After discussing with his advisers for a while, Zhang Ping decided to send some capable people to various places in the Quartet to liaise with the forces around the Huashan Army. Of course, no matter how the alliance is formed, at least this year, it will not be able to act. Especially the Beidi Hu people and Liangzhou soldiers and horses, because of the weather, I am afraid that they will have to wait until March and April of the next year to send troops. But at least, this plan gave Zhang Ping great confidence, and in order to keep outsiders from knowing as much as possible, he personally arranged candidates to quietly mix in the caravans in various places.

While Zhang Ping was planning how to eliminate Li Xin, Li Xin was preparing to leave Chang'an City. Because Wu Hui and his party had already arrived in the Longguan area, they were about to enter Guanzhong.

After two days of rest, Peng Lin's complexion was significantly better. Li Xin took him and a team of personal soldiers and rushed towards the Guanshan Military Horse Farm. That place is not far from Chang'an, and if you ride a fast horse, you can reach it in just one day.

It has only been more than two months since the planning of this military horse farm. If it weren't for the fact that it was originally an old military horse farm, I am afraid that it would not have been built so quickly. Li Xin was also going to that place for the first time, and he didn't know what the situation was there.

The horses Peng Lin brought back were different from the 1,000 horses given by Zhang Qiang, because the 1,000 horses were trained war horses. Due to Li Xin's urgency, Zhang Qian had to draw a thousand war horses from his army.

These 1,000 horses could be directly allocated to the cavalry, but the 10,000 horses that Peng Lin brought back were basically untrained horses. Moreover, there are some mares among them, which were specially requested at the beginning, and are not suitable for use as war horses.

"This time, there are 8,000 stallions, and they are ready to use after training. There are 2,000 mares left, and if they are properly raised, there should be ponies born next year. In this way, in less than three years, we will have another 2,000 war horses! As long as we maintain a good running situation, we will basically be able to meet our needs in the future! On the way to the military horse farm, Peng Lin said.

"Although the number is still a little less, for us, especially for cavalry operations, it is a bit of a struggle to make ends meet. But at least, it's a good start! At the critical moment, we can stand up to it ourselves and will not be controlled by others, that is the most important thing! Although Li Xin is a little too little, he is satisfied.

After all, Huashan Army can be said to have started from scratch, and it is already a rare thing to slowly accumulate such a big family business as it is today. If you want more, you'll be greedy!

After the group left the city, they rode fast and arrived at the military horse farm before evening.

The Guanshan Military Horse Farm is located in the mountains south of Longguan and north of Dazhenguan. The terrain of that place is relatively high in altitude, so the temperature at this time is actually much lower than that in Guanzhong. Moreover, due to the high altitude and low temperature, the grass there actually has a relatively short growth time.

But even so, it's still a good horse farm, though not the best compared to some other places in the world. But at least in the hands of the Huashan Army, this is already the best place that can be found.

The entire military horse farm covers a large area, in the former Han Dynasty, a horse farm was set up here, and after hundreds of years of operation, all the settings here are very mature. It's just that due to the lack of maintenance later, it will slowly become sluggish.

With the Huashan Army re-opening this place as a military horse farm, this place has been revitalized. The old facilities have also been slowly restored, such as the boundary fence on the perimeter of the entire military horse farm, and the barn fence used for the horses to live inside.

There are also some places for hay fodder, drinking water and horse walking, which have been cleared. Because this place is too important for the Huashan Army, in addition to the necessary horse herders, there is also a deputy general who leads a school of men and horses to be stationed here to guard the horse farm.

Comparatively speaking, horse herders are easier to find. Because Guanzhong and the land of Qinzhou further west have basically been grazing places since ancient times! Therefore, the tradition of grazing in this area has been preserved.

The Ministry of War specially selected a group of people from the people who knew horses and were loyal to the Huashan Army, and asked them to be responsible for raising horses here, about 50 people. In the future, with the continuous expansion of the scale of the military horse farm, I am afraid that this number will be even more.

After Li Xin arrived, the entire military horse farm became nervous, especially the deputy general stationed here, for fear that he would encounter some danger. After all, this is a mountainous area, and due to the long time of desertion, there are many wild beasts in the forest!

Therefore, wherever Li Xin walked every day, he was protected by many soldiers behind him. On the second day after arriving at the military horse farm, Li Xin, under the leadership of the deputy general, inspected the entire horse farm. Especially for these border areas, I have looked at them carefully.

