Chapter 67 Enlightenment

  The quota is too small, and there is little room for selection. Li Zhong naturally wants to be meticulous.

  So for many days, I have been considering what kind of main body and secondary body to combine in order to create a warhorse that meets my expectations.

  The main battle cavalry, the Qingjia Cavalry and the Mountain Wolf Cavalry have different focuses. The Mountain Wolf Cavalry is absolutely a light cavalry type, its characteristics tend to be stealthy and mountain warfare.

  The green armor cavalry, in Li Zhong's mind, was actually inclined towards light cavalry.

  Although this warhorse is now inclined to be a heavy cavalry, the main reason is that there is no better choice. But Li Zhēn feels that if it were used as a light cavalry, it would probably pose a greater threat to the enemy!

  So with the remaining quota for a main battle warhorse, Li Zhēn decided to synthesize a type of warhorse that excels at heavy cavalry charges.

  Heavy cavalry, the first requirement is impact force. Therefore, its physique must be majestic, strength must be strong enough, and speed absolutely cannot be slow!

  At the same time, in order to avoid the problem of not being able to withstand a long battle on horseback, strong physical endurance is also necessary.

  Conditions put together seem more troublesome.

  At least, the required mother and child are harder to find. Li Zhēn liked large animals such as elephants and rhinos, but in the taming field, only one group of elephants was caught, with just over a dozen heads. This massive beast is difficult to capture, its strength is too strong, and its attacking nature is not low. At first, Kèmù lost several people when capturing this group of elephants. Therefore, for some time, without Li Zhēn's order, seeing an elephant basically meant letting it go, without specifically targeting capture.

  As for Qing Cong, it is used to synthesize Qing Jia Zhan Ji, but there is no stock in the Taming Arena at present.

  There are quite a few rhinoceroses.

  These three beasts combined in one place, other aspects are enough, but I'm afraid flexibility and speed won't work. Although heavy cavalry itself has low requirements for flexibility, Li Zhēng still wants to try his best to avoid any weaknesses of the war horse.

  Based on the lack of original material and in order to avoid weaknesses, Li Zhēng had long since made up his mind, but he never took action to implement it.

  As for the synthesis of water and war riding, Li Zhong also had a general idea.

  Within the vast territory of Da Han, or in the current stage that Li Zhēng can touch upon, there are not many species of mothers and sub-bodies that meet the conditions for war-horse synthesis in terms of body shape and other aspects.

  Roughly similar to crocodiles, otters, large fish, or some aquatic snakes and pythons.

  There are many species of aquatic animals, but in freshwater rivers and lakes, the number of species that can meet riding requirements is indeed less than that of terrestrial animals.

  As for the Sky War Horse, it is also subject to this type of restriction.

  As far as Li Zhuang knows, the largest flying bird on this vast land is probably the eagle. Its body length is at most three or four feet, and its wingspan is no more than six or seven feet.

  Based on the physical structure of birds, this body shape is basically difficult to meet the conditions for riding.

  After filtering this information in his mind for a short while, Li Jing came back to himself and said: "The three riders advancing on land, water, and air are indeed tempting, but the difficulties involved are not small."

  As he spoke, he went on to say what he had been thinking about before, and finally said: "The large aquatic animals in the Yangtze River basin are not many, so there is little room for choice, and it is difficult to catch them. Unless you have good luck, it's hard to get a satisfactory one."

  "The Sky War Horse is no exception..."

  "Although the Sky Knights obtained through synthesis in the Warhorse Hall, cultivation and food stimulation will exceed ordinary animals in all aspects, there is still a certain limit. For example, the Heavenly Sky Knight synthesized with Golden Eagle as the parent body can at most increase its physical strength by one-third, but it still cannot support a fully armed warrior."

  Xun Yu listened to Li Zuo's narrative, and his eyebrows also slightly furrowed.

  As for the War Rider system, Xun You only knew its surface. He wasn't the host of the system, and Li Zhuang hadn't specifically told him anything about it, so he was a bit puzzled at the time.

  Suddenly, Xun Yu's eyes lit up and a smile appeared on his face as he said, "The main public has combined war horses, all of which are obtained through different species to get new species."

  Li Zhen saw Xun You's expression and hastily leaned in to listen.

  "Why then, milord, do you confine your thinking to the distinctions between land and water?"

  Li Zhong's heart moved slightly, but he still didn't grasp the key point.

  Xun Yu smiled and said: "Why don't we combine the three types of creatures from water, land, and air? Maybe we can get the warhorse we want!"

  "Ah!"

  Li Zhēn heard this and suddenly realized, loudly shouting and laughing: "Haha... Mr. Gongda! You are indeed my wise advisor! Luckily you reminded me, otherwise I would be trapped in the situation without knowing what to do!"

  It is just that one does not recognize the true face of Lushan Mountain, only because he is in this mountain!

  Xun Yu smiled and said, "The lord is just temporarily unclear in his thinking."

