The endless grassland spreads out like a huge painting between heaven and earth, and the autumn mood does not seem to be stained by this vast wilderness, it is still so pure and so far away that it is impossible to describe it in words. Looking around, the eyes are full of green, unobstructed. When I cast my gaze over, I couldn't find a point to focus on, and the four fields were vast and boundless. This is a still ocean, which makes people feel a little blurry, and makes people have infinite reverie.

Yu Xiaocao rode on a pure white horse and looked into the distance, the blue sky, the white clouds, the light wind, the warm sun, and the fatigue of running all the way seemed to be dispelled by the scenery in front of him. In the distance, several black dots approached quickly, and when the rider ran closer, Xiaocao found that the leader was an acquaintance - Liu Dekun, the commander of the private army of Jingwangfu. When the Japanese invaded, Zhu Junyang asked for an order overnight, and asked Liu to count the private army of 800 princes and go to Dongshan Village to rescue. Yu Xiaocao has several relationships with him.

"Master, I've worked hard all the way, and my subordinates have arranged a place to stay, please come with me!" Commander Liu took a few of his subordinates and saluted his masters. When I looked up, I saw Mr. Su beside the emperor, and my heart tightened.

The chief manager of Su is in charge of the secret guards of the imperial court, and he is responsible for the emperor's safety, and rarely leaves the emperor's side. This time, he was actually sent to inspect the racecourse outside the Guan, which shows that the saint attaches great importance to the racecourse. Originally, Commander Liu, who was "devolved" to the horse farm to "raise horses", was still a little depressed in his heart, but at this time it all disappeared.

"Grass, are you tired? Why don't you go and rest first? "Since appointing Commander Liu and a few cronies to prepare the racecourse last year, Zhu Junyang has been paying attention to the news coming from outside the gate. If it weren't for Gu Nianxiao's hard work all the way, he would have gone directly to the horse farm.

Yu Xiaocao naturally understood his mood at this time, took a sip of spirit stone water, and the tiredness on her body was swept away, she straightened her waist and said energetically: "No! Let's go to the racecourse first! My little red is still over there, I don't know if I remember my master! ”

In the spring, Xiaohong finally accepted the wind and soon became pregnant with a baby horse. Because both Tempest and Little Red are good horses, this baby horse has high expectations. So, I asked Xiaocao's consent to transfer the pregnant mare to the horse farm outside the gate. Little Red's baby horse, as a key object of observation, is carefully raised.

After the foal was born, although Xiaocao did not come in person, she sent people from time to time to bring her "carefully" prepared feed. It is said that the foals were fat and strong, and that they were already emerging from other foals introduced during the same period. Experienced Soma masters have already affirmed that it will definitely be as good as its parents in the future.

The little girl was so understanding, and Zhu Junyang's cold face showed a warm smile: "Since that's the case, let's go to the racecourse first." ”

"Master, what about those three people?" Hou Xiaoliang vaguely nodded at the three sturdy figures in the middle of the team. The royal horse farm is the hope of the Ming cavalry, and it is not allowed to be snooped on by outsiders with ulterior motives.

Zhu Junyang glanced at him approvingly, although this guy is not stable enough, he is usually quite clever. He said to Liu Dekun: "You send someone to take the three guests to settle down first." They are the 'honored guests' of the Lord, so they should be carefully 'entertained'! ”

Commander Liu comprehended, nodded and responded: "My subordinates understand!" Li Daming, Zhang Wenbin, the two of you take the distinguished guests back to rest, serve with good tea and food, don't neglect the master's guests! ”

The two named responded in unison, "Yes!" So he invited Xiao Rong and the three of them to the courtyard more than ten miles away from the racecourse. This annex was specially built for the royal people who came to inspect, and it looks simple and low-key on the outside, but the various furnishings and arrangements inside are full of luxury. This made Xiao Rong's master and servant even more convinced that their identity as life-saving benefactors was not ordinary.

"King, the horse farm they are talking about is not going to be preparing to raise horses outside the customs, right?" Aqige, one of Xiao Rong's personal guards, said with a frown.

Another guard, Della, shook his beard and laughed, "Raising horses? What's the use of not having a good stallion and raising a bad horse that pulls carts and packs goods? If you want to talk about stallions, they are directly tamed in the wild horses on the grassland, and no matter how brave the horses are, they have been raised for several generations, and their bloodlines are not pure......

Aqige glared at the simple-minded and well-developed Della Tingteng, ignored him, and continued to say to his master: "Look, is this Ming planning to build a cavalry to deal with our peoples outside the gate?" ”

"It's very likely!" Xiao Rong's fingers unconsciously tapped on the table, and his two thick eyebrows wrinkled tightly.

Da Ming's red-clothed cannons and firearms have already begun to emerge in the last battle with the Jurchen tribe, and if a powerful cavalry firearms army is created, then his younger brother Xiao Xuan's so-called plan to restore the country is just a joke. Da Ming is already so powerful that they can't even reach the height! If Xiao Xuan insists on going his own way again, I am afraid that the entire clan will become a victim of his ambition!

