Chapter 373: King Wei's Prairie Complex (1)
After thinking for a long time, the king of Wei Wuqi decided to send Xue Ne and Guo Yuanzhen to lead 20,000 troops to pursue the remnants of the Turkic army, in order to completely exterminate the Later Turks and make the Later Turks become a Turkic tribe under the rule of the Great Zhou.
Of course, no one knows what King Wei thinks, and people in this era can't understand Wu Zheng's thoughts and practices, because although the Heavenly Dynasty is open and accepts all ethnic groups, can exchange cultures, can have mutual markets, trade, tribute, etc., but will not be regarded as their own people. As a result, many frontier lands were set up to manage the conquered small states and tribes.
In addition to the imperial court garrison, other such as state and county management and so on belong to the local aristocracy, the royal family and other titles are canonized by the emperor, and the local nobles only need to provide the garrison needs, and pay tribute every year, of course, if the poverty is extremely high, it will be supported by the imperial court every year.
The purpose of Wu Zheng was to completely abolish the state of confinement and let it be completely incorporated into the territory of the Great Zhou, and enjoy the policies of the Great Zhou, pay taxes and serve as laborers like the people of the Central Plains. Of course, some special tribes must be transformed until they become part of the Great Zhou Dynasty completely.
No one understands Wu Zheng's thoughts, but that doesn't mean he won't do it, even if he can't reach the peak of the empire's power in the end, he will do it until he really loses that qualification completely.
After Wu Chuan sent Xue Ne and Guo Yuanzhen, he did not write any notes to the empress, and he decided to temporarily suppress the good news of the defeat of the Turks, the purpose was only to delay time and make the Khitans more ferocious, but the price was huge. If the Khitan captured the whole of Hebei and then attacked Hedong, the people of the Great Zhou would fall into war and turmoil. Perhaps tens of thousands of people will be displaced. But in the long run, it will be beneficial to him and to the people of Dazhou in the future.
The Li clan is not enough to take on the heavy responsibility of a strong empire, Wu Chu is convinced of this, otherwise how could there be the Anshi Rebellion, how could there be five dynasties and ten kingdoms, the rise of the Jin clan of the party clan, and so on!
War produces heroes. When war comes, people will need a hero to calm the war, then he will become a hero. But it's not well mastered. will become a sinner of history. People are sometimes very strange, and sometimes selfishness grows unconsciously, especially when Wu Chu is now in an awkward position, some strategies may be easier to climb to a high position.
The empress did not appoint Wu Tshong as the crown prince. Even if he succeeds in a coup d'Γ©tat, he will only leave a dishonorable mark. It will leave criticism for future generations and become the object of revivals in wild history, which can be described as a stench for 10,000 years!
Shandan Military Horse Farm, the earliest belonged to the land of the Yue, the Yueshi built a city here and multiplied, after the Western Han Dynasty was driven away by the Xiongnu at the beginning of the Western Han Dynasty, the Xiongnu built a single city here, until the period of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty Huo Qubing repelled the Xiongnu Shan Yu. A priest's garden was set up here, which was dedicated to raising horses. Since then, although the Shandan Military Horse Farm has changed its name several times, it is still mainly used to raise war horses, and of course, during the period from the Wei and Jin dynasties to the Sui Dynasty, it was also used to raise millions of cattle, sheep and camels.
Since the beginning of the Tang Dynasty, there were 3,000 war horses, to the Yonghui period, there were 700,000 horses in the right place of Longyou, Hexi, of which there were more than 500,000 horses in the Shandan Military Horse Farm, and now, although there are only about 300,000 horses, nearly 30,000 war horses are delivered to the Great Zhou every year.
The Great Zhou inherited the horse herding supervisor of the previous dynasty, and even the officials were not changed, so the officials of the horse herding supervisor were still Zhang Wansui's disciples Wei Panti and Hu Sizheng, who were the chief and deputy pastoral supervisors.
Since Wu Shui came to the largest horse ranch in the Great Zhou Dynasty, he had to come and see, the main reason was that the war horses of this era were the most important strategic reserves. Throughout history, the importance of cavalry has been throughout almost the entire history of cold weapons. Moreover, hundreds of years later, the Mongols used cavalry to the extreme, creating a cavalry legend.
The grassland of the Shandan Military Horse Farm is called Hanyang Grassland, and Hanyang is the Western Jin Dynasty when Liangzhou Thorn Shi Zhang Liang attached great importance to the horse farm, so he asked Yonggubao to be Hanyang County. Since then, it has been called Hanyang Grassland for a long time. But Yonggu Fort has changed its name several times, and now it is only a hand catch in Hexi, and the red sailor catches the city, which is under the jurisdiction of Liangzhou. The horse herding supervisor of the Hanyang Grassland is located in this city.
The Red Sailor captured the city in the west of the Hanyang grassland, and Wu Zhiliu's army set up camp, and only led 3,000 cavalry to gallop towards the Hanyang grassland.
But in an hour, when the vast Hanyang grassland appeared in front of him, Wu Zheng's eyes flashed with surprise.
On the endless grassland, groups of sturdy war horses of various colors galloped back and forth, extremely elegant. Once, he had a dream of galloping on the grassland.
