Farm the fields for self-sufficiency and wait for the time to move.
This is what the Prime Minister ordered Wei Yan to do after entering Guanzhong.
The same goes for Zheng Pu who is at Shandan Ranch in Hexi Province. Before he leads the Xiliang cavalry back to Guzang County in Wuwei to wait for orders, he wants to let Zhuge Qiao, the prefect of Zhangye, know how to "open source" for the preparation of grain, so as to avoid being like Fei Yi before.
Yin eats Mao grain.
Before the Battle of Xilingju, Cao Zhen, the former great commander of the Wei State, transferred all the war horses from Shandan Ranch to Guanzhong or Bingzhou for grazing, making it difficult for the Han Dynasty to find high-quality stallions even if they recaptured Liangzhou.
Therefore, whether it was Liao Hua who was in charge of Dunhuang County or Li Qiu who was stationed at Yumen Pass, they would privately claim to the caravans from various countries in the Western Regions that they were buying pure-blood horses and mares from the Wusun (now Ili) country with huge sums of Shu brocade and tea.
The reward will be halved.
A better Dawan horse or a bloody horse...
Then forget it.
Thousands of miles apart, no one in the Han family would have such unrealistic thoughts.
As for why it was not purchased from the Wusun Kingdom but adopted this private scheme, the Wusun Kingdom would not sell it.
Just as the war horses sold to Jiangdong by the Han Dynasty were all castrated stallions, the Wusun Kingdom also strictly controlled the flow of high-quality purebred stallions or mares that had not been castrated out of the country in order to protect their interests.
And today's Han Dynasty is no longer the period when Emperor Xiaowu of the former Han Dynasty was so powerful that the Wusun Kingdom spontaneously "hired Han women with a thousand horses" under pressure from the Xiongnu.
Wusun is not afraid of today's big man at all.
Therefore, the Han Dynasty can only hope that "there will be brave men under the heavy reward".
In fact, the reason why these caravans dared to walk on the Silk Road, which was crowded with horse thieves and lined with small countries, was because they were all desperadoes. Faced with the temptation of huge profits, they had the courage to take risks.
And some of them succeeded!
There are two purebred blackson stallions, which are now carefully cared for in Shandan Ranch.
The limbs are slender, the waist is broad and flat, the neck is thin, the head is straight and small, the mouth and nose are square, and the eyes are bright and bright.
The Wusun pure-blooded horse was first named "Tianma" and later "Xiji" by Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty. As soon as one saw it, one could not help but think of praising its song.
Zhuge Qiao, who was watching side by side with Zheng Pu, was also amazed and said with emotion, "Zheng Jun, if our army's cavalry, soldiers and mounts are all such good horses, why worry about rebelling against Wei's tiger and leopard cavalry or Wuhuan's sudden cavalry."
After saying that, he added quickly, "Zheng Jun invited me to the ranch this time to ask me to take good care of these two good horses? Zheng Jun doesn't need to worry about this, I will take care of it myself"
Heart, I will definitely let my Han cavalry have dozens of majestic war horses every year after they are five or six years old."
It was his last words that made Zheng Pu couldn't help but smile bitterly in his heart.
It's not that Zhuge Qiao said anything wrong.
After a foal is born, it takes approximately three or four years before it is ready to be ridden, and it takes at least another one or two years to train it into a war horse that will not avoid arrows or be frightened by the flames of war.
And with only two stallions, being able to breed sixty or seventy foals a year is the limit among the limits.
What really makes Zheng Pu helpless is that both Zhuge Qiao and Fei Yi are scholars with pure moral character.
After Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty only respected Confucianism, he was constrained by etiquette such as "a gentleman does not talk about profit", and there was no such thing as Guan Zhong's "speech and business" diligence and flexibility.
It will take five or six years before foals can be used to benefit the war effort, and foals cannot be reproduced in large numbers yet...
Such a result is like useless to the big man who spent a lot of time to obtain two Wusun purebred stallions!
