The next morning, Zhang Yue entered the palace to pay homage to the emperor and told the emperor about his plan.

When the emperor heard this, his eyes immediately lit up.

"Heavy Armored Cavalry?"

"My dear thoughts are so imaginative!"

But, immediately, he said with some loss: "I'm afraid there is no war horse that can carry the cavalry described by Dongqing!"

Currently, the Han cavalry are generally over seven feet and five inches tall, and the elites are over eight feet tall and weigh more than seventy kilograms.

If you count a set of iron armor on your body, it will weigh at least twenty kilograms.

The weight of a horse spear or a horse-slashing sword is probably close to this number.

What kind of war horse can bring a cavalry of 120 kilograms?

I'm afraid I can crush it even if I press it!

Even if you can move, it doesn't make sense.

With such a heavy burden, the fragile hooves of war horses are easily injured.

The injury and infection of the horse's hooves is the biggest reason for the damage to war horses in the Han Dynasty.

Almost 70% of the damaged horses died of wound infections.

This Majesty is not an emperor who does not know military affairs or military affairs.

In fact, except for not really commanding operations, he has a very deep military theory foundation!

Wei Qing's Battle of Henan, Huo Qubing's Battle of Hexi and Mobei were all strategies he formulated.

Therefore, he knew very well that in the current Han-Hungary War, the cavalry of the two countries actually dismounted and marched on foot in non-war times.

This is done to save horsepower and protect war horses.

After all, war horses are not tanks.

Even a tank needs diesel to run.

Although the endurance of a horse is very strong, especially the horse breeds in Northeast Asia, it is very strong.

But no matter how strong the endurance of a horse is, it is just a horse after all.

Endurance is the shortcoming of all horse breeds.

In fact, even the Wusun horse, which is recognized by the Han army, is now spent half of the day on eating or resting.

In the general sense, cavalry combat is usually one man and two horses.

A war horse, a pack horse.

When war horses are not in war, they lead them away, while pack horses carry weapons and materials and follow the army.

Only when facing an enemy or requiring large-scale maneuvers can the cavalry truly move at high speed.

In the absence of combat, the cavalry's marching speed is even worse than that of infantry.

Therefore, the emperor immediately realized the disadvantages of this heavy armored cavalry.

Not just because it's too heavy.

Moreover, because its weapons are too heavy, the one-man and two-horse mode that was popular in the past may not be able to meet its needs.

Maybe one person, one and three horses are needed.

One war horse, two pack horses.

Alternatively, each combat lieutenant cavalry needs to be equipped with a whole team of coordinated infantry to protect the Wugang chariot carrying the ordnance.

This will seriously increase the logistics supply pressure and may even exceed the Han army's supply capacity.

Not to mention, this kind of heavy armored cavalry is very expensive in itself!

Therefore, whether it is economic or military, this kind of heavy armored cavalry seems to be unfeasible!

"Your Majesty is wise!" Zhang Yue bowed respectfully, "However, the heavy armored cavalry I proposed is just to establish my authority!"

"Prime Minister Xiao once advised Emperor Gao: No one can be worthy of power without magnificence!"

"Now Your Majesty is here to pacify the four barbarians, and the same is true!"

"It is not magnificent, but the barbarians have no faith for a long time. Those who fear power but do not have virtue. If they want to convince their hearts, they will be intimidated!"

"I also think that the Han family cannot use heavy armored cavalry today, which does not mean that it cannot be used in the future!"

If technology develops in the future, we can click the technology tree of the flintlock rifle.

The era of queuing and shooting is coming!

In the era of queuing and shooting, breastplate cavalry is an indispensable component.

The rigid flintlock rifle array also requires a cavalry that can maneuver at high speed and has strong defense capabilities to protect its fragile flanks and rear supply lines.

The emperor listened and felt that it was the same, so he said, "Then let it go!"

"Just..." the emperor asked: "How do you solve the problem of easy injury to war horses?"

If a camel is to move such a heavy cavalry, he must use sweat and blood.

However, the bloody horse is extremely precious and priceless. The emperor does not want to lose hundreds of precious bloody horses because of a demonstration.

"I already have a way..." Zhang Yue bowed: "Please rest assured that your majesty will not cause any loss to the country's precious horse!"

The bloody horse brought back from Dayuan by Li Guangli was the hope of the Han Dynasty to improve its own horse breed.

Each of them was soldier of the Han army, exchanged for blood and sacrifice.

Of course, Zhang Yue understood the preciousness of these horses!

"Since that's the case, then you can let go!" The emperor saw it and nodded, "I will order Kim Il-jeong to cooperate with my dear!"

"I am obeying the order!" Zhang Yue paused the commander.

So, the emperor immediately ordered Jin Riyi to come to the hall and instructed him to cooperate with Zhang Yue's work with all his strength.

After receiving the approval of the emperor and cooperation with Kim Il-jeong, Zhang Yue's work naturally went very smoothly.

First, a hundred sets of well-preserved infantry armor were retried from the arsenal.

Of course, this kind of infantry armor is designed for heavy infantry and cannot be used immediately on cavalry.

Some improvements and modifications are needed.

However, this is not a problem for Zhang Yue.

After getting this batch of armor, he found more than a dozen masters from the Shaofu, gave them drawings, and asked them to modify them according to the drawings.

This work is not difficult, mainly because I modified the armor on my lower body so that it could be worn by the cavalry.

Taking advantage of the gaps in the modification of the craftsmen in Shaofu.

Zhang Yue and Jin Il-jeong selected 100 elite Han troops with height, weight and strength from the Yulin Guards and Qimen Army.

Then, one hundred sweat-sweat horses were transferred from the Taifu Tianmayuan.

After doing these things, the modification work of Shaofu was also completed.

So, on that afternoon, the most terrifying monster in the history of human war was born in the Phoenix Palace in Jianzhang Palace!

One hundred cavalrymen rode tall and mighty bloody horses, each wearing armor, and were divided into two rows.

A row of giant horse-slashing swords held the huge cold light flashed, making people intimidated and even felt creepy.

Another row, carrying a terrifying horse spear, the sharp spear head shines in the winter sun.

It almost made people feel illusioned that they were the mythical and legendary heavenly soldiers and generals who came to the mortal world.

Everyone looked at the cavalry in amazement.

Especially when they slowly lined up, the heavy sense of oppression and terrifying visual impact made the Han generals and generals present feel that their views were broken.

If such a monster appears on the battlefield and appears in a hedge against the Huns, how powerful will it have?

Even the emperor began to shake.

In his heart, a voice was shouting wildly: "This is the cavalry, the cavalry I want!"

But what shocked all the generals and schoolmen was another detail.

These heavily armored cavalry can actually move at high speed?

"Look at their horses' hooves!" Zhao Chongguo, who returned from Juyan, soon noticed the differences in details of these war horses.

All the horseshoes of sweat and blood seemed to have something nailed to them.

It's like a person wearing boots.

Other generals and schoolmen also noticed it immediately.

It’s impossible not to pay attention, because the horse hooves sounded particularly loud when these cavalrymen ran.

"Zheng Zhang actually nailed the iron nail on the horseshoe!" Zhao Chongguo whispered after careful observation: "This is simply a genius design!"
To be continued...