Chapter 55

In Youzhou now, five hundred war horses are not a big deal, nor are they worth much. After all, Youzhou is close to the grassland and the horse-producing area, and Liu Bin also set up a Pegasus city on the grassland, controlling most of the horse-trading horse transactions in northern China and northeast China. Horses are simply something that is easy to take for the Youzhou army. However, for the Jiangnan region and even the Central Plains region, excellent war horses are real treasures. The Han Dynasty mainly had three horse-producing areas, and horse transactions were mainly through three places, Youzhou, Bingzhou and Liangzhou. Moreover, horses were strategic materials in this era of cold weapons, and it was relatively expensive to borrow. A war horse could be sold at a high price of 20,000 yuan.

If this is the case, then forget it. At least although the price is high, some rich people can still sell horses for a large price to arm their troops. However, since Liu Bin occupied Youzhou, especially after he established a Pegasus City on the grassland and began to trade with the nomadic peoples on the grassland, the situation has become much heavier. Pegasus City is on the grassland, which is convenient for those nomadic people to trade horses, and the price is also fair. In addition, the backend of this Pegasus City is Liu Bin, so no one dares to

The trouble was made here, so the herdsmen were very at ease to trade horses in Pegasus City. Because Pegasus City is convenient, has fair prices, and has a hard backstage, it slowly spread on the grassland. At the beginning, only the Wuheng people trade here, slowly expanding to the Xianbei people, and even the Huns near Bingzhou ran to Pegasus City to trade horses. Pegasus City slowly controlled the horse trading in the world. The entire Han and the grassland, about 80% of the horses were traded in Pegasus City.

This situation even affects the horse transactions in Bingzhou, making it even more difficult for the Bingzhou army to buy horses. If it is just like this, then it is still fine. The most hateful thing is that Liu Bin, a bad breed, prohibits private purchase of horses on the grounds that horses are strategic materials, strictly controls the circulation of horses. All excellent war horses are selected first. Medium-sized horses are also purchased by Youzhou merchants and sold to the people of Youzhou for livestock. Only some low-cost horses that even the people of Youzhou are too lazy to want can be spread to the Central Plains. The price is still outrageous, and a group of low-cost horses are all left.

Forty thousand yuan. Which princes in the Central Plains would have the money to buy some such expensive horses and arm the army. In the past, no one used this as a reason to participate in Liu Bin in the court, because it was the army of the court, and it was surprisingly expensive to buy horses. However, Emperor Ling of Han did not blame Liu Bin for this. Just kidding, this Pegasus City has his shares. The more money Liu Bin earns, the more money he collects. He naturally paid for it. He wanted to buy horses in the backyard, and he also paid for it from the treasury. It was not his private treasury that he did not feel sorry for it, so it was naturally left alone.

In addition to this place, the Han Dynasty originally had the horse-producing area of ​​Liangzhou, and Liangzhou horses were also relatively good war horses. However, since Dong Zhuo, a bastard, became the governor of Xiliang, he also learned from Liu Bin and strictly controlled the horse trading. The excellent war horses in Liangzhou were also armed by him, so he could not let them spread to the Central Plains at will. Therefore, in the Central Plains, horses became real treasures. Apart from generals, there was no cavalry at all, and some poor generals did not even have horses. It can be seen that they were extremely tragic and pitiful.

Therefore, the five hundred excellent war horses that Liu Bin gave to Sun Jian made Sun Jian and others very happy. This was a betrothal gift worth hundreds of millions of dollars. It was really a big deal. Of course, Sun Jian and the others would not know that the Youzhou Army is now suffering from a serious oversupply of horses. In the entire Youzhou Army, the minimum standard of cavalry is one person and three cavalry, and the main battle cavalry has reached the point of one person and five cavalry. Five hundred horses are just the number of a small team. It is simply insignificant.

After Sun Jian and others received such a great gift from Liu Bin, his entire army was full of gratitude to the Youzhou Army. In addition, the two sides formed relatives, so the friendship between the two sides developed rapidly. Sun Jian and others even lived in the Youzhou Army publicly. His subordinates were also stationed with the Youzhou Army and had forgotten that they were a member of the Alliance of Princes. After these days, Sun Jian's contact with the Youzhou Army and the situation he learned from the generals of the Youzhou Army made Sun Jian and others even more unstoppable. The Eastern Wu army's awe of the Youzhou Army was born at this time.

