The Qin people were born among the grassy people in the great northwest and mixed with the nomadic people. In the eyes of the highly developed Central Plains countries at that time, they were a backward and barbaric nation, and they never really accepted the ethics and morality of the Central Plains civilization's elegance and refinement, moderation and modesty.

Shang Ying grasped the psychology of the people to improve their lives and improve their status, and introduced the 'military merit system' in a timely manner, as long as the soldier killed the enemy's head, he could obtain a knighthood, a field house and a number of servants; By beheading two enemies, he can become a free man as a prisoner's parent, and his wife can be converted into a commoner if he is a slave... Moreover, military merits can be passed on to sons, and when the father dies in battle, his merits can be credited to his son, so it can be said that if one person obtains military merits, the whole family can benefit.

In short, as long as you fight well, you can be knighted, and the more heads you kill, the higher the title you get. As soon as you are knighted, you will have a certain amount of land and a certain house, so your whole life is linked to war. It is conceivable that in the eyes of the Qin soldiers, the enemy's head was the equivalent currency in exchange for status and wealth, and for thousands of Qin people, going to the battlefield was not only to fight for the country, but also the only way out to wealth and honor, and to get rid of poverty and humble status.

The situation facing Zhao Ta is similar to that of the Qin State back then, the Han people who had been living in the Liao State for a hundred years, most of them were struggling at the bottom of society, enduring the exploitation of the Liao rulers and nobles, and at this moment the Jurchen invasion of their status did not change in the slightest, but became even lower. And the land of Yanyun has been martial since ancient times, and they are also eager for change. Once it has been suppressed for too long, the momentum generated will be endless.

For the formulation of knighthoods. Zhao Ta has thought about it for a while, and he does not have this power. Besides, if he is blatantly knighted, it will be the founding of the country, and it will definitely be intolerable to the three parties, and the territory that he can temporarily control is in Texas. This had to be flexible, and the knighthood was changed to a decoration.

After consulting with everyone, Zhao decided to establish a four-rank and twelve-level rank, and the criteria for evaluation and rewards were also announced at the same time. It is divided into four levels: gold, silver, copper, and iron, and each stage is divided into three levels. The Order is a sign of honor and is only related to treatment and status. It is not associated with any real position, and of course those who receive the rank are more likely to be promoted.

In order to facilitate identification and distinction, those who received the honour were not only recorded, but also issued medals, which were made of metal corresponding to the rank they had received. The main body of the medal is a shield, the shield is inlaid with three fierce beasts: lion, tiger and leopard, to distinguish the upper, middle and lower levels of each order, and the medal can be inlaid on the armor as a sign of its honor.

At the same time as the Krüpts' army was reorganized. The 'census and registration' in Texas was almost complete, and land grants began, and many people were given the land they coveted, but they also saw the situation clearly, and the only way to keep the enemy out of Texas was to keep the enemy out of Texas. Only then can they keep the land they own, and now it has become the wish of the whole state to protect their families and defend the country, and the people's hearts have stabilized. All work can be carried out smoothly.

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If you want to do a good job, you must first sharpen your tools! The Krup army was defeated by Tiefutu. It can be said that it is largely defeated by the gap in equipment, and it is difficult for the saber to cause damage to Tiefutu. However, their leather armor was no match for Tiefutu's spears and broadswords, and they were already defeated by five points before they could fight each other.

As far as Zhao Ta knows, there have been two armies in history that have defeated Tiefutu. One of them is Grandpa Yue, whom Zhao Ta admires, no, it's Brother Yue now, but I don't know where he is, but if history hasn't changed, he should still be working as a long-term worker and nurse in the Han family; The other is Yuan Chonghuan's Guanning Iron Cavalry at the end of the Ming Dynasty, which is also dealing with the Jurchens, but it will take him hundreds of years before he shows up! Through the practice of war, the two of them have figured out a set of ways to defeat the Jin army, but it is a pity that neither of them can die well...

In order to deal with the generalized equipment of the Jin army, Tiefutu, Yue Fei chose to equip the soldiers with long axes, long knives and other weapons, so as to achieve the purpose of cutting off heavy armor; There are also some strong men who are issued with heavy weapons such as iron hammers and iron vertebrae, the most famous of which is the 'Eight Hammers' in "Shuo Yue", which is to die by touch, next to death, so that the golden soldiers wearing heavy armor will be injured by non-penetrating blunt blows.

Of course, most of the infantry of the Song army are still ordinary people, and they still use spears, but the goal is not to stab the body of the golden soldier, but to first use the spear to pick up the face pocket of the golden soldier, and then stab it into the face.

