Encountering a great good thing for a heaven-sent horse, Zhao Min didn't want to delay for a second, and immediately called Zhang Han and five personal guards, with Ma Gui as a guide, all the way to Lu Xu's secret horse farm. www.biquge.info In order to ensure the demand for 100 heavy armor riders, in addition to a few main generals with separate mounts, even Zhao Min's personal guards can only scrape together 7 or 8 war horses. This time, in order to pursue speed, I needed to ride a horse, so I could only take five people with me and set off.

Out of the Duchang City Gate, but ten miles to the Han Pavilion, the fast horse galloped only half an hour. However, this secret horse farm is not where Hanting Township is located, but further south, and when Zhao Min and the others arrive, they can see the shape of Fuyong Mountain from afar.

It is a hilly area, and the peculiar thing is that in a circle of hills, there is a valley that naturally surrounds it, about four or five hundred acres in a square area. Although the surrounding area is low hills, but there are also four or five zhang height, people want to climb have to use both hands and feet, if replaced by horses and other people who do not have the ability to climb, there is no need to worry about climbing; In addition, there is only one valley mouth in this valley that can be entered, and the valley is green and grassy, and it is unusually flat, so it can really be regarded as a natural horse farm. The only flaw is that the place is a little smaller, and a thousand horses is the limit. It's really hard for Lu Xu to find such a good treasure land, but it's a pity that it's all cheap Zhao Min now.

When they arrived at the mouth of the valley, they found that there was actually a fence similar to a walled gate built at the mouth of the valley, as well as several wooden houses that were presumably used by the wranglers to stay. However, at this time, the building was already empty, presumably after learning the news of Lu Xu's defeat, the personnel in charge of guarding the horse farm fled by themselves, and they didn't even close the gate. Fortunately, it was closed on all sides, and the horses were probably accustomed to the silence of the valley, so it seemed to several people that the number of horses had not changed much from what Magway had said.

With such a large group of war horses, Zhao Min's excitement can be imagined. At this time, he had already regarded this horse farm as his own bag, and naturally did not allow others to get involved or the horses to get lost, so in addition to arranging for a personal guard to return to the city to lead the team to guard the horse farm, he stood at the entrance of the horse farm, even just watching these free galloping horses is also a pleasure. He had already thought about this horse farm when he saw it, so he used it as his own horse breeding farm, and once he could get a horse breed, he would bring all of them here to be domesticated. Although the place is not big, he doesn't have much ambition to get many war horses, not to mention that this place is not far from Duchang City, as long as the county commander position of Magway is still there, it should not be a problem to protect the horse farm.

Due to the special topography of the valley, all the horses are free-range. According to Ma Gui, all the war horses here came from Liaodong, and Zhao Min couldn't help but leave snacks. Speaking of war horses, Zhao Min still knows a little. The best war horse of this era is undoubtedly the Dawan horse, which is named after its origin in the Western Regions Dawan country; Because the sweat that flows out after running at high speed is like blood, it is also called 'sweat and blood BMW'. It is characterized by its tall stature and strong short-distance sprint power, so it is also considered to be the best choice for heavy armor to ride war horses.

In addition to the Dawan horse, another famous war horse is the Mongolian horse. Of course, there is no Mongolian name in this era, and the Xia State is generally called the Xiongnu war horse, and the Xiongnu, Xianbei and other northern ethnic minorities who often sweep the border are mostly ridden by this kind of horse. In order to prevent invasion and fight against foreign races, the Anbei Protectorate of Bactria also introduced a number of Xiongnu war horses. The characteristics of the Xiongnu war horse are not high, but the limbs are strong and powerful, not afraid of the cold, can fight in various terrain conditions, the most important thing is that it is the best in the world in long-distance running endurance, is the favorite kind of war horse of the expeditionary force, there is no one.

