A qualified military general will not fight horse warfare like this, throughout the cold weapon era, the Central Plains dynasties will do a lot of systematic training and training for cavalry, even the Song and Ming dynasties where there is a shortage of war horses. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

For no other reason, it is too expensive!

In an agrarian society, a cavalry system of tens of thousands of men was to assemble almost a province's tax revenues and surpluses. This ****** not the key, the key is that the cavalry team has not been honed for ten years after it was built, and you are embarrassed to say that you are a strong soldier.

And how much does it cost to sharpen a cavalry team for ten years to sharpen a sword, brother, I will settle accounts with you. Because the turmoil at the end of the Han Dynasty is not easy to calculate, let's take the most prosperous period of the Han Dynasty as a calculation.

The entire Eastern and Western Han Dynasty have implemented light taxation, including poll tax (calculation and mouth tax), field endowment, labor (more endowment), among them: Han Gaozu four years for the calculation of endowment, "the year of the people more than fifteen to fifty-six out of money, one hundred and twenty people for the calculation", Jia people and slaves doubled, out of two calculations; The mouth money is the unsettled population tax. During the period of Emperor Wu, "the people were three to fourteen years old, and the exporters were twenty-three." In short, there are men under the age of 15 under 56 in the family who have to pay 120 yuan, and 3~14 years old pay 23 yuan; As for the field endowment, the Qin Tian Law stipulates that "three stones and two stones shall be paid to the state for each hectare of land", that is, three stones of forage and two stones of straw should be paid to the state for each hectare of land. Because the Han Dynasty adopted the policy of "lightly paying for the poor" and "resting with the people", from the "fifteen taxes and one one" of Han Gaozu to the "thirty taxes and one of the thirty taxes" (that is, collecting one-thirtieth of the harvest) of Emperor Wen of the Han Dynasty, this policy basically continued in the Han Dynasty; As for the more endowment, "the people are 20 and are exempted from conscription until 55", and if they do not go to service, they can pay for it, and this requires 2,000 a month.

How much tax is paid in the whole year, we don't need to count adults or minors. On average, according to 80 yuan per person, 50 million men (as mentioned above, there are more than 50 million in the Han Wu people's household registration during the most period, plus almost 100 million black accounts with a similar number) multiplied by 80 to get a total of 4 billion yuan in population tax; As for Tian Fu's two or three loads, we will ignore that if it is counted in the military supplies; If the Han Dynasty fought a war every year and recruited a million adult men to serve every year, and half of these adult men were from wealthy families and were willing to pay for the service, then 2,000 yuan per person per month was 24,000 yuan a year and multiplied by 500,000 adult men to get a total of 12 billion yuan.

It adds up to a total of 16 billion dollars.

Okay, let's look at the cost of cavalry:

The cavalry has a tun cavalry battalion, (when Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty was a cavalry), a Yue cavalry battalion, a Changshui battalion (Xiongnu, Wuhuan Hu cavalry), of which the Yue cavalry is equipped with an arm and a crossbow. Melee weapons include ring hand knives, halberds, spears, halberds, and horse lances.

Throw away the heavy cavalry, let's only count the light cavalry, so it is good to follow the prices of the Han Dynasty during the Chengping period:

War horse = horse/2~100,000 money

Good horse = horse/200,000 or more

Pack horse = horse/8000~12000000 money

Military sword = / 700 ~ 900 money

Military knives = / 660 ~ 800 money

Bow = put / 500 ~ 600 money

Crossbow = put /2000~20000 money

Bow and arrow = branch/10 money

Crossbow bolt = branch/9 gold

Armor = set / 6800 ~ 8200 money

Vest = set / 7100 ~ 8600 money

Each soldier's food consumption = 1.8 stones/month, 21.6 stones/year, or 4,220 yuan/year;

Salt consumption per soldier = 3 liters/month, 3.6 buckets/year, or 144 money/year.

Clothing per soldier = 3,400 money/year

Each soldier lives on about 8,000 yuan a year

The grain consumption of each war horse = 3.3 stones/month, 39.6 stones/year, or 7920 yuan/year.

