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The horses in Zhao State were tall and mighty, and were famous all over the world. Qin soldiers surrounded the captured war horses and gave comments, envious of them.

"Look at this head, it's half a head taller than me!" a soldier who was a little short exclaimed.

"Hey, what did you say? Xiangma can't just look at the head." Another soldier, holding off the horse, looked very professional, and looked like a boy. "Look at the mouth of the teeth, with wide teeth, Kong Wu is powerful..."

The other Qin soldiers were a little confused. What does the relationship between teeth and Kong Wu’s strength?

The Zhao family came from the Ying tribe and inherited the tradition of Ying family's ancestors being good at raising horses and training horses. When Zhao Jianzi was in power, his subordinate Wang Liang was famous for his good at mating and controlling horses.

After Zhao Xiangzi captured the land of replacing it, the land of Dai became the main war horse base in Zhao State. It was cultivated from generation to generation to achieve the style of war horses of Dai.

The people of Zhao were good at raising horses, and the people of Qin were not far from it. In Shangjun and Longxi, Qin State set up many horse farms. The three kingdoms of Qin, Yan and Zhao in the north were not short of war horses. Even in the south, there were still many Chu State horses living between the vast fields.

Meng Tian's cavalry was late, and excellent war horses were given priority to supply the army in Guanzhong. Meng Tian's cavalry and the level of war horses were not as good as that of the Zhao army's war horses.

"General is here!"

While the soldiers were talking, Meng Tian, ​​surrounded by his personal soldiers, came to the camp where the trophy was contained.

"What are you discussing?" Meng Tian smiled heartily.

After fighting, Meng Tian did not appear arrogant and showed the so-called aristocratic style. Over time, the soldiers felt that as long as they did not violate military rules, Meng Tian would be considered easy to get along with.

"General, we are talking about the Zhao people's war horses, they are so tall and have such good teeth!" the short soldier said.

"Oh, is that right? Do you like this Zhao war horse?"

"I like it!" the soldiers spoke in unison.

As a cavalryman, no one dislikes Shenjun's war horses, just like a good racer who loves cars.

"The military judge Ren Gu is here. After rewarding merits, the troops with great contributions will be given priority according to their contributions!" Meng Tian stretched out his hand and pointed to Ren Gu behind him.

"General wise!"

The soldiers who thought they had made great contributions were full of expectations. The soldiers who had no contributions held their breath and longed for the next battle.

Ren Gu's face was expressionless and his eyes were cold. He swept his left and right, like a gust of cold wind blew. The soldiers who were still enthusiastic just now smiled awkwardly and scattered in a swarm.

After Meng Tian saw this, he also found it funny. Ren Gu had the effect of expelling the crowd.

"General, Zhao's army's intact war horses and weapons are all here."

Ren Gu brought over an unscathed war horse, and there was a brand new cavalry sword on the back of the war horse. When he was charging, the Zhao army knight died under a cavalry and had no chance to ride a horse and kill.

Under the torches on all sides, the camp seemed to be like daytime. Meng Tian's eyes, Shen Jun, who did not pay attention to the war horse, suddenly landed on the rope beside the war horse. He was attached to both sides of the saddle, lonely and not conspicuous at all.

"This is?"

Meng Tian stretched out his hand and stroked the short rope beside the war horse. When the end of the short rope showed its true appearance, Meng Tian couldn't help but open his eyes wide.

At the end of the rope, a small knot was tied into a small ring, the size of a fist, and the soles of feet were just enough to penetrate.

Others would not notice such a gadget. Meng Tian could reveal the revolutionary innovation of Zhao Jun at a glance. Isn’t this the most primitive stirrup?

Meng Tian checked several Zhao army's war horses one after another, and all of them found the most primitive rope stirrups.

In the history of human war, the emergence of stirrups directly changed the war mode of cavalry. Chinese people generally believe that in Chinese history, stirrups appeared in the Southern and Northern Dynasties, but now, Meng Tian appeared in the prototype of stirrups at the end of the Warring States Period.

Perhaps an unknown Zhao army cavalry thought of using ropes to stabilize their bodies, and then this experience spread quickly among the Zhao army. Even simple stirrups made of ropes greatly improved the combat effectiveness of the Zhao army cavalry.

Few people noticed this little secret. No wonder, in the era of cold weapons, technological innovation was difficult to be used on a large scale without hundreds of years. Thinking about later generations, it took a lot of time to be recognized by the society.

After checking the simple stirrup, Meng Tian continued to check the Zhao army's weapons and equipment. When charging, the long halberd was the main one. When the two armies handed over, they were killed with a cavalry sword.

The cavalry sword used by Zhao Jun was actually mainly iron swords, with only a few bronze swords. However, after thinking about it carefully, Meng Tian felt relieved.

Handan of Zhao State is an important iron smelting base of this era. There is nothing strange about iron weapons appearing in Zhao State's army.

The army of the six Shandong countries was highly popularized by iron weapons. In contrast, in order to achieve large-scale production, the Qin army still mainly used bronze weapons.

It’s not without reason that Yang Duanhe was defeated by Sima Shang!

At this time, Meng Tian understood that Yang Duan and his cavalry were facing the Zhao cavalry with simple stirrups and iron swords, and it was inevitable that they would fail.

"General, what are you showing up?" Seeing Meng Tian's solemn expression and silent for a long time, Ren Gu's heart felt a deep doubt.

"We won this battle very lucky!" Meng Tian came back to his senses, and saw that Ren Gu seemed to disbelief, and continued to explain: "The iron sword used by Zhao army is far sharper than that of the bronze sword. If our army did not change the iron sword, the consequences would be unimaginable!"

"Look at this again-" Meng Tian pointed to the rope cover beside the war horse, "Don't underestimate this inconspicuous thing. The combat power of the cavalry in the future will be determined by it!"

"Just rely on this rope?" Ren Gu's eyes were full of surprise. He looked closer and didn't understand why.

"You get on the horse and put your feet in the rope cover, and try what differentiated it will be?"

Ren Gu was skeptical, and when he saw that Meng Tian didn't look like he was joking, he had to turn over and ride on the war horse, carefully stabilize his body. He tilted his head and carefully put his feet into the rope cover with the light of the torch, which was still a little uncomfortable.

"Try running a lap?" Meng Tian said.

Ren Gu couldn't figure out Meng Tian's thoughts, so he had no choice but to wave his whip and run along the camp.

Among Meng Tian's generals, Ren Gu had the worst riding skills and often fell off the horse. However, this time, Ren Gu felt a little different. At the beginning, it didn't feel obvious. After running a few laps, Ren Gu understood why he rode so steadily.

A small rope cover is placed on the feet. When Ren Ku cannot maintain balance, step on the rope cover and immediately stabilize your body.

"What's there now?" Meng Tian asked with a smile when Ren Gu turned his back.

"This rope cover is small and inconspicuous, but it can make people maintain balance immediately." Ren Gu was very smart and quickly realized the role of this rope cover.

"Yes, this is the secret of the Zhao army's cavalry's strength!"

Meng Tian's eyes rolled, and suddenly had an idea in her mind: "Ren Gu, please let Li Bi, Luo Jia and others come and try it too, think about how to make a fuss on this small rope?"
Chapter completed!