After returning to the military camp, Huo Guang felt that life had become calm again. Every day I take these new recruits on horseback and train them to kill on horseback.
It stands to reason!
The cavalry charge should rely on the inertia of the horses to charge with weapons similar to spears.
However, no spears were seen in the equipment of the Wei Qing military camp.
Their weapons are all hook-set and ring-headed knives.
These.
They are not long-range weapons, and their attack range is really limited.
This is the saying goes: every inch is long and every inch is strong.
However, as Huo Guang trained these hundreds of cavalry for a longer time, he slowly thought of the problem.
Why did the Han cavalry abandon their spears?
Very simple.
Because this weapon is hooked.
It is hooked, with hooks on the top and bottom, which can jam the enemy's weapons, and a shield in the middle, which can block the enemy's attacks. There is a spur in the front, which can deliver a fatal blow to the enemy if you get close.
This is a good weapon that combines offense and defense.
The cavalry of the Han Dynasty did not develop stirrups, high-bridge saddles, or horseshoes.
If a cavalryman wants to ride a horse well, he must hold the reins tightly.
so!
One hand is occupied, while the other hand still has to hold the hook setting, leaving no room.
In this situation!
If you want to use a spear, you have to give up the hook, which is a good weapon that combines offense and defense.
The spear is very long, but its shortcomings are also obvious!
Like the Huanshou Dao, it can be hung on the waist and carried. When the two armies are fighting at close range, you can pull out the Huanshou knife from your waist at any time.
Because the spear is too long, there is no high bridge saddle or stirrup.
During combat, it can't be wielded except for stabbing.
If the opponent uses long weapons, the Han army's hook set can also be very good at blocking the enemy's long weapons.
Because long weapons are used, they are destined to have no defensive weapons.
At this time.
Then you can pull out the ring-headed sword from your waist, ride up on your horse, and chop off the enemy's head with one blow.
That's it!
It is only reasonable that the Han army eliminated the spear and used the Huanshou sword as an attack weapon.
Of course, these are just Huo Guang's conjectures!
Another few days passed.
Recruit No. 100 Danzi led by Huo Guang gradually adapted to the daily life in the military camp. Moreover, the three-piece cavalry suits that Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty approved for mass production began to be distributed one after another.
certainly.
At first, there were not many three-piece suits, and only generals in the army could use them. Soldiers with ordinary leather armor were not equipped.
besides.
In order to make it easier to shoe horses on war horses, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty even built a large blacksmithing factory in the northern and southern military camps, and brought in many blacksmiths to be responsible for the production of horseshoes.
Every time Huo Guang finished training the new recruits, he would go to the "blacksmith shop" to chat with the blacksmith workers.
Purpose.
Just to see if they could instigate these blacksmiths to drill an iron pipe.
pity.
Huo Guang is not allowed to see these blacksmiths making iron, and it is a state secret.
During the period of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, the Huanshou sword was made using hundreds of steel-making techniques.
However, this kind of technology is extremely protected by the imperial court and is absolutely forbidden to be spread to outsiders. It belongs to a series where anyone who spreads the slightest rumor will die.
at the same time.
When the soldiers of the Han Dynasty retired.
Weapons must also be handed in and are never allowed to be taken away secretly.
Why is it said that since the time of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, there has been a saying that one Han is the five barbarians?
That's because the Han Dynasty had the most advanced technology of its time and many things were well protected.
But it's a pity.
Since Emperor Xuan, the technology of hundreds of steel-making was spread to the outside world, and various core things of the Han Dynasty were stolen by the barbarians.
gradually.
The gap between the Han Dynasty and the Hu people has been narrowed a lot. It is problematic for a Han Dynasty to serve as three barbarians, let alone five barbarians.
Huo Guang was chatting with a master blacksmith at this time. Here, a soldier came to report: "Report!"
"Huo Dubo!"
"The Hussars General is here to see you. Let me inform you."
Cavalry General?
Isn't it true that the only hussar general in this period was his elder brother, the champion Hou Huo Qubing?
But my brother is in Peking University Camp!
There's quite a long way to go back and forth!
Why did his brother come to see me at this time? Could it be that he wanted me to go to his Beida Camp?
Think of this.
Huo Guang asked the soldier who came to report: "Have General Hussar told you what you came to see me for?"
"This hussar general didn't say, he just asked me to come to you!"
The soldier shook his head.
Huo Guang frowned slightly, then waved his hand to the soldier and said, "I know, I'll go back right away."
The words fell.
Huo Guang said goodbye to the master blacksmith and returned to his tent to meet the champion Hou Huo Qubing.
"Brother, why did you come to see me?" Huo Guang asked curiously after meeting him.
