"Kiss to Matti?" Yue Fei clenched his fists and said, "Big brother, isn't this too ridiculous?" ”

"What ridiculous?!" I pretended to be furious, "In ancient history, the main strong enemies faced by the dynasties of each dynasty always came from a small number of nomads in the north, although the Central Plains Dynasty had an advantage in overall strength, but it was always at a disadvantage in the border parts. ”

I stepped forward, spread my hands and said: "The paper shows that the Chinese civilization represented by the Central Plains Dynasty has always been an outstanding representative of human civilization. However, in terms of military capabilities, it is difficult to maintain superiority for a long time, and the reason for this is mainly due to the lack of cavalry. ”

"Have you forgotten that during the period of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, the Xiongnu invaded and committed? Have you forgotten why Qin Shi Huang built the Great Wall? That's all because of the enemy's iron horsemen! Our iron cavalry in the Central Plains is weak, that is known to everyone in the world, but why do we always despise others and then deceive ourselves? I glanced around.

Yue Fei knelt down on one knee: "What the eldest brother said is extremely true!" ”

"My lord is right!" Xu Zhu on the side said: "I have seen Cao Mengde's Western Regions horses with my own eyes, all of them are a head taller than our Central Plains horses, and they are much more powerful than our horses when they charge into battle!" ”

The other generals around also nodded, after all, the matter of war horses is that everyone knows that the horses in the Central Plains are weak.

The importance of cavalry is self-evident, and it often plays a decisive role in ancient warfare, but due to the influence of some film and television works, people often think that cavalry is wearing heavy armor and wielding spears to attack the enemy's formation.

However, in ancient Chinese warfare, the role of cavalry was mainly guerrilla warfare, not frontal charge.

If cavalry is used to launch a large-scale charge, as long as the infantry takes defensive measures and increases the depth of defense, when the cavalry rushes into the position and loses speed, it will be completely targeted immediately.

The biggest advantage of this branch of the armed forces is that it has a strong mobility ability and can meet the needs of transportation, reconnaissance, combat and other aspects.

The Battle of Weishui was the decisive battle in a series of battles launched by the Former Qin, a unified regime in the north, to the Eastern Jin Dynasty in the south, during the Eastern Jin Dynasty, and finally the Eastern Jin Dynasty defeated more than 800,000 Former Qin troops with only 80,000 troops.

Cavalry often plays an extremely crucial role in battle, not only swimming around to strengthen the position of the army, but also waiting for the opportunity to wait for the enemy to loosen up, using the speed and the impact of the charge and the sense of oppression to give the enemy a strong blow, and can continue to expand the results after the enemy army is defeated.

However, the Central Plains Dynasty suffered from the invasion of the interior by nomads for a long time, and could only accept and develop this advanced combat style after experiencing a lot of blood and tears.

In the early Warring States period, the countries in the Central Plains were in a weak position against the northern ethnic minorities, and the main reason for this was the lack of mobility.

During the Warring States period, people often used chariots, infantry followed behind, the mobility ability was very poor, and the battle out of the fortress was often at a disadvantage, Qin, Zhao, and Yan in order to make up for this shortcoming, they could only build city walls on the border, and this passive defense method was extended by later generations for thousands of years.

This huge threat also forced Zhao to carry out the reform of Hufu cavalry and archery, and established the first real cavalry force, and Zhao gradually gained the initiative on the battlefield and attacked the Xiongnu under the leadership of Li Mu.

At the same time, this new mode of warfare caused great oppression and shock to the countries of the Central Plains, and also contributed to the abandonment of chariots by the countries of the Central Plains. After the unification of Qin, he defeated the Xiongnu who lived in the Hetao area.

However, the courage of the Qin soldiers could not completely annihilate the Xiongnu, because the nomads were too mobile, and the Qin soldiers were mainly infantry, and they could not be pursued at all, and it was easy for the enemy to counterattack, so they could only build the Great Wall on the spot and develop it.

At the beginning of the Han Dynasty, horses were extremely lacking, and Liu Bang, the ancestor of the Han Dynasty, did not realize the power of the nomadic cavalry, so he led the army to rush forward rashly, but was besieged by the Xiongnu in the White Horse City.

