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Chapter 337 Jeju Island Racecourse

All the North Korean prisoners were taken into the bottom cabin and these people would be sent to Qiongzhou for mining.

On Jeju Island, the Japanese began to search door to door in the city, harboring all the residents in the city from their homes and on an open space outside the city.

The Japanese drove away the Koreans like they drove away lambs. None of the sticks resisted were honestly driven out of their homes by the Japanese and drove them to the open ground outside the city.

Takawa Qizaemon stood in front of the Koreans. He held a big iron trumpet in his hand and shouted to the Koreans: "Please don't panic, everyone, we came here not to kill people and set fire. We came here to save all the fellow villagers! Your North Korean court has surrendered to the Tartars, and the Tartars have forced you to shave your heads and leave a small braid like a rat tail behind your head?"

"Of course I don't want to!" North Koreans shouted.

In fact, in the eyes of Koreans, the hairstyles of these Japanese people in front of them are not easy to see. The Japanese people's heads are basically shaved, leaving behind a circle of hair on both sides and the back of their heads, and then tie up the hair on the last head.

However, Takawa Shizaemon and some Japanese samurai did not shave such hairstyles, especially those who shave their heads, but tied up the hair on the back of their heads into a braid, which was still a hairstyle they could accept.

Takawa Qizaemon continued, "I don't ask you Koreans to shave our Japanese samurai hairstyles. You can restore the hairstyles of the Ming and Han people, keep their hair again, and tie them up. Now, we must first cut off the braids on your head! That is a symbol of barbarians and a shame for you!"

Then, the Japanese began to do something, dragging out all the men in the venue, "Crack, Crack" and "Crack" the rat-tail of the money on their heads with one scissor.

Cutting off the braid means that the Koreans on Jeju Island can only break with the Korean court on the peninsula from then on, because they have no braids on their heads and are caught, but they want to cut their heads. For this reason, these Koreans can only stand on the side of the Japanese and fight against the Korean Kingdom on the peninsula to the end.

The Korean soldiers who were tied up by the Japanese last night were also captured and cut their braids. After the Japanese were cut off their braids, they shouted and cursed a few times at the beginning, and then they obediently announced their surrender and expressed their willingness to be loyal to Takawa. If the Qing army came to seize the island, they would definitely fight to the end.

They had no choice but to break with the court without braids on their heads, otherwise they would be beheaded if they were caught.

At noon, Zhao Peng, Zheng Sen and others climbed onto Jeju Island surrounded by a group of Jinyiwei.

Seeing that all the Koreans on the island had their braids cut off, Zhao Peng praised: "Tanchuanjun did a beautiful job! In this way, these Koreans can only follow us wholeheartedly!"

After capturing Jeju Island, Zhao Peng could consider building a horse farm here.

Although Zhao Peng currently has war horses, not only Mongolian horses, but also the best Hequ horses and Wuzhumuqin horses, the problem is that, except for a few mares, most of these horses are castrated stallions, and he does not have stallions on hand.

Because stallions are strong in nature and will be difficult for the owner to tame if they have not been castrated, and the mare has relatively poor physical fitness, the first choice for war horses is castrated stallions.

When the Mongolians were expeditioned, they often had three horses. They were riding horses when fighting, but the other two were used to transfer and camel transport equipment. Moreover, the Mongolian cavalry teams were equipped with a small number of stallions that were not for people to ride. This is because the Mongolians were thirsty during the expedition and drank horse milk directly. In addition to camel transport equipment and rotation riding, the function of the mare was to provide horse milk. The function of the stallion was to build a horse farm to breed war horses whenever they arrived at a place, and the Mongolians needed stallions.

Jeju Island was once a horse farm for the Mongolians, but after the demise of the Mongol Yuan, the horse farm here was also abandoned. Apart from the horses riding by the local herders themselves, there were no stallions and stallions. Some of them were all Mongolian horses and there were no good horses.

Just Mongolian horses are Mongolian horses. Since there are no other good horses, let’s breed Mongolian horses first.

If there are a large number of Mongolian horses, Zhao Peng will be able to develop a large number of dragon cavalry and flying cavalry artillery in the future. After the flintlock rifle is formed, it can compete with the cavalry of the nomadic people, but can only defend but cannot attack. If the musketeers are allowed to ride on horses, dismount and form formations during battles, and rush on horses and pursue them when chasing, and become dragon cavalry, then their power will be greatly increased.

In addition to the Dragoons, Zhao Peng now needs a large number of artillery weapons to develop large numbers of horses. Although the effect of using Mongolian horses to pull artillery is far less than that of the large Western horses, if he cannot get a large Western horse, he can only replace it with Mongolian horses first. If he does not pull a cannon chariot for one horse, he will have a few more horses, and he can still pull the cannons and go as if he is flying.

Zhao Peng asked: "Have you counted the horses on the island? How many stallions are there and how many mares?"

Takawa Shiemon replied: "Hashiyama, the counting has been completed. There are a total of 156 stallions, 1,237 mares, and 726 foals, of which 433 are stallions."

Zhao Peng nodded: "Let's breed these horses first. As for good horses, we have to find a way to buy them, or steal them, and we will get a batch!"

As for Hequ Horse, Zhao Peng had a channel. He thought of two people, two of whom had Hequ Horses, and there were quite a lot of them. One of these two people was Li Zicheng and the other was Zhang Xianzhong. They had Hequ Horses and many stallions.

You can negotiate with Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong to provide them with more new weapons, and exchange them with a batch of stallions and mares, so that the Hequ horses can be reproduced.

How to obtain the stallion of the Wuzhumuqin horse? It is impossible to buy it. The only way is to steal it. The Wuzhumuqin horse lives in Liaodong. The original Haixi Jurchen Yehe tribe specialized in breeding such horses. At present, the Yehe tribe has long been annexed by Jianzhou. It is impossible for the Ming Dynasty to buy stallion and mare from the Yehe tribe, so it can only find a way to steal and rob a batch.

As for the horses that can be picked up, it is impossible for Shamal to get. In the distant England, the horses were not able to voyage to Europe to buy. Even if they arrived in Europe, the British would not be able to sell stallions and mares to the East, so Zhao Peng had to give up the idea of ​​buying Sharmas.

But not getting a Sharma does not mean that you can’t get a good European horse. Zhao Peng thought of Don Hippo.

The Don hippo is a hybrid of European warm-blooded horses and Mongolian horses. It is precisely because it is a hybrid of Western tall horses and Mongolian horses with good endurance that the Don hippos are not only the strength and speed of European horses, but also the endurance of Mongolian horses. This is a very good war horse and horse pull.

It is actually not difficult to obtain the Don hippo. Zhao Peng pointed to the area around Sakhalin Island and Temple Street on the map and said to Zheng Sen: "Damu, we have to find a way to build castles in these places and contact the Rakshasa people. On the one hand, it is to block the Rakshasa people's pace of expansion eastward, and on the other hand, it is to obtain a batch of good horses from the Rakshasa people."

"This is a bitter and cold place in the extreme north. I'm afraid we Han people can't adapt to life anywhere." Zheng Sen said.

Zhao Peng said: "We can recruit the Essians. They can adapt to the life of this bitter and cold place in the extreme north. Let them collide with the Rakshasa people. Our own people can go through a small amount. We live in the castle on weekdays. When the winter comes, it will not be cold to live in the castle. The work and war outside will be left to the Essians."
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