Mrs. Zheng has a lot of gentlemanly style, and it is rare to see him selling Guanzi like this, which hangs people's appetites, which really makes Wu Ji and the three of them very surprised and depressed, and the three of them complained in unison: "Lord Zheng, you are talking!" Sell it very closely! ”

"Huh!" Listening to the eager words of Wu Ji and the others, Mrs. Zheng was very happy, stroked her chin, and said with a smile: "Wait, I'll tell you." With tea in his right hand, he scratched it on the table, and explained while paddling: "This is the territory of the Han Dynasty when Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty ascended the throne, and there was no Great Song Dynasty." To the south, the area south of Wuling belonged to Baiyue (now Guangdong, Guangxi, Fujian, Hainan Island, and Vietnam), and although it was under the jurisdiction of the Han Dynasty, it was not to listen to the propaganda, which was not of much help to the Han Dynasty. In the north, there is just one more Yanyun Sixteen Prefectures than the Great Song Dynasty. ”

The index finger of his right hand pointed to the map drawn and said, "This is the land west of the river, where the Western Xia is now." It is true that there are good horses here, but at the beginning of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, this place belonged to the Xiongnu, not the land of the Han Dynasty, and the horses produced could only cause harm to the Han Dynasty and would not help in the slightest. ”

The Hexi Corridor was built by Huo Quai, and at the beginning of the Han-Hungarian War, the good horses here were not helpful to the Han Dynasty.

The index finger of the right hand moved again, and the tone turned higher, and said: "This is the land of the Hetao, the famous place of horse production, located in the south of the Yin Mountain, the climate is warm, the soil is fertile, the water is beautiful and the grass is green, and it is the pasture that the Huns yearn for." There are a lot of horses produced here, very miraculous, it is the main place where the Xiongnu produce horses in Monan, if it falls into the hands of the Xiongnu, the harm goes without saying, it is very big. It is precisely because of this that after Qin Shi Huang unified China, he ordered Meng Tian to lead an army of 300,000 to attack the Xiongnu, break the Xiongnu in the Hetao, seize the Hetao, and lose the Hetao's strength. At the end of the Qin Dynasty, the world was in turmoil, and the Xiongnu's Mao Dunshan took the opportunity to regain control of the Hetao, so that the best place to produce horses was not in the hands of the Han Dynasty. ”

The finger moved again, pointing to the current eastern section of Inner Mongolia: "This is the land of Monan, although it is not as good as the land of Hetao, it is still much warmer than Mobei, suitable for raising horses, it is a beautiful pasture in the minds of the Xiongnu, and there are many horses." However, in the hands of the Xiongnu, the Han Dynasty could only look at it and sigh. Needless to say, Mobei is the old nest of the Huns, far away from the Han Dynasty. ”

Speaking of this, he stopped, glanced at Wu Ji and the others, and said with a smile: "The Han Dynasty when Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty ascended the throne, compared with the Great Song Dynasty, is it almost the same?" The world's famous horse-producing land is not in the hands of Huaxia, but is controlled by foreign races, in the Han Dynasty it was owned by the Xiongnu, and in the Great Song Dynasty it was owned by the Western Xia and Khitans. ”

After what he said, Wu Ji also understood, and couldn't help nodding in agreement, and said secretly: "It turns out that the discussion posts circulating on the Internet are so unrealistic, and they don't even understand the history of the Han Dynasty, so they are jumping to conclusions." In the early days of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, the territory of the Han Dynasty was not large, and the places where horses were raised were not in the hands of the Han Dynasty, but Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty was able to create cavalry, which was really shocking. ”

"That's right!" Huangfu Song and Qi Dabaolian claimed: "If we hadn't listened to Lord Zheng, we would still be misunderstood." These people who read are really uninformed. Oh, Lord Zheng and Wu are both knowledgeable and knowledgeable. ”

The two found that there was a slip of the tongue, and they were a little embarrassed, and they were busy correcting it.