Huo Qubing smiled mysteriously and said, "I'll bring you a good thing!"
The words fell.
Huo Qubing clapped his hands, and some soldiers pulled Dahei in.
The moment he saw Dahei, Huo Guang's eyes were filled with surprise and he asked, "Brother, what are you doing by bringing Dahei here?"
Huo Qubing smiled faintly and said: "I asked knowingly, of course I am sending you a mount!"
"Anyway!"
"This horse is with me. No one can tame it, and it is useless to keep it. So Brother Wei thought that since you are already with your uncle in Nanda Camp, I will simply come over and give the horse to you."
Hear this.
Huo Guang frowned slightly and said: "Although this big black is ferocious, with my brother's ability, it shouldn't be difficult to tame it!"
Huo Qubing smiled lightly and said, "I haven't tried it, and I don't know if I can tame it."
"but!"
"My method of taming horses is rather fierce, and I already have a mount that is no worse than this Dahei. There is no need for another one, so I sent it to you."
What is said is true.
But Huo Guang understood that the main reason why his brother said this was to take care of himself.
This is just like when eating, parents always leave good things to their children to eat first. When away from home, elder brother is like father. This is not a joke in ancient times.
Although he saw through this, he did not hesitate and said directly: "Okay, thank you brother!"
"Family, no thanks!" Huo Qubing patted Huo Guang's shoulder and said.
Subsequently.
Huo Qubing asked Huo Guang again: "How about following your uncle? Do you think it's hard?"
Huo Guang shook his head and said, "It's not hard. It's just that after I came to the military camp, I don't know if my sister-in-law is still used to being here happily."
Huo Qubing smiled lightly and said, "Why are you worried about this? Don't worry, brother Wei has already sent someone to take her back to the general's residence. Nothing will happen there. You don't need to worry about this."
After hearing this, Huo Guang nodded and then asked, "Brother, have you ever thought about buying a mansion?"
"After all, my sister-in-law is also pregnant."
"You can't always live in the general's mansion in the future, right?"
After hearing this, the smile on Huo Qubing's face disappeared and he said lightly: "I have never thought about this. The Huns are not exterminated, so I am too lazy to think about buying a mansion!"
Good guy.
The champion's only hobby seems to be to fight the Huns.
No wonder Sima Qian would leave a sentence in "Historical Records": "The Huns are not destroyed, so why should we take care of our family?"
Huo Guang nodded immediately and said: "I understand, my brother's ambition is indeed higher than mine!"
After hearing this, Huo Qubing laughed loudly and said: "There is no difference in ambitions, so don't praise them randomly."
I heard what my brother said.
Huo Guang shrugged slightly and laughed it off.
Subsequently.
I walked around the school grounds with my brother a few times, and during the process I talked about a strange phenomenon.
"Brother, I would like to ask why there are so many children from big families in the military camp. Such people usually don't pay attention to training, and my uncle doesn't care. What's going on?" Huo Guang asked.
Hear Huo Guang's question.
Huo Qubing replied calmly: "I also have people at Beida Camp who have military merit. These people do not go to the battlefield. After the war is over, these people will either take advantage of their military merit and join the court as officials, or they will go back and inherit the family business."
The military exploits of the Han Dynasty were a good thing.
But it’s also very difficult to obtain!
It is difficult for a veteran general like Li Guang to be granted the title of Marquis.
But as the results of Wei Qing and Huo Qubing became too outrageous, more and more people came to take advantage of their military exploits.
main reason.
It was when Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty granted the title of marquis to Wei Qing's three infant sons. At that time, too many people were granted the title of marquis, which caused many people to follow Wei Huo and start to gain military merit.
I heard my brother's explanation.
Huo Guang also understood why those families let their children come over. The relationship is just for the sake of military glory. Previously, Huo Guang was worried that these people, who usually did not train, would play the role of useless teammates when they went to the battlefield.
But now that I heard it, the other party didn’t even go to the battlefield!
He also understood.
Here, Huo Qubing chatted with Huo Guang: "Huo Guang, when the time comes for the battlefield, don't rush in!"
“The sword is ruthless on the battlefield.”
"You can just stand next to your uncle when the time comes. Don't feel ashamed. You are still young, so you don't have to mind this."
Huo Guang smiled faintly: "I know, brother!"
Wait until the conversation is almost done.
Huo Guang personally saw his brother off. Since His Majesty's order had not yet been lifted, Huo Guang could not leave the military camp.
I can only stay in the military camp.
After his brother left, Huo Guang started playing around with Dahei.
Originally, Huo Guang wanted to use his connections to equip Dahei with three sets of cavalry. But the saddle and stirrups were easy to get, and it was time to get the horseshoes.
