Whether Ma Haoxuan is in charge of commerce and trade, or Kan Zeyu takes over, so that Zheng Ningji is in charge of commerce and trade later, there is one thing that Li Rupei personally ordered to do well, that is, to introduce a large number of excellent war horses, Cui Anqian once had some opinions in this regard, after all, war horses are huge, but now it seems that Li Rupei's foresight and wisdom are by no means comparable to everyone.

The war horses of the Iron Blood Army were mainly Mongolian horses at the beginning, and after the Mongolian horses were trained, they were not shocked or exploded on the battlefield, and they were extremely brave, and they have always been good war horses, but Mongolian horses can definitely not be said to be excellent war horses, and the defects are also obvious, that is, they are too short in stature, and the speed is not very fast, and the explosiveness is not very strong.

In order to change the situation of the iron-blooded army's war horses, Li Rupei made up his mind, with the help of commerce and trade, spared no expense, and purchased a large number of Arabian horses and Kangguo horses, the height of these war horses is stronger than that of Mongolian horses, after training, the combat effectiveness is by no means inferior to Mongolian horses, and the explosiveness and speed are much faster.

Li Rupei's biggest stroke is to introduce a large number of Dawan horses, that is, the legendary sweat and blood BMW.

Sweat and blood BMW is the most precious war horse, combat ability is needless to say, this kind of war horse in the eyes of the cavalry, is incomparably precious, even more precious than human life, at the beginning of the introduction of a large number of sweat and blood BMW, the ordinary soldiers of the Iron and Blood Army, all think that having a sweat and blood BMW, is a great glory, but they still do not fully anticipate Li Rupei's generosity, five years, Li Rupei has introduced nearly 10,000 sweat and blood BMW, all of which are equipped with the Iron and Blood Army, special forces, scouts and officers at all levels in the Iron and Blood Army, Including the main cavalry, all of them were equipped with sweaty horses.

This greatly improved the combat effectiveness of the Predator Army.

In this expedition to Tubo and Longyou Road, the allocation of war horses is also very crucial.

The plateau has a special climate, and the sweat BMW, Arabian horse and Kangguo horse can all adapt to the plateau climate. In the face of the Tibetan army, which was dominated by Mongolian horses, it had a huge advantage.

In this battle, the 60,000 troops were all equipped with sweat and blood horses, Arab horses and Kangguo horses, and even the Kazakh horses, which were very good in the eyes of the soldiers, were eliminated.

After these horses arrived in Songzhou, they underwent a period of training and fully adapted to the climate and environment.

Of course, the army was also equipped with a number of Mongolian and Ili horses, the main task of these horses was to transport grain, and good war horses were used to transport grain. It's still a pity.

Gao Chibang, Xie Yuxin, Zhu Wen and Qin Erhei and others rode sweaty BMWs.

Although it is said that among the iron-blooded army, there are a lot of sweat and blood horses, but from Gao Chibang to ordinary soldiers, they all cherish war horses very much, especially sweat and blood horses, to a certain extent, war horses eat even better than people. Selected forage, fried soybeans, green beans, etc., but also rationed with refined salt, when fighting, the war horse and the soldiers are combined. With the assistance of the war horse, the soldiers can kill the enemy well.

Regarding how to take care of the war horses, the Daxing Taiwan government has no special requirements, but Gao Chibang has put forward strict requirements. War horses must be cared for, and the role of war horses is very important to whether they can achieve a decisive victory in battle.

The reason why Li Rupei did not propose how to protect the war horse. It is clear that many soldiers will especially cherish the war horse, especially the sweat and blood BMW known as the king of horses, and it is regarded as a heart and liver treasure by the soldiers, unless it is when the army is marching and fighting, the rest of the time is seriously served, Li Rupei has his own different views on this situation, he believes that people are more important than war horses, even if it is sweat and blood, can not make the value of horses more than soldiers.

It's a pity that Li Rupei's understanding is difficult to get a response in the iron-blooded army, and there is often a situation on the battlefield, in order to protect the war horse, the seriously injured soldier waving the horse whip, whipping the war horse that has never been willing to whip, urging the war horse to leave the dangerous battlefield, but unfortunately the war horse with a deep relationship with the soldiers generally will not leave.

A few years have passed, and many soldiers finally understand why the sweaty BMW is called the king of horses, not only because of the sweaty BMW's ability to travel thousands of miles a day, but more importantly, the sweaty BMW is humane.

Li Rupei's mounts are all pure white sweat and blood BMWs, and I am afraid that Emperor Taizong has not enjoyed such treatment.

Looking at the world of the Tang Dynasty, in terms of the equipment of war horses, the iron-blooded army is the strongest, including the feudal towns in the north, it is impossible to compare with the iron-blooded army, of course, this is also because of Li Rupei's generous investment, in terms of the procurement of war horses, never stingy.

