"Now we have an opportunity in front of us!" Liu Bang's expression on his face was hideous and worried, almost gritting his teeth, and said: "If we can take this opportunity to control Wusun, we will have a great credit!" ”

The weather is cold, Wusun is a nomadic group, but it is not that there is no city, but relatively speaking, there are relatively few people in the Wusun tribe, and there are basically not many people living in the city, which is basically a nomadic grazing posture. The envoys stayed in the territory of Wusun, originally arranged in a small city of the Wusun people, and the situation became more and more chaotic later.

The new location of the imperial envoys is in the Wusun Royal Court, which has the strongest security force, which shows that Bo Ximi still attaches great importance to the safety of the imperial envoys, but the other Central Asian envoys and merchants do not have the treatment of the imperial envoys, and they can only be arranged around the Wusun Royal Court.

Since the Xiongnu, Hujie, and Ding Ling gathered a large army to force Wusun, and there was a continuous invasion of Maodun in the south of Wusun, in fact, the overall national situation of Wusun was really a bit bad, and the difficulties in the early stage were still under military pressure, and the internal instability gradually showed signs of instability.

"The Wusun tribes, large and small, reacted differently after receiving the conscription order from Bo Ximi." Yu Fanjun was very interested in Liu Bang's statement, and analyzed: "Some tribes that are closer to the current Wusun Kunmo in terms of blood relationship have responded to Bo Ximi's call, and some tribes that are far away in blood are relatively cooperative because of Bo Ximi's kindness to them, but many tribes are a foolish gesture. ”

Wusun is a nomadic group, according to the division of civilization level, in fact, Wusun is in a primitive system society, in addition to the king, the status of the prince and the princess is actually relatively clear, and the official position is vague below, and the heads of the tribes under the large tribal alliance are the leaders of the lower classes. The leader who manages the culture is all kinds of small leaders, but the small leaders do not have any official positions.

In terms of the army, Wusun, like many other ethnic groups in primitive institutional societies, has a common king who is the supreme military commander, and the leader of each tribe is the commander of the next level, but it depends on the number of warriors that each tribe can assemble, and the leader will also distinguish the size from the strength of the troops at hand, and usually the tribal leader with more warriors will also have more right to speak.

In this situation, in fact, the co-owner of each nomadic tribe will face the same situation, whether he can make the tribes obedient. To see whether the usual power of the co-owner can be suppressed, it also depends on what kind of means the co-owner uses to entrap him.

"More than one of the tribal leaders of Wusun has found me," Liu Bang paid attention to the faces of the people present, mainly Han Xin, as if he wanted to take in the changes in the expression on Han Xin's face, and said: "He asked the empire for support, and promised that if he became the new Wusun Kunmo, he would definitely take the lead of the empire." ”

Han Xin's expression did not change, and he even smiled.

"Presumably you were also approached by the leader of Wusun?" Liu Bang also had a smile on his face. "Tsk" a few times and said: "In the face of the stormy situation, it is really impossible to expect everyone to tide over the difficulties together, and the current Bo Ximi is facing such a situation." ”

In fact, Bo Ximi can still roughly control the entire Wusun tribe, but in recent years, Bo Ximi's steps are a bit big. However, there was a situation where many ethnic groups entered the border of Wusun country, which was really unlucky.

Wusun had contact with the empire, and when he went to the empire, he reported to Bo Ximi that the empire was strong, and it was strong in all aspects. Bo Ximi also had the intention of keeping up with the empire, and carried out reforms within Wusun in some systems.

The primitive tribal system of the Usun was improved upon engagement with the Empire, and the first reforms were with regard to violent institutions. In the army, the positions of 10,000 commanders, 1,000 commanders, and centurions were divided, and the generals of the unified army were originally set to be assigned from the royal court, but there was too much resistance to the implementation, and the leaders of the tribes of all sizes were also officers at all levels, but it was finally the first step.

In fact, Bo Ximi also intends to learn the civil service system of the empire, but Wusun is not like the empire is settled, and in addition, it is a little difficult to carry out the military reform at the beginning, which involves the establishment of the civil service system, which has always involved the interests of the civil service reform the most, and the establishment of the civil service system is to concentrate most of the local interests to the center, where is it so simple to evolve from the primitive system to the feudal system!

