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Chapter 435 Entrusted with an important task
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Luo Yiqing's tent was not far from Qiao Xiong's tent, and it took about a quarter of an hour to walk there.

As soon as Qiao Xiong entered Luo Yiqing's barracks, he walked to the recruit training camp with ease, and Luo Yiqing was beside him reporting the progress of the recruit training.

Duan Yixu followed behind the two of them and listened quietly, his eyes fell on the training ground dozens of meters away.

Qiao Xiong stopped a few meters away from the recruits, observed the progress of the training, and then said to Luo Yiqing, "How many of these recruits can ride horses?"

"Returning to the general, 17 of these recruits can ride horses, four of them are excellent equestrians, and the rest can barely run a few laps."

Qiao Xiong nodded, expressing his satisfaction with the number.

When recruiting new recruits in the past few years, sometimes there was not even a single one who could ride a horse. This time, only a few dozen recruits were recruited, and seventeen of them could ride a horse, which is considered very good.

"Yiqing, I will give you two months. If a soldier fails to meet my requirements, I will only ask you!" Joe "Yes, general! The subordinates will strengthen the training intensity and guarantee that after two months Let everyone pass the test!" Luo Yiqing clasped his fists as a guarantee.

Qiao Jiang nodded to Luo Yiqing, and then let him go down.

After Luo Yiqing left, Qiao Nan asked Duan Yixu, "Xu'er, what do you think of these new queens?"

Duan Yixu looked away from the training ground and asked, "General Qiao, are you planning to incorporate these recruits into the cavalry battalion?"

Qiao Xiong used to have a cavalry battalion in this barracks. Six years ago, I don’t know what happened. The horses in the cavalry battalion fell ill and died overnight. In the end, there were only a few thousand horses left. match.

Doctor Gu and several military doctors couldn't find out the cause of the horse's illness and death. Later, the imperial court also sent people down, but they couldn't find out the reason. In the end, the matter was left alone, and it became Qiao Xiong's heart disease.

Later, Qiao Xiong sent a memorial to the emperor, asking the court to buy more horses for the barracks, but the memorial never came back.

Qiao Xiong knew that thousands of war horses were a heavy burden for the court, and later reduced the three thousand horses to one thousand horses, but even so, there was still no news from the court. Qiao Xiong had no choice but to send the cavalry The soldiers of the battalion were scattered among the various barracks.

In recent years, the soldiers of these cavalry battalions are very old and retired, and there are less than a few hundred soldiers left in the original cavalry battalion. Seeing that Morku Kingdom is about to move again, Qiao Xiong has the plan to reorganize the cavalry battalion .

"That's right, it's just that we don't have many horses in our army. Even if we set up a cavalry battalion, it would be useless without horses." Qiao Xiong's tone was filled with deep regret.

It is not at that point now, if the two countries really start a war, Qiao Xiong believes that no matter what, even if the court squeezes through the teeth, it will squeeze out hundreds of thousands of horses for them, so he must plan ahead Train the cavalry first, then you can get twice the result with half the effort.

"General Qiao, didn't you ask my father to find a war horse? Is there no good news?"

On New Year's Eve, spies from Morku Kingdom attacked their barracks. Duan Xin, Old Man Jiang and the others retaliated against them in their own way, but they were looking at the war horses from Morku Kingdom. .

There are military regulations in the army. Although Duan Yixu wanted to know how many horses the old man got back that day, he didn't ask him privately.

"Five soldiers were injured, and more than 40 horses were brought back." Qiao Xiong sighed.

This time, fortunately, Jiang Xingle, who knows how to use poison, insisted on going together so that the group of them could escape, otherwise these people would have sacrificed in vain.

If it weren't for helplessness, how could Qiao Xiong be willing to let the soldiers take this risk for a few horses?

"The sum of that and the original one is less than a hundred horses." Duan Yixu mused.

The original war horses were old, and some of them could not run anymore. Qiao Xiong sold these old war horses, and bought dozens of new war horses with a little money squeezed from the teeth of the soldiers.

But if war really breaks out, these dozens of war horses are simply a drop in the bucket.

"Yeah, it's not enough for a hundred horses!" Qiao Xiong sighed worriedly.

However, Qiao Xiong's depression did not last long, and he said again: "There is no unparalleled road, we can always find a way!"

Duan Yixu hesitated for a moment, then asked: "General Qiao, what does my father say about the lack of horses in the camp?"

The old man has traveled all over the years, using his identity as a businessman to cover up his affairs for the court, but he has indeed saved a lot of money in his business. If the military camp really needs it, he believes that the old man will not be stingy.

Qiao Xiong took a deep look at Duan Yixu, and asked with a smile, "Are you willing to give away all your father's possessions? All the money will be left to you in the future."

Duan Yixu raised his lips calmly: "I have hands and feet, so I won't starve to death."

"Haha~~ Good! Good! Sure enough, the tiger father has no dogs!" Hearing this, Qiao Xiong laughed loudly.

In fact, Duan Xin also mentioned this matter to him that day, but he did not agree.

It's not that he's embarrassed to use Duan Xin's money, but that he doesn't want to set such a precedent.

Those people in the household department not only have tight pockets, they will cry poor, but they are also very thieves. If he sets such a precedent, it will be tantamount to asking for trouble for himself.

If those people knew that they could even get the money for the war horses, they might have to figure out their own way for the military pay in the future.

Qiao Xiong put away his smile, and asked Duan Yixu again: "Xu'er, do you know why I brought you here to see these recruits?"

Duan Yixu focused, and said: "This subordinate doesn't know."

"Xu'er, I want to hand over this cavalry to you." Qiao Xiong looked at him straight and said with a serious expression.

Duan Yixu was taken aback for a moment: "General Qiao, this subordinate has never led a soldier before, and this subordinate is worried that he won't be able to convince the crowd!"

Duan Yixu did not refuse, but this matter was too sudden, even if he agreed, other generals would object.

"That's why I want to hand over this recruit to you first. Starting tomorrow, you will practice with these recruits!"

Duan Yixu's expression turned serious, and he cupped his fists towards Qiao Xiong: "Yes, General Qiao! The subordinates will definitely do their best to live up to General Qiao's high expectations!"

"Okay!" Qiao Xiong nodded in satisfaction, called Luo Yiqing over, and asked him to hand over the list of all recruits to Duan Yixu, and then asked Duan Yixu to watch the recruits drill first.

Qiao Xiong entered Luo Yiqing's tent, and only then told Luo Yiqing of his plan.

Luo Yiqing and Qiao Xiong were about to hand over the cavalry to Duan Yixu, they couldn't help frowning, and said bluntly: "General, you let Vice General Duan lead the troops and cavalry just a few months after he entered the barracks, wouldn't that be too childish? "

All soldiers know that this cavalry is the sharpest and most lethal unit in the army. Is it really safe to hand over such an army to a fledgling boy?

(End of this chapter)