Seeing Li Shimin's appearance, Du He knew that what he expected was not bad.

After all, Li Shimin is a person who has seen the world, and it only took a moment to regain his calm, and he did not hide it from Du He, and nodded: "As you said, my Tang cavalry is seriously insufficient. I've been worrying about this lately, but I don't know how you see it? ”

Du He smiled calmly: "Actually, this is not a problem at all, my Chinese people have been a farming nation since ancient times, and the people are mainly farming, and they are not good at riding and shooting, but my Tang Dynasty is better." Uncle Li, think about the life of my people in the Tang Dynasty. From birth, he studied or did farm work in his childhood, and became a government soldier after starting a family. How much time can they have in their lives to learn to ride and shoot? Unless it's the kind of warrior who likes to shoot on horseback, who will spend a lot of time practicing riding and shooting? So, it's not surprising to get this right. ”

Li Shimin nodded approvingly, the truth Du He said was simple and easy to understand, but it was a truth that has not changed for thousands of years.

"The aliens are different from us, they are nomads, everyone has grown up on horseback, and they are very good at riding and shooting. Even if he is a natural idiot, let him ride a horse for twenty years, he is still a first-class cavalry, which is the biggest gap between our farming people and nomads. ”

Li Shimin is also quite clear about this, so he is worried about this.

Because no one knows the important surname of the cavalry better than him.

Li Shimin is a natural king and a natural handsome talent.

When Li Shimin was eighteen years old, he had already begun the battle for the world, leading Li Tang's army to fight in the south and the north.

Li Shimin has a characteristic in fighting wars: he seeks victory while maintaining stability, and he makes a decision before acting. Whenever he fought with the enemy, Li Shimin mostly first focused on defense, made himself invincible, and then sought fighters to attack.

When attacking, Li Shimin has another characteristic. He likes to let large troops come forward to fight, and then lead small forces himself, and personally surprise and break the enemy's camp.

This force is none other than the Megatron Xuanjia Army.

"Zizhi Tongjian" records the Xuanjia Army: "The Qin King Shimin selected more than 1,000 elite horsemen, all dressed in Xuanjia, divided into left and right teams, so that Qin Shubao, Cheng Zhijie, Wei Chi Jingde, and Zhai Changsun were divided into generals. In every battle, the people of the world were taken as the vanguard by the Xuanjia Shuai, taking the opportunity to attack, and everything was destroyed, and the enemy was afraid of it. Xingtai servants shot Qu Tutong, and Dou Liang of the Emperor praised the generals according to the camp tun, and suddenly met Wang Shichong, and the battle was unfavorable. Qin King Shimin Shuai Xuanjia rescued him, Shichong was defeated, and his cavalry general Ge Yanzhang was captured, and more than 6,000 people were captured, and Shichong escaped. ”

Although this text is very short, the combat effectiveness and role of the Xuanjia Army can be seen. Li Shimin took the lead in almost every battle, he himself was dressed in Xuanjia, and led the cavalry to press the enemy like a black cloud, the momentum was pressing, and the elite of the Xuanjia Army itself was almost invincible.

In addition, the most glorious battle of the Tang Dynasty against foreign races was Li Jing's Tang (Eastern) (Turkic) Turkic War.

In August of the third year of Zhenguan, Tang Taizong accepted the suggestion of Zhang Gongjin, the governor of Daizhou, and decided to attack the (Eastern) (Turkic) Turks, and ordered Li Jing, the secretary of the military department, to be the head of the march of Dingxiang Road, with Zhang Gongjin as the deputy, and launched a powerful military offensive. He also appointed Li Ji, the governor of Bingzhou, Shi Chai Shao, the governor of Huazhou, and Xue Wanche, the governor of Lingzhou, as the governors of each province, commanding more than 100,000 troops and attacking the Turks separately.