We all calculate the average price, each horse needs 50,000 yuan for a war horse, 10,000 yuan for a pack horse, 800 yuan for a sword or saber, 500 yuan for a bow, 10,000 yuan for a crossbow, 190 yuan for 10 arrows, 8,000 yuan for armor, 1,000 yuan for horse armor, military salary, food, salt, and clothing. A total of 103,254 yuan, all of which are calculated according to 103,000 yuan, which means that the training has been 10,000 cavalry, and 1.03 billion yuan will be spent in the first year, excluding the loss of the army, the food in the army, and other expenses such as camping, training, and rewards.

And the next annual military salary and military consumption will definitely be much more than this.

That is to say, to train a 10,000-strong cavalry team that can be pulled out to fight, it will cost at least 10 billion dollars. Presumably, everyone can understand a little bit when they see this, whether it is the two Song Dynasty with a prosperous literary style, or the reason why the ethnic minorities in the Ming Dynasty who are scorching in martial arts do not train their cavalry team all year round. Of course, cavalry is only a little expensive, and there are many reasons why we will talk about it later.

From the above, it seems that during the most prosperous period of the entire Han Dynasty, all the taxes were taken out, and it was able to support the 150,000 cavalry.

What's more, it is impossible to collect so many taxes in normal years, otherwise the Yellow Turban Rebellion would have broken out during the Han Wu period.

Moreover, during the Han Wu period, 50,000 cavalry were used to conquer the Xiongnu, and 300,000 strong men were requisitioned to transport grain, grass and baggage. If it really sends 100,000 elite cavalry out of Yin Mountain, then he really has to pull out a million adult men to serve.

It is precisely because the cost of cavalry is too high that every dynasty and generation cherishes cavalry. Except for some reconnaissance, urgent delivery, and transshipment, it is very rare to let the cavalry fight a war of attrition.

But at this time, on the battlefield on the outskirts of Youzhou, it has obviously reached the point where human lives are exchanged for human lives. One of the two sides was full of confidence because of Liankezhou County, and the other temporarily lost his mind because of anger. As soon as the face was revealed, it created a situation of no formation at all, and a brutal collision of tactics.

Immediately, if the knight uses a long weapon like a halberd and a large lance, under normal circumstances, he will hold a short weapon in one hand and hold a halberd and a large spear under his armpit in the other. First, because the weapon is too long, this can stabilize the position of the weapon; Second, because of the two formations of hedging, the power is absolutely as fast as the car speeding down from the overpass, and it is impossible to hold the weapon with the strength of a normal person alone. In this case, either the cavalry set up an array, widened the impact distance, and stabbed the opponent diagonally when the two horses staggered, or they collided directly, and once the weapon entered the body, it was immediately released, and the short weapon in the other hand continued to work.

But he didn't think about it so much, at this time he was full of thoughts of stabbing the other party with a big lance, and the situation was indeed as he expected, the enemy general Deng Mao was first blocked by the Youzhou general, and then the big lance of Matthew had arrived in front of him, Deng Mao waved his knife and slashed obliquely to cut Ma Xiu, only to see that the long lance shook and was knocking on the gauntlet of Deng Mao's long knife, taking advantage of the obstruction of his knife, Ma Xiu had stabbed the long lance into Deng Mao's abdomen.

I saw that the two horses passed by, but Deng Mao continued to rush forward with the lance.

Ma Xiu picked up the corpse diagonally and ran forward, and due to inertia, Deng Mao slid all the way to Ma Xiu along the lance of the long lance, and the two were almost face to face.

Staring at Deng Mao floating on one side like a sail, his mouth was still spitting blood, and Ma Xiu's stomach was tumbling.

Shaking his right hand, which was holding the handle of the lance, he was no longer conscious, and Matthew knew that his right arm must have been broken.

The two armies are not too many horses and the array is not too thick, and the confrontation between the two armies looks long, but in fact, it is over in the blink of an eye. Watching the subordinates who passed through the formation in front of them, they turned their horses' heads and prepared to charge again.

Matthew endured the discomfort in his arm and threw it hard, intending to show off his achievements in front of the two armies. It's just that the force is too strong, and the lance is finally overwhelmed, and there is a boom~, and the lance is broken in response.