Wusun is trying to reform under the crisis of approaching enemy forces in all directions, and Bo Ximi also got a hint from a scribe on the imperial side, saying that the greater the crisis, the more united the internal should be, and after thinking about it carefully, it makes sense to carry out reforms, but what Bo Ximi didn't expect was that Wusun's cultural heritage was different from that of Huaxia.

It has gone through thousands of years of evolution that China has evolved from the primitive system to the feudal system, and the centripetal force of adaptation has been produced in the long-term evolution, and it is also timely to call the sense of ethnic belonging, and unity is something similar to instinct when encountering a crisis situation.

Wusun has not been able to produce his own writing, in fact, there is no cultural heritage, the various tribes are usually wandering and grazing, even the leaders are rarely able to get together, only when there is a conquest will be called to meet, not to mention that even if it is called, it may not be able to meet at the scheduled time.

The nomadic group said that the centripetal force is actually a bit empty, that is an inevitable phenomenon produced by humanities and culture, they generally do not pay attention to what is "justifiable" rule, depending on whose fist is bigger, who is strong is the "co-master", once the "co-master" becomes weak, the next big fist leader will become the next "co-master".

If the Reich could fully support Bossimi, and Boximi might be able to force the reform with the full support of the Empire, why should the Reich support Bosime?

"So didn't he start the idea of marriage!" Liu Bang grinned: "It's hard to find me more than once, and every time I give a big gift, that is, I can say something good about His Majesty and marry her sister." ”

In fact, even if Lu Zhe is willing to marry Wusun's royal daughter, it is a step closer to the relationship with Wusun, and the price is not enough not to fully support Wusun, right?

Bo Ximi must have also learned this, he didn't know where to learn that the empire was extremely short of excellent war horses, and obtained Hetao horses, Longxi horses, Zhaodi horses, Liaodong horses, and Central Plains horses from some sources, and several horse breeds compared with Wusun's horses, the fact is that Wusun's horses are more than twice as good as the war horses owned by the empire. More importantly, because of the geographical proximity, Wusun's horse breed was also suitable for the empire.

Wusun horses are generally called West Pole horses, which can not be affected by the terrain and climate of the grassland, Gobi, cold winter, etc., and the empire is naturally eager to have a large number of West Pole horses, which also gives Bo Ximi another bargaining chip.

"They gave more than 30,000 Xiji horses to His Majesty for free, which is actually a bait." Han Xin finally opened his mouth and said: "Of the more than 30,000 Xiji horses, nearly 10,000 are trained war horses, and the forbidden army is currently equipped with 3,000 horses, forming a 1,000-person mounted heavy horse. More than 8,000 horses remained. The 1st Cavalry Regiment and the 5th Cavalry Regiment were divided equally, and two armored cavalry corps of 2,000 men were formed each. ”

The West Pole Horse is tall and relatively tall, and the more important thing is that the weight-bearing capacity is not bad, and the short-distance charging ability is also strong, and it is really suitable as a mount with heavy horses.

It takes about a year for a horse to grow into a trainable horse from birth, and it takes about a year to a year and a half to train to become a qualified war horse.

The empire has 20,000 West Pole horses that can be used as stallions. It is very prudent to arrange for the counties of Longxi and Hetao to be herded, but even if they can breed, it will take at least five years to breed a new batch of West Pole horses, and the number is indeed limited to less than 50,000. After all, the gestation period of a mare is eleven months, and not every mare can get pregnant every year, and being able to breed 50,000 in five years is actually well cared for.

According to the plan, the empire will form ten cavalry regiments within ten years. Each cavalry regiment will have at least 5,000 heavy cavalry. It is impossible for an equipped cavalryman to have only one horse that can be equipped with a horse armor, and at least two or even three horses are needed. And this is still the need of war horses, not auxiliary pack horses. It is equivalent to a school's equipment and heavy riding requires at least 10,000 West Pole horses and an equal number of pack horses. This figure is still a basic need, not counting wartime losses and various unexpected losses.

The current cavalry of the empire, depending on the different types of troops, the number of war horses configured per person is also different. One thing is certain, each cavalry regiment will definitely have no less than 100,000 horses, and the heavy cavalry and assault cavalry are equipped with at least three horses per person due to the special case of the troops, and the rest of the troops will depend on the situation.

