These high-legged horses of the Jianghu people are different from the low-legged horses of the Central Plains. They are quite valuable within the Han Empire.
In addition, the soldiers also took off a lot of leather clothes and weapons from Jiang Huren's corpse.
Although these things are not worth much, at any rate, fly legs can be regarded as meat.
Although this night raid, the enemy was easily defeated.
However, on Wei Qing's side, thirteen soldiers were still killed in the battle, and thirty others suffered varying degrees of minor or serious injuries.
Several of them were stabbed by their own people because of poor cooperation during the assault.
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Seeing the dead and injured wailing companions, the legion composed entirely of new recruits was filled with an unspeakable silence, which was the fear of death.
At this moment, the soldiers suddenly saw their captain, commanding several brothers, carrying several large wooden boxes, striding in front of them.
Wei Qing looked at it and saw that the soldiers who had gathered around him consciously suddenly kicked one of the big boxes under everyone's doubtful gaze.
The box fell to the ground, the lid was opened, and the copper coins contained inside rolled and bounced on the ground, crowded with each other, and made a "dinging" metal collision sound.
The shining copper coins scattered out of the box made everyone's eyes open.
"I am very satisfied with your performance today. You are the heroes of the Han Empire. These properties belong to you because you are true warriors."
"The soldiers who were injured today can receive an additional double reward, and those who died in battle will receive an additional double reward from their families!"
Wei Qing's words made the entire legion boil.
It was an unprecedented first time for the soldiers at the bottom to get money after winning the battle.
Under all kinds of exorbitant taxes and exploitation of labor, many farmers did not save a drop of money for their descendants until their death.
When these soldiers thought about getting so much money tonight, their originally low morale suddenly became high.
All the soldiers were shouting excitedly: "Sir, we are willing to die for you."
One wounded soldier even covered his face in excitement and cried.
This wounded soldier originally thought that he would be abandoned by the army because of his injury, but unexpectedly he received twice as much pay as the others.
"As long as you are willing to protect your family and the country, I guarantee that what you will get will be much more than what you get tonight!"
Wei Qing was very satisfied with the excitement shown by his soldiers.
I believe that if an enemy appeared in front of these soldiers now, these soldiers would definitely pounce on them viciously and bite the enemy into pieces.
In Wei Qing's eyes, the army is best like a tiger, not only with sharp claws and teeth, but also with the desire to fight.
He wants to train these ordinary farmers into elite teachers who are always eager to fight.
"Sir, a total of 834 Jianghu people were killed in this battle, and a hundred and fifty-three coins were looted, forty-six horses, hundreds of cowhide and sheepskin, and some miscellaneous harvests."
The quartermaster respectfully handed Wei Qing a thick list of loot in his hand.
The quartermaster who was responsible for the daily inventory of supplies knew that this battle had made his immediate boss a fortune.
"Yes, yes, it seems that clearing out the bastards around you will not only train your troops, but also make you rich. It seems you should do it often!"
Wei Qing briefly looked through the trophy list handed over by the quartermaster and nodded with satisfaction.
Although the army trained in this way has strong combat effectiveness, it also costs a lot.
In order to train this army, Wei Qing has paid a lot of money.
Wei Qing is naturally very pleased to be able to make some progress now and make up for the loopholes.
"Running the army with advantage" is one of the important reasons why Wei Qing was able to build an elite army in just a few months.
"Money is the driving force that drives soldiers' desires. Titles and land are the guarantees that make generals fearless of death."
This is the conclusion Wei Qing came to after thinking hard for several days.
In this feudal period when productivity was underdeveloped, agriculture was the foundation of a country.
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It is precisely because of this that in the feudal era, even the most prosperous empire could not afford to support a large number of soldiers.
It is precisely because of this that the military system of garrison emerged, serving the soldiers in wartime and the people in peacetime.
In this way, the system of farming during busy periods and training during slack periods not only allows soldiers to support themselves, but also maintains a well-trained army for the country. It is simply killing two birds with one stone.
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After there are horses in the military camp, the soldiers have another task besides daily training, which is to feed the horses.
No, even at noon, when it was time to eat, the soldiers were not in a hurry to get food. Instead, they fetched water, got fodder, and served the horses to eat and drink first.
Horses with owners are treated better, and many people secretly feed the best parts of the forage to their own horses.
Even Wei Qing is not exempt from this.
The bean cake Wei Qing gave to his horse Chun Yu was obviously much better than the cakes given to other horses.
After his horse Chun Yu ate the bean cake, he broke off a small piece of mineral salt, crushed it with his palms, and mixed it with the forage to give it a "supplement".
Chunyu, who was eating and drinking well, snorted with satisfaction, and kicked her front hooves and hind hooves happily on the ground a few times...
Wei Qing patted his mount's head, rubbed the dirt off his hands, and walked towards the main room.
Horses are very magical animals. They have strong adaptability to the environment. They can be found in grasslands, forests, deserts, and plains.
However, there are good and bad horses, good and bad, depending on their type and purpose.
Especially in the era of cold weapons, the war horses bred by various countries were artificially divided into dozens of categories.
Among them, it is recognized that the best war horses are those from Central Asia and the Western Regions, followed by those from deserts and steppes, and the worst are those from the south.
There is a saying in the Book of Shang Jun from various schools of thought: "The reason why a country thrives is agricultural warfare."
Needless to say, the word "Nong Zhan" refers to the amount of farmland, while the word "Zhan" represents national-level war.
In the cold weapon era, the cavalry has always been the strongest army, if not one.
Especially during the period when the Han Dynasty and the Huns were competing in terms of comprehensive national strength, the role of cavalry also began to be infinitely magnified.
In order to improve its military strength, the Han Empire sought to cultivate superior breeds of war horses at all costs.
The quality of the war horse is really important.
Regrettably, from ancient times to the present, neither the Central Plains, Guanzhong, nor Huainan has produced good horses, and the average southern horse is not as good as the northern horse.
