Before Yan Ling and others approached the crowd, someone in the crowd spotted Yan Ling and others approaching. He immediately waved and shouted: "Commander Yan, come and see, things are done!"
When the crowd surrounding the war horse heard this, they all turned their heads to look. When they saw that Li Shimin was among the people coming, they all saluted and said, "I've seen the general!"
Li Shimin waved his hand and curiously asked an old man in the crowd: "Supervisor Zhang, why are you gathered here?"
"General, we are gathered here to test this thing." As he spoke, Supervisor Zhang pointed to the soles of the war horse surrounded by everyone in the center.
Li Shimin followed Supervisor Zhang's fingers and immediately noticed something different about the soles of the war horse's feet. The soles of the war horse's feet were actually covered with a layer of iron rings, making it look like the war horse was wearing a pair of shoes.
Li Shimin asked thoughtfully: "I wonder what the thing on this war horse's foot does?"
Supervisor Zhang was not in a hurry to answer. He first glanced at Yan Ling next to Li Shimin and then said with a smile: "The general should ask Commander Yan this question!"
"Oh, so this is the surprise that Commander Yan mentioned?" Li Shimin asked with increasing curiosity.
Yan Ling said with a smile on his face: "This is the surprise prepared by my subordinates for the general. As for the effect, the general will know later!"
Then Yan Ling turned to look at the three bodyguards Li Shimin had been keeping with him and asked, "I wonder if the three of you know how to equestrian?"
When the three personal guards heard this, they looked at each other with a hint of disdain on their faces, and one of them replied arrogantly: "As the general's personal guards, we are naturally very proficient in archery, horse riding, and archery!"
"That's good. How about asking this soldier to ride on this war horse and run back and forth in this open space?" Yan Ling didn't pay attention to the arrogance on the guard's face. After all, all soldiers who can become the general's personal guards are
It is normal for the elite among the elite in the military to be a little arrogant!
The guard heard Yan Ling's request and glanced at Li Shimin. After Li Shimin nodded, he replied to Yan Ling: "No problem!"
After saying that, the guard with a vigorous face walked up to the tall war horse from the separated crowd, got on the horse neatly, grabbed the horse's reins, clamped the horse's belly with his legs, and shouted: "Drive on."
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The war horse immediately led the guard through the crowd like an arrow and galloped away along the edge of the open space.
"Commander Yan, is this...?" Li Shimin looked at the leaving troops and asked Yan Ling doubtfully.
Yan Ling naturally understood Li Shimin's doubts, stretched out his hand to the ground, and said with a confident smile: "General, please take a look!"
Li Shimin frowned and looked up at the ground. The next moment, he immediately looked up at the men and horses who had already run a certain distance. His eyes were working internally, and he could see the road conditions under the horses' feet. Suddenly, Li Shimin said excitedly: "Commander Yan
, this is indeed a great surprise!”
The reason why Li Shimin was so excited was because he found that the open space was extremely uneven, with many fine and sharp stones on the ground. Li Shimin, who was proficient in cavalry and archery, naturally understood how terrifying such a road was for the cavalry!
"That's right, Commander Yan, you have made a great contribution this time!" The cavalry commander behind Li Shimin also said excitedly. He had been silent since he first met Yan Ling and didn't say anything along the way. Now
Seeing this scene, the commander named Zhao Fei couldn't control the excitement in his heart.
Zhao Fei looked at the horses galloping in the distance without stopping at all, and said with excitement: "If our cavalry can gallop on such a ground, then what is there to fear about the Turkic cavalry?"
Now Commander-in-Chief Zhao Fei is convinced by Li Shimin. At first, when Li Shimin arranged for Yan Ling to enter the cavalry camp, Zhao Fei was very unhappy. A young boy with no ability to do anything had to command a hundred cavalry. This
No kidding, Li Shimin was extremely majestic in the army, which allowed Yan Ling to successfully assume the position of commander.
