Three Kingdoms

  Chapter 967 Plan

   "Your Majesty," Xu Shu said holding the statistical data, "this is...well, a list..." Fei Qian talked a lot about the word list, so Xu Shu naturally remembered it.

  Fei Qian took it, probably looked at the above value, and then paid attention to the final settlement number, couldn't help but take a breath...

  Because the five baht money is so bad, basically everything, whether it is the soldiers’ salaries or the forage and dried beans consumed by livestock, is now converted into food and grass, which is convenient for unified calculation.

   There are about 3,000 civilians who are recruited to transport soldiers and rations, and the rations are one stone, two buckets and five liters per month. For an ordinary infantry, the monthly salary is three stones, three buckets and three liters of grain, and two liters of coarse salt. For a cavalryman, twelve stones, three stones of dried beans, and six liters of coarse salt, of course, this includes food for war horses.

  There are only more than 4,000 regular soldiers and 3,000 civilian husbands, and the food and grass consumed by the soldiers' rations every month is more than 30,000 shi...

  The above does not include the consumption of ordinary Gebu, hay, nails, wood, various military equipment, arrows, etc.

   "Tsk..." Fei Qian shook his head. In later generations, he would always say that tens of thousands are not enough. Why didn't there be a hundred thousand people, a million-dollar battle or something, now, hehe, hehe...

   Another large column is the damage of soldiers and horses.

The main loss is the cavalry part. The cavalry died on the spot and died of serious injuries in the later period, 219 people, 166 people with moderate injuries needing recovery, and 107 people with minor injuries. The pawns were relatively better, but there were nearly three hundred injuries.

  In addition, the horses were severely damaged. More than 300 people died in battle, and the rest were mainly damaged by horseshoes and legs. In addition, the surviving war horses who followed Fei Qian to Chang'an, even if they were not injured, were a little fat due to long-term running, and needed to be raised properly, and they could not be sent out for some heavy errands for the time being.

   Beneath fame and fame is the Road of Bones.

  Fei Qian put down the list in his hand, subconsciously knocked on the table with his fingers, making a soft beeping sound.

  Xu Shu turned his head slightly, glanced at Fei Qian's hand, then sat silently by the side and stroked his beard.

   After thinking for a while, Fei Qian said, "We should have lost five times as many soldiers as we did in Xiliang, and the loss of cavalry should have been around 1,500 to 2,000. Overall, we fought well..."

  Xu Shu nodded.

   In fact, it is far more than just the words "good typing". Taking down the land of Sucheng is almost equivalent to extending a foot into Guanzhong. Although Diaoyin is a dangerous pass, it is narrower after all, which is good for defense but not good for offense. Now it is different. With Sucheng in hand, it is basically equivalent to going south and east...

  Fei Qian sighed slightly, and said: "...However, the damage is still a bit bigger..." After all, this consumption is somewhat embarrassing.

   Especially cavalry and war horses, the battle between the same arms is still the most damaging.

War is not only a cruel scene full of blood and adrenaline soaring, but also these trivial logistics, annoying losses, and the personal abilities of soldiers that will always get worse and worse as they fight. And the internal friction and wrangling that will never stop.

  Although Feiqian will be better here, it is actually not much better. It is a very important matter for a unit such as cavalry, but it is still not something that can be replenished immediately.

  Xu Shu is also silent. Even though he has a lot of resourcefulness on this issue, it is still impossible to turn an ordinary farmer into a cavalry with superb riding skills and can go into battle.

  Fei Qian looked at the sky outside the hall, thinking in his heart, it would be great if the keyboard warriors of later generations were around, and a lot of it would be sprayed out by opening his mouth...

Today, it can be said that in the entire Han Dynasty, in the history of cavalry development in the agricultural ethnic areas of the Central Plains and even in the whole of China, the light cavalry and heavy cavalry of the current Han Dynasty have entered a new period of development, especially in cavalry training. Gradually normalized.

  At first, Liu Bang didn't have cavalry in his hands, and then he was beaten up by the cavalry of the Qin Dynasty. Liu Bang, who was beaten so badly and swollen, gritted his teeth, and built up a "capable" cavalry force with minimal clothing and food. Under the unified command of Guan Ying, who is quite familiar with cavalry battle formations.

   Such a troop, many of whose members had received cavalry training and cavalry combat tests as early as the Qin Dynasty, was born in the Qin Dynasty, but served for Liu Bang, and played an important role in the Battle of Xingyang and the Battle of Xiangyi.

   Of course, more cavalry were built up by chasing after Xiang Yu's **** all the way. Xiang Yu, the captain of the transportation team, when he was in Gaixia, except for his own part of the elite cavalry, almost all contributed to Liu Bang...

