Li Xingzhou probably already understood.

It's really possible to be in charge of the defense alone.

That's why Blacktooth keeps urging him.

Once the Empress Wu let Li Xingzhou be in charge of a guard.

If it is under the command of Longxi Black Tooth Changzhi.

Isn't that black tooth Changzhi able to throw sand into it unscrupulously.

After all, in Longxi, in front of Heiya Changzhi, a veteran general in the army and deputy marshal of Pingxi.

Li Xingzhou is still not enough to see.

This is also the confidence of Li Xingzhou to dare to turn his face with Wang Yuangan in Hezhou.

Wu Zetian is not mediocre.

In the fierce battle on the front line, it is naturally self-evident who is more important, a general or a guard.

After all, Li Xingzhou is good at training.

This is known to both the government and the opposition.

So, in the wilderness outside the city of Hezhou.

Li Xingzhou summoned Da Xiong, Persimmon, Wuyang, Park Jingtai, Yan Shun, Lin Yun, Guo Shiheng and others.

Really set up a team.

In Li Xingzhou's opinion.

Only a perfect army establishment can effectively prevent the sand from being used as a black tooth.

As for whether this is in line with Tang Law, Li Xingzhou doesn't care at all.

At this time, it's time to see Princess Taiping.

If Princess Taiping can't even figure this out, Li Xingzhou should consider changing her home.

New Army Coach Li Xingzhou.

Long Strian persimmon. The number of Cao, Yulu, the number of soldiers and legions, the number of instruments, chariots and horses, and the number of small things must be specialized.

Persimmon and Da Xiong have always been Li Xingzhou's lieutenants, and after a few fierce battles, Da Xiong was fought, but Persimmon still had no combat effectiveness, but Li Xingzhou still arranged Persimmon by his side.

After all, from Qinghe to Luoyang to Shanzhou, persimmons are loyal to Li Xingzhou.

Recorded Guo Shiheng who joined the army. Palm Zhu Cao and the five mansions, foreign affairs, sentence copying, printed to paper and pen.

Guo Shiheng was Zuo Wuwei's eleventh general before, and he has been in the army for more than 20 years, and his resume is very rich.

Although he joined the army as a record, most of the work in the long history of persimmon also let him do it.

After all, if Li Xingzhou really uses persimmons as a long history, he is really incompetent.

Captain Park Kyung-tae and Deputy Captain Wuyang.

Lee Hang-ju asked Park Kyung-tae to draw the elite of 500 people as his own guard.

After all, after several fierce battles, Li Xingzhou has a deeper understanding of the situation on the battlefield.

Without a good guard, it's really easy to hang.

Of course, there are also positions in the Chinese army such as Cangcao joining the army, Bing Cao joining the army, riding Cao joining the army, and Cao Cao joining the army, and Li Xingzhou really has no one in his hands.

Let Guo Shiheng watch it for the time being.

The commander of the 1st Brigade Xiong Yanfu.

In the Battle of Shanzhou, Li Xingzhou was deeply aware of the power of heavy cavalry.

The heavy cavalry is simply a bug in the era of cold weapons!

So, he really had the audacity to let the big bear form a heavy cavalry of 500 people.

You must know that Cheng Boxian has been in Liangzhou for more than ten years, and he has exhausted countless amounts of money before raising 10,000 heavy cavalry.

There are 30,000 left guards, 10,000 heavy cavalry, and 20,000 servants.

Heavy cavalry is really costly!

In Western military history, there is a division of light and heavy cavalry.

Hussars are cavalry units that fight in a projectile manner.

Heavy cavalry, on the other hand, is a cavalry unit that fights in a charging and fighting manner.

However, there were also dual-purpose cavalry such as the Byzantine heavy cavalry.

The heavy cavalry we generally understand is the heavy armored cavalry in which both men and horses are armoured.

The maintenance of heavy cavalry was, of course, expensive.

First of all, the selection and training of knights.

A warrior who can act as a heavy cavalry is by no means simple.

He must be tall and able, able to wear full armor and gear, and carry or hold a weapon.

The reference standard is more than 1.78 meters tall, weighs about 80 kilograms, has no disability and intellectual disability, and must be smart and agile in mind and body.

Stupid big man, you must not want it, and you would rather be short than slow to reflect.

In this way, the selection of good seedlings requires long-term and arduous training.

I am afraid that the effect will not be good if you learn all kinds of horsemanship, martial arts, tactical tactics, and discipline rules of the military formation, etc., without three or five years.

How much is such an elite samurai on horseback worth?

To pay the military salary, you have to pay 10 taels of silver a month.

For reference, a knight in the Western Middle Ages earned about 20 pounds of silver (453 grams) or 80 gold coins (3.5 grams of gold) a year in a military salary or fief.