In the first month of the fourth year of Zhenguan, the wind was cold, and Li Jing led 3,000 elite cavalry, braving the severe cold, starting from Mayi and advancing towards the Evil Yang Ridge. Jieli Khan never expected that the Tang army would come suddenly, and the soldiers and generals looked at each other, and they were all shocked. They judged that if the Tang soldiers did not come to the country, Li Jing would never go deep alone, so they were "surprised." Li Jing found out about this news and secretly ordered the spies to divide his henchmen, and his confidant Kang Sumi came to surrender. Li Jing immediately attacked Dingxiang, and under the cover of night, he attacked the city in one fell swoop, captured Yang Zhengdao, the son of Yang Xuan, the king of Sui Qi, and Empress Xiao, the former Yang Emperor, and Jieli Khan fled to the mouth in a hurry.

This battle directly determined the outcome of this battle, although Jieli Khan resisted many times later, but it was always a trapped beast.

Although this battle was attributed to Li Jing's ghostly military talent, the effectiveness of the 3,000 cavalry was beyond doubt.

If the cavalry is used well, 3,000 can determine the victory, but if there are 30,000, or 300,000, is it invincible in the world?

Therefore, Li Shimin has always attached great importance to the development of cavalry, and the Tang Dynasty is therefore the only dynasty in all dynasties that has no shortage of horses. I remember that the historical records record that in Longxi alone, Li Shimin raised 700,000 military horses, and every time he went to battle, the Tang army did not say how many horses the cavalry had, even if it was a foot soldier, each person could get a war horse luxuriously, which was used to ride and hurry.

Therefore, what the Tang Dynasty lacks is not war horses, but knights on horseback, knights who can fight for the Tang Dynasty.

"Now that you understand this, I wonder if there's a way to fix it?" Li Shimin didn't have much hope in his heart, but they had already talked about it, so they asked casually.

"There is no good way...... However, there is a stupid solution! Du He already had a record in his heart, and smiled mysteriously.

Li Shimin's face showed a trace of regret at first, but when he heard it, he showed a trace of expectation in the end: "A stupid way is a stupid way, it's better than no way!" ”

"Does Uncle Li know about polo?" Duhe asked.

"Naturally, I know that there is a poem in Cao Zhi's "Famous Capital Chapter" that says: 'Even riding to attack the soil, skillfully pushing Wanduan'. I also play when I have nothing to do, which is quite interesting and a test of riding skills. Li Shimin said, his eyes suddenly lit up, he already understood Du He's intentions, and said happily: "You mean to promote polo?" ”

"Uncle Li is wise and martial, Du He admires it!" Du He also patted Li Shimin's horse slightly, and said with a smile: "The advantages of nomads are incomparable to us. But we can vigorously promote polo, let polo into thousands of households, everyone can learn, everyone can play a few, over time, the people will be good at riding, a little training can be cavalry. This may not be as good as those peoples on horseback, but at least they have a good foundation, so that they can't even get on horseback. ”

Li Shimin immediately groaned, his fingers tapping on the table in order, making a "knock knock" sound.

"It's a really good idea, it's just a big problem. First of all, most of the horses in the people's homes are short ponies used for camel heavy ploughing, and secondly, this polo is a game after all, and it is not easy to make it popular throughout the Tang Dynasty. ”

Li Shimin is worthy of being Li Shimin, just thinking about it for a while, and asking both questions in the most critical place.

"It's hard to say, but it's easy to say!" Du He already had a case in his heart.

"Come on!" Li Shimin's tone was a little excited.

Du He said with a smile: "The key is still on Uncle Li, as long as you come forward to organize a polo league, send me to all the ways of the Tang Dynasty, let them tell the world to call on the world's polo teams to compete, let each place select two teams, and then come to Chang'an for the finals, the winner can get the trophy designed by Uncle Li himself, and there are also rich rewards." With this competitive method, polo is integrated into the lives of ordinary people and becomes an indispensable part of them. ”

Du He talked to Li Shimin endlessly about all the progress of the NBA League, and he danced with his hands and told a beautiful blueprint.

Li Shimin was dumbfounded when he heard this, but he couldn't help but be amazed.

In the end, he sighed with emotion: "Virtuous nephew, you are really a genius, I have convinced you!" ”