Yuan Chonghuan thwarted Nurhachi's iron cavalry with the heavy artillery of the fortified city, and in order to defeat Houjin in the field battle, he chose another path, that is, the most advantageous weapon against the heavy cavalry was the heavy cavalry. So he also formed a heavy cavalry unit, named 'Guanning Iron Cavalry', whose equipment and structure were modeled after the Houjin cavalry, with heavy armor and iron armor, and the most elite part was a chain horse.

The difference between the two is that Yuan Chonghuan changed his tactics, and the chain horses of Guan Ning Tieqi were not linked together from the beginning at this time, but could be temporarily disassembled and combined like a train. When the Houjin Tiefutu launched an attack, they dispersed to meet the enemy to avoid the impact of the Houjin, and then took advantage of the chaos of the Houjin army to regroup, quickly reorganized into a chain of horses, launched a counterattack, forced the Houjin army to retreat, and won the battle!

But Zhao also knew that in the 16th century, there was a cavalry on the Eurasian continent that dominated the world and won countless immortal battles, so that throughout the 19th and 20th centuries, they continued to exist in romance and legend, enjoying the invincible prestige of posterity, and the huge wings made of wooden frames and feathers were the symbol of the army - the Polish hussars!

The Polish hussars originated from the Hungarian hussars, but they grew up on Polish soil and were reborn: they were both heavy cavalry and light cavalry, but they were a brilliant blend of Eastern and Western European cavalry, while building on local traditions and contemporary innovations. Solid and swift, it can choose different tactics according to the rapidly changing needs of the battlefield, and is more suitable for fighting in the vast steppes of the east divided by swamps and rivers.

In terms of equipment, the hussars permanently abandoned the old heavy helmets, wooden shields, and large saddles inherited from medieval knights, and replaced them with light helmets, chain mail, and light half-length armor worn on the outside, or only half-body armor and chainmail armguards, special saddle stirrups with a strong oriental style, and long-necked spurs.

The five-metre-long cavalry is the hallmark of the hussars and their most famous weapon, and the saber carried with them is the main melee weapon, but in addition to the saber, the hussars often attach a heavy saber to the saddle and use it when charging, with two flint pistols or a flint rifle stuck in the holster in front of the saddle.

The hussars used the tactics of dense charge, often with a squadron of 100 to 200 men as the basic combat unit, lined up in two dense columns knee to knee, excellent equestrian skills allowed them to charge in a dense formation, the front end of the rifle hung a spear flag, and the countless flapping and fluttering bright flags during the charge were a magnificent and terrifying picture in the eyes of the enemy.

The long cavalry lance ensures that the opponent is pierced first, and the massive impact is devastating to the enemy, and after the charge they use their swords or firearms to enter the melee. At that time, the hussars were not only able to cross the western world, but also easily defeated the cavalry from the east, because the hussars, as cavalry capable of launching a regular charge, were fast and mobile enough to match them, and at the same time were better armed and supported by firearms...

Zhao Ta's hussars were equipped with light armor, sabers and muskets, and charged using the 'stone wall tactic', which was exactly the same as the tactical principle and formation of the hussars, and if each of them were given a long cavalry lance, it would be a copy of the hussars. If you train into an army according to this, when you meet the Jin Army's Tiefutu, the victory may not necessarily belong to anyone!

In fact, there was another unavoidable reason for Zhao Ta to pick up the cold weapon of the spear again, and he also knew that the Dao artillery was the most effective weapon against the heavy cavalry, but now the pressure on logistics had overwhelmed him.

After the military workshops in Xiangyi gradually moved north, coupled with the local recruitment and plundering of Western Xia craftsmen, Zhao Tan's military factory was already a large enterprise with a detailed division of labor among 10,000 people and a complete range of categories. It has its own ironworks, coal mines, artillery workshops, firearms workshops, sword workshops, gunpowder workshops, oil workshops, as well as leather workshops, clothing workshops and food processing workshops for both military and civilian use.

Now the production of guns and these weapons has basically been able to meet the needs of the two armies of the Loyal Army and the Kryu Army, these things are not consumables after all, as long as a gun is properly maintained, it can last for several years. But the consumables such as shells and bullets will not work, and they will explode when they are ignited, which is a poor hand. Limited to the production process at this time and for safety reasons, the production of gunpowder and ammunition is all handmade, and now an average of 3,000 catties of gunpowder and more than 20,000 rounds of various bullets can be produced a day, which sounds a lot, but it is not enough for the soldiers of the two armies to shoot a salvo!

Zhao Ta, as a big housekeeper, can't help but be careful in his calculations, in addition to satisfying his daily training, he must also make a certain amount of reserves to prevent accidents. Now that both armies are expanding, the number of recruits has tripled, and these people need to be fed with bullets, and the Krütz army still has to fight, and the amount needed is even more significant. Zhao Ta had to find another way for various reasons, and the hussars, which can not only win the battle, but also save the cost of the war, has become the best choice at the moment...... (To be continued.) )