In fact, the best thing is what you own. Zhao Zhen naturally knew this truth. The land of Hehuang is actually not important to the Song Dynasty today. There are not too many horse farming land in the Song Dynasty today. Not to mention the distance, there are many of the sixteen prefectures in Yanyun. The land of the Liao Dynasty and Dangxiang once became a large number of horses produced in the Song Dynasty.

The price of horses in the Song Dynasty has dropped sharply, but the price of plowing ox is increasing. The so-called plowing ox are scalpers and buffaloes. The south is mainly buffaloes and the north is mainly yellow cattle.

After all, the cattle's hooves in the paddy fields will be soaked, and cows can be divided into north and south, let alone war horses?

In the south, the Song Dynasty had no horse-herding place, climate, terrain and other reasons, only the north was suitable for grazing. This also led to the fact that when Chinese regimes wanted to have strong military power, they had to choose the north as the basis.

Cavalry is undoubtedly the strongest group of troops in this era. Zhao Zhen now does not lack cavalry, and he cannot even need to start buying and selling horses among the people.

These horses from northern ranches became the same luxury means of transportation as later generations. A good Jurchen horse costs one thousand guan. If it is a Dayuan horse, it will be ten times higher, or ten thousand guan.

The so-called innate Dayuan horse is a sweat-blooded BMW. The Dayuan horse is "the innate horse". After it sprints at high speed, its shoulders slowly bulge and sweat like blood flows out, hence the name "sweat-blooded BMW".

Although it is comparable to the speed and endurance of the mixed-blood horses cultivated by the Song army on the grasslands, the price is absolutely impossible to compare with the Dayuan horse. The reason is that the Dayuan Horse Club is the former sweat-blooded BMW...

There were also war horses in Hehuang, but Zhao Zhen believed that the war horses here were no different from those in the Song Dynasty. The reason why he was determined to win this land was that the land that fell into his own hands must be much better than that in the hands of the enemy.

One has increased and the other has grown. Every extra piece of land in the Song Dynasty means that Tubo is losing a piece of land, and the horses produced by this piece of land are what the Tubo people need most.

Horses are also produced on the Tubo Plateau, but plateau horses are a small breed of horses. These horses were called Tibetan horses in later generations. They are resistant to rough feeding, have strong disease resistance, good endurance, and can work on high altitude plateaus.

It is conducive to riding and carrying in the mountains. It has agile and steady steps, a strong constitution and a compact structure. The head is medium-length, large nostrils, slightly thin strength. The armor is low, the front chest is wide, the chest is well developed, and the buttocks are slightly oblique. The limbs are strong, the hooves are solid, and the hair is complex. There are more chestnuts, chestnuts, and green colors.

But what these horses are most not good at is running fast, and the size of plateau horses determines their running speed and combat conditions.

In front of the mixed-blooded horses of the Song Dynasty, these plateau horses seemed to be level 3 disabled, and this kind of war horse that was about the size of a donkey was unwilling to ride the border troops of Sichuan-Shaanxi Fourth Road and Yunnan Road.

The Hehuang area is different, and the famous Hequ horse is produced here. If this war horse with a tall body and a strong body and fast speed is hybridized with a plateau horse, it can obtain a better plateau horse.

Once the Song army seized the Hehuang land, it would inevitably cut off the source of Hequma on the Tubo Plateau. In comparison, it is much more strategic than getting a horse-raising land.

There were three famous horses in later China, the Hequ horse in Hehuang, the Three Hippos on the Mongolian grasslands, and the Ili horse in Xinjiang.

However, the largest number of horses in the Song Dynasty now are mixed-breeding horses, and these war horses are obtained by crossing famous horses from various places with purebred horses from Arabia.

Arab purebred horses dominate the world with medium and short distance speeds. Even in the next thousand years, no other breed has surpassed it. More importantly, the breed has a stable genetic stability, wide adaptability, and high product value.

War horses obtained by hybridizing purebred horses can often inherit the sprint speed of purebred horses and other advantages of hybrid war horses, so Zhao Zhen’s Royal Horse Supervisor did not have a Dayuan horse, all of which were purebred horses or mixed-blood horses.

Zhao Zhen is a pragmatist. He only needs the best and most suitable one, not the most expensive one, and the best one.

I am afraid that the entire Shendu City did not know that the emperor of the Song Dynasty did not even have a sweat-blooded horse, but I am afraid that the entire Shendu City did not know that the fastest, most endurance and best coordination among the Song Dynasty racecourse was one of Zhao Zhen’s horses…………

When Su Xun saw Sancai appearing in front of him with a plateau horse and a river quad horse, he knew why the official family wanted to take down the land of Qingtang.

The plateau horses are too short. The Tubo people riding on the plateau horses are simply a three-inch dip in front of the Song army riding a mixed-blood horse. In such a situation, the Song army has the momentum of crushing the whole battle.

This is something that needs detailed dialectics. What Zhao Zhen likes to do is to argue and experiment with his own guesses.

So more horses were led over, and Su Xun was no longer surprised. Plateau horse, Hequ horse, and mixed-blood horse. When these three types of horses were put together, everyone understood the advantages of the Song army.

The Tubo people who lost the Hequ horse could only ride short plateau horses like mules to fight against the Song army. This huge disadvantage was enough to influence the victory or defeat of a battle.

After carefully looking at the horse's teeth and hooves, Su Xun spoke to Zhao Zhen and said, "What the official means is that the Song Dynasty has already occupied all the advantages, just waiting to move the army westward?"

Zhao Zhen waved his hand, "We have already gained an advantage on the horse's back, but the Tubo Plateau is not ordinary. I am afraid that my idea of ​​achieving success in one battle will be a bit inappropriate. Moreover, Xu'er will come to command the battle at that time. I know my own children, just like you know Su Shi. Zhao Xu is very strict in doing things, and commands the battle more steadily, but in this way, there may be almost no chance of getting him to send out surprise troops."

"Officials, the winner and lose in a war depends on national strength, a dignified army, a righteous flag, and a united mind, a soldier's life, a steady coach, and the prince is the most suitable!"

"Of course Xu'er is suitable!" Zhao Zhen emphasized this point again before speaking, "But Jiao Siluo is not a easy-to-deal character. You should also know his methods, and you should also know his vision and talent.

I think he is the biggest enemy of the Song Dynasty for many years and an enemy that can compete with me. The rest are not worth worrying about!"

Su Xun had nothing to say. Indeed, he knew Jiao Siluo. As a senior secretary and part-time minister of the Honglu Temple, his understanding of the foreign court exceeded that of most ministers in the court. At that time, he was the only one who called Jiao Siluo a major concern, and the court officials said that he was a archer and snake shadow.

At present, Jiao Siluo proved Su Xun's original judgment, and this was why Zhao Zhen specially brought him with him when he was traveling to Lanzhou.
Chapter completed!