Chapter 20 Horse Selection

"The military advisor laughed!" Hearing Lu Chen's question, Fang Qi smiled, "As a marshal guard, the first condition for selection is superb equestrianism!" These are all good Rangers. Fang Qi was a little complacent and introduced to Lu Chen.

"Can you take me to see the horses?" Lu Chen looked at Fang Qi and asked, after all, according to historical records, there were no metal stirrups and horseshoes in this era, and most of the stirrups used at this time were wooden saddles and stirrups made of leather and hemp fibers (or just a kind of "strap"), as for the horseshoe, it was something that did not exist at all.

Therefore, the cavalry will generally have three riders per person in long-distance combat, one horse carrying equipment, and the other two horses exchange rides, if it is a short-distance battle, it is one person and two horses, exchanging rides for assault, pursuit and running and other tasks.

"Naturally!" Fang Qi replied, "This time the marshal is the best horse in the army arranged for the military division!" Fang Qi couldn't help but sell it to Lu Chen again for Li Xiuning.

Lu Chen didn't answer, but nodded, if Fang Qi didn't speak for Li Xiuning, this matter would be strange!

Following Fang Qi and the others, Lu Chen came to the stable in the barracks.

You must know that Li Xiuning's first general, He Panren, was born in Hu Shang before following Li Xiuning, so the war horses in Li Xiuning's army were all obtained from Turkic, Western Regions and other places, Lu Chen saw that Kang Guo horses and Turkic horses accounted for the majority of the stables, and there were also some Dawan horses and Khitan horses, Khitan horses are smaller than the first three horses, such as the legendary "pointing to the deer as a horse" is actually the Khitan horse, because the Khitan horse is smaller, especially suitable for jungle and mountain galloping.

Kang Guo's horse was dedicated to Tang Gaozu Li Yuan by Kang Guojin in the Western Regions, and a total of 4,000 horses were donated at that time, Li Shimin got 1,000 horses and used them in the Xuanjia Iron Guard, Li Xiuning also got 1,000 horses and used them in the Guards, and the remaining 2,000 horses were fed in the royal horse farm.

Looking at these horses, Lu Chen's eyes were full of love, just like "if you are a man, you have to drive a Gundam", here it is "if you are a man, you should ride a war horse", especially when you see one of the white horses fed in a separate stable, the coat color of this horse, all snow-white, without a little miscellaneous hair, and shiny, like a silver thread, Lu Chen walked quickly to this horse, and carefully looked at this Dawan horse!

"What a horse!" Lu Chen stretched out his hand and stroked the horse's mane, the horse was brushed and drunk very well, his hand touched the mane, as if he was touching the brocade, and his personality was extremely docile, let Lu Chen caress it, "Whose horse is this?" Lu Chen turned his head to look at Fang Qi and asked.

"The military advisor is really good eyesight!" Fang Qi looked at Lu Chen's fondness for this white horse, and said with a smile, "This is our handsome mount!" ”

"Oh! Forget it! Lu Chen glanced at the white horse with some reluctance, no wonder this extraordinary white horse is so well cared for, and the feelings are Li Xiuning's mount, no wonder.

"Huh! This horse is not bad either! Lu Chen saw another white horse, this horse is the same as Li Xiuning's mount just now, it is also a separate stable, but this white horse looks unruly at first glance, and the tendons and flesh all over the body are bulging, from the surface, it looks like Li Xiuning's mount is still above Li Xiuning's mount, but this white horse looks restless, constantly plowing the ground with its hooves, as if it wants to break free from the reins and rush out of the stable.

"Strategist, this horse can't do it!" As soon as he saw Lu Chen walking towards the white horse, Fang Qi hurriedly stepped forward to stop him, "This horse is too strong, no one has been able to surrender so far, and it has been locked in the stable since it was delivered!" Fang Qi said while blocking Lu Chen.

"I'm going to have it!" As soon as Lu Chen heard that this horse was an ownerless thing, he immediately became interested, Lu Chen had also tamed a horse in his previous life, after all, if he wanted to complete the infiltration task, he couldn't disguise any work, "This military division will show you a horse taming skill today!" ”

"Don't! Strategist, don't be impulsive! As soon as they heard that Lu Chen wanted to tame the horse, Meng Ji and Zhang You also came up together to dissuade them, "This horse has kicked and injured three or four horse trainers, the military master, your status is delicate, this hurts you, we can't explain it to the marshal!" Meng Ji and Zhang You looked embarrassed in front of Lu Chen, and if Lu Chen went forward, he would have to hug his waist and arms to stop Lu Chen.

"What's going on?" Just when the two parties were at a stalemate, a cold voice came.

A few people followed the sound and turned around, and saw Li Xiuning with Ye Zhu and Lu Qiuming walking from not far away, and beside the three of them stood a big man with a helmet and armor, the big man was also about one meter nine, with a big waist and a round waist, but his face was not the same as that of the Han people, with a beard, a round face, a hooked nose, and a pair of blue eyes.

Seeing Li Xiuning coming over, several people hurriedly turned around and saluted Li Xiuning.

"When the marshal inspected the barracks, he heard a few of you arguing here, what is the matter?" Li Xiuning was inspecting the barracks with three lieutenant generals, and someone reported that Fang Qi and Meng Ji didn't know why they were making noise here, so Li Xiuning rushed over with three lieutenant generals, and saw that a few people were blocking Lu Chen for some reason.

"Commander Qiqi, the military advisor wants to train the horse! We're stopping the Strategist! Fang Qi hurriedly stepped forward and told Li Xiuning what had happened.

"Oh?" When Li Xiuning heard that Lu Chen wanted to train a horse, he immediately looked at Lu Chen with an incredulous expression, "Mr. still has the ability to train horses?" ”

"Back to Dashuai, my Mo family has learned a lot, this horse training technique is also inherited, I saw such a divine horse, being encircled in a cage, it is like a pearl covered with dust, so I want to give it a try!" Lu Chen bowed his hand and said.

"Are you sure, sir? As far as Ben Shuai knows, no one in the entire army has been able to surrender this horse, and a horse is nothing, for fear of hurting Mr., the gain will outweigh the loss! Li Xiuning looked at Lu Chen with some concern, after all, this white horse had kicked and injured three or four good horse trainers, so that no one in the army dared to try it now, and now Lu Chen wanted to tame this horse, how could Li Xiuning not worry.

"There are self-protection means below, even if the horse can't be tamed, it will never hurt it in the slightest!" Lu Chen said with a smile.

"Good! Since the military advisor has such courage, the commander is going to open his eyes today and see the Mo family's horse taming methods! Li Xiuning was full of confidence when he heard what Lu Chen said, and it was not easy to soothe Lu Chen's face, but he asked him to prepare bows and arrows, be on guard, and be ready to shoot the white horse at any time, and would rather lose a war horse than let Lu Chen be hurt, this is Li Xiuning's bottom line.