"This military horse farm is very important to us, otherwise, we wouldn't have put you here! You have to guard this place well, and don't let our military horses lose anything. These borders must be patrolled from time to time, and no one should be missed! While inspecting, Li Xin explained, and in general, he was still very satisfied.

"Don't worry, general, we must be vigilant and guard the horse farm!" The deputy staff general hurriedly said. He also knew that this place was not child's play, and if he neglected his duties and went wrong, he was afraid that his head would have to move.

In order to manage the military horse farm, now the military department has an additional horse herding supervisor! According to Li Xin's setting, the chief of the horse herding prison is called the supervisor! In addition, there are deputy supervisors, supervisors, and the main bookkeeper who is responsible for the expenditure and income of the account books, etc.

And in the military horse farm, the person directly responsible for raising horses is called a herding lieutenant! However, because there are too many horses, it has to be broken down. For example, set up a group of 100 horses to be responsible.

Then ten groups are a group, and a group leader is set up to be in charge, and so on. In short, this kind of thing has been used for reference in the past, and Li Xin knows a little bit about Ma Zheng in later generations, so he also corrected it.

In general, the military horse farm is actually a small system. It's just that because the Huashan Army only has this military horse farm now, this system is not very big.

But in the future, as the number of horses increases, the military horse farm may expand, and when the time comes, the system will become larger and larger.

"If you raise a war horse well, you all have a reward. There is an assessment every year, and those who do well can be promoted and appointed in the future! Therefore, I hope you can do your best to take care of this horse farm for the Huashan Army! Do you understand? Seeing the end, Li Xin specially told those who were in charge of raising horses.

In fact, he didn't say it, those people also understood it, after all, raising horses has been a major event since ancient times, and no one dares to ignore it. Not to mention, Huashan Army is different from others, everyone is recruited here to raise horses, and they can get extremely rich rewards.

Otherwise, these people would not be willing to come to this mountain and endure hardships. It is precisely because this event can bring them a lot of income that they will stay here with peace of mind.

"Please rest assured, General, we will definitely take good care of those war horses! Even if we suffer ourselves, we will never dare to neglect them! Everyone hurriedly patted their chests and promised.

On the fourth day, Wu Hui and the others finally arrived! In addition to the war horses, he was escorted by a team of soldiers sent by Zhou Tong. As for the envoys of various ethnic groups, they broke up in Longguan and were rushed to Chang'an by other officials.

"It's hard work Wu Shilang! It's a great achievement to run this trip and bring back so many war horses! Li Xin greeted them at the door, and after seeing the haggard Wu Hui, he couldn't help patting his shoulder and said.

"The general has won the prize! This time, thanks to General Zhou, they won the battle, otherwise, we are afraid that we will return in vain. Wu Hui hurriedly bowed and said.

"Let's talk as we go!" Li Xin nodded, watched the shepherd lieutenant arrange for the war horses to enter, and detained them separately, and then said.

These war horses will become the exclusive objects of the Huashan Army in the future, so they must be registered and branded before they are used. In addition, it is necessary to prepare horse harnesses, especially the horseshoe must be nailed, otherwise, the cavalry will not last long!

"How did you feel about this trip?" There is a watchtower in the racecourse, which is used to observe the situation in the whole racecourse. Li Xin took a few people to climb up and take in the scene of half of the racecourse. After looking at it for a while, he asked Wu Hui.

"I was deeply touched! Don't hide it from the general, in the past, I did business with the Hu people, and these horses, cattle and sheep were also among the trades. But the difference is that at that time, every time I bought and sold, especially cattle and horses, the number was not very large. Like this time, 10,000 horses were obtained at once, which is really something that has never happened before! Wu Hui thought for a while and said solemnly.

"That's nature! You're businessmen, but we're at military war! Under the coercion of force, they had to come up with so much. However, this kind of thing can't be done often, otherwise, those people will never return to their hearts! Li Xin smiled and said.

"Indeed, these 10,000 horses were all assembled by the Tuguhun and Diqiang tribes. It would be impossible to let all of them out. However, the Hu tribes around the West Sea produce a lot of horses, especially cattle and sheep, every year! The lower officials thought that we could get some cattle and sheep from there in the future, so that the people of the counties could better manage the farming! Wu Hui nodded and then said.