.On the next day, Carpenter Lu and Blacksmith Wang had already made samples of the drawings that Zhang Chi had handed them. After Zhang Chi took them back, he gave them to everyone to watch.

Santong first asked: "What are these for?"

"Didn't you say that there are only war horses now, but there are not so many riders?" Zhang Chi said with a smile: "Using these equipment to equip cavalry can make the newly recruited recruits adapt faster and fight immediately."

"Really or not?" Santong obviously didn't believe it. In this era, it would be impossible to make a new recruit fight freely in a few months.

When it comes to understanding horses, Santong believes that Zhang Chi is far inferior to him, but Santong doesn't know that Zhang Chi has thousands of years of experience after all, and he can just make one or two things from later generations to surprise people of this era.

Zhang Chi picked up an object and said, "For example, this is called stirrup."

"Stacks?" Santong said in confusion: "I know how to raise horses best. Why have I never seen such stirrups?"

It’s not a surprise that Santong is confused, because at this time there is only one stirrup, and the leather belt with the hanging saddle is also very short. After the cavalry boarded the horse, the stirrup had no practical use. However, the stirrup made by Zhang Chi was different from what Santong had seen.

"This type of stirrup is called a double stirrup, which can ensure that people are not prone to falling to the ground when riding on horses, and they will be more comfortable to control the war horses." Zhang Chi explained.

In the past, when there were no double stirrups, cavalry could only rely on their feet to the horse's belly, while beginners had to hold the reins tightly. However, with such stirrups, even new recruits could completely free their hands and greatly increase their combat capabilities.

Santong picked up another question: "Then what's the use of this thing?"

"This is called a horseshoe." Zhang Chi explained: "If you nail this object to the horse's hoof, the war horse can travel a long distance, and the horse's hoof will not crack even if it runs thousands of miles."

This is interesting, Santong said: "Isn't this equivalent to putting shoes on the horse? Miao, Miao!"

These two things were enough to be surprised, but before Zhang Chi finished speaking, he picked up a small object and continued: "This is called a spur, which is hung on the horse boots. In this way, while the cavalry fights with both hands, they can also use stirrups and spurs to better control the war horses, making the horse's reaction more flexible. With stirrups, spurs and horseshoes, they will truly make the cavalry invincible."

Santong knew horses well. After listening to Zhang Chi's lecture, she couldn't put down these three objects and said strangely: "Brother Zhang, you are really a god-like man. You have never raised a horse, so why do you know so much?"

Zhang Chi didn't know how to answer. He couldn't tell Santong that he was a person thousands of years later and came to this world. He had to smile and said vaguely: "Actually, it's just thinking about it more when encountering things. If you think about it more often, you will definitely be as smart as me."

The equipment problem of war horses was solved, but Zhang Chi also specially formed an anti-cavalry team.

Since this team is specifically targeted at cavalry, of course, they have made preparations for common methods of targeting cavalry, which are nothing more than setting up tripping ropes, digging out trapped horse pits, etc. In addition, Zhang Chi also has other clever plans.

Among the objects he made, Santong asked, wondering what the purpose is, “What is the use of this bamboo?”

As soon as Zhang Chi's Northern Expedition Army left Liangzhou Pass, the Hu* army he encountered was dispersed one after another, and he had even attacked the city of Lueyang without any major threat. In theory, this was the perfect success of the first battle of the Northern Expedition, but Zhang Chi always felt a little uneasy.

Moreover, even the city gate in front of him was open. Zhang Chi's army easily attacked the city gate, but what he saw after entering the city was a dilapidated scene. Moreover, there were only ordinary people in the city, but no Hu people were seen.

Hu ** army had already abandoned the city and fled!

After searching the whole city, soldiers came to report: "Report, the Hu people in the city did not leave any food and grass!"

Du Ximing said worriedly: "Young Master Zhang, the food and grass in Shu have not been delayed, and the food and grass in Lueyang have been transported by the Hu people. If this continues, the food and grass in our hands will not last much longer."

Zhang Chi was also very surprised. Why had he sent someone to urge food many times, but he had not heard back yet?

"Send a quick horse to Chengdu to urge grain!" Zhang Chi said.

In fact, Zhang Chi was vaguely feeling that something was wrong.

Sure enough, just as Zhang Chi thought of this, he suddenly heard a shout: "Report! There are signs of a large army walking in the north of the city, and smoke and dust are everywhere."

Before he finished speaking, someone shouted loudly: "There are also in the east of the city!"

Zhang Chi was shocked when he heard this and hurriedly climbed the city tower with everyone to watch and watch. But this was not important, but he saw signs of a large army mobilization in all directions, and smoke and dust covered the sun.

Ding Yizhi shouted in disbelief: "Not good, we have fallen into the trap."

"What's going on?" Santong was so stupid that she didn't quite understand.

Ding Yizhi explained: "Starting at the beginning we attacked Lueyang all the way, I vaguely felt something was wrong. Moreover, when attacking Lueyang, the Hu people could defend themselves by relying on the city. Why did they abandon the city and escape?"

Qin Bo thought for a while and asked, "But this is not right. As the saying goes, the time is not as good as the location. Having a city to guard is no different from the location in hand. If the Hu people intend to do so, wouldn't they give us the location to us? First give us the city to us, and then he will attack the city. What is the reason?"

Qin Bo made sense. In the era of cold weapons, the losses of the siege must be greater than the one who defended the city. If the Hu people were prepared long ago, why should they send the city? You can use a large army to defend the city, so why not do this in one go?

"Maybe the Hu people didn't plan to come to attack the city at all." Ding Yizhi said in a deep thought.

Everyone was puzzled by Ding Yizhi's words, but he stopped talking. Qin Bo said: "The soldiers come to block the enemy, and the water comes to escape from the earth. Besides, we have cities to guard. No matter what strategy he has, we will arrange the city defense first!"

Zhang Chi had no objection, and the generals quickly arranged their own arrangements to prevent the Hu people from suddenly coming to attack the city.

Seeing that everyone had stepped down and were busy with their own things, only Ding Yizhi pondered silently. Zhang Chi was a smart man. He just felt that Ding Yizhi seemed to have something to say, but he held it back. Now there was no one else on the left but the two of them, so he asked, "Do you have anything to say to me?"

Sure enough, Ding Yizhi looked around, pondered for a moment, and then he spoke in a shocking voice. He only heard him whisper: "There must be one in our army!"
Chapter completed!