"Chai Kehong, in the past few years, you have been staying on Tamna Island and doing your best for the establishment of our horse farm and the cultivation of cavalry, and this credit will not be forgotten. Say, what kind of reward do you want? As long as Lone can do it, it will satisfy you! ”

In the Wuying Palace, Yang Wu asked the young general wearing Mingguang armor in front of him with a happy face.

At the beginning, Yang Wu sent Li Chengding to lead his troops to capture Tamluo Island, but in the end, because of various accidents, this task was completed by Chai Kehong.

After that, Yang Wu simply ordered Chai Kehong to stay on the island, while being responsible for building the walled city and strengthening the island's defenses; On the one hand, he was responsible for the operation of the horse farm and raised horses for the cavalry of the Wu army.

After several years of hard work, Chai Kehong has successfully opened up an extremely large horse farm on the island, which is enough to raise tens of thousands of horses in terms of its conditions.

Unfortunately, in addition to the limitation of the meadows on the horse farm, the source of breeding horses is also a constraint.

In the absence of breeding horses, no matter how hard you try, it is impossible to produce enough horses quickly.

Therefore, although the uncastrated adult horses have been transported to Tamna Island by boat for several years, it is not until now that the horse farms on the island have a certain scale and can send horses to the army.

This year is the first batch of horses to be sent to the army, and the number is still relatively small, only two hundred; But as time goes on, the farm will be able to transport more and more horses in the future.

According to Chai Kehong's estimates, by five years' time, the horse farms on Tamna Island will be able to send about 800 to 1,000 horses to the army each year.

This number is still not much, but considering that the lifespan of horses is usually twenty or thirty years, and the time suitable for military horses is also more than ten years, if a thousand horses can be obtained every year, then in just ten years, Wu can form a cavalry of nearly 10,000 people.

If there are really nearly 10,000 cavalry, coupled with the powerful infantry of Wu State, the battle of the Northern Expedition in the future will no longer be empty words, but a real and possible goal!

That's why Yang Wu highly appreciates what Chai Kehong has done in the past few years.

However, for Chai Kehong, the experience of the past few years has not been so wonderful.

When he led 800 soldiers to occupy Tamna Island easily, he did not expect that he would spend the next few years on this island.

Not only that, but he was also appointed head of the horse farm by Yang Wo, and thus had to deal with horses for the next few years.

Fortunately, he also knew the importance of the horse farm to Wu Guo, as long as he did this important task assigned to him by Yang Wu, he would definitely benefit from it in the future.

And now it seems that his idea is clearly right, and his efforts have come to the harvest.

"King Qiqi, the minister has no other request, only hope to be able to lead the cavalry to fight in the future!" Chai Kehong held back the excitement in his heart and bowed down to Yang Wu to plead.

Over the past few years, he has also learned enough about horses and understands the importance of cavalry.

If he can become a cavalry general, he will definitely have a great future in the future.

Now the two main cavalry generals of Wu State, Shi Yan and Hou Zhan, are also old now, and I am afraid that in a few years, they will no longer be able to gallop on the battlefield.

Therefore, it is necessary to train new cavalry generals from now on.

Regarding Chai Kehong's initiative to become a cavalry general, Yang Wu naturally couldn't ask for it.

"Your request, Lone agreed. You've been dealing with horses all these years, so you must know a lot about cavalry. However, you still have a lot to learn if you want to become a cavalry general. In this way, Lone appointed you as the commander of the cavalry army, and you should first go to the cavalry garrison outside the city to learn from General Hou Zhan! ”

Today's Xiao cavalry army, because the war in the south is rarely used, most of the time is stationed outside Jinling City.

However, with the passage of time, not only the cavalry generals such as Hou Zan and Shi Yan are getting older, but also those cavalry soldiers who went south with Li Chengsi and Zhu Jin back then are now too old to continue the war.

Therefore, in the past two years, Yang Wu set up a cavalry school outside Jinling City to train cavalry.

Of course, the cost of cultivating cavalry in this way is also amazing, after all, the vast majority of southerners do not know how to ride horses, and it is naturally more difficult to train these ordinary soldiers who cannot ride horses into qualified cavalry soldiers than to train the people in the northern frontier areas who already have a certain foundation.

As for the nomads who grew up on horseback, it was even more difficult.

Fortunately, with the current national strength of Wu State, there is no problem at all to support a qualified cavalry.

"Thank you, Your Majesty!" After Chai Kehong got Yang Wu's permission, he was naturally very happy to thank Yang Wu.

"Don't be too happy, you were in charge of the racecourse before, but if you leave, who will be in charge of the racecourse? If you can't find a suitable person to replace you, I'm afraid your request will have to be postponed! Just as Chai Kehong thanked Yang Wu with excitement on his face, Yang Wu suddenly said.

Chai Kehong couldn't help but look stunned when he heard this, and then said with a bitter face: "King,

Isn't that embarrassing? Chen has been staying on Tamna Island for the past few years, and he doesn't know much about the outside world, where can he find a suitable person? ”

"That's not a lonely thing, it's your business!" Yang Wu waved his hand and stopped him.

