Chapter 136: The Cavalry Problem ()

The lack of enough horses capable of fighting on the battlefield, as well as the long cycle time required for trained and qualified riders, are the key to the existence of this shortcoming.

In the history of the country, horse breeding should have been implemented in the Wuding period of the Shang Dynasty, and became a corresponding policy system in the Western Zhou Dynasty.

The "Zhou Li" stipulates that anyone who owns 16 wells of land can have one horse, 4,000 horses, and 1,000 chariots. Zhou Tianzi is respected as the "king of ten thousand times", and behind the "ten thousand times" is a fertile field for thousands of miles, and there are tens of thousands of war horses.

When the Qin State swept the **, the cavalry troops also had a certain rate, which may prove that the Qin State had implemented the "Stable Law" at that time:

If the borrowed iron furniture is damaged because it is dilapidated and unusable, the original shall be taken away without compensation.

Ma Zheng prospered, and the impact on the military was significant. Some people say that the glorious victory of the Western Han Dynasty in the war against the Xiongnu was actually achieved by relying on the "Mahai tactics".

From then on, until the Wei and Jin dynasties, the "heavenly horses" replaced the native horse breeds. The horse's two hooves on the same side are in the same direction, and this gait is called the "opposite side step". Side-stepping greatly reduces the rider's impact from the ground, but it requires a high IQ and requires rigorous training to achieve it, and once practiced, some horses can be passed on to their offspring.

Ma Zheng is a part of politics, and the rise and fall of the Tang Dynasty is also closely related to horses. After Tang Taizong became emperor, he was afraid that others would follow the Xuanwumen coup, so he specially selected loyal and experienced pro-army cavalry to guard Xuanwumen full-time, and this strong force was known as the "Northern Army" in history. After the Tang Dynasty, the fundamental reason why the eunuchs who were criticized by later generations were able to dictate power was that the eunuchs held the power of the Northern Army.

After the "Anshi Rebellion", the abolition of successive emperors in the Tang Dynasty was related to eunuchs, including Tang Xuanzong, a total of 4 emperors died at the hands of eunuchs. The reason why the eunuchs of the late Tang Dynasty killed the monarch and interfered in politics for a long time was precisely because they controlled the most elite cavalry through Ma Zheng.

The main contents of the "Stable Rules" are as follows:

Except for the animals of the herdsmen, except for the permitted places, the death, loss and failure of the class shall be one, and the shepherd and the shepherd shall be punished with thirty lashes, three plus one, and one hundred rods, ten plus one, and shall be punished by imprisonment for three years. Sheep minus three classes. The rest of the sheep are allowed to do so.

If the new appointment is less than one year, and there is death or loss, the total number of months within one year should be divided, and it is allowed to be reduced to a crime; if the class is not full, when the school is inspected, the standard number is a crime, and the improper person is not sitting. After swimming, and the person who causes damage will sit behind.

For those who are fed to the dead, one class will be added to each, and for those who are lost, two will be added. The shepherds and the superintendents are counted as sins according to the number of shepherds under their control, and the chief is still the chief, and the deputy is the subordinate. The remnants of the rulers have stewards of the pastors, and they are also allowed to do so.

Whoever examines the animal property and does not prove it shall be punished with forty lashes, three plus one, and one hundred rods. If there is an increase or decrease in the price of the old one, the one who has taken the stolen goods will be judged as the increase or decrease in the amount of the stolen goods, and those who have entered the stolen goods will be judged as theft.

Those who have been sick and sick and give birth to animals that have not been treated according to the law shall be punished with 30 lashes, and those who have died by this cause shall be given 40 lashes, 3 plus 1 and 1 class, and 100 rods for their crimes.

All shall ride official horses, oxen, camels, mules, and donkeys, and shall not exceed 10 catties of personal belongings, and those who violate the law shall be punished with 10 catties of flogging, 10 catties plus 1 class, and the sin shall be punished with 80 rods.

Those who ride in the car shall not exceed 30 catties, and those who violate the law shall be punished with 5 catties and 10 catties, and 20 catties shall be punished with imprisonment for one year. That is, those who are recruited from the army, each of them will be added two grades.

If several people carry the carry, each shall be seated according to its limit. The superintendent shall know and hear, and shall count what he knows, and carry the law with his own private.

Those who are deprived of weight will be given sixty rods, one plus one, and one rod will be given to those who are sins, and those who die will be given one grade.