In the royal study.
Li Shiming was all smiles, and the corners of his mouth couldn't help but curl up.
"Your Majesty, Huaiyu's horseshoe is indeed a good item. In the past, there were no horseshoes. If the hooves of the horses were broken, then the horses would be broken. If a horse was broken, then a general would fall to his death. If a general fell to his death, then he would suffer a defeat. If he suffered a defeat, then…"
Yuchi Gong paused at the end and continued,""Although this statement seems a little absurd and creepy, this horseshoe can indeed have such a great effect.”
Then, Du Ruhui nodded and said,""Horseshoes are indeed very useful in protecting horses, and stirrups are also very useful.”
"Before the stirrups, cavalrymen had no place to put their feet on, so they could only use their legs to hold the horse's belly to stabilize their position on the horse. Of course, he could only hold a weapon with one hand in battle, but his strength was very small.”
"Also, our cavalrymen easily fall off their horses in battle and get tired easily.”
"However, with this stirrupe, the cavalry's feet have a support point. At the same time, this support point allows the cavalry to use all their strength on their arms and release their hands to their heart's content. This greatly increased his flexibility and killing power in battle.”
"As for the horseshoes, their main function is to protect the horseshoe's cuticle, so that the horse won't be worn out prematurely due to long-distance marching. This also gives the army the possibility of traveling long distances. Therefore, these horseshoes and saddles have undoubtedly provided us with more possibilities and flexibility in marching.”
"With saddles and horseshoes, the cavalry of our dynasty will officially become an even more powerful and terrifying main force. These two items can increase the main combat power of our army to a certain extent. It's really a good thing."
Fang Xuanling also stood out and sighed,"This saddle is indeed a good item. Before this thing appeared, people still needed to ride on the back of a naked horse. They could only rely on the reins and mane of the horse and clamp the horse's abdomen with their legs to prevent the rider from falling when the horse galloped.”
"But this old method is often unreliable. First of all, it was easy to get tired after riding a horse for a long time. At the same time, it was very difficult to use a bow and arrow while riding a horse. As for close combat, the riders could not use their halberds as they wished. They could not slash and kill their enemies cleanly. Moreover, when the weapons of both sides collided, the riders might slide off their horses.”
"Thus, in the past, apart from having an advantage in speed, cavalry was far inferior to infantry in terms of combat power. However, it was different now. With the appearance of the saddle, this would be a new reform.”
"The two ends of the saddle turn from flat to high, which limits the rider's body from sliding forward and backward to a certain extent and provides vertical stability.”
"Of course, there are stirrers. Stirrups could be used to fix the feet and provide horizontal stability. At the same time, with the help of the saddle, the man and the horse could be combined into one, allowing the cavalry to use the speed of the horse to attack the enemy head-on.”
Hearing the ministers praising the saddle and horseshoes, Li Shimin began to come up with all kinds of ideas.
According to their words, wouldn't our Great Tang be able to grow stronger and stronger?
With this increase in strength, he would be able to kill those old Turks with even greater ease.
At that time, our Great Tang will have nothing to fear. No matter how strong the enemy is, they will never be able to defeat our Great Tang!
The enemy didn't have stirrups and saddles, but we did.
Our army will be even more valiant on the battlefield. Not only will our people be valiant, but our warhorses will also be stronger than the enemy's. At that time, we will be invincible!
No matter how savage the Turks are, they are no match for our army!
Hahahaha! Wonderful, wonderful!
Li Shiming felt even more delighted at this thought, as if all the good things were just around the corner. Killing the Turks and making the Great Tang even stronger were just around the corner.
Li Shi Min had just fantasized about this.
"In the past, our dynasty had to spend a lot of money to buy warhorses every year. Just buying warhorses alone would cost more than half of our military supplies. But now that we have the horseshoes, we don't need to buy a large number of warhorses, which means we can save half of our money. In this way, we can save money, and our treasury will be even more abundant. At that time, our Great Tang will become even stronger.”
Du Ruhui was right.
With horseshoes, warhorses wouldn't be damaged as much as before. If there was no shortage of warhorses, they wouldn't need to spend so much money to purchase warhorses, and they would also reduce the amount of money needed to purchase military supplies by more than half.
When the national treasury was filled, the Great Tang would have money. When the Great Tang had money, it would be able to use this money to develop other areas that needed development.
At that time, the Great Tang would become more prosperous and prosperous.
"This saddle is good! In the future, when we fight the Turks on the battlefield, our army will be even more valiant and capable of catching them off guard. They were going to be thrown off their feet, piss their pants, kneel on the ground, cry, and beg their grandfather to spare their lives! Hahaha!"
"Huaiyu is really smart, to actually be able to make such a good thing.”
"Your Majesty, reward him! Huaiyu had made a great contribution this time! We must reward him ruthlessly!"
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