Zhao Weiwang in the Warring States Period

Zhao Dan saw this scene as soon as he turned around, and a smile appeared on his face, and when the boy ran up to him with the boy, he smiled and reprimanded the two of them: "You run so fast, you are not afraid of falling! "

This boy is Zhao Yan, the second son born to Zhao Dan by Queen Zhao. He is six years old this year.

The boy who came with the boy was Zhao Yan's elder brother, Zhao Dan's ten-year-old eldest son, Zhao Heng.

To be honest, when Zhao Dan saw these two sons for the first time after time travel, he was somewhat weird and awkward in his heart. After all, these two sons were born of "that Zhao Dan", and he always felt as if he was a child of "that Zhao Dan". Take Panxi as a father

But after all, the current Zhao Dan has merged the memories of two Zhao Dans, and his body is also the body of the original Zhao Dan, plus every time he sees his two sons, Zhao Dan feels the fatherly love from the heart It also flows like a tide.

So after a few days, Zhao Dan has completely accepted the setting of being a father and entered the role. After all, in terms of blood relationship, these two sons are indeed [-]% Zhao Dan's sons.

Zhao Dan had a chat with his youngest son Zhao Yan first, then turned his head to his elder son Zhao Heng, and said with a smile: "Heng'er, you need to bring Yan'er out to play more in the future, do you understand?"

Upon hearing this, Zhao Heng immediately nodded and said, "Wei."

Zhao Dan's exhortation is really not just casual talk.

In the early days of Zhao Dan's father, Zhao Huiwang, the former prince Zhao Zhang was unwilling to fail and launched a coup d'etat, and killed Zhao's Xiangbang Feiyi at that time. The army suppressed the rebellion and suppressed the coup.

During this coup, the still alive master father, King Zhao Wuling, was starved to death in the Dune Palace because he sheltered Zhao Zhang. A large number of outstanding Zhao generals and officials, including Le Yi and Zhao She, fled Yan country, resulting in the loss of a large number of talents in Zhao State, which greatly damaged Zhao State's strength.

This is the very famous "Sand Dune Palace Change" in the history of Zhao State.

Precisely because he had learned the lesson of the Dune Palace Change, King Zhao Hui was very kind to his brothers, such as Pingyuan Lord Zhao Sheng and Pingyang Lord Zhao Bao.

And Zhao Sheng and Zhao Bao were also vigilant, and they spared no effort to support and loyal to their elder brother, and this support and loyalty did not change at all until their nephew Zhao Dan came to power.

And after Zhao Dan succeeded to the throne, he also followed his father Zhao Huiwang's wishes. Although he didn't reuse his brothers, at least he was quite friendly to them.

Historically speaking, since the change of the Dune Palace, almost every generation of the Zhao family had to kill each other in order to win the throne, and there was no struggle for the throne until Qin Shihuang destroyed the country. How profound is the understanding of this matter, and how to guard against it with utmost care.

If you want to avoid this kind of fratricide, cultivating the relationship between brothers is actually a low-cost, high-reward, and quite effective method.

Therefore, Zhao Dan is very happy to see the situation of the two sons, Zhao Heng and Zhao Yan, who are brothers and sisters.

In fact, Zhao Dan has already determined his heir after death, and that is the eldest son Zhao Heng.

Historically, due to the reason why Qin State detained Zhao Heng in Xianyang, the second son Zhao Yan finally succeeded Zhao Dan to the throne. He regained the throne at that time, but assisted his nephew wholeheartedly, which shows that the eldest son has a gentle nature.

Such a gentle and generous heir is exactly what Zhao Dan hopes to see.

In fact, the name Zhao Heng was actually changed to the elder son by Zhao Dan a few days ago after crossing. "Government" Han Emperor Liu Heng.

Zhao Dan hopes that his eldest son can be a benevolent and wise king like Liu Heng.

In Zhao Dan's view, he is destined to rule the world like Liu Bang, the great ancestor of the Han Dynasty, in his lifetime, so it is actually necessary to choose a benevolent heir for himself who knows how to recuperate and live like Liu Heng, Liu Bang's son. things.

This is actually a kind of self-confidence of Zhao Dan. If Zhao Dan feels that he cannot rule the world, then Zhao Dan must cultivate an heir similar to Qin Shihuang Zhao Zheng. The world is difficult to play around.

At this moment, a rush of horseshoes interrupted Zhao Dan's thoughts, and a knight galloped towards Zhao Dan from the grass in the distance.

Zhao Dan smiled slightly, and took the hands of the two sons from left to right: "Come on, let the father take you to see some novel things."

Although Miyagi in Handan is not as big as Guocheng, and its area is only about a quarter of Guocheng or even less, but considering that Guocheng needs to accommodate 10 people and Miyagi only lives in Zhao Dan’s family Son, the area of ​​this palace city is actually very extravagant.

