The military appearance and morale of the Jingzhou Army were beyond Xu Chu's imagination.

Under the guidance of Liu Qi, Xu Chu visited the camp where 5,000 Nanman soldiers were located. He saw the drills of sword and shield soldiers, spear soldiers, halberd soldiers, archers and other units organized by the schools under Liu Qi's command.

Although the Nanman camp only followed Liu Qi to the north with 5,000 soldiers, they were the 5,000 most elite soldiers specially selected by Liu Qi in the Nanman camp. Therefore, what is now displayed in front of Xu Chu can be regarded as the highest combat strength of the Jingzhou army.

, which has been carefully arranged in advance.

Xu Chu was quite straightforward - he saw how elite the Jingzhou soldiers were, and he didn't hide it, he just nodded and said yes.

This fact made Liu Qi quite appreciate it, and he could be regarded as a straight person. In terms of the true temperament of a clan leader, Xu Chu was much more straightforward than Cai Mao, Kuai Liang and others.

Finally, Liu Qi led Xu Chu to the location of the Jingzhou horse army.

The number of cavalry under Liu Qi was small, only 400, but there was no need to hide them in front of Xu Chu. After all, the number of horses that could be used as war horses in the south was scarce, and most of the horse breeds were pack horses. This was normal.

There is no need to be afraid of showing timidity at all.

If Xu Chu walked into Liu Qi's military camp and saw thousands of elite war horses, that would make Xu Chu feel scared in his heart.

When they arrived outside the horse army's camp, everyone was talking and about to go inside when they suddenly heard a loud shout from inside the venue.

Liu Qi stopped, looked inside in confusion, and frowned, "What's going on?"

Taishi Ci said: "It seems that something urgent happened."

After a while, he saw several soldiers from Jingzhou running out in a hurry. They came to Liu Qi and saluted him, and said in a panic: "Master Fu, please don't come close yet!"

"What's wrong?" Liu Qi frowned.

A Jingzhou soldier said: "Master Huifu, there are bad horses captured in the battle of Shanyue in the camp. They were being tamed by our knights just now, but two horses were suddenly frightened for some reason and are now running around in the field.

We are trying to control it, but we also ask you not to go there to avoid being accidentally injured by bad horses."

Next to Liu Qi, Dian Wei became angry when he heard this.

"The war horse is just frightened, but it still needs to be so nervous? Let someone treat it!"

Xu Chu looked on with cold eyes. When Dian Wei said this, he also said: "Let's go and have a look at a certain family!"

After saying that, the two of them strode forward in unison and headed towards the Ma Army camp together.

Liu Qi looked at the generous backs of these two big men and couldn't help but smile.

The two people looked at each other from time to time along the way, and from time to time there would be fire in their eyes. This was something Liu Qi had discovered long ago.

It seems that this is a bit more ambitious.

Liu Qi said to everyone: "Let's go and take a look at the excitement."

Not long after, Dian Wei and Xu Chu were seen walking into the arena together.

As expected, two bad horses were seen quarreling in the field and running around the enclosure. The bad horses on both sides were surrounded by soldiers holding sticks. They moved forward cautiously while using the wooden sticks in their hands to drive the horses away.

, driving the two bad horses toward the center, blocking their way, and forming a siege.

Faced with such a wolf pack-like encirclement method, the two bad horses gradually reduced their range of activities, but they did not give in. Instead, they ran around in circles and screamed more violently.

The two horses each stared with a pair of big eyes, restlessly glancing back and forth at the soldiers, and growled angrily at the surrounding soldiers.

Liu Qi looked at the two frantic war horses with great interest, and said with a smile: "Although this method of encirclement can reduce the range of activities of the horses, it will also arouse fear in their hearts and easily make them more vulnerable."

Feeling scared makes it harder to calm them down... It's a bit like hunting, not taming horses."

Taishi Ci said at the side: "What the Lord Fu said is reasonable. The experience of southerners in training horses is not as good as that of northerners. Therefore, when dealing with emergencies, this situation is prone to occur. It is also within common sense and there is no way to do it."

Liu Qi nodded after hearing this, but suddenly he seemed to remember something and asked: "I remember, Ziyi once told me that you had stayed in Liaodong for four years and were driven by the wealthy families in the border counties.

Chi, you have been fighting in the desert for a long time, so you must be quite familiar with the horse training skills of the northerners?"

Taishi Ci said: "I know a little bit about it."

These words are purely modest. A general from a wealthy family who has stayed in Liaodong for four years will naturally not be as simple as "a little knowledge".

Liu Qi asked for advice very seriously: "I once fought with Sun Wentai against the Xiliang army in Yangren County. Although we defeated the Liangzhou cavalry, it was difficult to conquer their Xiliang war horses. Sun Jian once told me at that time,

If you are facing the soldiers of Xiliang, don't think about surrendering their horses, just shoot them... Actually, if you think about it carefully, it is really a pity. If the captured northern war horses can be used for our own army, wouldn't it be a great help?

"

Taishi Ci narrowed his eyes and watched the Jingzhou soldiers circling the horses in the distance. He said: "Youzhou war horses are almost the same as Liangzhou war horses. They all have the ability to know the way. Xianbei, Wuhuan, Xiongnu, Wusun and others are as good as me."

It is common for soldiers in the border counties of the Han Dynasty to have friction. They have given each other war horses all year round, so it is not impossible to tame them."

"What's the difference?" Liu Qi was very interested when he heard this.

