Not only Su Fei played with bows and arrows, but Qinghe and the others also played with them, but they just played with a playful attitude, shooting a few arrows and that was it. They really regarded it as a game.
But everyone is interested in horse riding.
"Let's go to the racecourse. Brother, you can ride too." Li Ke saw that everyone was interested and immediately said with a smile.
"Ah? I can't do it. This leg is not very convenient." Li Chengqian didn't think Li Ke did it on purpose.
"Believe me, it's no problem. I improved the harness." Li Ke smiled. Although Li Chengqian fell off his horse, Li Ke was not afraid, because what he was taking out now was the standard high bridge saddle of later generations. .
There were saddles and stirrups in the Tang Dynasty. In fact, stirrups were available in the Han Dynasty, but at that time they were single-sided stirrups. Later, they gradually developed into double-sided stirrups. The emergence of double-sided stirrups also brought huge changes to the horse archers. Advantage! Even greater than the bonus received by the armor-attacking cavalry!
Because in the past, if horse archers without double stirrups wanted to draw their bows on horseback, they often had to stop their horses and stand still to shoot arrows, because people could not control their core strength on horseback. But with double stirrups, People can control horses with their legs, and they can use their legs to lend strength, which gives the horse archers the possibility of riding a horse and shooting arrows at the same time.
So although the Han and the Tang Dynasty fought against the nomads, it was almost like beating up their sons, but if the Turks of the Tang Dynasty were thrown into the era of the Han Dynasty, the result would be different.
Of course, this assumption makes no sense. After all, nomads have double stirrups, and the Han Dynasty must also have them.
In addition, there are saddles. There were saddles in the Tang Dynasty and at the end of the Three Kingdoms. But everyone has a misunderstanding and thinks that having these things will make them strong. But in fact, everything is evolving gradually, and it is impossible to invent the peak.
Even horseshoes have gone through countless years of evolution before they became what they were in later generations, let alone saddles.
Although the current Takahashi saddle is very close to the Takahashi saddle of later generations, there is still a slight gap. It is a great aid to the cavalry, but it is not as great as the Takahashi saddle of later generations.
The seemingly simple high-bridge saddle is actually the result of hundreds of thousands of years of human experience in using cavalry.
Now, Li Ke is gradually equipping the Tang cavalry in Xizhou with later high-bridge saddles, stirrups, and horseshoes, including armored cavalry. The next time the Tang cavalry takes action on a large scale, the world will be shocked.
Naturally, all the equipment in Li Ke's racecourse is from later generations, so Li Chengqian's not serious lameness does not actually affect horse riding.
"Oh? Then I want to try." Li Chengqian was a little curious. Concubine Su opened her mouth to stop it, but in the end she didn't speak. She actually knew Li Chengqian to some extent and knew that Li Chengqian was obsessed with this aspect. Many people didn't know that Li Chengqian was obsessed with this aspect. Lovers say that Li Chengqian admires Turkic culture. In fact, he admires shitty Turkic culture. Do Turks have culture? It's just that no one knows the loneliness inside Li Chengqian.
When everyone arrived at the small racecourse that Li Ke talked about, Li Chengqian was speechless. Is this a small racecourse?
It sounds like the circumference of a one-kilometer circular runway is not that big, but when you get in front of it, you will find that it is quite big. Moreover, there are actually stands around the racecourse. I don’t know who built this for me.
And someone here has already started preparing horses.
"An Ning, Qingchan, you go take Changle and the others to change clothes." Li Ke pointed to the specially built dressing room next to them.
"Yes. Your Highnesses, please come with me." Yang Anning said with a slight smile.
Changle and the others all followed, including Concubine Su.
"Brother, let's go change clothes too?" Li Ke said with a smile.
"Okay." Li Chengqian looked at the robe he was wearing and it was indeed not suitable for him.
After he followed Li Ke into the locker room, Li Chengqian had a strange expression when Li Ke took out the clothes he changed. What is this colorful thing? As for what Li Ke took out, they were naturally the training uniforms in the security room and a full set of winter clothes. The sizes of these items were not suitable for women at all. They were basically worn by men. Li Ke took them out.
"How do you wear this?" Li Chengqian didn't ask where the maid was, but looked at the clothes curiously and asked.
In fact, there were trousers in ancient times, but the outer clothes were long gowns and there were trousers inside. Li Chengqian asked where this should be worn.
"Just wear the outermost ones. Wear the warm ones on the inside first." Li Ke took out a few sets of military thermal underwear. It's not that cold in Chang'an now. Wearing thermal underwear and a cotton-padded coat is enough. No coat is needed. superior.
Li Ke simply took off his clothes in front of Li Chengqian, leaving only a pair of boxer briefs. Well, this thing was issued together with the women's tactical vest given to Changle and the others last time. That is to say, it is actually for women, but boxer briefs don’t matter, they can be worn in large sizes, the main thing is that modern underwear is comfortable to wear.
Li Chengqian was dumbfounded. He looked speechless as Li Ke put on a set of thermal underwear. Li Chengqian followed him in the end, but he left his own underwear on all sides and then put on another set of thermal underwear.
When he put this clothes on, Li Chengqian was a little surprised. The clothes looked very close to the body, but they were very soft, and the fabric... was too tight. I don't know how Saburo weaved it. When it came out, the price of this dress was definitely high.
As for the cotton pants, they look relatively simple, while the colorful clothes outside feel rough to the touch and are a little big on the body, but it doesn't matter.
Li Chengqian was a little uncomfortable wearing this outfit, but he found some benefits. It was very similar to a power suit. After wearing it, it was very convenient to move his legs, including the top.
After getting dressed, Li Ke asked someone to bring over two pairs of boots. These boots were not taken out from the warehouse, but were leather boots made in this era. It was just that the rawhide at the bottom of the sole was covered with thousand layers of leather. The soles and uppers are boots made of cowhide.
It doesn't look very good, but it's practical.
After putting them on, Li Chengqian looked at the ugly boots and was speechless: "They are so ugly, can't they be made to look better?"
Li Ke was a little helpless. Do you think I don't want to? Isn't this because the rubber hasn't been removed yet? People have been sent to Lingnan Road with rubber tree seeds. Then we will find places to plant rubber in Guangzhou and other surrounding areas. Rubber trees grow very fast and will be ready for production in about five years.
I am also looking for someone to test using Eucommia gum as soles, and it should be almost the same.
"It can't be that simple. It just needs to be easy to use." Li Ke shrugged. As for whether it can be made to look good, that is a matter of craftsman research and has nothing to do with Li Ke.
