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Cao Yong, a son of Guiyi Army, was held on the back of the sheep by a pair of big hands. He was so scared that he trembled all over. He grabbed the curled fluff on the sheep's back tightly, feeling extremely slippery. The sheep was probably about to slide off without moving. Cao Yong saw with his own eyes that the Uighurs and Han children in front of him were bumped down less than five or six steps after the big ram was rushing out. He made a heart and held the sheep's neck with his thin arms, making the ram bleat constantly. Before he could be released from the circle, he was already restlessly kicking the wooden railing back and forth. Cao Yong didn't care about his father who was complaining about his cruelty, and held back his fear and murmured to the ram's ears: "Sheep, sheep, if you ask me to ride ten more steps, I will cut you ten baskets of tender grass for you every day, no, I will give you vegetables."

There was a huge school ground outside the fence, with seats packed beside it, and there were many audiences coming to see the lively crowds in Dunhuang City. Today is the ceremony of the Hexi military training army. After Chen De defeated the Hexi Uighurs and subdued the Guiyi Army soldiers, in order to deal with the powerful enemies surrounded by all directions, he led the soldiers of the Guiyi Army to the west to fight against the old camp in Lanzhou. The soldiers of Guiyi Army, the innocent Uighur soldiers, a total of more than 30,000 soldiers into the Six Armies, the Cavalry Army, the Baiyu Army, the Hunting Army as the Cavalry Army, the Jinfan Army, the Training Rong Army, and the Training Rui Army as the Infantry Army, each army is more than 5,000. Today, the final reorganized military training army into the Six Armies, the Chiefs of the Hexi Uighurs, and ordinary people came to watch the ceremony.

In the early morning, Chen De climbed to the school reading stand surrounded by the new commanders of the army and officers above the lieutenant of the military officers. In order to show the greatest respect for the sergeants participating in the serge, Chen De set a rule for the senior officers who watched the sergeants, that is, the highest-ranking officers who watched the sergeants must first arrive at the parade ground and witness the entire process of the entry preparation process of the parade troops. Originally, this was just a small means for Chen De to try to narrow the distance between the officers and soldiers and strengthen cohesion, but unexpectedly, there were two unexpected consequences afterwards. First, this military rule greatly increased the time for senior officers to participate in a sergeant, which greatly reduced the military parades that were unnecessary; second, all military troops on parish must complete a series of actions from entry to the entire team under the eyelids of the generals, so that the generals can better see the true level of the military army on parish.

To set off the atmosphere, Chen De suggested that the children compete for the sheep first. Hundreds of Uighurs and Han children were divided into ten groups. Each child rode on the back of the ram. The parents of the child would receive a reward of twenty cents of coins. Cao Yong, who was less than six years old, was a drunkard. He heard that the children participating in the competition had 500 coins, so he immediately gave him to the military officer who organized the military salute, regardless of Cao Yong's opposition.

The stands were filled with noisy crowds. Although most Mongolian and Uighur children practice riding by riding sheep, the ones selected for competition in Lanzhou this time were not docile ewes, but rams that were deliberately fed and furious to the point of being furious. From the moment the fence was opened, these rams kept jumping around. Even Mongolian and Uighur children who had a little experience in riding sheep were thrown to the ground within ten steps. Fortunately, the sheep's strength was much smaller than that of cattle and horse, and the soldiers who protected the children next to them were quick-witted and quick-witted.

Several times, they got rid of danger. The Uighur nobles of Mongolian who were used to making a living on horseback didn't think anything about it. They practiced riding since childhood and tamed bad horses. None of them had fallen into eight petals on their butts. However, many Han parents who sent their children to the arena were worried. Many people had already regretted their own blood and put their bones and blood in danger for small profits. However, Cao Shang made a pot of wine and poured the money he had earned for his son's life. He drank the yellow soup, and his eyes were blurred. He clearly distributed which of the children in the dozens of small fences on the side of the field was his son.

A group of children who had already appeared were thrown into turtle by the ram. They were both funny and pitiful, which greatly aroused the interest of the audience on the sidelines. Everyone turned their attention to those waiting on the sidelines. "Sir, can you start?" Li Si, the new commander of the Rong army, turned around and said. Chen De nodded with a smile, and turned sideways to Xin Gu and Yu Furen sitting on his left and right: "The young man on the grassland has been riding sheep, shooting rats and rabbits since he was young, and he has been soldiers when he grew up. We children cannot lose to those children on the grassland from now on. They are the hope for our army to prosper."

With the sound of a gong, dozens of fences were opened together, and the audience on the sidelines cheered. Dozens of rams rushed out of the fence with children on their backs, jumping and jumping around the school grounds. Almost a few breaths, more than a dozen children were thrown off the back of the sheep. One of the soldiers with quick eyes and hands rushed up to knock down the ram and the other protected the child out of the field. Many children looked dull and looked frightened.

The exciting competition swelled the audience's enthusiasm, and the cheers were rising and falling. After a few breaths, there were several children riding on the ram's back. One of them was Cao Yong. The world seemed to be covered with the slippery and crazy and bumpy sheep's back. The audience's huge cheers were more like a threat in his ears. Cao Yong was almost scared to cry. He tried his best not to be knocked down by the sheep's back because he was even more afraid of being kicked by the thick sheep's hooves. The ram jumped and rolled and ran desperately, one step, two steps, three steps, and in the end he didn't care about counting. Cao Yong's head was blank. He grabbed the long hair under the sheep's neck and his legs were tightly stuck. He knew that the soldiers who taught the Rong army would pull him and pull him off the sheep's back. Cao Yong, a six-year-old Han child, was the champion of this sheep cavalry competition.

