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Chapter 322 Saddle

A boat went west along the river, and Zhang Yi stood on the deck of the boat, overlooking the south of the Yangtze River. As he got closer to his "home", he felt a little nervous amidst the excitement.

Although he is from Nanyang, since Zhang Xian has been an official in Jingnan for more than [-] years, as the eldest son, he has followed Zhang Xian since he was a child, and spent most of his life in Jingnan.Compared to Nanyang, Jingnan is his home.

At the end of spring this year, the city of Linxiang was destroyed, and Zhang Yi finally saved his life because he led the crowd to surrender in time.

However, capital crimes can be avoided, but life crimes cannot be escaped. For the past six months, Zhang Yi has been locked in a cage for most of the time. For him who has been well-clothed and well-fed since he was a child, it can be said that he has suffered a lot.The greatest hope in my heart is to forgive Liu Biao, who has shown himself as a generous elder, one day and let him go back to his hometown in Nanyang.

However, things in the world are so bizarre sometimes, and finally the one who rescued him from the prison was Liu Jing, who he always hated.

With God's help, Liu Jing wiped out [-] troops in Jingzhou in the first battle, and took advantage of the momentum to sweep the three counties in southern Jingzhou.In order to curb Liu Jing's rise, Liu Biao had to release him from prison and return him to Changsha as a guest of honor.

Zhang Yi knew that he had become Liu Biao's pawn to check and balance Liu Jing, but he didn't care, no matter how bad it was, it would be worse than the dark dungeon.

What's more, returning to Changsha was something he didn't even dare to think about before. His father had always been kind to the people in Jingnan, and he was Liu Jing's old master and advocate, and he was the prefect of Changsha jointly elected by the Changsha people. Liu Jing has a prejudice against him and can't do anything about him.

Of course, Zhang Yi is not an idiot. Now that Liu Jinghu is in Jingnan, he is in full swing. Not only can he not conflict with him, but he must be more respectful to secure his position as the prefect of Changsha.

While thinking about it, Zhang Yi suddenly saw three warships approaching from the river in the distance...

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Wang Qiang has been busy with the establishment of Baqiu County for the past few days, and Liu Zhu is almost in charge of the military affairs. When he received the report and learned that Zhang Yi had returned, he immediately put down what he was doing and rushed back to the Baqiu camp.

Wang Qiang stepped into the camp, his face was so gloomy that he was about to drip water. When he saw Liu Zhu, he asked, "Where is Zhang Yi?"

Liu Zhu smiled wryly and said, "Rest in the dormitory."

A stern look flashed in Wang Qiang's eyes, and he couldn't help pressing his right hand on the saber ring around his waist.

Liu Zhufeng's eyes narrowed, and he said in a low voice, "Zijian, don't mess around."

Wang Qiang frowned deeply, and blamed him: "Wenxiu, why did you welcome him into the camp? You should have killed him directly outside."

Liu Zhu smiled wryly and said, "Zhang Yi was sent by Liu Biao's warship. If you want to kill Zhang Yi, you have to kill dozens of Liu Biao's people as well. Do you think it is possible to succeed?"

Wang Qiang was silent, if he was on land, he might be able to kill all these dozens or hundreds of people by virtue of the superiority in numbers.But on the river, it is absolutely impossible, and there must be fish that slip through the net.Once things leaked out, the consequences would be disastrous.

Wang Qiang frowned and said, "Could it be that we really want to send him back to Linxiang to cause trouble for Liu Jun? Didn't Liu Biao's people have already left? It's better to poison him to death on the way when escorting him south."

Liu Zhu shook his head and said, "This intention is too obvious and unacceptable."

"This doesn't work, that doesn't work either," Wang Qiang said angrily, "You can't do nothing, right?!"

Liu Zhu sighed: "This is no longer something that you and I can interfere. Forcibly intervening will only put Mr. Liu at a disadvantage."

Wang Qiang cast a gloomy glance at the camp where Zhang Yi was staying, and said, "In that case, then I won't go to see him, lest when I see him, I can't suppress the fire in my heart and hack him to death with a single knife." Come on, walk away.

Liu Zhu was left with one head and two big ones.

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Linxiang, Pingxiang.

"Cuckoo clap clap clap..."

Accompanied by a burst of rhythmic hoofbeats, Liu Jinglun, in military uniform, rode Chiji and galloped indulgently along the Liushui River. Liu Liang, Gan Ning, Han Guang, and Yu Zheng also rode good horses. Follow it.

"Herod..."

