The word 'power' has a magical power, which can turn a very ugly thing into a righteous and bright one, or it can turn a despicable villain into a hero of the world, whose name will go down in history and be worshiped by generations!

After arranging the candidate to carry the black pot, a military report was sent directly to Yecheng, and this matter became an iron case, Yuan Shang shirked the responsibility for the defeat, but the power can reverse black and white, but it can't convince the people, after this incident, Yuan Shang's prestige in the army fell to the bottom, and became a synonym for 'waste, straw bale'!

The soldiers didn't dare to say anything in front of them, but there were many discussions behind them, and some good people made up a ballad and sang it everywhere:

Yuan Men has been a minister for many years, and the young style is long-spirited,

There are 3,000 empty recruits under the door, and there are millions of soldiers in the chest,

The general died bravely before the battle, and the advisers were loyal and infamous,

San Lang sat in the tent with peace of mind, and enjoyed the peace of the spring breeze......

'San Lang' refers to Yuan Shang, this song came out, catchy, full of meaning, the soldiers in the army sang day and night, and soon spread from Shangdang County to Bingzhou, and then crossed the Yellow River in the east, and went south to the Yangtze River, the scholars and people of the thirteen states of the Han Dynasty, no one sang, and became the best poem of the year, even the Huns outside the Saiwai can learn to sing a few words......

The tree wants bark, the person wants the face, no matter how shameless Yuan Shang is, he is also angry and thunderous, and he has the intention to kill the people who spread rumors, but the whole army is singing, and he can't find the origin at all, so he can't kill everyone, right?

In desperation, Yuan Shangqian was angry with others, killed twenty attendants under his command with a rod, and forbade anyone to sing in front of him.

People are like this, after doing a bad thing, they don't mind doing the second thing, in order to consolidate the power, Yuan Shang used the 'staff military aircraft' as an excuse to remove the military power of the trial, and the men and horses of each department were handed over to Jiang Qi to command, actively drilled, built the city wall, and prevented the enemy from attacking!

At the same time, Yuan Shang sent a Hongling messenger to his cousin, Bingzhou Thorn History, Gao Gan, asking for reinforcements, Xiliang's land did not dare to hope for extravagance, if Shangdang County had another mistake, the third prince would really have no way to live!

Yuan Shang was frightened, but Xiao Yi was very calm, the army continued to fight, the soldiers were very tired, it was already the end of the crossbow, the most important thing now was to trim the men and horses, digest the fruits of victory, if you continue to attack the city and plunder the land, it will be broken!

After the end of the war, the army feasted for five days, allowing the soldiers to eat, drink and have fun to their heart's content, evacuate the pent-up anger in their hearts, and reward them with gold and silver, beautiful women, BMWs, cattle and sheep...... There is everything, each according to the size of the merit, fair and reasonable, never treat anyone badly, the officers and men in the army are all rejoicing, praising the wisdom of the governor!

After the banquet, the people and horses of each department returned to the garrison with a large amount of booty, 30,000 Hu people temporarily lived in Dunhuang and handed over to Ma Chao to control them, the Qiang people returned to the grassland, the chiefs of each department managed their own, and the soldiers of the Han army were led by Ma Liu, stationed in Jincheng, monitoring every move of the Yuan army to prevent a resurgence!

As for Xiao Yi himself, in the name of 'recuperating arrow wounds', he took Zhelan's mother and daughter and his henchmen to go to Qilian Mountain to escape the summer under the escort of 10,000 Xuanjia iron horsemen, and by the way, he completed a major event - building a horse farm!

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The Central Plains has lacked good horses since ancient times, competing for hegemony in the world, the importance of cavalry is undoubted, the world was in chaos on the weekend, and the five tyrants and seven heroes appeared one after another, but in the end it was the western Qin people who swept Liuhe and dominated the world, relying on them to occupy the land of raising horses, with countless excellent war horses!

This time, Xiao Yi led the army to the west, one is to quell the rebellion, expel the aliens, and defend the territory of the Han Dynasty, and the other is to find a place to raise horses, get a large number of war horses for the Cao Ying group, strengthen military strength, and strive to sweep away the princes and dominate the world in the shortest possible time!

The sky lived up to its wishes, and the army fought bloody battles repeatedly, and the loot captured was also very amazing, in addition to gold and silver, jewelry, jade, and beautiful women...... In addition, there are hundreds of thousands of good horses, more than 100,000 camels, and millions of cattle and sheep, which are what Xiao Yi values the most, and they are also the treasures that are urgently needed in the Central Plains!

If you don't dispose of it properly, blindly pursue the number of cavalry, and use it all for conquest, it will be just a flash in the pan, and it won't solve the fundamental problem at all!

