[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-great-qin-starting-with-earthly-and-heavenly-pow":3,"chapter-great-qin-starting-with-earthly-and-heavenly-pow-great-qin-starting-with-earthly-fiends-and-heave-chapter-563":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","Great Qin: Starting with the Heavenly Stars and Earthly Fiends, the Peerless Immortal Master!",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":20,"prevChapterSlug":21,"totalChapters":22,"novelImage":23},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":16,"volume":17,"translator":18,"content_hash":19},2191032,3759,"Chapter 563: The Three-Piece Cavalry Set!","great-qin-starting-with-earthly-fiends-and-heave-chapter-563",563,"\u003Cp>The method Su Xuan mentioned was too simple.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ying Zheng was half-believing and half-doubting. Even this was because Su Xuan was the Imperial Advisor and had never spoken without a target in the past, so he believed half of it. If it were someone else, Ying Zheng wouldn't believe it at all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Could the horsemanship of the Xiongnu, honed over decades of life on horseback, really be bridged simply by a few rudimentary tools?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even so, Su Xuan had already said as much.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What else could Ying Zheng do? He immediately ordered the corresponding tools to be crafted, then found a fine horse to put them to the test.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The saddle and stirrups were simple items and were finished quickly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After fitting these items onto the horse, Ying Zheng immediately had a palace guard skilled in mounted archery try them out. To Ying Zheng’s surprise, according to the guard, by using the stirrups to anchor his feet and having the saddle, he could remain firmly fixed on the horse’s back even without holding the reins with both hands. If the horse moved steadily, firing a bow with both hands was not a difficult task at all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Upon hearing this, Ying Zheng was utterly shocked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Afterward, he had the guard dismount and tried it himself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though Ying Zheng was the Emperor, he had learned horsemanship, archery, and swordsmanship in his youth. Hooking his feet into the stirrups, he quickly realized the extraordinary difference.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the past, when cavalry rode, although they had reins to control direction, their feet hung in the air. If one’s horsemanship was not refined, it was easy to fall off. In such a situation, one had to hold the reins tightly with one hand to find support, making it impossible to free both hands to draw a bow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But with stirrups, it was different. The stirrups served as another point of support besides the reins. By using them, one could firmly anchor their body to the horse’s back. Even if the hands were not holding the reins for a short time, it was enough to stay on the horse without falling off.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ying Zheng tried it briefly and felt the difference immediately.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When he dismounted again, he looked at Su Xuan, who was watching quietly from the side.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He stepped forward immediately and, with the dignity of an emperor, bowed, “The State Master’s ingenuity is truly admirable!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“With these two items, how could the Xiongnu not be destroyed!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If before, Ying Zheng had firmly believed that even if the war were temporarily deadlocked, the Xiongnu would still be destroyed under the leadership of Meng Tian and Li Mu, he had simply been unsure how long it would take.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now, however, Ying Zheng was certain that the Xiongnu would be destroyed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He prepared to immediately decree that the Gongshu family and the Mohists mass-produce stirrups and saddles, ensuring that all cavalry on the border were equipped with them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“That may be so, but these items can only be used as a secret weapon once!” Just as Ying Zheng was confidently declaring the certain destruction of the Xiongnu, Su Xuan offered a new perspective.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I ask the State Master to explain!” Ying Zheng’s attitude was humble.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Su Xuan said leisurely, “By using these two items, our cavalry can become slightly familiar with them and manage to draw a bow with both hands, which can help close the gap with the Xiongnu cavalry. But has Your Majesty considered that these two things are simple in construction? Once they appear in the world, it will be easy for the Xiongnu to learn them. If they learn them, they, who are already skilled in horsemanship, will only become more difficult to deal with.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Therefore, after these items appear, we must succeed in one battle, not giving the Xiongnu a chance to learn or imitate, and use these two things to completely crush the Xiongnu in one stroke!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A sharp light flashed in Ying Zheng’s eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He immediately realized the severity of the situation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Indeed, the construction of these two items was far too simple. It could only be called a stroke of genius; never before had anyone thought to use tools to improve horsemanship. But once they were revealed, the Xiongnu would soon discover their difference and proceed to imitate them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Xiongnu’s horsemanship was already formidable; with the aid of these tools, they would only become more so.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Destroy the Xiongnu in one battle?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ying Zheng whispered to himself, then became filled with confidence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Qin State had been able to destroy the six eastern states one after another and could destroy the difficult Regarding Baiyue; today, it could also destroy the Xiongnu.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before these two items existed, the Qin State could still hold a stalemate with the Xiongnu and hold a slight advantage. Now, with these two tools, that advantage would turn into a decisive victory.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Su Xuan looked at the confident Ying Zheng and added, “Besides this, in my conception, there is one more thing. If it is created, it can reduce the wear and tear on warhorses by seventy percent!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ying Zheng’s eyes lit up again, and he hurriedly said to Su Xuan, “State Master, please speak!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A strange smile hung on the corner of Su Xuan’s mouth, “I call this thing a horseshoe!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“A horseshoe?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ying Zheng did not understand what this was for a moment. But he knew about horse hooves; they were the most fragile part of a horse. After a long journey, a horse’s hooves would suffer irreversible wear from prolonged contact with stones and the ground. Once a horse’s hooves were completely worn down, even if the horse were young, it was basically considered ruined.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He wondered what this horseshoe could be.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Soon, Ying Zheng found out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The crafting of horseshoes was more troublesome than saddles and stirrups, but under Su Xuan’s requirements, the people of the Gongshu family soon produced them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Watching the horseshoe being nailed onto the horse’s hoof, Ying Zheng felt genuine concern for the horse.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wouldn’t it hurt the horse to be nailed like that?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The facts proved that it did not hurt at all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The horse felt nothing. Although it was a bit unaccustomed to moving its feet at first because of the horseshoe, it soon adapted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ying Zheng finally understood what a horseshoe was.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was like the boots people wore. If a person walked on a road full of stones without boots, their feet would be bruised and painful; the same was true for horses. But by nailing on a horseshoe, it was equivalent to giving the horse a pair of boots. Because the hoof did not directly touch the ground, the wear on the hoof was minimal, and the original wear was borne by the horseshoe instead.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When this item was created and verified by experiment to be truly feasible.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A vision immediately formed in Ying Zheng’s mind.\u003C\u002Fp>",1153,"2026-06-17T04:20:18.418Z","2026-06-17T04:29:31.175Z",1,"Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite","89cd0b529840c9eea99838e07de021cc41e575c7f2b5b9e5b3dbfd850bd36d64","great-qin-starting-with-earthly-fiends-and-heave-chapter-564","great-qin-starting-with-earthly-fiends-and-heave-chapter-562",617,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fgreat-qin-starting-with-earthly-fiends-and-heave-cover.jpg"]