Chapter 217 Shen Xiangwan's Help
"Three thousand war horses can only train one thousand cavalry? Is the loss so great?"

Shen Xiangwan frowned slightly. It was just training, not fighting. How could there be such a huge loss?
"Ah."

Wei Chengyi nodded, and seeing that she seemed even more confused, he further explained: "The training method for cavalry is different from that for infantry. The loss of war horses is very huge, and each person must be equipped with at least three horses."

"why?"

It would have been fine if he didn't explain. As soon as he did, Shen Xiangwan couldn't help but get even more confused: "Training isn't a real battlefield fight, so the horses shouldn't die, right? Why does one person have three horses?"

"hehe···"

Hearing this, Wei Chengyi couldn't help but laugh, and the others also curled their lips. It was the first time they saw her so ignorant. How to say it, it was quite fresh.

"So, can anyone explain what's going on?"

Looking around at everyone one by one, Shen Xiangwan rolled her eyes in annoyance. She just didn't understand, so she asked, what's so funny?

"During cavalry training, war horses will not die, but their hooves will be worn out a lot. If you are not careful, they will be worn out and bleed. In order to extend the life of the war horses as much as possible, each cavalryman is generally equipped with three war horses to use in rotation."

For any army, war horses are an indispensable strategic weapon, especially for the Chenzhou border troops, because they have to face the nomadic people outside the Great Wall, the Western Hu people. Those people grew up on horseback, have excellent war horses, and come and go like the wind every time. Only cavalry can contain them. This is one of the reasons why Chenzhou is harassed all year round, but the border troops are like paper and cannot resist them at all, let alone deterrence.

"Wear of horse hooves?"

Blinking, Shen Xiangwan quickly realized that they seemed to be on different wavelengths from the beginning to the end: "No, you guys don't use horseshoes?"

While wondering, Shen Xiangwan was also trying to recall whether the horses used at home usually had horseshoes nailed on them. It seemed that they really didn't? Don't blame her for having a bad memory. She didn't use the carriage very often, and most of the time she sat in the carriage. Who would have nothing better to do than stare at the horse's hooves?
"horseshoe?"

This time it was other people's turn to be confused, led by Wei Chengyi, everyone looked at her in confusion.

Looking back and forth at them, Shen Xiangwan realized that there might really be no horseshoes in this world. He was too lazy to waste words and picked up the paper and pen on the table and drew the shape of a horseshoe in front of them: "This is a horseshoe. Nailing it on the horse's hoof is like putting shoes on the horse. Just make sure to remove it regularly and trim the hoof. There is no problem of wear and tear at all."

"Is this still possible?"

Wei Chengyi was unusually anxious. He took the blueprint and started to look at it. Yan Lang and others didn't care about it anymore and stood up and gathered around. They were all smart people and knew better than anyone that if this horseshoe was really practical, it would save them a lot of trouble and expenses. Moreover, they would have a greater chance of winning when facing nomadic peoples in the future.

While they were looking at the pictures, Shen Xiangwan thought for a moment and started drawing again. Soon, the saddle and stirrups, two of the three treasures of cavalry, appeared on the paper one after another. She really couldn't remember whether these things existed or not, so she simply drew them all together. In addition, thinking of dealing with cavalry, she also drew the Mo Dao, which was known as the ceiling of cold weapons, and detailed the parameters such as length, thickness and weight.

"What are these?"

After handing the horseshoe drawings to Yan Lang and the others, Wei Chengyi leaned over and picked up another drawing. He knew about saddles, but what were stirrups? When he saw her annotation, he was filled with ecstasy: "Wanwan, you are awesome. This stirrup is also a rare good thing. With it, our cavalry will be able to walk on flat ground. The combat effectiveness will be increased by at least 30%, and we can also face the Western Hu people head-on."

"What? Let me see." Without waiting for Shen Xiangwan to react, Yan Lang immediately took the drawing from his hand. Yan Junling, Qingying and others also came over to take a look.

Seeing this, Shen Xiangwan shook his head and handed him the blueprint of the Mo Dao. "This is the Mo Dao. Once the Mo Dao is out, both the man and the horse will be shattered. It can be said to be the nemesis of the cavalry. It can also enable our infantry to have the ability to compete with the cavalry."

Before the emergence of hot weapons, the Mo Dao was the strongest cold weapon, without a doubt. As long as all their troops were equipped with Mo Dao, even if they did not have so many cavalry, if the Western Hu people dared to break through the pass, they would be able to keep them back and would not be as helpless as before. However, the cavalry was very mobile, so to deal with the Western Hu people outside the pass, they still had to find a way to develop cavalry.

"Good knife!"

After reading the detailed annotations of the Mo Dao, Wei Chengyi could not help but marvel. It seemed that he could foresee how big a wave its appearance would cause. However...
"The knife is a good one, but with our forging skills, we probably can't forge it."

Wei Chengyi is not just a general who can lead troops to fight, he is familiar with everything related to the army. According to her instructions, the Mo Dao has very high requirements for forging technology, and they do not have the conditions yet.

"Indeed, we can't forge it."

Yan Lang and others who had also looked at the drawings shook their heads. There was unmistakable regret in everyone's eyes. If they could really build the Mo Dao according to those parameters, their strength would be further improved.

"Isn't this simple?"

Raising his eyebrows, Shen Xiangwan picked up the pen and paper again and quickly wrote down the best smelting technology together with the method of filling the steel.

"this···"

When Wei Chengyi saw the words above, his pupils suddenly shrank. Even he could see a lot of tricks in the smelting techniques she wrote, especially the method of infusing steel. They would very likely greatly improve the quality of weapons. Just imagine, when two armies were fighting, the enemy's sword would have a notch or even break directly as soon as it touched theirs. How much of a help would that be?

The most important thing is that with the method she provided, they will be able to forge Mo Dao in batches, and their infantry will no longer be afraid of cavalry.

"Wanwan, you've been a great help."

Not caring about the presence of other people, Wei Chengyi opened his arms and hugged her tightly. With the things she provided, as long as the problems of food and military pay were resolved, he dared to guarantee that the army, which could be called a mob, would be completely renewed in the near future and truly become an invincible and victorious army. No matter whether it was dealing with the Western Hu people outside the Great Wall or starting an uprising and fighting back to the imperial city in the future, they would have nothing to fear!

"I wish I could help you."

It was rare to see him so excited, and Shen Xiangwan was also happy. At any other time, someone would definitely complain about them showing off their love, but now, including Mu Yunran, everyone's attention was on those drawings and smelting technology. The future that Wei Chengyi could foresee, they could also foresee, so everyone was more excited than the other, and they couldn't wait to implement it immediately.

【End of this chapter】

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