Daqin: The poorest prime minister, the first emperor begged me for corruption

Chapter 276 Don’t come into my tent again tonight, torture!

This method is simple to say, it is the same as the high bridge saddle and stirrups!

On the basis of the high-bridge saddle and stirrups, an additional layer of insurance is added to minimize the knight's worry about falling from the horse, freeing his hands and upper body more comprehensively to shoot bows and arrows, and to wield swords and spears to kill...

The generals in the tent were surprised, but also secretly doubted about life.

This method is too simple.

Why didn't I think of it myself?

When did I become so stupid?

However, their self-doubt soon disappeared.

Because high-bridge saddles and stirrups are also ridiculously simple, but they can exponentially increase the combat effectiveness of cavalry. But haven't they been figured out by hundreds of years in the Spring and Autumn and Warring States, including by the barbarians of the past prairie?

In the end, it was Qin Mo who did it!

People have such strange ideas and ideas, I can’t even envy them!

"Everything has its pros and cons, this is a stupid emergency method... Used on the Qiang cavalry, it will undoubtedly increase the combat effectiveness. Even if it is far from the garrison knights who are skilled in cavalry, it is still enough.

It’s closed vertically and horizontally…”

"But for the garrison knights who have been training on horseback for many years, if they are tied to horses during battle, it will not only not improve their combat effectiveness, but will affect their flexibility and lead to a decline in combat effectiveness!"

Seeing that everyone was a little overjoyed, Qin Mo quickly added at the right time.

Meng Tian was stunned for a moment, then nodded and said with a smile: "Even if it is a stupid way, it is better than no way. Prime Minister Qin's strategy is very feasible."

This was his decision.

Later, Meng Tian asked his personal guards to recruit a hundred troops of Qiang cavalry, and also called some craftsmen from the army. Everyone brainstormed how to tie the Qiang people to horses.

The so-called tied is just an abstract adjective. If a person is tied to death on a horse, the horse will not be able to run very far, and the person will be shaken unbearably.

When a person is riding a horse and galloping, the buttocks and the saddle are almost inseparable, rising and falling with the movement. No one will really sit to death...

Therefore, how to tie Qiang people to the saddle, or fix it on the saddle, is also a technical task that needs to be studied.

The craftsmen in the army tried to modify several saddles and added a ring to the front and rear saddle bridges.

Then two short ropes were tied to the two rings at the front and back, connected to the leather belts of the cavalry, and several Qiang cavalry were allowed to try to shoot bows and arrows on their horses, and brandish their swords and spears to attack grass targets.

After the test, based on the opinions of the Qiang cavalry, two straps were added to both sides of the saddle, and the cavalry's thighs were directly tied to both sides of the saddle. This was another mounted combat test.

In the evening, a hundred teams of Qiang cavalry were all equipped with fool-style saddles and "tied" themselves to the horse's back. They practiced firing bows and arrows while galloping, and slashing and stabbing grass targets with swords and spears.

Meng Tian and the generals' eyes lit up when they saw it, because the combat effectiveness of the Qiang cavalry was indeed increased visibly to the naked eye after being equipped with a fool's saddle.

When you draw your bow, use as much force as you have, and shoot at full speed while galloping.

When fighting, not to mention, the sabers and spears would like to split the straw target in half and pierce both sides.

Well, this is actually a wrong move to kill immediately. It has the impact of a galloping war horse, and you don’t need to use much strength at all when killing.

Otherwise, after hitting the target, the powerful reaction force will easily knock you off your horse.

However, the unprofessional performance of the Qiang cavalry was offset by the fool's saddle. No matter how hard they slashed and stabbed, the weapons they carried were at most dropped by the reaction force, while they staggered around on the horse, but they never stopped.

Never fell off the horse!

"Good! Great good~!"

Meng Tian nodded repeatedly with satisfaction.

Finally, the craftsmen combined the opinions of hundreds of Qiang cavalry and made some detailed improvement records to make it as practical and usable as possible, and it was finally finalized!

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…

The next day, Meng Tian issued a military order, and 20,000 Qiang cavalry and the Qin army's heavy-armored cavalry set off, equipped with all the firearms in the army, and he personally led them to kill on the plateau.

As for the saddle, it needs to be modified during the journey, and it must be completed before going down to the plateau!

The more than 100,000 Qiang infantry and the remaining 1,000 troops of Qiang cavalry, as well as more than 2,000 Qin army garrison light cavalry, were led by Qin Mo, who followed behind to train and march, and to receive a new wave of firearms supplies.

"At the end of this battle, Fan Kuai's military achievements will probably be superior to ours!"

Liu Ji led his 500 light cavalry headquarters and more than 10,000 slave troops as the vanguard. While marching in the ice and snow, he sighed with envy.

Fan Kuai was the commander of the heavy cavalry, and if he followed Meng Tian to carry out a quick raid, he would naturally gain military merit.

