With lightning speed, Ren Ning pulled out the long thin needle.
咴咴咴!
Chai Feng whined for a while.
"Okay, Zhui Feng, be good. It won't hurt anymore." He comforted the dark horse who was restless in pain.
Despite this, Ren Ning still carefully inspected the black horse's body with his gold finger, and even lifted up the four hooves to check.
After confirming that there was nothing else, he backed away.
Looking at the thin needle in his hand, Ren Ning's face turned gloomy.
As a war horse, not being afraid of injury and getting used to pain are two of the trainings.
During training, owners often use sharp tools such as knives to gently cut the horse's buttocks, legs and other dry and fleshy areas to allow the horse to get used to being attacked or injured.
As the saying goes, habits become natural. Once on the battlefield, the horse will no longer run around like crazy because of being attacked or in pain.
But no one has ever trained a war horse by inserting a thin needle into the fold between the front legs of the two horses, in such a hidden and hard-to-find place.
Ren Ning understood somewhat.
It seems that apart from the traitor who poisoned the horse two years ago, there were other two young men hiding in the fortress who were not found.
These people do not dare to poison or there is no poison to poison, so they can only pretend to choose horses and use such despicable tricks to silently destroy some high-quality war horses.
After figuring out the reason, Ren Ning patted the dark horse affectionately against him, turned around and left.
After all, he had to thank these traitors.
Otherwise, given the current shortage of horses in horse breeding camps, it would be really not easy for him to find such an excellent mount.
Ren Ning put away the fine needle and did not report it immediately.
He hasn't even cleared up his identity yet, so he won't make trouble for the time being.
For more than half a month after he came down, Ren Ning fed and trained the horse and cultivated a relationship with the mount while resuming exercise.
Apart from Mrs. Zhang having some trouble when she came over for routine check-ups and dressing changes, she was happy to let go.
This morning, Ren Ning was riding horses at the racecourse.
咴咴咴!
Trembling!
Suddenly thousands of horses galloped in the fortress.
Countless war horses ran past in formation, and the sound of hooves outside was loud, raising thick smoke and dust.
Such a large scout camp, the ground also trembled faintly.
As quickly as the horse comes, it can go quickly.
After a while, the fortress became quiet again and returned to its original silence. However, there was a bit of chilling atmosphere in the air.
Ren Ning stood blankly, unable to sit still.
He was an excellent scout. Based on the vibration of the ground and the timing of the sound of horseshoes, one can roughly guess the type and number of cavalry that just set off.
Fully 20,000 light cavalry left the fortress through the west gate.
Going west, it is natural to kill towards the grassland.
The twenty-four solar terms are about to come to Bailu, and the whole cloud is about to enter the autumn harvest season. At this time, Xiliang people like to go eastward, intending to plunder materials and wealth to prepare for the winter.
As a Yanjie person who protects his family and country, if the intelligence is accurate, he will strike first and take the initiative to drive away those Xiliang people who are trying to advance eastward as far as possible.
The fortress is just a stronghold, but the troops/people in the fortress never only defend but do not attack.
Twenty thousand light cavalry may not seem like much, but they are actually half of the fortress's cavalry. As for how many infantrymen were accompanying him, Ren Ning had not been able to leave the scout camp these days, so it was not clear for a while.
He silently glanced at the western skyline.
The army went out to fight, but not a blade of grass grew.
I hope that tribes such as Lan Mang and Kai Lun who have good relations with Yunzhui will be safe and sound.
It's just that there are so many Xiliang soldiers from the Kailun tribe, and they have no defense. The fate that comes down is probably not going to be too good...
After a quick lunch, Ren Ning took some drawings and found his striker Gao Deming.
Although Gao Deming was only a general, he was always very busy. However, he received Ren Ning patiently.
"General, all the weapons of my subordinates were lost last time I went out. I have nothing to do these days, so I thought about some personal weapons and wanted to go to the forging camp to forge them. You see..."
"Yes." Gao Deming was noncommittal.