Decades later, Cao Yong, the commander of the Chihunting Army, was asked at the table about his feelings about getting a reward for the first time. Cao Yong sighed drunkenly, "Growing up so old, I feel that I want to vomit when I see a sheep. The ram tastes so stinky. The drunkard father is a bastard. This answer makes everyone feel inexplicable.

Chen De, the Supreme Commander of the Hexi Army, did not know Cao Yong's pain at this time. He looked at Cao Yong, who seemed to be very calm and stood on the sidelines waiting to receive the award, and said to Li Si, the commander of the Rong Army: "Look at that Han kid, how great is riding sheep. As long as he has the chance, his riding skills will not be worse than those of any grassland man in the future."

The performance of the children riding sheep almost boiled the atmosphere on the school field, and the originally serious ceremony of the military school of the Education Rong Army became particularly lively. At this moment, the strict Education Rong Army team began to enter the field, pushing the atmosphere to another high point.

The first one to enter the cavalry battalion, with five hundred cavalry entering in ten rows. Since the cavalry battalion in the infantry legion did not need to carry a lot of baggage, the knights had a strong Persian horse under their crotch, and the men and horses were painted black. The knights were wrapped in the waist below the waist, and the people and horses were integrated. On the left side of the saddle were hung with a knight shield and a bow bag, and on the right side were hung with an arrow bag and a cavalry knife, and a kettle and dry food bag were tied behind the saddle. The two upper armors on the upper body were very thick, and the whole breastplate and the back armor were buckled together, like a muscle made of steel, and the fish scale armor extended from the shoulder to the wrist. Everyone wore iron gloves lined with silk and leather. The outer cover was covered with a white riding cloak. The knights held the reins with one hand, and raised a four-meter cavalry gun with the other hand to pay tribute to the generals on the parade stage. From a distance, it looked like a moving forest.

In order to indicate that it is a cavalry camp affiliated to the Jiarong Army, the chest plaques of the cavalry are decorated with bright red shuhaige and lines. Against the white cloak and black knight armor, the red shuhaige looks very dazzling.

"If I had known that the red necklace was so eye-catching, I would have hung it on the standard military robe." Chen De said to Li Si sideways.

"Guanzhong pursues the Qin and Han dynasties, Qin and Han dynasties, Han dynasties. Most of the people of Hexi Han dynasties are in Guanlong blood, so they all wear black armor and red shuhaige;" Li Si explained. As the commander of the Rong army, Li Si was also proud of his subordinate Yan Zhengjun.

Following the cavalry camp are three spear battalions. The armors worn by these spearmen are the heaviest among infantrymen. The soldiers line up in three square formations, and the iron armor from head to toe makes their queues look like a torrent of metal. The outer armor on the front of the soldiers is a layer of chain mail, under the chain mail is a layer of rattan armor, and under the rattan armor is a layer of silk inner shirt. The three layers of armor are enough to withstand the damage from arrows and most fighting. At the same time, the armor on the arms and legs are specially designed, which is both flexible and adds additional protection and support for joints.

The protection behind soldiers is much worse. Apart from a piece of iron armor that protects the key points of the heart and lungs, there is only a thick leather armor decorated with steel sheets. This is also a solution. If the protection on the back is the same as in front, the weight of the armor alone is enough to prevent the spearmen from taking steps. The combat principle of "every commander should avoid the back of the soldiers under his command facing the enemy's attack" was also repeatedly instilled in officers at all levels.

Even so, the spearmen are still known as the most tiring army in the legion. They provide cover for all other troops. After wearing armor, they can not last more than three hours, which is the support of the entire army. They have a protective shield on their left arm, and arrow bags and various melee weapons hanging on their right waist. The horizontal sword is the most common. There are many battle axes, maces, short swords, triangular spines, etc. The soldiers have already put down their iron masks before entering the field. When passing the parade, they erected the five-meter spear to an angle of 45 degrees. The uniform movements caused the staff officers on the parade to be amazed.

Behind the spear camp are two square formations of Baidao camps. The trap armor worn by Baidao soldiers is lighter than the whole body armor of the spearmen, but the protection is more balanced. Important parts such as the back, waist and abdomen are protected by large pieces of iron armor. The arms are wrapped in fine steel scales, and the thighs are covered with chain mail made of iron rings. The inner layer is lined with a layer of hard thick leather armor. The front of the calf is tightly tied with thick leather belts to protect it. It is like a beast wrapped in steel.

Note: Historical records record that the Huns "sons can ride sheep, lead their bows and shoot birds and rats; when they are young, they shoot foxes and rabbits, and use them as food... "The soldiers can bend their bows and all of them are armored horses. If they are more customary, they will be hunting animals in the fields and hunting animals for life. If they are anxious, they will be accustomed to attacking and invading.

Author: In addition to its own defensive effect, the rattan armor is also cheap. The support structure of the rattan armor can effectively share the weight of the chain mail onto the body. Also, the luxurious and neat equipment in front of you is made up for military rituals. Don’t think that 30,000 people are so luxurious. Then just push the Tubo in Liangzhou directly, and there is no point in sight.  ,!

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