Aspiring to the Ten Kingdoms

Chapter 338
"See Your Majesty!"

Zhe Yuxun, Yang Zhongxun and Liu Shao saluted Luo Youdu.

Luo Youdu supported Zhe Yuxun with one hand, Yang Zhongxun with the other, and then Liu Shao, and praised: "The three are all heroes from Yanzhao, get up quickly! This time going north, whether you can take this Jinyang City doesn't matter, it's worthwhile to get the three of you."

Yang Zhongxun is hulking, young, under 30 years old, with a square face in Chinese characters, with the spirit of Yan Zhao Erlang.

Zhe Yuxun is a little more calm than three years ago, and has two mustaches on the corners of his mouth, which are darker than when they first met.

As the eldest son of Zhe, he has often led troops to attack the surrounding Dangxiang and Khitan in recent years, and he already has a killing spirit in him.

Liu Shao is mediocre, without many characteristics.

Zhe Saihua, who went back to her life, was also behind Zhe Yuxun at this moment.

It was dusk when Zhe Yuxun, Yang Zhongxun, Liu Shao and the army joined forces, Luo Youdu directly invited the three of them into the imperial tent, called Cao Bin and Li Chuyun to accompany them, and had a meal together.

They are all people of the same age, and it is easy to talk when they get together.

Luo Youdu's natural ability is to adjust the atmosphere, chatting all over the world, Zhe Yuxun, Yang Zhongxun, and Liu Shao, who were originally restrained, opened up the conversation box.

Luo Youdu attaches great importance to this three-acre land in Hedong, Shanxi.

When I was reading Fu Yanqing's handwriting, I read a passage: "Where horses come out, Fuzhou is the most. Those born in the middle of the Yellow River, called Zihe Branch, have good seeds, and those who come out of Huanqing are the second. They are tall and tall, but their hoofs are thin and often sick. Wenzhou and Yazhou are the lower states, and they only give their own soldiers and stock horses. Khitan horses are quite poor in bone quality, and those bred in Hebei are called Japanese horses. The Quan, Fuzhou, and Xinghua armies also have Zhouyu horses, all of which are weak and unarmored, but the Daoxiang army and various places in Jiangsu and Zhejiang are used to spread horses."

The fact that my old father-in-law went to fight in the world, Fu Yanqing, the world's number one cavalry expert, can have such insights, it shows that Fuzhou horses are indeed special.

Luo Youdu advocated buying horses before, but now with Yan Youdi's acquisition, Hedong also occupies more than half, and he also has the idea of ​​speeding up horse management.

Luo Youdu didn't want to learn from Zhao Song. He read an article that counted the number and location of the horse herding prisons in the Northern Song Dynasty. Among them, there were 81 horse herding prisons in the Northern Song Dynasty, and 21 were concentrated in Kaifeng. Six horsemen.

One-third of the horse-breeding supervisors gathered near the densely populated capital, and then one by one the court officials cried and complained that there were too few horses, it took up a lot of land, and it cost a lot.

I don't know the coup that the pair of crouching dragons and phoenixes came up with.

No, as long as you are a normal person, you know that the closer to the capital, the more expensive the land.

The idea of ​​setting up a horse herding prison near Kaifeng is absolutely dead.

What's more, the officials of the Northern Song Dynasty had a special liking for Fujian, and built eleven horse herding prisons in the far south, far away from the northern enemies.

Wang Anshi even took Fujian as the key point of reform in the new horse herding policy.

Then there was a tragedy, and a group of mountain horses who could only pull goods were raised.

Of course, the worst thing is moral kidnapping.

Fu Yanqing has a horse farm in Daming Mansion. The old guy likes to raise horses, walk dogs, feed eagles, and study horse breeds in the horse farm.

A strong foal was bred with the mare that gave birth to it to see if it could breed a good stallion.

This matter was leaked to a scholar by a horseman at a horse farm.

The scholar didn't dare fart at the time, but after Fu Yanqing's death, he exposed the matter.

This kind of tentative breeding behavior has been raised to the level of ethics, and a series of criticisms have been made on Fu Yanqing.

It's also fortunate that Fu Yanqing has been dead for many years, otherwise, with his violent temper, his dog would have something to do again.

