Chapter 1,760 Horse Sutra

"Yelu Yanxi achieved success in many places this autumn, thinking that he could be temporarily stable, but he ignored that Tatar was no longer the Tatar of the past."

"With the benefit of winter storage and captivity, the combat effectiveness of the Tatar cavalry is not affected by winter, so there is no problem of recovery in spring and summer."

Zhao Xu nodded: "The Khitans are also a nomadic people, and it has been deeply ingrained in their thinking that spring is not the time to raid... On the Tatar side, is Li Kui ready?"

Colander said: "That's almost it. This autumn we will focus on probing and harassing, and training and integrating troops. Jiuyuan has already prepared half a million crossbow bolts, a million bow arrows, and a thousand carriages. There is no other armor."

Zhang Kai said: "Li Kui is both wise and brave. He has been relegated to his subordinates for a long time. I want to think about it later. Can I be transferred to the military as an exception and be promoted to a deputy position to share some affairs for me?"

Zhao Xu smiled and said: "Is Master Zhang worried that Li Kui will become Zhang Yuan and Wu Hao, and Su Lishe will become Bank of China?"

Zhang Kai said with a smile: "My firearms are extremely sharp today, and those who are proficient in them know that the days when nomadic cavalry were difficult to control are gone forever."

"I'm just worried that the two of them don't know this, and they lose control, causing the court to miss out on a great talent."

Zhao Xu said: "There is no need to worry about bachelors. Li Kui is the second best, and Su Li has been an official in four dynasties. They are all national scholars, extremely loyal, and they know the use of firearms very well."

"By the way, Li Kui wrote a letter detailing the Tatar method of hanging a horse and moving it away, which is really amazing."

The Tatars have a whole set of delicate and complex techniques for horse training, which were completely unfamiliar areas to the previous Song people.

Su You can solve the problems of horse birth and horse raising, but he also knows nothing about how to train horses.

The Erlin people, the Qingtang people, the Xixia people, the Liao people, and even the Tianfang people who came from thousands of miles away at high prices are all inferior to the Tatars in this regard.

The Tatars began to get close to horses at the age of three, and began to participate in horse racing between the ages of six and ten. They are completely a nation on horseback.

His ability to tame horses is both raw and mature. He not only tames domestic horses, but also catches wild horses to tame.

Depending on the type of use of the horse, there are also different training methods.

For example, herding horses are used for grazing, pole horses are used to catch wild horses, long-distance traveling horses, night watch horses are used at night, racing horses are used for speed competition, and draft horses are used to pull plows and carts. The methods are all different.

The most distinctive ones are the hanging horse method and the walking horse method.

Hanging a horse means controlling its food and not letting the horse eat enough.

In spring and autumn, the horses are allowed to rest on water and grass without being ridden. Sometimes they have to be driven to sweat, and then driven into cold water to make their waists strong and ready for riding.

When the autumn is high and the horse is fat, the horse begins to control its diet. After more than a month, the fat has fallen and is solid. It can ride hundreds of miles without sweating and can endure long distances in battle.

Diao Ma is divided into Han Diao and Sun Diao, which are similar to the martial arts training of the Three Nines in the winter and the Three Volts in the summer.

Cold hanging removes inflammation inside the horse's body and enhances disease resistance. Summer hanging makes the horse's muscles strong, making the abdomen small and strong, the buttocks large and solid, and the fat condensed on the spine.

In addition, special attention is paid to "nourishing Qi" for the horse, so that the horse can gallop like flying, gallop like flying, not panting, and never run out of energy.

Walking is a special way of training a horse, that is, making the horse's crossed limbs, such as the left front and right hind limbs, fly into the air and land at the same time.

This is similar to the special gait of humans when walking. Horses that use this kind of pace to walk on rough terrain are able to travel long distances and maintain relatively high speeds for a long time. It also makes the rider feel comfortable and is relatively less likely to tire.

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These are the secret skills of the Tatars. Compared with the horses of other ethnic groups, the horses trained in this way are like the difference between professional athletes and ordinary people.

A professional boxer who is 1.5 meters tall can still beat an amateur boxer who is 1.9 meters tall.

Therefore, although the breeds of Mongolian horses in later generations were not as good as European horses, the Mongols relied on their unique horse training methods, with one person and three horses, to be able to march day and night for a month without slowing down, sweeping across Europe and Asia without any rivals.

For this method, if you don’t live among the Tatar people for a long time, are proficient in the Tatar language, and enjoy high prestige, you must at least sneak into the management class, observe in detail, make people know everything, and be good at summarizing. Otherwise, it will never work.

It's possible to get it.

Zhang Yu had spent a lot of time with the Tatars, but he could only see superficial things. In his memorial to Zhao Xu, he also mentioned that "the Tatars often ride in groups with three or four horses per person, and they can travel four to five hundred miles away."

It took eight days to go back and forth. Although his horse was not good and had no shoes, it did not buckle, so he had good skills." I hope the court will pay attention to it.

Until now, after Li Kui's "Tatar Horse Book" was submitted to the imperial court, it finally made up for the last weak link in the horse breeding industry of the Song Dynasty.

