Just as Cheng Yaojin and Lin Xuan were chatting, the commander of Cheng Yaojin's soldiers walked in and said, "To inform the general, your majesty has sent someone to let the general and the Marquis of Jingyang County enter the palace."
Lin Xuan was a little confused. It was understandable that he would ask Cheng Yaojin about border matters. Why should he go to him?
Cheng Yaojin waved his hand and said, "I understand."
The two of them did not delay and immediately headed to the palace.
When we arrived at the palace gate, Yuchi Gong happened to arrive.
"I've met Uncle Yuchi." Lin Xuan smiled and saluted.
"Haha, let's go in quickly."
Yuchi Gong was very happy, whether it was because he brought back 100,000 horses or because of Hou Junji's incident.
Lin Xuan had heard that Yu Chigong and Hou Junji seemed to be a bit difficult to deal with.
Looking at Yu Chigong's expression, Lin Xuan felt that he must be happy because Hou Junji was unlucky, but Lin Xuan didn't know what kind of conflict they had.
The three of them came to the Manna Hall and entered the main hall under the guidance of the eunuch.
"I will see you, Your Majesty!" Lin Xuan bowed and saluted on the third day.
Li Shimin smiled and said: "Know your integrity and respect your virtues. Thank you for your hard work. Sit down and talk."
"Thank you, Your Majesty!"
After Lin Xuan saw the two of them sitting down, he didn't know if he should sit down.
Li Shimin saw that Lin Xuan was a little overwhelmed and said, "You can sit down too."
"Thank you, Your Majesty!" Lin Xuan breathed a sigh of relief. He thought Li Shimin was deliberately teasing him.
Li Shimin looked at Cheng Yaojin and Yuchi Gong, and said with a smile: "Tell me about the situation between Western Turks and Xue Yantuo."
Although he had already read the memorial sent back by Cheng Yaojin and others.
However, given the educational level of Cheng Yaojin and the others, they could only give a general description in writing and not the specifics at all.
Cheng Yaojin started fighting and began to tell Li Shimin excitedly.
Lin Xuan listened to Cheng Yaojin's vivid description and secretly sighed, it would be a pity for Cheng Yaojin not to tell stories.
Cheng Yaojin spent half an hour and finally finished.
"Okay!" Li Shimin cheered after hearing this.
Lin Xuan rolled his eyes. The one who can read everything and the one who is willing to listen are a perfect match.
Cheng Yaojin chuckled and said, "Your Majesty, I wonder what you plan to do with those 100,000 horses?"
Li Shimin thought for a while and said: "After the horseshoes are nailed, I will give Lin Xuan 20,000 horses. I haven't thought about the rest yet."
He originally thought about expanding the Black Armor Cavalry.
The most important thing to expand the cavalry this time is to deal with the grasslands.
But Xuanjia Cavalry is a heavy cavalry, and heavy cavalry is used to charge into formations, so of course it is unstoppable.
If it is used to fight on the grassland, as long as Xi Tujue and Xue Yantuo are not stupid, avoid its sharp edge.
Then the black armor cavalry can be dragged to death by dragging them. In comparison, it is definitely cost-effective to form light cavalry.
But he confidently considered it, but there was no good candidate.
If nothing happens to Hou Junji, it can be handed over to Hou Junji.
Cheng Yaojin smiled and said: "Your Majesty, why not give all the remaining horses to the left leading army guard? I will definitely train an elite cavalry for your Majesty."
When Yuchi Gong heard this, he became anxious and said quickly: "I'll give you whatever you fart."
Cheng Yaojin raised his eyebrows and said disdainfully: "With your riding skills, can you compare to me?"
Yuchi Gong said disdainfully: "Then have you ever led cavalry?"
His riding skills are indeed inferior to those of Cheng Yaojin, but he has one advantage.
Cheng Yaojin was a bandit before joining the Tang Dynasty. Later he joined Wagang Village and there was no cavalry for him.
Later, after joining the Tang Dynasty, he also led infantry.
Yuchi Gong was different. After returning to the Tang Dynasty, he became Li Shimin's personal soldier. At that time, Li Shimin often led the Xuanjia Cavalry into battle himself.
