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Chapter 164: Trading Horses

When he went downstairs, he annoyed Wang and said anxiously: "Sir, are you really willing to trade with us?"

For the nomadic people living on the grassland, silk, cloth, tea, pottery, and gold, silver and jewelry from the Central Plains people are rare luxury goods, especially sharp iron weapons, so when they heard that the Chu army was willing to trade with Louanren, Louanwang was immediately excited.

"Of course." Wu She nodded and said, "But we only have horses."

"No problem, of course this is no problem. We don't have anything else, but there are many horses." After hearing what Gongshu said, Lou Fanwang was so excited that he rubbed his hands repeatedly, and said, "Sir, can weapons be traded?"

"Weapons? This is probably a bit troublesome." Wu She immediately looked embarrassed when she heard this.

Seeing Wu She looking embarrassed, Lou Fanwang hurriedly said, "Sir, the price is easy to say, you can just say it!"

Wu She pondered for a moment, then hesitated and said, "Okay, for the sake of the king's sincerity, I'll go back and try it. If I could convince my general, I might be able to provide some weapons, but if I have a comment, the quantity will definitely not be too many, and the price will definitely be very expensive."

"No problem, no problem." Lou Fan Wang said repeatedly, "The price is easy to say."

Wu She nodded and stood up and said, "So, let's say goodbye."

King Lou Fan was in a good mood and immediately ordered his uncle to say, "Military advisor, I will send you a sir to you for me."

Uncle Gong said he had no choice but to accompany Wu She out of the Loufan King's tent and sent it to the gate.

After seeing Wu She off, Uncle Gong said that when he returned to the Lou Fan King's tent again, he found that Lou Fan King had already pressed his favorite Hu girl to the ground, and was sticking his snow-white body on Hu girl's snow-white body. Obviously, the news brought by Wu She made Lou Fan King feel very good, and he couldn't help but exaggerate in broad daylight.

Hearing the footsteps, King Lou Fan knew that it was Uncle Gong who said he had come back without looking back. He did not avoid it at the moment. He continued to attack the Hu girl while gasping for breath: "Military advisor, I am busy, I will talk about it later if I have something to do."

Uncle Gong said, frowned and said, "Master, aren't you worried that this is the trick of the people of the Central Plains?"

"Crack?" King Lou Fan gasped while sprinting, "What kind of trick can he have?"

Uncle Gong said, "What if this is the delaying strategy of the Central Plains people? First, pretend to stabilize the king, and after their subsequent army arrives, give us a thunder blow. What should we do then?"

"Military advisor, what's wrong with you today?" King Lou Fan hurriedly finished his work and climbed up from Hu Nu's body. The snow-white body of Hu Nu and the fragrant grass valley between his thighs were presented to Uncle Gong without reservation. Uncle Gong said that he couldn't help but curse a few words in his heart. How could such a scene make him a eunuch?

Uncle Gong said, "I just think that people in the Central Plains should not trust them easily."

King Lou Fan said: "Of course I will not believe the Central Plains man just now, but what if what he said is true? What's going to be waiting for a long time? If it's fake, it's not too late for us to join the Huns again. Anyway, the Huns will not fly away. Why should we rush for a while? Military advisor, right?"

Uncle Gong said he was speechless. In fact, he believed that what the people in the Central Plains said just now was mostly true. Most of the people who came to Jiuyuan this time were the Chu army, not the Han army. However, for some reason, Uncle Gong said that there was always a vague feeling, thinking that the purpose of the Chu army coming to Hetao should not be that simple, and maybe the Lou was annoying and would suffer a great loss.

But this is just a kind of intuition, and Gongshu said he could not explain it to King Lou Fan at all.

Seeing that Uncle Gong said silently, Lou Fanwang said again: "Military advisor, what's wrong with waiting for a long time?"

After saying this, King Lou Fan thoughtfully: "Also, I think that the people of the Central Plains do not seem to be lying. Most of them are the Chu army that flew to Jiuyuan, and most of them are willing to trade weapons to us, military advisors, which are iron weapons, not bronze weapons, and not made of wood!"

Iron weapons are of great significance to the Loufan tribe.

Even if it is really incorporated into the Huns in the future, the Loufan tribe has a population, cattle, sheep, strong men and iron weapons, which will directly affect the position of King Loufan among the Huns. If the Loufan tribe can obtain enough iron weapons in this transaction, King Loufan may even become the most powerful little king of the Huns.

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After leaving Loufan Camp, Wu She went straight back to the Chu army camp.

After listening to Wu She's report, Wei Liao smiled and said, "General, it seems that this King Loufan is more ambitious than King Lin Hu. King Lin Hu only has silk, tea, pottery, gold, silver and jewelry, etc., but King Loufan never mentions these luxury items. He is weapons as soon as he opens his mouth. Hehe, it seems that he is quite eye-catching."

Wu She said: "General, King Lou Fan is still waiting. How should I reply to him?"

Xiang Zhuang said: "Weapons can be traded, but they have to take out the best horses to trade."

