The role of the army, that does not need to be emphasized, no matter what kind of ideas Su Tiancheng has, he must have an armed force that he can control, which is the source of his strength.

Nowadays, it is mainly in the era of cold weapons, and the role of cavalry is self-evident, and it is also the most precious type of military in the army.

The role of cavalry, the focus is on the impact, in the momentum, in the chaos of the opponent's formation, to the maximum impact on the opponent's self-confidence, the Manchu Qing can rely on the Eight Banners, defeat the Ming Dynasty, the role of cavalry, can not be ignored.

Cavalry is also an expensive type of troops, the consumption is very large, the war horse needs to be carefully cared for, the horse is expensive, the cavalry and the war horse, need to cultivate feelings, on the battlefield to be able to unite the man and horse, to the maximum extent of the enemy.

Through his conversation with Xiong Zijian, Su Tiancheng slowly realized that the role of cavalry on the battlefield depends on the overall strength, and it must not be dispersed.

The weapons used by the cavalry are what he is most concerned about, and after hundreds of years, his understanding is of course different, although after entering the era of hot weapons at that time, the cavalry was slowly eliminated, but he still knows a lot about the combat skills of the troops.

Su Tiancheng thinks that the best weapon for cavalry is still a scimitar, don't look at Guan Yu in the Three Kingdoms, a Qinglong Yanyue knife, kill the enemy ghosts and wolves, but that Guan Yu has extraordinary ability, where do ordinary people have such ability, including Lu Bu's Fang Tian painting halberd, these weapons look majestic, but they are actually not practical.

What does the cavalry care about, speed and impact, the carrying capacity of the horse is also limited, the less the amount of force carried, the faster the speed, the greater the impact, if you carry heavy weapons, wear thick armor, not to mention that the horse is tired, people can't bear it, and they haven't rushed to the front of the enemy formation, they are tired, and they are still fighting a fart battle.

The biggest advantage of the scimitar is that it is light, sharp and has a huge lethality, a knife down, and even the head can be cut off directly, of course, there is a saying about weapons, that is, an inch long and an inch strong, as a cavalry, just equipped with a scimitar, it is obviously not enough, but also need to be equipped with a spear, a strong bow, such a combination of length and short, even if it is the best equip.

Spears and scimitars, including strong bows, are not heavy, do not get tired of people and horses, and are easy to handle.

Of course, the shortcomings of the cavalry are also obvious, when attacking the city, it does not have much effect, and it is also very fearful in the face of the spear formation formed by the infantry.

The Eight Banners Army of the Qing Dynasty, when attacking the city, was always ineffective, which also reflected the weakness of the cavalry.

But Su Tiancheng needs cavalry, his requirements, the army must take the initiative to attack, just defend the city, can not play much role, the focus is still in the field, in the maximum kill and wound of the enemy, to destroy the opponent's vitality.

The role of cavalry in the middle of the field battle is definitely super-strong.

The Ming Dynasty strictly controlled weapons, and war horses were even more difficult to raise, but in today's years, money is easy to do, as long as you can get enough silver, I don't know how many imperial court troops there are in Ludao, waiting to sell weapons and equipment, as long as you need and can even buy armor and war horses.

These days, I can't eat enough, who still has the heart to take care of those things.

Su Pingyang accepted the task arranged by the young master, of course, to do these things, it needs to be done in secret.

Fortunately, the young master passed the exam, and there are thousands of guards at home, and the relationship is not very big.

Especially in recent years, the rogues have been harassed everywhere, and many gentry and wealthy families are panicked and uneasy, for fear that they will be plundered, and constantly strengthen the strength of the nursing homes.

The young master gave two tasks, one is to buy war horses, weapons and equipment, which is easy to understand, Su Pingyang also knows that this is what the nursing home needs, but the amount purchased is a bit large.

On the other hand, Su Pingyang is incomprehensible, on the edge of the newly purchased cultivated land, a piece of land is circled out, and a circle of courtyard walls is built, the area of this land has reached more than 100 hectares, and this matter needs to be completed immediately.

Do a good job of cultivating the land, what do you do with the fence, but you have to do it if you understand, and you have to do it if you don't understand.

Fortunately, it is the slack season, and there is enough labor.

The wall was eight feet high and nine inches wide, which is now two meters high and thirty centimeters thick.

The wages are cheap, in the city of Pingyang Prefecture, there are many craftsmen, these craftsmen, life is difficult, it is difficult to eat, I heard that Su Mansion wants to recruit craftsmen to make the courtyard wall, they are all enthusiastic to come.

Su Jun did another thing, that is, to buy all the surplus grain stored by the Su family's tenants into the mansion with silver, including wheat, maize and sweet potatoes.

Although the tenants did not know what the young master of Lu Dao meant, they all carried it out unconditionally, and they consciously sent maize and sweet potatoes, including wheat, to Su Mansion.

