"General officers are at the sixth level. In addition to hundreds of troops, there are only a thousand soldiers under the commander-in-chief, deputy generals, staff generals, and guards. Of course, the war servants of each family are not subject to this restriction. You just have to pay for it yourself!"
"Under normal circumstances, the number of servants will not exceed thirty people!"
"If it's less, there's no point in forming it. If it's too much, the soldiers below will look down on you if you don't gossip, not to mention it will affect military morale and unity. Therefore, few people will form it on a larger scale."
The war in Kyushu is approaching, and I am worried about it. As we chat, we inevitably mention the military system.
"This is the elite soldier system taken to the extreme!"
Fang Fang smiled, and he could more or less guess the reason.
It is not to guard against those who are interested, but to quickly expand the army after the outbreak of the war. The elite soldiers are the bones and the government soldiers are the flesh. This may cause a loss of combat power, but it can avoid a lot of financial pressure to raise soldiers and generals.
"There is no way and no money. The average level of the soldiers is not as good as that of the regular soldiers, but they can still maintain the intensity of training every ten days. After two or three months of strengthening on this basis, they can cultivate their overall tactics. At least they will not pull out when they go to the battlefield. Hip, besides, this dynasty is dominated by cavalry, and the main pressure comes from the grassland. There are few opportunities for large groups to fight decisively. In most battles, the number of people is controlled below a thousand. Sometimes the battle line is long, and there are frequent close encounters. The enemy and we are only seven or eight. A scale of ten people!" Li Yannian explained in detail.
The northern territory is vast and sparsely populated, with an average distance of one or two hundred miles between county towns. The main battles are all cavalry. It would be impossible to gather the cavalry into a group without even thinking. Not to mention that the horses cannot run when there are too many people, even if they can run. , except that it looks a bit powerful, it is actually useless.
The second brother talked about the grassland, and Li Yanting took over the topic, "Compared with the current population of our country, the territory has already become a pressure. Except for the sea in the east, which of the other directions does not need to be defended? The grassland first, and the third South Korea, the strategic layout of the post-Central Plains, still has a market for many reasons, the most important one is that we can conquer it, but we cannot occupy it!"
If you can move but cannot occupy, then fighting is in vain and a waste of money and resources.
"This situation is similar not only to this dynasty but also to other countries. How far is Luoyang from Hexi? The cavalry can move across the Yellow River and arrive in four or five days. The follow-up infantry can also arrive in half a month. If the roads and bridges near Luoyang are cut off, at least we can win Two to three months, if we encircle but not attack during this period, build embankments to block the river, and accumulate water for half a month, we can't conquer Luoyang, but can we still destroy it?"
"Not only can it be done, but it's not difficult to catch all the members of the Song Dynasty royal family if you go all out!"
Li Yannian spread his hands, "But it's useless. If we really fight like this, without mentioning the movements of other countries, we will just say that the warlords of the Song Dynasty will be liberated as a result. If we go crazy, we will be the unlucky ones!"
Hearing this, Fang Fang couldn't help but nod, "To put it bluntly, the division of Kyushu has lasted too long. The rule of all parties is stable. Each other has learned lessons from history, and they all care about people's livelihood!"
This is the truth, but things may not be as the Li brothers said.
In the foreign world of Kyushu, the population and area have expanded countless times, but productivity and personal force have not changed much. The pace of war has inevitably slowed down. Perhaps this is the root cause of the difficulty in unification.
Either cannibalize or fight, the former requires time, the latter requires force across Kyushu.
"Three hundred years, a lot has changed!"
Li Yanchang sighed, "Qin can unify and accumulate the power of six generations. Countries frequently make mistakes, which gives the Qin Dynasty a chance. But what will happen after this victory? The honor of the six countries will not be eliminated, and the hearts of the six countries will be uncertain. , after the death of the elite of Lao Qin, his prestige gradually faded away, it is useless for anyone to be the King of Qin, he can still defeat you!"
"What about the Han Dynasty?"
Fang Fang smiled. He didn't know if he didn't talk. He really hadn't thought about how people from Kyushu in another world understood the past dynasty.
The Li brothers' explanation may not have touched the fundamentals, but it is definitely not a mistake.
"Han Dynasty?" Li Yanting scratched his head, "The first battle has been too long, and not much of the population is left. If we continue to fight, the nobles of various countries will have to do it themselves?"
This explanation makes sense to some extent. Ambitious people will let others get in, and it is absolutely impossible for them to get in.
The Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period in another world lasted for a thousand years. I have carefully studied the equations of the Spring and Autumn History in this other world. During that thousand years, the total number of years without war did not exceed a hundred years, and all countries were at war for more than two hundred years. Under this kind of war rhythm, the speed of reproduction will definitely not keep up with the consumption of war.
War is not a one-time deal. It causes all-round adverse effects before, during and after the war.
"Secondly, the emperor of the Han Dynasty enfeoffed counties and counties in parallel, appeasing the nobles of the six countries, and first formed a nominal unity, and then encroached on the territory by enfeoffing the princes of the Liu family, turning the unification war into a civil war. With righteousness in hand, he can fight , doesn’t this make him unify?” Li Yanting shrugged. It was a rare opportunity to tell the equation to him, so he was naturally happy.
"To put it bluntly, it's a lie!" Fang Fang smiled.
This statement existed in the previous life. Liu Bang only achieved nominal unification, and it took six generations of emperors to achieve true unification. The only pity is that there were too many mines laid, and in the end it was still the remnants who actually controlled local power.
"That's right, it's just a lie. It's just that he succeeded in cheating. The unification of the Qin people is because the six countries are not united. Today, Zhao will send ten cities, and tomorrow Chu will cede three hundred lands. If you hold fire to put out the fire, the fire will not be extinguished until the fire is exhausted. , the unification of the Han people is the same, but they have changed a set of gameplay, and used the sign of the connection between heaven and man, the sole dominance of imperial power, the family, the country, and the world, turning external fighting into internal fighting, which is essentially boiling frogs in warm water!"
Li Yanchang sighed, "Now, all countries have absorbed these lessons, and even if there are some foolish kings and mediocre prime ministers, as long as there are smart people in Kyushu, the window of opportunity will disappear quickly. After all, you can't count on the whole world." They are all fools!”
"The Tang Dynasty destroyed the family. Countless thousand-year-old families and clans were uprooted by Li Tang. Now I am still alive and I am under great pressure. I am afraid that the family will be destroyed by me."
As long as Kyushu has been divided, the nerves have collapsed.
"Then do you think, if the war really breaks out, how long will it last?" Fang Fang must admit that he underestimated this person from another world.
They have their own thinking framework and limitations, why don't the equations?
For people in previous lives, the idea of unified thinking was a matter of course, and anyone who refuted it would be fooled.
But in the foreign world of Kyushu, great unification is more like a slogan, and if this slogan is chanted for too long, the Han people's imprint gradually dissipates, turning into titles such as warriors, Song people, Ming people, and Liao people.
More and more people are seeing this clearly, and igniting the flames of war is not so much an effort for unification as it is for their own better continuation.
The underlying logic has changed, and the taste has naturally changed. Including equations, no matter how many things you do, it is for yourself and for your sister to live a better life!
