Ashina Xuelian nodded and said, "Kang Lu, on the way here, King Lantian said that he would help us build a strong cavalry, have you forgotten?" ”

Kang Lu patted his head and said with a wry smile: "Look at my memory, you did say it, but I didn't think about it so much at the time, it seems that you really came prepared!" ”

Su Lihe said on the side: "King Lantian, I don't believe in you, how can you help us build a strong cavalry by yourself?" ”

Ashina Xuelian said: "Uncle Su Lihe, I'm afraid you don't know yet, right? Lantian Wang trained a regimental training of the Tang Dynasty, do you know the regimental training? ”

"Of course I know that regimental training is a local baggage soldier in Datang, and there is generally no need to fight!" Su Lihe nodded.

"You know what? It was this regiment of 3,000 people who trained to defeat the Khitan and Xi coalition forces of more than 30,000 people, and it was a face-to-face battle! ”

"What? It's true? Su Lihehu wondered.

Although Su Lihe is in the Western Regions, he knows that the combat effectiveness of the cavalry of the Khitan and Xi tribes is not inferior to that of the Eastern Turkic cavalry, or even higher, if it were not for the small number of people in their tribes, they would not be attached to the Eastern Turks. But the regimental training of the 3,000 Tang Dynasty defeated the 30,000 Khitan and Xi coalition forces, and he did not believe it.

Kang Lu confirmed: "Uncle Su Lihe, what Xuelian said is true, that battle was personally commanded by the Khitan King Li Shenghuo and the Xi King Li Dayu, the Khitan and Xi people died nearly 20,000 people, and it was this battle of the Lantian King that convinced Li Shenghuo and Li Dayu, so he asked the Tang Dynasty to surrender." ”

Hearing Kang Lu say this, Su Lihe knew that there would be no fake. He looked at Li Tao with a few hopes.

Li Tao smiled: "What Kang Lu said is all in the past, and it is not worth mentioning. Of course, it is not possible to train tens of thousands of turquoise horsemen by me. But I'm ready. Fifty elites were carefully selected from the Luzhou regimental training, and they were also brought this time, and they will stay in Turgish in the future to help you train cavalry. ”

"This dare is good!" Su Lihe was so happy that he couldn't close his mouth, and he asked again: "King Lantian, I know that training a strong army is not a matter of one or two days, but can you tell me a rough idea." So I know what to expect? ”

Li Tao saw that Kang Lu and Ashina Xuelian were also looking at him curiously, and joked: "It seems that if I don't talk about it, you don't plan to let me drink with peace of mind." Okay, I'll talk about it! ”

The three of them smiled wryly.

"First of all, to build a professional cavalry."

"What is a professional cavalryman?"

"In the past, the Turgish adopted a system where the whole clan was a soldier. The cavalry is a group of herdsmen with weapons. That's all, when you fight, you can only rely on a courage, it seems that there are a lot of people, but the actual combat effectiveness is not high. A person's energy is limited, and it is unrealistic to expect him to win when war comes. And professional cavalrymen don't have to go to herding, they don't have to do anything else. Their training is non-stop. The strength of combat effectiveness depends on actual combat experience, and professional cavalry has experienced many wars. Their combat effectiveness will naturally increase. Their mission is to protect their people in the event of war. Because of this, they did not dare to slack off. If these professional cavalrymen can be given high honor and treatment, then their will to fight will be terrible. ”

Li Tao's words were very thorough, they all understood, and there was a yearning look on their faces.

"Anything else?" Conroe asked again.

"Second, it is to properly control the size of the army!"

"Isn't the more powerful an army the better? Why control scale? Su Lihe was puzzled.

Li Tao smiled bitterly: "If you can do it, of course, the more the better, but Tuqi Shi can't do it, and even Datang may not be able to do it!" ”

"Why is that?"

"The professional cavalry is well-equipped, and the investment is also very large, the cost is five to ten times that of the original, and you can't afford to raise more people, if you don't care about the actual expansion, it will drag down the entire Turkish."

Su Lihe sighed and asked, "How many cavalry should the Turks have?" ”

"You can't break through 30,000 people, if you exceed 30,000 people, it's very dangerous!"

"Thirty thousand? Is it too little? Su Lihe was taken aback, knowing that there were 200,000 cavalry in the past.

"If you knew the power of these 30,000 cavalry, you wouldn't say that!" Li Tao thought for a while and said, "Let's put it this way, if these 30,000 cavalry are trained, its combat effectiveness will be twice as strong as all the Tang cavalry in the Western Regions combined." ”

Su Lihe showed an incredible look on his face, although the total number of Datang Anxi and Beiting Iron Cavalry is only more than 50,000 people, they are quite effective in the Western Regions, and it is with their existence that Datang can control the huge Western Regions. If the combat effectiveness of the 30,000 turquoise cavalry Shi Tieqi was twice that of the Tang cavalry, what kind of situation would he be, he didn't even dare to think about it.

"But, but ......," Su Lihe stammered, "There are still 80,000 cavalry in the Turgish, so what about the remaining 50,000?" ”

"Eliminate the weak and stay strong, this matter will be done by the people I brought, you just have to rest assured!"

Su Lihe's face was uncertain, and it seemed that he was still very conflicted in his heart.

Li Tao said without hesitation: "Kang Lu, Su Li Heye Protection, do you want an invincible elite cavalry, or a cavalry with a large number of people but no combat effectiveness, but you have to think about it." ”

"King Lantian, I have decided, the Turgish cavalry will be handed over to you, I believe you!" When Kang Lu said this, there was a resolute look in his eyes.

"Well, I also believe in you, King Lantian, the future of Tuqishi will be handed over to you!" Su Lihe finally made up his mind.

"Don't worry, Suri Hingyehu, in less than three years, I will definitely help you train the cavalry!" Li Tao's words made Su Lihe more confident.

"Okay, Lantian King, we'll start training from tomorrow, how about it?" Conroe said ambitiously.

Li Tao shook his head and said, "This matter is not in a hurry!" ”

"Why aren't you in a hurry?" Kang Lu said: "Didn't you just say that this is a major event related to the future of the Turgish? ”

"If you don't solve the two problems I said before, you can't start training!"

"Why is that?"

"The morale of the Turgish is too low now, and forcing training in such a state will not have any effect. To train a strong army, you need super training, and if you want to ensure good training, you must have a strict sense of obedience, and your prestige has not been fully established, and your strength has not been fully reflected, and the final effect of training cannot be guaranteed. Besides, to weed out 50,000 out of 80,000 people would not have been able to do it without your strong support. So, you have to deal with morale and your prestige first. ”

Kang Lu asked, "I wonder when the people you sent out will come back?" ”

Li Tao shook his head: "I don't know, we can only wait!" ”

Kang Lu was disappointed: "That is to say, we can't do anything now!" ”

"Who said that we can play that scene first!"

Kang Lu glanced at Su Lihe and said helplessly: "It's just like this!" ”

…… (To be continued......)