Water Margin: The opening scene involves assassinating Emperor Huizong of Song and forcibly taking L

That means there are nearly 1,500 warhorses available for riding.

As for the remaining horses

Either they are too old and difficult to use.

Or they are terminally ill and don't have long to live...

Chapter 689 Words Cannot Be Spoken

"this....."

Huyan Zhuo stared in disbelief at the army before him.

The promised three thousand troops,

But now only half of it is actually used!

This is still in Bianliang, the capital of the Song Dynasty, right under the emperor's nose!

Tianmu, who was standing to the side, was so angry that he grabbed Peng Qi by the collar of the official from the Bureau of Animal Husbandry who had come to settle accounts.

"What Prime Minister Cai promised us was three thousand military horses!"

"Isn't there enough for three thousand horses here?"

The clerk snorted coldly.

Without shaking off Peng Qi, he succeeded.

He looked at General Tianmu with such disdain.

"If it weren't for Prime Minister Cai's personal order, we wouldn't even have these things in front of us!"

"you!"

Tianmu's eyes turned bloodshot with anger.

He raised his hand to strike the group of shepherd officials.

Han Tao, who was standing next to him, had indeed passed the military examination.

He was much calmer than Peng Qi.

He quickly grabbed Tianmu General by the hand.

"Brother Peng Qi, isn't this how things have always been in officialdom?"

Even if you hit him, what good will it do!

"This general is truly wise!"

The minor official saw that Peng Qi was about to get serious.

I was also startled.

His tone immediately softened.

“This is three thousand troops. Even if I had the greatest courage, how could I dare to lose half of them?”

"It's because over the years, the military horses in the horse farms near Bianliang have been almost all stolen and sold off by officials at all levels."

"That is to gather these three thousand troops for the three generals now,"

"It took the younger members visiting several horse farms to painstakingly scrape together this money!"

"All right!"

Huyan Zhuo pulled Peng Qi and the minor official apart.

He then took out a few taels of loose silver from his pocket.

It was stuffed into the hands of the minor official.

"This brother of mine has a rather impulsive temper, please forgive him!"

"Thank you, brothers, for bringing us these warhorses."

"These loose silver coins are for you all to enjoy with tea!"

.....

Having already received the reward,

Several minor officials from the herdsmen's office looked at Peng Qi, who was still furious.

I dared not linger.

They hurriedly left.

Peng Qi looked unwillingly at the "full number" of warhorses before him.

He said angrily.

"General Huyan, let's go find Minister Cai!"

"These corrupt parasites must be severely punished!"

"Brother Peng, do you think Prime Minister Cai is unaware of the intricacies of this matter?"

Han Tao couldn't help but shake his head.

"Corruption has long been the norm in this court, inside and out!"

"How could Prime Minister Cai and the others not know!"

"In fact, they are the biggest corrupt officials in this court!"

"Think about that birthday tribute that was recently sent from Daimyo Prefecture to Tokyo, which was stolen by villains!"

"That batch alone is worth over 100,000 strings of cash!"

"And the Daming Prefecture has to escort birthday tributes to Prime Minister Cai's residence in Bianliang every day!"

"It was the silver embezzled by this group of pastors and officials of the Imperial Stud."

"Nine times out of ten, the lion's share was taken by Prime Minister Cai and his men!"

"These damn civil servants!"

Tianmu, enraged, kicked the horse post next to him.

"No wonder people are rebelling everywhere these days!"

"Enough! Stop saying that!"

Seeing that the two were going too far with their words, Hu Yanzhuo, who was standing nearby,

He quickly spoke up to stop it...

Chapter 690 Everyone is busy

The current ministers of the court

But few of them are truly broad-minded.

If this is what Peng Qi and Han Tao said just now,

If others hear it,

Then the report was sent to Cai Jing and others.

Those three are all in deep trouble.

"Regardless, let's focus on training the troops properly first,"

Huyan Zhuo said helplessly,

"Our primary task now is to wipe out the bandits of Liangshan Marsh."

"Let's talk about other things later."

"Yes!"

Both Baisheng and Tianmu bowed and agreed.

It will take another two weeks.

Huyan Zhuo and his two generals

They all remained in Bianliang, the capital of Tokyo.

Training those three thousand "armored linked horses"

It was said to be three thousand.

However, because the imperial court allocated military horses...

Only 1,500 horses are barely usable.

In addition to Huyan Zhuo's original troops,

The final choice was the "Ironclad Linked Horses".

The actual number is only 1,600.

They were only publicly known as three thousand armored cavalrymen.

The reason for doing this is

first,

This was to mislead the Liangshan spies they were about to deal with.

Secondly,

This was also because the "three thousand troops" were personally approved by Cai Jing.

Although Huyan Zhuo did not know much about this Prime Minister Cai,

Do they really know about the corruption at the Bianliang horse ranch?

But since Cai Jing has already said he will allocate three thousand troops...

If it were on his side...

It was reduced by half.

It became 1,500 troops.

Who knows what other troubles might arise afterward!

.....

Ironclad Chain Horses

Train

It can be easy or difficult.

First of all,

Selected to form the Ironclad Cavalry

People need to wear iron armor.

Horses need to be covered in horse armor.

Even in the hottest weather

We have to force ourselves to adapt.

Secondly,

Because when the armored linked cavalry were deployed...

Therefore, each row consists of thirty horses.

They then tied each other with iron chains.

And thereby gain unparalleled impact.

Therefore, the coordination between horses

That is the most precious part.