A horse is a living creature with its own biological characteristics.

Especially for war horses, it takes at least four years from birth to growing up and going to the battlefield.

Let alone an ordinary war horse, even if it is a king horse, you have to wait for it to grow up before riding it.

Minors are absolutely not allowed to ride.

According to this biological characteristic, as long as the source of Wei's war horses is cut off, there is no need to cut it off, as long as it can affect the export of Youzhou's war horses to the Central Plains.

Coupled with exerting enough pressure on the frontal battlefield, and taking into account the losses in daily training, Wei's war horse supply could not keep up with consumption.

Then it would only take four years at most for the quality of Wei's cavalry to plummet.

This is what is called victory over the imperial court.

There is a saying from later generations: Tactical success cannot cover up strategic failure.

Similarly, temporary tactical failure cannot prevent strategic success.

For Feng Junhou, he is not as good as a real general when facing the enemy in battle.

But he is self-aware.

In addition to promoting a group of outstanding generals, he can also provide these outstanding generals with the best platform...

At the same time, he is also good at considering issues from a strategic overall perspective.

What does it have to do with confronting the enemy on the battlefield or something like that?

Feng Junhou said: Do I still need to do such a small thing myself?

The Han Dynasty started from the tactical success of the Northern Expedition to Longyou, then from strategic defense to strategic confrontation after taking Liangzhou, and finally to the current strategic offensive.

This step-by-step process may seem smooth, but in fact it is difficult every step of the way. You must not make a wrong step.

The Prime Minister of the Han Dynasty, who had the most wisdom in the world, worked hard day and night until he died of exhaustion.

The emperor of the Han Dynasty, who had no doubts about employing people, entrusted loyal and righteous people with full authority.

Even the queen used her sister as a bargaining chip.

At the same time, the imperial court also wanted to eradicate the wealthy rightists, win over the people, reform the shortcomings of the post-Han Dynasty, and inject new vitality into the country...

Ji Han's development from a mere Shu region to what it is now did not rely on one or two tactics, but the success of the entire country's development strategy.

With Feng Junhou's current position, gains and losses at one time or another are no longer issues that he has to worry about.

But Guan Xiaojunhou expressed some concerns about Feng Junhou's strategy:

"If it is true as Alang said, then everything from Liangzhou to Youzhou, from the extreme west to the extreme east, will be owned by the Han Dynasty again."

"However, the reason why the two Han Dynasties had this territory was that they had the Central Plains as their core."

"At this time, the Han Dynasty took Youzhou first and then the Central Plains. They were afraid that the territory would be too long and unsustainable."

After a pause, Guan Xiaojunhou continued to remind:

"Don't forget, when the Han Dynasty and the State of Wu made an alliance by the river to divide the world equally, Youzhou was given to the State of Wu."

Feng Junhou smiled and said:

"No need to worry, Mr. Xi. How could I fail to consider this level? I only said that you would cut off the supply of war horses from Youzhou to the Central Plains. I did not say that you would take Youzhou first."

Guan Xiaojunhou was a little confused:

"If we don't take Youzhou, how can we cut off the source of Wei's war horses?"

Feng Junhou laughed loudly, holding a riding crop in his hand and pointing to the northeast:

"I once heard that when Ke Bineng was at the border of Youzhou, he made an agreement with Su Li and other Xianbei leaders not to trade horses with China."

"Combined with the information collected from various places, it turns out that a considerable part of Youzhou's war horses came from the barbarian trade outside the Great Wall."

If it were a time of great unification, even if the war horses outside the Great Wall were not allowed to flow into the Central Plains, the Han Dynasty would still have its own horse farms and could raise the war horses it needed.

Moreover, for the Han Dynasty in its heyday, when "everywhere the rivers go, they are all concubines", it is not the Hu people who have the final say whether to sell horses or not.

At the beginning of the Later Han Dynasty, there were many cavalrymen from the Wuhuan Xiongnu and other cavalrymen in the Han cavalry army.

