"Your Majesty, how about these war horses?" Duke Zhuang asked from the horses on the field outside the imperial camp.

"Yes, although these are not as bad as the horses I sent last time, they are not bad!" Zhao Bing walked to the horse's group with his hands behind his back, raised his hand to touch a horse's mane, patted the horse's butt, then bent down and looked at the horse's legs and said with a smile.

"I don't know how to look at horses, and I'm worried that I'll be fooled by the Tartars. After all, we're a bit harsh this time!" Duke Zhuang said with a sigh of relief. This time, he followed the little emperor's plan and caught Tuohuan's shortcomings, so the lion opened his mouth and asked for three thousand horses. He felt that Tuohuan would feel that the number was large and he had to bargain, but unexpectedly, he sent someone early the next morning.

"The number of horses in the eye is profound, but in fact, as long as you remember a few of the key points, you won't be too different. As the saying goes, four big and three high and two small, two long and two short and one flat, strong hooves and beautiful bones like cranes, small ears and big eyes and wide chest. As long as the war horses that meet these can be called good horses. A thousand-mile horse is just an unattainable legend!" Zhao Bing looked at Duke Zhuang's face in confusion, knew that he was puzzled, so he simply showed off his words and explained.

Since the main horse breed in ancient China was Mongolian horse, although other horse breeds were also introduced in the Western Regions. However, due to the strong genetic assimilation ability of Mongolian horses, the imported Western Regions horse breeds were very easy to be diluted. Therefore, the most numerous and most widely used Chinese troops in ancient China were Mongolian horses. Because they were short and had an average shoulder height of only about four feet, they could only be selected based on this basis.

Generally, when the shoulder height of the war horse is four feet, it passes the primary election, and the standard of the high-quality war horse is higher. Although this shoulder height is still not comparable to the tall and headed horses that have been bred for hundreds of years in modern times, it is not short in the current range. Zhao Bing just looked at it with a big eye and estimated that most war horses are taller than four feet and can be included in the category of the high-quality horses. Of course, in addition to the hard requirements of shoulder height, the selection mode of appearance and physique of Xiangma. The song he just mentioned is actually a summary of the standards for selecting high-quality war horses in the Ming Dynasty.

The four majors say that the eyes are big, the nose is big, the double duck is big, and the sleeves are big; the three majors say that the life span, the knee is high, and the horsescia bone is high; the second novel says that the ears are small, and the mountain three bones are small. Among them, the two majors mean that the pulse points on both sides of the left and right chest of the horse are to have a wide chest, and the big eyes are big, and the best thing is to have a big bell. The ancients believed that the eyes are big and the heart is big, and the big heart means that the horse has strong durability; the ears are small, it is best to be like sharpened and thin bamboo slices. They believe that the horse's ears are small, and the liver means that the horse is gentle and versatile; so the eyes are big, the ears are small, the chest is wide, and the legs are long and powerful, which means that the horse has strong durability.

In addition, double length means a long horse face, a long neck, a short waist, and a short spine. A firm hooves mean that the horse's hooves should be strong, preferably round hooves. The bones are as beautiful as a crane, which actually refers to a horse's bone method, which means that the more ribs the horse should be dense. The ancients believed that the more horse's ribs, the faster it would run. In "Qimin Yaoshu", a horse can travel 500 miles a day, and if it has 12 ribs, it can travel thousands of miles a day. If it has thirteen ribs, it is a Tianma that is in none in thousands. In Zhao Bing's storytelling, Li Yuanba's mount has no ribs, but a piece of ribs. Of course, this view is really a pit and violates the laws of nature, unless it is a product of developmental deformity.

"Your Majesty, you should share some of these horses with your subordinates!" The deputy brigade commander and commander of the second regiment of the personal guard brigade who was by his side *** said with a charming smile after hearing the little emperor's words.

"Hu, everyone is already a horse, what do you want to do?" Tan Fei asked with a smile. The task of the guard brigade is to protect the safety of the palace and travel. The guard regiment sent by the emperor this time was the guard of the imperial camp. Although the soldiers and generals of the guard brigade have been trained in infantry, cavalry, and even water battles, because of the lack of horses, they only have a cavalry battalion in each regiment, but there is a risk in fighting. In case of accident, all the second regiment accompanying him were equipped with war horses. Once there was a three-length or two shortness, they would still be faster after all.

"The Sa family really doesn't like to listen to this from Commander Tan." *** turned his face and said, "Your guard camp is still worthy of two horses, but Your Majesty still allocated all the hundred good horses sent last time to the Guard camp. Everyone is the one around His Majesty, and you must have a good time. You can't favor you, Commander Tan!"

"That's right, that's right, we can't all join your guard camp!" At this time, Tian Zhong, the commander of the First Brigade of the Guards, also came forward and said.

"Tong Tian, ​​don't cause trouble, please, please!" *** Of course, he knew that he would not speak for no reason for him, but would have to divide a spoonful of soup from it, and bowed to him with a wry smile.

"Hu Tongzhi is really stingy. Can you serve three thousand horses? I only need a thousand horses, which can help you share your worries!" Tian Zhong stroked his beard and said with a smile.

