Liu Che was actually quite curious about Liu Ponu's new army.

Hearing that Liu Ponu had made a flintlock pistol in his small yard and entered the verification stage, Liu Che finally had points in his heart.

When he heard that Liu Ponu asked Li Ling and Han Yannian to be called, Liu Che realized that Liu Ponu was finally going to make arrangements for the new army.

So, urged by curiosity, Liu Che finally couldn't sit still and chose to come over to learn about the affairs of the new army.

As a result, he didn't expect to see the sullen Li Ling leaving as soon as he arrived at the door, Liu Che immediately called Li Ling to ask the reason, and after learning what happened, Liu Che didn't say much, but he didn't let Li Ling leave like this, so it can still be seen that Liu Che was not completely disappointed in Li Ling.

What Liu Che didn't expect was that he heard a series of strange arrangements for the new army by listening to the wall.

Even if the five-year ultra-long service period is over, it is not unacceptable for the soldiers to endure it, but the annual payment makes Liu Che a little crazy.

In the hundred years since the founding of the Han Dynasty and thousands of years of Chinese history, he has never heard of conscripting soldiers and paying military salaries.

Well, if you give it, you will give it, and I will grit my teeth and this thing is in the past.

But why didn't you stop being drafted after the new army finished its service period?

"The population of Dahan is not enough to support your plan, have you considered how many people are needed to garrison Chang'an and the border every year?" Liu Che looked at Liu Ponu with a gloomy face.

Of course, he will not care about the new army of tens of thousands, but once the new army is effective, all the armies will develop towards the new army model.

The permanent garrisons of each county are generally soldiers recruited from the local area, most of them are rotated once a month, and they are all local, so there is no time to delay on the road or anything, the only thing that matters is to see who has a bad life and is drawn to serve in the busy agricultural period.

The soldiers in the border area relied on the soldiers who served for the first time and the local soldiers on the border to defend together, and if they only relied on the soldiers of the first year to defend the border, the Han Dynasty would have been beaten by the Huns.

But even so, it is only enough to maintain the status quo, and if there is a war in the future, those people will still have to be recruited.

What kind of new army is Liu Ponu engaged in, it is simply to overthrow the military system of the Han Dynasty and start over.

"Father, to solve this problem, we can't just look at how many troops are needed to garrison the border, but we must start from the root of the problem, theoretically speaking, as long as the population growth rate of the Han can be guaranteed, then there is no problem supporting my model." Liu Ponu unceremoniously chose to be tough.

"You haven't worked at the grassroots level, do you know how difficult it is to grow the population?" Liu Che was almost angry with Liu Ponu and laughed.

In this year's population growth, he gave birth to one, even if he added one person?

No, it's not until the person grows up to the age of registration that it will be considered a real addition.

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Have you considered how high the mortality rate is now?

To put it simply, if you have two children in the folk, it would be good if one of them could grow up.

If all of them are stocked and all of them rely on their own bodies to resist illness, then the premature mortality rate will be even higher.

More food is indeed conducive to increasing the fertility rate, but the corresponding mortality rate is also higher.

"It's hard to return, but on the whole it can still grow, and besides, a term of service is five years, and only four terms of service are enough for a generation to grow up, is it difficult?" Liu Ponu's face was full of puzzlement.

"Isn't it difficult?" Liu Che asked rhetorically.

"Okay, even if it's difficult, then wouldn't the imperial court focus on solving the medical problem? If there are not enough doctors, they will vigorously train, let them follow the master to learn on the job, and the price of medicinal materials will also be lowered, too high for the people to afford it, and the number of wild ones is too small, so find a way to do some of their own planting? Liu Ponu said very casually.

These are very common in later generations, although Liu Ponu does not expect to rely on the current technology to ensure that all children do not die young, but with such investment, at least it can ensure that half of the children who should have died can be saved, right?

Even if you can't save half of it, a third, a quarter should be fine, right?

And the problem of premature death in ancient times is even more varied, but to put it bluntly, it is still caused by one word, poverty.

Aside from some really big problems that can't be saved, at least more than seventy percent of the children who die normally are delayed because minor problems have not been treated in time.

Everyone's physique is different, some people can carry the same disease, and some people just can't resist it, what can you do?

"It's not as simple as you think!" Seeing that Liu Ponu said it so easily, Liu Che still shook his head and concluded, the ideal is too beautiful, and the reality is too skinny.

Liu Ponu still lacks the beating of society......

"Okay, so let's put aside the issue of population growth for the time being, and assume that population growth can always be maintained as it is." Liu Ponu smiled and continued to dwell on this issue lazily.

For Liu Ponu, this doesn't mean much.

Since the new army is called the new army, there is naturally a reason for it.

If the emergence of the new army cannot change some of the problems of the old army, then what reason is there to form a new army?

"The ultimate goal of forming a new army is to reduce the country's demand for the number of troops by improving combat effectiveness, and exchange quality for quantity.

