Chapter 219 Woo woo woo, delicious, so delicious!
This time, the First Emperor ordered that all the Hun war horses on the northern battlefield be gathered together and escorted to the border army camp.

After all, these war horses are precious resources.

However, horses have a huge appetite, and apart from the 300,000 border troops, it would be difficult to accommodate so many war horses in other places at once.

With these horses, the border troops can also train tens of thousands of cavalry.

In this way, there will be a solid cavalry foundation for leading border troops to break through the Great Wall and sweep across the grassland in the future.

Meng Tian had been fighting on the frontier for many years and had long coveted the Huns' war horses. Whenever he could capture one, he would protect it like a treasure and would not be willing to give it to others.

Now, how many horses are there in front of us?
Tens of thousands?

Meng Tian was completely stunned.

"Your Majesty, what you said is true. Were these horses captured from the Xiongnu?"

The First Emperor shook his head slightly and said slowly: "They were not stolen, but the Xiongnu were killed. These good horses have no home, so I took them in."

"By the way, how is the progress of your preparation of food and fodder for the tens of thousands of horses?"

"If the army is unable to feed so many war horses, then I will give them to Wang Ben!"

Gudong——!
Meng Tian swallowed hard.

For me? So much?!
Oh my god, wouldn't this make me rich?
However, the food for my 300,000 soldiers is almost exhausted. How can I prepare fodder for these war horses?
You know, horses eat much more than humans, even though they feed on grass.

Where could they find food for tens of thousands of war horses without any preparation?
Meng Tian suppressed the shock in his heart and spoke with difficulty:
"Your Majesty, if we give these war horses to Wang Ben, he probably won't be able to use them!"

"They should stay in the North, right?"

"Only by joining us and strengthening our cavalry can we exert our greatest power in the fight against the Huns!"

The First Emperor nodded slightly.

"but……"

Meng Tian continued.

"But, Your Majesty, we have very little food left here, let alone food for the horses!"

"To be honest, the previous Xiongnu raid burned most of our food supplies. Now the border troops can only hope for food support from Xianyang."

The First Emperor looked at Meng Tian helplessly. He once thought that Meng Tian was an outstanding general. Why did he feel that Wang Ben and Meng Tian were not as good as before as soon as the Thirteenth Emperor appeared?

He said coldly: "Forget it, no need to say more, just wait."

"My army will be here soon, and the food and fodder will probably be there soon."

"Come with me first and take a look at the new equipment I have prepared for you. This is the new equipment for the Qin cavalry, called the War Horse Three-Piece Set. Take a look."

The First Emperor led Meng Tian to the Great Snow Dragon Cavalry’s base and began to introduce his new equipment and new cavalry in detail.

Meng Tian's ideas began to be gradually subverted.

Meng Tian: "Your Majesty, what kind of troops are these?"

The First Emperor: "The Great Snow Dragon Cavalry, these three thousand cavalrymen of mine, swept away tens of thousands of Xiongnu cavalrymen."

Meng Tian: "Oh my god! This Great Snow Dragon Rider is simply invincible! These horses? These warriors? These spears? These armors? These divine horses!"

"Your Majesty... I want it too!"

The First Emperor: "Go away! You are dreaming! You want it too? This is my treasure!"

Meng Tian: "Your Majesty is mighty! Such a powerful army is actually your Majesty's personal army!"

When the First Emperor was about to explain, Meng Tian exclaimed again: "Your Majesty, are these stirrups, saddles, and horseshoes?" "Oh my God! Who designed them? They are so ingenious!"

"With these, together with these tens of thousands of war horses, we can form a cavalry unit that surpasses the Xiongnu, break out of the Great Wall, and sweep across the grasslands!"

"Your Majesty, can you give Chen tens of thousands of sets of this equipment?"

The First Emperor was about to nod in agreement, but then he changed his mind and realized that the iron casting and leather making workshops were all under the control of Xiao Shisan, so he didn't know if it would be feasible to agree now.

So he answered vaguely: "Well, you should focus on training the cavalry first, and the equipment will be there..."

Two days later, Wang Li led 20,000 elite soldiers, carrying 3,000 wooden oxen and flowing horses, and crossed the mountains to reach the northern border. The threat of the Xiongnu had disappeared, and the 10,000 golden spearmen and tens of thousands of troops led by Wang Ben chose to stay near Xianyang and no longer go north.

Only Wang Li and his team, shouldering the heavy responsibility of supplying food and fodder, resolutely set foot into the north.

At this time, Meng Tian's 300,000 border troops and tens of thousands of war horses had been living frugally in the border area for many days.

After the victory, the original three meals a day were reduced to one meal a day, the supply of oil and salt was also greatly reduced, and even the war horses could only barely sustain themselves with fodder for a day and a half.

In a short period of time, both the men and the horses became thinner. Their eyes glowed green as they looked towards the direction of Xianyang, looking forward to the arrival of food and fodder.

Finally, that day, Wang Li's troops appeared in sight, and the wooden ox and flowing horse in the center were particularly eye-catching.

Not to mention Meng Tian, ​​even the First Emperor himself had never seen such a strange thing. When the army approached, the First Emperor, Fusu, Meng Tian, ​​Huo Qubing and others gathered around the wooden ox and horse, staring at these ingenious designs.

These vehicles have wheels underneath, a broad belly like a real cow, and mechanisms hidden inside to reduce the burden of manpower.

It is smooth and labor-saving to push, especially more convenient on rugged mountain roads.

With only 20,000 people, they traveled two or three hundred miles in just a few days and reached the northern border. In the past, transporting such a large amount of food would require tens of thousands of workers and at least half a month to complete, and both people and animals would be exhausted.

But now, looking at Wang Li's team, everything seems extremely easy.

When Wang Li's soldiers unloaded the supplies from the wooden ox and flowing horse, the First Emperor, Meng Tian and Fusu were all dumbfounded!

"How could this wooden ox be loaded with so much food? I'm afraid it must be at least several dozen dan?"

"What are these white particles? Are they refined salt? Oh my God, has Wang Li emptied the royal storehouse of His Majesty?"

"Such a large amount of refined salt is enough for 300,000 soldiers to enjoy for five years, isn't it?!"

"What kind of grain is this? How do you eat it, one grain at a time?"

"What is this? It's like corn but bigger and edible? How can there be so many?"

"What is this? It has a huge yellow skin and is edible?"

"Oh my God! Are these three thousand carts of cattle and horses fully loaded with new types of food?"

"When did our Great Qin have such a rich variety of new grains?"

Soon, the first meal of the new grain was cooked, and Meng Tian was once again deeply shocked.

"Why is it that only half a bushel of rice is needed to cook a bushel of rice?"

"Moreover, eating eight ounces of food is equivalent to the feeling of fullness of one pound of food on a normal day?"

"These sweet potatoes and potatoes are so satisfying, my God! They are much more delicious than our previous food!"

"Woo, woo, woo, woo, if we had these delicacies and sufficient rations, even if we only had infantry, we could have fought the Xiongnu to the death. Why would we have lost Yanmen Pass? Woo, woo!"

"Who invented these new grains? They literally saved the lives of our border troops!"

Meng Tian ate and exclaimed, tears of emotion quietly sliding down his cheeks.

(End of this chapter)