After galloping all the way for an unknown period of time, Liu Jing's interest faded a little, and he pulled the reins hastily, Chi Ji couldn't help screaming, flipped his front hooves, and almost stood up.

In the past, Liu Jing naturally didn't dare to be so reckless, but now he not only did this, but also united with horses and horses, as stable as Mount Tai, like an old hand who grew up on horseback since childhood.

Naturally, this is not because his riding skills have improved by leaps and bounds in a short period of time, because the high bridge saddle under his crotch provides enough stability.

Seeing Liu Jing stop, Liu Liang, Han Guang, and Yu Zheng reined in their horses one after another.

Liu Liang also came with a man and a horse in one, his movements were more relaxed and unrestrained than Liu Jing's, he pulled the rein with his ape arm, turned the horse's head, and said to Liu Jing: "Brother, this Takahashi saddle is really a sharp weapon for horses. The effect on the horse is no less than that of the pole on the water."

"That's right..." Han Guang nodded approvingly. He is from Longxi, Liangzhou. Horses in his hometown are as common as boats in Jingnan, so he feels more deeply.

The Han army in the frontiers has always liked to recruit Qiang and Hu Yicong as cavalry. The reason is very simple. The number of Han Chinese who are proficient in cavalry since childhood is limited, and the cost of training a qualified Han cavalry from scratch is astonishingly high. At least year is the unit. Recruiting Qiang and Hu Yicong is much simpler, just give enough rewards.

With the Takahashi saddle, the training cost is greatly reduced, and it will be easier to train qualified cavalry in the future.

In fact, the rudiments of Takahashi saddles have appeared in the north. Of course, they are only rudiments. Compared with the mature Takahashi saddles designed by Liu Jing, they are completely different.

Han Guang jumped off the horse's back nimbly, raised his beloved horse's hind hoof, revealing the black U-shaped shoe, and said, "Not only the Gaoqiao saddle, but the horseshoe is also a sharp weapon in the horse. Like a god!"

The hooves of horseshoes are like human nails, which are prone to wear and tear after a long time and must be taken care of. As early as hundreds of years ago, the Han people began to cut and carve the hooves of horseshoes.But after all, this is a temporary solution, not a root cause. Liu Jing was ingenious and put iron shoes on the horse, which solved the problem that has plagued people for thousands of years in one fell swoop.

At this moment, Han Guang admired Liu Jing completely. Just like shooting poles completely changed water warfare, Takahashi saddles and horseshoes will also have a profound impact on cavalry.

Hearing the praise from several people, Liu Jing shook his head with a smile. These are just Takahashi saddles and horseshoes. If stirrups are invented again, they will be even more flattering.

Jingzhou has never had a shortage of good horses. Liu Biao spent ten years collecting refugees from Guanzhong and exterminating the generals in Liangzhou. Only then did he collect [-] horses, and now all of them fell into Liu Jing's hands.In addition, he originally had more than a hundred war horses, a total of more than [-] horses. Liu Jing divided them into two battalions on the left and right, so that his brothers Liu Liang and Han Guang each led a battalion.

Although thanks to Liu Biao's blessing, Liu Jing had a well-organized cavalry without any effort, but Jingnan is located in a remote place, and there is no place rich in good horses around. Every horse that dies will lose one horse, and there is no place to replenish it. .

Therefore, in order to reduce the loss of war horses as much as possible, Liu Jing invented the horseshoe.At the same time, in order to enhance the combat power of his own cavalry, he invented the Takahashi saddle.

Stirrups should not be rushed for a while, at least they must master the origin of war horses and cavalry have a certain scale before they can be invented, otherwise they will be nothing but making wedding dresses for others.

Liu Jing received a serious report from Liu Zong and Liu of Ling County yesterday. Zhang Jin has led his troops to approach Quanling. According to Chu Fang and Cai Sheng's estimates, the opponent's strength should not exceed 2.

When Liu Jing heard that Zhang Jin's military strength was only ten thousand, his heart was completely relieved.At present, Chu Fang, Cai Sheng, and Xi Zhen led 3000 troops to Quanling, together with more than [-] soldiers from Lingling County, the total strength reached more than [-]. With Zhang Jin's strength, it is absolutely difficult to capture Quanling in a short time.

Liu Jing decided to continue to leave him alone, and when the time was right, he would personally lead the elite to go south and give Zhang Jin a fatal blow. At that time, the cavalry would play a crucial role and would definitely give Zhang Jin a big surprise.

(End of this chapter)