In short, the horse administration of the Song Dynasty is really hard to describe.

Luo Youdu didn't want to make a joke and let the future generations make fun of him.

The horses in Fuzhou are of the best quality, so it is natural to set up a horse herding supervisor in Fuzhou.

However, Fuzhou is located in a border area, which is easy to be attacked, and the place is not big, so it is not suitable for large-scale breeding. In addition, Zhejia is too popular in the local area, so it is difficult to control.

It is possible to set up a horse herd mainly to breed horse breeds.

Is there anyone who knows Fuzhou better than Zhejia?
Luo Youdu asked about the situation in Fuzhou.

Zhe Yuxun also knew that he could talk endlessly, so he described the situation in Fuzhou in detail, and seeing that Luo Youdu was very interested in the war horses in Fuzhou, he said: "China has attached great importance to the cultivation of horse breeds since the Han Dynasty, and the Tang Dynasty even put more emphasis on the breeding of horses in Fuzhou. The administration of horses was listed as an important state affairs of the state, and the horses of Dawan and Samarkand were continuously introduced from Zhuhu. However, with the decline of the dynasty, the cultivation of horses was slack. Li Cunxu, Emperor Zhuangzong of Tang Dynasty, was from Shatuo. War horses attach great importance to it."

"After the fall of Houliang, Zhuangzong captured Zhang Baili, a hereditary horseman. He is a descendant of Zhang Wansui. He was arranged to be in Linzhou to be responsible for breeding excellent horse breeds. At that time, the governor was my great-grandfather, Duke Lun."

"Grand Si Lun also attaches great importance to the breeding of horse breeds, and reuses Zhang Baili and his descendants, up to his grandfather and father. The good horses from Fuzhou that have been bred many times are indeed better than many military horses that I often see in the east."

"The king of Wei's sentence, 'All horses come from Fuzhou is the best, and there are good breeds, which is indeed appropriate.'"

Luo Youdu couldn't help nodding, feeling strange that Fugu Grassland didn't have an obvious advantage, why he was holding the best army horse.

It turned out that he had mastered the best stallion breeding technology.

It would be too wasteful for such a technical talent to stay in Fugu.

Yifugu's size is not enough to give the opponent more good horses to support.

But Zhe Yuxun couldn't decide this matter, when he went to Fuzhou, he had to ask Zhe Dejian to ask Zhang Baili for him.

Luo Youdu moved his mind.

Zhe Yuxun said it so frankly, and he didn't mean to take this talent and technology for himself.

Luo Youdu chatted about the situation in the Northern Han Dynasty again.

Yang Zhongxun did not hide anything, and elaborated on what he knew: "The Puppet Han Kingdom has been oppressed by the Khitan. It is already poor and weak, and it has to hand over the old coins every year. After everyone became a minister, he advocated self-reliance. He began to rectify the court. , reclaimed farmland, irrigated pastures, recruited and persuaded large and small bandits in the territory to surrender by various means, which greatly improved the situation of the puppet Han. If it hadn’t provoked His Majesty this time, it would be three or five years, and the puppet Han is not allowed The country can restore some of the original style of Hedong."

"It's a pity that the Puppet Han Kingdom didn't know the heights of the heavens and the earth, and offended His Majesty. That's really a dead end..."

What Yang Zhongxun said about "Everyone is a gentleman" refers to Guo Wuwei. His surname is Guo, his first name is Wuwei, and his character is Wubuwei.

Luo Youdu gently put down the wine glass in his hand.

While Luo Youdu was chatting with Zhe Yuxun and Yang Zhongxun about the Northern Han Dynasty, there was a lot of disputes in Jinyang City.

The cause was that Liu Jiye asked for orders to attack the enemy camp at night.

"Your Majesty, it is the best time for our army to join forces in the enemy camp. The last general begs His Majesty for his approval to let the last general lead five thousand troops to attack the enemy camp at night."

Liu Chengjun looked at Liu Jiye who was begging for orders in surprise, and said, "Marquis Liu Duyu, some time ago, there were only more than [-] bandit soldiers. You don't ask for orders to attack at night. Now there are as many as [-] to [-] soldiers in the city, and you only receive [-] soldiers." Thousands of soldiers, don't they strike stones with eggs?"