In addition to the above two famous horse breeds, there are also Qiang, Di and other customary Xiqiang war horses, this kind of horse because of the head and neck, especially suitable for mountain climbing, the load is extremely strong, in the southwest mountains to fight invincible and disadvantaged. There is also a kind of war horse that is the Wuhuan war horse native to Liaoxi, that is, these horses in front of Zhao Min. This horse has the ability to run both short and long distances; But the disadvantage is that the strength of the sprint is not as good as that of the Dawan horse, and the endurance of the long distance is not as good as that of the Hun horse, which belongs to a kind of middle grade. However, in terms of appearance, the Wuhuan war horse can definitely be the first of the horses. Because of his slender body, vigorous body, smart and handsome, he is quite in line with the style of a gentleman. If it is described in modern game language, Dawan Horse is like a paladin, tall and mighty; The Hun horse is like a dwarven warrior, violent and ferocious; The Wuhuan horse is like an elf archer, elegant and smart, chic and extraordinary. Originally, on the historical trajectory, the white horse of Liaodong Gongsun Zhan was the Wuhuan war horse used, and it can be said that this kind of war horse is simply an excellent war horse tailored for light cavalry.

Therefore, Zhao Min fell in love with these elegant creatures at the first sight of these war horses. These horses were scattered throughout the valley in herds, some bowing their heads in search of food, others galloping with their hooves. The most striking thing was the group of horses near the middle of the valley, numbering nearly a hundred, guarding a particularly tall black steed. I saw that the horse was nearly eight feet long, about eight feet high, and the whole body was dark, and the fur was smooth, without a trace of variegation, like a whole black satin. But the most conspicuous thing is its four hooves, which are pure white, like clouds. Its posture is majestic and elegant, and there is a bit of royal power between Gu Pan, which is really amazing!

Seeing Zhao Min staring intently at the black horse, Ma Gui, who was good at observing words and feelings, approached Zhao Min's side and whispered, "The King of the North Sea has a crush on that black horse?" This horse has a dark body and white hooves than snow, such a horse has a talking head, called 'stepping on the snow black horse' also known as 'jade chasing horse'. In the past, Lu Gongxiang, who bravely crowned the three armies at the end of the Qin Dynasty, was riding this kind of war horse, and if he entered the realm of no one among the ten thousand armies, he had to achieve a brave name. ”

The Duke of Lu mentioned by Ma Gui is Xiang Yu, the overlord of Western Chu, who was praised by later generations, but in this time and space, because of the sudden rise of Zhao Qi, the founding emperor of the Xia Dynasty, he was strangled in Jiangdong before he had time to stage the scene of Chu and Han fighting for hegemony, and naturally there were no moving stories such as Hongmen Banquet, Embattled Song, and Farewell My Concubine, but at least he and Wu Qima's ten thousand enemies still retained.

Zhao Min nodded and said, "This horse is indeed a handsome man, and I love it very much." But seeing that this horse seems to have the appearance of a king, I don't know if I need to surrender it? ”

Ma Gui said: "The king of the North Sea is really well-informed, all this famous horse has a violent personality, and he cannot surrender unless he has the courage of ten thousand people." According to the opinion of the lower officials, when the army is mobilized, it is forced to move with multiple strong ropes, and when it is exhausted, the king of the North Sea can ride it again, and he should be obedient. ”

Zhao Min shook his head when he heard this, "The reason why the fierce horse is a fierce horse is because it is unwilling to obey easily; If you forcibly surrender with the strength of everyone, I am afraid that in the future, you will be no different from Changma. Although Min is not proud of his bravery, he wants to give it a try. After saying that, he went to the black horse alone.

Ma Gui was shocked, but as a newly surrendered minister, it was difficult to forcibly pull it, so he had to look at Zhang Han for help. How do you know that Zhang Han saw that Zhao Min planned to train the horse alone, not only did he not dissuade him, but his eyes showed admiration and appreciation, and he also said: "The courage of the soldiers, although the king of Beihai is weak and weak, his courage is commendable and strong!" ”

You're a big-headed ghost! Ma Gui scolded in his heart, as the head of the guard, you don't want to protect the lord's safety, but seem to have the intention of instigating, in case the king of the North Sea has a good one, can you afford the consequences? Besides, even if you want to die, why pull me up? For a while, Ma Gui was bitter in his heart, and he had nothing to do, so he was so anxious to turn around in a circle, hesitant and at a loss.

(It's a little late today, but there will be more later)