Chapter 34: The Sycophant Research Institute

After convincing Shi Wende, Ma Yun turned his head and asked Ding Sijin: "General Ding, I have inspected Fangzhou, Junzhou and Xiangzhou in recent days, what do you think about how to defend Dengzhou Road and consolidate the northern defense line of my Great Chu?" ”

Ding Sijin said: "King, the minister looked at the topographic map of the Weisheng Jiedu envoy, and inspected Fangzhou and other places...... Ding Sijin waved his hand, asked people to bring a topographic map, walked over and pointed to the topographic map and said: "King, please see, Junzhou, Dengzhou, Tangzhou are north of the Qinling Mountains and Funiu Mountains, there are Xiangcheng and Fangcheng, two places with more steep terrain, it is not easy for the Han army to go from here." //. Welcome to 78 Reading// Therefore, the minister thought that if the Han army came to attack, then it must be from the direction of Caizhou and Xincai, Shenzhou and Xinyang, and attack my Tangzhou, this piece of terrain is relatively flat, and the division of troops to guard it will appear weak, and it is afraid of being broken by the enemy, if the Han army enters Tangzhou, it is fertile and flat, which is not only conducive to the horse army, but also quite beneficial to the progress of the infantry. The soldiers are not only affected by Tangzhou, but may even affect Dengzhou. ”

The situation in Deng and Tang Prefectures, Ma Yun and Li Xiang have long discussed for a long time, and they also think that Xiangcheng and Fangcheng are not difficult to defend, but it is difficult to defend Miyang and other places in the east of Tangzhou, as for Fangzhou and Junzhou, the mountains in that place are stacked on top of each other, which is not conducive to the advance of the large army, easy to defend and difficult to attack, and the possibility of the Han army attacking is not high. At the moment, seeing that Ding Sijin was thinking the same as himself, Ma Yun let out a sigh and asked, "In this case, does the general have any good solutions to solve it?" ”

Ding Sijin's face was a little solemn, and he said slowly: "The best way, of course, is to raise horses and prepare for war." Using the advantage of cavalry, it can not only rescue quickly, but also flexibly attack the opponent's flank, and also cut off its food route. Just ......"

Ma Yun smiled a little bitterly, he didn't want to ask Ding Sijin how many cavalry he needed, how much? The more the merrier. But now the cavalry of Da Chu is less than 5,000 together, which also includes more than 3,000 horses stolen from the Khitans. Although Ma Yun's surname is Ma, Da Chu and the cavalry basically have no fate, in the past, he was too lazy to engage in the horse army, because it is located in the south of the Yangtze River, and there are rivers everywhere, what do you want so many cavalry for? Now I want to buy it, but I don't have the money, and I don't have the place to buy it. Shu is closed to itself, although the Han army is kind, but the ambition of Chu is undoubtedly exposed this time, I am afraid that it will severely crack down on horse trafficking activities, as for Li Tang, he is short of horse army. Therefore, Ma Yun now has only one place to buy horses, that is, from the barbarians in the southwest of Great Chu, but Yungui's horses are small, slow, and tenacious, and they are used to transport grain, which is very good, but it is a bit difficult to charge and fight. Just like people, this horse is also a specialty, Yungui's horse, it is not professional in war.

Shi Wende said on the side: "King, the minister has an idea, you see that this Junzhou is a mountainous area, the yield per mu is not very high, and the people are quite poor. The minister heard that when the king fought against the Khitans in Xinye, he had injured many horses, and those horses were not all kept in Dengzhou now? Is it possible to heal them and send them to Junzhou, so that the people can raise horses for the government, and the family will be exempted from taxes if they raise one horse a year, and if they can't live, they will naturally give him some punishments, what do you think? ”

Ma Yun said with a bitter face: "Shi Aiqing, you don't know. We...... Our Chu army is extremely strong in combat, those who are injured and can be treated, the widow has already sent someone to heal, but those who are missing arms and legs are afraid it will not be easy to survive. "The Chu army's response to cavalry is to stab people on the top and cut off the legs of horses, and those who hurt the horses hurt their legs. If the horse has no legs, it will be difficult to survive.

Ma Yun sighed and continued: "Forget it, a dead horse should be a live horse doctor." As long as you give birth to a foal, you will be exempted from paying taxes for one year, and you will be rewarded a little, and if you can't support it, you will be punished a little. Kindness...... Where are the people not rich enough to raise horses? ”

Shi Wende said with a smile: "Wang, you have filtered, it is not possible to farm in Junzhou, but the mountains are full of green trees and overgrown weeds, and you don't need any capital to raise horses." We are sending some veterinarians to diagnose and treat them without charge. In this way, the enthusiasm of the people to raise horses is high. ”

Ma Yun's heart jumped, and he suddenly had an idea, he said: "In this way, Lord Shi, this matter of raising horses will no longer be exempt from taxes, and our government will contribute to the price a little higher, and buy the horses back." This is more beneficial to the people. Ma Yun thinks so, Junzhou is already poor, and this tax is not high, if you sell horses at the market price, the people will benefit more, after all, you don't have to pay taxes for raising horses.

