Daqin: Zulong's Traveling Frog

Chapter 196 Sweaty BMW
In the era of cold weapons, cavalry is far superior to infantry in terms of mobility and flexibility on the battlefield.

One cavalry can defeat five infantry, and one hundred cavalry can defeat one thousand infantry.

The cavalry can rely on their high mobility to carry out various tactics such as harassment, assault, and food shortage against the infantry.

Whether the cavalry unit is elite or not depends directly on the quality of the horses, and the military and civilians in the Central Plains have large-scale breeding and selection, and the ability of fine-bred horses is not outstanding compared with nomads.

The pureness of the horses of the Xiongnu made the soldiers unstoppable on war horses.

However, the horses of the Qin Dynasty were not large in size. They had long ears, small hooves, short manes, thin tails, and low shoulders. They were not suitable for riding as heavy cavalry and could only gallop lightly.

But there are still a few horses in the blue sky camp outside the pass, called sweat horses. Although they have thin heads and high necks, slender limbs, thin skin and capillaries, they have light steps, great strength, fast speed and strong endurance.

He can travel thousands of miles a day and [-] miles at night, and the sweat from his neck is blood-colored when he runs. Unfortunately, he has been castrated by the Huns and cannot reproduce, which annoys Qin Wangzheng sitting on the emperor's couch.

At some point, there was a heavy snowfall in Xianyang, the imperial capital.

The majestic palace was just beginning to snow, the whole palace seemed to be stained with a layer of silver paint, and the black tiles and yellow walls were covered with accumulated white snow.

It was dusk, and the suspension bridge in Xianyang, the imperial capital, rumbled down, but suddenly there was the sound of horse hooves in the distance.

The guard at the north city gate looked into the distance and saw a frog hovering on a sweaty horse, waving the reins, and four horses following behind.They are swarming towards Xianyang City.

And the frog on the horse is the little childish slave.

"Quick! Put down the suspension bridge! The distinguished guests are coming!" Shou Zheng shouted hysterically.

The soldiers around were stunned for a moment, and vaguely heard the sound of horseshoes, but they didn't know who this distinguished guest was. When the sweaty BMW slowly approached the city gate, the guards saw a frog sitting on the sweaty horse!
And this frog can come and go freely in the palace, advances and retreats like the wind, there is no one other than Xiao Zhinu, the soldiers of Xianyang City are already used to it.

After hearing the news, Qin Wangzheng, who was far away in the palace, put down the pen and paper, and summoned the guards of Zhonglang to greet him.

When Qin Wangzheng saw the five bloody horses, his heart was shocked. Can a frog tame and bring back the five bloody horses?
However, it is not surprising that the little child slave can bring longevity pills and bring back the bloody BMW.

But Qin Wangzheng didn't know that these five horses were sneaked into the stable of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty by the young slaves, and walked away from the stable!

Zhao Gao was not too happy. The five war horses were small in number and could only be awarded to the famous generals of the empire!
But after Zhao Gao observed it carefully, he was dumbfounded, a flash of shock flashed in his eyes, and he said in panic, "Your Majesty, these five horses are of pure blood and have not been castrated!"

As soon as this remark came out, the left and right prime ministers were shocked. The benefits brought by a castrated horse are temporary. If it can reproduce offspring, it means that this excellent bloodline can continue to the next generation.

Although Qin Wangzheng's face was calm, but his heart was like a boiling pot, he said indifferently: "Wouldn't it be possible to reproduce without castrated horses?"

Li Si nodded heavily, with a smile already on his face, and Feng Quji silently nodded beside him.

Immediately, a smile appeared on Qin Wangzheng's face, and he said slowly: "The bloody horse is strong and strong, with a strong body, and can travel thousands of miles a day."

"If we breed in the Central Plains for several generations, wouldn't it be possible to popularize BMWs in the army?"

"At that time, wouldn't the Great Qin Iron Cavalry be able to crush the Xiongnu?"

Now, there are ten blood-sweat mares donated by the Yuezhi Kingdom in the Lantian Camp to mate with the stallions.