The Han people are good at farming, life is relatively comfortable, with a corrosive character, no matter how good the war horse, after entering the interior of the Central Plains, within three generations, it will become a well-behaved and obedient, only ploughing the land, grinding livestock, this kind of stupid thing was staged once during the period of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, the introduction of good horses - hybridization - improved horse breeds - and then hybridization - horse blood degradation - become domestic animals - the Central Plains continue to lack war horses!

Xiao Yi will not make the same mistake anymore, take out some of the hundreds of thousands of war horses captured to supplement the military, and then select animals with good quality to raise, let them breed, and maintain the purity of the bloodline, so that the energy will continue to provide excellent war horses!

The problem is that raising horses is not an easy task, not a piece of grassland, and then arrange a few people to take care of it, you must choose a good pasture with fertile water and grass, full sunshine, leeward and snow shelter, and then with experienced horse wranglers, carefully fed, good life and training, so as to breed the best war horses!

The horse wrangler said that the Qiang people and the Hu people are nomadic all the year round, and they are most familiar with the habits, personalities, and breeds of horses, so let them be responsible for grazing, and then appoint the Han army to strictly monitor them, and the Han officials are responsible for management, which can be called foolproof!

The most difficult thing is to choose a good pasture, in addition to the good natural environment, military defense and security, this place must be large enough, hundreds of thousands of small pastures are not Xiao Yi's pursuit, he wants to build a super large ranch that can accommodate millions of horses, this is the spirit of manhood!

If you have a goal, you have to work hard to achieve it, Xiao Yi repeatedly consulted the Xiliang Gazetteer, visited the place, consulted many old herdsmen, and finally set his sights on the famous - Shandan Ranch!

Shandan Ranch is located in the middle of the Hexi Corridor, at the northern foot of Qilian Mountain-Lenglongling, spanning three counties and six counties, with a total area of more than 3 million acres, wide terrain, sufficient water sources, grasslands, forests, mountains, canyons, swamps, ...... various terrains, is a natural treasure land for raising and taming horses!

In the second year of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, the hussar general Huo Qubing led the army to the west, defeated the Xiongnu tribe, and occupied the Qilian Mountain.

It's a pity, God is jealous of talent, Huo Qubing died of illness at the age of twenty-four, and the dream of expedition to the Western Regions has not been realized, but the 'Shandan Ranch' he established has been preserved, and for hundreds of years, it has been valued by the imperial court, constantly expanding the scale, raising countless war horses, and is the first largest ranch in the Han Dynasty!

At the end of the Han Dynasty, the princes were divided, and the Shandan Ranch fell into the hands of Dong Zhuo, and the Xiliang Iron Cavalry was unparalleled in combat power, able to resist the 300,000 allied troops in the eastern part of the country, and had the upper hand, an important reason was that it occupied the Shandan Ranch and had a large number of excellent war horses!

After Dong Zhuo's death, the Xiliang Group was divided, and the Shandan Ranch also became the object of contention, Li Dao, Guo Yan, Ma Teng, Han Sui and others all wanted to take the horse farm for their own use, and they continued to fight each other, blood flowed like a river, and countless war horses were snatched.

After the end of the war, all forces came out with all the means, and continued to make suggestions to Xiao Yi, hoping to get this feng shui treasure land, and then expand their strength!

"The Ma family has lived in Xiliang for a long time, and they are the best at managing the ranch, and I hope that the majority of the governors will be promoted and reused in the bloody battlefield of the Ma family's soldiers and their indomitable achievements!" Ma Teng's father and son pleaded, while revealing their war wounds, using a strategy of mourning!

"After my brother took refuge in the governor, he was loyal and swore to serve him to the death, if he could manage the Shandan Racecourse, it would be the private property of the Xiao family, and it would be passed down from generation to generation, wouldn't it be beautiful!" The Liang Xing brothers fell to their knees, more deferential than the dogs, they used temptation!

"We, the Hu people, will also herd horses and sheep, and most of the governors will entrust pastures, horses, camels, cattle and sheep...... As much as you want, you can have as much as you want! "The leader of the Zahu tribe is also here, and he also brings the account book, and doing business is their forte!

"Xiao Lang...... People are so empty and lonely tonight, why don't we study the matter of having a child, and then discuss the ownership of the pasture...... "Zhelan is also here, using the best beauty trick to compete for the interests of the Xiqiang departments!"

In the face of various temptations, Xiao Yi clenched his teeth and shook his head desperately, joking...... Horses, the foundation of the arm, the big animal of the country, the weapon related to the lifeblood of the country, how can it be entrusted to others, even lovers, good friends are not good, must be firmly grasped in their own hands, is the best choice!