  At the beginning of the Han Dynasty, horse "garden thirty-six houses" were set up in the west and north. Equipped with "30,000 officials and servants, and 300,000 horses". At the same time, the emperor set up "six stables", that is, six horse farms. The state-run horse breeding institutions in various counties. They are not only responsible for the production and reproduction of horses, but also undertake some training work for war horses. Some officials, especially the tens of thousands of "official slaves" in the northwestern courts, are familiar with the habits, domestication, and driving of horses. They are good horse tamers, able to subdue fierce horses. After some training, the horses are far different from the "raw horses" in the stables. They have "farewell" to many beasts and wildness, and become tame and sensitive. They can get close to people, withstand many stimulations, and are easy to play the riding function .

  Once the war requires, we can provide heavy cavalry, light cavalry, etc. with different types of horses that have undergone preliminary training and sufficient quantities. After being assigned to the cavalry, it can be used freely with a little heating. Therefore, training war horses, in a certain sense, also belongs to the content of cavalry training.

These places are in Guanzhong, Shangjun, Bingbei and other places. However, as time went by, because Liu Xiu's overall political, economic, and cultural centers of the Han Dynasty moved eastward, these horse breeding places gradually became decadent. Today, Jizhou and The Liaodong area has become the main source of war horses...

  Of course, most of the current Jizhou cavalry fell into the hands of Yuan Shao, and became a means for him to contend with Gongsun Zan.

  Normally speaking, the Han cavalry can be roughly divided into two parts: the central system and the various county systems located in the north. The former guards the capital and the imperial palace, most of which are recruited from the latter in turn. The latter, belonging to local troops, sometimes participate in expeditionary activities under the mobilization of the central government. But now the cavalry of these two systems basically do not exist.

  The original central cavalry belonged to the eight lieutenants of the Northern Army, of which four lieutenants were elite cavalry. In the early Han Dynasty, when a man reached the age of twenty-three, he had to serve formally. One year, he served as an ordinary guard soldier in the county, and from the second year, he selected some of them as material officers or cavalry soil, learning archery, cavalry, etc. Chi, battle array and so on.

  After a period of military training, after completing active service, he returned home to work in agriculture and became a reserve soldier. This kind of system of integrating soldiers into agriculture can make the whole country not train soldiers, so now the problem comes...

   Feiqian sighed: "It's not the right time..."

  Xu Shu replied from the side, and said: "...Your Majesty is very worried, and it is the best policy to evacuate at this time."

   "..." Do you know what I am thinking? Fei Qian blinked, turned his head, and said to Xu Shu, "Yuan Zhi, let's just say..."

Xu Shu arched his hands and said: "... If you want to take Guanzhong, you must use the momentum of thunder before you can suppress it in one fell swoop. At present, the central government has its own line and cannot be tolerated by us. Besides, Xiliang's soldiers are not calm, and there are Hongnong soldiers outside. Peeping... It seems like an enemy but not an enemy, a friend but not a friend, and our foundation is not stable, so this is really not a good opportunity..."

  Oh, I didn't think the same thing...

  Xu Shu was thinking about the Guanzhong battlefield, while Fei Qian was thinking about the current situation of the Han Dynasty. Although the two people's thoughts are different, their conclusions are similar, and it's not yet time.

At the end of the Han Dynasty, the conscript system left by the original Han Dynasty has not been completely destroyed, so these careerists can recruit a group of soldiers who can go directly to battle again and again. It is Fei Qian's current weakness.

In the land of Bingzhou, except for the relatively well-protected Shangdang area of ​​Taiyuan, the population of other areas is relatively sparse. Although some refugees from Chang'an were added in the previous stage, it is still not optimistic, and in these areas, the original The so-called legal system of the Han Dynasty and all kinds of armaments are almost abandoned, so if you want to imagine that two guys, Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu, can gather a militia and change jobs to become regular soldiers by ringing the bell, you don't even have to think about it.

However, I also have my own advantages. In this area with a strong mutton smell, it is relatively easy to recruit Huqi. These Huqi are originally horsemen with excellent bow and archery skills, so it is not bad to gradually become junior cavalry. Can. However, it is not so easy to transform from elementary cavalry into a part of heavy cavalry, or to become a unit that is not only good at fighting with the wind, but also has enough resilience in adversity.

  So whether it is from the perspective of the Guanzhong battle situation or the situation of the whole world, this is not the time to set up yourself and become a huge target to face all the ambitious people in the world.

   For the time being, Fei Qian's status quo is still unaffordable.

   "Withdraw troops..." Fei Qian said, "According to Sucheng, watch Guanzhong, and wait for the change. If you return to Pingyang with someone, as for Zhang, Ma and Zhao..."

  Xu Shu said: "Your Majesty, Ma Xiaowei and Xiliang Ma Shoucheng are old, and their ancestors are all descendants of General Fubo. It may be of great use if they stay here..."

   Fei Qian looked at Xu Shu and said, "...so that's how it was. I met him halfway the day before yesterday and saw him wearing a fur coat..."

