601 Burning Yangtze River (41)
The white dragon is the sweaty BMW under Zhang Yan's seat.
Although the sweat and blood horse is also produced in Dawan, it is very different from these twenty Dawan horses, its bloodline is more noble, its endurance is stronger, and its physique is more robust. Due to the geographical location of Dawan is very superior, it has also promoted a very fat pasture, coupled with the unique local horse breeds, the horses raised are basically high-quality horses.
Dawan horse, in fact, is the sweat and blood of the horse, its horse belongs to the mountain horse breed, anti-fatigue, hard hooves, among which there are good horses are said to be able to run five or six hundred kilometers a day, that is, often said to travel thousands of miles a day, and the sweat that flows out is like blood, so it is named the sweat and blood horse.
However, not all horses are sweat horses, because the cultivation of sweat horses is also very important, some horses because of the congenital conditions are superior, at the beginning of the beginning stronger than ordinary Dawan horses, so they will be selected, focus on breeding, be placed in the sweat and blood of the Dawan country, focus on breeding, after growing, will become outstanding sweat horses, basically can do thousands of miles a day, is the best horse in Dawan country.
However, a few years ago, the Dawan Kingdom was in turmoil, the rebels killed the king, burned the sweat and blood mountains, and almost all the sweaty and bloody horses were killed. Now the sweaty BMW has grown into a war horse under Zhang Yan's seat, and it is also Zhang Yan's favorite war horse after the dark cloud stepping snow horse.
As the saying goes, scarcity is precious, and there is only one horse left in this world. And the Dawan horse sent by Pang Tong is not a pure sweat horse. Rather, it is a modified horse. Not a sweaty horse, though. But after nurturing and breeding, its endurance is also very amazing, and there is absolutely no problem when it travels 800 miles a day.
Wusun and Dawan are the holy places of horses in the Western Regions, although Wusun can also breed 800 war horses a day, but due to its horse breed bloodline, it has always been inferior to the war horses of Dawan country, so Dawan horses are famous. For hundreds of years, horses have been a sought-after horse.
However, the production of sweaty horses is extremely low, even if you have a lot of money, if you want to buy a sweaty horse, it is not available.
Therefore, many Dawan people often use ordinary Dawan horses, shoddy, and sweaty horses to sell Dawan horses at the price of sweat and blood horses, and it is officially for this reason. It brought a huge disaster to the Dawan Kingdom.
Many surrounding countries, as well as merchants from the East and the West, were found out. tends to be angry with the Dawan Kingdom, and over time, the resentment becomes deeper and deeper, and finally a major turmoil broke out a few years ago.
In the southwest of Dawan, there was a Kushan Empire, whose national strength was strong, controlling most of Central Asia, and in its heyday, it was once called the four great empires of Eurasia together with Rome, Anxi, and Eastern Han Dynasty.
Although there have been slight signs of decay in recent years, its military power has always been stronger than that of the Western Regions, and countries such as Kangju, Dawan, and Shule have often submitted to the Kushan Empire.
At that time, a marquis of the Kushan Empire was fooled by the purchase of a bloody horse, and in a fit of rage, he bewitched the king and invaded Dawan, but was rejected by the wise king. The marquis couldn't swallow this breath, so he bought off the people of Dawan and bewitched the people of Dawan to rebel, which became the most fundamental cause of civil strife in Dawan.
However, after the rebellion, the marquis did not get the sweat and blood he wanted, and the people of Dawan quickly sobered up and realized the mistake they had made, so they began to expel the rebels, began to reflect on themselves, and sent messengers to find the missing only prince of Dawan, Ayub.
It wasn't until Ayub followed Pang Tong to the Western Regions that he was re-enshrined as king by the people of Dawan. But Ayub is extremely smart, knowing that the national strength of Dawan is not as good as before, he simply went to the throne, called himself a marquis, and called himself a vassal to the powerful Han Dynasty, with the Han Dynasty as a backing, and Pang Tong planned for it, soon Ayub gained a firm foothold in Dawan Kingdom, and Dawan Kingdom also became the base of the Western Regions to protect Pang Tong, recruiting troops, forming an army, training soldiers, and gradually showing signs of revival.
These twenty Dawan horses were searched for by Ayub, and he knew that Zhang Yan loved horses, so he asked Pang Tong to take these horses as gifts and present them to Zhang Yan.
At this moment, the white dragon horse is playing in the backyard of the county government, because the white dragon is extremely smart and understands human nature, so Zhang Yan has regarded the white dragon horse as a partner, although there is a stable, but he doesn't like to let the white dragon horse live in it, but let the white dragon horse play by himself in the grass in the backyard.
When Ma Chao proposed to use the White Dragon Horse, Zhang Yan didn't think about it, so he stretched out an index finger into his mouth, and then blew a whistle vigorously.
After a while, the white dragon horse ran over from the backyard and appeared at the door of the stable.
As soon as the white dragon horse appeared, the twenty Dawan horses in the stable immediately became a little alert, and they all turned their heads to look at the white dragon horse.
