Chapter 401: One Horse, One Powerful Country
The old man Wang Deyong has been very excited recently. His grandson has given him a great-grandson. He has four generations living together. Among the military generals, he can be over 70 years old and has many descendants. He has both good fortune and longevity. Wang Deyong should be relieved, but what makes him even more relieved is the war horse in front of him. In the past month, he only went to take a look at his great-grandson and then hang out in the horse shed every day, which made the old woman curse, saying that he only recognizes horses and not people!
Wang Deyong didn't care. In his heart, this horse is indeed more important than humans, even more important than his old life! If he asked him to exchange his life, the old general would not frown.
What he was in front of him was the origin of the war horse like the Mawari horse, which is not verified. It is probably the descendant of the hybrid of Arabian horses and Turkmen horses.
Most famous horses in later generations have the blood of Arab horses. As for Turkmen horses, there is a more widely known name, the Sweat-Blood BMW!
With its proud bloodline, the Mawari horses are very majestic. Although there is still a gap compared to the super monsters cultivated by later generations, they have absolute physical advantages in this era.
First of all, their average height from horseshoe to spine is 155 cm, and the highest one can be close to 170 cm. Without counting the head and neck, they are almost as tall as humans.
The majestic body is full of strong streamlined muscles, a wide chest cavity, thick limbs, and thick hooves. When you run, you don’t need to wear a horseshoe at all.
They can withstand severe cold and heat, and can also run for long distances. Overall, this is a very perfect war horse.
Mawarima's ears are medium-sized, erected on the top of her head, and the top of her ears will be bent toward the middle, a bit like the two corners of a demon, looking cute.
There is also a curly mane on the head, which is also very cute. It has big open eyes, which are tough and intelligent, and is very likable. In short, this is a rare horse.
If there are any flaws in Mawari horses, it is that they are so edible!
Wang Deyong fed them himself, and the old general was frightened. A horse, the Wari horse, had a 30% to 50% more food than a Northland horse.
If you want to fight, you know how much these big eaters can eat!
However, when they were pulled onto the school ground, the veteran general immediately felt noisy.
Mawari horses are generally about an inch taller than Northland horses. Don’t underestimate this gap. If you put it on horses, it is quite large. Mawari horses have a level bigger.
This also determines that the Mawari horses can bear heavy armored cavalry. In fact, the Mawari horses and their relatives are also partners of the heavy cavalry in Central Asia and India.
It has to be admitted that in terms of cavalry, the Song Dynasty lags behind the Western Xia and the Great Liao, while the Western Xia and the Great Liao are not necessarily stronger than the countries in Central Asia, including the Temujin cavalry. They also won their opponents with excellent tactics. They are simply much inferior to the excellent horses...
No matter what, Mawari and horses crossed the ocean and came to the Song Dynasty.
The best war horse in the world, combined with the Song Dynasty's super economic strength and steel industry foundation, an unparalleled iron cavalry is about to be born!
This was an exciting moment. The emperor of the Song Dynasty came to Daming Mansion and arrived at the military camp at the first stop. He lived in Jingsai Army for several months. Our uncle Zhao was quite heroic and rode a yellow horse, which was very imposing.
But when he saw the proud and proud horse behind Wang Deyong, he was stunned.
If Zhao Zhen was surprised, then Di Qing was crazy.
The handsome old man's eyes were shining and he was salivating. Even when he treated his wife back then, he had never been so enthusiastic. When he got Zhao Zhen's permission, Di Qing almost trotted and arrived at a black horse, Wari Horse.
The smooth fur reflected a satin-like luster under the sunlight. He stroked his back with his hands and could feel the powerful muscles. Di Qing became more and more excited as he looked at it. He suddenly reached out, grabbed the "little curly hair" and flew onto the horse's back.
The black war horse was extremely angry. It felt that it had been challenged with dignity. The little curly hair raised its four hooves and ran out quickly. It wanted to throw the annoying guy on its back.
Di Qing would not admit defeat. He hugged Xiao Curly's neck tightly, and disappeared from everyone's eyes like lightning. Zhao Zhen was stunned.
"Wang Qing, there will be no problem with Shuai Di, right?"
Wang Ning'an smiled and said, "I'm afraid there is no war horse in this world that General Di cannot control!"
When Zhao Zhen heard this, he nodded frequently, "Looking at the lightning of Di Shuai, I am quite itchy, I don't know..." It turns out that Zhao Zhen wanted to try it too, and Wang De was so scared that he shook his head quickly.
"Your Majesty, these horses are all stallions, and they are violent in nature. If the saint wants to ride, the old minister can only order a knife." Wang De said with a dark face: "The old minister is reluctant to let it go!"