He took Ren Ning's drawings and looked at them. Sure enough, they looked like weapons. But compared to the shape of the weapon on the drawing, the peculiar drawing method attracted Gao Deming's attention.
"This painting method is a bit weird."
"This subordinate is just thinking about it." Ren Ning chuckled.
Of course weird.
Except for the dimensions in the drawings, which are in units that the ancients could understand, the rest are standard mechanical drawings.
Gao Deming glanced at him and asked shamelessly: "How do you read these drawings?"
If he can't pass Gao Deming's test, Ren Ning won't be able to leave the scout camp.
He explained patiently, "This is a three-view painting method."
"Take this saber as an example. This is a top view. As the name suggests, it is what the knife looks like when you look down from above."
Well.
Gao Deming nodded.
"This is the front view, which is what the saber looks like when it is at eye level. In addition, this is the left view, which is what it looks like when seen from the left. And this is the cross-sectional view, where you can see the details in the middle of the saber. This It’s a cross-sectional view…”
Ren Ning explained in detail.
"With this drawing method, craftsmen can quickly understand what these weapons or items they have never seen look like. Then they select materials and processes according to the following technical requirements. They can quickly create weapons and substances."
"It's interesting." Gao Deming was very interested.
He tilted his head and thought for a long time, and he could roughly imagine the appearance of some simple weapons on the drawings. But after all, he had no professional training, so no matter how hard he racked his brains, he could not spell out some of the details on the drawings.
"I just don't know if it's practical?" Gao Deming said.
The striker was just talking to himself, not asking him.
Ren Ning stood silently.
After a while, Gao Deming came to his senses. He no longer paid attention to the so-called three-view drawing method. Instead, he flipped through his office desk and took out a form.
"You don't have to waste time on me if you know how to read. This is your merit list for this mission. The review was completed some time ago, but I was too busy and forgot to give it to you."
"Take it and take a look. If you have any questions, come back to me."
Ren Ning nodded and took it.
"General." He did not immediately check the military achievements above, but raised the weapon blueprint in his hand: "Can my subordinates go to the forging camp regarding this weapon?"
"Go." Gao Deming waved his hand, "You have difficulty moving. I'll find someone to accompany you later."
Ren Ning was not surprised and nodded in agreement.
The lack of mobility is just a nice excuse, the real thing is to find someone to keep an eye on.
After leaving Gao Deming's barracks, Ren Ning looked at his military achievements in front of the guards while waiting for others.
"There shouldn't be much military merit." He muttered to himself.
The fortress pays attention to clear rewards and punishments. The same team pays attention to advancing and retreating together.
No one else in Ren Ning's scout team came back alive. Based on this alone, he would not be too surprised if his military merit is negative.
In addition, although the war horses belong to others, they are also a treasured asset of the fortress. He had just chosen a mount, which would also deduct corresponding military merit.
Ren Ning glanced at the military merit table quickly.
Fortunately, he brought back enough information, killed many enemies, and even brought back a token entrusted to his comrades before they died.
Although it is difficult to verify the enemy kills for a while, the information brought back is absolutely true, otherwise there would not be a large-scale cavalry expedition in the morning.
Therefore, after adding and subtracting, there is still some military merit left in him.
With twelve military merits at the top, he only had one outstanding turn at this time, which was even less than the simple-minded Gu Datoudu.
Ren Ning has long known the rewards that can be exchanged for.
A little money and his next generation of male descendants have the qualifications to attend the Imperial College.
Ren Ning curled his lips.
Money is fine, but the latter is a complete mess.
Obtaining the qualification does not mean that you can study directly in the Imperial College. It is more similar to whether you are qualified to take the exam for Tsinghua University or Peking University, but whether you can get in or not depends on your individual ability.
The Imperial College is the highest institution of learning in the Yunchui Empire. Without any real knowledge, it is basically impossible for ordinary people to go in and study.
Thinking of this, Ren Ning couldn't help but think of Ying Pan.
As an international student, this girl's eldest brother could easily enter the Imperial College to study without passing the provincial or provincial examinations.