Zhao Pu's eyes lit up and said, "King, this is really a good way." This injured horse will be raised by Junzhou, and as for the government to buy horses at a high price, it will be implemented for a long time. Everyone is profit-seeking, so not only are people willing to raise horses, but some people will even secretly sell some horses. After a long time, don't we have some horses in Da Chu? ”

"Hehe, just do what Zhao Aiqing said, Shi Aiqing, you will rush to Junzhou tomorrow and deal with the matter of raising horses for the people first."

"The Edict of the Minister. The minister also has a request, is it not to select some stallions in the army and get them together? Shi Wende said.

"Stallions?" Ma Yun nodded and said, "Of course." Later, the widow will write a military document and let Ni Kefu cooperate. Suddenly, Ma Yun suddenly thought of a solution, he said: "By the way, don't we have some Yungui horses in Dachu?" What are the horses doing? ”

Li Xiang hurriedly said: "King, this Yungui horse, it is short, thin, not good at fighting, if you use them as cavalry, it will never work." ”

Ma Yun shook his head and said: "Of course not, but the widow means that it can be improved." What do you think the result will be when our best military stallion is mated with a Yungui horse? ”

Everyone looked at each other, and said in their hearts, what kind of would it be, a typical mongrel. They are all in charge of people's affairs, but they basically can't control the affairs of the people's beds, let alone the affairs of the horses' beds. They know that.

Ma Yun inspired: "All Aiqing, the widow gives a not very suitable example, generally speaking, the parents are tall, the children are generally tall, the parents are short, and the children are generally short, but if the parents are tall and short, this child, it is difficult to say." It could be tall, it could be short. This is the same as horses, let's cross the best horses with Yungui horses, maybe we can give birth to good horses, even if we can't give birth, we have nothing to lose. "It was originally a very simple genetic problem, but because of historical limitations, it was difficult for Ma Yun to explain it clearly to his subordinates, so he had to give a less appropriate example.

However, the people under him are quite smart, and they all seem to understand what Ma Yun means, some nod frequently, some disagree, and some think it's good to try, anyway, there is nothing to lose, just let this first-class horse cool down and taste the different flavors.

Ma Yun turned his head to Li Xiang and said: "Li Aiqing, when I arrive in Changsha, under the Department of Horse Administration, a state-level horse research institute will be set up to specialize in the improvement of this horse, and we must study this issue in depth." Ma Yun's nouns popped up one by one, but fortunately, Li Xiang is a masterpiece, and he understands what this horse research institute is, isn't it just to set up a yamen, specializing in horse hybridization.

Li Xiang said: "Does the king mean to set up a horse superintendent to study the improvement of horse breeds? He thought the name of the horse research institute was not good, like a "sycophant" research institute.

Ma Yun's eyes lit up, he didn't feel that the name of the Horse Research Institute was different, but he felt that the name "Ma Zhengjian" was more in line with the times, and said: "Yes, that's what it means." There is also this Ma political supervisor, we must use professional talents, just like a hospital, we must use veterinarians, and don't engage in a group of laymen. The head of the horse supervisor must be a person who understands horses, and the gestation period of horses is long, and the results may not come out quickly, so let them make a good record and compare and study them repeatedly. The widow is not in a hurry, but he can't make a four-like appearance for the widow. ”

Li Xiang hurriedly nodded and promised.

Ma Yun turned around and asked Ding Sijin: "General Ding, apart from cavalry, is there any other way to deal with the attack of the Han army?" ”

Ding Sijin said: "To deal with the Han army, the two places Ciqiu County and Tongbai County are very important, Tongbai County is better, Suizhou in the south, and Miyang in the west, which is convenient for rescue, but Ciqiu City is small, the city wall is also very dilapidated, and the surrounding terrain is flat, which is conducive to the battle of the army. ”

"Since Ciqiu can't resist the enemy, we might as well retreat and stick to Miyang." Jack Ma said.

"Although Dengzhou and Tangzhou are natural basins, it is a pity that there is a gap missing in Ciqiu, and this mouth is still very wide, Ciqiu we defend it or not, it has little impact on the Han army, Ciqiu cannot be attacked, and the Han army can still bypass and attack Miyang and other places. Therefore, instead of us spending great efforts to defend Ciqiu, it is better to swallow the army in Miyang, use the tall city wall of Miyang, and the Miyang River on the edge of the city to snipe the enemy, on the other hand, we will block the water river 70 miles west of Miyang, and deploy defenses along the river to prevent the Han army, this water river crosses Tangzhou, and it is also the only way to sniper cavalry in the plains. Li Xiang analyzed.

"General Ding, what do you think?" Li Xiang's analysis is good, but Ding Sijin is the commander of the front line after all, so Ma Yun also asked Ding Sijin's opinion.

Ding Sijin said: "The minister wants to ask the king, is Deng and Tang Erzhou to shield Jingxiang?" If it was to shield Jing Xiang, the minister thought that Deng and Tangzhou could be used as battlefields. If there are few Han soldiers, the ministers will defeat the enemy under the city of Miyang, and if there are many Han soldiers, they can only fight in Deng and Tang Prefectures to find fighters. ”

"Hehe, the Han army won't come too much, if the Han army comes from all over the country, the widow should be the army of Dachu and rush to the rescue." Ma Yun said confidently. It's a pity that the world is unpredictable, and no one could have imagined that one day, Da Chu would have no soldiers available, leaving only Ding Sijin to defend desperately in Deng and Tang Erzhou