Chapter 66 Going to buy a horse
Like in Qule Country, Liu Mingjing stayed in the southern city of Gutian for two days, and also had two days of eating, drinking and having fun.
Then he took several nobles from the southern city of Khotan and Felding before, and walked towards the next town.
Because Liu Mingjing said that his destination was Loulan, these nobles thought that they were not far away, and they could eat, drink, have fun, and also gain favorability from the Tubo prince, so of course they left together.
Three thousand cavalrymen and hundreds of heavy carriages followed the team.
They were not in a hurry to leave. In the words of Liu Mingqi, if you don’t give those people the chance to pass on the message, how can we fish?
If you are from the perspective of the enemy, Liu Mingjing thinks that Liu Mingqi is not human.
This guy used so many tricks to confuse so many people just to attract those bandits and people with ulterior motives to die.
Yes.
It's just a death sentence.
Among them, there were more than 1,200 elite cavalrymen, including Yulin Guards and Qianniu Guards who had been fighting for the rest of their lives. The remaining 1,800 were also on the frontier for many years. Last year, they resisted the elite troops who were attacking the Western Qiang and Uighurs in turn.
Such a combination can be a force that can control the situation wherever it is placed.
Not to mention that they also have steel knives, wooden grenades and hell cocktails, and can also summon hot air balloons to support them at any time.
Such a three thousand tiger benevolent, even if he experiences a series of 100,000 people, he is not afraid at all.
So, even if you are a regular army, as long as the number of horse bandits in the Western Regions does not exceed 20,000, you will die as much as you come, without any vain.
In the next few days, Liu Mingqi and the others visited two other cities in Khotan. They almost had the same tricks and routines as before, and after some commercial boasting, they left with a few nobles who wanted to go out to see.
Liu Mingqi was a little regretful to leave Yutian like this.
He is so familiar with the name Khotan, it is Hotan from later generations.
The specialty of Khotan jade here is Hetian jade. The "jade" that "a gentleman is as gentle as jade" refers specifically to Hetian jade.
Liu Mingqi saw beautiful white jade bigger than basketball, and a white jade as wide as a screen... but he couldn't take away these rare and rare items.
After all, if you fight wars along the way, it would be bad if you destroy these treasures.
When I have the chance in the future, the boy hopes to come to Khotan again to buy hundreds of tons of Hetian jade and jade and slowly polish the jade. It is also a rare pleasure.
Speaking of which, the jade ore in the Piao Kingdom has not been mined much, right?
Thinking about the dazzling glare emerald jade of glass, Liu Mingqi thinks that she can also stock up to hundreds of tons. Soaking it with her wife and children is a good way to spend time.
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Going out of Khotan and pointing to the left is the famous Jingjue Kingdom.
Jingjue Kingdom was not famous in ancient times, but later became famous because of a novel. I am afraid that this was something that the living Jingjue Kingdom people did not expect.
The Loulan Kingdom is the upper northeast corner of the Kingdom of Tantan. According to normal conditions, it should be necessary to pass through the Jingjue Kingdom.
But how could Liu Mingqi attract big fish to fall into the trap if she doesn’t want to wander around?
So the little prince's team went west.
More than two hundred miles west of the Kingdom of Khotan is the Kingdom of Shache.
Among the twelve Western Regions, the Shache Kingdom did not have a strong sense of existence. They only had two cities, which were slightly better than Qule Kingdom, but the place was also more remote, and they were not next to Kunlun Mountain.
However, their specialties are quite obvious.
"There is iron mountain, green jade is produced, and good horses are produced."
This is the specific situation given by Dakang's spies.
After Liu Mingqi arrived in the Western Regions, these spies began to contact and provide information one after another.
They are also Dakang people who came to the Western Regions many years ago, but over the years, they have gradually integrated into the local life of the Western Regions.
If no one had enabled them, after their generation, the next generation would be the real Western Regions people, and would have no relationship with Dakang.
Now most of the ones riding by Liu Mingqi and his friends are Tubo horses.
Tubo horses are suitable for galloping on the plateau and are also very hard-working, but they are not capable of sprinting.
This is a bit inconsistent with Liu Mingqi's cavalry combat philosophy in the Western Regions.
Of course, it is definitely possible to use it, but if you take the initiative to attack, it is better to be a tall horse from the Western Regions.
The best horse in the Western Regions is the Dayuan horse in the northwest, but Dayuan is more than a thousand miles away from Shache Country, and Liu Mingqi doesn't have the time and energy to run there.
The horses of Shache Kingdom are made up of a hybrid of Dayuan horses and local horses. They may not be as good as Dayuan horses in sprints, but their endurance has improved by more than a little.
In fact, the useful famous horses in the world are all cultivated through continuous hybridization. The so-called pure-blooded BMWs are beautiful and exquisite, but not durable.
For example, the Mongolian horses that have made great achievements for Mongolia are short and not too fast, but they are invincible in the world, which makes those pure-blooded BMWs irritate their death.
Dakang had no chance to buy Shachema before, because it was a thousand miles away from Shache to Jiayuguan, and there was also a territory of the Western Qiang and Uighurs in the middle.
Whether it is the Western Qiang or the Uighurs, they are always firmly in the matter of not being able to leak war horses.