Liu Bang couldn't catch up with the attack at this time, and he was easily surrounded and annihilated by the cavalry when he fled out of the city, and finally he could only pay tribute to his relatives for decades to avoid large-scale battles with the Xiongnu.

Chao Cuo once incisively analyzed the disadvantages between the Han Dynasty and the Xiongnu, up and down the mountain, in and out of the stream, China's Mafu and also, the dangerous road is poured, and galloping and shooting, China's riding Fu and also; Tired of wind and rain, hungry and thirsty, Chinese people are also happy.

After more than half a century of recuperation, to the period of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, the country's strength was greatly enhanced, and the key point was the vigorous implementation of the horse administration, the cavalry could have a continuous and stable supply of horses, and Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty also had the capital and confidence to fight to the death with the Xiongnu.

Subsequently, the Xiongnu were dealt with by nomadic warfare, long-distance raids, cavalry against cavalry, mobility was at a level, coupled with the development of iron smelting technology in the Han Dynasty and the extensive use of bows and crossbows, as well as the proper use of strategy and tactics of good generals such as Wei Qing and Huo Quai, the large-scale counterattack against the Xiongnu achieved considerable results.

Since then, this mobile strategy has been used by the Han army, so that the Han generation, even during the Three Kingdoms period, also maintained its advantage over the surrounding ethnic minorities.

However, Jiangdong is even more lacking in war horses, and I am doing this in order to be able to let my soldiers have more confidence when dealing with Cao Mengde in the north in the future.

Since high-tech weapons cannot be used, the importance of war horses is obviously primary.

I said: "Pengju, I will appoint you as the squire of the military department, and the task for you is very simple, that is, within three years, prepare 30,000 young horses, and store enough horses for our Jiangdong army to prepare for future wars. ”

I paused and said: "You and Hua Tuo cooperate with each other to train a thousand horse doctors, and then issue a horse order, any private person can assist Jiangdong to raise horses, and when the horses become adults, they will be rewarded heavily!" ”

"Yes!" Yue Fei's eyes were blazing, "The last general will definitely live up to expectations!" ”

I nodded with satisfaction, and then set my eyes on the Zhen family in the distance, now the old man Zhen Yi has put all the responsibility of the family on Zhen Xiao, Zhen Xiao's martial arts are average, but he is very business-minded, especially with the help of Xu Jing, a virtuous helper, he is even better in this regard!

"Zhen Xiao!"

"Wechen is here!" Zhen Xiao came to the front of the formation.

I looked at Zhen Xiao and said: "I named you the waiter of the Ministry of Works, now we need a long-term fund in the Jiangdong warehouse, and now I will give you these design drawings, you build a hundred workshops, and make the real thing...... Women's menstrual notes, lotions and other cosmetics, the popularization of nutritious rice noodles and Cai Hou paper for babies, and the public ownership of the whole Jiangdong post carriage! ”

"Yes!" Zhen Xiao immediately retreated.

And at this time, my eyes fell on Lu Su.

Lu Su is still a young man, heroic, and a character.

I frowned slightly, and I said, "Lu Su! ”

"Wechen is here."

"You've just started to work for me now, but I've always been suspicious of people, not suspicious people, so you're my financial servant!" I said.

Lu Su was puzzled: "The financial waiter? ”

"I have a proposal here, that is, the money bank system, I explain to you and like, the money bank can complete the local deposit withdrawal, that is, let the people's money to the government for safekeeping, and then we will pay the people interest, and at the same time, the people can also use the real estate as collateral, and then we lend him money." I said.

As soon as these words came out, the people around me looked at me.

The scholars also objected, and one of the scholars said: "Lord, I'm afraid this won't work, how can the common people believe us?!" ”

"What you said is so good, in fact, it is to let the people do business directly with our government, and their money is very risky to put at home, sometimes there will be robbers, sometimes there will be thieves, but our government directly keeps them for safekeeping, for example, if a person saves one hundred taels, if he doesn't want to save it one day, it will be one hundred and ten taels when we give it to him, in this way, he will also make money." I said.

Lu Su said: "I understand what the lord means, but in this way, won't the government be in deficit?" ”