The northern part of Jiuyuan County, Yunzhong County, Beidi County and Shang County.

Added together, these places are the legendary Hetao area.

During the Qin Dynasty, this place belonged to China, but China obviously did not pay attention to the importance of war horses at that time.

During the wars at the end of the Qin Dynasty, the main battlefield was the Central Plains, so these remote border counties were even more ignored.

The Huns, on the other hand, were very discerning and strategic in choosing to annex.

The Hetao area was lost during this period. Even though it was only a few remote counties, it was a huge blow to the Central Plains Dynasty, and it was also a strategic blow.

Later, the Han Dynasty was plagued by quality problems with its war horses, and finally spent a lot of energy and decades to finally take back the Hetao area.

From then on, the Han Dynasty had no shortage of high-quality war horses.

As a result, they continued to attack the Xiongnu and provided strong support for the development of the Western Regions and other places.

Although Wang Buxu attached great importance to territorial issues, he had to admit it on this matter.

There is no way to do anything else.

There are places where troops are needed everywhere, and sending hundreds of thousands of troops to these four counties will cost a lot.

It is not something that the current Han State can afford.

Just the food consumed on the road is enough to give people a headache.

"The Huns haven't annexed all these places yet, right?" Wang Buxu asked.

"No, but there are traces of the Huns north of the river, and that place is difficult to defend..." Zhang Liang shook his head and sighed helplessly.

The big river is a natural chasm, but at the same time, the big river is also the helper of the Huns.

When the spring is warm and the flowers are blooming, the river flows toward the summers; in late autumn and winter, the river flows toward the Xiongnu.

After the river was frozen for several meters, a group of cavalrymen had no problem running on it.

Without the natural moat of the river, the Han soldiers stationed there could only be eaten away by the Huns bit by bit.

At this time, the benefits of the Great Wall are reflected.

As long as the Great Wall is there, the Huns will not be able to get through, so they can safely raise war horses.

But the biggest problem is that the Great Wall has not been completed, and the Great Wall was divided from the southwest to the south in a herringbone shape from Yunzhong County, which just left most of the Hetao area outside.

"The private breeding of horses cannot be stopped. Even if they cannot be used as war horses, they can still be used for transportation and camel transportation..." Wang Buxu was suddenly stunned.

He thought of a question.

A horse is a horse, even if it cannot become a war horse, it is still a horse.

And horses are noble and proud.

He can run very fast, and he can also play with you to death and exhaust you to death.

What can I say about this thing? It's okay to use him to show off, but if you want him to do some work, it will drive you to death.

But his descendants are different, they work hard and endure hardships without complaining.

There are not many requirements for food and accommodation.

Whether it's for camel transportation, long-distance running, or farming, he can do it.

And most importantly, his endurance is much stronger than that of a horse.

Wang Buxu was afraid that Zhang Liang would be frightened by his prophetic and omniscient attributes, so he pretended to be confused and asked: "In my early years, I heard someone say that there is a kind of livestock that looks like a horse but not a donkey. A camel can walk several kilometers in a day."

Baili, has Prime Minister Zhang ever heard of this animal?"

Zhang Liang was stunned for a moment, and immediately thought of what Wang Buxu said.

But, is that thing really that powerful?

He couldn't help but wonder: "Your Majesty, those animals move very slowly and are very few in number. They were the playthings of nobles in various times. As for the saying that a camel can travel hundreds of miles a day, this minister has never heard of it..."

"Have you ever seen it?" Wang Buxuan suddenly asked with a smile.

It would be nice to have this thing. Maybe, people don't need to raise a large number of horses.

What's so good about raising horses, they are delicate and pretentious, but how can they be better than donkeys, which are durable, strong and long-lasting.

During the war, you can requisition transportation. Although the speed is a bit slow, the victory is long-lasting. At the end of the day, you can go farther than the cavalry.

When there is no war, the people can also use it to cultivate the land. Again, it doesn't matter if it takes it slow, as long as it lasts.

And he is easy to raise, not as valuable as a war horse. If you dare to fool him for a month, he will dare to fool you for a lifetime.

"I saw them once in the Han Palace when I was young. One kind looked very tall, like a war horse, and the other kind looked very weak, as if it had no wind." Zhang Liang nodded.

"Find a few of each, test carts and camel transport, and see what the effect is. If it is true as rumored, these animals can not only be used for military transportation, but also for farming. They are much more affordable than war horses." Wang Buxing

Say it directly.

The entire empire is yours, so what’s the problem in finding a few donkeys?

Besides, I am not doing it for fun, but for testing and for the future of the empire.

Even if word of this gets out, who in the world would dare to object?

What's going on?

"Your Majesty, where are the war horses?" Zhang Liang, a mature and prudent man, almost cried because of Wang Buhang's teasing.

Why does the king think that he is going to come out all at once?

How can something as valuable as a mule withstand such a torment?

We are talking about the issue of war horses, okay?

In the blink of an eye, you were dragged onto my mule?

"Let's solve the problem of war horses slowly. First, rely on the Great Wall as a cover, train a group of soldiers near Shangjun, and raise a group of war horses at the same time. After the situation stabilizes, we can try to recover it!" Wang Buxu thought for a while, this is

There is no other way.

Let the infantry leave the Great Wall to fight the Huns?

That's simply unrealistic.

Therefore, we can only find a stable place and figure it out slowly.

"Cavalry training is not something that can be accomplished in a day..." Zhang Liang thought for a while. Although he thought it made sense, he still felt a headache when he thought of training more than one hundred thousand or hundreds of thousands of cavalry.

How much does it cost if a person eats horse chews?

Even if you can support yourself, a new problem still lies before you.

However, seeing Zhang Liang's face full of headache, Wang Buxu suddenly smiled.

"Does Prime Minister Zhang think training cavalry is too difficult?"

Zhang Liang nodded solemnly. If Wang Buxun opens his mouth, the people below will die from exhaustion.

Although Zhang Liang also feels that all the hard work should be done and it is worth it.

But the pressure on me is still too much.

According to past experience, if an ordinary soldier wants to become a qualified cavalry, it will take two years of hard work.

If you want to become an excellent cavalry, in addition to talent, you will not be able to do it without more than five years of sustained training.

Why are nomads so difficult to fight? They live on horseback. They can scare you to death just by looking at them, let alone fight.

In addition, the wear and tear of war horses is also very serious. According to this experience, basically after a cavalry training is completed, a war horse will be useless.

Then it will take at least half a year for the cavalry and the war horses to get familiar with each other and develop a tacit understanding before they can go into battle.
Chapter completed!