Liu Jiye paid homage to Yuhou, the capital of the bodyguard.

Liu Jiye said: "Your Majesty, the situation is completely different. The previous [-] soldiers seemed to be few, but in fact there was no trace to be found. The leader of the bandit, Luo Youdu, was a man who knew soldiers, and the camps of [-] soldiers were closely linked and took care of each other. His men There are also many capable people stationed everywhere. The general has been secretly looking for opportunities, unable to do anything."

"Even if the surprise attack succeeds by chance, at most it will only cause chaos, and it will not hurt the opponent's bones. Our army is small, and this kind of consumption is not worth it."

"The situation is different now!"

At this time, a harsh question came from beside him, "What's the difference? It's because there is Yang Zhongxun in the enemy camp. He is in the Central Plains, and he cares about me?"

It was Duan Chang, the privy envoy who was treated coldly by Liu Chengjun, who spoke.

Duan Chang was from Yunzhou, Datong. He followed Liu Chong and made a lot of achievements in his early years. Because he was proficient in the Khitan language, he often acted as a diplomatic ambassador to communicate with the Khitan nobles. Over time, he became the Khitan's mouthpiece.

The Northern Han Dynasty was in trouble, and the emperor Liu Chengjun wrote a letter to ask for help, and the Khitans were slow, but as long as Duan Chang came forward to ask for help in person, the Khitan soldiers and horses arrived as scheduled.

Because of this, Duan Chang acts perversely.

After Liu Chengjun reused Guo Wuwei, he gradually treated Duan Chang coldly.

But as the Khitan reinforcements disappeared for a long time, Guo Wuwei analyzed that they might have been abandoned by the Khitan.

Liu Chengjun was so distraught, he activated Duan Chang again, and called him to him to comfort him, hoping that he could go to Yunzhou, Datong, to find out what happened, and ask for Khitan reinforcements.

It happened that Liu Jiye came to ask for a fight.

Duan Chang, as a loyal running dog of the Khitan, also respects people like Liu Jiye, and has put aside his identity many times to get along with each other.

The quality of Yelu's house is very clear. It is impossible for the Northern Han Dynasty to survive forever.

Either be destroyed by the Central Plains, or swallowed by them.

It is impossible for Hedong, which has been smashed, to have a few more emperors as before.

Zhao Kuangyi would believe the so-called real dragon spirit in Hedong.

No matter who obtained Hedong, a famous general like Liu Jiye is hard to come by.

Yelu Wuzhi hopes that Duan Chang can establish a good relationship with Liu Jiye so that they can be used by them at critical times.

But Liu Jiye didn't have a good opinion of Khitan, and even more disdained Duan Chang's behavior of working for Khitan on the salary of the Han family, so he ignored it.

This naturally made Duan Chang jealous and ridiculed.

Liu Jiye was furious in his heart, and said with restraint: "Your Majesty, now the three armies of bandits are gathered. Among these three armies are Li Yun's department who was forced to surrender by Luo bandits, the Dianqian Division trained by Zhao Kuangyin, and the unfamiliar Fugu Zhe. The family army, and the newly surrendered Linzhou Yang family and Lanzhou Liu Shao's department. There is a certain amount of suspicion between these troops, and there are too many of them. Even if Luo Youdu is good, it is impossible to calmly deal with it in the dark night. opportunity."

"We took advantage of the night to attack, while shouting that Li Yun was rebelling, while shouting that the Dianqian Secretary should avenge Zhao Kuangyin, and at the same time calling for Fugu Zhejia and Linzhou Yang's family to cooperate with our Han army to kill the enemy. In the panic, the distrust of many troops , can make them suspect each other, guard against each other, and even kill each other, leading to the bombing of the camp."

Liu Chengjun suddenly felt that there was some truth.

Duan Chang said with a sneer, "Maybe Liu Du Yuhou will surrender before he plays the battle."

Liu Jiye glared at Duan Chang and shouted: "I, Liu Jiye, am not such a villain!"

His eyes were wide open, full of power.

Duan Chang took a small step back in fright.

Liu Chengjun was also in doubt, and said for a moment: "The Marquis of Du Yu is the pillar of the country. I have great uses, and I must not die easily."

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