Without him, five or six years later, even if the Battle of Guanzhong is not concluded, it should be coming to an end. The most difficult moment for the Han Dynasty has been passed!
Why haven't they thought about using it to benefit the war now?
Wouldn't it be enough to just sell the foals bred from these two Wusun pureblood stallions to Hao You?
Wouldn’t it be possible to prepare food for the war?
Things are rare and valuable!
I'm also worried that the powerful people whose fields are connected to Fang Kingdom will be reluctant to keep food at home!
Even if the powerful people in Liangzhou or Yizhou have already had their wealth emptied by various means by the Han Dynasty, and it is difficult to digest so many horses, aren't there still wealthy families from the state of Wu~
"How can I not trust Ge Jun?"
Zheng Pu smiled and said, "But Mr. Ge, I think this good horse should be used like this..."
After Zheng Pu finished saying what was in his heart, Zhuge Qiao couldn't help but feel dazed for a while.
Perhaps, it was because he couldn't figure out why he was so obsessed with things related to amassing wealth.
But just because he couldn't figure it out, it didn't mean that he would reject Zheng Pu's proposal.
Besides, I can't turn back.
"Zheng Jun is really..."
He smiled and shook his head, trying to find a word to describe it euphemistically, but found that there was no suitable word, so he simply said, "It can be said that you don't think about anything else when doing things for the country!"
Of course, Zheng Pu took it as a compliment.
...........
"Zhuge Liang, the Prime Minister of Shu, Wei Yan and others arranged their troops and formations, just like grass and snakes, there are traces to follow. However, Scar Pu's plans and plans often do not follow common sense, do not stick to the world, and go beyond what others can do. It is really unpredictable.
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In Chang'an City, at the Yongliang Governor's Mansion, Sima Yi sighed with emotion to Zhao Yan and the guard Xue Ti who had just arrived from Luoyang.
Zhao Yanai was sent to Guanzhong by Wei Emperor Cao Rui to assist Sima Yi in arranging various ministries.
Because he also supervised three thousand tiger and leopard cavalry and more than ten thousand Luoyang's central army.
In order to confuse Jiangdong, Sun Quan was asked to attack Huainan Shouchun with all his troops at the turn of summer and autumn this year. The soldiers who came with him would be broken into pieces under the leadership of their respective Sima or Dubo.
From Wuguan, he entered Nanyang County and then lurked in Yuzhou.
All Ni Shu have entered Guanzhong.
How could Cao Rui not be eager to make the conclusion that "if you want to conquer Shu, you must first defeat the enemy Wu".
"What Mr. Sima said is absolutely true."
Previously, when Cao Zhen was in charge of Yongliang, Zhao Yan, who had the official title of Grand Sima Military Advisor, couldn't help but shook his head and smiled bitterly, sighing, "Sorry! When I was in charge of Liang in Yongliang, I tried my best to remonstrate with the former Grand Sima.
Generals Wang Shuang, Lu Pan and others rushed to Longxi, but were deceived by Scar Pu's false counterattack. They used a plan to increase the number of troops and reduce the number of stoves, causing heavy casualties to our army. The losses of Manyin Castle and Gaoping City were all due to Scar Pu's deviated sword.
Who can predict this move in advance? Alas~~~"
Xue Ti, on the other hand, remained silent.
He served in Yongliang for too many years.
Having witnessed and experienced the many defeats of the Wei State with my own eyes, I have become somewhat numb.
And he felt that there was nothing to criticize about Sima Yi's current arrangements.
Yes, Sima Yi's emotion was because after the Han troops entered Guanzhong in two groups, Scar Pu was still standing still in Wuwei County, Hexi Province, which made them feel that the current defensive deployment seemed...
It seems possible that Scar Pu may have found a flaw?
It's not that they belittle themselves, or that they have lost all courage.
Rather, Scar Pu is known for being good at strategizing, while the Xiliang cavalry is known for being good at running thousands of miles. The two together are like a hanging blade, which makes people dare not not worry!
