We Chinese often say "eight hundred miles plus urgent", that is, to use the horse as an important tool for transmitting information. In the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, horses were a must for war, and the tribes or princely states that were good at taming horses were often good at war, such as the Rong Di barbarian tribe that was extremely feared by the Zhou people, all of which were good at war. In the history books, there are: "Horses, the basis of armored soldiers, the great use of the country", it can be seen that the importance of horses is not only the Yan State, but also other princely states of the Spring and Autumn Warring States, but also have a unique feeling for horses, Sima Guanjue is the commander-in-chief in charge of the military, King Xiao of Zhou once specially named the ancestor of the Qin State Feizi as the official of horse training, King Mu of Zhou has more Mu Wang Eight Jun, is for Chi Ji, Thief Li, Bai Yi, ChaoLun, Shan Zi, Qu Huang, Hua Xiao, Green Ear, that are all excellent BMW.
In the Qing Dynasty, there was a poet named Fan Qingqing, who wrote a poem, which is "Jiye has many horses, the price of thousands of gold is high, but it is difficult to meet the old man, it is difficult to meet Jiufanggao", this Jiye is Yandi, which is said to be rich in Thousand Mile Horses in the Yan Kingdom. The Yan people's affection for horses may have a long history, and the Shang Dynasty oracle bones have said: "Xi Lai White Horse, Wang Zhanri: Ji, Qilai... Zhen Xi did not come to The White Horse Five... Yan Hu took the white horse", this Xi is said to be the ethnic group in the north of Yan Zhao's homeland, which is extremely good at domesticating white horses, and Yan Zhao's hometown seems to have an extreme love for horses itself, in addition to the Xi clan, there are also horses as the clan, and later when Zhou Tianzi sealed Yan Hou Ke to establish the Yan kingdom in Yan Zhao's hometown, there were horse clans among the ethnic groups under the jurisdiction of Yan Hou Ke.
The Dorongdi tribes in the land of Yanzhao, these tribes are mostly good at taming horses, and launching blitzkrieg wars with warhorses often become a major hidden danger for the princes and states. For example, "Dong Hu Seed... Its Ma Shan Deng", the Donghu ethnic group that has been at war with Yan and Zhao for more than a hundred years is a strong ethnic group, most of these ethnic groups have strong environmental adaptability, live in bitter cold, gallop like a fly in a blizzard, and walk like a stream in the scorching sun. The attitude of the Zhou people towards the Rongdi barbarians was for foreign races, but they were not disgusted with foreign horses, and after the princes and states conquered foreign races, many of them would offer war horses to Zhou Tianzi as booty, or as chips for political and diplomatic activities. There was also a King Wuling of Zhao, who promoted the Hu people's horse warfare skills and engaged in "Hu costume riding and shooting", so that the Zhao state became stronger.
At that time, there was a rumor that the pythons in Jiangnan and the horses of Yanqi were the most precious treasures in the world. The "Zuo Zhuan" has: "The northern soil of Ji, born of horses", it can be seen that the homeland of the Yan Kingdom itself is famous for producing horses. By the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, the Thousand Mile Horse of the Yan Kingdom was coveted by the nations, for example, Su Qin had offered advice to the Chu people and the Zhao people, and also falsely said that if the Chu and Zhao countries could use their own strategies, "the good horses of the Yan Dynasty's camels will be really stable... Yan will lead to the land of dogs and horses", which shows that the princes and powerful countries all believe that if they want to find a thousand horses, they will go to the Yan kingdom. This view continued even into the later Han Dynasty period, such as the Book of Han with "FuYuguo famous horse, red jade", and the Romance of the Three Kingdoms with "Earth beans in the country ... Many cattle and sheep, famous horses", it is said that the Yan country is out of the thousand horses.
The yan people's love for horses may be more circulated in the circles of princes and nobles, and an interesting past has been recorded in "Han Feizi", "Zi Zhi Xiang Yan, sitting and pretending: Who walks out of the door, the white horse also?" Left and right are not spoken. There was a man who went after him and reported: Yes. The Son knows that he is dishonest. "Zizhi is the biggest conspirator in the history of the Yan kingdom, serving as the minister of state in the Yan kingdom, being appreciated and valued by the Yan king, and in the late years of the Yan king, Zizhi monopolized the government, but the son was still not satisfied, and he also conspired to plot the incident of the Yan king giving way to himself, resulting in the chaos of the Yan kingdom. And Zizhi tested the attitude of the group of subjects to themselves with the "white horse", which shows that most of the nobles of the Yan Kingdom use the Thousand Mile Horse as a plaything, and they will often hang on their lips.