Matthew covered his right arm with his left hand and was about to scold: I bought a watch last year.

But before the words came out, he was suddenly stunned:

Ding~ The host kills the enemy general, and the merit is awarded 240, and the martial honor is added 1;

Ding~ Since the host successfully fuses the identity of this time and space, the system reward is now carried out;

Ding~ Please choose a weapon for the host......

A control panel suddenly flashed in front of Matthew, and Matthew was surprised and looked around vigilantly.

Grass mud horse system, if you are seen by outsiders, will I be killed as a monster, when Gaozu beheaded the white snake to achieve the throne. In this world, there will be no one to kill Ma Xiu and achieve the throne.

But fortunately, his men are either sorting out their weapons. Either the soldiers in Hohe adjusted the formation, and the general who lacked eyes laughed at Deng Mao's corpse.

"Hahaha... General Ma was mighty and beheaded Deng Mao. This time it's a great achievement! Haha......"

Seeing that the generals were all looking at him with admiration, Matthew sighed lightly, knowing that this group of people could not see the system.

In a blink of an eye, looking at the Yellow Turban soldiers who fled in all directions because of Deng Mao's beheading, Ma Xiu drew his sword and shouted: Now Deng Mao has been beheaded, and the Yellow Turban has been defeated. All the soldiers, the wife and the shadow are only today, give me a rush...

Come on~

watched the army go down the mountain like hungry tigers, hunting and killing the Yellow Turbans in all directions. Ma Xiu smiled with satisfaction, this time it was already a great achievement to kill Deng Mao, there was no need for him to grab food from his subordinates, and he had more important things to do. Thinking of this, I turned my attention back to the system panel!

Oops****~ What's so special............ When Matthew saw it, he immediately scolded angrily. The generals not far away thought that Matthew was not satisfied with their results and slashed harder.

For a long time, Ma Xiu stared at the system panel and sighed, only to see a prompt above: Since the host has not made a choice for a long time, the system has asked the host to randomly select a weapon - the silver gun! Please confirm with the host!

Matthew looked at the few remaining options near the Silver Spear options on the system panel: Overlord, Bow, Staff, Feather Fan, and Heavy Sword. Among them, the staff and feather fan are gray, which is obviously not an option.

Matthew tried to click on his favorite knife, and the system prompted: The host has made a choice, you can't choose more, please confirm!

Confirm your grandma bear, you have chosen everything for me, and let me confirm what is the strength.

Well, it's better than nothing. It's all about that, and you have to choose one. Matthew meditated to confirm.

Ding~ Congratulations to the host for successfully switching to the Silver Gun profession. Please select a career skill!

Ma Xiu was happy in his heart, he came to the troubled times at the end of the Han Dynasty, and he was worried that he had no skills. Now the system has delivered. Look at the system panel and jump to the skills page. There are dozens of options on the skill tree, and only the first one, the middle level gun, is lit.

Knowing that this is the foundation of all advanced martial arts, he did not hesitate to choose the Zhongping gun!

Ding~ After a crisp sound, a warm current hit Matthew's body. If it weren't for the fact that he was on the battlefield at this time, Matthew would have fallen asleep. After the warm current, there was a burst of comfort, and Matthew felt that the right arm that had been broken on the battlefield just now due to excessive force had also recovered at an astonishing speed, and Matthew even felt the bulging sensation of rapid growth of bones and muscles.

After a few breaths, the sensation disappears. Matthew waved his sword. The sound of a sharp weapon tearing through the air reached my ears. Matthew felt that even if he hadn't learned any marksmanship at this time, his strength and physique were a step higher than before.

Matthew looked at the sword in his hand, and suddenly looked up to the sky and laughed wildly. Laughing like crazy, laughing exhausted - since I came to the Han Dynasty to the present, I can finally breathe a sigh of relief!

-- Don't be afraid of troubled times anymore.

-- Don't be afraid of being weak anymore.

-- I don't have to be numb to the endless overtime rush in my previous life to make a living

In a word, I'm coming in troubled times!