"Or ...... Belong to the subordinate, to find out the reality of the racecourse? Seeing that his master was deep in thought, Aqige's brows were still tightly locked, and he couldn't help but share his worries.

Xiao Rong raised his hand to stop him: "Never! Not to mention that our lives were saved by others, just those who hold firearms, are well-trained, and disciplined are not vegetarians! I guess that among the three leading people, there are people from the Ming royal family. Azige, do you think that even if the tribe does not have civil strife, it will have the strength to compete with the Ming Dynasty? ”

Now that Aqige frowned, the tribes outside the gate used to fight guerrilla warfare with strong soldiers and horses, and they could still deal with the army of the Ming Dynasty. However, in the battle between the Kaichun Jurchen and the Ming Dynasty, a cannonball from the red-clothed cannon passed by, and the people turned over on their backs, suffering heavy casualties. Not to mention, the army with firearms and ammunition. The Jurchen tribes suffered heavy losses after that battle, and they have not had the strength to fight again for more than ten years.

The Jurchens united more than a dozen tribes, all of which ended in fiasco, not to mention a small Tuhar Khan tribe? Akig shook his head slowly, sighing heavily.

"Aqige, you are a warrior of Tuhar Khan, but I didn't expect you to be a coward! What we Tuhar Khan lacks the most is a brave warrior who is good at fighting and not afraid of death! If Da Ming really wants to destroy us, he will have to bite off a few pieces of its meat! I'm not a coward! "The stupid big man slapped his chest loudly, what about the royal family of the Ming Dynasty? Thin and thin, it's not enough for him to pinch with one finger!

Akig glared at him angrily and rebuked, "Is this the time to be ruthless? People have to learn to recognize the reality, if you sacrifice the whole tribe just to be prestigious, do you think it's worth it? ”

Della Thornteng was usually a little afraid of this scheming old fellow, but when he saw that the other party was angry, he only dared to mumble a few words in his mouth, and then stopped answering.

"King, at present, Da Ming can only be friends, not hard to touch!" Akig was a little bitter, for fear that his master's mind would be distorted by Dra's thorn.

Xiao Rong smiled bitterly and said: "Now I am like a lost dog, I can't protect myself, where does the capital come from to fight hard with others?" ”

"King, my subordinates have a plan, I don't know if I should talk about it or not!" Achige thought about it for a long time, and felt that the current situation of the master could only be like this.

"Tell me about it!" Xiao Rong also guessed a few points in his heart, and nodded at him.

"There is an allusion to the Han people who 'lie down and taste guts', and the king can pretend to surrender to the Ming Dynasty and regain the ruling power of the tribe with the help of the power of the Ming Dynasty!" Akig secretly observed his master's expression, and clicked to the end.

Xiao Rong smiled bitterly and said: "Emperor Ming is not easy to fool, if you want to borrow troops from them, we can't do it if we don't show a certain amount of sincerity!" Do you think that with the financial resources of our Tuhar Khan Department, we can come up with the wealth that makes the Ming Emperor feel excited? ”

Akig gritted his teeth and continued: "Isn't the Ming army short of horses? Let's pay tribute to them every year ......"

"Achige! You obviously know that the Ming Dynasty is preparing for the horses, in order to build cavalry. What was the cavalry built for? To hit us, of course! In the end, it is we who will suffer, what kind of heart do you have? Della spurted a tiger face and roared with anger.

Aqige glanced at him and said, "Even if they don't have a cavalry team, over time, they will still be able to subdue all the clans outside the Guan, do you believe it or not?" ”

"Humph! I only know that if the Ming army builds up the cavalry team, it will be like a tiger with wings. It is already very difficult for our tribe to continue. How do you know that the Ming Dynasty will not destroy all the departments outside the border after the soldiers are strong and strong? D'Erra Spinning walked around anxiously.

"However, if you don't do this, just with the strength of the king and you and me, even the traitors in the department are at a loss, so how can you compete with the Ming Dynasty?" Achige also knew that this action was tantamount to drinking water to quench his thirst.

However, he was faintly aware of the Ming Emperor's policy towards Guanwai, which seemed to have a sense of appeasement, and in the past two years, he also increased the mutual market, strengthening the ties between the various ethnic groups outside Guanwai and the Central Plains. That's why such a proposal is made.

"Don't fight! The Ming Dynasty has already begun to build his own horse farm to raise military horses, even if Aqige's plan is not implemented, in a few years, the cavalry of the people will still be built! Xiao Rong felt that he was sighing more today than in the previous thirty years.

Della Thorn also muttered quietly: "Without a good horse as a stallion, where is the military horse so easy to raise?" In the past, it was not that the Ming Dynasty had not formed cavalry, and those cavalry composed of inferior horses were only worthy of eating soil behind us! ”

Xiao Rong interrupted him and sighed: "At present, the most important thing is to find out the Ming Dynasty's policy towards Guanwai, and the top priority is to calm down the civil strife first. lest Xiao Xuan's straw bag, listen to the words of the villain, and can't wait to confront Da Ming. I'm afraid that by then, no matter how subtle our good strategy is, it will be useless! ”