Wu Chu laughed and said, "Xu Tingshi, how many war horses are there in this horse farm now?" β
Xu Qinming grabbed the reins of the horse tightly, he hadn't ridden a horse for a long time, he had only ridden for a while, his buttocks were turned upside down, he let out a sigh of relief, and said: "Your Highness, once the war horses here are domesticated, they will be distributed to various horse supervisors by the officials of the Sifu Temple in the central court, and Liangzhou only provides the necessary protection and supervision, and has no right to ask about the specific number." β
Xu Qinming saw that King Wei's face was unhappy, and hurriedly said: "But the approximate number is still known, for example, last year domesticated 18,000 war horses, and this year I don't know, but according to previous years, this year should be less." β
Wu Chu frowned, slowed down his horse's speed, and asked, "Why is this?" β
Xu Qinming said: "Since the introduction of the Western Regions Dawan horse by Zhang Jingshun in the previous dynasty, the breed has been improved, but now more than 60 years have passed, and the number of qualified war horses will gradually decrease. Here, the horse herding supervisor Wei knows better than the lower officials, and His Highness can ask him in a moment. β
Wu Chu immediately understood that after the horse is crossed, the first generation is always the best, and after several generations, various defects will be revealed, which is the "defective gene" in biology to become dominant.
War horses are not ordinary horses, not all horses can become war horses, just like people, not everyone can become qualified soldiers. The same is true for horses, and good war horses are even more rare.
The two of them talked as they slowly drove their horses along a trampled dry grass road.
Suddenly, a fiery red shadow swept past Wu Zheng's eyes, followed by a large group of horses following frantically.
Leading the way? Ten thousand horses galloping!
Wu Chu fixed his eyes, and suddenly, his eyes glowed, and he couldn't take his eyes off anymore, and his gaze was fixed on the leading horse.
It was a light, it was a fire, it came like the sky, as if it was stepping on a fire cloud, its body was like being wrapped in a raging flame, and it was wild, majestic, handsome, magical, and vividly displayed.
It's a flame horse! A fiery red horse!
Suddenly, a coquettish voice said, "Get out of the way!" β
Immediately, a black horse also galloped past in front of Wu Chu and the others, and on the black horse, it was a woman in a tight black suit, holding a whip, chasing the horses. Ignoring Wu Chu and the others, this was completely ignored, and the guards bent their bows and arrows one after another.
Wu Chu was furious and said, "Presumptuous! Put it away! β
Then he laughed and said: "Wait here, today I see that this king has captured this divine horse!" β
The guards put away their bows and crossbows one after another, their faces were solemn, and Xu Qinming hurriedly bowed his hand and said: "Your Highness, although you will go to capture it, the lower officials and others will go to Chishui City first to wait for good news." β
Wu Shu laughed, then threw the spear to the guard, and said, "You can also follow Xu Tingshi." β
After that, as soon as the legs were clamped, the snow-white lion skull understood, began to accelerate, and in a moment, it ran wildly!
However, after the tea effort, he caught up with the woman in black clothes, Wu Chuan smiled slightly, the lion skull is a rare BMW in the Dawan area, and it is too easy to chase ordinary horses. The woman in black felt that there was someone behind her, and then she looked sideways, and saw a general in silver armor who was about to surpass her, and then looked at the BMW under him, and her eyes suddenly shone brightly, it turned out to be the legendary lion skull! It is rumored that the lion is difficult to be tamed, but I didn't expect this general to be able to tame it, and it can be ridden, which shows that the strength is not simple.
Wu Chu also looked sideways, but he couldn't help but be stunned, he was attracted by the temperament of the woman in black immediately, he saw the unruly in the woman's eyes, and saw that it was as wild as the wild horse, but the eyes were as clear as a lake, and the skin seemed to be able to pinch out the water.
The woman glared directly, snorted contemptuously, raised the whip, and made a "pop" sound in mid-air, and the black horse was instructed to speed up immediately.
Wu Chu was stunned for a moment, but he didn't see that this woman was a horse lover. Wu Chu seemed to have the intention to compete with this girl, and then clamped the horse's belly, and the lion skulled to understand, and his speed increased by a point, and he was immediately equal to the dark horse.
There was anger in the woman's eyes, but she seemed to hold back, and she also understood that her horse could not be compared with other people's lion horses, so she no longer urged the horse to speed, but roared: "You have a thousand miles of good horses, why do you want to rob me?" The Flame Pony is mine! β
Wu Shu laughed, "Why is the Flame Pony yours?" Does it have your name written on it? Or is it something yours? Aunt Uncle? β
Such a teasing made the girl's eyes angry, and she said coquettishly: "It is my cΗo field horse, it belongs to the imperial court, although it does not belong to me, but it is taken care of by me, tamed by me, you are just a general, what qualifications do you have to tease me, hum, get out of the way, don't stand in my way!" β
The lion skull had already surpassed half of the black horse, Wu Chu didn't care, and was also admired by this woman's ability to focus on the court, so he said loudly: "Girl, let me subdue the flame god horse for you, maybe it will only follow me!" You'll watch from the side. β
Suddenly, Wu Chuan clamped his legs and patted the buttocks of the lion horse with one hand, and the lion skull understood that this was to gallop at the fastest speed. Suddenly, the four hooves of the lion skull, leaving the black horse far behind, but it will take some time to catch up with the flame horse.
The girl in black looked hatefully at the lion skull and the hateful man on horseback, and she slowly slowed down her horse and followed. (To be continued......)