"Huh!" Mrs. Zheng stroked her forehead and said with a smile: "Books are not dead, it's just that people who read books are too dull." When Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty ascended the throne, there was no place for these horses, and the Han Dynasty still had excellent war horses, which was in the horse administration. ”

"Ma Zheng?" Huangfu Song and Qi Dabao exclaimed in unison, and said angrily: "That harsh government that wants the people to raise horses and harm the people? ”

Wu Ji didn't know much about Ma Zheng, and he was a little confused.

"Hey!" Mrs. Zheng sighed and said, "In the Han and Tang Dynasties, Ma Zheng was a good law. It is precisely because of Ma Zheng that China has domesticated countless war horses, the Chinese army can gallop vertically and horizontally, invincible, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty can defeat the Xiongnu, and Tang Taizong can destroy the Eastern Turks and conquer Goryeo. The Han Dynasty vigorously promoted horse policy, not only encouraging the people to raise horses, but also the government opened up pastures and raised many war horses. At the beginning of the Han Dynasty, there were few horses, and even the generals of the DPRK and China could only travel by ox carts, and the degree of lack of horses can be seen. The Han Dynasty purchased a large number of horses from the Xiongnu, these horses, in addition to some for the use of the army, the other part was used for hybridization and improved horse breeds. ”

"Improved horse breeds?" This thing is not surprising at all in modern society, but it is a little unbelievable in the Han Dynasty, and Wu Ji is very surprised.

"Yes!" Mrs. Zheng nodded lightly and said, "The Han Dynasty improved the horse breed and achieved great success, domesticating a lot of horses. At the foot of Lishan Mountain, there is a horse farm of the Han Dynasty, which raised tens of thousands of horses, which shows the prosperity of the Han Dynasty's horse politics. The Great Song Dynasty, on the other hand, was poorly managed and the horse breed was not able to improve its methods, turning the horse administration, which had achieved great success in the Han and Tang dynasties, into a harsh government for the people. ”

His words were conclusive, and of course Wu Ji and the others believed that what he said was true, and they couldn't help but sigh.

"The Great Song Dynasty has twelve horse farms on Hebei Road, and only 2,400 horses are domesticated a year." Mrs. Zheng let out a long sigh: "Hey! Embezzlement, [***], caused. ”

"Twelve horse farms only raise 2,400 horses a year, which is impossible." Huangfu Song screamed.

"It can't be so little anyway." Qi Dabao was also shocked.

"Sold to people. He Wanquan dared to sell the war horses of the Converting Army, how could those officials who raised horses not have the courage to do so? Wu Ji's mind moved, and he understood the reason.

"Commander Wu Du is right, it's not that he can't raise horses, but that all the good horses have been sold." Mrs. Zheng looked up to the sky and sighed: "The Great Song Dynasty horses are very expensive, and they are poorly managed and corrupt [***], how can they miss this kind of good thing to make money?" The imperial court was in urgent need of war horses, and the war horses were inquired several times, but the numbers found were not credible, and the good horses did not appear, and concealment was inevitable. ”

Even the horses raised in the horse farm dared to sell privately, and if the Song Dynasty could accurately find out the number of horses, it would become a strange thing, and it was inevitable to hide it and not report it.

"Although Huaxia is mainly agricultural, it is not good at shepherding. However, as long as the law is good, there is no problem in shepherding war horses. As for this pastoral land, there is no need to worry at all, the 100 million people of the Great Song Dynasty occupy not much land for farming, and the remaining barren mountains and mountains are used to shepherd war horses, which is no better. Mrs. Zheng finally said.

Wu Ji listened to his words and agreed, modern society, the population has exploded, reaching 1.3 billion, land is scarce, and resources are scarce. In the Song Dynasty, there were only 100 million people, and more importantly, the living standards of the people in the Song Dynasty were one in the sky and one in the ground compared with the modern people.

In the Song Dynasty, all you need to eat and clothes to wear is basically a well-off life, and it requires much less resources. In this way, the use of land will not be too much, there is a lot of wasteland, as long as the basic method is used, a large number of war horses are domesticated, it is not a problem.

