Water Margin people

Chapter 361 Buying a Horse
Everyone's blood boiled with enthusiasm, and after a while of communication, they took the soldiers and horses of each battalion down the mountain to train. Seeing the excitement, it was impossible to come back before dark.

"Several military advisers, how is the army?"

Sun Lei looked at Xiao Jiasui and said with a smile.

"Ten times more invincible!"

Wen Huanzhang smiled and cupped his hands. After seeing Liangshan's army, he really realized that Sun Lei's words were not a joke. Liangshan's army can already be said to be the best in the Song Dynasty. But it is impossible to surpass the current Liangshan army in terms of combat power.

"My little brother has seen a foreign army. The Xixia army in Liao is not as good as our army in Liangshan."

Xu Guanzhong said that he believed in Sun Lei's words now. Now there are more than ten thousand elite troops. As long as they develop steadily, they can become hundreds of thousands of troops within a few years. This is really a power that can sweep the world and change the world.

"Haha, now the horses, weapons, armor, and ships are not enough. When these are all equipped, our Liangshan army will be invincible."

Xiao Jiasui said with a smile.

"Only this horse is not easy to deal with."

Sun Lei said helplessly that everything was easy to solve. Shandong had no shortage of coal, iron ore, and timber was not a problem, but the horse couldn't solve it.

Now Liangshan is actively building all kinds of ordnance. With Mengkang and Tang Long, weapons, armor, and ships are no longer a problem, but the most important horses in the cold weapon era are not easy to get. Almost all the folk horses are in the hands of the government. .There are only more than 1000 horses in Liangshan now, of which nearly [-] were captured from Jeju, and nearly [-] were brought by Baoxu Kushushan.

"Brother, why don't you send someone to pretend to be a horse dealer and go to Liao!"

Xu Guanzhong thought for a while and said, horses are really difficult to solve, even if it is too late to start raising horses now, he can only go to the north to buy them.

"Is this horse easy to buy?"

Xiao Jiasui looked at Xu Guanzhong and asked, he has been active in Jingnan all year round, and he doesn't know much about the affairs in the north, so it is difficult to buy such military supplies as horses.

"Brother Xiao, don't worry too much! If a hundred years ago, the Liao Kingdom would naturally refuse to sell war horses, but now the Liao Kingdom has long been decayed, the land in Liao is bitterly cold, and the output is not much. The only thing that can be sold is cattle, sheep and horses, which is Liao It is forbidden by the upper echelons of the country, and there are not a few people who sell it privately, and there are many people in Hebei who sell sheep and horses to and from Liao."

Xu Guanzhong said with a smile that the Liao Kingdom is not much better than the Song Dynasty now. As long as valuable things like war horses are not smuggled in large quantities, no one will go back to investigate.

"That's a good idea!"

Sun Lei was overjoyed that he could indeed send someone to the north to try selling some horses back.

"Brother, younger brother would like to go to Liao once. My younger brother is proficient in foreign languages, and my family has also gone to Liao country for business, so I know some people!"

Xu Guanzhong immediately clasped his fists and begged for his life. Liangshan was far beyond his expectations. This is not a simple bandit village. Everyone in the upper village has skills and is doing what they are good at. He also wants to make use of his strengths. Wen Huanzhang, only this knowledge is quite extensive.

"Brother, younger brother also wants to go back to Jizhou."

Gongsun Sheng also said to Sun Lei.

"Gongsun Daoist is going back too?"

Sun Lei looked at Gongsun Sheng and asked.

"Brother, younger brother has been away from home for more than a year, and there is still an old mother at home, and I want to go back to pick him up the mountain."

Gongsun Sheng said to Sun Lei that now his heart is in Liangshan, and he will definitely stay in Liangshan all year round in the future. It is definitely not possible for his mother to stay in Jizhou alone, so it is better to take Liangshan to enjoy the blessings.

"It's because I didn't think carefully, it really should be like this!"

Sun Lei nodded. Xu Guanzhong, who came back with him this time, had brought his old mother up the mountain. After An Daoquan was treated, he had improved a lot. Xu Guanzhong felt relieved and had the idea of ​​going to Liao to buy horses.

Ling Zhen is from Yanling, his mother and wife are both on the east and west roads of Beijing, Zhu Fu has already brought someone to pick them up, seeing all this, Gongsun Sheng is naturally eager, and doesn't want to leave his mother to suffer in Jizhou alone.

"Going to the north, we need some competent people!"

Sun Lei pondered for a moment before saying, whether it was Xu Guanzhong's initiative to invite Ying or Gongsun Sheng's homesickness, he couldn't stop it, but the north is not safe.

At night, in the Juyi hall, everyone who practiced for an afternoon of soldiers gathered together with a smile, and had a big banquet tonight.

After the camps were divided, there was competition. Since ancient times, there has been no first place in literature, and no second place in martial arts. Warriors all want to be the best among the three armies.

"Brothers, today I discussed some ordnance issues with several military advisers. Now there is no shortage of knives, guns, armor, and warships. The only problem is war horses."

Sun Lei looked at the jubilant crowd and cleared his throat and said, the number of horses is less than half of the cavalry, the infantry may need to be equipped with a small number of horses, and the three cavalry may have one horse in their turn, whether it is training or combat. They are completely unsatisfactory.

Sun Lei thought about the Zengtou City that he passed by at the beginning. There were more than [-] war horses there. In the past, it was death, and it was not cost-effective to fight all the way. It is better to buy a horse first and develop with peace of mind.

The generals of the horse army immediately looked at Sun Lei. They have already discovered this problem in today's training. Each battalion only has 500 horses. How to train [-] people?Rotation training effect is too poor.

"This time Master Xu and Daoist Gongsun are going north, and I will pick a few people to accompany them."

Sun Lei looked at the crowd again and said, everyone was gearing up and wanted to go out and perform well.

"Shi Xiu, Wang Dingliu, you two choose dozens of smart and strong minions to accompany you. Everything on the road is under the arrangement of Military Advisor Xu and Daoist Gongsun."

Sun Lei pointed out three people and said, Shi Xiu is the best candidate, he was planning to go to the north to sell sheep and horses with his uncle, this time he went to Yanyun just to make contact, maybe he could find a way.Wang Dingliu was quick in action, and there was no problem with the servant's work.

In terms of safety, Sun Lei was not worried. Xu Guanzhong had won the martial arts exam and traveled too many places.Gongsun Sheng needless to say, Taoist priest's ability is not limited to martial arts, this spell is "similarly" amazing, there are few people in the world who can stop him.

With these two people leading the team, and Huan Shixiu and Wang Dingliu following, there is still no danger in the land of Yanyun.

"Yes, brother!"

Shi Xiu and Wang Dingliu got up and clasped their fists together and said, Shi Xiu never wrote to Yan Yun's uncle because he was concerned about it, how could he not be happy to go there now.

"Jiang Jing, prepare the money tomorrow."

Sun Lei looked at Jiang Jing again and said, buying a horse naturally requires money. Fortunately, money is the most important thing in Liangshan now. Whether it is the business in Liangshan Town or private salt trading, it is very prosperous. Now this business has spread all over Beijing. road.

"Yes, brother!"

Jiang Jing said with a smile, since the use of work as relief, the cost of labor in Liangshan has dropped significantly, and he has money in his account, so it is no problem to buy horses.

(End of this chapter)