"Li Siye, I'll leave this matter to you."
Wang Chong turned his head and said.
"Yes, Marquis."
Li Siye hurriedly bowed.
After taking care of a few trivial matters in the City of Steel, Wang Chong stood up and stretched as he looked out the window.
"It's time to take care of another matter."
Wang Chong stretched his body a few times before leaving the room.
The outer walls of the City of Steel were almost complete, and the Wushang army and Turkic warhorses had both arrived. The plan he had in mind could finally be carried out.
Wang Chong had not established a corner of Wushang for the sake of peace, but to fend off the Western Turkic Khaganate to the east and the Ouzan to the west. He wanted to completely alter the environment on the Qixi strategic route so that the Anxi Protectorate army and the upcoming Battle of Talas could be fully prepared.
Now that everything was ready, all that was left was the east wind.
Bang!
Pushing open the door, Wang Chong, dressed in an azure robe, stepped over the threshold. A few moments later, he heard a deafening roar.
Turning left from the room, he could see five thousand Wushang soldiers seated on tall Turkic warhorses in the distance, undergoing rigorous training under the sun.
The ground in front of them was densely packed with tens of thousands of wooden stakes. The distance between these stakes varied from long to short, wide enough for a carriage to pass while narrow enough for a horse's legs to pass.
Moreover, there was no pattern to the placement of these stakes.
The Disorderly Horse Stakes had been created by Wang Chong in his last life, a top-notch training method used to train cavalry as quickly as possible. In this life, he had used it as the first lesson for the Wushang soldiers: horsemanship.
"Neigh!"
With a long neigh, five or six Wushang soldiers mounted their warhorses and galloped forward. Amidst the impassioned cries, the warhorses could be seen circling back and forth, sometimes to the left and sometimes to the right, constantly changing between the densely packed wooden stakes.
Wushang's physical agility and quick reflexes, which he had cultivated in the mountains, played a huge role at this time.
No matter how narrow the training stakes were, and no matter how densely packed they were, they could always find a path through them, and they could easily pass through them.
If one did not know about it beforehand, it would be hard to believe that this was actually the first time they had come into contact with a warhorse.
"Neigh!"
A moment later, five or six Wushang cavalrymen leaped out of the Disorderly Horse Stakes with a loud neigh. Other than the last one who had his leg slightly scratched, the other Wushang cavalrymen were not even scratched.
"Good!"
Heartfelt cheers and praises suddenly rang out from all directions. All of the city guards and experts from the aristocratic families who were watching from the sidelines applauded enthusiastically.
There were tens of thousands of wooden stakes in this Disorderly Horse Stakes. At first, when they saw these stakes, no one understood what was going on. Only when the elite cavalrymen personally stepped into it, out of ten elite cavalrymen, eight of them fell on the road. The other two managed to pass through more than half of the Disorderly Horse Stakes, but in the end, they still couldn't pass through this stretch of wooden stakes.
After trying this more than ten times, the crowd finally gave up completely. They knew that this stretch of wooden stakes was not as simple as it looked.
But these Wushang soldiers were like natural cavalrymen. All the obstacles, all the wooden stakes, could not stop them. The crowd had been watching from the sidelines for a long time, but up until now, they had not seen a single Wushang soldier riding a warhorse into a wooden stake.
Their reaction and speed were so strong that it made people's hair stand on end!
From the beginning, they were strangers to the present. All of the city guards and aristocratic families' experts were full of admiration for these Wushang cavalrymen who appeared out of nowhere.
But military training was not limited to this type of Disorderly Horse Stakes — —
"Ready!"
"Begin!"
… …
Gallop gallop gallop. Following a series of hurried galloping sounds, dust billowed. A Wushang cavalryman, dressed in black armor and holding a long spear, lowered his body, crouched on the back of his horse, and suddenly charged into the distance like lightning.
Bang!
Before anyone could react, a series of afterimages flashed in the air, and a few hundred feet away, a loud bang rang out. A huge steel plate, more than half a foot thick and incomparably hard, had its center suddenly caved in, twisting into a huge fried dough twist. At the center of the fried dough twist were two deep and obvious horse hoof prints.
Wang Chong's gaze flashed past the Wushang cavalrymen who were in the middle of a cavalry sprint training. As he continued to move forward, he looked in other directions.
"Kill!"
"Kill! — — "
In the distance, two Wushang cavalrymen wielding wooden sticks charged towards each other amidst waves of battle cries. Whoosh. In the instant that the two crossed paths, one of the Wushang cavalrymen was as agile as a leopard. Like a nimble leopard, he flashed under the horse's belly, and from an extremely tricky angle, he kicked towards the cavalryman on the horse's back.
