Chapter 401: One Horse, One Strong Country (Plus More Votes)
The old man Wang Deyong has been very excited recently, his grandson has added a great-grandson to him, he is an old man in the same house for four generations, among the generals, can be too old, and can have many children and grandchildren, and live a long life, Wang Deyong should indeed be relieved, but what makes him more pleased is the war horse in front of him, in the past month, he only went to see his great-grandson, and then mixed in the horse shed every day, making the old woman scold, saying that he only recognizes horses, not people!
Wang Deyong didn't care, in his heart, this horse is indeed more important than people, and even more important than his old life! Let him exchange his life, and the old general will not frown. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info
In front of him was the Mawari horse, a war horse whose origins are no longer verifiable, but are probably the offspring of a cross between an Arabian horse and a Turkmen horse.
Most of the famous horses in later generations have the blood of Arabian horses, and as for the Turkmen horse, there is a more widely known name, which is the sweat and blood horse!
With a proud bloodline, the Mawari horses are very majestic, although there is still a gap compared to the super giants bred in later generations, but in this era, they have an absolute physical advantage.
First of all, they have an average height of 155 centimeters from the horse's hooves to their backs, and the highest can be close to 170 centimeters, and they are almost as tall as a person, not counting the head and neck.
A strong body, full of strong streamlined muscles, a wide chest, thick limbs, thick hooves, and no need to wear a horseshoe when running in normal times.
They can withstand the cold and heat, and can also run long distances, making them a perfect war horse overall.
The ears of the Mawarima are medium in size, standing on the top of the head, and the tips of the ears are curved towards the middle, a bit like the two horns of a demon, which look cute.
There is also a curly mane on the head, which is also very cute. Very open big eyes, revealing tenacity and intelligence, very pleasing. All in all, it's a very luring horse.
If there's anything flawed about the Mawarima, it's that it's too edible!
Wang Deyong fed them personally, and the old general was terrified, and the amount of food in a horse Wari horse was thirty to fifty percent more than that of a northland horse.
If there's going to be a war, the devil knows how much these big stomachs can eat!
But when they were pulled to the school ground, the old general immediately felt no more distressed.
The Mawari horse is generally about an inch taller than the Northland horse, don't underestimate this gap, put it on the horse, it is quite large, and the Mawari horse is a level bigger.
This also determined that the Mawarima could take on the heavy cavalry, and in fact, the Mawarima, as well as their relatives, also acted as partners of the heavy cavalry in Central Asia and India.
I have to admit that purely in terms of cavalry, the Great Song Dynasty lagged behind the Western Xia and the Great Liao, and the Western Xia and the Great Liao may not be stronger than the countries of Central Asia, including the cavalry of Temujin, they also won the opponent by virtue of excellent tactics, which are still much inferior to the sophistication of the war horses......
In any case, Mawarima crossed the ocean and came to the Great Song Dynasty.
The best war horse in the world, with the super economic strength of the Great Song Dynasty and the foundation of the steel industry, an unparalleled iron horse is about to be born!
This is an exciting moment, the emperor of the Great Song Dynasty came to the Daimyo's Mansion, the first stop was to the military camp, and lived in the Jingsai Army for a few months, our Uncle Zhao was quite heroic, riding a yellow horse, very imposing.
It's just that when he saw Wang De's arrogant horse behind him, he was stunned all of a sudden.
If Zhao Zhen was surprised, then Di Qing was crazy.
This handsome old man's eyes lit up and he salivated, even if he treated his wife back then, he had never been so enthusiastic. When Zhao Zhen's permission was obtained, Di Qing almost trotted to the side of a black horse, Wari Horse.
The smooth fur reflects a satin-like sheen when exposed to sunlight. Touching his back with his hand, he could feel the muscles full of strength, the more Di Qing looked at it, the more excited he became, he suddenly reached out, grabbed the "little curly hair", and flew on the horse's back.
The black horse was furious, it felt that its dignity had been challenged, and the little curly fur got up on all four hooves and ran out at a rapid pace, and it wanted to throw off the nasty guy on its back.
Where would Di Qing admit defeat, he hugged the neck of the little curly hair, and disappeared from everyone's eyes like lightning. Zhao Zhen was stunned.
"Wang Qing, Di Shuai will be fine, right?"
Wang Ningan said with a smile: "I'm afraid there is no war horse in this world that Di Dashuai can't control!" ”
When Zhao Zhen heard this, he nodded frequently, "Seeing Di Shuai galloping, I am also quite itchy, I don't know ......" Dare Zhao Zhen also wanted to try, so frightened that Wang Deyong hurriedly shook his head.