"My expectation for the current new army is one to one to five, that is, if a new army talks about combat effectiveness, it must be higher than the effect brought by one and a half soldiers, and 100,000 new troops are equivalent to 150,000 troops, isn't this equivalent to a reduction of 50,000 troops?"

"Although it seems like a lot to pay military salaries, how much food does it cost the imperial court to raise 50,000 troops a year? The money saved was enough to pay the 100,000 men. Liu Ponu said very casually.

This is a very simple arithmetic problem that can be calculated without any great difficulty.

"And the use of a five-year service period, is also more conducive to ensuring that the army carries out expeditionary operations, according to past experience, the morale of the soldiers is the highest when they first set out on the expedition, but fighting, as time goes by, the morale will become lower and lower, and the homesickness of the soldiers will become heavier and heavier, even if the troops continue to win battles, the result is the same."

"Although the imperial court has the ability to attack the Western Regions, under the current military system, it cannot send troops to the Western Regions to be stationed there, because no soldier can endure for several years, but it is different to use a professional army with a five-year service period."

"They will slowly get used to the feeling of not being able to go home for five years, and slowly they will feel that it doesn't matter, they can't go home anyway, where is being a soldier or not? At that time, it is only necessary to increase the salaries of the troops stationed in the Western Regions, and the soldiers will not have any dissatisfaction because of this. ”

"These are all afterwords, they have not been tested in practice, and it is useless to say anything now!" Liu Che immediately interrupted Liu Ponu's words, although he felt that there was a certain amount of truth, but this kind of thing was not something he thought could be done, and it had to be verified by facts.

The Emperor did have the right to make decisions on the matter, but he was equally concerned about the mutiny.

Don't think it's unlikely, put you in an unfamiliar environment for five years and live a boring life every day, you try?

"Let's talk about your new army, I'm curious about what makes you so confident to say things like 1:15!"

"It's easy!" Liu Ponu smiled slightly.

One to one to five, this is all he said leisurely, if it is really done, Liu Ponu feels that one to five is not too much.

This is one to five Han troops, not one Han army to five Huns.

Even if Liu Ponu did not serve as a soldier in later generations, he still knew some basic tactics.

The old three-three system or something is not realistic for now, and it only works best when the infantry is facing an infantry charge.

The older queuing and shooting tactics are even more outdated, as long as the opponent's head is iron enough against the cavalry, Liu Ponu still can't bear it.

Therefore, Liu Ponu set his sights on the most advanced synthetic troops at the beginning, that is, the synthetic battalion tactics that had begun to transform when Liu Ponu crossed in later generations.

Although you can't play the high-profile version according to the current conditions, Liu Ponu can play a low-profile version of the synthetic camp.

"Taking 2,000 people as an example, equipped with 120 vehicles, the driver needs 240 people, and if you count the miscellaneous ones, it will be calculated according to 250 people, and the remaining 1,750 people, of which 800 are spearmen, 500 are infantry, and the remaining 450 are logistics support personnel."

"During the battle, the vehicle is surrounded in front as a cover, the spearmen stand in the carriage, using the height of the car body to shoot and kill the enemy, according to the height of the current carriage to calculate, the war horse must be able to jump at least a foot higher than a zhang before being able to cross the car body bunker into the formation, and the infantry is hidden behind the car body below, to attack the enemy through the gap, and the gap is narrow, the space is limited, if the enemy wants to enter the formation through here, the action will be blocked, and the infantry will not have any pressure to deal with."

"This is just a system of defensive operations, even if it is a head-on charge, the new army is not afraid at all, the vehicles are all made of steel, only the driver needs to be protected, if the enemy cavalry dares to collide, even if the gunmen in the carriage do not shoot, the opposite cavalry will definitely not be much better."

"It doesn't matter if it's slower, it doesn't matter if you can catch up with the Huns, when the time comes, as long as you find out where their logistics are, the main force can't catch up, can't the logistics troops catch up?"

"To put it mildly, in my plan, it is to build the new army into a steel king, as long as it can be practiced, so that there is a tacit understanding between the soldiers, when the time comes, the enemy can't stop it, when the enemy can't break it when it defends, and when it wants to retreat, the enemy can't stop it, although the speed is slower, but it can come and go freely, even if it jumps repeatedly under the enemy's nose, they can only stare and watch without any way......"

"Will this work?" Liu Che was frightened by the picture described by Liu Ponu, he hadn't seen a gunman or a gunner, so he couldn't evaluate it.

But he has experienced a tractor, and that thing may not be able to be knocked over even with a tractor, let alone the flesh and blood of a war horse, and that thing hurts who hits it.

Indeed, as Liu Ponu said, as long as there are enough tractors, even if there are no spearmen, their combat effectiveness can still burst, and the tractors can't catch up with the cavalry, and they can't catch up with the Huns who drive cattle and sheep?

"Don't worry, it's basically no problem, after I train these two thousand people in half a year, I'll find a place to try the effect when the time comes!" Liu Ponu smiled, how could the synthetic camp just do this?

The Lord of War is also needed......