Chapter 94 Where is the galloping horse that I want?
Chapter 94: Where is the galloping horse I want?
Gong Hongbo, deputy envoy of Moutuogang Animal Husbandry Station, reported back tremblingly:
"I am the deputy director of the pastoral office and the auxiliary chief envoy. I am specifically responsible for the daily affairs of the Moutuogang pastoral office, such as arranging the horses of the forbidden troops in each battalion, giving priority to them, and training the cavalry stationed here in daily riding and shooting...
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The names of military attachés in the Song Dynasty were as confusing as those of civilian officials. Military attachés were divided into three categories: envoys, envoys, and horizontal squads according to their official ranks.
In the second year of Zhenghe (AD 1112), Zhao Ji's original owner Song Huizong changed the title of all other military attachés to "doctor" or "lang", but only the envoys remained unchanged.
From the Imperial City Envoy to the Treasury Envoy, there are forty envoys in total from the Moutuogang Pastoral Envoy. They are the chief envoys of each division; their deputy positions are the deputy envoys of each division. Therefore, the chief officer of the Moutuogang Pastoral Envoy is still the chief envoy.
Make.
Zhao Ji faced Gong Hongbo, the deputy director of the Moutuogang Animal Husbandry, and asked: "How many war horses are there in the Moutuogang Animal Husbandry now?"
Gong Hongbo was extremely flustered, pretending to be calm on the surface, and replied:
"Going back to the official house, the total number of horses and ponies in the Moutuogang Shepherd House is eleven thousand two hundred and thirty-one."
When Zhao Ji heard this, he realized that there were still more than 11,000 horses, which was pretty good! I just didn’t know if this deputy commander had made false reports and deceived me?
Zhao Ji, a time traveler who is familiar with historical knowledge, knows that historical books record that Moutuogang Pastoral Center raised more than 10,000 horses at its peak and had about 5,000 forbidden troops stationed there.
Historically, in the first year of Jingkang in the Northern Song Dynasty (1126 AD), Jin general Wanyan Zonghan led the Jin army to attack Kaifeng City in Tokyo and garrisoned the troops in Moutuogang. More than 10,000 horses in the horse farm were all returned to the Jin people.
In the winter of the second year of Jingkang (1127 AD), the city of Kaifeng in Bianliang, Tokyo, was destroyed, the Zhao and Song Dynasties were destroyed, and Moutuogang Pastoral Station was gradually abandoned. It was flooded by the Yellow River in the late Ming Dynasty, and only a few sand dunes remained...
Zhao Ji said meaningfully: "Deputy Commander Gong knows the number of horses very well! The two chief and deputy commanders are of equal height."
"Thank you Lord for your kindness." After Yu Hechang and Gong Hongbo kowtowed, they wiped the cold sweat from their foreheads and stood up.
Zhao Ji asked again: "How many horses are there in Moutuogang Shepherd Station that can fight?"
Yu Hechang, the envoy of Moutuogang Animal Husbandry Office, saw that the deputy envoy Gong Hongbo's reply was very watery, and he was praised by Zhao Guan's family as "knowing the business like the back of his hand". This time he wanted to show himself well in front of Zhao Guan's family. Yu Hechang took the lead in reporting:
"When we return to the official home, the Moutuogang Animal Husbandry has eliminated more than 4,000 foals, more than 1,000 old horses and more than 200 sick horses. Now, there are still more than 8,000 horses that can be fought." p>
Zhao Ji smiled slightly and nodded.
However, he naturally did not take the words of the two chief and deputy envoys completely seriously.
Otherwise, he would not have to go out of the palace and the city under the protection of 600 personal officers (soldiers) of the Imperial City Department, and come to Moutuogang Pastoral Station outside the northwest of the capital to review the horses in person.
Zhao Ji asked again: "How many cavalry are there to train war horses?"
Yu Hechang, the chief envoy of Moutuogang Animal Husbandry, saw that Zhao Guanjia smiled and nodded after hearing his answer, and he was naturally very happy.
He was secretly happy in his heart: He had taken credit in front of the officials, or the opportunity to get promoted and make a fortune was about to come! If a person is lucky, nothing can stop him...
Yu Hechang responded: "There are 5,000 Imperial Guards in Moutuogang Pastoral Center, 3,000 cavalrymen training horses, and the remaining 2,000 Imperial Guards are responsible for feeding horses and doing chores."
Zhao Ji knew that in the Northern Song Dynasty, war horses were extremely valuable, and it was normal for three thousand cavalry to train eight thousand war horses. In the daytime, it was impossible for an expensive war horse to be ridden and trained all the time. The horses were trained in turns.
Resting. Before the sun goes down, the war horses can no longer be trained and have to be taken back to the stables to be fed, watered and rested...
This is true when training horses, and it is also true when marching for long distances. A cavalryman usually has two or three horses. When not marching in a hurry, the cavalry even has to dismount and lead the horse.
Even when marching in a hurry, every once in a while, when the horses are not too tired, the cavalry must change to another idle horse that they carry.
When cavalry fights, of course they use the strongest horse among the two or three horses they bring. This is true in the Song Dynasty, and the same is true for the cavalry of the Liao and Jin Dynasties.
The cavalry of the Jin Kingdom have strong combat effectiveness, which is due to the fact that they are nomadic people. The Jin people rode horses and shot arrows, just like the Central Plains farmers of the Song Dynasty carrying hoes and walking to weed the fields.
Zhao Ji knows very well that cavalry does not come with horses. In today's pure cold weapon warfare, cavalry with real combat effectiveness must undergo long-term and rigorous professional training.
Zhao Jidao: "I want to read the horse!"
"I submit to He Chang and obey the decree."
Yu Hechang, the envoy of Moutuogang Mu Station, passed on the military order: "Publish the official oracle and start the horse parade."
After receiving the order, the herald on the sand dune held the flag high in his hand and waved it rhythmically several times...
Zhao Ji saw that another herald one mile away under the sand dune made the same semaphore and passed it to the next herald one mile away...
At this time, two miles away, the most elite 200 cavalrymen at the Moutuogang Pastoral Station had been prepared for the royal spring outing and inspections by superiors. After seeing the flag signal to start the horse parade, they
Immediately loosen the reins, knock the stirrups with your feet, and order the horse to move forward...
Two hundred cavalrymen rode two hundred fat and strong horses.
Running wildly, the dust is flying;
From far to near, running wildly...
Zhao Ji stood on a high hill and looked down. He was very unhappy when he saw only two hundred cavalry galloping towards him on horseback!
Where is the galloping horse I want?
What kind of shocking scene do I want when I read a horse?
What the hell, you just want to fool me with just 200 war horses?
It seems that the Moutuogang Pastoral Center should also be strictly investigated...