"cough……"

"Your Majesty, please listen to your Majesty's orders!" When several people heard the emperor's light cough, they immediately realized that Your Majesty was still beside them, so they started to fight themselves. Wouldn't they be 'sighed' and quickly saluted.

"Three thousand war horses, two thousand personal guards, one thousand brigade, one thousand brigade, all of them have been taken care of. If they lose weight, I will cut your flesh to make up for it!" Zhao Bing rolled his eyes when he saw this.

"Thank you, Your Majesty!" *** was overjoyed after hearing this. Now everyone is matching horses. With two thousand more horses, he has basically achieved the level of one person and two horses, and he is almost in line with the configuration of the guard camp.

"Your Majesty, there are tens of thousands of people in a brigade, but only one thousand horses are given. This is too partial!" Tian Zhong said frowningly after hearing this.

"Don't think I am a fool. In the counterattack before, more than 10,000 horses were seized, and one brigade divided two thousand horses, and you all concentrated them for the third regiment. Adding one thousand this time is enough to form a lancer regiment!" Zhao Bing revealed his true colors without hesitation.

"Your Majesty, but we are only enough to ride alone. The power of the motor is still inferior to them. How can we keep up with Your Majesty's marching speed!" Tian Zhong still begged.

"Precaution first, let's talk about it. Most of these horses came from Henan and Shandong. The feed they ate was different from our horses. They had to be taken care of and trained in a step-by-step manner. They did not require everyone to charge, but they did not want to ride a horse!" Zhao Bing ignored it, but reminded him again. But he was still worried and asked in detail.

This is not because Zhao Bing is worried about nothing. It is useful for him to concentrate the war horses in front of the imperial guards, but he does not want to get rid of the diarrhea at critical moments. As the saying goes, a horse will live for ten years, which is enough to show the importance of the quality of the breeding method to the war horses. The ancient saying of high autumn and fat horses refers to the growth of various types of forage on the grassland in summer and autumn, and the grass seeds are strong, so the horses will gain the fastest weight at this time. However, war horses cannot just eat grass, so the feed used for daily feed is basically a mixture of forage and other crops, especially the Central Plains and Jiangnan areas where grasslands lack grasslands.

Due to the different crops planted in the north and south, there are also differences in feed. In the north, there are many kinds of millet and wheat, so there are more millet stems; in the south, there are many kinds of rice, so they are mostly straw. Because the millet stems are relatively hard and straight, they need to be crushed first before they can be mixed into feed. Since the straw is soft, it does not need to be ground again. In addition, alfalfa is the best for the forage. There are many places to grow this grass in Henan and Hebei, so it is not difficult to find. It is different in the south. Because the yield is too low, they can only settle for the second best use other grasses such as dog tail grass, root grass, etc.

The last one is all kinds of beans. The beans used to make horse feed at this time are generally soybeans, black beans, peas, and mung beans. The ancients believed that soybeans and black beans were the best. These two beans are sweet and can thicken the stomach and intestines and grow muscles and can relieve aconitum poison; peas are sweet and warm in nature, and can harmonize fat after eating: mung beans are sweet and cold in nature, and can remove the heart and lungs from the fire and the five internal organs are weak. Some people who have more money will also add eggs to the feed and use various grains instead of soybeans.

Among them, the grain is mainly indica rice and glutinous rice, mixed with barley and wheat bran to form essence. There is also a saying about these things. People at that time believed that indica rice is sweet and warm in nature, nourishing the spleen and growing fat; glutinous rice is sweet and flat, and can enrich the stomach and nourish the stomach and grow fat; after the barley is cooked, washed with well flower water and feeding it to horses can broaden the stomach and help digestion, and eating raw can transform food and eliminate abdominal distension; wheat bran is sweet and warm in nature, and can thicken the stomach and intestines to protect the skin.

After picking the ingredients, the feed is made. When making the forage, the crops should be cut short with a guillotine and crushed. The soybeans and black beans should be cooked and heated, and all peas and mung beans should be mashed. Then wash them with clean water and mixed them together to feed the horses. The ingredients should be added three times a night. After training, you should be led to the manger for feeding once, and then feed them again when the time is sunken.

I chose it, and I also got it. Finally, I trained the war horses. After all, people need to train the war horses, and horses need to train to fight. In addition to charging strongly and running quickly, I also need to endure hardships and be good at driving. In addition, I also need to train the flexibility of the war horses and the familiarity and acceptance of rider instructions, such as turning left and right, running and stopping, tight and slow, etc. to avoid attacks.

The Song army has entered the age of firearms, so compared with previous dynasties, there is another one training on war horses, that is, the immunity to the sounds of firearms such as muskets and cannons. To put it bluntly, they are trained to be out of control and frightened by the roar of firearms. Therefore, when training firearms to play and play, they will also pull the warhors over to listen to the roar of firearms, so that they can familiarize themselves with and accept this sound, so as not to be frightened at that time.

"Your Majesty, can you give me some more, even five hundred horses!" After hearing the little emperor's long-winded horse raising scriptures, Tian Zhong did not give up and asked again.

"If you want a horse, look for the owner of the manor. This time he sent the horses from Tuohuan. Tell him that I can't change the horses!" Zhao Bing smiled and pushed the matter to Duke Zhuang.
Chapter completed!