Wang Deyeng was old and was as if he had obtained a toy-loving child, and he openly refused Zhao Zhen's request. Our uncle Zhao was not angry. He smiled and said, "I have seen the soldiers practice in the military camp these days. When I arrived at the battlefield, the horses were brothers and partners of the soldiers. How could I castrate such a good war horse just because I was alone?"
Zhao Zhen turned around a brown horse, Wari Horse, and nodded frequently. This war horse was strong, had obvious muscles, perfect lines, and exuded strength from the inside out.
"Wang Qing, this war horse is not cheap, right?"
Wang Ning'an was embarrassed to scratch his head, "Your Majesty, this is what my third uncle and cousin got back, so let them report to Your Majesty."
"Okay, call them here."
Soon, Wang Liangjin and Wang Ningxuan arrived. They greeted Zhao Zhen and talked about the process of getting the war horse.
To be honest, this process is also very interesting.
They crossed the ocean and came to India. They first pretended to be silk merchants and traded with locals. Sure enough, they found out about Mawarima.
Wang Liangjin took a lot of money to buy it, but they didn’t sell it!
Take silk to the door and don't sell it!
Show off his identity as an envoy of the Song Dynasty and promise benefits, but he still won’t sell it!
The arrogant third brother said that Mawarima was a treasure given to them by the gods and could not be measured by the price.
Wang Liangjin is not a good temper either. After he went back, he brought 300 sailors and wanted to rob him. As a result, they underestimated the combat effectiveness of the third brother and were defeated and lost dozens of people.
Wang Liang was indifferent and retreated to the boat, planning his next plan.
But at this time, the third brother suddenly came over with a few horses, and they actually agreed to the deal. Wang Liangjin was confused by the second monk. Are these Indians crazy?
After a long time of roundabout way, they were hesitant and took out a glass mirror from their arms.
It turned out that the Sans and others found the glass mirror from the prisoners, which immediately aroused their interest. What a clear mirror, it was visible at all, and they could see clearly.
If the gods dedicated to them, the gods can definitely see a more perfect self in the mirror. As long as the gods are happy, they will bless their third brother to make their own request and exchange the mirror for the horses and wali horses!
Wang Liangjin was so happy when he heard this request. He resisted the impulse and pretended to be a good deal. He had a full three days of negotiation before he reached the deal.
The three and the three took the mirror and went to worship the gods happily. Wang Liangjin was so hilarious that they made the decision. They exchanged the mirror for 500 horses and vanished across the ocean and returned to the Song Dynasty.
After listening to his narrative, Zhao Zhen was also excited.
"How many mirrors do you use to exchange for a war horse?"
Wang Liangjin stretched out a finger.
Zhao Zhen said in surprise: "Can you change one with a mirror? You have made a lot of money!"
"Your Majesty, yes, it's a mirror to change to ten pieces!"
puff!
Everyone was bleeding immediately. My God, it was a pie that fell from the sky. This was too cheap!
Only Wang Ning'an, his expression was as normal as usual, was not surprising at all.
When Westerners colonized, they even used glass beads to exchange for gold and land. In contrast, they were very polite to exchange for war horses with mirrors.
Moreover, if it weren't for Wang Ning'an's attempt to crack down on the copper price, the Glazed Mirror would have maintained a high price of hundreds of guan or even thousands of guan in the Song Dynasty. In comparison, a war horse was 100 guan, which is not a cheap one... Well, that's right, we didn't take advantage of the third brother at all, but then again, the third brother's advantage is not in vain!
After hearing this, Ouyang Xiu even laughed with his hands, laughing so hard that he leaned back and forth.
"I am telling Your Majesty that my Song Dynasty is really blessed with heaven, and the holy virtue is magnificent. God is protecting the saint!"
Zhao Zhen smiled and said, "Drunk Man also learned to flatter him?"
Ouyang Xiu shook his head quickly, "No, Your Majesty, in order to get the sweat-blooded horse, Emperor Wu of Han sent troops to Dayuan twice. The first time, tens of thousands of cavalry, after a long journey, one out of ten, and returned in a crushing defeat. The second time, Li Guangli led a 100,000 army to capture the Dayuan Kingdom, and only robbed more than a thousand sweat-blooded horses. When he fought twice, the Han Dynasty paid the price of more than 100,000 people! Now, my Song Dynasty only used a few glass mirrors, and exchanged a divine horse that was comparable to a sweat-blooded horse! Isn't God blessed?"
After hearing Ouyang Xiu's words, everyone was energetic. Yes, wasn't the great man's majesty just because of his powerful cavalry?
To be honest, a sweaty horse has forged the majesty of a great man.
Whenever I read that those who offend me, those who are strong and powerful will be punished even if they are far away! It still makes people excited and tremble all over!
Thinking of this, everyone focused their attention on the war horse in front of them. Perhaps it won’t take long before this sentence will be changed to those who offend me and force the Song Dynasty. Even if they are far away, they will be punished!
Chapter completed!