On the other hand, he and the remaining old brothers could only follow Qin Mo, slowly following behind the raiding cavalry, and picking up leftovers from other people's meals, which was incomparable.

The key point is that he was the first to initiate the strategy of using cavalry troops to carry out surprise attacks, but when it came to gaining military glory, it was very painful to leave him behind...

"Don't complain anymore. Your achievements in the battle to conquer Stone City are not enough for you. Fan Kuai wants to surpass you in terms of military achievements, but there is a long way to go!"

Zhang Liang replied to him calmly, and then lowered his voice and said: "Being an official or a general, sometimes, it is not the merits that make you great. What is important is that you can show your face in front of the lord and let the lord remember you."

"After the march, when you train before leaving camp every day, you build up the momentum. When the Lord sees you, he will naturally keep you in his heart. Are you still worried about not being able to be promoted?"

Liu Ji was stunned for a moment, then laughed and said: "You are young, but what you say and do is to suit Naiweng's taste, hahaha..."

"But, then again, you are from a well-known family, you are knowledgeable, and you are the most intimate with the Lord, sharing the same friendship in times of adversity. Why don't you see that you are diligent to the Lord, and you can't say that you are a high-ranking Marquis?"

Zhang Liang shook his head and said cheerfully: "It's better to say goodbye. In fact, my lord values ​​friendship the most. If I seek wealth and power through friendship, my lord will definitely give it to me. But doing that will inevitably hurt my friendship, and I don't want to do that."

"

Liu Ji tugged at his beard and admired: "You are the smartest among our brothers... Friendship is not valuable, but it is the most precious. You understand the truth. If friendship is mixed with interests,

If you exchange it, sooner or later it will change the taste and become disgusting."

This is a profound statement, and it is the life creed he abides by.

Perhaps when he later killed the heroes, he discovered that his old brothers were no longer pure and were instead disgusting.

Of course, it is also possible that he has a gangster mentality, fearing that his children will be taken away by his uncles, so he can take advantage of it...

"By the way, what have you been doing, my lord, these days? Why are you so often missing?"

Due to Liu Ji's nature, he didn't want to talk about too deep topics, so he suddenly changed the subject and asked.

Zhang Liang was indeed the closest to Qin Mo, so he also knew Qin Mo's whereabouts best. He said casually: "Last time, General Meng Tian ordered the execution of the Qiang leaders who were leading the way. Grandson Du and his granddaughter Dan Shu secretly went to watch the execution.

Okay, maybe they were frightened and have been a little sick these days. The Lord is taking care of them."

Liu Ji suddenly realized that taking care of his grandson and grandson was nothing more important than this.

Otherwise, if Zidu has three strengths and two weaknesses, it will crush all the countries in the Western Region into powder, and the gain will not be worth the loss...

…

Qin Mo was indeed taking care of Zidu and Danshu at this time, and the two children were indeed frightened.

However, compared to the two children who were just sleeping and having nightmares, the situation was actually more serious for Lu Xiaomei. She secretly took the two children to watch the execution. She was the most frightened. She had a fever that night and has been in a coma for the past few days. Shen Shen.

"Brother-in-law, you don't have to worry about me. Military and political matters are important."

In the van sleigh, Lu Xiaomei put a cold towel on her forehead to dissipate heat, and weakly persuaded Qin Modao.

Qin Mo took out a new ice-cold towel from the lacquer box filled with snow and ice water, replaced the hot towel on her forehead, and said with a smile: "If there is any major military or political event before we go down to the plateau, don't worry about it. Don’t worry too much, just rest in peace and recover!”

Lu Xiaomei hummed softly, and said somewhat sarcastically: "Brother-in-law, did I cause trouble for you?"

Qin Mo nodded: "That's right."

Lu Xiaomei hesitated, probably not expecting that he would be so direct.

"You are not allowed to enter my tent again tonight and torture people, even with your method of torture!" Qin Mo said quietly.

Lu Xiaomei paused again, and her pretty face, which was already red due to fever, suddenly became red with blood.

Danshu and Zi both had nightmares while sleeping, so they slept with Qin Mo at night.

But Lu Xiaomei also had nightmares, and she was dizzy with fever. Whenever she had nightmares, she would follow the two children into his tent.

And he even got under the covers!

The kind that can't even be pushed away!

Qin Mo is like a beast when he has a crooked mind, but he is even more beastly when he doesn't have a crooked mind. The whole thing is worse than a beast...

Lu Xiaomei was embarrassed for a while, then she warned fiercely: "Don't tell anyone, otherwise I will tell the second sister and master that you are bullying me."

Qin Mo: "..."

She is indeed an unreasonable little woman.

I am worse than a beast, who is bullying whom?

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An army of more than 100,000 people is training while walking. Even if there are a large number of sleds to transport baggage and no one has a pair of individual skis, the speed is not very fast.