  Xu Shu nodded, and said: "None of the surrounding counties have seen Captain Ma, so how do you know that this horse is not the other one? If the generals in Xiliang are suspicious, it will be a merit..."

   Feiqian nodded, in this case, Ma Yan needs to stay here.

  Then Zhang Liao and Zhao Yun, which one to take back to Pingyang? It is impossible to take all of them away, after all, Diaoyin still needs to leave a general to guard it.

  Xu Shu could see what Fei Qian was thinking about, so he suggested: "Stay in Diaoyin, both Zhang and Zhao can do it, but Captain Zhao passed through Yuzhong to Pinyang before, so the geography of this place is more or less familiar..."

  Fei Qian nodded when he heard the words. The matter here is probably settled in this way.

   "There is one more thing," Xu Shu said after pondering for a while, "...The population of the princes and princes is increasing now, so we must quickly raise filial piety, honesty, talents, etc., to prepare for the needs..."

In fact, this matter was discussed with Xu Shu in a letter from Xun Chen in Diaoyin. Because of Xu Shu's background and the relationship with Jing Xiang, this topic may only be brought up by Xu Shu. Others, such as Xun Chen, or Jia Although Qu and the others also had such thoughts, they would inevitably worry that Fei Qian might be suspected of forming a clique when they brought it up.

  With a large population, natural affairs will become complicated.

   Speaking of this matter, Fei Qian also agreed, saying: "This matter will be carried out as soon as I arrive in Pingyang."

  People’s livelihood and politics, if Feiqian is not now a small prince, and he has experienced personal affairs, big and small, and only relying on the imagination of later generations, he will definitely not be able to appreciate the cumbersome and difficult civil affairs of the Han Dynasty.

  Civil administration in one place is difficult to say, but also easy to say. Because whether it is a county or a township, they are generally similar, and they all have at least household registration, customs, Fu registration, shift service, township service, general service, demobilization, setting up three elders, respecting seniors, bestowing filial brothers, and sympathy. Affair of widowed gills, lonely body, caressing refugees, city slaves and maidservants, controlling tyrants and cunning, enlisting civilians, persuading farming and mulberry, false farming, tax exemption, giving wine, rewarding nobles, honoring filial piety, abstaining from extravagance, removing human remains, etc. …

  Is it easy?

   Is it possible to just grab someone who knows a little bit of writing?

In addition, local civil affairs chiefs not only need to understand the above, but also need to understand what is "Tuhui", what is "Tuyi", what is "Tugui", what is "Twelve Teachings", and what is "Three Objects and Eight Penalties". "...

   But is it difficult?

   Normally, nothing.

Because most of the work does not need to be done by the top leaders of counties and counties, only the officials at all levels below need to be accounted for, and then the officials at all levels apportion these matters to the nobles in the townships and counties and the local gentry, and then the local nobles The right nobles completed those trivial matters one by one, and finally gathered them to the county magistrate...

  So, in later generations, people often say that there is something so great about the gentry. The gentry just know two words, don’t they just have a status in the countryside, the earth can’t move without the gentry, or something, etc...

But in the Han Dynasty, completely abandoning the gentry means that all civil affairs will be pressured on the local administrative agencies, not to mention other things, only the collection of grain taxes, without any modern transportation and equipment. Under such circumstances, it is a rather tedious and terrifying workload to complete the collection of grain from various farming settlements and return them to the warehouse bit by bit.

You must know that in the Han Dynasty, there were no cars, ships, trains, planes, cranes or harvesters. All things basically relied on manpower or the power of cattle and horses. How many manpower and time will it take to collect grain that matures almost at the same time within a certain range, completely separate from the children of the gentry, and only rely on the personnel of the local administrative agency to operate?

  Food is not other things, like cloth, you can put it away, but if the grain is not harvested in time, whether it is damp or eaten by rats and insects, the damaged part will be counted on the head of that person?

In the past, Feiqian only had Pingyang and Yong'an, and everything like Pucheng was handled locally, so it was somewhat simple, but now it has expanded to Yinshan in the north, Huguan in the east, Diaoyin in the west, and Sucheng in the south. In some areas, some counties have recovered but have not allocated enough officials, and some have just started large-scale farming production. When it comes to the autumn harvest this year, although the harvested grain and grass will definitely be much more than last year, it will require various management methods. And the number of officials who assisted was also much larger...

   "The forest is getting bigger now, I guess all kinds of birds will appear..." Fei Qian said quietly.

  Xu Shu heard the words, pondered for a while, shook his head and smiled bitterly: "...Your Majesty, if the water is clear, there will be no fish. In this forest, if you are too cautious, there will be no birds..."

  Fei Qian was taken aback for a moment, then laughed, "Well said, be taught, be taught..." If it's an ordinary bird, it's fine, if it's a black flock, you still have to clean up a few...

  (end of this chapter)