Monument Yangmen

Chapter 258 Cavalry is Really Expensive

Zhao Di couldn't see Yang Yanding's half-smile expression under his mask, but he waved his hands and said, "No need, Seventh Brother really took great pains to keep me, letting so many of you act together to lie to me."

The smile on Zhao Di's face froze, and he gave a dry laugh, "Heh... the second general was joking, how could we lie to you?"

Yang Yanding sneered, "Although the seventh brother has abandoned martial arts and followed literature, he was born as a general after all. He has learned some essentials of commanding troops from childhood. How could it be possible to train cavalry so badly?"

Geng Jinhua smiled coquettishly: "Seventh Brother knows that you are good at manipulating cavalry, so I want to use this kind of clumsy tactic to arouse your anger and lure you to attack, so as to achieve the purpose of keeping you."

Yang Yanding looked at Zhao Di and said with a sneer, "Is my husband and wife's analysis correct?"

"Cough cough cough..."

Zhao Di coughed a few times to hide his embarrassment.

This strategy was actually proposed by Zhao Di.

Yang Yansi had warned him that this kind of strategy could not be hidden from Yang Yanding's eyes at all. He did not believe in evil, so he tried it.

Now, it really has been dismantled at a glance.

"The second general and the second wife are really sharp-eyed. This little trick has not been hidden from your eyes. Please step up and see the true capabilities of our army."

Conspiracy can't work, then use an upright conspiracy.

Zhao Di believed that as long as he took Yang Yanding to see the crossbowmen of Quanziying and Qingyishui, and saw the power of the crossbow array, he would be able to conquer him.

Unexpectedly, Yang Yanding didn't follow his script at all.

I saw Yang Yanding shook his head, and said calmly: "There is no need to watch it in the military camp. To be able to train such elite men, there must be other trump cards. It's just that I am not interested in staying in the camp anymore. You should take me to Let’s go around the city of Miza.”

Zhao Di was stunned when he heard the words, and felt unwilling, but he could not force Yang Yanding to stay in the barracks, he could only take Yang Yanding to Miza City according to Yang Yanding's instructions.

"Please, Second General."

The three of them left the barracks and embarked on the fast road into Miza City.

The road in Miza City has been repaired several times, and the flat avenue padded with loess is covered with a layer of small broken stones.

"This driveway is very smooth, but the small gravel on this driveway hurts the horse's hooves."

Yang Yanding looked at the smooth road and gave his own evaluation.

The invention of the horseshoe, or the horseshoe, dates back to the first century BC.

However, there is no such thing in the Song Dynasty today.

The damage to horseshoes caused by gravel is very serious. Every year, the number of war horses damaged by gravel in the Song Army is as high as tens of thousands.

This is also the reason why Yang Yanding commented on the gravel-paved road.

Zhao Di was overjoyed when he heard Yang Yanding's words, and finally had his chance to perform.

The corners of his mouth turned up, and he said with a mysterious smile: "Second General doesn't know, this course has been paved for more than three months, and so far no horse has been injured by small gravel."

After saying this, Zhao Di waited to hear Yang Yanding's exclamation.

After waiting for a while, Yang Yanding said nonchalantly: "Jiaozhi young horse, this road leads directly to the city, and there are many pedestrians on the road. You may not have many days to ride a horse on weekdays. Even if you want to ride a horse into the city, you will not ride it. The horse runs wildly, try to slow down as much as possible. In this way, it is naturally difficult to find the damage to the horse caused by small gravel."

"Whoo~"

Zhao Di let out a foul breath, and said in a deep voice, "It's true that I don't have many days to ride a horse. But galloping on a horse is a common occurrence."

"Blugging..."

Yang Yanding sneered.

Zhao Di was furious, "This subordinate will confirm it with the Second General to see if the subordinate is talking big."

Since I just left the barracks, it is not far from the barracks.

Holding his token, Zhao Di dispatched ten cavalrymen from the barracks.

In fact, he wanted to dispatch more, and wanted to frighten Yang Yanding severely.

However, he does not have enough authority to deploy troops.

Yang Yansi divided the power of his subordinates very carefully.

Zhao Di is the leader of the Scarecrow and controls the entire Scarecrow.Under Yang Yansi's command, he can be regarded as number two.

However, in his capacity, he could only dispatch ten cavalry from the barracks at most.

Different affiliations have different levels of authority.

Ten cavalrymen in armor, with long knives on their waists, bows and crossbows on their backs, were called in.

In front of Yang Yanding, Zhao Di gave an order: "Wait, from now on, use this as a starting point, gallop quickly to the city lord's mansion, then turn back, and repeat this process. After an hour, give the order at the gate of the city lord's mansion. "

"promise!"

According to Zhao Di's order, ten cavalrymen galloped away on horseback.

Yang Yanding looked at the back of the cavalry who had already gone away, and asked, "We won't just wait here for an hour?"

Zhao Di shook his head, with a gloomy face, "Please enter the city with your subordinates. After an hour, at the gate of the city lord's mansion, the two of you can confirm and see if your subordinates have lied."

Yang Yanding hesitated for a moment, then nodded, and followed Zhao Di into the city along the galloping road.

Yang Yanding turned his head to Geng Jinhua while walking and said in a deep voice: "Madam, have you noticed the equipment of the ten cavalry just now. Their equipment is quite different from what I saw in the camp just now."

When they were in the camp, they saw the armor and long swords of the cavalry, but they did not see all the equipment of these cavalry.

Geng Jinhua nodded, a little surprised, "The chain mail, scimitar, hand crossbow, and two short spears on the horse's back are all forged from fine steel, with excellent workmanship.

This kind of equipment is less than two hundred pieces in Bianjing City, so it is impossible to buy it.

The seventh brother can organize them into an army, and let people call them at will.This shows that the number of cavalry in the army is no less than [-].

It would cost a lot of money to support such a cavalry.I don't know where the seventh brother got so much money from? "

In ancient times, it cost enough money to train one excellent cavalryman to train hundreds of infantrymen.

Those who are familiar with "Song History" should be familiar with Xixia's iron kite.

Li Yuanhao galloped across the battlefield with the help of three thousand iron kites, and he was always at a disadvantage.

And in order to build these three thousand iron kites, he almost exhausted the entire national power of Xixia.

From this, it can be deduced that in ancient times, it cost a lot of money to train an elite cavalry.

This is also the reason why Yang Yanding and Geng Jinhua were surprised when they saw that the cavalry was fully equipped.

From the moment he saw all the equipment of the cavalry, Yang Yanding had a heart for this cavalry.

Asking Zhao Di on the sidelines, "Like this class of cavalry, how many are there in Miza City?"

Zhao Di raised his eyebrows, causing Yang Yanding to take the initiative to ask questions, which meant that the cavalry had frightened him.

Zhao Di couldn't help puffing out his chest, and said: "Jiaozhi young horses, there are only 3000 or [-] war horses that can be used so far. Except for the horses for the generals of the battalions, there are [-] horses left. , all under the control of the cavalry."

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