Training the ability of war horses to adapt to the bronze drum is indeed an urgent task, but another point is that Tobias later emphasized: the war horses affiliated with the cavalry brigade, including the pack horses of the entire legion, have experienced a numerical crisis.

Horses were the most precious resource in ancient times, or the most luxurious war consumables. It is not an exaggeration to say that raising a horse is equivalent to raising four or even ten people. When we set out for an expedition from Gaul, the entire cavalry brigade had more than two thousand war horses, which was surplus. But after the fight, many of them were disabled and sick, leaving only less than a thousand, which was barely enough to be one person and one horse. But Tony Hanske warned that if there were only these horses, they would probably have to lose all the way on the way to the Little A marche before they even started fighting with Parthia.

"My money will be spent on the entire Cyrenega search for horses!" Li Bida said that. After consulting the two people, he decided to divide the plan into three parts, as an important part of Cyrene's development plan in the next three years. First, prepare to take commissions from the southern Galamantes Kingdom and imitate the navy to establish a "horse-worning fund". The first part was Li Bida to take out 400 tarants to advance. In addition, Ptolemy also consciously paid this year's "Li Bidauskin" for a total of 300 tarants. This money was first purchased from the entire Libya.

There are several main sources of horses. One is to buy them directly from the Cyrene private, and they can be bought by the people, or fleeing war horses that were hidden by the people in the previous wars. Some local rich Jewish or Greek lords forced to collect some horses. The second is to send merchants to trade in various tribes in southern and western Libya, and everything can be sold. Crystal, salt, including Li Bida's hurried order, melted all the gold and silver coins in the treasury of the Hashidi believers before plundering the gold and silver coins in the treasury of the city-state, and let crafts made by craftsmen go to buy excellent Berber horses, and set up special places at the trading locations. These horse sources are mainly used as new war horses.

As for the third part, it is to prepare to set up stables in Barka and Yazda in the next year, manage them by a special treasurer, and purchase a batch of mares to breed and breed to expand the number of horses. "Breed in the Yazda Valley, but all the war horses drawn are included in the Barka Fort." Tobias's concern is very realistic - after all, Yazda is close to the south, and once there is any conflict, it affects the horse shepherd place and is abducted by war horses, the losses will be great.

After a tense month, he finally collected nearly a thousand war horses. He brought a considerable number of pack horses to make up for the previous deficits of the legion. Sabo also increasingly felt that the Commander-in-Chiesar or Pompey paid much attention to cavalry. Anyway, the Gauls or Ettorians acted as auxiliary cavalry. They were arranged on both wings of the legion to prevent the enemy from breaking through. But Li Bida now seems to be considering raising horses as a key link in the combat effectiveness of the entire army and as a long-term cause to complete. His goal is obviously not to gather a cavalry wing for each legion, but to have the idea of ​​forming a cavalry separately.

In addition, during this month, sometimes Li Bida, who was lying on the couch, was thinking over and over again. I may not be able to save Crasus, but I must save myself. What is the difference between my legion and Crasus' legion? What is the advantage of the Parthians, as far as I know, is it? This is no more heavy than fighting against any enemy before. His heart is more burdened than anyone else, but in other words, the whole brain is running and burning rapidly.

After clarifying Tobias's words, Li Bida came up with several clues. The advantages of the Parthians lie in the range of bows and arrows, the killing of bows and arrows, the advantage of horses, and the reasonable combination and coordinated combat of heavy and light cavalry. If you want to win this expedition, you must not ignore these points.

Thinking of this, Li Bida stood up on the bed and walked to the courtyard behind. Under the night, the entire building was covered with gray. Under the vines, Alp was playing with Mathia with lamb legs. Several Medezers and Lusitanian swordsmen were alert in front of the tower and the gate, and they made slight coughs and conversations from time to time.

"Please shoot a target with your bow and arrow, and show it to me." Li Bida pointed at Alp.

Good shooting is the strength of the Medeje people in the Kusi area. Although Alp was a little puzzled, he still took out a weapon. A composite bow made of Nubian, pulled the strings, and shot it at the target made of cooked copper at a distance of 120 Roman feet. With a loud bang, even though the cooked copper target had two palm thicknesses, it was still penetrated by Alp's divine power. The brass arrow cluster passed through the copper plate, revealing the three palm widths and lengths.

"This is your Alp, an ordinary shooter. Even a Cretan archer, how much range can you get with the single bow commonly used by our army?"

Alp shrugged his shoulders and said that the respected commander was on the contrary, the Crete island was probably rich in high-quality wood, and the single bow strength and range they used were not inferior to any ethnic group. The Cretes' arrow clusters obviously strengthened the distribution of copper, making it very heavy, and flew it to the enemy's head in a shot. Then the arrow fell rapidly due to its own weight and could tear any armor. However, this archery requires too long training, so only Cretes can use it in the entire ocean, which is a skill that can only be learned alone.

"But I just considered that the number of Cretans is still very small, but our army urgently needs a large number of shooters to fight against the Parthians. I mean, you should understand that what I want is cheap archers that can be trained in a short time. Or directly, even if the time is insufficient, I still hope that this expedition, the Nubians, the Essians, and the Vibichinas, can all have bows that match the Parthians."

Alp's dark skin was really unrecognizable in the night. He bared his white teeth and said sorry, I don't know much about the difference between the Parthian bow and the bow in the Kusi area. How does its range and arrow cluster surpass us?

"I don't know the specifics. I must call Joseph of the Chamber of Commerce immediately and find a way to get it, at all costs. If Parthia really lets all riders have this new type of bow and arrow, it will definitely not be difficult to get it." Li Bida made up his mind. He believed that the reason why Crassus was defeated in Parthia's hands seemed to have no understanding of the enemy's situation at all. He believed that the opponent's tactics were no different from those of Xiaoya's barbarians. "Knowing oneself and knowing one's enemy" is the most basic and profound thing in military tactics.
Chapter completed!