Afterwards, Chen Mo discussed the matter of forming a heavy cavalry with Geng Songfu.

This time, Geng Songfu did not oppose it.

With more than 800 warhorses this time, plus over 600 from last time, there are already 1,500 warhorses, making it feasible to form a heavy cavalry of 500 men.

The main thing is, this time Chen Mo brought back hundreds of thousands of coins and a lot of equipment from Xia Lin. Plus Yang Minggui's death, in the entire Xia Lin, only Chen Mo's troop remains. Supporting 500 heavy cavalry is entirely manageable.

"Heavy cavalry is all about armor for both man and horse. The battle armor for men is already available, now we just need horse armor. As for weapons, the best would be to use a horse spear paired with a waist sword. As they say, longer weapons have more strength; for heavy cavalry, a horse spear is like adding wings to a tiger and is also suitable for breaking through formations." Geng Songfu, having seen true heavy cavalry, could give many suggestions.

So the two of them discussed around heavy cavalry.

The standard for heavy cavalry is one person with three horses, namely a warhorse, a spare horse, and a pack horse. Their supply consumption is more than ten times that of ordinary infantry.

In Chen Mo's world, historically famous heavy cavalries include Li Shimin's Profound Armor Cavalry and the Jin Dynasty's Iron Massacre.

...

After a round of discussion, it was already very late. Chen Mo did not return to the mountain stronghold but instead headed towards the backyard of the Government Office; he still had things to ask the two sisters.

In the side room, the sisters knew Chen Mo had returned tonight, so they haven't slept.

On the master's chair in front of the redwood bookshelf, Xia Zhining was reading military books, though her attention was not on the books. Her gaze fell on her sister sitting quietly on the soft couch, gently embroidering an incense pouch.

No thanks to the light from the fire in the room, the nearly complete "Mo" character could be seen clearly on the incense pouch.

Suddenly aware, hearing footsteps outside the house, the sisters' eyes spontaneously looked towards the door, then they focused more diligently on their books and embroidery, seemingly unperturbed by trivial matters, although their ears perked up.

The door opened and closed.

"Not asleep yet," Chen Mo, with eyes downcast, glanced at Xia Zhining, then sat down beside Xia Zhiqing, skillfully taking her delicate hand. Her soft skin was smooth and tender, with a white jade bracelet that Chen Mo had previously given her on her right wrist.

Chen Mo looked at the incense pouch in Xia Zhiqing's hand, observing the "Mo" embroidered on its surface, and said softly, "What an exquisite incense pouch, Zhiqing, your hands are so skillful. Is it for me?"

Saying this, he embraced Xia Zhiqing.

Xia Zhiqing's jade-like face showed shyness, her alabaster cheeks gradually turning rosy, her beautiful eyes shining like water as she softly murmured "Uh-huh," and then said, "Does Mo Lang like it?"

"Anything made by Zhiqing's own hands, regardless of what it is, I would like," Chen Mo leaned in, touching Xia Zhiqing's fragrant shoulder, and pecked her cheek, saying warmly.

Xia Zhiqing's face turned even redder.

"Clatter..." Xia Zhining put down the military book, intentionally making a louder noise, frowning as she looked at the young man, thinking to herself, after so long, the play from before should suffice. Don't forget, the one you truly fancy is me, isn't it? Though her mouth coldly said, "So late, why have you come?"

"I haven't seen you guys for some days and missed you?" Although he came to ask them about the Soul Devouring Array, he couldn't just say that outright. For this, Chen Mo had his own experience.

Xia Zhiqing leaned in Chen Mo's arms.

Xia Zhining watched the two snuggling closely, furrowing her delicate brows, stood up and came over, sitting beside Chen Mo still deliberately leaving some space, saying, "Sweet talker."

As for Xia Zhining, Chen Mo understood her thoroughly, smiling he also pulled her into his arms, patting the small belly.

"Stop being handsy." Xia Zhining, like an angry kitten, bit her silver teeth at Chen Mo but showed no actual resistance.

Chen Mo released Xia Zhining, for holding two women at once besides hugging, doing anything else was a bit inconvenient.

Chen Mo gently lifted Xia Zhiqing, letting her sit in his lap, holding her from behind.

Xia Zhiqing seemed to realize something too, her face turned red, placing the incense pouch and threat aside.

The result was not far from what she expected, this rascal was procrastinating indeed, Xia Zhiqing let out a delicate hum.

"You rascal, bullying sister again." Seeing this shameful scene, Xia Zhining was both angry and annoyed.

"Zhining, come over and hold on, lest it's unstable later." Chen Mo said.

Xia Zhining: "???"

Unstable, do you think you're on a boat?

But she understood the real meaning in these words.

She wouldn't join this rascal in his mischief.

Chen Mo hugged Xia Zhiqing a bit tighter, and talked to Xia Zhining to not ignore her: "By the way, do you know about the Soul Devouring Array?"

"Soul Devouring Array?" Xia Zhiqing and Xia Zhining both exclaimed at once.

"You know?" Chen Mo peeled egg shells, the calluses honed by practicing long knives and bows roaming over the smooth white skin of the noble young lady made her shiver instinctively, still not answering the boy's question.

Xia Zhining said: "Of course we know, this array can leverage the terrain to seize the Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi. At the time, when Grand Ancestor Emperor established the nation, the foundation was unstable, and the northern plains barbarians took the opportunity to invade. It was then that the Grand Ancestor Emperor absorbed the Dragon Vein Qi beneath Luonan using the Soul Devouring Array, making a breakthrough to First Grade in one stroke. Afterwards personally leading troops, he not only drove out these barbarians but also killed their Khan, and for nearly four hundred years they haven't dared to invade.

However, due to this, Luonan's Innate Spiritual Qi became scarce, plants wouldn't grow, and even fields ten miles away from Luonan were affected, with harvests halved compared to usual and frequent earthquakes, resulting in the capital's relocation to the Celestial River until Emperor Jing when Luonan finally recovered, though the Dragon Qi beneath it was no more."

Upon hearing this, Chen Mo thought of the earthquakes at the Celestial King Hall.

"Why suddenly mention this?" Xia Zhining suddenly realized something and asked.

"This, I can't tell... you yet," Chen Mo took a deep breath, the long knife sheathed, Xia Zhiqing let out a soft moan, almost losing stability without Chen Mo's support.

Xia Zhining looked at the two of them, raised her eyebrows, a touch of anger appeared on her cool jade-like face, but continued: "This array seizes the creation of Heaven and Earth, harming cosmic balance; coupled with how rare lands with Earth Spirit are, this array is not widely spread. Hardly anyone can set it up; nowadays, there's only fame left."

"Then Zhining, can you set it up?"

Xia Zhining shook her head: "I've only heard father mention it, those who can set up the Soul Devouring Array are likely only in the Imperial Family now."

With this, Xia Zhining asked proactively about Xia Lin's situation.

However, at this moment, Chen Mo could hardly focus, giving vague responses, focusing on teasing Zhiqing in his arms.

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