Chapter 306: The Source of War Horses
Zhao Yun and Ma Chao saw Liu Feng walk in, and knew that he must have just returned from Jingzhou and arrived here, and it was not nonsense to see Liu Feng asking directly.
Zhao Yun replied first: "This time I went to Liangzhou, because General Meng Qi is very familiar with the land of Liangzhou, so although we are alone in the depths of the army, it is not very difficult, and Cao Cao underestimated the value of the land of Liangzhou, only sent more than 10,000 men and horses to be stationed in Liangzhou, and there are no big generals in the town, so under the response of General Meng Qi of Liangzhou, it was defeated in just a few days, and the main general who was stationed in the garrison has been killed by the two of us and before the battle, the Liangzhou garrison fled back to Yecheng except for those who surrendered, and I think Cao Cao has already learned about Liangzhou at this time. ”
Zhao Yun greeted Liu Feng to the seat, and briefly introduced the battle of Liangzhou to Liu Feng, Liu Feng listened to Zhao Yun's introduction, and knew in his heart that Zhao Yun probably wanted to take the credit for capturing Liangzhou on Ma Chao, and with the bravery of the two of them, the capture of Liangzhou was already expected by Liu Feng.
"The lord should not listen to General Zilong's words, this time he went to Liangzhou, although he is very familiar with the topography of various states and counties, but the specific strategy of this war is still mentioned by General Zilong, even the generals sent by Cao Cao to Liangzhou are also General Zilong cut in front of the battle, and fought with the Cao army several times, the Cao army was caught by General Zilong, and more than 10,000 soldiers and horses were played by General Zilong."
After Zhao Yun spoke, Ma Chao hurriedly stood up and refuted, which was different from what Zhao Yun said before, but this time he put all the credit on Zhao Yun.
Ma Chao's words, Liu Feng knew that it must be the truth as soon as he heard it, so to speak, this war was led by Zhao Yun, at this time, a question grew in Liu Feng's heart, so he couldn't help asking: "In this way, General Meng Qi has other things?" ”
As soon as Ma Chao saw that Liu Feng found out about this, he turned red and did not speak, Zhao Yun took over the words when he saw this situation, and replied: "After arriving at the boundary of Liangzhou, after I discussed with General Meng Qi, General Meng Qi informed us of the topography of the counties and counties in Liangzhou, and then led hundreds of elite horsemen from Longxi all the way north to the Qiang people. ”
"To the Qiang people? So what's going on? Liu Feng was still vaguely aware of what Ma Chao had done, so he asked intently, and he suddenly thought that with the abilities of Zhao Yun and Ma Chao, maybe he could really bring him something surprising.
"General Meng Qi and I both know that the reason why the lord wants to capture the land of Liangzhou is to get the war horses of the Qiang people, and even if it is through the border of Liangzhou and the Qiang people, it is not easy to obtain war horses in large quantities, not to mention that the land of Liangzhou is vast and sparsely populated, even if the main counties are captured by us, it is easy for Cao Cao to find out the transaction between us and the Qiang people, so the two of us decided to change the matter after General Meng Qi found out some information."
Speaking of this key point, Zhao Yun stopped again, looked at Liu Feng, and then turned his head to look at Ma Chao, and hung Liu Feng to his stomach, Zhao Yun's abnormality made Liu Feng a little dissatisfied, so he asked with a look of annoyance: "Could it be that this matter is a little inconvenient to say?" ”
Liu Feng was joking, Zhao Yun could naturally see it, so he smiled and said: "It's not inconvenient to say it, it's just that this plan is what General Meng Qi thinks, it's better for General Meng Qi to tell the cause and effect, and it will definitely make the lord understand this matter better than me." ”
When Liu Feng heard this, he looked at Ma Chao, Ma Chao was not a person who was good at expressing himself, he wanted Zhao Yun to introduce him, but he didn't want Zhao Yun to take this big credit, but he pushed the matter to himself, but looking at Liu Feng's rather anxious eyes, Ma Chao also knew that this matter could not be delayed any longer, so he had to sort out his thoughts and open his mouth.
"The lord doesn't know, the reason why my Liangzhou can train elite cavalry, in fact, is because of the proximity to the territory of the Qiang people, although after Cao Cao captured Liangzhou, all the excellent stallions and young war horses in Liangzhou were transferred to the north of the Central Plains, but my Liangzhou will not take it seriously as Cao Cao thought, can no longer train excellent war horses and excellent cavalry, some of my excellent horse trainers in Liangzhou, are in order to avoid the disaster of war incognito in the various counties and counties of Liangzhou, And Chao is still very familiar with several of them, so this time I found that Cao Cao did not attach importance to Liangzhou, and after we and other troops could easily capture Liangzhou, I discussed with General Zilong and went to find those excellent horse trainers in Liangzhou first. ”
"The result?" Liu Feng didn't wait for Ma Chao to finish talking about the matter, so he couldn't wait to ask, Ma Chao's idea was really in line with Liu Feng's mind, and even this was equivalent to doing what Liu Feng wanted to do next in advance, so the excitement in Liu Feng's heart was not hidden.
Originally, Liu Feng wanted to come, and after he got Liangzhou, he strengthened trade with the Qiang people, and transported a large number of special products from the Central Plains to the territory of the Qiang people, in exchange for war horses, and at the same time, the excellent horse breeds and horse training skills of the Qiang people were also secretly learned, so now Ma Chaoyan said that there are also excellent horse trainers in Liangzhou who have not been obtained by Cao Cao, how can Liu Feng not like it in his heart.
Ma Chao saw that Liu Feng was very interested in this matter, and hurriedly replied: "Chao is fortunate not to be dishonored, and has found three very powerful horse trainers on the border of Liangzhou, and there is no problem in raising war horses, and according to those three people, they can also find a few other people, but when Cao Cao invaded Liangzhou, the incident happened suddenly, and they temporarily lost contact, but if those people were not taken away by Cao Cao, they would have been able to find them sooner or later." ”
"This is very good, and we must treat those three trainers well, and buy stallions and young horses as soon as possible!"
Liu Feng knew that Ma Chao wanted to turn Yizhou into a place where he could produce and train war horses by himself, so that he could avoid the disadvantage of traveling long distances to buy war horses from the Qiang people, but it was not easy to produce and train war horses by himself.
The Qiang people are not fools, although most of the horses they sell are close to adulthood, but the price is very high, and they are all geldings, they will not sell newborn young horses and uncastrated stallions or young mares to Liu Feng in any way, because these are their cash cows.
In this way, the war horses that Liu Feng bought are all non-renewable, and one less one will be one less if he dies, although the war horse is indeed to be castrated since he was a child so as not to be in estrus on the battlefield and affect the battle, but this has become an obstacle that he cannot obtain the technology of breeding war horses, which still makes Liu Feng very angry.