"Lord Wang, the people in Yan'an Mansion are all recruits, even if the Song army on the side of the Longxi Protectorate has lost contact with the Song Court, they are all veterans after all. The two captains of Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info Shi Lance and Shi Zong only brought 5,000 recruits, so I'm afraid they may not be able to fight it. Orihiko thought about it and still put forward his opinion.

"Bold, are you questioning the prince's decision?" Gonggong Feng opened his mouth with some dissatisfaction.

Zhao Shuo raised his hand and stopped Gonggong Feng. "Gonggong Feng, what Brother Yanye said makes sense, haven't you thought about this problem?"

Gonggong Feng was stunned, he only thought about maintaining Zhao Shuo's majesty, but ignored the relationship between Zhao Shuo and the Zhi family.

"The old slave knows his mistake." Father-in-law Feng bowed.

"Haha......" Zhao Shuo smiled heartily. Forget it, we all understand what you mean, but I, the prince, are different from other princes, and I will be exempt from that majesty and status. ”

Sighing slightly, Zhao Shuo continued. "As long as we stick together and keep what we deserve, that's enough."

"Lord Wang, this can't all be blamed on Gonggong Feng, the last general is indeed a little Meng Lang." Orihiko arched.

"Brother Yanye, don't think about it too much, between you and me, it is brotherly love, those things on the official side, don't want it." Zhao Shuo waved his hand and said with a smile. "Brother Hikono just said the problem, this king has also thought about it. But a recruit can't become a veteran without fighting. If they don't exercise, how can they defeat the golden army like a tiger and wolf. ”

"Could it be that the prince sent new recruits this time to train his troops?" Orihiko was stunned and spoke.

Zhao Shuo nodded. "Don't hide it from Brother Hikono, that's exactly the case. The king intends to fight in turns with five thousand recruits at a time. ”

"Fighting?" Orihiko asked suspiciously.

"Yes, the change of troops does not change the general, Shi Lance and Shi Zong are responsible for commanding, Yunshang and Ying'er are responsible for transporting, and when the time comes, the continuous cycle of batches will not be too big, even if there are some losses." Zhao Shuo and Zhi Yanye clarified their own strategies.

"High, lord!" Orihiko gave a thumbs up. "In this way, not only can you take the Longxi Protectorate, but also improve the combat ability of the soldiers, which is really a double win."

"Hikono, do you know someone who knows how to raise horses?" Zhao Shuo scratched his temples and asked.

"Lord Wang, do you want to raise horses?" Zhi Yanye was completely stupid, Zhao Shuo was uneasy to play his cards, he and Ben couldn't understand what Zhao Shuo was going to do.

"Now that the army is fighting, the cavalry is very important, and in our army, there are only a few cavalry in the Zhejia army, but the number is too small to form a large-scale corps operation." Zhao Shuo shook his head and sighed lightly.

"Lord Wang, we have a small cannonball in our hands, no matter how powerful the cavalry is, it can't withstand the hundreds of us throwing cannonballs at the same time." Zhi Yanye was confused, obviously he had better weapons, but Zhao Shuo wanted to find someone to raise horses.

"Brother Hikono, weapons are important, but there are many things that cannot be replaced by weapons." Zhao Shuo chuckled. "Let's just say that this cavalry, in terms of movement speed, is irreplaceable. Think about it, if Fuzhou is in trouble now, how long will it take for us to run to Fuzhou with small cannonballs, I'm afraid that when we get to Fuzhou, the daylilies will be cold, but with cavalry, it's different, and the speed of cavalry is not comparable to infantry. ”

"What the prince said is reasonable, but the cavalry costs a lot, and the war horse is a lot of money." Orihiko no raised the difficulty of developing cavalry. "With our current situation, it is really difficult to train cavalry."

"Tell me ......" Zhao Shuo tilted his head slightly, signaling Zhi Yanye to continue.

"Actually, this difficulty is the problem of the war horse. The most important thing for cavalry is war horses, but in the area we control now, first, there is no good place to raise war horses, and second, there are no good stallions. Orihiko let out a long sigh. If the prince wants to develop cavalry, he has to go out and buy horses. However, as a strategic resource, war horses have strict policies in various places prohibiting their sale. So ......"

"What you mean, this king understands." Zhao Shuo laughed. "Brother Hikono, do you know what forces are in the northern part of Yunnei Prefecture?"

"This ......" Orihiko said after pondering for a while. It seems to be the Liao State, after they were driven away by the Jin State, they were entrenched there, ready to counterattack the Jin State at any time. ”

"Oh~!" Zhao Shuo scratched his chin. "How are the war horses of the Liao Kingdom?"

"Lord Wang, don't think about it. Although Liao produces war horses, it is not enough for itself. If you want to buy war horses from them, I'm afraid it's difficult. Orihiko shook his head. The Liao State was bent on counterattacking Dajin and taking revenge, and all the war horses were equipped to the army, so there was no reason to sell them.

"The Liao State is not sold, the resistance they control now, is there a horse nation, they do not belong to the Khitan tribe or the Jurchen tribe, have you heard of it?" Zhao Shuo asked.

"Mongol tribes?" Orihiko Ye frowned and asked softly.

Zhao Shuo smiled secretly, this is the answer he wanted, nodded, and said. "This Mongolian tribe should also be a people on the steppe, do they also have war horses?"

"Lord Wang, the Mongolian tribes are now controlled by the Liao State, although they have horses, they all serve the Liao State, and if you buy them from them, I am afraid that you must also have the consent of the Liao State, and the Liao State will definitely not agree." Ori Yanye sighed and said helplessly.

"Isn't there any war there?" Zhao Shuo asked another question.

Orihiko Ye thought for a while and said. "I've also heard that the Mongolian tribe seems to be secretly preparing, as if they have sent envoys to the Jin country, but everything is still calm now."

Zhao Shuo nodded. "Let's go, you go back to Fuzhou immediately, talk to the prefect of Zhe, and ask him to send two teams of envoys, one team to the Liao State to find the emperor of the Liao State, and the other team to the Mongolian tribes to listen to their mouths."

"Yes, I'll do it!" After bowing, Orihiko turned and left.

"On the ninth day of the first month, you go to Yanzhou, talk to Li Yuanhao, and discuss some things about war horses." After Zhi Yanye left, Zhao Shuo said to Zhang Chujiu.

"Lord Wang, what is our bottom line?" Zhang Chujiu didn't dare to call the shots and asked.

"There is no bottom line, as long as he is willing to sell war horses, he will be temporarily promised any conditions." After a pause, Zhao Shuo said again. "However, when you agree, make a particularly embarrassed expression, lest he kick his nose in the face and the lion opens his mouth."

"Lord Wang, don't you have to wait for news from the envoys sent by Fuzhou to Liao?" Gonggong Feng looked confused and asked suspiciously.

"Not necessarily!" Zhao Shuo looked at Zhang Chujiu. "You will go to Yanzhou to see Li Yuanhao immediately, after talking about the war horse, tell him again, we are training in the Longxi Metropolitan Protectorate, let them not worry, and don't get involved."

"The Admiral knows." Zhang Chujiu saluted, turned around and left. (To be continued.) )