Ren Ning lay in bed for less than five days before he couldn't sleep anymore and got up to move around the house.
He didn't wander around.
Although no one warned him face to face, the fortress' suspicion and assessment of him did not end.
Running around will cause unnecessary suspicion and suspicion.
Ren Ning knew this very well.
He also understood it very well.
As a war fortress against the Xiliang Empire, it is very difficult to conquer the Yankui Fortress from the outside; relatively speaking, it is easier to launch an attack from within the fortress or cause trouble at the Xiao Wall.
Because of this, civilians from Yunchui have not been allowed to live in the fortress since its establishment. In addition, it has become inevitable and necessary to carefully screen every soldier entering and leaving the fortress.
Especially scouts like Ren Ning, who went deep into the enemy camp and no one else came back except him, must be watched carefully.
Ren Ningzhu held a cane and went straight to his striker Gao Deming. After some pleasantries, he explained his purpose.
"General, although Mrs. Zhang has warned her subordinates not to move their bodies greatly for a short period of time, small movements are not a problem."
"While taking advantage of this free time, instead of lying around and eating nothing, it is better to pick a new pony and train it well. Once my subordinate recovers in the future, he will be able to continue performing his mission."
For scouts or cavalry, the accompanying horses are another life.
On the battlefield, they are not only mounts, but also comrades who share life and death.
Because of the fear of death, it is still possible for humans to surrender. However, it is a very foolish thing to try to subdue the enemy's horse on the battlefield.
Ren Ning would never have had this idea. Even if the horse suits his eyes, he will draw his sword on it without hesitation and kill it quickly.
Gao Deming hesitated.
This was a normal demand and he couldn't refuse, "Then go ahead and pick it."
"Be careful, don't open the wound again. I don't know what happened to the imperial court in the past two years. The fortress' reserve of gold medicine has long been exhausted, but the supply has been delayed again and again..."
After he finished talking, Ren Ning breathed a sigh of relief and turned around and left the scout camp.
There is a huge breeding camp built in the fortress, which is quite far away from the scout camp.
Ren Ning limped and was sweating profusely before reaching his destination.
However, many places in such a large breeding camp are empty stables, and there are no horses in them.
Ren Ning looked around, not surprised at all.
The Yunchui Empire has a vast territory and a lot of horses. But compared to the horses from Xiliang and neighboring countries to the north, the physique, endurance, explosive power, etc. of these local horses pale in comparison.
Therefore, horses within the empire can hardly be used directly on the battlefield. They need to be cross-bred with foreign horses and selected before they can be supplied to scouts or cavalry on a large scale.
However, whether it is Xiliang or the neighboring countries to the north, horses are strategic materials, and their quantity is strictly controlled and exports are prohibited. Therefore, it is not easy to increase the number of hybrid horses in the Yunchui Empire quickly.
In addition, two years ago, some people from Xiliang bribed the soldiers of the fortress. The traitor came in and poisoned the Yuma camp.
That poison killed a large number of reserve ponies. The stud camp has yet to recover.
Accompanying or monitoring Ren Ning to choose a horse was a smiling bald man named Gu Datou.
Regardless of height or body shape, Gu Datou is larger than the average Yunchui person.
Ren Ning's height of 6 feet 1.8 meters is not considered short among ordinary Yunchui people, but he is like a child in front of him.
"Butou, why are you punished again?" Ren Ning laughed.
Gu Datou is the kind of person with well-developed limbs and simple mind.
When he went into battle to kill the enemy, he held two hammers in his hands, as fierce and brave as a tiger descending from the mountain.
The accumulation of military merit has almost reached the second rank. However, because he often committed various crimes, he was deducted completely. So he is still a soldier.
Hold!
Gu Datou patted his bare forehead and glanced angrily toward the southwest.
"Chen Mazi from Bu San Camp next door always said that every time the people in your scout camp went out, they all died, but no news came back, so it's better to cancel it. I was so angry that I beat him severely. He had a meal..."
Ren Ning was silent.
Rock Frontier Fortress explicitly prohibits soldiers from fighting in private.
Although it was reasonable for Gu Datou to do this, it was unreasonable and illegal.
Coupled with his clumsy tongue, he couldn't even speak straightly when he was anxious. Every time he defended himself in front of Shang Feng after committing a crime, he would often blush and be unable to say a few words in his favor.
So no matter whether he was wrong or not, he was the one who was punished in the end.
"Ren Mazi, right?" Ren Ning patted his arm comfortingly, "I'll help you beat him to death when I have time."
Private fighting is prohibited in the fortress, but public contests or competitions are still allowed.
When there is competition, there are wins and losses, and when there are wins and losses, there are rewards and punishments.
Ren Ning has a lot of experience in thinking about the soldiers who can speak neatly and tremble with their hands.
boom!
"That's great." Gu Datou smiled brightly and punched Ren Ning hard in the chest. "This kid caused me to receive ten lashes, and my military merit was reduced by half. Old Ren, please remember to help me avenge myself."
"You're the one who did it!" Ren Ning was staggered by the beating, and he cursed: "I have injuries everywhere on my body."
ah?
Only then did Gu Datou come back to his senses and touched his bald head awkwardly, looking at a loss.
Ren Ning laughed and said, "Remember to be gentle in the future. Be careful that I was not stabbed to death by the Xiliang people, but was beaten to death by you."
The two of them walked around the horse breeding camp laughing and joking, and Ren Ning quickly took a fancy to a black pony.
It's actually not a small pony.
This horse is tall and almost mature at the age of two years old. It is the age when horses are most lively and active. It stared at Ren Ning with its big black eyes and called him affectionately.
Seeing the pony's black fur, Ren Ning felt a sense of closeness in his heart. Looking at those big smart eyes again, he made a decision silently.
Despite this, he carefully looked at the pony's smooth fur and inspected its thick hooves; then he patted the horse's strong chest and compared it with the horse's wide buttocks.
Looking blankly at the stall where the horse was raised, Ren Ning was very curious, "This is definitely a good horse. Why has it been kept here without anyone picking it up for training?"
He shook his head in appreciation, "This is such a waste of natural resources."
The troughtou smiled bitterly, "Everyone knows that it is a good horse just by looking at its physique and spirituality. But brother, you will know after you try riding it."
well!
He let out a long sigh.
"Several people have chosen it before. It was fine when I took it back for training. But when I tried to ride it, it would jump wildly. In the end, I had to send it back after a few months of tossing."
And this thing?
Ren Ning was stunned. How many months could he train a pony?
Goldfinger!
He took a closer look.
Yellow value 80.
Ren Ning perked up.
This is the highest value his golden finger has ever seen.
Yellow means that the horse is temporarily useless and harmless to him. The value of 80 shows that this horse is definitely a good horse.
What's more important is that the pony is not yet an adult. When it matures and is put to use after training, this value is expected to be even higher.
"I chose it!" Ren Ning laughed loudly and patted the horse's back, "I'll let you chase the wind from now on."
After some persuasion from the manager, Ren Ning was unmoved at all, so he had no choice but to hand over the procedures.
Half an hour later, Ren Ning led the pony named Zhui Feng and happily walked towards the scout camp.