Now that this incident has been discovered, Zhao Fei's opinion of Yan Ling has changed drastically, and his favorable impression has increased rapidly. He sighed that Li Shimin has a sharp eye and knows people, and Commander Yan is indeed a great talent!
While everyone was sighing, Li Shimin's bodyguard was already riding a war horse in a circle around the open space. After the bodyguard got off the horse, Li Shimin and others quickly gathered around and carefully observed the hooves of the war horse.
Li Shimin squatted down and stretched out his hand to play with the horse's hooves. Perhaps for ordinary people, this is a very dangerous action, but in the eyes of a master like Li Shimin, this is not considered dangerous. A casual palm can make a vigorous war horse.
He fell to the ground instantly.
After seeing that the hoofs of the war horses were almost intact, Li Shimin stood up, with an unstoppable smile on his face, and asked Yan Ling: "Commander Yan, can you clear up my doubts?"
Yan Ling said confidently: "This is very simple. Has the general noticed the iron ring on the hoof of this war horse?"
"Of course, is there any mystery in this?" Li Shimin naturally noticed the iron ring on the horse's hoof. After all, the biggest difference between this war horse and other war horses is the iron ring on the horse's hoof. It is difficult not to notice it!
"The mystery of this war horse lies in the iron ring. My subordinates called it the horseshoe. After training in the military camp for a month, my subordinates discovered that the war horses were rarely used in training in the camp. After asking the reason, I
Suddenly, I discovered that one of the reasons why war horses in the army were wasted was because the horses had to be eliminated due to excessive hoof strain."
After a pause, Yan Ling continued: "My subordinates were thinking at that time, since the war horse's hoofs are so severely strained, why don't we think of a way to protect the war horses' hoofs? Later, I remembered that we ordinary people wear shoes when walking. If we
Putting shoes on the war horse should have a good effect, right?"
"So I found Supervisor Zhang a few days ago and discussed with him the matter of making 'combat boots' for war horses. When the Supervisor heard my suggestion, he felt that it was very promising, so he started to make horseshoes. No, today I will
After the horseshoe was made, the supervisor sent someone to notify me to come over to see the effect of the horseshoe, and it just so happened that the general came together today to witness the effect of the horseshoe!" After saying that, Yan Ling also signaled to supervisor Zhang.
Yan Ling's desire to make horseshoes was naturally not just a sudden idea as he said, but Yan Ling had been planning this matter since he discovered that the war horses in this world were not shoed, and it was not until recently that he met with Zhang
After the supervisor got online, we officially started to build the horseshoe!
Faced with the achievements that Yan Ling brought to his door, Supervisor Zhang smiled and said repeatedly: "This is Commander Yan's unconventional and extraordinary idea. I just followed Commander Yan's command and swung the hammer a few times!"
"Supervisor Zhang doesn't have to be modest. Commander Yan's ideas are important, but your importance in realizing Commander Yan's ideas cannot be ignored. But now I want to confirm whether this so-called horseshoe can be mass-produced and spread to the entire cavalry battalion.
?" Li Shimin naturally recognized the two people's contributions, but the reward based on merit was something that would happen later. Now he just wanted to know whether horseshoes could become popular!
"Of course we can. With the technology of our weapons supervisor, it will be a piece of cake to popularize horseshoes!" Supervisor Zhang replied confidently.
"Very good!" Li Shimin fisted his fist excitedly, looked at Yan Ling and said, "Commander Yan really brought me a big surprise. I must reward Commander Yan well this time!"
However, facing Li Shimin's excitement, Yan Ling just replied calmly: "Then I'll thank the general first!"
Yan Ling had already understood the role of horseshoes on horses when he was learning to ride horses in order to get the horse's stance on Earth. Therefore, he had already expected that after the horseshoes successfully demonstrated its powerful functions, Li Shimin would definitely receive a reward. At this time, naturally
It is a calm state of mind, quite as calm as a mountain!
Seeing Yan Ling's calm expression, Li Shimin didn't care. Instead, he became more and more convinced that Yan Ling was a person who had achieved great things and had a calm temperament! (To be continued)