Daqin Fusu: It is difficult to start the battle

Chapter 149 The King's Game
In Qinian Palace, several soldiers were standing on the garden square leading several tall war horses.

In front of them were Fusu, Qiang Li, Li Xin, and the Meng brothers.

"Where did this horse come from?" Fusu asked Meng Tian, ​​pointing to a black war horse.

I don't know, after the black horse and Wu Hao stand together, except that the shoulder height is slightly inferior, the comparison between the two is like a weightlifter and a ballet dancer.

Meng Tian was about to speak, but Qiang Yan said: "I know the origin of this horse. This horse Naichen and the late Tongwu Hou captured a large number of Yan people when they conquered Yan. Later, after they attacked Dai, because Yan horses are more cold-resistant than Qin horses." , so the captured Yanma was left in Yunzhong County."

"Oh? Is there such a history?" Fusu looked at the long hair on the black horse's hooves, and thought to himself that if this was a horse bred by the Yan Kingdom, it would make sense.

After all, most of the draft horses in Europe, such as Arden horses and Sharma horses, were bred in high latitude areas.

Meng Yi waited until Qiang Yan had finished reminiscing about the glorious years of going out with Wang Ben, and said to Fusu with a smile: "Your Majesty, do you know the allusion about the horse bone in Qianjin City?"

Fusu nodded, expressing his understanding.

Although the book "Warring States Policy" had not yet been compiled at this time, most of the allusions in it came from the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period.

"When King Yan traded horse bones for a thousand catties, King Donghu heard about this, so he collected a batch of good horses in his territory and went to Yan State to earn big profits!"

Meng Yi continued with a bit of sneer on his face, "Donghu is a barbarian, how could he know the deep meaning of King Yan?"

"When the Donghu horses entered the territory of Yan, the envoys of the Donghu asked the king of Yan for money to sell the horses. The king of Yan was furious, and cut the envoys of the Donghu outside the palace gate, and detained the group of Donghu horses with his backhand."

"After decades of breeding, there is this batch of swallow horses that His Majesty saw."

Fusu nodded with a smile, he never thought that there would be such an episode in such a simple case.

Well, the king of Yan won the hearts of the people, the country of Yan got an excellent horse breed, and only the Donghu people were injured in the world...

However, although Yan State was used to count among the seven heroes of the Warring States Period, its combat power is still enough to beat Donghu in the north and Jizi North Korea in the east.

Therefore, for a long period of time, it was the nomadic people from the northwest that exerted the greatest pressure on the Chinese civilization.

Because of this, Fusu has always wanted to get better horse breeds from the Western Regions as soon as possible, especially the Arabian horses in the hands of the Persians.

For example, the thoroughbred horses produced by the British in later generations were bred by introducing Arabian horses.

The average shoulder height of a thoroughbred horse is 165 cm, which is more than a star and a half higher than the average shoulder height of a Qin horse at present, which is less than 140 cm!
In the era when machine guns were not popular, cavalry was the well-deserved king of land warfare!
Even in the later period of the Napoleonic Wars, artillery bombardment and cavalry rush were still tactics used to defeat invincible opponents all over Europe.

As for the legendary Spanish square?

After watching a movie called "Legend of Mercenaries", Fusu once went to learn more about it and found that the prototype of the story came from the Battle of Rocroix in 1643.

In that battle, the French cavalry masters, who had the advantage of cavalry, were rarely superior. With 2.3 troops and 12 cannons, they fought against the Spanish army of 2.8 and 30 cannons, and achieved a great victory that almost wiped out the enemy!
This set of invincible cavalry tactics was not terminated until the Crimean War in 1853 by the British army equipped with flash caps, rifled guns, and Mini bombs.

In later generations, a certain emperor who started with a bowl said this: since ancient times, there are countries in the world, and all the people in the world do not pay attention to horse politics. Therefore, if you ask the king's wealth, you must count horses.

But now, if the Huns in the north of the Great Wall want to obediently become Daqin's wool suppliers, they can only vigorously develop the cavalry, and fight cavalry with cavalry!
But to develop cavalry, you must have good horses first, and if you want good horses, you need the power of the whole country!

The Qin people were born in horse breeding, and there is no shortage of talents who are good at feeding horses.

Fusu's advantage is that he has a little understanding of some more scientific breeding knowledge in later generations than now, which can save Qin people from detours.

While Fusu was looking up and down at the black horse, Meng Tian asked, "Could it be that Your Majesty wants to use swallow horses to form heavy cavalry?"

Um?It's not impossible!Just looking at Meng Tian's expression, there seems to be something wrong, I need to be more cautious...Fu Su pretended to be slightly pensive, and was not in a hurry to express his opinion.

Meng Tian went on to say: "Although Yanma is tall, has strong limbs, and can withstand rough feeding and hard labor, it is slow to react and cowardly. Its horses are like Yan people, so they cannot be used! If it is not used for military parades, Yanma is usually Use it as a horse-drawn cart!"

If you talk about horses, you can talk about horses, what is the black area doing... Fusu glanced at him sideways, did not speak, but recalled in his mind the division of horse types in later generations.

Tall, thick limbs, and slow to respond, the swallow horse that combines the above points is most likely a cold-blooded horse. This kind of horse has a relatively docile personality and is just used as a draft horse, pulling a cart or pulling a plow.

Fusu glanced at Wu Zai, who had stood there for a while, and seemed impatient. This was a sweat horse sent from Dawan Kingdom, but unfortunately it was a gelding.

Sweat horses and Arabian horses are both hot-blooded horses. They run fast and are prone to excitement and impulsiveness. They are good riding horses and war horses.

But after his riding experience these days, the sweat horse is really no better than the Qin horse except that it is tall and has a metallic coat.

It's no wonder that there are no traces of bloody horses in later generations, whether it is equestrian performances or equestrian competitions in the Olympics.

Well, I have a warm-blooded horse, and I have a cold-blooded horse... Fu Su looked at the black horse and Wu Xiao who were standing together, so he decided to join them together to make pissing cow balls, bah, it's a warm-blooded horse!
A warm-blooded horse, as the name suggests, is a horse breed between a warm-blooded horse and a cold-blooded horse.

In fact, it is indeed the product of a cross between these two horses.

Warmblood horses have a relatively strong physique, but also have a flexible and elegant body; they can undertake some light farming work, and can also be used as very tame riding horses.

In equestrian competitions in later generations, many riders ride warm-blooded horses.

The current Qin horse, which originated from the Hequ area, is similar to a hot-blooded horse.

So Fusu's plan is to select swallow horses with a shoulder height of more than six feet from the official horse farm in Yunzhong County, and send them to Shanglin Garden for breeding taller draft horses.

In addition, some mares were taken out and mated with relatively tall Qin horses to create warm-blooded horses with the advantages of both parties.

Not just the official attention, but also the enthusiasm of the people to raise horses.

For example, those clans with the surname Ying and Duke Qin who are already waiting outside the palace gate.

These are rich and idle masters.

Fu Su thought of a sport known as the "King Game" in later generations, polo!

Well, wait until spring to hold a polo tournament in Shanglinyuan!
(End of this chapter)