In the era of cold weapons, regardless of the dynasty, East or West, cavalry was a very important type of soldier. They were highly mobile and had high lethality. Ever since Li Qing came into contact with the Qingye tribe, he had wanted to form a cavalry force. At present, their Honghua tribe was short-handed, and there were very few people who could fight and be assigned to tasks. It was already very difficult to send four people out to find horses. Fortunately, they did not disappoint Li Qing's expectations and found the horses. Even if there were only four, with the addition of tomorrow and the day after, if they were lucky, they could form at least twelve cavalrymen. That number still sounds extremely small, but in this era, it could play a role in changing the course of the war.

Li Qing was a little nervous when they didn't return for a long time. There were very few horses in the Liangmeng River area. He wondered if they would take Chu's orders as a death order and carry them out without question. He was worried that they might encounter danger... Fortunately, none of that happened!

Li Qing ran towards the four people, "Thank you for your hard work!"

Looking at the horses beneath the four men, he praised them with delight. These horses were truly of excellent breed; each one, if taken from ancient times, could be compared to Red Hare or Dilu. Each one was a true Ferghana horse!

"Come down quickly, it's very tiring to travel for a long time without stirrups."

Li Qingdao.

The four men jumped off their horses. Some of them immediately clutched their groins and cried out as soon as they dismounted, clearly having suffered quite a bit on the way back to the tribe. Two of them were still complaining that they had been thrown off several times on the way back, leaving their knees bruised. This horse was just too difficult to ride!

After offering some reassurance, Chu put his hands on his hips and looked at the horses with a puzzled expression. "These will be our mode of transportation from now on. Will they work?"

Although Li Qing told Chu about the benefits of cavalry and briefly explained horse training techniques, which Chu then relayed to these people, Chu had never personally witnessed them and did not yet know the advantages of "cavalry."

"It works, of course it works!"

This wasn't said by Li Qing.

It was one of the four people who brought the horse back who said it.

"With this horse carrying me, the journey back was so much faster, saving a lot of time. There were quite a few steep sections, and having it helped me out of a lot of trouble!"

"Chu, didn't you tell us to go find the horse? Why are you asking about this now?"

"Horses are useful, but riding them is very uncomfortable. My butt feels itchy and I keep wanting to scratch it. Also, my butt feels a bit tired right now, and I don't know why."

Li Qing smiled mysteriously, "I have a clever way to solve these 'strange things'."

"What do you mean?"

"Let's go back to the cave first. The rain is getting heavier. Let's hurry back and have some hot roasted meat. I'll tell you all about it later," Li Qing said.

"Barbecue...barbecue!"

"Great, Wheat, I want to eat the ones you baked yourself!"

"I want some too! I want some too! Damn it, no one can grill as well as you! Tell me, Mai Zi, are your hands blessed by a witch to make such delicious grilled meat? Or were you a woman in your past life?"

Li Qing's face darkened: "Brothers, if you're not going to joke around, please don't make these kinds of assumptions. Neither of these scenarios is very interesting..."

"Hahaha," Chu laughed heartily, seemingly in high spirits. "You four are all alright, and you even brought back the horses. We've had a great haul today. Come on, let's go back together!"

"oh!"

...

The rain outside was getting heavier and heavier. Several raindrops connected in the "night" to form patches of light, and looking out from inside the cave, it looked like looking at a series of waterfalls.

Fortunately, the weather was just a bit bad. The temperature inside the cave was very warm and lively. After a busy day, everyone started chatting without restraint. In particular, the presence of four special "guests" in the cave made them discuss things in a chaotic manner. Some of them even treated the four horses as food, complaining that the horse meat was not very tasty, while sneaking towards the strongest horse, hoping to take advantage of the situation and strike first.

In the end, he was kicked hard by Chu, who yelled, "Behave yourself! If you keep hitting me, you won't get any of Mai's roasted meat!"

The words were clearly very intimidating, causing the poor fellow to rub his backside, not daring to say anything, and retreat dejectedly.

The six men who had just arrived, soaked to the bone, had been drenched in the rain for a while. Although they were all a bit cold, they quickly warmed up after sitting around the fire for a short time.

Several women from the tribe offered hot water to the six people who had just arrived, saying, "We didn't bring back much water, so drink it sparingly."

Taking the scalding hot water, Li Qing ignored the fact that the temperature was just right and poured it directly into his stomach. Feeling his strength gradually returning, Li Qing gratefully thanked the woman who had given him the water and asked, "By the way, how did you do with what you asked me to do?"

"Oh, those things? Let me show them to you."

The woman responded and returned with several more items in her hands.

These are saddles, stirrups, bridles... all very basic horse tack. The materials were all readily available nearby. They can't compare to the sophisticated horse tack of ancient times, but considering the wildness of the horses here and the physical strength of the people of this era, simplicity is fine. They can still be used, and they won't suppress the wildness of the horses too much.

"These are it. We made four according to your requirements. How about that? Is there any problem?"

"These things are so strange, what are they used for?" Another woman who went to help get the horse tack asked with curiosity and anticipation.

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