Liu Qi is not good at horses, but Gan Ning and Wang Yi have been dealing with horses all day, so they naturally know what a good horse is and what kind of horse is suitable for cavalry... Among the more than 4,000 horses, there must be a few that are as good as Wang Yi and the others.
Horses are as good as each other.
Liu Qi looked at the remaining grain and grass not far away and said: "As we leave, let a horse carry some horse feed. Our horses have basically not eaten any good horse feed in the past few days. If it goes on for a long time, the horse will not be able to bear it."
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Gan Ning nodded and said, "That's right. Three horses and one for each person is suitable for horse feeding. There is no need to stop to feed the horses on the way."
"Who?" Wang Yi shouted at the pile of grain and hay most alertly, and at the same time, he drew his spear and stood in front of Liu Qi.
Yang Sima, who was in the pile of grain and grass, was cursing himself half to death. When he heard that Liu Qi was asking someone to move the grain and grass, he couldn't hold back his anxiety and suddenly pulled him into the grain and grass. However, when Wang Yi heard it, he was so frightened that he no longer dared to do so.
Moved.
Wang Yi thought he had heard wrongly and looked at Liu Qi awkwardly. Liu Qi smiled and said: "You might as well burn these grains and grass." Wang Yi's alertness naturally knew that he would not do this if nothing happened.
The sound of "crash" startled Liu Qi and others, and they saw a man standing up among the grain and grass. His body was full of grain and grass, and he shouted: "General, spare your life, general, spare your life..." But Yang Sima couldn't help but stood up in fright.
Liu Qi and the other three did not expect that there was actually someone here. Liu Qi just said something and ran out. Two soldiers immediately came out from behind Liu Qi and escorted him over.
Liu Qi covered his nose and looked at Sima who kept begging for mercy: "Who are you? Why are you hiding in this stable?"
Yang Sima was frightened by the killings by Liu Qi and others. He was afraid that Liu Qi would kill him if he was unhappy and said hurriedly: "The villain is Sima from the racecourse. When he saw the general just now, he hid in fear and asked the general to spare his life."
Liu Qi and others suddenly realized that it was no wonder that the soldiers in the racecourse had no resistance at all. Although they had set fire and poisoned the racecourse and made a mess, they were not at the point where they had no power to fight back. As long as someone came out to command.
At least he could resist for a while, but he didn't expect Sima to hide. Liu Qi looked at Sima and frowned: "Are you familiar with this racecourse?"
Yang Sima dared to say casually: "Familiar, familiar. If General, you don't have to go to so much trouble to find good horses, I will take you there." After saying that, he looked at Liu Qi with a flattering face and said: "Although these horses are good, they are not the best.
, the best horses are kept alone, each horse has its own stable, at the back." Yang Sima pointed to the row of stables at the back and looked at Liu Qi.
Liu Qi said: "Lead the way."
Yang Sima Daxi immediately took Liu Qi back and said as he walked: "There are more than 4,600 horses in this racecourse, of which 800 are young horses and 500 are old horses.
The remaining horses are all strong horses, most suitable for cavalry. In the row of fifty houses at the back, there are 49 horses, all of which are the best horses, and they are no worse than the general's horses."
There was already a hint of joy on Liu Qi's face. Needless to say, the Flying Tiger Guard's horses were the last ones in Jingzhou, and the Jinfan Thieves' horses were all bought by Gan Ning at a huge price. These horses were the last ones in Jingzhou.
Excellent horses are rare to see even in the north. Unexpectedly, there are fifty horses here that are as good as them.
Yang Sima breathed a sigh of relief when he saw the happy look on Liu Qi's face. As long as the general was happy, he might let him go. At that moment, he made no secret and said: "These fifty horses are specially prepared for the Guards Army. Even if they are the whole
Jiangdong is definitely a first-class good horse. These good horses can be trained at most more than ten every year, and fifty horses is already a total of three years."
Liu Qi wondered: "Aren't these horses sent to the Guards once a year?"
Yang Sima shook his head and said with a bit of pride on his flattering face: "Good horses will naturally bring out good horses. If all the good horses are given away, then the racecourse will not have good horses to be the leader. It will be difficult to train a good horse."
It’s getting harder and harder.”
Liu Qi looked at Yang Sima and said, "So you are very good at raising horses?" As far as he knew, there are only two horse farms in Jingzhou, and these two horse farms combined can only train more than ten such horses in a year.
Horses, and this Jiangdong horse farm has more training than them. In the long run, Jiangdong's strength will definitely surpass Jingzhou. Liu Biao is not interested in these, but he needs these to compete with the princes of the world.
In this era, the simplest divisions of soldiers and horses were infantry, cavalry, and naval forces. However, it was impossible to compete with the northern princes without cavalry.
The pride on Yang Sima's face became even more impressive as he said, "Yes, there is no one in this racecourse who knows how to train horses better than me."
Liu Qi nodded and decided in his mind to take this Sima away. But there was no trace on his face as he said: "You just said that there are fifty stables but there are forty-nine horses. What is the other one for?"
Yang Sima was stunned for a moment and then said awkwardly: "There is also a horse locked in another stable. This horse was originally intended to be presented to the lord... uh... Sun Ce. Unexpectedly, this horse was difficult to tame and had to be kept inside."
Hearing that there was a horse to be dedicated to Sun Ce, Liu Qi and others became interested. Liu Qi said, "Take me to see it."
Yang Sima smiled bitterly and said: "This horse is wild and untamable and has kicked and injured more than ten horse trainers. General, it is better to be careful." If the horse kicked the general in front of him, his life would be over.
Liu Qi waved his hand and said, "It's okay, I'm just going to take a look."
Yang Sima had no choice but to take Liu Qi to the innermost stable.
Not long after, Liu Qi and others arrived outside the stable. This stable was different from other stables. Other stables had no doors, only two simple railings at most, but this one had a strong door.
Yang Sima pointed to the door and said: "This horse can easily break away from the rope and escape, so we installed the door. Normal doors would be broken by the horse in two days, and then this door was installed."
Liu Qi nodded and they already heard the sound of horse hooves kicking the door inside. Yang Sima opened the door and heard a neighing sound. Yang Sima quickly retreated to Liu Qi and said: "General, be careful, this horse is dangerously tight."
Liu Qi looked at the horse. It was all white without a trace of color. Even the whip marks all over its body could not hide its arrogance. It looked at the people outside the door with its head held high and its eyes were full of arrogance and disdain. Even Yang Sima was scared just now.
He had to step back, but there was a hint of ridicule in his eyes.
Liu Qi was shocked when he looked at this horse. The eyes of this horse are clearly the eyes of a human being. They say that horses understand human nature, but he has never seen a horse that understands human nature so well. Their eyes are similar to those of humans.
Liu Qi took a deep breath and said, "I want this horse."