But with a bang, this confident kick actually missed. Before the Wushang cavalryman could react, a foot also kicked out from under the horse's belly, hitting his shoulder and sending him flying.
That kick was extremely powerful, and the Wushang cavalryman who was kicked rolled on the ground for more than ten times before stabilizing himself. Wherever he passed, deep plough marks were left on the ground.
The Wushang were born warriors, and even more so, born knights!
Such nimble movements were not easy to achieve even for the veteran cavalrymen with rich experience. But to the Wushang cavalry, it was a piece of cake. Even though he had known this for a long time and had seen it with his own eyes, Wang Chong still couldn't help but feel deeply moved when he saw it again.
Strength, dexterity, speed, reaction speed … these were the Wushang cavalry that had been tempered in the mountains. They naturally possessed an advantage that surpassed the Ouzan White Braves, the Mamelukes, and the Turkic Wolf Fang Cavalry. This was something that none of the other three armies could compare to.
It's about time to teach them that thing!
With this thought in his mind, Wang Chong quickly summoned a Turkic warhorse, mounted it, and galloped toward the training grounds.
The City of Steel was enormous, five to six times the size of an ordinary city. It was at this time that the greatest benefits were on display. Even in this city, before all the restaurants, teahouses, and inns had been built, there was enough space for the five thousand Wushang cavalry to gallop about and train in any area.
Roar!
When the warhorse was still one-hundred-some zhang from the training grounds, a long howl like that of a dragon or a tiger resounded through the air.
"Got it!"
Upon hearing this sound, all the Wushang cavalry in the middle of their training began to gallop over. In just a few seconds, they had assembled into ranks, their backs ramrod straight and their spirits high as they stood in front of Wang Chong. As they gazed at this Young Marquis, who was even younger than them, all the Wushang cavalry revealed deep respect and admiration in their eyes.
Ever since they had left Wushang Village, the more they understood about Wang Chong, the more they admired him. The Young Marquis, the Son of Heaven's disciple, the Lord of the City of Steel, the one who had built a city in a single night, who possessed extraordinary wealth and connections, and an illustrious status … and then there was the fact that he had received orders in the face of peril to reverse the tides. In a situation that everyone knew was doomed to lose, he had routed the powerful Mengshe – Ü-Tsang army commanded by a famed general and left behind more than four hundred thousand corpses.
All of this had surpassed the imagination of an ordinary person, even to the proud Wushang cavalry. Wang Chong's actions and the ability he had displayed beyond his age had even won the admiration of the Wushang cavalry.
After all, even the most admired person of the Wushang cavalry, Li Siye, was Wang Chong's subordinate, and he was loyal and devoted to Wang Chong. Under this influence, all the Wushang cavalry viewed Wang Chong as a god.
"Ready! You will now begin to count off. Five to a squad, ten to a squad, and one hundred to a squad. Begin the formation! "
Wang Chong sternly said.
"Yes!"
Soon after, a resounding count began to ring out. While everyone was counting off, Wang Chong quickly turned his head to Li Siye.
"Begin! Distribute that item. "
"Yes, Marquis!"
Li Siye respectfully said.
Wang Chong nodded, and after saying this, he turned his head away, no longer looking at her. The Wushang cavalry had already reached a certain level of training. Now, it was time to teach them the famous Halo of Wushang, the Wushang Halo, which had been specially created for the Wushang people.
The Wushang Halo had been a war halo created by several thousand of the continent's strongest experts, including Wang Chong, based on the unique traits of the Wushang people. This was a supreme art that only the Wushang could learn.
The White Braves were renowned throughout the world because of their Zhangzhung Halo, and the Holy War Halo beneath the hooves of the Abbasid Caliphate's Mamelukes was also incomparably sharp. The Wushang soldiers would find it very difficult to defeat them with their current strength. Only by regaining the famed 'Wushang Halo', the strongest cavalry of the continent, the strongest 'Wushang Cavalry' of the continent, would they have a chance of suppressing them.
Not even the otherworldly invaders could stop this halo, much less the White Braves of Ouzan.
Creee! Creee!
Just when Wang Chong had Li Siye pass on the Wushang Halo, a shrill cry came from the sky. Bang! Cries of alarm came from the City of Steel, and then a large bird dropped from the sky, smashing into the ground, its mangled body unmoving.
This sudden development startled the nearby craftsmen, but the Wushang cavalry remained motionless, not even creasing their brows.
Wang Chong raised his head and saw that the birds that had been circling over the City of Steel had suddenly split into several camps and were engaged in fierce combat, their shrill cries echoing through the air.
"Ah!"
"Look over there! Another large bird has fallen! "
"How fierce! What's going on? "
"They're fighting!"
… …
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