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But civil officials...

They always take the credit for what they've done.

There have been military generals who have carried me on their backs!

Since Tong Guan has already spoken,

Those who lost the city will be severely punished.

The blame was shifted to the missing Commander Dong Pingdong.

Huyan Zhuo naturally wouldn't cause any trouble.

Besides Cai Jing and Tong Guan,

The remaining troops who came to muster the strength found a high ridge.

Seeing these soldiers in front of him,

Compared to the useless people in his own palace now,

They are much more energetic.

He actually started plotting against these soldiers!

Fortunately, he also knew that

The power he has gained at this time,

They were far inferior to Cai Jing and Tong Guan standing next to them.

In addition, there was his connection with Liangshan.

They also had a deep-seated hatred.

They were hoping the imperial court could finally eliminate the Liangshan bandits.

They wiped out Zhao Dalang along with everyone else completely.

Then he only thought,

After the imperial court destroys Liangshan this time,

Then he transferred these troops to his palace commander's mansion!

.....

Cai Jing, Tong Guan, and Gao Kan looked at the troops before them.

I just feel that this time the imperial court sent troops,

We will definitely wipe out Liangshan completely!

Seeing that these three gentlemen were eager for revenge, Huyan Zhuo...

In order to annihilate Liangshan,

Quite sparing no effort,

So he tentatively...

They also demanded three thousand warhorses from Cai Jing!

"Lord Cai, my family has a family heirloom that possesses a method for training armored linked cavalry!"

"If I can obtain three thousand warhorses on this trip to Liangshan, and train them well, their momentum will be unstoppable!"

"To wipe out Liangshan is as easy as taking candy from a baby!"

"Three thousand warhorses?"

Upon hearing this, Cai Jing hesitated for a moment.

Although it has been nearly a century,

There was no war in the north.

Many warhorses were also stationed in Bianliang, the capital of the Eastern Capital.

But only family members know their own situation.

Although on paper,

Bianliang City acquired over 100,000 warhorses.

But actually,

About 30% of them are true.

That would already be considered as the official in charge of raising horses fulfilling his duty!

So when Huyan Zhuo opened his mouth...

He then demanded three thousand warhorses.

That's already asking for the moon.

This naturally made Cai Jing hesitate...

Chapter 688 Northern Song Dynasty Acquires Horses

"Three thousand it is then,"

Tong Guan spoke up,

"With these three thousand cavalrymen, I can feel a little more at ease while we wait."

"I've heard that the Liangshan bandits have been trading horses from the north for the past six months or so."

"After General Huyan pacified Liangshan Marsh,"

"Just bring their horses back to Tokyo."

"good,"

Gao Kan also spoke up.

"Prime Minister Cai, to be on the safe side, why don't we let General Huyan try out his iron-clad chainmail cavalry?"

"As long as we can destroy Liangshan, then everything will be fine!"

Both Tong Guan and Gao Kan spoke up.

Cai Jing then took the opportunity to back down.

They were given plenty of face.

"In that case, General Huyan, I will give you all three thousand troops!"

"We'll make a decision after we wipe out Liangshan!"

We'll discuss this further later.

This clearly refers to the period after Huyan Zhuo destroyed Liangshan.

Bring back more spoils of war, such as valuables.

Used to exchange for these three thousand warhorses!

As for this transaction that cannot be openly discussed,

Huyan Zhuo immediately nodded in agreement.

It turns out that although the Huyan family had passed down the training method of the Ironclad Linked Horses for generations,

But just like Xu Ning,

The Hu family's ironclad linked cavalry could be said to be even more unlucky than the Xu family's acquisition of the hook-and-sickle spear.

In the past, when the Song and Liao dynasties fought for years in the north,

The Liao Dynasty strictly prohibited the flow of horses into the Song Dynasty.

This led to a severe shortage of horses in the northern army.

The Huyan family's iron-clad linked cavalry,

Even if it is very powerful

There was only one team of about three thousand people.

later,

After a century of peace, the Song-Liao peace talks led to a period of great prosperity.

Although the Liao Dynasty had relaxed its management of horses considerably,

However, the Huyan family's iron-clad linked cavalry no longer had a purpose in the army.

As a result, the armored cavalry was repeatedly weakened.

Now,

The Huyan family only possessed the iron-clad chainmail horses.

There are fewer than a hundred people left!

Huyan Zhuo recently heard that

The Privy Council learned that Privy Councilor Tong intended to send troops to the north.

They recovered the Sixteen Prefectures of Yan and Yun, which had been lost for over a century.

But the current emperor

They did not object to it.

Upon hearing this news, Huyan Zhuo

He then had the idea.

In his opinion,

If the Huyan family's ironclad cavalry could be recreated,

What if, in the future, the Song court leads its army north?

There will surely come a time when the heavily armored cavalry will display their might.

If we could recreate the fame and prestige of our ancestor, the Iron Whip King Huyan Zan...

Then Huyan Zhuo could die without regret!

.....

However, although Huyan Zhuo's plan was good,

But what happened next

But this also made this descendant of a military family, Song Tingde, sigh involuntarily.

original,

Because it was Cai Jing, the Minister of the Imperial Secretariat, who personally approved the transfer of horses.

The officials in charge of horse breeding, the Imperial Stud and the Court of Imperial Sacrifices, dared not outwardly comply but inwardly defy them.

Furthermore, Huyan Zhuo was also aware of the dealings of these officials in the capital.

He bribed everyone, from top to bottom, with money.

This led to the end,

The Imperial Stud and the Imperial Stud allocated troops to Huyan Zhuo.

The amount is indeed in full.

Three thousand horses in total, not one less.

But the quality of the horses,

It's a story that's hard to explain in a few words.

Of the three thousand warhorses,

Only nearly half,