At The Beginning of The Game, The Five Tiger Generals Were Intercepted

Inside and outside, up and down, from Yizhou to Yongliang, from Yongliang to Guanzhong, when will we be able to leave the support of money?

Even if Nanzhong continuously transports copper ore, and the Chengdu Mint makes money day and night, it cannot withstand Liu Zhang's huge expenses.

Copper coins can be manufactured continuously, but the productivity of this era is far behind Liu Zhang's speed of making money.

The annual grain output of the entire Han Dynasty is so much, no matter how much money there is, it is useless, and there is no grain for Liu Zhang to buy.

Moreover, because of the trust of the Yizhou people in the chamber of commerce, there is almost no surplus food in the family.

Once the food is exhausted, it will be a disaster for the whole Yizhou!

Fortunately, with Jia Xu sitting in Chengdu, Liu Zhang believes that he will be able to maintain the current balance.

Once the moment of crisis comes, Jia Xu will definitely inform in advance.

At that time, what Liu Zhang had to consider was not when to stop the war, but to stop the battle immediately.

Liu Zhang naturally loves Chitu and Shalifei horses, but he didn't expect to get them immediately.

Ordinary Dawan horses from the Western Regions are what Liu Zhang most urgently needs.

Even the most common Dawan horses are superior to Liangzhou war horses in terms of endurance, load-bearing, and speed.

It can be said that the most essential pedigree of the Dawan horse is superior to the war horse produced in Liangzhou.

Now Wufengying belongs to light armored cavalry, doesn't Liu Zhang want to turn Wufengying into heavy armored cavalry?

of course not!

The reason is very simple. It's not that Liu Zhang can't make heavy armor, nor is it that the quality of soldiers is not good. The most important reason is the reason of war horses.

Before, because the war horses were seriously aging, they were completely unable to gallop while wearing heavy armor.

Even with the specially made light armor, the physical strength cannot meet the best combat needs.

Fortunately, after defeating Han Sui and Ma Teng consecutively, Liu Zhang got a great supplement on the horse.

However, after trial and error, Liangzhou war horses also could not afford the needs of heavy armored infantry.

Liu Zhang wants to build an invincible iron cavalry army, and Dawan horses in the Western Regions are an indispensable and rigid condition.

Unfortunately, without the whereabouts of the businessman, it is almost impossible to get the Dawan horse.

"Hey, I lost a chance to get a war horse..."

Dawan Kingdom is still very far away from Dunhuang County, which was the most edge of the Han Dynasty. It is very difficult for Liu Zhang to reach the westernmost part of the Western Regions by relying on his own strength.

Cheng Gongying was a little confused, but Liu Zhang didn't expect to be so depressed.

"My lord, don't worry. The Han Dynasty had three natural horse farms. Now we occupy one and deter the other. Naturally, war horses can be produced continuously."

Liu Zhang knew about the three racecourses that Cheng Gongying mentioned. One is the Hexi Corridor area that runs through Dunhuang County, Jiuquan County, and Zhangye County.

The vast land north of the entire Qilian Mountains has a unique geographical advantage and climatic conditions, which are very suitable for breeding horses.

The second is You, near the Yinshan Mountains on the border. The conditions in this place are also very good, but due to the frequent harassment of Xianbei people, it is far inferior to the Hexi Corridor in general.

The last is the Hetao Plain. This vast area is rich in water and grass, and the land is fertile. Whether it is farming or animal husbandry, it has unique advantages.

It's a pity that such a fertile land was given to the Southern Huns by Emperor Guangwu Liu Xiu.

It is precisely because of the favorable conditions in the land of Hetao that the Southern Huns were able to recover their vitality.

The Southern Xiongnu were taken in by the Han Dynasty, and they were not grateful. In the second year of Xingping, that is, in 195 AD, they took advantage of the gap between the princes to compete for hegemony and forcibly occupied many cities along the Yellow River.

