Hanbo

Chapter 74 Three Months

Next, after each company made arrangements, they went into the Chenghua stables one by one to get the horses.

After the first team came out, the team gathered [-] horses and walked towards the camp.

At this moment, a few skilled riders have subdued several horses and led the way on their horses. The rest of the people are distributed around to prevent these horses from running around.

If those mischievous horses wanted to rush out, they would be jointly suppressed by several soldiers to prevent them from showing their signs. Once they ran, there was nothing they could do.

The army is the place with the most talents, and they know exactly how to drive the horses.

Huo Shan looked at it for a while, and even he felt that these horses were really good.

All of them are almost six feet, even if they are not six feet, they are still five feet seven eight feet, which is very rare in this era.

All [-] horses are black, which is quite normal. Nearly half of the entire breed of Qin horses are black.

It must not be easy to find all these horses. Huo Shan had already made a note in his heart that he would send two catties of good tea to Gongsun He someday.

After bringing the horse back to the camp, he opened the side door and locked it directly into the stable.

The weather has been very good these past few days, the stables are closed on all sides, and there is not much wind.

However, with so many stallions locked together, it is easy to cause trouble, but it is not a problem for just one night.

It was supposed to be divided into circles, but it was getting late, so we will talk about it tomorrow.

Early the next morning, the daily training of the entire army stopped, and they have been busy these days.

They have to pen these horses, train them, order horseshoes, remember their own horses, and learn how to raise horses in the future.

Huo Shan also specially called the dozen or so old people from Huiqu to teach them how to raise horses.

The first step is to divide the circle, and the next step can only be carried out after the circle is divided.

These are all good horses, there is no need to check if there are any horses with invisible diseases in them, the servant has already checked them.

The first is to separate pens, 22 horses to one pen, and two horses to one pen. This is the condition for large-scale horse breeding. It is impossible for a single horse to be in a single pen.

The [-] horses then entered the stables, one filled the next, and then the stables were stamped with a sign.

Yishi manages a stable, with two horses for one person. These are their future war horses, and they must raise them by themselves.

It took a whole day for this job, and the strength of many people is great.

Then the next day is to put horseshoes on these horses, which they also have to learn.

I don't know how long it will take to go out in the future, and the horseshoes must be replaced every once in a while.

If the horseshoe is not suitable for the horse, it will do more harm than not having the shoe.

It took only two days to nail the horse iron, and they also learned from the craftsmen of Shaofu for two days.

Logically speaking, the dozen or so Huiqu old men who love horses like their lives would not let this happen.

'If you want to nail the horseshoes with iron plates, you will destroy a war horse! '

Huo Shan still clearly remembered that scene at the beginning.

So because they have seen the champion shoe, they have already accepted this concept, so not only did they not oppose it, but they also quite supported it.

The next step is to choose suitable saddles and reins for their own war horses, and then engrave their identities on them, so as not to take them wrong.

Five days had passed since the work of the horses was finished.

From then on until the end of February next year for nearly three months, their task was to cultivate feelings and tacit understanding with their respective war horses under the command of the old man Huiqu.

As for raising horses and practicing cavalry tactics, it will take a long time.

Cavalry tactics have to be practiced until the first year of Taichu, two years.

The problem of raising horses is also, raising horses is a big problem!

How does a horse show that it is hungry, thirsty, or sick?
How to raise them in any climate; what to eat and drink in winter; what to eat and drink in summer;
How to raise it when you go to Hetao Grassland; how to raise it when you go to Mobei;
How can we make horses more comfortable when running; how can we make them quiet when necessary; how can we stimulate their morale in confrontation; how can we suppress their fear when they see wolves in the grassland?

When necessary, we must continue to bring tigers, leopards and wolves to practice their courage.

These are all things to learn.

Other cavalry don't need to be so troublesome, but Huo Shan's is so troublesome. Trouble now, so as not to cause problems with the horses and lose their lives in the future.

For the next three months, they lived a very fulfilling life. They got up at four o'clock every day, then went for a run, then had breakfast, and fed the horses.

Start studying at the four o'clock of Chenshi, learn literacy, learn military law, and learn mathematics, and study until Sishi, and start practicing military posture, formation, walking, boxing, etc.

Eat lunch from one hour to noon, then take a lunch break, and start to walk the horse in Shanglinyuan at [-]:[-].

Under the teaching of the old man Huiqu, he trained the tacit understanding between man and horse, and some technical movements of man on the horse. This is a great contribution to the stirrup. There is already a little foundation, and everyone learns it quickly.

Practice until [-]:[-] Shen Shi, and after [-] quarters of an hour to deal with the horse problem, it will be [-]:[-] Shen Shi.

Most of the day passed, everyone was tired, and then started to enter the training ground, horizontal and parallel bars, [-]-step obstacles, exercise physical fitness and so on, relax and relax the mind.

I exercised until the four quarters of the unitary hour, then ate, fed the horses, and finally washed and returned to the barracks. The military judges began ideological education in Xushi, and turned off the lights and went to bed at the four quarters of the day.

From time to time, there will be daytime or nighttime training, so these three months have been very fulfilling.