However, when they were about to descend to the plateau, the more than 100,000 Qiang troops became more and more impressive. At least after hearing and seeing the flags and drums, they would no longer be stupid on the spot, but would form a formation to meet the enemy under the shouts of the officers.

Just as they were about to leave the plateau, Lu Xiaomei's condition improved and she returned to her restless and carefree self. She led her two children to follow Qin Mo all day long, like three followers.

Boom——

Dong Dong——

Dong dong dong——

In the early morning of this day, the morning drums sounded at midnight, and the Qiang soldiers got up as usual. Under the shouts of the Qin army's garrison, they began to train before leaving camp.

This is also the last training before going down to the plateau. As a rule, there is no training anymore after going down the plateau. The soldiers need to retain enough strength to fight with the garrison forces of the Western Regions at any time. Yesterday, the forward sentries have discovered the snowy border and what Meng Tian left behind. signal.

Beyond the snowy border is the territory of the countries in the Western Regions!

Qin Mo was neatly dressed and stood on the snow-covered general platform, observing the training formations with loud slogans.

Behind him were Lu Xiaomei, who was also wearing armor, as well as Dan Shu and Zi Du.

After an hour of training, Qin Mo issued a military order to reward and punish the troops. Thousands of troops who performed well in the training were given meat, and those who were not good at the training were given brown rice. In short, it was the same thing as in Baiyue.

"Disband, have breakfast, and head into the territories of the countries in the Western Regions!"

Qin Moyan handed down the last military order in a concise and concise manner.

Then, he led Lu Xiaomei and Dan Shuzidu down the snow-covered generals' platform and returned to the Chinese army's tent.

"Stop..."

"Which one are you from?"

"Leave quickly~!"

As soon as Qin and Mo stepped off the general stage, the guards suddenly shouted at them.

Qin Mo turned around and looked around, and found that it was a Shiqiang warrior. After being dismissed, he did not leave with his general flag to have breakfast, but walked quickly towards the general platform where he was.

Perhaps this group of Qiang warriors did not understand the shouts of the guards, but they were still walking straight towards Qin Mo. The leader of the group, the Qiang man, was still shouting something, and seemed to have something to say to Qin Mo.

Choking——

The personal guards didn't care about that. Their first task was to protect Qin Mo's safety. Seeing this group of Qiang warriors holding swords in their hands, they also drew their sabers and blocked them with an angry voice: "If you dare to get close again, Kill without mercy..."

Tsk-

Before the guard's words could be heard, the leader of the Qiang people, Shi Chang, suddenly slashed at the guard in front of him with his sword, cutting sparks on his armor and making a harsh metal friction sound.

Then, more than a dozen Qiang warriors attacked at the same time, charging forward with their shields on their heads, knocking away the guards who were blocking them.

The guards probably didn't expect that these Qiang warriors would actually take action.

He was somewhat caught off guard for a moment, and was hit and staggered on the spot, making it difficult to stop him.

However, it was only for a moment. Qin Mo drew his sword in his hand and protected Lu Xiaomei and Dan Shuzi as they retreated. The guards had already reacted and swarmed up, surrounding the group of Qiang people with Qi knives. Stab straight into the face, legs and feet behind the shield.

Puff puff puff——

The sound of sharp blades piercing flesh was heard endlessly. Most of the dozen Qiang people fell down on the spot, but the few remaining Qiang people took out individual thunderbolts. After pulling off the fuse, they fought hard to receive the knife on their bodies and threw them at Qin Mo who was rearward. .

The guards were not in a hurry to stop them, and shouted with eyes wide open: "My lord, beware of the thunderbolts~!!!"

The individual firearms distributed by the Qin people to the Qiang people ended up being used on the Qin people. This is somewhat ironic...

Click——

Click——

A sense of absurdity flashed through Qin Mo's mind, but without hesitation, he slashed the two incoming thunderbolts into four pieces with the Hundred Refined War Sword in his hand.

The cast iron shell of the thunderbolt bullet was made thin and brittle in order to form shrapnel to damage the enemy, and it could not stop Qin Mo's slashing at all.

However, after being chopped open, the gunpowder inside the thunderbolt was still ignited by the fuse, and black smoke burst out into the sky. Although it could not hurt anyone, it choked Qin Mo's sight...

"Brother-in-law, be careful~!"

Lu Xiaomei's scream sounded from behind, and then Qin Mo felt a huge pulling force behind him and staggered back a few steps.

clang--

Lu Xiaomei pulled Qin Mo back, took a step forward, and knocked away a flying thunderbolt with her sword.

She had also developed her skills with Yu Ji, but her strength was not enough and she could not split it open.

boom--

The thunderbolt bomb exploded in mid-air, and Lu Xiaomei let out a muffled groan!

(End of chapter)