Although Daxingtai Mansion issued a lot of training requirements, but Gao Chibang and others, still attach great importance to the training of war horses, they will not change their love for war horses, but also will not despise the sweat and blood BMW, the 60,000 troops participating in the battle, riding 5,000 sweat and blood BMW, officers at all levels, scouts, special forces are all equipped with sweat and blood BMW, in addition to the 2,000 most elite cavalry under Zhu Wen, all equipped with sweat and blood BMW.

This is also Li Rupei's big stroke, taking out half of the sweat and blood horses in the iron-blooded army and equipping them in the army, just to ensure the victory of the battle.

Needless to say, the combat effectiveness of the two thousand scouts and special forces, all equipped with sweat-and-blood BMWs, can decide the outcome of the battle at a critical moment, and can play a decisive role.

It's funny to say, the two thousand cavalry who are all equipped with sweat and blood horses have become Zhu Wen's heart and soul treasures, unless it is a very critical battle, these two thousand cavalry will all attack, and Zhu Wen has made strict requirements, and must protect the war horses, these war horses are sweat and blood horses, in the eyes of the opponent, that is a treasure that is difficult to buy.

Of course, Li Rupei once made a severe criticism of a tendency in training, that is, the sweaty and bloody horses equipped by scouts and special forces, because they cherish it too much, and sometimes when they need to ride a horse, they are reluctant to ride it, preferring to walk, such a situation has never been a minority, after all, the soldiers of the Iron and Blood Army have never ridden such a valuable war horse.

Li Rupei believes that whether it is a bloody horse or a Mongolian horse, it is for the service of the war, and it is okay to cherish it on weekdays, but at the critical moment, the war horse must come in handy, whether it is the sweat and blood horse or the Mongolian horse, if you cherish the war horse too much, resulting in a setback in the battle, it is putting the cart before the horse.

After Li Rupei's reprimand, this situation has changed, of course, Li Rupei is also ruthless, if someone makes a mistake in reconnaissance or combat because he cherishes the war horse too much, then deprive him of the right to have a bloody horse, this is very fatal, the soldiers of the Iron Blood Army regard the sweat and blood BMW as a second life, and if they lose their sweat and blood BMW, half of their lives will be lost, so after the implementation of this method, the situation of cherishing the war horse too much has basically been eradicated.

Of course, the soldiers' love for war horses, or revealed in their words and deeds, when fighting, if the war horse is lost, after the battle, all the soldiers will hold a grand funeral, specially burying the war horse, up to the general, down to the ordinary soldiers, all have to pay attention to watch the war horse being buried, if the loss of the sweat and blood of the horse, it will be regarded as a major loss in the battle, although the battle has been won, but the soldiers are difficult to be happy.

This time, Qin Erhei led five hundred scouts out to investigate, and lost a total of nearly 100 scouts, as well as thirty sweaty BMWs, after returning to Xiangyang, all the scouts cried bitterly, for the loss of comrades-in-arms, but also for the loss of sweat and blood BMWs.

The training of the war horse, Gao Chibang and others attach great importance to it, but it is also a complete implementation of Li Rupei's requirements, that is, it is necessary to play the role of the war horse at the critical moment, the operation is on the plateau, the climate and environment are different, the role of the war horse is very critical, sweat and blood BMW, Arabian horse and Kang Guo horse, the ability is better than the Mongolian horse, which is proved by practice, so it can be a good training war horse, so that the war horse can adapt to the climate and environment, it can ensure the victory of the battle.

It should be said that more than a month, the training of war horses is also very good, the adaptability of war horses, is far stronger than the soldiers, this is an indisputable fact, as long as they can be carefully fed, pay attention to protection on weekdays, war horses generally will not have any problems, and there are veterinarians in the army who specialize in treating war horse diseases, the status of these veterinarians is very high, respected by all soldiers, including Gao Chibang and others, are very important to veterinarians, after all, what small problems occur in war horses, these veterinarians can solve them.

The training of the war horse has achieved very good results, which has a better guarantee for the upcoming battle.

In the blink of an eye, it's March, the season of spring flowers.

The snow has begun to melt slowly, of course, it is impossible to wait for all the snow to melt, that will need to wait until the end of April and early May, the soldiers of the Iron and Blood Army have made all the preparations, waiting for the arrival of March 20, when the army will march into Tibet and Longyoudao.

All the preparations entered the countdown, and Xichuan Jiedu made Kan Zeyu come to Songzhou again.

This time I came to Songzhou, and saw the mental state of many soldiers, Kan Zeyu was greatly surprised, I saw some soldiers who were difficult to adapt to before, full of energy, and the faces of all the soldiers turned bronze, if you don't observe carefully, you think it is a sergeant from Tubo, all this shows that the soldiers are completely ready.

Kan Zeyu brought a large amount of grain and grass, which were to be transported to Tibet by the army to ensure the supply of the army for marching and fighting, and the next batch of grain and grass needed to be supplied again in May.

Most places in Xichuan have entered the spring ploughing season, but in Tibet, it basically does not exist, because of the relationship between the environment and climate, the agricultural planting in Tibet is very backward, and there is very little grain planting. (To be continued......)