  "Ah," said Li Zhēng with a wave of his hand: "Time is life, every step counts!"

  Xun Yu nodded slightly.

  With Xun Yu's hint, Li Zong's mind was greatly enlightened.

  Why limit ourselves to the differences between water, land and air when synthesizing war riders? Water-land hybrids also have a chance of getting powerful aquatic war riders, don't they? Land-air hybrids can also synthesize physically suitable sky war riders!

  Having understood this point, Li Zhong's mood was relaxed and he couldn't wait any longer.

  He stood up and went out of the house with Xun Yu, letting his attendants inform Zhao Wu to send someone to the beast training ground to prepare the materials, while he quickly headed towards the War Horse Hall.

  Autumn grassland, sky high and distant, earth boundless, empty and vast.

  At a glance, everything in sight is yellowish-green.

  After Zhangshan and Baituoluo had a great battle with the Xianbei, they retreated from the Xianbei territory. Three days have passed since then. During these three days, the two of them divided their troops into two routes, each leading their own cavalry, one to the east and one to the west, using the Blue Bird as a communication link, searching northward.

  They naturally did not want to make the same mistake again.

  Although the Xiongnu are all enemies, for now, it's better not to provoke Emperor Li Jing too much, that is the way of being a minister.

  Early in the morning, the two led their troops and horses, under the guidance of Blue Bird, gathered together.

  One thousand one hundred riders, hidden behind a dense thicket of wild grass on a slope, the group was silent, each resting and eating dry rations while nursing their spirits.

  Although this vast grassland makes people feel broad-minded, after looking at it for a long time, there is a feeling of mental fatigue.

  Zhang Shan and Bai Lang are huddled together, discussing something.

  "Damn it," Zhang Shan cursed in a low voice, saying: "I didn't expect the territory of the Xū Bó clan to actually run all the way to Shuofang!"

  The white wolf's eyebrows were also tightly furrowed.

  On the way, they concealed their tracks while secretly capturing some Xiongnu herders who were grazing. From these herders, the two men learned a lot of specific information.

  Originally, among the various Xiongnu tribes in the right wing, the most famous was the Sumpa tribe, which was actually the farthest from Beidi Commandery.

  Its territory was in Pingzhou Prefecture and Shuofang County, adjacent to the territory of the Xiongnu Right Xiaowang.

  "Isn't Zhou Lin already doing business with the Su family for several months? How come, they haven't even figured out a specific location?!"

  Zhang Shan complained repeatedly.

  The white wolf thought for a moment and said, "This is possible. Maybe Zhou Lin himself doesn't even understand where he is!"

  The White Wolf's mind was agile, and after carefully calculating the cycle of transporting goods with Zhou Lin, he immediately determined that the tribe doing business with Zhou Lin would absolutely not be in Shuo Fang County!

  Shuofang County is located in the northernmost part of Pingzhou, with a terrain that protrudes westward. On the map, Shuofang County is to the north, and Beidi County is to the south, together with the eastern border of Pingzhou and the western Great River, completely surrounding the western grasslands of the Yellow River Basin. The Baishui River is located in the southwestern part of this grassland.

  From Beidi County to Shuofang County, across the western part of the Hetao grassland, just head north and you can reach it without even turning a corner.

  However, the distance is not short. If a single person rides a fast horse with whip, it will take about two days. If goods are transported, it will take at least seven or eight days, and even more than ten days!

  Zhou Lin had transported goods through the barracks to trade with the Xiongnu tribe several times, and it took only about ten days for the transportation team to return. In other words, the tribes that traded with Zhou Lin would absolutely not be in Shuofang County!

  "What if Zhou Lin was trading with the Su Bu clan in a tribe affiliated with Lan?"

  The white wolf suddenly came up with this sentence.

  "It's impossible, right? Even if Zhou Lin is stupid, he wouldn't not know where he is."

  "What if someone deliberately concealed it from him or misled him?"

  "Hmm!?"

  Zhang Shan was taken aback, then sneered: "That makes sense! I've long thought that Xiongnu dog wasn't anything good, and I knew the master should have killed him. Why did he let him go?!"

  "The emperor has his own plans," White Wolf gave him a glance, saying: "Those Xiongnu dogs of the Shanyu clan suffered greatly at the hands of the emperor and will not let things go easily. This small move is nothing... but being able to deceive Zhou Lin so early on, it's clear that he had already planned his revenge!"

  "What...what should I do now?"

  Zhang Shan spread his hands, helpless: "Don't know the terrain, how to rescue people? If I had 18,000 cavalry under my command, I could directly sweep away this group of Xiongnu and be done with it. But now, I only have a thousand or so men, not enough to stir up trouble."

  The White Wolf shook his head: "Let's just send a message to inform His Majesty and let him make the decision."

  "It's come to this... Alas, you're right, we're really useless. Apart from asking Master for instructions, what else can we do?!" A loud slap landed on his own face, Zhang Shan was filled with regret.

  The White Wolf heard this and fell silent.