After saying this, Xiang Zhuang said again: "As for the transaction price, a good horse is exchanged for two double-edged swords."

This price is quite exaggerated for Xiangzhuang, who came from later generations, but at that time, it was actually quite fair. In fact, the people in the Central Plains at that time were almost unwilling to trade iron products to the Hu people. Even if the Hu people offered higher prices, they often couldn't buy iron cauldrons, iron swords, iron halberds, iron armor and other iron products.

Huan Chu, who was sitting next to him, couldn't help but object, "General, where do you really want to trade weapons with the Hu people?"

Ji Bu also said: "Didn't Gao Chu get a lot of horses from the Aries Old Camp? It's enough for us to ride, so why should we take out our weapons to trade horses with the Lou?"

"Those horses are not good." Xiang Zhuang shook his head and said.

After Gao Chu led his troops to slaughter the old camp of Aries, he indeed grabbed more than 20,000 horses and more than 100,000 cattle and sheep. However, the more than 20,000 horses were all small foals or inferior horses. They were more than enough to be pack horses, but they were not enough to be used as war horses. That is, the more than 6,000 war horses seized in the Wild Wolf River Valley can barely be regarded as war horses.

Obviously, the Hu people in Hetao are Mongolian horse breeds, just like the Huns.

Mongolian horses are short and have weak explosive power, so it is impossible to form heavy cavalry with Mongolian horses. However, Mongolian horses have strong endurance and are highly adaptable to the environment. Whether it is cold or hot, whether it is drought or humid, as long as there is grass to eat, Mongolian horses can survive tenaciously.

Therefore, it is still good to use Mongolian horses to form light cavalry.

Historically, the reason why the murderous demon king Tiemuzhen's Mongolian light cavalry was able to sweep across the entire Eurasian continent, from the bitter and cold places in the extreme north to the hot Nanzhao, and from the coast of the East China Sea to the banks of the Rhine River and even enter Egypt on an expedition was the Mongolian horse with super adaptability and strong endurance.

However, not all Mongolian horses can become war horses.

Mongolian horses with insufficient body height certainly cannot serve as war horses. Xiangzhuang is going to form a real light cavalry, rather than a "donkey cavalry" like the Japanese Warring States Period. Just this one eliminated more than half of Mongolian horses, because most Mongolian horses were less than 130 cm in height.

Wu She said, "General, then I'm going to reply to King Lou Fan?"

"Go." Xiang Zhuang said happily, "Tell King Lou Fan that as long as he can take out enough war horses and weapons, we have. If he can take out a good horse with a body height of more than seven feet, we can even take out a scale armor to trade with him! Hehe, if he can take out a BMW with a body height of more than eight feet, it is not impossible to trade a bed crossbow!"

Wu She changed his expression slightly and said, "General, this is probably inappropriate?"

Wei Liao knew what Xiang Zhuang was making, and immediately said to Wu She: "Mr. Wu She, just trade with Lou Fan King according to the general's instructions. Tell Lou Fan King that if he can produce a good horse, we can take out sharp weapons, strong bows, hard crossbows, bed crossbows and even well railings that can be traded."

"No." Wu She responded timidly, then turned around and left the tent.

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Half an hour later, Wu She arrived at Loufan Camp again.

After hearing the translation of the uncle, Lou Fan Wang was overjoyed and said, "Sir, can a good horse with a height of more than six feet be exchanged for two iron double-edged heavy swords?"

Wu She nodded happily and said, "Also, if there is a good horse that is more than seven feet tall, you can trade a fish scale armor. If there is a BMW that is more than eight feet tall, you can even trade a crossbow! If there is a BMW that is more than eight feet tall, you can trade a well railing seven or eight feet tall, or even a cloud ladder."

After hearing the translation of the uncle, Lou Fan Wang became more and more happy. He immediately sued Wushu, then pulled the uncle behind the screen and asked in a low voice: "Military advisor, how many horses do we have in total?" The uncle said that he was dealing with all the affairs of the Lou Fan tribe, so the uncle said that he was the clearest.

Uncle Gong replied, "There are about 100,000 horses, but less than 40,000 good horses with a height of more than six feet!"

"Forty thousand horses?" King Lou Fan touched his curled beard on the corner of his lips and whispered, "We only have 30,000 strong men. Leaving 30,000 horses is enough. The remaining 10,000 horses are all used to exchange weapons with the people of the Central Plains. What do you think of the military advisor?"

Uncle Gong nodded in no way. Judging from the transaction itself alone, the Loufan tribe who really benefits from this transaction must be the Loufan tribe, not the Chu army, because after the Loufan tribe obtained these weapons, its strength will be greatly enhanced. In this desert grassland, if you have the strength, are you still afraid that you will not be able to grab cattle, sheep and horses?

King Lou Fan thought for a while and said, "Military advisor, how many good horses are there with a height of more than seven feet?"

Uncle Gong said, "There are fewer good horses with a height of more than seven feet, and there are only more than two thousand horses in total."
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