The per capita living area of ​​a family is calculated according to how many square meters, Zhao Dan is good, the average living area of ​​his family is calculated according to square kilometers

Therefore, the garden area of ​​this palace city is so large that it is almost comparable to a small pasture. It not only has water, grass, flowers and birds, but also raises some small animals like rabbits for Zhao Dan to hunt in his spare time. It is completely the camping resort that future generations dream of.

But Zhao Dan didn't come here today for camping. Now there is a life-and-death battle in Changping that concerns Zhao's national destiny. No matter how big his heart is, Zhao Dan will not relax at this time.

Zhao Dan came here today, in fact, for a few extremely important things, and these few things are being equipped on the mount of the galloping knight at this moment.

After a while, the knight rode up to Zhao Dan and pulled the rein hard.

"Wow!" The horse stood up with its front hooves in the air, and then stopped steadily.

Zhao Dan showed a smile on his face, and praised the horseman: "Uncle is so heroic, he really looks the same as before, not less than before."

The knight on the horse laughed when he heard the words, jumped off his horse, and saluted Zhao Dan: "How dare Sheng be such a ridiculous praise for being a king?"

That's right, this knight in a Hu suit is none other than Zhao Sheng, the current Xiangbang of the Zhao Kingdom, the Pingyuan Lord who is already in his 40s.

Although Zhao Sheng has many shortcomings, but one thing is good, that is, the younger brother of King Zhao Hui, who is extremely loyal to the two generations of King Zhao Hui and Zhao Dan, and he can definitely be called Above all, he is loyal and unambiguous.

So even after Zhao Dan passed through, after rejecting Zhao Sheng's suggestion of exchanging Zhao Kuo for Lian Po, his trust in Zhao Sheng did not decrease at all.

That's why Zhao Dan dared to find his uncle in today's top-secret matter, because this matter is really important and must be kept strictly confidential, and Zhao Sheng is the perfect candidate to keep it secret.

If Zhao Sheng can leak the secret, then the sun will really come out from the west.

So Zhao Dan, after laughing and chatting with Zhao Sheng, stretched out his hand and patted the horse that Zhao Sheng was riding just now, and asked, "Uncle, what do you think of the effect of this set of harness?"

That's right, what Zhao Dan wants Zhao Sheng to experience today is precisely this set of harnesses that have just been released. This set of harnesses contains two things that can change the history of earth wars in the feudal era. These two things are

Saddles, and stirrups!

Chapter No.17 Harness

Harness is a name that refers to tools that can assist cavalry, including saddles, bridles, whips, stirrups, breeches, etc. Among these tools, in terms of military use, the absolute It's the saddle and stirrups.

The saddle is between the rider's buttocks and the horse's back. It is somewhat similar to the suspension of a car. It can make the cavalry sit more comfortably on the bumpy horseback, thereby enhancing the durability of the cavalry when they advance long distances.

Anyone who has taken a non-sleeper on a long-distance bus or a hard seat on a long-distance train knows that a good seat can actually greatly relieve people's endurance and mood during the journey, and the saddle is such a good seat. role.

Not only that, harnesses such as the Takahashi saddle can also be very convenient to fix the knight, and it is an excellent auxiliary tool for heavy cavalry.

As for the stirrups, it is even more remarkable. It is precisely because of the appearance of the stirrups that the cavalry in ancient China has jumped from an auxiliary unit similar to chariots to an infantry that is equal to or even superior to infantry. The main arms.

Before the Industrial Revolution, the Mongol Empire, the largest empire on earth, swept most of the Ming world at that time in just a few decades by virtue of its invincible cavalry.

It was not until the two world wars that the rise of mechanized troops headed by tanks finally brought the cavalry to a dead end.

It can be said that during the entire 2000 years from the appearance of stirrups to the large-scale formation of mechanized troops such as tanks and put into the battlefield, the cavalry is the well-deserved number one in the world!

Why can the stirrup play such an important role in the history of cavalry in China and even in the world?

The existence of stirrups can make it easier for cavalry, especially light cavalry, to control their bodies. When advancing at high speed, they can maintain their balance on horseback more conveniently than before.

With stirrups, it will be easier to perform actions such as riding a horse and archery, rushing to the battle immediately, and raising a knife to kill.

The word "easy" is actually the essence of the stirrup.

With the stirrups, it is no longer as difficult for the people in the Central Plains to learn riding skills as before.

To give a well-known example, qualified riding skills are equivalent to a driver's license, while a horse without stirrups is equivalent to a manual transmission, and a horse with stirrups is equivalent to an automatic transmission.

You learn manual transmission. After ignition, you have to step on the clutch, engage the gear, release the handbrake, release the clutch to the half-clutch state and step on the accelerator slightly at the same time, and then you have to control the clutch firmly to start. Don't step on too much or you may run away from the car.