I am the son of the traveler

Chapter 40
Coming down from the city wall, Antigonus did not return to the Governor's Mansion, but went directly to the blacksmith shop near the barracks, and explained to the craftsmen in the blacksmith shop the design ideas of the saddle and stirrup. The made seat is stuffed with soft stuff, shaped to fit the rider's buttocks, and protruding front and rear.

But the latter still needs to get out the saddle first, because the stirrups are hung on both sides of the saddle. Without the saddle, the stirrups naturally have no place to install.

With the personal guidance of Antigonus, the craftsmen made the finished saddle out of leather in less than a day. Antigonus then ordered someone to bring a war horse to saddle the horse, and then let a special person test ride.

The knight who was called looked at the sudden piece on the horse's back, and was a little dazed, but seeing that Antigonus was rushing beside him, he stepped on the back of a slave in confusion and sat on it.As soon as his buttocks sat firmly, he immediately felt something was wrong. The original horse's back was slippery. At most, it was covered with a layer of animal skin to reduce friction, but it would still slide away due to the horse's movements.

But now, after sitting on this harness called a saddle by His Majesty the King, he feels that his lower body is very stable, and the movements of his upper body can also be stretched, but when the horse is running, he still has to use his thighs to clamp the horse's belly To keep myself from falling.

Antico took all the changes in his facial expression into his eyes, and the corners of his brows could not help but bend, indicating that he was in a good mood now.

"Go around and try a few laps." Antigonus raised his head and said in a relaxed tone. Hearing this, the knight did not shirk, and immediately walked the horse he was driving to the school field of the barracks, and galloped wildly under the watchful eyes of the soldiers. .

Seeing the knight leave, Antigon turned his head to look at the craftsmen in the blacksmith's shop, and ordered: "The stirrups must be made within a few days, and the manufacture of saddles must not stop. Make sure all the horses are equipped with this .”

"Yes, Your Majesty." The craftsmen quickly and respectfully agreed.

"Yeah, there's more." Antigon thought of another thing. He called the head of the guard and said, "You send more soldiers to guard outside the blacksmith shop. The stirrups and saddles can only be controlled by us."

"Yes, Your Majesty." Agnes replied. Although the stirrups hadn't been made yet, judging from the effect of the saddle alone, these two things would definitely change the future status of the cavalry on the battlefield, enough to be taken seriously.

Several people waited here for a while, and after a few minutes, the knight who tried to ride came back on his horse. When he saw Antigonus, he got off his horse excitedly and said, "Your Majesty, this one called a saddle The thing is really useful, even if I am running wildly, as long as I don’t make too much movement, I won’t slip off the horse’s back.”

Hearing this, Antigonus chuckled, patted the knight on the shoulder, and pretended to be profound: "This is just the beginning. When the stirrups are built, I will let you discover the new world."

A certain knight: "????"

Although I don't know what a stirrup is, it sounds very powerful.

……

At noon the next day, Antigonus, who had just finished his lunch, received good news from the blacksmith shop. The stirrup he had been thinking about was finally made.

After getting the news, Antigonus immediately took his guards to the blacksmith's shop. Although he is now in his own territory, this is the front line, and he still needs to wear the necessary protection when going out. Assassinated.

When they walked to the blacksmith's shop, the craftsmen greeted Antigono as soon as they saw it, and said in a hurry, "Your Majesty, we have made it, please take a look."

As he said that, one of the craftsmen brought up the finished product on the plate. Antigonus raised his eyes to look at it, but was surprised in vain. He reached out to pick it up and observed it in front of his eyes.Fortunately, this stirrup was not just out of the oven, otherwise Antigon would have been scalded.

After some inspection, Antico nodded in satisfaction, waved his hand, and said, "You guys have done a good job, and everyone will be rewarded. Go and get it from my guard commander later."

"Thank you, Your Majesty."

"Your Majesty is truly generous."

"..."

A burst of enthusiastic flattery.

Antigonus was not interested in their rainbow farts, he just waved his hand casually and let them back away. He looked at the metal products in his hands, and asked Agnes to call the knight from yesterday, and asked him to ride and change. The stirrup horse went out for another ride.

After all, the knight was very experienced, so he didn't need Antigonus to introduce him. When he saw the stirrups that had been installed, his eyes were straightened, and he lost his composure on the spot. He stretched out his finger and pointed at the pair of metal products, and lost his voice: "This, can this fix our lower body so that it won't slip off the horse?"

"That's right." Antigonus looked at him with a smile, replied, and then introduced to him: "This is the stirrup I told you about yesterday. With this, the knight can move freely on the horse's back. Standing up is no problem, and there is no need to lie on the side as a pad when getting on the horse."

"This, this is really a magic weapon!" The knight shouted in shock, and then realized his gaffe, quickly bowed his head to admit his mistake, and said, "Sorry, Your Majesty, I am so excited. With this, our cavalry You will be able to enter the battle more flexibly!"

"I know." Antigonus said with a smile, "I have ordered the blacksmith to make more saddle stirrups. I believe that it will not be long before all the cavalry in Hot Spring Pass can be equipped with them."

"Okay, let's go for a few laps on this horse and see how the stirrup works."

"Yes!"

The knight responded, and then excitedly stepped on one side of the stirrup, turned over and rode on it. The solid feeling of his feet stepping on something gave him a different feeling.

"go!"

He gave a soft drink, and at the same time, his legs subconsciously clamped the horse's belly, and drove the horse to run forward. Antigonus felt relieved when he saw that there was no problem with the stirrup.

……

Two days later, the copper shield spearmen and the volunteers mobilized from the kingdom finally arrived. Antigonus combined the two battalions into one regiment, considering the formation of the Macedonian army and also to save trouble. Because half of the pikemen here are Antigonian systematic soldiers, and the organization of these systematic soldiers is different from the original regiment, so Antigon reorganized them here.

As for the leader of the regiment, Antigonus decided to let the military consul Cronus serve concurrently. When Antigonus was recruiting Nicanor's army, he wanted Aristotle to be the leader of the regiment, but Aristotle was rejected by Aristotle. De refused. According to his original words, his ability was only to command a battalion. If he was allowed to command a regiment, it would be self-defeating.

And the number of mobilized volunteers was beyond Antigonus' expectations. He thought that there would be very few people responding to him, but he didn't expect to get the active participation of all walks of life.

这一次他征召到了胸甲剑士280人、胸甲矛兵320人、马其顿公民骑兵150人、持盾矛兵350人、马其顿轻装希腊式步兵400人、克里特弓箭手200人以及罗德岛投石兵250人，在他们自愿报名参军后，系统就自动按照他们的装备将他们划入相应的兵种。

With so many reinforcements arriving, Antigonus was more confident of winning. At the same time, he made the blacksmith work overtime to catch up with the saddles and stirrups, which were fitted on the horses by special personnel. If it wasn't for the time constraints, Antigonus would also like to have someone forge a set of horse armor and make a cavalry in the shape of a cavalry - the horse armor mentioned here is not the kind of armor that covers a hundred catties, but the armor that covers the horses. The whole body is light vest, similar to the style of the Parthian heavy cavalry.

(End of this chapter)