"This is how the Han and Tang dynasties raised a large number of war horses?" Wu Ji stared at Mrs. Zheng.

"That's right! That's it. Zheng Tai nodded heavily: "Speaking of this horse politics, the success of the Han Dynasty has the most reference. ”

After listening to Mrs. Zheng's words, Wu Ji, Huangfu Song, and Qi Dabao looked at each other, and the shock in their hearts was indescribable. The lack of horses in the Song Dynasty is an indisputable fact, but I didn't expect that it was not that good horses could not be raised, but because of [***], the good law during the Han and Tang Dynasties, and in the Song Dynasty, it became a harsh government for the people.

If it weren't for what Mrs. Zheng said, no one would believe it. The Song Dynasty also wanted to emulate the Han and Tang dynasties, implement horse politics, and domesticate war horses, but because of the [***] caused the people to be pitted, the people were miserable and unwilling to raise horses.

During the Han and Tang dynasties, because of the implementation of the law, the people were willing to raise horses, and there were many war horses among the people. In the decisive battle of Mobei launched by Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, 300,000 war horses were invested at one time, which is a huge number. Among them, 140,000 official horses, and the remaining 160,000 are private horses.

In such a large-scale battle, the number of private horses actually exceeded that of official horses, which shows the success of Ma Zheng in the Han Dynasty.

The four of them sighed for a long time, and then Wu Ji brought the topic to the topic: "Today, we were originally discussing the formation of cavalry, but I didn't expect that Lord Zheng made us understand more things, which was refreshing." Now, let's move on to the formation of cavalry. ”

"Hmmm! Horses, the country's big animals, are related to the safety of the country, this time the Liao army invaded the territory, Wu Du commander has more than 8,000 war horses in his hands, which can be used to build cavalry. Mrs. Zheng couldn't help nodding, looked at Wu Ji, and said with a smile: "Commander Wu must be Zhizhu in his hands, it's better to say it and let me open my eyes." ”

"Wu Du commanded the cavalry of the Xiongzhou army, and he was not satisfied, there were three deficiencies. The first is that the long-range attack is not enough, the second is that the slashing is not sharp enough, and the third is that it cannot be used. Huangfu Song smiled and said, "Lord Zheng, listen, there are three defects, right?" ”

"Awesome! Terrible! First, there are three shortcomings! Commander Wu Du, can you elaborate? Mrs. Zheng was a little curious: "The Xiongzhou Army is a rare elite of the Great Song Dynasty, and you are not even satisfied with the cavalry of the Xiongzhou Army, which makes people look forward to it!" Say it, say it. ”

"Isn't it obvious that ranged attacks aren't enough?" Wu Ji raised his eyebrows and began to explain: "The equipment of the Xiongzhou Army is bows and arrows, hemp knives, armor, and war horses. ”

"Commander of Wu Du, this is modeled after the cavalry training of the Khitans." Qi Dabao was a little surprised: "Although the Khitans are hateful, their cavalry is the elite of the world, and their combat power is very strong. ”

"Although the Liao army is the elite of the world, there are some problems. Before, I had never fought with the Liao army, but after this battle, I understood that the Liao army was not so terrible. Wu Ji then explained: "The cavalry of the Liao State is certainly skilled in cavalry and archery, and its archery skills are very good, and they can release arrows at a long distance to effectively kill the enemy. But what would happen if you equip the cavalry with a crossbow that would have a longer range and be more powerful than the bow and arrow? ”

"Ahh Mrs. Zheng and the others were taken aback and exclaimed: "If this is the case, you can do it far away." On the battlefield, distance is victory, and not wasting distance is seizing the fighter. However, it was a bit of a hassle to create a hand crossbow that could shoot farther and more powerful than a bow and arrow. ”

It's not that people don't understand the benefits of crossbow equipment for cavalry, in fact, they are also equipped, but it is somewhat difficult to reach the level required by Wu Ji.

(To be continued)