"Commander, the Bian army is constantly setting up forts and digging trenches. The east and south sides of General Yang's camp have been semi-surrounded..."
"It will be difficult for them to let the mounted infantry defend the city. What do you think, General Gao ordered?"
"The recruiting envoy has ordered Yang Sheng, the deputy envoy of the Tiande Army, to lead 3,500 infantry into the camp at night. The Feilong Army and the Cavalry Army have withdrawn from the camp."
"Has there been any other activity among Bian people these days?"
"But we built strongholds and dug trenches. General Gao kept sending people out of the city and fought every day."
Shao Shude nodded, it was almost the standard siege mode of this era. He remembered that in history, Li Keyong attacked Xingzhou where Li Cunxiao was guarding, and dug three trenches in one go, just to avoid his brave adopted son leading his troops out of the city to make a surprise attack.
"More than 10,000 people from the Shaozhou Tuan Tuan are continuing their training. They will be handed over to General Gao before the end of the month."
"As commanded."
Shao Shude continued to read the official letter.
The local regiment soldiers in Shaozhou were recruited and organized at the state and county levels and belonged to local government affairs. Gao Renhou had not been able to intervene yet and did not dare to intervene. He could only use these 10,000 soldiers if Shao Shude ordered them to be handed over to him.
Only then can you command.
At the Heqing battlefield, everything seems to be normal at present, and the progress made by the Bian army is quite limited. However, they have lost more than 5,000 people, and the Xia army's losses were about one-third of the Bian army.
Keep on spending. Anyway, you will suffer losses if you attack the city. Why should I be anxious?
After reading the official letter, Shao Shude found that he could not change a word. The two "prime ministers" were so capable, should we promote another one? Song Le, deputy governor of Zhenbei, had been in Shengzhou for many years and had made great contributions. Now he rules
The center has moved far away from Lingxia, and it's time to bring him here.
After dealing with this, he went to the Anle Hall again.
In the mist, one or two pregnant women in Pei Zhen were chatting and laughing. When they saw Shao Shude coming, they all stood up and saluted.
Yes, Pei's belly was enlarged by Shao Shude again. In fact, he didn't know why he liked to get Pei pregnant so much. It might be some kind of dark psychology at work.
"The cuckoo girl is here too." Shao Shude stretched out his hand to wave, and a little girl with her hair in a bun came over and saluted with a sweet voice: "Grandpa."
Juan Niang is the daughter of Li Renmei and the niece of Li Renyu. Strictly speaking, she is the princess of Ganzhou Uighurs. Shao Shude took her over and adopted her as an adopted daughter and gave her to the Pei family to raise.
The Pei family was born in a family, and she was involved in music, chess, calligraphy, painting, singing and dancing. If the Uighur princess was raised by her, she would probably be more educated and sensible than the orthodox Han daughter.
However, he has regretted it recently. Chengjie and Siwu, two bastards, heard that they often played with the cuckoo girl and they both liked this little girl. On the contrary, it was their respective fiancées, one in Lingzhou and the other in Shazhou.
I've seen him a few times. You need to keep an eye on him to avoid causing an ethical tragedy.
After casually giving a small gift to Mother Cuckoo, Shao Shude looked at Zhe Fang Ai and asked, "Is there any letter from my uncle who is in Tangzhou?"
Ori Munemoto has been having a hard time lately.
The Bian army went south to pursue Zhao Kuanglin and directly occupied three counties in Shenzhou. It seemed that they had no intention of returning it to Du Hong.
On the other side of Pingjing Pass, Zhao Kuanglin's group of shrimp soldiers and crab generals defended very hard and were almost defeated several times. The Bian army also crossed mountains and ridges and sent small groups of troops into the hinterland of Suizhou, but Zhao Kuanglin barely managed to repel them.
The war in the direction of Dengzhou reached a stalemate. In fact, Ge Congzhou had more than 10,000 yamen troops and had no intention of exerting force in this direction. He was just cooperating with Ding Hui to attack Tangzhou.
On the main battlefield in Tangzhou, Ding Hui led 30,000 elite yamen troops to attack from the direction of Caizhou. Weisheng's army was broken and could only retreat to Biyang County and focus on defense.