"Your Majesty, these horses are all stallions, and they have a violent temperament, if the saint wants to ride, the old minister can only order a knife." Wang De said with a dark face: "The old minister is reluctant!" ”
Wang Deyong was old, and he was like a child who got his favorite toy, and openly rejected Zhao Zhen's request. Our Uncle Zhao was not angry, he smiled and said: "In the past few days in the military camp, I have seen the soldiers practice, and when they arrive on the battlefield, the horses are the brothers and partners of the soldiers, how can I castrate such a good war horse casually because I am alone." ”
Zhao Zhen circled around a brown horse, Wari horse, nodding frequently, this kind of war horse has a strong body, obvious muscles, perfect lines, and strength from the inside out.
"Wang Qing, this war horse is not cheap, right?"
Wang Ningan scratched his head embarrassedly, "Your Majesty, this is the third uncle of the minister and his cousin, let them play to Your Majesty." ”
"Okay, call them here."
Not long after, Wang Liangjin and Wang Ningxuan came, and they greeted Zhao Zhen and told them how they got the war horse.
It's also a lot of fun.
They crossed the ocean and came to Tianzhu, first pretending to be silk merchants, trading with the locals, and sure enough, they inquired about the news of Mawarima.
Wang Liangjin bought it with a lot of money, and people didn't sell it!
I take silk and come to the door and do not sell it!
Show the identity of the envoy of the Great Song Dynasty, promise benefits, or don't sell!
The tsundere third brother said that the Mawarima was a treasure given to them by the gods, and it was not something that could be measured by the price at all.
Wang Liangjin is not good-tempered, after he went back, he took 300 sailors and wanted to rob hard, but they underestimated the combat effectiveness of the third brother, and they were actually defeated, losing dozens of people.
Wang Liangjin was reluctant, retreated to the ship, and planned the next step.
At this time, the third brother suddenly rushed over with a few horses, and they actually agreed to trade. Wang Liangjin was confused by the second monk, there is something wrong with the brains of these Tianzhu people?
After a long time of twisting and turning, they twisted and pinched and took out a glass mirror from their arms.
It turned out that Ah San found the glass mirror from the captive, and it immediately aroused their interest, what a clear mirror, the slightest hint of it, can be seen clearly.
If the gods were to be offered to them, the gods would surely see a more perfect version of themselves in the mirror, and if they were pleasing to the gods, they would bless them - the third brother made his own request to exchange the mirror for the marvarima!
When Wang Liangjin heard this request, he was crazy with joy, he resisted his impulse, pretended to be, and talked for three days before reaching a deal.
Ah San took the mirror and happily went to worship the gods, Wang Liangjin almost laughed. They did the same, exchanged the mirror for 500 horses, and then drifted across the ocean and returned to the Great Song Dynasty.
After listening to his narration, Zhao Zhen was also excited.
"How many mirrors did you trade for a warhorse?"
Wang Liangjin stretched out a finger.
Zhao Zhen exclaimed: "A mirror can be exchanged for a horse?" You've made a lot of money! ”
"Your Majesty, yes, it's a mirror for ten horses!"
Burst!
Everyone spurted blood all of a spurt, my God, it's like pie in the sky, this is too cheap!
Only Wang Ning'an, his face was as usual, and he was not surprised at all.
When Westerners colonized, they even exchanged glass beads for gold and land, and in comparison, it was already very polite to exchange mirrors for war horses.
And if it weren't for Wang Ning'an's efforts to crack down on copper prices, the glass mirror would have maintained a high price of hundreds or even thousands of pieces in the Great Song Dynasty, in comparison, a war horse is also 100 times, which is not cheap...... Well, that's right, we didn't take advantage of the third brother at all, but then again, the third brother's advantage is not in vain!
After Ouyang Xiu listened, he slapped his palms and laughed, leaning back and forth.
"Your Majesty, my Great Song is really blessed by God, the saint is majestic, and God is the saint who protects him!"
Zhao Zhen smiled: "The drunkard has also learned to pat on the back?" ”
Ouyang Xiu hurriedly shook his head, "No, Your Majesty, in order to get the sweat and blood of the horse, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty sent troops to the Great Wan Kingdom twice, the first time tens of thousands of cavalry, after a long journey, there was not one out of ten, and he returned in a fiasco." The second time, Li Guangli led an army of 100,000 and broke through the Dawan Kingdom, only recovering more than 1,000 sweaty and bloody horses. In the two battles, the big man paid the price of more than 100,000 people! Now my Da Song only used a few glass mirrors, and I exchanged it for a divine horse comparable to a bloody horse! Isn't it God forbid? ”
After listening to Ouyang Xiu's words, everyone came to the spirit, that's right, isn't the majesty of the Han Dynasty fought by the strong cavalry!
To put it bluntly, a sweaty horse has cast the majesty of a great man.
Every time I read about someone who offends me as a strong man, I will be punished even if I am far away! It still makes people's blood boil and tremble!
Thinking of this, the big guy put his eyes on the war horse in front of him, maybe it won't be long before this sentence will be changed to the one who offended me and forced the Song Dynasty, although it is far away, he will be punished!
It's exciting!