Chapter 1309: The girls are going out to the war horse farm
Chapter 1309: The girls are going out to the horse racing field
"Husband, the weather is perfect these two days. You can go out with Yue Yatou and the others to relax. It will also give me two days of leisure at home.
These days, these girls are hanging around me every day, and if you don’t annoy me, I will annoy you too!”
After breakfast, Xiang Ling said to Shen Tang.
Ever since Xiang Ling became pregnant, although everyone knew that it was only a little over a month ago, there was no serious problem. However, in order to avoid any accidents, basically everyone stayed at home! At most, they only wandered in the yard for a while.
Fortunately, Xiang Ling and Mu Yu had peaceful temperaments and didn't feel bored.
However, Yue Yatou and Ling'er are lively and active, that is, because they take care of Xiangling. Otherwise, they would have lost their patience long ago.
Including a few little girls, who have been bored at home for a long time, the same is true.
Therefore, Xiang Ling directly found an excuse and asked Shen Tang to take a few girls out to relax.
"I don't want it. I just stay at home with my sister. It's freezing outside. What's the fun?"
Ling'er said obediently.
"Yes, we can just stay at home! Although the blockade has been lifted outside, we will inevitably encounter some troubles."
Wanyan Yue also spoke.
Shen Tang looked at Xiang Ling, then said with a smile, "Okay, let Mu Yu stay with you at home, we will go for a walk, and we will be back sooner or later!"
"Yue'er, Ling'er, and you girls, let Xiang Ling have a free day today, and let's go out for a walk!"
After hearing what Shen Tang said and seeing that Xiang Ling didn't speak again, they hesitated for a moment, but couldn't bear their temper and nodded quickly.
"Sister, we will be back later!"
Several people greeted Xiang Ling and Mu Yu, then went to change their clothes and followed Shen Tang out of the house.
"Yue'er, Ling'er, where are we going today!"
Shen Tang asked with a smile.
Wanyan Yue's eyes flashed, and she turned to Lian'er and the others and asked, "Lian'er, you girls, do you want to go shopping in the market?"
Seeing the flash in Wanyan Yue's eyes, Lian'er said, "Sister Yue'er, it's up to you and Sister Ling'er. We can go anywhere. However, we have been to the market in Shangjing many times. There is nothing new if we go there again. If my sister has any good places to go, we can go and see them."
When Wanyan Yue heard this, the corners of her mouth curled up. It had to be said that this Lian'er was very pleasing to the eye.
"Lian'er, don't worry, I will give my husband to you tonight!"
After teasing Lian'er, Wanyan Yue said, "Husband, let's go to the racecourse! The racecourse here is much larger than Daming Mansion, and there are tens of thousands of horses in it. , let’s also go and see the scene of thousands of horses galloping.”
Zhao Ling on the side nodded equally excitedly. Unlike the other girls, these two princesses had always been happy with such exciting things.
"Okay, then let's go to the military camp first!"
Everyone happily left the city and went directly to the camp of Ge Shao Zhi Ning. Although there were many women accompanying him, Shen Hall was still unimpeded in the camp. However, Ge Shao Zhi Ning was extremely busy today, just with Shen Tang. Tang and others greeted them, and then asked their personal guards to escort Shen Tang and his party to the location of the racecourse.
The horse farm here is about ten miles west of the military camp. The war horses here are not only the war horses of the inferior Ning army, but also a reserve place for other military horses in the surrounding area, including the Northeast Recruitment Division and other armies, all of which are replenished here. horses.
Therefore, the war horses here are not only of extremely high quality, but also extremely large in quantity.
After leaving the military camp and running westward for about half an hour, the accompanying bodyguard said to Shen Tang, "General, there is a horse farm ahead of us!"
Shen Tang looked around and saw an endless grassland appearing in his sight. Although it was only February, looking from a distance, the green grass had sprouted thin buds. To the north of the grassland, In this location, rows of stables are densely packed, and the neighing of war horses can be heard from time to time.
Before Shen Tang and others could approach, the generals stationed here came to greet them.
"The general will pay homage to the general!"
Shen Tang bowed his hands and returned the greeting, "Thank you all, I just have some free time today, so I came here to enjoy some sightseeing, there is no need for you to mobilize troops!"
If it were anyone else, this is a place where military forces and horses are important, and naturally it would be impossible for people to approach easily. However, with Shen Tang's status, not to mention Wan Yan Yue, it would be normal to come here for fun.
"The general has received orders from the commander-in-chief. The general and others can enter and exit this horse farm at will, and the general can ride all war horses!"
Shen Tang nodded, turned to the girls and said, "Let's go in first!"
As everyone entered the racecourse, the chief here also introduced the situation of the racecourse to Shen Tang in a low voice.
"General, there are currently 87,212 war horses in this horse farm. Most of them are adult war horses, and a small number are underage foals! These war horses are guarded and cared for by dedicated personnel. Moreover, if they are injured, If you are sick or old and weak, you will be eliminated immediately..."
Listening to the introductions of others, Shen Tang couldn't help but feel a little emotional! The reason why the Song Dynasty's combat power was inferior to that of the northern grassland peoples, in addition to other reasons, was mostly due to these war horses. In this era , War horses are just like the iron-blooded chariots of later generations, they are great weapons on the battlefield. When ordinary infantry fight against these war horses, there is a natural gap in terms of impact and mobility.
The Song Dynasty was located in the Central Plains. Although war horses were produced, most of them were ordinary war horses or even inferior horses! The grassland people in the north had unlimited pastures and also had a large number of war horses.
I think back then, Shen Tang worked hard for a thousand uncastrated war horses, and after they were transported back to the Song Dynasty, he invested a lot of physical and manpower in raising them. Now, several years have passed, and it can be regarded as It has initially achieved results, but the number of war horses is still extremely limited.
However, this is just one of the countless horse farms in the Jin Kingdom. It is not even very big, but it has a total of 80,000 or 90,000 war horses, and they are still selected good horses.
Such a comparison is simply a world of difference.
It's a pity that even Shen Tang attaches great importance to war horses, but if he wants to make all the soldiers and horses of the Song Dynasty as good as the Jin Kingdom, it is still an extremely distant goal.
Fortunately, everything is developing in a good direction now. Not only have the number of war horses in Chengdu's armies increased a lot, but the horse farm is also growing steadily.
As long as nothing goes wrong, the Song Dynasty will one day have its own cavalry.