The Song Dynasty already had excellent horse breeds, advanced artificial insemination methods, nutritious feed, artificially grown grass, dry green storage, shed breeding and a series of other methods.

The horses they bred were fat, but they were all puffy and fat. Apart from their tall appearance and good taste, they could only be used as big carrots in the Song Dynasty.

To solve this problem, Su You could think of a way to transfer the horses and let them train for long distances.

These methods are all wild methods copied from Erlin Xixia. They have certain effects, but they are still in the "amateur" stage.

There is also a horse race in Bianjing, but it is only relatively outstanding in racing, and the cost is very high, so it is not suitable for popularization.

Zhang Kai said with a smile: "After reading this carefully, I can't believe that the Tatar savages are unparalleled in the world in their skills in training."

After saying this, he handed over to Zhao Xu and said: "It is my emperor who has achieved great blessings. With this training technique, the Song army and horse generals are even better than the Tatars. With this achievement, Li Kui increased his army by 200,000."

Zhao Xu said: "In fact, Li Kui has made great achievements a long time ago, but the court regarded him as Huiqing's vassal and suppressed him for a long time. Although he has made great achievements now, it is related to the Song and Liao Dynasty. He doesn't even dare to use his real name. To raise rewards, he has to wait until the two clans

After paying tribute."

Zhang Kai really didn't know what Li Kui's previous achievements were: "May I ask Your Majesty, what achievements did Li Kui have?"

Zhao Xu then recounted Li Kui's deeds when he was guarding Shaanxi and said: "At that time, Li Kui went through the "Plan to Join the Army" in the morning, and his planning beforehand was like reviewing Situ Pingxia's plan after the fact."

"This is one of the most talented people in the world. Unfortunately, in the court at that time, only Lu Huiqing and Situ knew him."

"However, although the reward cannot be bestowed on him for the time being, it can be bestowed on his son. Li Kui's son, Li Gang, has been summoned to the capital by Situ to train him properly. I plan to add Li Kui as a privy scholar, so that he can be given

The kindness of my son is a general."

Today, Zhao Xu has the authority of an emperor and is more supported by the ministers than his father, Shenzong, was at this age.

His actions since taking office made the officials dare not treat him as an ordinary young emperor.

"Ahem..." Colander quickly pretended to cough.

Only then did Zhao Xu come to his senses: "Of course, it is not in line with the procedure to directly give it to the privy councilor, but we can talk about his old achievements."

"Tell me about his suggestions back then, and based on his qualifications, he was ranked second in the rankings and served in the Pingjiang Army Military Division for many years without being asked to take the imperial examination. How noble and honorable is this? He deserves an excellent award."

Zhang Kai was secretly amused. Li Kui had not asked him to take the civil service exam for many years because he knew it would be useless to ask him to do so. Now he has become a bad official, and he is very honorable and upright.

However, there are precedents for this. Su Ziyou and Xing Ju are examples. They refused to ask for promotion from the court on the grounds of serving their father, or stayed under the boss's account without trying to stand out. After earning enough reputation, once they fell in the emperor's eye, they would be promoted.

That's called a swift move.

After doing this, Li Kui can change from being lucky to having correct procedures.

Your Majesty is hinting that you should write this memorial.

This favor was "free of charge". Of course, Zhang Kai was happy. He held back his laughter and handed it over: "Your Majesty still considers the minister carefully and considers it carefully. I think Li Kui will be grateful. I will go down to prepare now and submit it to the two governments for public discussion."

When Colander accompanied Zhao Xu out of the military aircraft, Zhao Xu looked at the sky: "Where are we going now?"

Colander was speechless and could only bow and said: "Your Majesty, it's time for you to return to the palace."

Zhao Xu was a little worried: "Why don't you go to Zhang's Mansion first, bring Li Huaxue here, and then return to the palace?"

Colander thought for a moment: "That's fine."

Zhao Xu nodded: "Then I'll go to Xihua Gate to wait for you. Hurry up."

Colander bowed again: "I obey your order."

Recently, the courtiers asked Zhao Xu to open up the harem, and he received a lot of advice from his descendants. Although the Empress Dowager Xiang was recuperating, she also called Zhao Xu to talk to her. What she said was that the courtiers' advice was reasonable and the officials would accept it.

A few doesn't matter. Didn't the late emperor also have many concubines?

Zhao Xu Weiwei refused in a roundabout way.

The Queen Mother asked him if he was worried about the Queen. If so, she would go and persuade the Queen.

Zhao Xu waved his hands again and again, saying that he had nothing to do with the queen, it was because he was not interested in other women.

Moreover, the queen is not incapable of having children, and both husband and wife are young, so there is no need to have a harem.

Empress Dowager Xiang then smiled and praised Zhao Xu as the Son of Heaven, and let him go.

When Zhao Xu returned to the palace that night, he found that Meng Xiaomei had already moved to Kunning Palace.

This is troublesome. Zhao Xu immediately summoned Colander. Your child has endless tricks to please his junior sister. Please give me some tips!

Soon, Queen Meng moved back again, and there was an elegant and beautiful Pear Blossom Snow on the small village in the palace.

However, she was unable to ride for the time being because medical officer Tang Shenwei diagnosed that Queen Meng was pregnant again.
Chapter completed!