Chai Kehong looked around a little helplessly, but saw his father, who was also present, and Chai Zaiyong winked at him very secretly, and was immediately relieved.

"Yes, I obey!" He hurriedly replied.

Of course, Yang Wu didn't mean to embarrass him, in fact, Yang Wu asked him to find a replacement, which was still reusing him to some extent.

There is no doubt about the importance of the racecourse to Wu Guo, but Yang Wu asked him to recommend his successor, which is naturally important to him.

Chai Zaiyong, who had just been promoted to governor, understood this, so he was very happy to let him agree.

As for the question of candidates, maybe Chai Kehong doesn't know where to choose, but this is not a difficult thing for his father Chai Zai.

"If it weren't for the king's foresight and quick dispatch to occupy Tamna Island, our cavalry would definitely have become a weakness of our army in the future. Now with this horse farm, the cavalry of our army no longer has to be controlled by people! ”

After Chai Kehong said goodbye with a happy face, the other generals who stayed behind naturally congratulated Yang Wu one after another.

"Don't be too happy, horses alone are not cavalry, if those cavalry soldiers are not trained well, then at most they can only be regarded as mounted infantry, not cavalry!" Although Yang Wu was also very happy on his face, he still said cautiously.

"The king is right, even if you have horses, you are not cavalry, you must train well! Speaking of which, now Wang Jian, the king of Shu, has 8,000 cavalry in his hands, but how many are really usable? After hearing this, Li Chengsi also sighed.

A few years ago, when Wang Jian was parading the armies in Xingzhu Mountain, he showed the powerful cavalry under his command, which were formed by Wang Jian collecting horses through various means in the past ten years.

Although the terrain in Shuzhong is mountainous, there are still many ways to buy horses nearby, especially some barbarian tribes, who have the habit of raising horses.

However, although Wang Jian's cavalry was many, his combat power was only average, and most of the horses obtained from the southwest barbarians were not suitable for war horses, and could only be used for transportation logistics.

The horses that Wu has cultivated through Tamna Island today are all relatively tall steppe horses, which are the most suitable for charging into battle as cavalry horses.

"General Hou, the training of the cavalry, Lone will be handed over to you and Shi Yan, Lone only hopes that when our army goes north to the Central Plains in the future, there will be a powerful cavalry that can become a sharp weapon to destroy the camp and pull out the village!" Yang Wu said solemnly to Hou Zhan.

"The last general will do his best to train the cavalry, and dare not relax in the slightest!" Hou Zan hurriedly reassured.

Yang Wu nodded with satisfaction, Hou Zan was still very relieved.

"I just got the news that Li Cunmiao, the king of Jin, sent an envoy again, hoping that Lone could send troops to the north and eliminate Zhu Wen with him. Now his envoy has not yet arrived in Jinling, but Lone has already rejected his suggestion! After talking about the cavalry, Yang Wu mentioned it to the generals.

Today, the situation in the north is still developing along the lines of the original history, and although there have been some changes in the details, there has been no change on the whole.

It is now the third year of Wuyi, and when Yang Wu was busy subduing Fujian last year, Zhu Wen also did not forget to suppress other forces in the north.

Unfortunately, Zhu Wen's war against Li Cunxuan, the king of Jin, did not go well, but in Guanzhong, the Liang army defeated Li Maozhen, the king of Qi, one after another, and seized many territories in Guanzhong.

In September last year, the Jin army under the leadership of Zhou Dewei attacked Jinzhou of Liang State, and 50,000 troops besieged Jinzhou City, and bombarded the Jinzhou City Wall day and night with nearly 100 Suzhou cannons obtained from Wu State.

Jinzhou Assassin Shi Bian Jiwei led the defenders to engage in a bloody battle with the Liang army, firmly blocking the Jin army outside the city.

Later, the Jin army prepared to dig tunnels to attack the city, digging a gap in the city wall more than 20 steps wide.

The Jin army swarmed along the gap, and the situation was very critical for a time.

But the defenders were not intimidated by the powerful offensive of the Jin army, they resisted, blocked the enemy's attack to the death, and took advantage of the gap when the Jin army withdrew a little to rest, and quickly blocked the gap.

The Jin army, which suffered heavy casualties, had no choice but to temporarily stop the siege of the city and let the soldiers recuperate, and on the other hand, rely on the dangers of mountains and rivers in the Mengqi area to block the reinforcements of the Liang army.

The Liang reinforcements, under the command of Yang Shihou, launched a fierce attack on the Jin army, and finally broke through the Jin army's defense line and reached the city of Jinzhou, lifting the siege of Jinzhou.

This battle was another major battle between the Jin and Liang sides after the Battle of Luzhou, but it ended in the defeat of the Jin army.

It can be seen from this point that although the Jin army is gradually rising, and the Liang army is gradually declining, but at present, the combat power of the Liang army is still very amazing, and the quality of their army is also very good, and it is still very difficult for the Jin army to gain the upper hand in a short period of time.

That's why Li Cunmiao thought of joining forces with Yang Wu to attack Zhu Wen.

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