Outside the Huzhou Military Horse Farm, the dust was flying, and people were shouting and neighing. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

This military horse farm built in the east of Gushi City has quite complete facilities, and it is also built in full accordance with the standards, which can accommodate nearly 1,000 war horses.

Next to it is a huge hay field, which is also specially equipped for this military horse farm, and a large amount of hay is stored.

Fire ditches and firewalls divide the entire forage field into multiple parts, and the strict access system is completely in accordance with the rules of the barracks, which is also to prevent the infiltration of enemy troops and scouts.

A dirt road separates the horse farm from the hay field, and the towering watchtower and vigilant sergeants standing at the top of the watchtower show that this place is of extraordinary importance.

The horse dealers were noisy outside the racecourse, stretching their necks to ask each other for any updates, waiting for the horses that might be eliminated to be resold.

A group of horses from the northwest are entering the house, and more than 100 horses are being shouted by the servants and rushing into the racecourse.

The bearded Persian merchant looked gloomily at the Sogdian merchant who came with his horses, and looked at the smug back of the Sogdian merchant, and couldn't help but spit out.

"Boss, these Sogdian merchants are becoming more and more rampant, ignoring our existence at all, and if this continues, the situation that the leader has finally opened up in Huaiyou will be taken back by them. Another bearded merchant was dressed in an indigo robe, spoke fluent Guanzhong, and said stupidly: "Otherwise, let's go find someone ......."

"No!" Hu Shang, who was wrapped in a turban, shook his head, "Not now, this is also a complaint, who let us not have enough war horses? The Huaiyou side has high requirements, a large number, and the time is so tight, now the party and the Tubo people are constantly fighting, and our horse sources are also intermittent, and Lord Jiang is now expanding the cavalry army on a large scale, so the demand for war horses is very urgent, which gives these Sogdians a chance." ”

"Then what should we do? Let these bastards rob us of our business, if they gain a foothold in Huaiyou, wouldn't this path we have worked so hard to open up make wedding clothes for them?"

"At present, we can only endure it, but they can't insert it in the Shouzhou kiln, the leader has borrowed a large amount of money from Guanzhong for the defense, and the defense envoy has granted all the porcelain of the Shouzhou kiln to the adult monopoly for two years, and it is not affected by the increase in the kiln. Speaking of this, the turbaned Hu Shang's face couldn't help but show pride, "This shows that the defense envoy still trusts Nassin and Karim chieftains the most, and the Sogdian merchants have always wanted to open up this relationship, but they still haven't been able to do so." ”

"Here we are, here we are, here we are again!" came a strange shout from the other side of the road, and at the end of the road, there was a lot of smoke and dust, and it was evident that it was a large number of livestock moving around to stir up such a large amount of dust, and it was the horses, of course, who could come here.

Hu Shang, who was wrapped in a turban, changed his face slightly.

This is already the second batch of horses entering today, and judging by this posture, the number of horses in this batch will not be less than a hundred.

Judging by the quality of the horses sent by these Sogdians, at least eighty of them will pass the test.

This also means that today alone, one hundred and fifty war horses have entered the military horse farm, and the remaining forty or fifty have also been purchased by the defense and capture mission, and they are only used as military horses.

Although one or two hundred war horses is not a large number, he used to transport three or five hundred healthy horses for Huaiyou at one time, but this is a critical time, everyone knows that now is the time when Huaiyou urgently needs horses, who can transport war horses for the defense and capture of the embassy, who can become the guest of honor of the defense and capture of the embassy.

He was not worried about anything else, but he was worried that the Sogdians would gain a foothold here and compete with him in the future, which would be a big trouble.

I have to admit that these Sogdians still have some means.

Now that the war in the northwest continues, the source of horses on the side of the Dangxiang people has been cut off, but the Sogdians can get horses from the Shatuo and Tuyuhun people, and the price is not even much more expensive than the war horses transported by the Dangxiang people in the northwest, so it is no wonder that the Huaiyou side is very satisfied.

Compared with the northwestern horses, these northern horses are larger, and may have a slightly inferior stamina, but their impact is stronger, especially the speed of short sprints, which is also a great advantage for cavalry.

You can't just sit back and wait.

I don't know when the fighting in the northwest will stop, and if this kind of army waits, it is not a way, and we have to find another way out.

I heard that the Xi people are still quite popular under the hands of the Khitans, especially in the area of Jizhou and Pingzhou, which is also a good horse farm, and they can go to find a way.

Thinking of this, Hu Shang felt that he was a little hot.

It's just that you need to plan the route well, and you have to ask the leader to help dredge it.