These twenty Dawan horses, there are stallions and mares, the stallions feel dwarfed, the mare is completely overwhelmed by the image of the white dragon horse, constantly snorting, panting, as if throwing an olive branch like a white dragon horse.
The appearance of the white dragon horse, which was the king of horses, immediately made these Dawan horses, who originally thought they were very noble, become self-conscious.
Everyone saw it very clearly, and then Ma Chao said to Zhang Yan: "Your Highness, as long as you let Bailong eat these forages, those horses will eat them naturally, and the matter will be solved." ”
Zhang Yan nodded, walked to the side of the white dragon horse, and said a few words in the ear of the white dragon horse, and the white dragon horse nodded as if he had understood, as if he really understood Zhang Yan's words.
But seeing the white dragon horse with his head held high, puffed up his chest, and strode into the stable, the corner of his eye caught a glimpse of the twenty Dawan horses, and the twenty Dawan horses were like soldiers being reviewed, they didn't dare to come out, standing in the stable and looking at the white dragon horse honestly.
Suddenly, the white dragon horse stopped, turned around, then lowered his head, ate a few bites of the grass in the manger, chewed it and swallowed it, and then let out a long neigh, the sound was very loud, startling the rest of the Dawan horses to retreat a few steps back, as if they were afraid.
Then, the white dragon horse moved his head, as if to signal the Dawan horses to eat the forage.
It's as if to say, I've eaten it all, why can't you eat it?
The horses were stunned for a moment, then looked at each other, and after looking at each other, several mares put their heads out of the manger and began to eat the hay that had been placed in the manger. Immediately afterwards, the rest of the Dawan horses also began to eat the forage in it, and after a while, the forage in the manger was all eaten, and the groom saw it, and was very relieved, and hurriedly added the forage.
Maybe those Dawan horses are too hungry, or maybe the forage is really delicious, anyway, the groom added the forage three times in a row, and these Dawan horses ate the forage cleanly.
After Zhang Yan saw this scene, he finally smiled and said to Ma Chao: "Meng Qi, you really have a way, how did you think of using the white dragon to deal with these horses?" ”
Ma Chao said: "The sweat and blood BMW has always been very precious, it is the king of horses, although the Dawan horse is also very precious, but compared with the sweat and blood BMW, it is a bit dwarfed, if even the sweat and blood BMW eat the forage, those Dawan horses will naturally not say anything." ”
"Only people who are so proficient in horse habits can think of using this trick to deal with these Dawan horses, just now this king promised you, if you can let these horses eat forage, this king will give you a Dawan horse, this king is a talk, this will give you a Dawan horse, among these twenty war horses, you can choose one." Zhang Yan said.
When Ma Chao heard this, his heart suddenly burst into flames, and he immediately hugged his fists and said, "Thank you, Your Highness, for giving the horse!" ”
Then, Ma Chao stood in the stable and carefully selected a cyan war horse, pointed to the war horse and said to Zhang Yan: "Your Highness, I want that horse!" ”
Zhang Yan then asked people to take the horse out and give it to Ma Chao in person. Ma Chao was happy, jumped on the horse's back, pulled the reins, shouted, and galloped away.
But seeing Da Wanma's swift steps, he disappeared in front of everyone's eyes with a slick of smoke. After a while, Ma Chao rode back from outside on a war horse, grabbed the reins, stopped in front of everyone, and then jumped off the horse, and said to Zhang Yan with a happy face: "Your Highness, this horse is really extraordinary, and the last general is here again to thank His Highness for giving him a horse." ”
Zhang Yan saw that Ma Chao's childlike face was filled with a happy smile, and he couldn't put it down with his war horse, so he said, "As long as you like it." ”
However, Pang De, who was standing beside Ma Chao, had a look of envy on his face, and his eyes were full of envy.
At this time, Pang Tong suddenly said to Zhang Yan: "Your Highness, among these horses brought back by your subordinates, eight of them are mares, and the reason why you will bring back some mares is that there is only one main purpose, that is, I hope to improve the horse breed in the Central Plains." There is also that there is only one sweat and blood BMW under His Royal Highness's seat, which is a very rare thing, if it is not reproduced, it is very likely that the sweat and blood BMW will be extinct, and the subordinates think that it is better to breed with the sweat and blood BMW and these eight mares, and hand them over to a special person for breeding, so that the sweat and blood BMW can be continued, and these horses can also be borrowed to improve the horse breed of the Central Plains, so as to breed better horses. ”
Zhang Yan nodded heavily, thinking that Pang Tong's construction was very good, so he said: "Shiyuan's construction is very good, it is exactly what I want, I think this matter will be done like this." In addition, you can also breed with these other eleven stallions and horses from the Central Plains to see if you can breed better horses. Okay, it's not too early, you have come from afar, you have worked hard all the way, this king has already asked people to prepare a banquet, let's go back, as for the matter of breeding horses, let it go for the time being, and wait until the south is pacified, and then it will not be too late. ”
"Whoa!" Everyone replied in unison. (To be continued......)