At that time, he had dealt with all matters of Xuanjia Cavalry, big and small, and he thought he had more experience in training cavalry than Cheng Yaojin.
Cheng Yaojin was unconvinced and said: "Why haven't I brought any cavalry? I still have two thousand cavalry leading the guard on the left."
Yuchi Gong said disdainfully: "Is this considered cavalry?"
Every army has some cavalry, which are specially used as scouts and to deal with emergencies.
The cavalry they are talking about is a pure cavalry unit.
Li Shimin spoke up to stop the two from continuing to quarrel, looked at Lin Xuan and asked: "Lin Xuan, what do you think?"
Lin Xuan was watching the excitement, but when he heard Li Shimin's words, he secretly complained.
If one answer is not good, one of them will be offended.
Of course, it wouldn't be considered offending. Li Shimin definitely couldn't make a decision just because of his words.
Cheng Yaojin and Yuchi Gong must also know this, but they will definitely come to deal with him if they don't get the results they want.
"Your Majesty, I think we should allocate soldiers with basic riding skills from each guard to train the cavalry, so that they can form combat effectiveness as soon as possible. After all, the situation on the grassland is unpredictable, and we will have to participate in battle at any time." Lin Xuan thought for a while and said.
Li Shimin nodded and said: "You are right, then who is the right person to lead this cavalry?"
Lin Xuan said: "Your Majesty, this matter is of great importance. I don't know the abilities of the generals, so I dare not make false claims!"
Li Shimin glared at Lin Xuan and felt a little headache when he saw Cheng Yaojin and Yuchi Gong staring at him.
"Let's wait until the horseshoes are nailed before we discuss this matter," Li Shimin said.
Cheng Yaojin and Yuchi Gong looked at each other and said nothing.
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After leaving the palace, Cheng Yaojin and Yuchi Gong went home respectively.
Lin Xuan thought for a while and came to the military camp again.
He sent people to summon Xue Rengui and Cheng Chumo to his camp.
"See General!"
Lin Xuan waved his hand, asked them to sit down, and said: "Your Majesty has decreed that we will be allocated 20,000 war horses."
Cheng Chumo stood up in shock and asked in disbelief: "Really?"
Lin Xuan smiled and nodded. The cavalry in ancient times was equivalent to the air force in later generations.
Not only the combat power, but also the functions are top-notch.
"So, we have all become cavalry?" Yuchi Baolin's eyes widened.
Lin Xuan nodded, looked at Xue Rengui, and said: "Rengui, none of us know how to train cavalry. When the time comes, we will still have to rely on you for training. Do you have confidence?"
It's not that he doesn't know how to train cavalry. During the Three Kingdoms period, Zhao Yun once worked in Baima Yicong.
Baima Yicong was one of the top cavalrymen during the Three Kingdoms period.
Zhao Yun's inheritance includes cavalry training methods, and compared to the single-sided stirrup during the Three Kingdoms period, there are now double-sided stirrups, making cavalry training easier.
But he didn't want to tie himself to the military camp and be busy training all day long.
Xue Rengui was a little hesitant. He had also learned cavalry training methods, but had never practiced them. He was worried that he would betray Lin Xuan's trust.
"General, my subordinates have never trained cavalry, but they are willing to give it a try!" Xue Rengui said.
Lin Xuan smiled and nodded, saying: "I believe you, just let it go and do it."
He was not worried about Xue Rengui's ability, and he went back and wrote down some methods in his mind about cavalry training and gave them to Xue Rengui.
"yes!"
Xue Rengui was very touched that Lin Xuan trusted him so much.
Lin Xuan looked at the other people and said: "I believe you all know something about the current situation in the grassland. When the time comes for you to make contributions, work hard!"
Li Shimin allocated one-fifth of his war horses to them, and his expectations for them were very high.
As long as the grassland war situation has an outcome, the Tang Dynasty may mobilize troops at any time, and they will definitely go out.
Seeing the excitement on the faces of Cheng Chumo and others, they shook their heads.
According to time calculation, even if troops are to be dispatched, it should be next year.
But he didn't plan to tell them now, let them get excited.