At present, it is difficult to count how many horses there are in the empire, and the number of war horses owned by the legion is about 700,000. It is actually a bit embarrassing to form six cavalry legions with 700,000 war horses, not to mention that other legions actually need war horses to configure scouts and necessary cavalry teams; The number of horses that were used for transportation lines and the necessary vehicle power was more than 500,000, and even cattle, mules, and donkeys were widely applicable.

"That's why I said it was a good opportunity!" Liu Bang had a little coveted meaning: "There are nearly 1.3 million horses in Wusun across the country, if you count cattle and sheep...... That's more. ”

Wusun is about to have civil strife, and the empire itself only gets the corresponding judgment from the intelligence, but the envoy group is at the border of Wusun, and it was arranged to the Wusun royal court later, how can it not know this?

Liu Bang had already sent an official letter to the empire in his own name, reporting with great certainty that Wusun must be about civil strife, asking what kind of attitude they should have, or whether they should leave Wusun immediately. He inquired about the local area, but he actually thought that the civil strife in Wusun was a great opportunity for meritorious service, and he really wanted to let go of his hands and feet to make a big deal.

The Wusun Kunmo clan, that is, the royal family surnamed Mi is in an unstable situation of Wusun's rule, Liu Bang thinks that there is a lot of room for maneuver, or to support the royal family surnamed Mi, or to choose other tribal leaders to support, it should always be able to find a point of interest. However, he believed that the most advantageous thing was to achieve indirect control over Wusun by supporting the puppets, so he was more inclined to win over and support the tribal leaders outside the royal family, but it was difficult to do so without receiving orders from the local people.

"The idea of making it is good." It is rare that Chen Yu did not raise the bar, and he did not have the need to raise the bar, if Liu Bang can do it, he will always have his credit, so even if he doesn't like Liu Bang anymore, he can only help. He reminded: "Those tribal leaders frequently give gifts, and there is no reason why Bo Ximi does not know, and there is no order for the local people to send them. ”

"Hehe, even if Bo Ximi didn't find out, I would have deliberately let him find out." Liu Bang knew the importance of waiting for the price to sell, and also accepted Chen Yu's kindness, saying: "Let Bo Ximi have a sense of crisis, they will win us more together, before the big benefits are obtained, there is no harm in accounting for some benefits first, especially under the premise that they all need us." ”

Chen Yuke did not scold Liu Bang for being a market posture, with the current status quo, Liu Bang is completely correct in doing so, those people will only work harder to win over Liu Bang when they see Liu Bang's attitude, which will only be good for the empire in the future.

"The attitude of the military is that they will act in accordance with the previous orders before receiving orders from His Majesty, and will not participate in any actions of the envoys." Han Xin said that the military was 80,000 cavalry stationed in the territory of Wusun: "Deputy Commander He must have also communicated with the envoy?" ”

Liu Bang nodded, a little helpless and said: "The military is completely obedient to Your Majesty, this is a blessing for the country, but it is ...... It's just too stereotypical. ”

The 80,000 cavalry in Wusun is the sequence of the Western Regions Dispatch Army, and their official number belongs to the establishment of the Western Expeditionary Corps, and the current commander Meng Tian is still in Guanzhong, and the current commander is He Yi. Because the temporary sequence is the Western Regions Dispatch Army, it also establishes the rank of commander and deputy commander with the grassland dispatch army, and He Yi is the deputy commander.

According to Liu Bang's idea, He Yi actually didn't have to go all out to fight with Mao Dun in the south of Wusun, he should have left the necessary troops and pulled out a part of the troops to come to the Wusun royal court in the name of protecting the envoys, but Liu Bang only mentioned it, and the result was that He Yi scolded him unceremoniously, saying that His Majesty had not bypassed the Taiwei Office and the General's Mansion to mobilize the army, and Liu Bang's courage was so fat.

"The regular army of the envoy corps is only more than 10,000......" Liu Bang looked at Han Xin with a little longing: "Is the escort drill for those mercenaries and caravans effective?" ”

Han Xin nodded silently, he could see that Liu Bang was really bold, and the military couldn't ask for help, Liu Bang was staring at the armed team that was not organized by the military, and he said that he wanted to do a lot of work. (To be continued.) )