If there is no money, it can be paid by dividing the fiefs or giving land.

The size of the land varied (depending on the quality of the land), and the income from the land had to be able to pay for the life of the knightly family, and to make it higher or at least equal to the average kulak.

The knight must be completely out of production, otherwise it will be a bit of a waste of resources.

Even if the knight retires in old age in the future, he can only be promoted to an officer or return to his hometown.

That is, in the case of the knight himself, the family income was at least above that of a kulak (whose family members were still in labor), or a standard small landowner (whose family members were completely out of production).

If they are equipped with weapons and horses, or even if they are provided for themselves, they must also increase their real estate income.

Secondly, the cost of arming and supplying heavy cavalry

1. At least 2 military horses.

One is a professional warhorse that has been carefully selected and specially trained and trained.

The horse also needs to be tall and strong, and it has to carry more than 120 kilograms to charge.

Imagine that you have to weigh more than 420 kilograms.

China can act as a heavy cavalry war horse, probably a kind of river camp horse, and it can be barely reluctant.

At least one horse must be equipped for the usual marching horses.

If necessary, it can be used as a spare war horse, in order to ensure the combat strength of the troops, it is recommended to have enough spare war horses, at least 20% of the total, and it is good for rich people to back up one to one.

Referring to the price, a war horse is at least equivalent to the price of three ordinary horses, and if those specially bred war horses are ten times and a hundred times higher.

In the Han Dynasty, ordinary military horses cost 20,000 baht, and war horses got 60,000 yuan.

The horses here may not have been specially trained and tuned, so they are probably stronger than ordinary horses.

In the Tang Dynasty, a horse was about forty pieces of silk, and in the Song Dynasty, a horse was more than 100 pieces most of the time, and 200 pieces were common; Mongolian horses in the Ming Dynasty were flooded, and the horses were 8 to 10 taels, and they died cheaply.

In the West, war horses are too expensive, worth six oxen, a good horse costs 100 pounds of silver, and the average war horse costs 20 to 50 pounds.

It is recommended to configure two war horses, one positive and one pair, and one for riding. Whether or not the minions are equipped depends on your tactical requirements and financial resources.

2. Weapons and equipment

The armor is the most expensive, the reference price is a set of cavalry armor in the Southern Song Dynasty 48 times, and the horse armor is slightly more expensive about 50 times.

A set of fully armored in the West is about 10 pounds of silver, and the cavalry is 3 or 4 pounds armored for three-quarters. I can't check much.

Other equipment, weapons, a full set of horse gear, personal equipment, and luggage camp equipment are counted as 10 pounds.

Most of the equipment can be reused, only the arrows are consumables, and if there is a combat loss, it will be counted.

3. Servants

A knight must have at least one servant who will help you take care of the horses, manage your equipment, assist with dressing and draping, and so on.

If possible, grooms (horses), servants (who take care of knights), and squires (armed guards and knightly apprentices) are all missing, and even more are public servant auxiliaries.

4. Provisions

Feed and forage for horses are the biggest problem.

Give the war horse the first feed, and the horse eats the same as five percent of its body weight every day.

Concentrate is about 15% to 20% of the total feed. The average horse eats 50 pounds of forage a day, and the consumption of forage is very huge, and there must be a special auxiliary team to engage in the huge work of harvesting, processing and distributing the forage.

For reference, an army of 40,000 horses would have at least a few thousand forage teams to meet the need.

Although horse concentrate accounts for only 15% of the total feed, it is equivalent to the ration of three people, and about 3 kg of concentrate (grains and legumes) a day for a horse. And horse salt.

The sustenance of people, knights consume a lot of energy in battle, and they need to maintain their muscles.

So a lot of meat had to be supplied, and the average infantry in the Middle Ages West was supplied with 1 pound of meat per day.

Grain at least one kilogram per person.

It can be calculated that a large and constant supply is required to build and maintain the combat effectiveness of a heavy cavalry unit.

But Li Xingzhou doesn't think so.

As a tsundere traverser, he has always thought.

Anything that can be solved with money is not a problem.

Alive.

is the main thing.

Money.

It's always earning it back.

The heavy cavalry charge is powerful and psychologically shocking.

If used properly, attacking in situations that are suitable for use, and acting as a vanguard commando or tactical counterattack reserve when defending, attacking or breaking through in inappropriate occasions, is really powerful.

The greatest power of heavy cavalry is the powerful shock and suppression of the enemy's psychology.

Suppressing and striking effect on local morale.

It's no longer about how many enemies he kills and wounds.

In fact, every class has its strengths and weaknesses.

There is a mutual relationship between the classes.

Simply drawing conclusions about what types of troops are not suitable must conform to the facts.

That is to say, the technology is certain.

The weapons of the same era are only related to the environmental conditions in which they are used and the relationship between the opponents.