There is no problem with the Khitan people on the Heshuo side, but after crossing Heshuo, you can only take the territory of Daliang, and then take the Nanyang-Shenzhou route, but this road is a bit far.

Either go to Pinglu's side, but you have to go through Yanyun, now Yanyun is not good, the risk is very high, or you can only go down Mizhou, but you have to enter Haizhou and Sizhou, this is Xuzhou's territory, and I don't know what the relationship between Huaiyou and Xuzhou is now.

But no matter what, this road has to be visited, and by the way, it can be regarded as a better market for the porcelain on the right side of Huai.

But now there is a big drought in the north, the best goods are grain, and they can find a source of food on their side, but this transportation is a big trouble, thinking of this, he can't help but sigh, what a good money-making business this is, but unfortunately he can't earn this money.

While the Persian merchants were pondering how to resist the invasion of Sogdian merchants, the military horse farm was full of laughter and was extremely lively.

Seeing that another batch of northern war horses entered, and hurriedly sent his men down for acceptance, Huang Jing's heart was as sweet as swallowing a mouthful of stone honey.

Procurement has always been fat, but Huang Jing didn't dare to be negligent at all, without him, the order pressed on his neck could fall at any time like a guillotine.

The adult has an order to purchase a batch of war horses in the shortest possible time, and the number is not limited, the more the merrier, after the war horses from Xiazhou came in the early stage, he thought he could breathe a sigh of relief, but he didn't expect that the above said that it was not enough at all, according to the above estimates, at least five thousand war horses would be purchased within three months.

This almost scared Huang Jing to pee.

This is not 500 horses, even if the supply of horses from the party in Guanzhong is not cut off, it is impossible to transport 5,000 horses in three months!

Now that the war in the northwest continues, the party has cut off the supply of war horses in Guanzhong, and if they want to purchase horses, they can buy one or two hundred horses from Daliang and Nanyang sporadically, which is the top of the sky, where can they buy five thousand?

But there was a strict order from above, asking him to do everything possible to solve the problem, and he had no choice but to run around looking for a channel.

Unexpectedly, I found this way in Bianliang.

At first, Huang Jing didn't have much hope.

Although the Sogdian merchants had great skills and a wide range of roads, and had deep relations with both sides of the river and the Great Liang, these 5,000 war horses were not a small number.

They may be able to get together three or five hundred war horses for themselves in Daliang, but no matter how much, it is estimated that it will be enough to choke, after all, Daliang himself also needs a large number of war horses.

But soon Huang Jing saw the skills of these Sogdian merchants.

In less than a month after the two sides agreed, the first batch of horses came from Shenzhou, although the number was only 300, but it still made Huang Jing a little surprised.

The second batch of horses came from Caizhou, which also made Huang Jing look at the skills of these Sogdian merchants again.

You must know that Caizhou is in a state of hostility with Huaiyou, but such a batch of as many as four hundred and fifty war horses actually crossed the border like this.

Later, Huang Jing learned that it was said that a certain important minister of the Liang military sent a direct message to Caizhou, and Caizhou had no choice but to open the road and let these war horses cross.

The number of the third batch was even greater, with 900 war horses, also coming from Nanyang-Shenzhou-Gwangju, and the number was not bad.

Today's batch is the fourth batch, and it is expected that nearly 600 war horses will come over in the next few days.

The source of the war horse is not what Huaiyou is concerned about, but Huang Jing still found some clues, and the source seems to be very mixed, which is also a bit strange.

These Sogdians were almost everywhere and could be found wherever there was business.

They had also been to Huzhou before, but at that time Gushi was still too small to be worthy of their investment, but now it is different, Huzhou is the largest livestock distribution center in Huaiyou, especially the Huaiyou Army Horse Farm is located here, and the Huaiyou Cavalry Army is also here for training and grouping, so there is no doubt that it has become the most concentrated place for horse dealers.

Huang Jing also wondered where these Sogdian merchants got such a large number of war horses.

As of today, in just two or three months, they have delivered nearly 1,400 war horses for themselves, plus this piece, it is estimated that there will be more than 2,000 war horses, even if some unqualified war horses are removed, but at least 1,800 are also quite terrifying.

Moreover, Huang Jing also asked the people below to specially inspect the horses to help, which was very miscellaneous.

There are not only Mobei horses from the Shatuo people and the northern miscellaneous people, but also horses that obviously belong to the Tuyuhun people, and some are more like military horses that have undergone some training, which makes Huang Jing also surprised, but there is no doubt that they are all good horses and are in good condition.