But later, as the control of the Han Dynasty declined, the Xianbei people took advantage of the situation and rose up in the grasslands, and repeatedly crossed the border to plunder.

Not to mention that after so many years of war, the population has dropped sharply, the cultivated land has been barren, and most places don't even have enough food to eat.

In the turbulent era when Yi Zi was eating each other, people had no food to eat, so how could there be a large amount of excess refined grain to feed horses?

How can the government have the energy to maintain the racecourse?

Therefore, for the border officials, raising horses is not as convenient as exchanging them from outside the Great Wall.

To give the most obvious example:

Even in the middle of the Later Han Dynasty when things were still relatively stable, the imperial court felt that the burden on the racecourse was too heavy when the Qiang and Hu rebellion in Liangzhou was just beginning.

As a result, most of the horse farms in Liangzhou were eliminated, leaving only one horse farm in Longyou.

After the Han Dynasty recaptured Liangzhou, even if Feng Junhou had the ability to print money, if he wanted to reopen a horse farm in Liangzhou, he would have to open up millions of acres of fertile land on the bank of the river to grow beans in advance.

At the same time, Xu Erniang, one of his most capable agricultural experts, was sent to plan the project.

Most of the beans produced in these fertile fields are supplied to horse farms.

If you don’t have enough grain and beans, and you still want to open a horse farm to raise war horses, just dream on it!

In the bitter cold land of Youzhou, how many war horses can the local government afford to raise without financial support from the rear?

Do you think everyone is Feng Junhou?

It would be great to have a Feng Junhou in the world.

With the current state of Wei, what support can it give to Youzhou?

Instead, resources from Youzhou should be allocated to support Hebei.

"So what we have to do is to imitate Ke Bineng's wisdom and find ways to encourage the barbarians outside the Great Wall of Youzhou not to sell their horses to Wei thieves."

When it comes to dealing with barbarians, is there anyone in the world who is better than Feng Junhou?

There is no problem that wool cannot solve. If the wool is not enough, add more liquor!

If that doesn't work, there are tea, brown sugar...

Malicious price increase!

As long as Feng Junhou is willing, he can seduce the barbarians outside the Great Wall of Youzhou and drive their livestock to Bingzhou for trade.

Just those barbarians in Youzhou, do they know what good things are?

And youzhou, a poor place, why should you fight with me?

Seeing Feng Junhou's triumphant look, Guan Xiaojunhou finally couldn't help laughing and breathed a sigh of relief at the same time.

As long as Alang doesn't get carried away by all the victories.

A Lang may not be as good as her when it comes to facing an enemy in battle, but when it comes to doing business, no one in the world is as good as A Lang.

"So it seems that Alang has been planning this for a long time?"

Feng Junhou shook his head and replied:

"Not long ago, when I came here for the first time last year, I stood on Baishan Mountain and thought about it."

No wonder there were no poems or compositions on Baishan Mountain. It turned out that he was only thinking about ways to dig holes.

But at that time, Bingzhou had just been settled, the place was unstable, and people's hearts were not yet settled, so Feng Junhou did not take any action.

This time, the situation is completely different from last year.

Guan Xiaojunhou asked:

"But I don't know who Alang wants to send for such a big event?"

"Naturally, we should send people who are familiar with the various barbarian tribes on the border of Youzhou."

When Guan Xiaojun heard this, he was slightly surprised:

"It turns out that Alang has been in contact with Youzhou for a long time?"

Feng Junhou shook his head: "I am not a god, how can I cross Bingzhou and arrange things in Youzhou in advance?"

Guan Xiaojunhou was even more surprised:

"Then how does Alang find someone who is familiar with the Hu tribe on the border of Youzhou?"

According to her past experience, she would first send out a caravan to carry the goods to the land of the barbarians.

In the name of selling things, he gained the trust of the local Hu people, then infiltrated, and finally understood the internal situation of the Hu people tribe.

But as far as she knew, Alang had never sent anyone to Youzhou.

Gu Qi

After all, Liangzhou is too far away from Youzhou.

We were able to reach the hometown of Jiuyuan because of Kebi's support.
To be continued...