Horses reproduce viviparously.

After entering the estrus period, the male horse and the mare will mate. If the mare does not continue to estrus about 20 days after the mating, it means that the mating is successful.

About [-] days of gestation, the mare will give birth to a foal, one or two cubs per litter.

The reproduction cycle of horses is longer than that of cattle and sheep, and they produce fewer babies. This makes it difficult for horses to reproduce, and good horses are more likely to miscarry. It may take decades for five sweat horses to reproduce several times.

In order to solve this problem, Feng Jie, the official censor, wrote a letter to remonstrate: "I have a plan to solve your majesty's doubts!"

"Use Central Plains horses and sweat-blooded horses to crossbreed, and carry out large-scale crossbreeding or backcrossing of fine breeds, and then select pure-blood warhorses based on skin color, body shape, and speed."

"After three to five years, there will be thousands, or even tens of thousands, of hard-earned horses. Han Xin will be responsible for training an armored heavy cavalry in the Blue Sky Camp to support Meng Tian!"

"By then, the Helan Mountain grassland outside the Great Wall will be littered with corpses, flesh and blood flying everywhere, and Mao Dun can break it with a snap of his finger!"

Qin Wangzheng was very satisfied after seeing it and adopted his suggestion.

This "paternal blood hybrid backcross method" was implemented in Qin State.

At the court meeting the next day, Qin Wangzheng discussed with all the officials how to mobilize the enthusiasm of the people for raising horses and provide the government with a steady stream of war horses.

Hundreds of officials actively remonstrated, and Qin Wangzheng took the essence from it and discarded the dross.

The next day, the King of Qin issued an imperial edict, which was basically consistent with the "Horse Restoration Order" of later Emperor Wen of Han Dynasty. If a private citizen raised a war horse and presented it to the government, they would be exempted from taxes for one year.

At the same time, Meng Tian, ​​who was far away in Shangjun, also enlisted a large number of civilians in the four counties of Shangjun, Beidi, Longxi, and Jiuyuan, and mobilized a large army to cooperate with the civilians to build the Great Wall and beacon towers.

In order to protect the empire from the nomadic Xiongnu cavalry, Meng Tian connected the northern protective walls of the original Qin, Zhao, and Yan kingdoms, renovated and reinforced them, and created a [-]-mile Great Wall from Liaodong in the east to Lintao in the west. start,
At the same time, after the imperial court established Jiuyuan and Shangjun counties in Hetao area of ​​the Yellow River, Meng Tian sent more than 3 criminals to Zhaohe and Yuzhong areas to reclaim wasteland and develop the economy to supplement the military reserve force.

In addition, Meng Tian also sent troops to build a wide straight road from Xianyang, the capital of the Qin State, to Jiuyuan, which solved the traffic congestion in Jiuyuan and facilitated the mobilization of troops in the future to transport grain, grass, equipment and supplies.

All the good news from Shangjun came to Zhangtai Palace, making Qin Wangzheng's blood boil all over, and he said happily: "Meng Tian is worthy of being the pillar of the empire, and he did not disappoint me!"

I only issued a verbal order, and after Meng Tian took the order, he resolutely recruited soldiers to build the Great Wall and beacon towers.

In addition, Meng Tian also mobilized criminals to migrate to Jiuyuan and Shangjun to develop wasteland and supplement Zhidao.

Originally, I wanted to recruit civilian workers to complete the construction after the completion of the Great Wall, but Meng Tian thought of it in advance and handled it seriously, which was beyond my expectation!
At the same time, Meng Tian also brought a piece of bad news: in just three months, Hungeng and Qushe in the north had all been conquered by Modun, and Modun also set his sights on Dingling, Gekun, and Xinli states.

This made the smile on Qin Wangzheng's face freeze instantly, replaced by frosty eyes.

Naturally, Meng Tian and the 30 soldiers will not lose, but Modun's Rongdi cavalry should not be underestimated. I am afraid that a catastrophe is coming in the Central Plains.
[ps: I have something to do tonight, two updates today]

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