This big dark horse seems to be in its "rebellious phase", but it doesn't do anything like this.
Huo Guang originally wanted to force someone to hold Dahei down, but Huo Guang was afraid of hurting Dahei in this way, so he stopped for the time being.
Stop, stop.
But this does not mean that Huo Guang gives up on horseshoeing Dahei.
Just now, he thought of a good idea.
The first thing is to order his subordinates and arrange for them to be sent to the horse pen where the horseshoes have been pressed.
Let it feel.
What other horses have, it just doesn't have the sense of loss.
certainly.
Huo Guang can't guarantee that this method will work. After all, humans and horses are different, unless the horse really understands human nature.
In the afternoon.
Huo Guang ordered Lin Yaoqing to take people to the river to retrieve several large carts of fine sand. At the same time, he also asked General Wei Qing to bring over some veterans who had fought with the Huns.
Not only that.
He also ordered people to go to the carpenter's shop in Chang'an City and asked the carpenter Li Hong to build a large wooden box that could be folded and easily moved.
Why is it called a wooden box?
Because it is very long and wide, but not high.
In addition, they also asked people from the tailor shop to make very small and exquisite triangular flags in red and blue colors.
Wait until you are ready.
Huo Guang asked Lin Yaoqing and others to pour the extremely soft sand fished from the river into the wooden box, and at the same time began to ask the veterans about the situation in Mobei.
Wait until you finish asking.
Huo Guang began to tinker with the sand table.
Lin Yaoqing on the side didn't understand what Huo Guang was thinking, so he asked, "Uncle Huo Du, what are you doing?"
"Draw a sand table, a three-dimensional drawing that is more intuitive than a map. Hey, don't ask about that brain of yours. You don't understand even if I tell you." Huo Guang said lightly.
Lin Yaoqing immediately became unhappy and said, "Uncle Huo Dub, what don't I understand about this? It's just a map!"
"Oh?" Huo Guang immediately stopped what he was doing, looked up at this guy, and asked with a smile: "If you know how to talk, tell me what's better than traditional maps?"
Hear Huo Guang's words.
Lin Yaoqing was stunned. He was a rough man, how could he know this.
But thinking about what Huo Guang said just now, he said directly: "It's more intuitive than traditional maps!"
Huo Guang nodded and said, "Well, this is what I just said, what else is there?"
Lin Yaoqing immediately shook his head and said with an embarrassed smile: "How do I know this? Uncle Huo, you have to tell me again so that I can know!"
"You, you, you said you don't understand, but you still have to pretend!" Huo Guang laughed immediately, and then explained to him: "The greatest significance of my military sand table is that in addition to showing the terrain of the combat area, it also It can represent the composition of enemy and friendly positions, troop deployment and weapons configuration, etc."
"look!"
"This little red flag, I think it represents the Huns cavalry side, just put it here."
"This little blue flag represents the cavalry side of the Han army. Just put it here."
"Come down like this."
"Look, the deployment of troops on both sides is immediately clear!"
Lin Yaoqing looked at the small flags placed on the sand table by Huo Guang and asked in confusion: "Hey, Uncle Huo, how do you know that the Huns cavalry will deploy like this?"
When Huo Guang heard this, he shook his head helplessly and said, "Let me use an analogy. When we go to the battlefield, we will definitely send scouts to find out the enemy's situation!"
Lin Yaoqing still doesn't quite understand the meaning of this thing.
He thinks the sandbox is very bulky!
When fighting against the Huns, those cavalrymen would run wildly into the grassland if they couldn't defeat them, and they couldn't catch up. What's the use of this thing?
here.
It can be seen that there is a huge gap in the thinking of a soldier and a general.
Huo Guang continued to pinch the terrain in the sand table, while Lin Yaoqing asked: "Uncle Huo Dub, although your sand table is very good, don't we only have a hundred recruits in total? Who do you want this for? ?”
One hundred people making sand table?
That's really useless!
But who said Huo Guang wanted to use it himself?
Huo Guang smiled faintly and said: "I'm an uncle, so I definitely don't need to use this. Tomorrow is my uncle's birthday. Because the military affairs are busy, the general doesn't want to do anything, so everything will be kept simple and as usual."
“Outsiders don’t have to give anything away!”
"But my nephew, who has been eating and drinking from others for the past two years, it would be outrageous not to give him a gift!"
"But if you give gifts normally, I'm afraid you'll get scolded!"
"so."
When Lin Yaoqing heard this, he immediately rushed to say: "So Huo Dubbo gave this as a gift? Well, Huo Dubbo sent this gift thoughtfully. I think it should be very popular with the general!"
(End of chapter)
