Chapter 339
Under Masara's decision, the first cavalry ranks of the Luo family were officially established and named the First Cavalry ranks. They consisted of fifty standing cavalry and one hundred war horses. The cavalry general was Miyazawa Heihachi, and Isono Tomosaki, and the base was the Luo family ranch near Jotaka Mountain. It was less than half an hour away from the residence of the Lord of Notaka Mountain.
After confirming the matter of the cavalry team, Zhengliang arranged several things about the equipment of the cavalry team.
First, there was a problem with the weapons of the cavalry. The rib was too thin and was not suitable for cutting and chopping immediately like other scimitars, so the knife was controlled with both hands and maintained a certain cutting angle. So what Zhengliang thought of was to forge some sabers suitable for horse riding. After thinking about it, Zhengliang finally remembered the horse-killing sabers in later generations.
Generally speaking, the cavalry's saber has a wide back and thin blade, and the blade body is relatively heavy, which is conducive to increasing the strength of chopping. The characteristics of the saber are: the hilt is long and there are no guards, the blade body is slender and sharp, with a knife tip and a blood groove. In addition to completing cutting, chopping, chopping and other actions like a saber, it can also perform functions such as stabbing, poking, etc., often stabbing, poking can make the enemy lose combat power quickly. The function of the blood groove is not to bleed. The main function is that if the blade has no blood groove on the blade body, it becomes difficult to draw the sword due to violent contraction after the knife penetrates into the human body, but after adding the blood groove, a gap can be created between the muscles and the blade body. In this way, air enters the muscles and it is easy to draw the sword for the next tactical action. This is the same as the blood groove on the bayonet. In addition, the saber can also be held with both hands and used. It is similar to the style of a knife fighting, so that the cavalry can continue to chop and kill after dismounting.
In addition to the saber, Masayoshi also improved the horse gun based on his memory, so that the length of the gun is more suitable for the height of the local war horse.
After the weapons were confirmed, Zhengliang put forward requirements on the armor of the war horses. The armor is mainly made of leather. The advantage of leather is that it is light and easy to fight immediately, and it does not burden the war horses.
Finally, Masayora even decided to forge stirrups and horseshoes by himself. Masayora knew that stirrups and horseshoes were not used or needed in the ri park before Meiji. However, these two horse harnesses played an extremely important role in cavalry.
Stirrups are a pair of pedals hanging on both sides of the saddle. They are used for horse riders to step on horseback and when riding. The function of stirrups is not only to help people get on horseback, but also to support the horseback riders' feet during riding, so as to maximize the advantages of riding, and at the same time to effectively protect the safety of horseback riders.
Horseshoe, also known as horseshoe, is an iron hoof-shaped object bound to the hoof by horses, cows and other animals. The horse's hoof is composed of two layers. One layer in contact with the ground is a hard horny layer about 2-3 cm thick, and the other layer above is horny. The horseshoe contacts the ground and is rubbed by the ground. The accumulated water will fall off quickly. Nailing the horseshoe is mainly to delay the wear of the horseshoe. The use of horseshoe not only protects the horseshoe, but also makes the horseshoe hold the ground more firmly, which is very beneficial for riding and driving. The binding of horseshoe is to use nails to fix the horseshoe on the horny skin of the horse's hoof, that is, cast the "horsehoe" into shape, then cushion under the horse's feet, and then nail the thick iron into the soles of the horse's feet with a hammer and nail, and fix it on the horse's ankle bone with the barb of the iron nail to avoid falling off.
In the past, relying solely on the Luo family's blacksmiths, they could not create these things. But now that a few craftsmen from the Ming Dynasty came, these technical problems were no longer problems. After all, the Ming Dynasty was already very advanced in this kind of technology. So after the Masayoshi generals cut the saber, immediately painted the style of guns, stirrups and horseshoes, they could just hand them over to Heiji Dongxiang to arrange craftsmen to study and build. As for leather, they could only be entrusted to the Shenwu family and Yutian Nobuka to purchase it.
If the cavalry team of the Luo Family is equipped with these equipment and with suitable horse riding tactics, it will definitely become a powerful force on the battlefield. Of course, it will cost a lot of money to equip all the cavalry with this equipment designed by Zhengliang, plus the purchase cost of war horses and oxen set before, and the exchange plan for Nawu to enter Beijing, the more than 20,000 stag of copper coins in the Luo Family's warehouse were almost exhausted, and it even required the possibility of using some reserved gold and silver to advance. So it is no wonder that after a rough calculation, Heiji Dongxiang couldn't help but tremble all over. He couldn't help but shout in his heart, the head of the family is really too boastful!
After the assessment, the remaining officials of the Luo family once again devoted themselves to the busy territory construction. As the head of the Luo family, they should not be lazy, so in addition to occasionally returning to the lord's mansion of Yegaoshan and having a gentle relationship with a few wives and concubines, Zhengliang almost devoted himself to the construction of the territory.
As the news of Zhengliang's acquisition of the imperial position spread, the Shaoer family, which once suppressed the Luo family with the righteousness of guarding, gradually became quiet. And the powerful people who had hatred with the Luo family, such as the Omura family and the Xixiang family, were also burying their heads. Everything seemed to be developing in the direction that Zhengliang planned.
As time entered May of the tenth year of astronomical times, the chun farming finally ended. At this time, Zhengliang received a report from the Luo Family Family who was ambushed in the territories of the powerful tyrants in Feiqian. The powerful tyrants in Feiqian seemed to be restless.
First, the Shao Er family met with the Omura family with a high profile. The two powerful men from the Saigo family sent envoys to Sefukuji Temple Castle. Then the Shao Er family sent a large number of detectives to various powerful places. In response, the various powerful men also sent envoys and even the heads of the powerful families to Sefukuji Temple Castle in person.
"What's wrong!" Now the fool can see that the Shao Er family has made a move, and they are still malicious, and they may even come for the Luo family. Just in case, Zhengliang strictly ordered the various teams on the border of the territory to strengthen their defense, and at the same time accelerated the reserve of materials to defend the city to deal with possible emergencies.
At this moment, the Shaoer family finally attacked the Luo family. The Luo family dominated Songpu County in just one year, and even occupied part of the territory of Chujima County. Recently, it has been recognized by the court, making the Shaoer family, the nominal guardian of the Feiqian family, unable to sit still.
On May 8, 10th year of the Tenth Year of the World, the Shao Er family questioned the Luo family for not being in accordance with the order of the order to attend Okazaki. They raised the banner of fighting against rebellion and called on the powerful to attack the Luo family. It seemed that Shao Er Dongshang really felt the threat. Judging from the Luo family's actions of the Luo family's openly disobeying its order of summoning and even quickly gaining approval from the court, the Luo family would definitely not be willing to surrender to his Shao Er family. Therefore, he decided to pretend to be deaf and mute, ignore the fact that Zhengliang was recognized by the imperial court, and directly attacked the Luo family.
Chapter completed!