So when he saw Lu Bu showing his might and defeating several princes, Liu Bin and others were ready to move, Sun Jian quickly reminded them, hoping that they would not be impulsive. Liu Bin and others couldn't help laughing. Liu Bin looked at the generals around him, and then said to Sun Jian: "Hehe. Thank you General Sun for your concern. To be honest, Lu Bu is indeed a peerless general. Although our Youzhou Army has become famous for its fierce general, except for the king who takes action himself, haha, others may really not be the opponent of Lu Bu."

Then he turned his head to Zhang Fei and Guan Yu and others and said, "Maybe you are not convinced, and think that Lu Bu is not that powerful, and you can do what he does. But from my perspective, it is not the case. I have some understanding of Lu Bu. He is a mixed-race of Han and Hu. He has grown up from the frontier since he was a child. He has fought with people, beasts, and even the sky since he was a child. His combat experience is far greater than you. Moreover, he is in his prime and at the peak of his life.

Although you have good martial arts and some combat experience, this is far from enough. You have not reached your peak yet. If you want to compete with Lu Bu, you can only play a draw at most. And you are still at a disadvantage and have many defenses. Remember, don’t underestimate the people of the world. The world is so big and there are many powerful people. Maybe some people live in seclusion in the mountains and forests and have no fame, but you cannot deny their excellence. Lu Bu is an example."

After hearing Liu Bin's words, the generals of Youzhou Army slowly calmed down. Although some people were still a little dissatisfied, they had to believe and obey Liu Bin's words. They had a deep understanding of Liu Bin's power and Liu Bin's eyes. Since he said that, he would definitely not be wrong. The people of Zhou Jun believed in this. However, when Sun Jian heard Liu Bin's words, he could not help but take a cold breath when he saw the scene in front of him.

He was angry and surprised. From Liu Bin's words, it can be seen that Liu Bin was still very rational. He also felt that Lu Bu in front of him was not something his subordinates could compete with. At the same time, he was still very confident and confident that he could deal with Lu Bu. How confident was this. However, thinking of Liu Bin's experience and thinking of him before, he dared to charge against the hundreds of thousands of troops of the Xianbei. This confidence was not so surprising. It seems that he underestimated Liu Bin's power.

What surprised Sun Jian was that Liu Bin's control over his subordinates, his subordinates obey his words, and his heartfelt trust made Sun Jian very surprised. Sun Jian was also a Wujie, a martial arts cynic. Naturally, he knew that as a military general, the generals believed that they were invincible and believed that the enemy in front of him could be defeated. If others said that he was not someone else's casual operation, these generals would definitely not be convinced. This was also one of the reasons why the provocation method was successful repeatedly. However, Liu Bin just said a few words softly, saying that his subordinates were not Lu Bu's opponents, and all of his subordinates were silenced.

People are very dissatisfied and believe in Liu Bin's words. It would be fine if these generals were ordinary unknown soldiers, but they were just some mediocre people, but these people are all famous generals in the world. They are so convinced. The control of such opponents is amazing. Although Sun Jian is also a leader and a general, he feels that if his opponents say these words, his subordinates will definitely be a little dissatisfied. Maybe they dare not say anything due to their orders, but they may impulsively seek trouble for their opponents. He is far inferior to Liu Bin in controlling the army.

I underestimated this King of Jin before. No wonder he was called the number one general in the world. It turned out that he deserved his name, and it was not intended by others to flatter him. But this is very good. The more powerful Liu Bin is, the more beneficial it is to him, and the more help it may be. Since he has become a relative of him, even if his career is not good in the future, he can still entrust Liu Bin to wait for a chance to make a comeback. Sun Jian couldn't help thinking. However, on the surface, he still said quickly: "

Your Highness is wise and worthy of being the number one general in the world. But I wonder what Your Highness is going to do next? Should we help these princes defeat Lu Bu, or just wait and see what happens?" Although Liu Bin has become a relative of him, his daughter has been betrothed to Liu Bin, and he is also Liu Bin's father-in-law. However, after all, the marriage has not yet begun and it is still an engagement. Liu Bin's status and prestige are so high that he dare not really put on an air of an elder in front of Liu Bin, so he still calls Liu Bin the Highness.

After hearing this, Liu Bin couldn't help but smile and said, "No hurry. Now is not the time for me to take action. Let us wait and see the changes for the time being. It is also possible for those princes to see Lu Bu's power and let them know that it is not that easy to get something for nothing."

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