Yang Tingfeng took a look, and suddenly realized, "Dare to love this sloppy man, or the minister under the skirt of the boss's wife?" ”

At this time, I only heard the sound of hooves outside the inn, and saw the smoke and dust in the distance.

Everyone in the inn was stunned and walked out of the inn to check.

Yang Tingfeng listened attentively, and after a while, he couldn't help but feel a pang in his heart, and said secretly: "The sound of horses' hooves is much faster than that of ordinary purple horses, and the horse's sound is neighing and high-pitched, there will be no mistake, it is an Akhal-Tejin horse!" ”

The Akhal-Teke horse in his mouth is native to the Tianshan Mountains and the Alai Mountain Basin, and its endurance and speed are amazing, not only can travel thousands of miles a day, but also are very thirst-resistant; Even in high temperatures, it only needs to drink water once a day, making it ideal for long distance treks, making it ideal for use as a military horse.

Of course, with such a perfect war horse, the shortcomings are also obvious.

That is - the horse was once only imported, and it could not be bred on a large scale.

Therefore, for thousands of years, successive dynasties have sent special envoys to carry heavy money to the Asharbat mutual market thousands of miles away to buy.

However, horses are a strategic material and military considerations, and the countries of the Western Regions have very tight control over them, resulting in horse buying trips often being priceless and difficult to buy.

Even if you can buy a few of them, they are almost always inferior to those of medium or lower condition.

In addition, despite the large number of medium-sized horses that have been introduced and the right ratio of males to females, some crossbreeds have been successfully bred.

However, due to differences in climate, forage, environment. And in the process of introduction, crossbreeding, improvement, and backcrossing, almost all the offspring of the introduced seeds (horses) were eventually integrated into the local horse line again, and the excellent bloodline was not inherited, but the cost was so great that the Zisai border army once abandoned it.

That's not the case.

Yang Tingfeng was also a little curious at this time, after all, this horse is not common.

He was also in the Shuaifu three years ago, and he was fortunate to have this kind of "heavenly horse" posture.

It is said that it was a huge wealth in the Western Regions, and he paid tribute to Geshu Laoshuai's 60th birthday, a total of more than 150 horses, but there was no news after that.

"Ahem, I don't know if this batch of good horses was finally assigned to He Ying......"

He guessed to himself, but his feet moved, and he walked quickly out of the inn, and when he reached the poplar flagpole, he suddenly spun and jumped, and swept to the top of the flag like an arrow, and looked into the distance with his hands like a shade:

But not far away, sure enough, a team of iron horsemen rushed out, lined up in a black line, a horse outfit, and on the horseback finger flag, it was inlaid with the words 'Da Yin Zi Saidu Mansion Guards Xiao Cavalry Battalion.' And the tail end of the flag in the hands of the small school, the flag painting is golden, while walking the unicorn pattern, the word on the book, as black as ink - "Li"!

"Sure enough, the old man was assigned to the most elite guard cavalry battalion!" Yang Tingfeng said with emotion, "As the saying goes, 'a good horse with a good saddle, a sword for heroes' Except for them, others really don't have this qualification." ”

Yang Ting's mouth of the guards Xiao cavalry battalion, is the border army of the Governor's Mansion directly under the cavalry troops, Ge Shu was formed in the northwest when he was young, using the late Han Dynasty Wei system, independent formation, currently by the 'Xiao Cavalry Zhonglang General' Li Chengxun commanded.

The old marshal once said: "The horses under my command are all sharp in the world, and they are soldiers in the north, or from the hundred generals to make up for it, and its elite can be seen!" ”

(From the time of the hundred generals, it refers to the ordinary pawn of the cavalry battalion, at least the centurion, the uncle and other officers who command a hundred soldiers)

This cavalry unit, known as the first strong brigade of Zisai, can be said to be extremely well-equipped, from men to horses.

First of all, each soldier of the cavalry battalion is equipped with two standard helmets: Youzhou iron helmet and copper rhino leather helmet, the former can prevent swords, and the latter can block arrows.

Second, the soldiers have built-in pawn cloth armor, covered with chain armor and inner armor, and the surface is covered with two crotch armor of the Dayin standard chest shield, a total of three layers of armor, which is thick enough to resist any strong bow and crossbow, even in front of the spear and gun array, the cavalry battalion is not afraid.

The third is the war horse under their crotch.

It is not only equipped with a high-bridge saddle in Youzhou, a half-body heavy horse armor, but also a special fish-scale horse armor, which can not be injured by swords, guns and swords.

Horses are equipped with horse armor, and people are equipped with heavy armor (armor and riding equipment), plus a one-in-a-hundred officer, to become an ordinary cavalry battalion soldier.

Its main tactic is to attack the opposing cavalry, use cavalry to control the cavalry, and kill the enemy general.

So, is it worth it for the old marshal Geshu to raise such an expensive cavalry unit under his command?

According to the record of "Yinshi Emperor Wen", in the thirteenth year of Emperor Wen, in the spring, Bayon Tuxian Khan led 50,000 horsemen, attacked Zisai, and Keer City will collapse. Taishou Nanlian Zhong sent Geshu to supervise the guards of the Xiao cavalry battalion from the periphery to attack it, and the attempt was defeated, and the cavalry under his command beheaded the Khan king, and the name of Geshu was broadcast in the Western Regions.

In the ninth year of Emperor Wu, the battle of Yingshuo, a long-distance attack, Kejian City, killed the Xianbei leader Tuoba He.

In the same year, the northern expedition to Wuhuan, the Xiao cavalry battalion marched 800 miles, broke the Huan cavalry and braved 10,000 people, and beheaded the single in Kuwei.

In the following year, the Northern Barbarians invaded, Geshu went deep into the desert for 3,000 miles, first picked it with light soldiers, fought for a long time, and was a long-term guard Xiao cavalry attack, broke it, got the first 100,000, and beheaded Boshuo Khan, since then the blood wolf has been far away, and it has not been a trouble for 20 years.

- "Yinshi: Emperor Wu's Record"

It can be seen from the battle record that in almost every battle, Geshu was put into the Guards Xiaocai Battalion at the most critical moment, and the battles in which this unit participated were almost all hard battles.

There is no doubt that it is the most powerful combat force of our time.

However, because it is an elite unit, it is difficult to select, the training cycle is too long, and the cavalry is a very expensive type of troops.

Therefore, the number will not be very large, and it is destined to be unable to form a large-scale system, so in terms of numbers, it has always been a hard flaw.

Moreover, Ge Shu led the Xiao Cavalry Battalion in his early years, which was full of tough battles, great danger and quick success, but also suffered considerable casualties.

Therefore, after serving as the leader of the military and political forces in the northwest, the task assigned by Ge Shu to the Xiao Cavalry Battalion was only to defend the palace marshal's mansion and inspect the security of the inner city, not to mention charging into battle again and galloping on the battlefield. Even the opportunity to go to the second city of the front line is rare.

At the moment, suddenly discovering that the most elite troops appeared in the second city, Yang Tingfeng couldn't help but chuckle in his heart, realizing that things were not simple.

He was feeling suspicious, the people and horses in front of him were closer, and when he was the first to see Yang Tingfeng on the top of the flagpole, he amplified his voice and said: "The Northern Barbarians are coming, Deputy Marshal Huyan has an order, and the battalions will quickly return to the team, and there must be no mistake." Violators, behead! ”