All the tenants have pooled a part of the silver and sent it to Su Mansion, and the young master has raised people from high school, and they are also going to celebrate. Now that their lives are better, the houses are basically completed, looking at a series of houses built together, it is indeed a bit imposing, and it is very convenient for everyone to get together if there is anything.

Su Tiancheng has his own plans, and these arrangements are all aimed at the rogues who may come and the three thousand soldiers.

There is not much of a problem for Su Mansion to recruit nursing homes, but Su Tiancheng's vision is different, the responsibility of these nursing homes is definitely not to guard Su Mansion, they need to gallop on the battlefield, they can kill the enemy on the battlefield, they are professional sergeants.

The military system of the Ming Dynasty, which has developed to the present day, has almost reached a dead end.

The army structure of the Ming Dynasty is set to six levels, which are the capital, the guard, the thousand households, the hundred households, the general flag, and the small flag.

The capital protection office is the supreme command organ, and the capital protection office of the five armies in the capital is equivalent to the three headquarters of the People's Liberation Army today, and the military department is equivalent to the Ministry of National Defense.

Only when the self-defense station begins can it be regarded as a real military formation.

One guard has jurisdiction over five thousand households, with 5,600 soldiers, one thousand households under the jurisdiction of ten hundred households, 1,120 soldiers, one hundred households under the jurisdiction of two general flags, 112 soldiers, five small flags under a general flag, 56 soldiers, the small flag is the most basic combat unit, each small flag has 10 sergeants.

This is a system that was established at the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, and there is no problem with this system itself, the key is the treatment of sergeants, and there is a big trouble.

The Ming Dynasty implemented a professional military service system, that is, the so-called once a soldier, lifelong service, the father died, the son followed, the family of the soldier is called the military household, the household registration is under the management of the military department, each military household, if there are three sons, a son in the army, a son substitute, a son in charge of the family, if there are two sons, a son in the army, a son in the family, if there is only one son, not in the army, changed to civilian registration.

This is all reasonable, the worst thing is that the officer has also implemented the hereditary system, that is to say, the son of the officer, the hereditary officer position, for example, the eldest son of a hundred households, after the death of the old man, is also a hundred households, regardless of whether this son is a rice bucket or a straw bale. At the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, those generals were all experienced in a hundred battles, Lao Tzu's heroes and heroes, and hereditary officers, all said that in the past, but the more they developed later, the more unhelpful they became.

Such a system, developed to the present, has seriously affected the enthusiasm of sergeants, who can become officers if they have a good background, and those who have a bad background are the life of selling coolies as cannon fodder.

Let's talk about the treatment in the army.

The army of the Ming Dynasty was divided into four types, the garrison army, the tun army, the squad army, and the transport army. The garrison army is mainly engaged in garrisoning the city, patrolling and coastal defense, the cantonment army is mainly engaged in the cultivation of the military cantonment, the transportation army is mainly responsible for transportation and communications, and the squad army takes turns to perform duties in the capital or take turns to perform duties on the border.

The Ming Dynasty began with Zhu Yuanzhang, it was very stingy, the officials' salaries were pitiful, and they were almost unable to support their families, not to mention the treatment of the sergeants.

The army of the guards, the border pass is divided into three points to defend the city and seven points to cultivate, and the inland area is divided into two points to defend the city and eight points to cultivate, and the taxes on the official land are much higher than those on the civilian land, and the military households can hardly bear it, and the treatment is worse than that of the peasants.

As a result, military households fled in large numbers because they could no longer live.

In some guard houses, the number of soldiers is 5,600, but there are only 200 to 300 people, and the guard houses cannot afford to support so many sergeants, and the situation of empty salaries abounds.

It has become a common thing for officers to withhold military salaries, and the pitiful silver that is little is withheld layer by layer, falling into the hands of sergeants, and there is not much left, and the court also turns a blind eye. A large number of escapes, and the combat effectiveness has dropped to the extreme.

In the last years of the Ming Dynasty, the imperial court army was corrupted, burned, killed and looted, which was even more excessive than the army of the Liukou, in order to lie about military exploits, kill the common people and hand over their heads, defraud the court of silver, and fall into the pockets of individuals, which is not an uncommon thing.

Up to now, the imperial court has no silver, the sergeants cannot receive the silver, mutinies have occurred one after another, and the mutinous sergeants have become the main force of the peasant rebel army.

How could Su Tiancheng allow his army, in such a situation, what he asked for was the same professional military system, but it was very different from the imperial court.

The main manifestation of this difference lies in the supply of silver, which must be sufficient, and the treatment of non-commissioned officers must be fully guaranteed, not only the individual sergeants, but also the families of the sergeants.

This is the most basic thing, and only then will it be possible to talk about other things.

As for farming, that's nonsense, soldiers are soldiers, and what they do in farming is what farmers do.