoes and stirrups. Let me take my leave first!" Wang Jian said excitedly.
"Marquis Wucheng, then you go back to the barracks first and let the General's Office forge these things!" Ying Zheng said.
Chen Qilin also nodded with a smile.
"Thank you, Your Majesty, Sir!" Wang Jian clasped his fists heavily, turned around and strode away with the information.
Ying Zheng instructed: "Marquis Wucheng, the three things given by the sir are of great importance. They must be kept secret and not be peeped at by others!"
"Your Majesty, rest assured, this old minister knows the importance!" After Wang Jian finished speaking, he walked out of the Tiandao Building.
After Ying Zheng chatted with the gentleman for a while, he said goodbye and returned to the palace.
Chen Qilin smoked a cigar leisurely, and seemed to be in a good mood.
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Wang Jian immediately mobilized 500 elite soldiers to surround the General's Mansion, guarding it tightly and not allowing any strangers to approach.
Then, he called the most experienced craftsmen, asked them to check the forging drawings of horseshoes, stirrups, and high-bridge saddles, and asked them to make ten sets at the fastest speed.
Those three things were not complicated. The craftsmen of the General's Mansion made more than a dozen sets that day, and the speed was very fast.
"I didn't expect that these things could be equipped on war horses. It's really colorful!"
"War horses equipped with high-bridge saddles, stirrups and horseshoes will definitely greatly increase the combat effectiveness of cavalry!"
"Wu Chenghou, did you invent these three things with your ingenious ideas?"
The craftsmen discussed excitedly.
Wang Jian shook his head: "How could I come up with these things? This was invented by Mr. Tiandaolou, who is a scholar of heaven and earth!"
The craftsmen heard this and thought to themselves, "So that's it!"
They were all familiar with Mr. Tiandaolou's name!
Wang Jian said with a solemn expression: "Everyone, stirrups, horseshoes, and saddles are of great importance. They are the country's most important tools. You can't leak a single word to the outside world. If anyone leaks, your majesty will exterminate the three clans!"
"Yes!" The craftsmen were shocked and said in unison.
Wang Jian was still worried and dispatched another army to guard.
Then, Wang Jian asked people to bring five war horses and asked the craftsmen to install high-bridge saddles, stirrups, and nail horseshoes on them.
As the master said, the war horses did not feel any pain at all.
Wang Jian was relieved. He was very satisfied after trying to ride the horses himself, and sent five cavalrymen to let them get familiar with the new war horses.
After the cavalrymen tried to ride, they praised them endlessly.
Wang Jian was a man of action. He sent people to inform His Majesty and other generals overnight that he would test the new cavalry tonight.
Half an hour later.
A training ground in the camp was already crowded with people, surrounded by generals of all ranks.
Li Xin, Wang Ben and others also rushed over. Ying Zheng also arrived. He also wanted to see how powerful the three treasures of the master's horse were? !
"Wu Chenghou, you said that the new cavalry would fight one against five. Are you crazy?" Li Xin was very suspicious.
"I have never heard that there are cavalrymen who can fight one against five in this world, except for fierce generals!"
"Wu Chenghou..."
Other generals also doubted.
Although Wu Chenghou had a very high prestige in the army, most soldiers did not have any tricks and said whatever they wanted.
Respecting Wang Jian was one thing, and having different opinions during the battle was another!
Wang Jian did not say much, and spoke directly with facts.
He asked five cavalrymen equipped with the three treasures of horses to hold wooden swords and fight with 25 ordinary cavalrymen at a distance.
"Begin the battle!" Wang Jian shouted.
With the order from the general, the battle began.
The five new cavalrymen immediately drove their horses to gallop and launched a high-speed charge at the 25 old cavalrymen on the opposite side.
The five horses spread their four hooves and ran at high speed, rumbling and billowing smoke and dust.
"Are they crazy? If they charge like this, they will be thrown off their horses in a battle!" Li Xin said.
"Wu Chenghou, your new cavalrymen will fight like this?"
"Wu Chenghou..."
Other generals who did not know the inside story also thought that Wang Jian's new cavalrymen were courting death and would definitely fail.
In the era without stirrups, waving a sword and launching a high-speed charge at the enemy was unimaginable and tantamount to courting death!
Wang Jian did not speak, but the corners of his mouth curled up, with a confident look on his face.
The scene that happened next stunned the generals.
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