The beginning is the emperor

Chapter 245 New Country Meteorology

"The second thing is that this is the second barrier of Xinguo. To the east of Xinguo, there are evil countries that want to destroy their own country. Therefore, the county magistrate needs a group of manpower, ready to deliver supplies to You County, if you are willing, you can sign up, and a notice will be posted later."

Those people were very excited: "I am willing."

"They actually wanted to attack Xinguo. Although Xinguo annexed our country, they seemed to be treating us well. The county magistrates they sent were basically responsible. Life is much better now than before. Why did you attack Xinguo?"

"Yes, I can't let him attack Xinguo, and I am willing."

The people became angry.

Another place, a horse farm.

Herds of horses galloped across the plain, galloping wildly like a tidal wave of horses, running against the strong wind. The number of horses alone was as many as several thousand.

The horses in the front are red, black, and spotted. The maroon horse in the front is even more vigorous and extraordinary.

Farther away is a stable. The stable is very large, and there are some scattered horses inside. Some are grazing with their heads down, and some are flicking their tails and snorting.

Next to it, the groom and Bole stood watching the galloping horses.

"Commander, what do you think of these horses?"

Bole looked at Hu Che'er with a smile on his face.

Hu Che'er looked at the horses and nodded: "Very good, this time the legion's war horses should be considered. Can this group of horses be competent?"

"Of course, these horses have already grown up. Basically, healthy horses can be used as war horses. However, before they become war horses, they need to be selected first. However, male horses may need to be picked out and given up. Try to choose mares."

Hu Che'er nodded: "I understand."

The reason why we choose mares is because the castration technology of horses is not yet mature, and Xinguo has not yet fully developed and mastered it. It is easy to let male horses die, and male horses that are not castrated will easily cause estrus and other symptoms. It is a terrible thing for a war horse to go into heat. On the battlefield, it is likely to put the cavalry in a dangerous situation. If the horse does not obey the command, it will be over.

Similar things happened in history. There was one time in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, and another time in the Tang Dynasty. In the Tang Dynasty, Li Guangbi was in charge. In July 759, Guo Ziyi was framed by eunuchs. Tang Suzong had to deprive Guo Ziyi of his military power and appointed Li Guangbi to replace Guo Ziyi as Shuofang The Jiedu envoy, the deputy marshal of the world's soldiers and horses, led five hundred soldiers to Luoyang to command the Shuofang army.

In October of the same year, when Shi Siming attacked Heyang, Li Guangbi saw that Shi Siming mainly relied on the elite cavalry built by more than a thousand good horses in the military camp, and these horses bathed on the beach on the south bank of the Yellow River every day, so he had a plan.

He went back to select [-] mares in the army, left their foals in the city, and drove all the horses to the north bank of the Yellow River. The mares kept neighing because they missed the foals in the city. After that, they all ran to the north bank of the Yellow River and were captured by Tang Jun.If the enemy has no horses, the cavalry will be useless. In this way, basically the battle situation is considered to have a great advantage.

Therefore, it is also necessary to choose mares as much as possible for war horses. Mares have a docile temperament and can listen to commands better.

Bole looked at the maroon horse in the front, and couldn't help saying: "Commander Hu, you must not have a war horse yet. The maroon horse in the front is a horse from Pingyuan County, and a horse from Caotian County that was purchased. Unexpectedly, this horse performed extremely well, with strong endurance and toughness. Although it is not comparable to a thousand-mile horse, it is still a good horse. If it can be used as a war horse, it must be Will help lead on the battlefield."

Hu Che'er smiled: "Okay."

"However, this horse has a bit of a temper, and needs to be subdued by the commander himself."

"no problem."

Hu Che'er's hands were a little itchy, and there was excitement in his eyes when he looked at the maroon horse. Military generals absolutely love watching war horses.

Not long after, the running horses stopped, and Bo Le called Hu Che'er to the bay red horse. Without saying a word, Hu Che'er jumped on the horse.

Call! ! !
The maroon horse was extremely upset, and immediately ran wildly, trying to throw Hu Che'er off.

"Hi!"

Hu Che'er roared loudly, the whistling wind made his face hurt, and he was holding on to the horse's mane, his figure seemed to be glued to the horse, but he couldn't get off.

"Bastard! Stop it!"

Hu Che'er was roaring, and he suddenly exerted force on his hand, and the maroon horse let out a mournful cry. Under the pain, it didn't dare to move any more, and stopped immediately.

After stopping, the maroon horse lowered its head and snorted, obviously agreeing.

Hu Che'er got off his horse with a look of joy on his face.

"Congratulations Commander."

Hu Che'er smiled: "Okay, this commander will transport these horses to the camp, and find a blacksmith to make saddles."

South County, Daying Office.

The new recruits inside are practicing, rehearsing a neat team, commanded by the lieutenant and other generals in front.

"prick!"

"drink!"

All the recruits in front stabbed out their spears neatly!
"prick!"

"drink!"

All the recruits stabbed out their spears again.

Because it is very difficult for new recruits to grow into a qualified veteran quickly, basically let them master a simple move first, and practice a move repeatedly, so that they can play a great advantage when assembled into an formation.

At the entrance of the camp, there is a long queue, and there are generals who are in charge of registration.

"The next group, Chen Yun, Guan Suo..."

The people whose names were called stood up one after another. They were all strong men of Kong Wu. In front of them, there were levers made of stones.

"Start lifting."

The strong men tried their best to lift the stone, but unfortunately, the stone was too heavy.

The shooting ranges of Daying are made of straw mannequins made of haystacks, and they are arranged at different distances. There are [-] paces, [-] paces, and [-] paces.

On the weapon rack on the side, there are various bows.

"shoot!"

With an order, all the archers standing in front of the line shot their arrows at the straw man in front!
Whoosh whoosh!
Arrows quickly hit the straw man one after another, hitting almost all the soldiers in the straw man at [-] steps.

"Sixty steps, shoot!"

Another order was issued, and this time the arrows flew out, but some of them missed.

"Eighty steps, shoot!"

This time, some of the soldiers' arrows did not reach the straw man.

After the flat shooting training was over, he continued to practice the rain of arrows.

The cavalry field in the camp is also undergoing training, but what they are training is riding and shooting.

Several soldiers rode their horses and ran around the field, with several straw figures in the middle.

The next moment, a soldier bent his bow and set an arrow, rode on a horse, and shot an arrow.

It's just a pity that the horse just moved, and his whole body was unstable, and he was thrown off the horse.

Seeing this scene, Pianjiang shook his head.

The training in the camp was intense. The farmland outside Xinguo County had been reclaimed into a large piece of farmland, and all the rice was planted. At a glance, it was really green.

This is basically a microcosm of the next month. The most conspicuous thing is the expansion of the city wall in Nan County. Thousands of craftsmen and tens of thousands of people are building the city wall at a rapid pace.

(End of this chapter)