After leaving the court, Liu Che summoned Marshal Han Anguo, Wei Wei and General Dou Ying.
Before this, Liu Che had already used his points to exchange for seven sets of cavalry equipment from the system store.
Among them were compound bows, refined sabers, saddles, horse mirrors, horseshoes…
Although they had a large number of good horses and well-trained cavalry.
But after all, the Han people were farmers, and there was a natural gap between them and the Xiongnu people who rode on horses.
In short, whether it was riding or archery, the Great Han cavalry was far inferior to the Xiongnu cavalry.
In Liu Che's words, it wasn't the hardware that couldn't do it, it was the software!
Of course, if the hardware advantage was obvious enough, it might not be impossible to fill the gap brought by the software.
The seven types of new cavalry equipment were enough to fill the gap between the two. They were powerful enough super hardware.
" The slender composite bow body has an eccentric wheel installed at the end of the upper and lower bow blades."
"After the strength of the bow is maximized, it becomes more and more 'effortless' as the pulling distance increases."
"When the bow is fully drawn, the strength can be reduced by 70%. This not only allowed the cavalrymen to aim with their bows in a more relaxed and comfortable state, but it also allowed the Feather Forest Cavalry to cross the gap in physical strength.”
After Liu Che's detailed introduction, Han Anguo and the other two couldn't help but marvel at the intricate design of this so-called composite bow.
Although he didn't understand what 'eccentric wheel',' moving pulley','lever principle' and 'pulling distance'…
But it didn't stop him from understanding Liu Che's main meaning. He could save 70% of his strength!
He could save 70% of his strength!
Dou Ying seemed to see the scene of the Xiongnu's Da Dan being pierced by thousands of arrows.
Archery had always been the weakness of the Great Han cavalry.
How could the riding and shooting skills of the cavalry of the farming people compare to the grassland people on horseback?
If the large armies were to shoot at each other from a distance, the result would definitely be heavy casualties for the Great Han cavalry, while the Xiongnu cavalry would suffer very few losses.
The arrows shot by the Great Han soldiers with this kind of bow could shoot nearly a thousand feet.
It was rare for ordinary Xiongnu cavalry to accurately hit a target 500 feet away.
Even the most elite condor archers were only close to eighty to ninety zhang.
Once the Great Han cavalry were equipped with these bows and arrows, they would be able to completely reverse the disadvantage of the Great Han cavalry.
Not to mention the accuracy, just the insurmountable advantage in shooting range was enough to completely suppress the Xiongnu and force them to engage in close combat.
"Your Majesty, with such a divine weapon, the Xiongnu are not worth worrying about!”
Dou Ying, whose blood was boiling, frowned and said happily.
"I will tell you in detail later. Take a look at the remaining items.”
Liu Che smiled and introduced the remaining equipment to the three ministers.
Ma Ji:
A halberd was a combination of a spear and a spear, and it had both hook and assassination functions.
During the Warring States Period, it gradually replaced the spear and became one of the main weapons used in chariot and infantry battles.
Liu Che modified the style of the halberd. The original part of the halberd was reduced, and a thorn appeared on the beard.
Besides the pecking function, the " Bu " shaped halberd also had the functions of a front locking frame and a backhand hook belt. The spines that extended out from the side were vertical and horizontal.
In terms of material, it was changed from copper to iron, a typical cavalry commander's iron halberd.
Saber:
The sabers of the Great Han cavalrymen were ring-headed sabers.
The body of the knife was slender, with a straight spine and blade. There was no obvious distinction between the handle and the blade, and there was no guard.。
Thus, compared to a double-bladed sword, it was more suitable for cavalry to slash.
Liu Che used the best cast iron to forge the Menggu scimitar that swept across Europe and Asia. It had a wide back and a thin blade.
The blade was heavy, and the center of mass of the curved blade was far away from the handle, which greatly increased the killing power of the blade.
Fish Scale Armor:
Due to the cavalrymen's unique characteristics, they only had armor and no armor skirts or sleeves. The armor was composed of a breastplate, a back plate, and a rib plate.
Liu Cheju abandoned the heavy iron plate armor of the Great Han cavalrymen and used the smaller iron scale armor of the later generations.
This way, not only did the cavalrymen have less weight, but their movements were also more agile.
Saddles:
As early as the Qin Dynasty, the cavalrymen were already equipped with a complete set of saddles, and the reins were also complete.
However, the Great Han cavalrymen still used the soft saddles from the early days, and it was extremely difficult to shoot arrows from galloping horses.
At this time, the best way was to stop the horse and shoot or simply dismount and shoot.
Liu Che decisively used the hard high-bridge saddle of later generations. The two ends of the saddle turned from flat to high, limiting the rider's body from sliding forward and backward.
It gave the rider a vertical stabilizing effect, allowing him to shoot forward while galloping.
Ma Jing:
It was a pair of feet that hung on both sides of the saddle. The horse provided horizontal stability by fixing its feet.
At the same time, with the help of the saddle, the man and the horse became one. The cavalry could ride and shoot on the galloping horses.
It could also swing left and right on the horse's back to complete the military action of chopping left and right.
Without the horse mirror, when the cavalrymen rode on horseback and shot arrows, they had to slow down or dismount to pull the bow and shoot.
In a fight on horseback, both parties could not use all their strength to swing, or they would lose their balance and fall off the horse.
Horseshoe:
A horse's hoof was made up of two layers. The layer that was in contact with the ground was a layer of hard horny skin about three centimeters thick, and the upper layer was live horny skin.
When the hooves came into contact with the ground, they would fall off very quickly due to the friction of the ground and the corrosion of the water.
Horseshoes were made by nailing a layer of " C " shaped cast iron on the horse's hooves.
Not only did this protect the hooves, but it also made the hooves grip the ground more firmly, which was very beneficial for riding and driving.
In this era without horseshoes, whether it was the Xiongnu or the Great Han, the greatest loss of war horses did not come from the battlefield, but from the process of marching.
For Liu Che, the design and production of horseshoes were not difficult, but the binding of horseshoes required a lot of his energy.
The binding of horseshoes was to use nails to fix the horseshoe to the horseshoe's horn, which was to cast the horseshoe into a shape.
According to the information provided by the system, Liu Che guided the craftsmen to continuously experiment and summarize their failures.
Only after he had broken the hooves of dozens of warhorses did he come up with a complete set of experience.
Han Anguo and the other two listened to Liu Che's introduction in silence. Every piece of equipment gave him a strong shock.
He could imagine what kind of changes this set of equipment would bring to the Great Han cavalry.
Perhaps the Xiongnu cavalry would no longer be a threat to the Great Han in the future!
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