The Bian army was unable to capture the city, so they plundered and retreated to Xu Cai. However, the threat was still there and should not be ignored.
On the southern front, I looted your Caizhou, and you looted my Tangzhou. It turned out to be a mistake. But it only needs to attract the strength of the Bian army. Shao Shude's requirements are not high.
"My grandpa sent a batch of goods, and the servant came over and said that he wanted to build a mansion in Anyi." Zhe Fang Ai was several months pregnant, and her mind became more and more sensitive. She grabbed Shao Shude's hand, feeling a little worried.
"Haha, my uncle has worked so hard and accomplished so much, it doesn't matter. But don't buy a house in Anyi. After a few years, you may have to move again." Shao Shude squeezed Zhe Fangxiao's hand to reassure her.
However, I was slightly displeased with Zhe Zongben's actions. It was just about the wealth. What happened to the slaves? It was still the prairie style.
He knew that Linzhou's wealthy clans had many tribes, just like the Northern and Southern Dynasties, they were used to arresting and surrendering people to serve as tribes. But when they arrived in the Central Plains, they had to act according to the rules. The Yuwen family knew how to release the tribes of slaves, and the Northern Qi Dynasty did not do it thoroughly.
I have never played with him, let alone the Southern Dynasties family that treated the common people as slaves.
Zhe Fangxiao keenly sensed Shao Shude's inner emotions and said with a forced smile: "Let's just disperse the servants. Even the king doesn't have a subordinate. It's not appropriate."
"Madam, you don't have to be like this." Shao Shude sighed, hugged Zhe Fangxiao into his arms, and said, "I remember the kindness of the Zhe family. Without the Zhe family, I wouldn't even have cavalry, and no one would go to Xiangyang and conquer the Tang Dynasty.
Deng.”
Mrs. Pei glanced at Zhe Fangxiao with some envy. What's the use of being favored? They are married as husband and wife, and her mother's family is so capable. The Pei family is incomparable.
…
After lunch, Shao Shude went directly to the racecourse.
"Commander, these are the war horses sent from Yinzhou." Chen Qi, the judge of the Stable Animal Husbandry Department of the Shuofang shogunate, pointed to the hundreds of horses and said.
Shao Shude has been engaged in horse administration for more than ten years. After experiencing the initial inefficiency of the work, Yinchuan Ranch, which leads stallion breeding on site, has become more and more proficient and has formulated strict rules and regulations.
Breeding good horses has been done since ancient times. To put it bluntly, it is very simple. It is to purify good genes and allow them to be passed down stably.
For example, if you want to obtain a stable yellow-haired horse, you need to mate a pure-blood black horse with a pure-blood white horse to produce a generation of black horses, black-and-white horses, and white horses. Then this black-and-white horse can be combined with a pure-blood bay horse to get a yellow-haired horse.
.And if a yellow-haired horse mates with another yellow-haired horse, the chance of getting a yellow-haired horse is very slim. If the breeding cycle and life span are limited, they may not be able to give birth to a yellow-haired horse like themselves.
The role of purebred horses in the pasture is to fix some genes, and free mating must be strictly prohibited, otherwise some benign genes may disappear forever.
You have no idea what genes are anchored in a hybrid horse that is randomly mated. This kind of breeding is completely clueless. It is a matter of luck and there is no stable inheritance. This is not science.
Yinchuan Ranch didn't know much about these things before, but after years of exploration, they have summarized many rules. Shao Shude asked them to record them all and compile them into a teaching material, which will be continued to be improved later.
There are also many purebred stallions in the pasture, and some of their genes have been fixed, pedigrees have been established, and they are divided into groups. Groups are not allowed to mate with each other.
The ranch will regularly develop mating plans and various permutations and combinations to see if they can get the ideal horses.
"A total of ninety-eight horses?" Shao Shude said casually after reading the certificate: "The shoulder height is good, the coat color is also pure, and they are all white horses. What are the defects?"
He knows that the horses that can be sent to the military now are not what the ranch considers to be perfect horses. Those purebred horses are extremely precious resources and are used for breeding. How can they be used for fighting?
After the founding of the People's Republic of China, there was a great deal of horse breeding. Thoroughbred horses were also very valuable and would not be sold easily. This purebred horse can give birth to offspring with yellow fur, this purebred horse can give birth to offspring with big ears, etc.