In the era of cold weapons, heavily armed heavy cavalry units were ancient armored units.

In the flat terrain, the impact is like a thunderbolt that is unstoppable, and it is difficult for infantry and cavalry to stop.

In order to rely on infantry for anti-armor warfare, in ancient times there were only heavy infantry with spears and halberds.

And these infantry must be highly trained and disciplined.

Their psychological quality is the key to the anti-cavalry charge, otherwise the phalanx tactics simply cannot be organized and implemented.

Of course, the situation of heavy cavalry being constrained by the terrain was very serious.

Heavy infantry with long weapons and anti-cavalry training in the face of local elites is also obviously disadvantageous.

Hence the key to victory or defeat with heavy cavalry.

Or does it lie in the command and tactical use of the generals.

The combat mode of the Mongolian cavalry was not a simple cavalry shooting, but a combination of light and heavy cavalry.

Of course, Li Xingzhou thought very well, but the actual situation was also very grim.

Out of 16,000 soldiers, it was easy to draw 500 people.

But if it is built according to the standard heavy cavalry, he still has almost no money!

Therefore, he still appointed Da Xiong as the brigade commander of the First Brigade.

After all, the most elite troops are still in the hands of those closest to them.

As a result, the 1st Brigade had 500 heavy cavalry and 5,000 servants.

followed by Yan Shun, the commander of the Second Brigade, with 5,000 people under his command.

Then there is Lin Yun, the commander of the Third Brigade, with 5,000 people under his command.

There are five battalions under each brigade, each with a thousand men each.

Under each battalion there are ten songs, and each song has a hundred people.

Ten tithes under each team, ten people per tithe.

Most of them were old people from Zuo Wuwei back then.

After three days of busyness, Li Xingzhou's framework for recruits was finally set up.

......

A cavalry commander rode up from the rear.

Yelled at a group of recruits in the ranks.

"What are they doing slowly?"

"Damn, they're all like!"

"Hurry up and eat, eat well and continue on your way!"

"If you are slow like you, when will you be able to get to Longxi!"

Several recruits were immediately furious.

One of the recruits stood up directly.

"You're fast enough, there's a horse to ride, there's nothing to do. We had to carry grain, we had to cook, and we had to camp at night. ”

"What hard work have we done, what are you doing?"

"Even if you're veterans, you don't have such a bully, right?"

The veteran smiled.

"It's interesting, there are those who dare to argue with Lao Tzu."

"What's your name?"

"My name is Zhang Shouqi. I won't accept that you rely on the old and sell the old, I want to see the coach and complain about the injustice! ”

Zhang Shouqi is a native of Hebei, Shaanxi. Gifted and intelligent since childhood, he was born tall and burly, with a handsome appearance, and a bold personality, good at running and riding fine hunting and shooting.

As soon as he said this, several recruits around him cheered him on at the same time, and for a while, many recruits cheered for him again and again.

Several of the recruits even shouted loudly.

"Fuck it, veterans bully recruits, Brother Shou Jue is right, find the boss to reason!"

It seems that this Zhang Shouqi is also a relatively prestigious one in the new barracks.

The veteran's eyes flashed with a fierce glint.

"Want to see the manager complained? Hahahaha, it's funny! ”

"There are really more and more people who are not afraid of death these years!"

"Okay, Bachelor Li is in front, and Cui Changshi is with them. You go and sue Lao Tzu for his troubles, and see if you can sue Lao Tzu! ”

"I'll tell you, if you tell you, I won't say a word, you can do these things as you like or not."

"But if you can't tell me. Hmph, don't you guys like to make a fuss? ”

"Don't blame me for not warning you first. Once you can't tell Lao Tzu, then you will have to live as you go, your food will be halved, and you will have to eat whips!! ”

As he spoke, the old soldier snapped his horsewhip and walked away.

An unjust anger rose in his heart.

Zhang Shouqi turned his head and walked towards Li Xingzhou.

The uneasy commotion, like a ripple in the water, gradually flooded to Li Xingzhou's side.

He looked back and saw a tall, burly, handsome young man walking towards him.

Zhang Shouqi came to the horse and clenched his fists with both hands.

"Master Li, my subordinates don't know anything and want to ask the coach for advice."

"Say it."

Zhang Shouqi said everything the veteran had said just now.

"Master Li, both men on the battlefield, are all people who want to go into battle to die!"

"Why can those veterans ride horses and show off their might, and do nothing?"

"We're going to be cows and horses here?"

"I'm not convinced, I want to ask the coach to give an explanation."

"Tell me what's your name?"

"Zhang Shouqi."

Li Xingzhou nodded.

"Very elegant name, well, good."

Li Xingzhou carefully looked at Zhang Shouqi.

"Looks like you're not convinced?"

"Yes, I don't accept it!"

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