The original war horses of the Yue cavalry battalion were not all old horses and remnants, Cao Liang sent people to deliberately check them, and about one-third of the war horses were available for riding.

However, raising war horses is a relatively delicate job, the more extensive feeding the camp has been extensive for many years, and good horses can also be given to the disabled, and now the more riding camp is not to say that it is a good horse, even a good groom can not be found.

Cao Liang deliberately seconded dozens of horsemen from the Xiao Cavalry Battalion to recuperate the war horses of the Yue Cavalry Battalion, these horsemen have extremely rich experience, and there is no problem in managing the horses.

As for the remaining more than 200 war horses that could no longer be used, Cao Liang simply contacted a few merchants who sold horses and disposed of all these horses.

The requirements for war horses are relatively high, but the eliminated horses can also be used for other purposes, such as pulling carts and cultivating land, but in terms of value, it is far from the same, Cao Liang used these more than 200 eliminated horses to exchange with horse merchants, and only exchanged for forty war horses that met the requirements.

Now there are only about 350 war horses in the Yue Cavalry Battalion, which is only half of the full quota, and if Cao Liang wants to solve the problem of war horses, he must buy some more war horses from the market.

But there are not many good horses in the hands of horse merchants, and the more than 40 war horses exchanged for Cao Liang this time have already digested some of the inventory in the hands of Luoyang horse merchants, and if they want to buy some good horses in a short time, they have no price.

And the price of a good horse is not cheap, often a high-quality Liangzhou horse can be sold for four or five hundred thousand yuan in Luoyang City, even if it is a medium horse that can barely serve as a war horse, the market price is also two or three hundred thousand yuan, so calculated, more than three hundred and fifty war horses will have at least one or two hundred million yuan.

Of course, the Yueqi Battalion does not have this money, and all the money and food of the Yueqi Battalion itself are spent by the Duzhi Shangshu, and they are distributed on demand every month, and sometimes they are even in arrears, and now the Yueqi Battalion is not to mention selling three hundred and fifty horses, even if they want to buy a horse, I am afraid they will not be able to come up with the money.

Cao Liang has a little savings in hand now, and the explosion of Wushisan has brought him a lot of profits, but it is private money, Cao Liang's personal property, and there is no need to fill the bottomless pit of the cavalry camp.

What's more, Cao Liang only has a few hundred million now, and this time he learned about the horse market and found that all his assets were only enough to buy a few hundred horses, and if he wanted to form a real army, it would be to burn money.

It's no wonder that Sima's family has a big business and a lot of wealth, and they can only afford to raise 3,000 dead soldiers.

And this mine is not an ordinary mine, at least it is also a gold and silver mine.

It seems that on the road to making money, Cao Liang does not have a long way to go.

However, the matter of war horses can be done slowly, as long as the above is willing to give an allocation, Cao Liang is still confident that he can get together these seven hundred war horses.

If purely from the perspective of drill, there are more than 300 war horses that can already ensure the normal training of the Yue Cavalry Battalion, and there is no problem at all when the two of them are rotated.

Unless they are on the battlefield, the Yue cavalry battalion needs a full fleet of war horses for soldiers to ride.

What Cao Liang needs to pay close attention to now is the quality of the soldiers.

The Vietnamese cavalry battalion has not been trained for a long time, the troops are disheartened, lazy, and do not even have the most basic qualities, saying that they are cavalry, many people have never even been on horseback, and they can't ride horses at all.

Therefore, if Cao Liang wants to improve the combat effectiveness of the Yue Cavalry Battalion, he must pay close attention to training, and only by refining can he produce elite soldiers, and there is no place for opportunism in this process.

At present, there is a serious shortage of middle-level officers in the Vietnamese cavalry battalion, and Lin Zhubo can only be responsible for logistics support and management of money and food account books at most.

The military marquis Guo Yang is also considered a not low officer, but as soon as Cao Liang arrived at the barracks, he showed him the monkey who killed the chicken.

Of course, the effect is very good, the entire military camp is now silent, and they are very afraid of Cao Liang, Cao Liang wants to establish power, and the purpose is obviously achieved.

But the army can't do anything by fear alone, and you think these soldiers want to train well, and some people can ride horses well, but the quality is not good, and they can't do it.

Now the uneven quality of the Yue Cavalry Battalion is Cao Liang's biggest headache, yes, if the army wants to maintain the level of combat effectiveness without declining, ordinary training must be persistent and uninterrupted, an army that has not been trained for several years, what combat effectiveness can it have.

Transferring Deng Ai and Shi Bao to the Yue Cavalry Battalion was not Cao Liang's whim idea, in fact, Cao Liang has always attached great importance to these two generals, and putting them in the Xiao Cavalry Battalion is just a temporary commission, only if there are conditions, Cao Liang still wants to keep them by his side and reuse them.

This time Cao Liang was appointed as the captain of the Yuecai Battalion, although the mess of the Yuecai Battalion was not bad, but it was the first time that Cao Liang was really in charge of an army in peacetime, and he urgently needed an expert like Deng Ai and Shi Bao to manage the Yuecai Battalion, so Deng Ai and Shi Bao naturally arrived at the Yuecai Battalion.

The task given to them by Cao Liang is also simple and clear, that is, to be responsible for the daily management of the Yue cavalry battalion, preside over the daily training, and cultivate a cavalry team with strong combat effectiveness.

Deng Ai and Shi Bao have been in the Xiaocai camp for a long time, and after experiencing the Battle of Huainan, his ability to govern the army has been greatly improved, not to mention managing this team of hundreds of people, even if he commands thousands of troops and horses, it is naturally not a problem.

Cao Liang is not suspicious of employing people, but not suspicious people, since the affairs of the drill are handed over to Deng Ai and Shi Bao, then he will no longer interfere, and all affairs will be decided by the two of them.

Deng Ai and Shi Bao saw such a mess in the Yue Cavalry Camp at first, and they both retreated, but Deng Ai was afraid of face and did not make a sound, and Shi Bao, who was straightforward, immediately wanted to pick a son, or because Cao Liang was clever and eloquent, he left them behind.

However, after getting started, Deng Ai and Shi Bao had a feeling of being handy with the management of the Yue Cavalry Battalion, after all, in the Xiao Cavalry Battalion, their status was not up or down, and many things were not their turn to deal with.

This is back in the Yue Cavalry Battalion, they can handle all military affairs as they like, Cao Liang doesn't care about it at all, it's all up to the two of them to decide, Deng Ai and Shi Bao rarely have such an opportunity, this left and right military Sima, it is indeed comfortable and pleasant.

Cao Liang can really be a hands-off shopkeeper this time.