Over the years, few pizza carriages and horses have flowed into Dakang, so it is better to buy horses from Qiyan Plateau.
If animal group cultivation is not formed in a certain number, it will not be able to breed well.
It happened that this time I had the chance, and Liu Mingqi wanted to see if she could take this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to bring more Sha Carriages back.
After four days of long journey, the caravan of the little prince of Banqu Danzeng successfully arrived at Shache City, the capital of Shache Country.
The architectural style of this Shache City is similar to that of Quleguo. It is rough and relatively low. There are a little more villages around the city, but they all look very simple.
But in this place, even in poor villages, horses of all kinds can be seen everywhere. On the grasslands around the village, there are groups of horses eating grass and wandering around.
Moreover, these horses are generally tall and majestic, and you can tell at a glance that they are top-notch horses.
Liu Mingqi counted roughly and saw more than 30 herds of horses twenty miles around, with a total number of less than 10,000 horses.
As a result, the boy felt unconscious that God had deprived you of some things and would have to give some compensation.
A country like Shache is not rich in resources and is not very suitable for farming, but it is very suitable for cultivating horses.
Perhaps because he got the news in advance, the Prime Minister of Shache Kingdom Yu Dun led the crowd to greet him.
When he saw the guard of honor that had walked out of the city wall more than 300 meters, Fei Liding and other nobles rushed up in advance and told Yu Dun what he said.
They are showing their friendship with Liu Mingjing, and at the same time showing their connections in the Western Regions to Liu Mingjing.
Xiong Dabao put down the clairvoyance in his hand and whispered from the side: "This group of Western Regions people are quite cautious! Come out first to avoid the embarrassment of not allowing our large army to enter, and it seems very polite... In fact, you see, there are quite a few soldiers standing on their city walls!"
"hey-hey."
Liu Mingjing swallowed his saliva and said, "I don't care about their little thoughts! I just want to buy the chariots and horses I saw this trip. The more I buy, the better!"
"It's not easy to take advantage!" Xiong Dabao said with a smile, "We have been suckers all the way, and they will definitely treat us as fat sheep!"
"What does that matter? We bring a lot of things anyway." Liu Mingjing said disapprovingly, "As long as you can ride back, it will be much more important than this money!"
Liu Mingqi also agreed with his statement.
Many times, things that can be bought with money are nothing wrong.
Just like the lithography machines in later generations, rich families won’t sell them to you. Are you angry?
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Just as Liu Mingqi and the others entered Shache City and received the grand hospitality, in a corner of the Western Regions, the three of them were whispering and discussing in the tent.
"How is it? Boss Guang, are you talking if you do this or not!" a voice sounded.
"No, who doesn't want to do this vote? But there are 3,000 people, all of them are regular guards and cavalrymen in Tubo. How do you do it?" Boss Guang said in a deep voice.
"The cavalry in Tubo is also called cavalry? Have you never heard of it? They wanted to besiege the Dakang army on the northwest grassland, but in the end, 40,000 people were fled by two thousand! Then they also suffered more than 10,000 casualties!"
"Biwenlu, you said it's simple. Just say whether you dare?" asked again when he spoke before.
The man named Biwenlu smiled, "I definitely want to go! But the prerequisite is that all three of us will go! We don't have the strength to fight alone... Don't just talk about us, where are you?"
"I'm going!"
The tiger slowly said: "I have been a horse thief for fifteen or sixteen years. I am thirty-four years old this year. I am injured everywhere and I am gradually getting old! Taking advantage of such a good opportunity, I will do such a big vote, and then I will take the money to support my old age...
Well, if you have the chance, I want to go to Dakang'an's house, buy thousands of acres of fertile land, and be a rich man comfortably. Then I will marry a few wives and concubines and have a nest of children, which will be very pleasant to ride on the horse!"
The other two people remained silent after hearing this.
"Boss Guang..."
Bi Wenlu hesitated and said, "Of the three of us, you are the strongest, with more than 2,000 people. If you want to do it, we can follow you!"
It can be seen that this Biwenlu was already moved.
Then Jihu also said, "It's not me bragging, Boss Guang, you have also seen that their hundreds of carriages are full of, how many treasures should be there? Look at the soap, flowery essential oil, toilet paper... etc., which one can't be sold at a good price?
Even if we all share all our subordinates, we can still leave a lot of money! After this trip, we will disband the team cleanly and neatly and leave... Whether you want to go to Loulan, Persia, or even Dakang like me, if you have so much money, you still have to worry about not being able to live a good life? You have to live a frightened life with the lick of blood from the knife?"
Perhaps it was Jihu's words that touched Boss Guang's mind. After a moment, Boss Guang sighed and said, "Even if we can attack them, this is a three thousand army! I don't know how many brothers will die in the end to chew this bone!"
"What if it does so much? Who is not doing things with our business? "Bi Wenlu gritted his teeth and said, "As long as we are good and leave something for them, isn't it the kindness and righteousness that will be done? Boss Guang, hurry up and make a decision!"
“…Okay, OK!”
Boss Guang finally made up his mind, patted his thigh, and said viciously: "Fuck him, mom!"
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Chapter completed!