It is worth mentioning that the tiger next door has learned all of these, but their effect is not as good as that of Yubayashi.

Because they lacked more than 300 military judges, no one to relieve their emotions, no matter how good your food is, the soldiers will also have a bad mood.

Although the effect is not as good, it is not too bad, because there is a linkage between the two armies.

There is a big competition once a month, if the lower-ranked people of Habayashi do not overwhelm the top-ranked people of Huben, the top-ranked people of Huben will come to Habayashi.

So the two armies were fighting desperately, Huben wanted to rush into Habayashi, and Habayashi didn't want to go to Huben.

The two armies compete with each other, compete with each other, and train together from time to time. After all, they are acquaintances, so the relationship between the two armies is getting better and better.

Although Huben has been suppressed under Habayashi, the people in the Habayashi army did not look down on them in their hearts.

Because they knew that Huben was only weaker than themselves. Compared with other armies of the big man, Huben was still the strongest.

This ratio is based on 3000 people, infantry fighting for the front.

With two generals of similar level, one leads Huben, and the other leads elite men like the Overdue Gate, and Huben has a high probability of winning.

So they didn't laugh at Huben too much. Of course, there is a certain amount of ridicule and superficial contempt, which happens every day.

After three months of training, Huo Shan felt that it was almost done, and he was going to send them weapons, armor, bows and crossbows, so that they could start training these things and cavalry tactics.

Huo Shanding's Yulin Army is very simple, mainly light cavalry and light war cavalry, the two can be switched freely, and there is no heavy cavalry, but that is only relative to later generations.

There are five battalions in the army, one battalion and five companies, and one company in each battalion is a scout company. They are proper light cavalry and will not switch to war cavalry.

The scout battalion has four horses per person, two war horses, and two pack horses in wartime.

The weapons and armor are a pair of leather armor, a pair of riding shields, a lancet handle, two daggers, a riding bow, three strings, and two arrow pots, each pot containing twenty arrows.

Therefore, the soldiers of the scout company must be more outstanding in archery than other people in Habayashi in the future, not only in archery, but in all aspects.

And the rest of the men and horses are light warrior cavalry.

One person has five horses, and three pack horses in wartime.

Compared with the light cavalry, the equipment of the war cavalry has a pair of champion light armor, a champion knife handle, a champion crossbow, five strings, and three boxes of crossbow arrows, each box of thirty pieces.

When wandering, they usually wear leather armor, carry lancets, bows and crossbows, and the champion light armor and extra equipment are carried and hidden by the pack horse. They are Qingqi.

When you need to charge, put on the champion light armor and champion knife, remove unnecessary equipment, they are war cavalry.

In fact, in this era, it is a heavy cavalry, but it lacks a light vest and a lance.

And water bags, grain bags, salt bags, sleeping bags, engineer shovels, flints, whetstones, needles and threads, backup shoes, etc., are what everyone needs.

And various equipment maintenance tools, one tithe and one tent, etc., many things.

If you want to be elite, you have to bear the burden, otherwise what are you doing with so many pack horses!
One of the reasons for bringing pack horses is to prevent the horses from being overburdened and lose their combat effectiveness. This is also the reason for the two horses to transfer during the journey.

The other is that there is no logistics, so you have to bring everything by yourself.

Huo Shan's Yu Lin is all light cavalry, but Liu Che's Huben is different, 2000 of them are the same as Yu Lin.

The remaining 1000 people are properly armored cavalry, which is what Huo Shan thinks is heavy cavalry.

Huo Shan didn't expect that the champion's heavy armor, champion's vest, and cavalry spear he developed would be of no use to him, but Liu Che would use them.

There's no way, Liu Che just loves this. In his opinion, it's the best if you're wrapped up all over your body, and it looks unusually domineering.

Liu Che was considering recruiting troops again, not many recruits, just two thousand, tall, mighty and powerful men, and another two thousand outfits.

If Huo Shan, the remaining 2000 people in Huben, felt that training equipment was too wasteful, Liu Che could turn all three thousand into equipment.

Huo Shan didn't practice equipment because he prefers light and heavy cavalry, and light cavalry is more useful.

Heavy cavalry is not comparable to light cavalry, and walking can kill them.

Continuous running is not fast, and you will be paralyzed after running for a while. This thing is too restrictive.

Only by rushing infantry, large-scale legion battles, and specific geographical locations can they exert the greatest lethality. It is really terrifying to rush, and no one can stop them.

Even if you bring Datang Modaoying here, it will still be like paper if you rush over, which can perfectly interpret the idiom of being vulnerable.

But Huo Shan's dream is to gallop on the battlefield, how can he gallop with this thing?

And in this era, with such an elite light and heavy cavalry trained by Huo Tan, they can sweep the Eurasian continent.

In other words, no matter which era in ancient times, it can be swept away.

It is not worthwhile to practice large-scale outfits, but Huo Shan is quite supportive if you practice for three to five thousand.

Huo Shan's light and heavy cavalry cost a lot, but he is the seed of an officer, so everything is worth it.

(End of this chapter)