Great Warriors of Sui and Tang Dynasties

Chapter 1408
Prince Jiawen rode on a Dawan horse. This horse was extremely majestic, its shoulder height was higher than the Prince's, its body was golden yellow, its hair was as smooth as brocade, and its endurance was extremely amazing. According to the person who presented the horse, this horse A horse once galloped twelve thousand miles in three months.

This is the distance from Dawan to Chang'an. Dawan nobles rode bloody horses from Dawan to the capital to meet the emperor, basically only three months.

It can run at a speed of more than [-] miles per day for ten consecutive days.

Its stamina is amazing.

Thinking back to when the Western Han conquered the Dawan Dynasty, Li Guangli took a lot of hard-earned horses from Dawan and brought them back to Chang'an. It is a pity that such excellent horses did not survive in the Central Plains, but they succeeded in improving the horse breeds in the Central Plains.

And the horse that Jiawen was riding was a purebred sweathorse. Even in Dawan, there are only about [-] purebred sweathorse horses.

After hearing the news, the prince immediately ordered to build the Daqin sweat-blood horse ranch on the oasis in the Dawan Basin to breed sweat-blood horses and increase the number. Improvement of horse breeds such as horses, Hetao horses, Turkic horses, and Khitan horses.

However, the person who donated the horse told the prince that the purebred sweat-blooded BMW will soon degrade after leaving the oasis in the Dawan Basin, and will no longer be so good after a few generations, and if it is improved by crossbreeding, it will be even more difficult, and it will be very easy. Failed, the new horse breed obtained by crossing with other horse breeds is likely to be as good as the sweat horse.

The special geography and climate of the Dawan Basin have created this unparalleled famous horse, but the prince still wants to give it a try. It would be a pity if such an excellent breed of horse can only gallop on this oasis.

Of course, the crown prince was still more cautious. He sent people to recruit horse breeding experts in the Dawan Basin, and also sent people to the Central Plains to invite horse breeding experts. He planned to take two steps. It is to take out a small amount of sweat horses and crossbreed them with other horse breeds to see if they can get good new horse breeds.

"I heard that in the Arabian Peninsula, the local nomadic Bedouins have a kind of good horse, which is handsome and good at galloping, especially its mare is used as a war horse, and it will not neigh when approaching the enemy. The target, and the charge in battle, but also brave and fearless, with swift speed and long-lasting stamina, is the horse of choice!"

Luo Siye beside the prince nodded.

"Arabian horses are also grown in the desert oasis. These horses are much smaller than sweat horses, but they are extremely smart and easy to train. They have another feature that is hard to compare with sweat horses. Horses are very suitable for being used as stallions to improve other horse breeds. However, this horse is not good at carrying heavy loads and is suitable for light cavalry war horses, but it is not suitable for heavy cavalry, nor is it suitable for plowing carts."

This kind of horse is not tall, that is, five feet or less, and weighs about seven to eight hundred catties to eight or nine hundred catties, usually under a thousand catties. The biggest advantage of this kind of horse lies in its endurance and durability.

He is smart and easy to work with.

Good explosive power and excellent endurance make this horse very suitable as a light cavalry mount or an ordinary riding horse.

"Unexpectedly, Uncle Huang knows this horse so well!" The prince laughed.

"I have been in Yili for many years. My favorite thing to do is to collect all kinds of horse breeds, and then domesticate them on the pastures in the Yili River Valley, and breed and improve some new breeds. The same thing puts more energy into it. After a long time, you will naturally become familiar with it." Siye said with a smile.

As an important strategic material, horses are not so important. War horses are the most important combat power of the army, and the people also have a great demand for horses. Horses can be seen everywhere in riding, pulling carts, and plowing land.

And the Yili River Valley is very suitable for raising horses, so Siye vigorously raises horses, collects various excellent horse breeds, breeds and improves them, and breeds some specialized horse breeds in a targeted manner.

The Bedouin horses on the Arabian Peninsula are not well-known, but Siye still favors them for their superior performance. There are hundreds of Arabian horses in his horse farm.

"This meeting, when I see the Persians, I have to ask them for some Arabian horses." The prince laughed.

"The Persian side is probably almost stable, right?"

Siye nodded.

"The news from Jin Yiwei said that during the period of our military deployment in the Western Regions, Persian Sasanian also experienced a palace coup, and the Persian Sasanian prince launched a palace coup.

With the secret support of most of the Persian nobles, as well as Rome and our Great Qin, the prince officially ascended the throne, called Emperor Kawad II, and became the No.20 third-generation emperor of Persian Sassan.

Emperor Kuslao II, who had been in power in Sassanian Persia for 38 years, was immediately poisoned by Kawad II. This emperor, who had endured humiliation and was called the victorious king by the Persians, ended in dismay in the end.

At that time, he was supported by the traitors of his father, Emperor Hermista IV, as his successor. After he ascended the throne, his father was sentenced to blind punishment and then killed. He raised his troops and became king on his own, and the defeated King Kuslao II fled to Rome, where he had to marry the princess of the Roman emperor Maurice as his queen, and then borrowed troops from Rome to fight back to Persia. After many lands, he defeated the Persian rebels with Roman reinforcements and regained the throne.

Afterwards, he paid tribute to Rome for many years. After Emperor Maurice was killed, Kuslao II immediately went to Rome under the banner of revenge for the emperor, and seized countless lands in Rome.

It's a pity that his highlight time was very short. Although Persia has won many victories temporarily, Persia's treasury has been empty for a long time. Years of wars have made the nobles and common people dissatisfied with the emperor. Next, the prince mutinied and killed his father.

King Kuslao II killed his father back then, but he didn't expect that he would not escape being killed by his son now.

"Everyone wants King Kusi II to die, so how could he live, but being murdered by his own son is still too tragic." The prince shook his head and sighed.

The reason why both Daqin and Rome supported Kavad II's mutiny and regicide was that although Emperor Kuslao II wanted to stop the war, he did not want to give up the captured Roman lands, and he was not even willing to let Daqin in Set up a colony by the Red Sea.

If he does not die, then Persia and Rome will not be able to truly cease fighting, and Daqin will not be able to establish colonies in the Red Sea and the Persian Sea. Daqin's sea trade will be greatly affected by the Persians.

Due to various reasons, in the end everyone hoped that King Kuslao II would die, and let the prince born to the Roman princess become the new emperor, and this new emperor was more pro-Qin, which naturally satisfied all parties.

"The Persian Sasanian's patricide and seizing the throne may start a vicious circle." The prince said with emotion.

"A sign of subjugation!" Siye also said.

"Uncle Huang, do you know that Song Wang Changqing is also in the army?" the prince asked suddenly.

Siye was silent.

(End of this chapter)