Liu Zhang didn't want to comment on this move of his ancestor Liu Xiu. In short, the southern Xiongnu raised Liu Bao, a bastard.

If Liu Zhang hadn't appeared, Cai Yan would have been kidnapped by Zuo Xian Wang Liu Bao five years ago.

The evils done by the Southern Huns were far more than that. Liu Bao's son Liu Yuan would still proclaim himself emperor in Bingzhou in the future, and his grandson Liu Cong even destroyed the Western Jin Dynasty himself.

In short, when Liu Zhang thinks of Hetao, he thinks of the Southern Huns, and when he thinks of the Southern Huns, he thinks of Liu Bao, and his heart is instantly filled with hatred.

"My lord... what's wrong with you?"

Unexpectedly, Liu Zhang's reaction was so great, and Cheng Gongying was even more surprised.

"Oh, Mr. Chenggong, I'm fine!"

Liu Zhang even suppressed his anger, and when he completely digested the Guanzhong land, the first one to deal with was the Southern Huns.

"My lord, don't worry, even if there is only Hexi, our war horses will continue to flow."

Liu Zhang shook his head. After occupying Yongliang and Liangzhou, the source of war horses was naturally not the object of his worries.

"Mr. Cheng, the Dawan country in the Western Regions is rich in fine horses, called Dawan horses, among which the best horses are also called sweat-blooded horses!"

"Whether it's the red rabbit under Lu Bu's crotch, or the Shalifei that Meng Qi is riding, they should be bloody horses."

"Even an ordinary Dawan horse has a much higher combat capability than the horses produced in Hexi."

Cheng Gongying did not object to what Liu Zhang said, but in his opinion, the war horses produced in Hexi were enough.

Whether it is Dong Zhuo, Ma Teng, or Han Sui, they all used Hexi war horses to gain the reputation of Liangzhou iron cavalry.

"My lord, even so, the Hexi war horse is coveted by the princes of the world."

Liu Zhang nodded with a smile, he fully agrees with this statement.

Fortunately for Yuan Shao, after all, he has the Yinshan mountain range in the two prefectures, and he can still trade with Xianbei and Wuhuan.

Cao Cao made good friends with the Southern Huns, and he could also get war horses from the Southern Huns, but the number was insufficient after all.

Not to mention Liu Biao and Sun Quan, they are completely hard to find.

For Cao Cao, the Hexi war horse is naturally extremely precious. For Liu Biao and Sun Quan, the Hexi war horse can be regarded as a treasure!

However, this also illustrates a problem. The cavalry composed of Hexi war horses cannot crush the cavalry under Cao Cao and Yuan Shao's command in terms of hardware.

"Sir, I don't know, I intend to build heavy armored cavalry! But the horses produced in Liangzhou can't afford heavy armor at all."

"If you want to have an invincible heavy cavalry, Dawan horses in the Western Regions will be indispensable and irreplaceable!"

Cheng Gongying frowned, how difficult it is to get Dawan horses from the Western Regions, not to mention that there are definitely not a few people who need to form an army.

"My lord, since the decline of the imperial court, the residence of the chief historian of the Western Regions has existed in name only!"

"The Dawan Kingdom is still farther west than the Western Regions, and the Changshi Mansion is weak, so it is even more impossible to seek Dawan horses."

Today the world is in chaos, and since the Yellow Turban Rebellion, Liangzhou has been completely out of control.

Without Liangzhou, the imperial court was even more unable to control the Changshi Mansion of the Western Regions.

Liu Zhang is also aware of this problem, but how easy is it to revive the Changshi Mansion of the Western Regions?

There are more than 50 large and small countries in the Western Regions!

If you want them to surrender, you must at least dispatch troops of no less than 10,000 people to deter them, and you need a person with outstanding ability to serve as the long history.

Ma Teng had been occupying the four counties in Hexi until then, and Liu Zhang turned to look at Ma Chao, ready to learn about the situation in the Western Regions.

(end of this chapter)