There are many, all of which have great breeding value.
Even in the 21st century, there are still a large number of artificially purified horse breeds selected into the "National Livestock and Poultry Genetic Resource Breed List". The breeding of purebred horses is so important, and major countries are engaged in it, which obviously illustrates the direction of development. With patience,
It’s really ridiculous to think that a rough-fed short-legged prairie horse is a treasure.
"Commander, these horses have tall shoulders and strong bodies, and are extremely fast, but they can only sprint for less than half an hour before they are sweating profusely and foaming at the mouth." Chen Qi introduced.
Damn, it’s so extreme! How do you match it? Is this because endurance is exchanged for impact?
"Let's give it a try." Shao Shude sat down on the chair and said.
Soon, a driver stood in the racecourse and waved his whip in the air.
Just hearing a crisp "crack" sound, ninety-eight horses immediately started galloping around the racecourse. For a while, the sound of horse hooves was heard, and dust was flying all over the sky, but the power was really amazing.
"What a fast speed!" Shao Shude stood up from his chair and stared at the galloping horses in the field.
These horses were free, without bridles or saddles, but they had been roughly tamed. Shao Shude was a little itchy and wanted to try riding one himself.
"What other shortcomings are there?" he asked again. If it's just a lack of endurance, that's completely acceptable. At worst, if you eat and drink well, you can just ride it when you rush to kill. The advantages outweigh the disadvantages, but he doesn't believe that there is anything wrong with it.
So simple.
"It's easy to get sick." Chen Qi said: "The shoulder height is not high enough."
That’s it. Shao Shude sat back again.
Being susceptible to diseases is indeed a very serious flaw, and the height at the shoulders is indeed not high enough. It should be at least 150cm or above, and preferably above 155cm. It is still far behind now.
"Judge Chen, recently Lingzhou Agricultural University asked Yong Qingzha to help cultivate sheep breeds. Yinchuan Ranch should also use some of its manpower to handle it."
"What do you mean by the commander-in-chief?"
"Breed a sheep that produces soft wool." Shao Shude said.
After living in the Tang Dynasty for so many years, he discovered a strange phenomenon: most of the sheep that people ate were actually sheep!
The mainstream sheep breed in Lingxia is called "Hexi sheep", the mainstream breed in Hedong is "Hedong sheep", the main breed in Guanzhong is "Shayuan sheep", the north of Yinshan is "fat-tailed sheep" (ancestor of Mongolian sheep), and the popular "Kangju sheep" in Liangzhou
"Big-tail sheep" is a breed introduced from the Western Regions.
In addition, there are barbarian sheep, gluttonous sheep, Wu sheep, etc., and there are many varieties.
These sheep are all fucking sheep!
Shao Shude did not recognize them in his early years because these so-called sheep produced too little wool and were not like the sheep he knew in his previous life.
Later, he gradually understood. The sheep of later generations should be like breeding good horses, purifying the bloodline from generation to generation. First, create "pure-blood sheep" to fix certain genes, and then breed them in a targeted manner, and finally create a breed that produces more wool and is more durable.
A thin and soft breed of sheep. The Spanish Merino sheep and the Turkish Angora sheep are both of this breed.
But what do sheep look like today? First of all, they produce less hair, and secondly, the hair is short, thick, hard, difficult to use, and troublesome to clean.
Take the Kangju big-tailed sheep, a specialty of Liangzhou, for example. "The tail is as big as a fan, and the natives take the fat from it every year, and it will soon be full again." Look, the talent is in producing fat. This is a medicinal material, not a fabric.
"Commander, I heard that there is a breed of Hu sheep in Dashi, which is similar to the Kangju big-tailed sheep, or is a close relative. It is more than three feet tall, and its tail weighs ten kilograms. It is as big as a fan and can hardly walk. Its wool production is higher than that of the Kangju big-tailed sheep.
Delicate, soft, and also fat-producing. Maybe”
"You are responsible for handling the specific affairs. How to breed and breed, after so many years of horse management, you should have figured it out." Shao Shude waved his hand and said: "As for how to get the big-eating sheep, well..."
Shao Shude thought of several forces in the Western Regions.