Taishi Cizheng said seriously: "It's just that when people from the south train horses, they usually use a whip to train them with five strokes until the horse is whipped. However, when people from the north train horses, they mostly use riding and suppression, clamping the horse's belly tightly.

With riding skills, no matter how bumpy the horse is, it will not be thrown off, just like an eagle. Whoever fails to hold on first will lose."

After a pause, Taishi Ci added: "Although this method is more difficult, it is much more practical than the method of drawing a horse, but it requires a knight who is good at controlling horses."

Liu Qi was stunned when he heard this, and asked again: "Does Sun Jian not know this method?"

Taishi Ci said: "I heard that Sun Wentai once fought in Liangzhou. I think he should know about it, but with the ability of his current soldiers, I'm afraid it will be difficult to do it."

"Why?"

Taishi Ci smiled and said: "Because all of Sun Jian's men are from the south, the skills of the southerners in controlling horses are a bit gentler than those in the north, and their riding skills are also inferior. They are not as capable as those knights in the north who control horses all year round."

"

Liu Qi raised an eyebrow.

He rubbed his temples and sighed: "So, even if you capture the Northland war horse and know how to tame it, it will still be difficult to tame it, right? Because there is no good rider?"

Taishi Ci said: "Others may be like this, but you don't have to worry about it."

"oh?"

"The art of horse-controlling in the north and the south has no merit, only whether it is suitable for you. However, since the prince wants to use northern knights, it is not impossible to recruit them... The officials heard that after the prince pacified the seven counties of Jingnan,

The number of refugees that Jingzhou could accommodate increased. In addition to the unrest in the north, the war situation remained the same. In addition to the gangsters from Nanyang County, refugees from Sili and wealthy families in Guanzhong also continued to go south to Chu, with hundreds of people.

There are tens of thousands of them, and the number is still rising... Among the many refugees in the North, especially those with connections in Guanzhong, there must be many people who are good at horses. If the prince wants to recruit more than a thousand knights among them, it should not be difficult for him to do so."

As soon as he said this, Liu Qi suddenly understood.

Yes, the people in Jingzhou now rule not only the people from the southern border, but also the people from the south.

A large number of gangsters from various states and counties migrate to Jingzhou every month. These people come from all over the north. Naturally, many of them are people who are proficient in various skills unique to the north. These people are not just simply migrating, but they also bring with them

There are also civilizations and skills from their hometown.

The civilizations of the north and the south each have their own shortcomings and strengths. When refugees from the north enter the southern border, they can complement the local area.

Of course, it should still be difficult to recruit too many Northern riders, but if you only recruit a thousand Northerners who are suitable as knights, it should not be a problem.

After all, the number of refugees in Guanzhong is gradually increasing.

In particular, there is Tai Shici, an outstanding figure who was born in Qingzhou and spent several years in Liaodong. If he personally trains and leads the team, there will be nothing wrong with it.

Just when Liu Qi was seriously thinking about this problem, he saw that Dian Wei had already pushed away the crowd surrounding the horse and strode to the venue.

He neither rode a horse nor used a whip to whip the horse. Instead, he saw the right moment, suddenly stretched out a hand, and grabbed the horse's tail tightly, actually preventing the horse from running away.

The war horses were in pain and raised their voices to the sky.

On the other side, Xu Chu had also grabbed the tail of an inferior horse and forcefully held the inferior horse in place.

Although the two of them each grabbed the tail of a war horse, they still glared at each other fiercely, as if they were demonstrating and intending to show off their bravery to the other party.

The two war horses were in pain, and each raised their hind hooves to kick the person who was pulling their tails.

But neither Dian Wei nor Xu Chu gave these two inferior horses a chance.

Dian Wei stretched out his hand, grabbed the horse's butt in front of him, and then pressed it hard.

Then they saw that the bad horse was pressed by the huge force, its hind legs became weak, and its butt was firmly pressed to the ground.

When Xu Chu saw Dian Wei reaching out to push the horse to the ground, he did not show any weakness.

You fool!

Whatever you can do, someone else can do it too!

When Xu Chu first debuted, he used to pull an ox's tail with each hand and drag the ox backwards for a hundred steps (this is true). Now it is much easier to just hold down one horse than to drag two oxen backwards.

The two men just pinned the two bad horses to the ground and stared at each other angrily.

The two war horses with their hindquarters on the ground were shaped like stone lions guarding the gate. They seemed to be trying to get up, struggling desperately to raise their hind hooves.

But only after a while, because the pressure exerted on the buttocks of the two horses was too heavy, the two bad horses could no longer move.

The horse was convinced, but it was obvious that the two big men were not convinced by each other. Their eyes looking at each other seemed to spark sparks in the air.

Neither of them was willing to blink, for fear that if they did, they would lose their momentum.

But the problem persists for a long time, and my eyes are sore that I want to cry...

Taishi Ci put his head close to Liu Qi's ear and asked in a low voice: "Did the emperor specially arrange this event today?"

Liu Qi smiled slightly: "Why did Ziyi say that? What's the proof?"

"The official has no proof, the official just has a feeling."

Liu Qi said: "Xu Chu is a very brave man, but after all, he is a powerful man in Qiao County, and he also holds the important responsibilities of the clan. We, Jingzhou, cannot conquer such a person. After all, Yuzhou is not our short-term strategic target in Jingzhou."

, I can only make insinuations, let Xu Chu see the tyrannical power of Jingzhou first, and form a friendship."

Taishi Ci smiled bitterly and said, "For him to compete with Dian Wei in such a malicious manner, is this also friendship?"
Chapter completed!