"For basic physical qualities, such as speed, endurance, pulling, weight-bearing capacity, and innate qualities, the influence of the paternal and maternal parents is on average equal to the other. Horse habits, such as adaptability to harsh weather such as heat and cold, and tolerance to rough feeding, are almost entirely inherited from the mare (because foals generally grow up with mares). In this way, the mare should try to choose a breed with good habits, while the stallion should mainly look at the innate qualities. After Li Hui confirmed this, he suddenly realized that the Mongolian horse that he looked down on at the beginning was not completely worthless

If it is a large-scale breeding in reality, the Mongolian horse will not have much value even as a mother, because the small physique is too big, even if China, Japan and other Eastern countries do this, it is just to make full use of existing resources to reduce the cost of breeding. But for the "breeding" of the system, the situation is very different

First of all, the system must be a high-quality product, and the physique of Mongolian horses must be much larger than the average, and the disadvantages are relatively not so big (theoretically, the advantages of Western horses will also be magnified, but because the physique of war horses is not as big as possible, it is not good after a certain extent, so the gap between the two will be significantly narrowed.) ）。

Secondly, although the disadvantage of physique can be compensated for as much as possible in reality by repeated genetic improvement of multiple generations of excellent paternal parents, because it takes three or five more years to breed each more generation, if there are too many generations, the opportunity cost is too great to be drawn, so it is rarely used in reality.

However, the systematic breeding is completed immediately, and Li Hui only needs to spend 10 kilograms of silver each time, which is no longer a lot of money in his eyes, so naturally he might as well mate for a few more generations, and the disadvantage of the small physique of Mongolian horses can be fully compensated.

As long as the disadvantage of small physique can be compensated, the advantage of Mongolian horse habits is enough to make it the best female parent, compared to the points that Li Hui already knew before, there are other points mentioned in the systematic evaluation, which are also very valuable.

First of all, the Mongolian horse is the most hardy horse breed in the world except for the Siberian dwarf, and even the Don hippopotamus, which is known for its hardiness, is not as attractive as Li Hui, who will develop in the northeast after the whole of Shandong.

What's even more rare is that the Mongolian horse is also very heat-resistant, which is far better than the Russian Don hippopotamus.

In addition, the Mongolian horse is actually a general term for a large class of horse breeds, the most important are three, namely the Uzhumuqin horse, the Wushen horse and the Baicha iron-hoof horse, among which the Baicha iron-hoof horse is good at walking rugged mountain roads, and the physique is larger than other horse breeds such as the southwest horse that is good at walking mountain roads, and it has been an excellent war horse in history, which is very suitable for China's mountainous terrain, so it has naturally become the first choice for the mother

When choosing the paternal parent, Li Hui also took into account the ability to walk mountain roads, because it does not only depend on habits, but also related to body shape and hoof shape, so many famous horse breeds such as thoroughbred horses and Arabian horses have been abandoned.

In the end, the two sires selected by Li Hui were the Kabakin horse in the Caucasus Mountains and the Kazakh horse in the mountainous areas of Central Asia and northern Xinjiang.

The adult stallion is 1.5 meters tall on his back, weighs 450 kilograms, and takes 1 minute 08 seconds to run 1 kilometer with a weight of 80 kilograms.

And its endurance is even better, also in the case of carrying 80 kilograms, its 3 km race has been close to the world-class level, and the long-distance race of more than 10 km is even more unique in the world, the strength of endurance is unmatched, even the Arabian horse and other excellent horse breeds are also known for their excellent endurance, compared with it There is a big gap

But the reason why Li Hui loves to call it "Tianma" is not only because this kind of war horse is not slow and has unparalleled endurance, but also because it has many excellent characteristics!

First of all, Li Hui attaches the most importance to terrain adaptability, and the Pegasus is even stronger than some of the ponies that are specially used for mountain transportation, and basically as long as it is a mountainous area that can be carried by a person, the Pegasus can also pass with ease.

This means that the ability of a cavalry unit mounted by a full force to ride Pegasus can almost be compared to that of a larger group of ordinary light infantry in terms of terrain traversal, and when combined with the overwhelming superiority of cavalry speed, its significance is obvious.

In addition, to Li Hui's somewhat surprise, Tianma actually inherited Kaba Jinma's specialty of finding his way in the fog and dark night (which should rely on a keen sense of smell).

Then, I don't know if it's a heterosis, or because the general physique is inherently conducive to keeping out the cold, the Pegasus's cold-tolerant ability is actually stronger than its parent parent, it can continue to march in the wind and snow at -40 °C, and only need a simple horse shed and plenty of food to safely survive the extreme cold when the outdoor temperature is below -50 °C, even if it is a terrible winter in the Northeast and even Siberia, it will not cause much restriction on it, and even to some extent, it will gain obvious strategic advantages because of its super adaptability to the cold climate.

In addition, Tianma's ability to adapt to hot and humid climates is stronger than Li Hui expected, at least it will not be a surprise.

The Pegasus has also completely inherited the hard-working Mongolian horse, usually fed roughage, not to mention, and as long as it has enough fat, it can even be single-horse and fully armed combat configuration, so it is not particularly bad (the horse can run, not only slow walking. For more than ten days, he maintained a daily march of 300 miles without getting tired, even if there was only grass to eat.

Of course, fat loss is inevitable, but you only need to feed concentrate afterwards to quickly recover your vitality. This, combined with the fact that Pegasi are more resistant to disease than most horse breeds, can greatly reduce non-combat losses, which is also important on long marches.

And it is worth mentioning that although the Pegasus is a special war horse, it is also very versatile, and when used as a pack horse, it can carry 150 kg of weight for long-term work, which is stronger than most professional pack horses.

If it is used as a horse, it can also work for a long time on a single set of wooden wheels with a load of thousands of pounds on dirt roads and gravel roads (if it is a rubber-tired car on an asphalt road or cement road, the load can be increased by one to two times), which is undoubtedly very suitable for China's special national conditions with complex terrain and climate.

In addition, the price of the Pegasus is also somewhat advantageous, with the current technology of an adult stallion costing about 1.2 kg of silver per horse (and as with other system products, if you buy enough at once, you can get a discount.) ), less than half the size of the Anglo-Arabian horse, well worth buying in large quantities.

Although cavalry has gradually become obsolete, this ancient branch of the army still has irreplaceable strategic value before the advent of tanks, especially for China, which is a vast country.

In addition, China is still a poor country and cannot burn money compared with the Western powers, so the main horse breed of the Chinese cavalry must be of good quality and low price, and the "Tianma" perfectly satisfies this.

In the end, this horse breed was not only chosen by the cavalry sent by Li Hui to pretend to be a ringing horse, but later served as the main mount of the Chinese cavalry for a long time, until this type of cavalry completely withdrew from the stage of history