Three Kingdoms

"Junhou," Xu Shu said, holding the statistics, "this is...well, a list..." Fei Qian said the word list a lot, and Xu Shu naturally remembered it.

Fei Qian took it, briefly looked at the values ​​​​on it, and then paid attention to the final settlement number, and couldn't help but take a breath...

Because the five-baht coin is so bad, basically everything from soldiers' pay to livestock's fodder, dry beans, etc. are converted into grain and grass for easy calculation.

About 3,000 civilians were recruited to transport troops and rations, and the rations were one stone, two buckets, and five liters per month. An ordinary infantryman's monthly salary is three stones, three buckets, three liters of grain and two liters of coarse salt. A cavalryman needs twelve stones, three stones of dried beans, and six liters of coarse salt. Of course, this is the food including the war horse.

There are only more than 4,000 regular soldiers and 3,000 civilians. The amount of food and grass consumed per month in terms of military pay and rations is more than 30,000 dan...

The above does not include the consumption of ordinary grass cloth, hay, nails, wooden tools, various military equipment, arrows, etc.

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

Another large column shows the injuries of soldiers, horses, etc.

Mainly due to the losses of the cavalry, 219 cavalry were killed on the spot and later seriously injured, 166 were moderately injured and needed recovery, and 107 were slightly injured. The infantry were relatively in better condition, but there were also nearly 300 injuries.

In addition, the horses were severely damaged, with more than 300 people killed in the battle, and the rest were mainly due to damage to their hooves and legs. In addition, the surviving war horses that followed Fei Qian to Chang'an, even if they were not injured, had lost some weight due to long running, and needed to be well maintained, and they could not be dispatched on some heavy errands for the time being.

Underneath the fame is the road of bones.

Fei Qian put down the list in his hand and subconsciously tapped the table with his fingers, making a soft clicking sound.

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

Fei Qian thought for a while and then said: "The number of soldiers lost in Xiliang should be five times that of ours. Among them, the loss of cavalry should be about 1,500 to 2,000. Overall, we have fought well..."

Xu Shu nodded.

In fact, it goes far beyond the words "good typing". Taking down the land of Sucheng is almost like extending one foot into Guanzhong. Although Diaoyin is a dangerous pass, it is a bit narrow after all, which is conducive to defense but not offensive. Now it is different. With Su City in hand, it is basically equivalent to moving 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, battles between the same types of soldiers still cause the greatest damage.

War is not only full of blood and cruel scenes that make people soar with adrenaline. It is also more about the trivial logistics, annoying losses, and the personal abilities of the soldiers that always get worse and worse the more they fight. And the internal friction and wrangling that will never stop.

Although Feiqian will be better here, it is actually not much better. From a unit like cavalry alone, it is a very important matter, but it is still not something that can be replenished immediately if you want to.

Xu Shu was also silent. Regarding this issue, even though he was resourceful, it was still impossible for him to transform an ordinary farmer into a cavalryman with superb riding skills who could go into battle.

Fei Qian looked at the sky outside the hall and thought to himself, it would be great if there were keyboard warriors in the future. He would probably be able to spit out a lot of it if he opened his mouth and sprayed...

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

At first, Liu Bang had no cavalry, and then he was beaten up by the Qin Dynasty's cavalry. Liu Bang, who was beaten with a bruised nose and face, gritted his teeth and built a "capable" cavalry team with minimal clothing and food. Then, against all opinions, he appointed Li Bi and Luo Jia, who had experience in cavalry combat in the Qin Dynasty, as his left and right captains. They were under the unified command of Guan Ying, who was quite familiar with cavalry battle formations.

Such a unit, with many members having 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 and piecing together Xiang Yu's ass. Xiang Yu, the captain of the transportation brigade, when he was in Gaixia, except for his own elite bodyguard cavalry, almost all of them were given to Liu Bang...

In the early Han Dynasty, "Thirty-six Horse Gardens" were built in the west and north. With "30,000 official slaves and maidservants, and 300,000 horses." At the same time, the emperor set up "six stables", that is, 6 horse farms. All counties and states set up horse breeding institutions. They are not only responsible for the production and reproduction of horses, but also undertake certain training tasks for war horses. Some officials, especially the tens of thousands of "official slaves" in various gardens in the northwest, are familiar with the habits, training, and control of horses. They are good horse trainers and can subdue aggressive horses. Horses that have been trained are far different from the "raw horses" in the stables. They have said goodbye to a lot of animalistic and wild nature, and have become docile and agile, able to get close to people, withstand many stimulations, and can easily perform their riding functions. .

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

These places are in Guanzhong, Shangjun, Bingbei and other places. However, with the passage of time, due to the eastward movement of Liu Xiu's overall political, economic and cultural center of the Han Dynasty, these horse-raising places gradually declined. Today, Jizhou and The Liaodong area has become the main source of war horses...

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

Generally speaking, the Han cavalry can be roughly divided into two parts: the central system and the various county systems in the north. The former, guarding the capital and the palace, most of them were recruited through the rotation of the latter. The latter belong to local troops and sometimes participate in military campaigns under the mobilization of the central government. But now the cavalry of these two systems basically no longer exist.

Originally, the central cavalry belonged to the eight captains of the Northern Army, four of whom were elite cavalry. In the early Han Dynasty, when a male reached the age of twenty-three, he had to formally serve as an ordinary guard soldier in the county for one year. From the second year onwards, some of them would be selected as officials or cavalrymen to learn archery and riding. Chi, battle formation, etc.

After a period of military training and completion of active service, he returned home to farm and became a reservist. This kind of system that integrates soldiers with farmers can prevent the entire country from training its soldiers, so now the problem arises...

Fei Qian sighed: "It's not the right time..."

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

"..." Do you know what I'm thinking about? Fei Qian blinked, turned his head, and said to Xu Shu: "Yuan Zhi, you might as well say..."

Xu Shu cupped his hands and said: "...If you want to take Guanzhong, you must use the power of thunder to suppress it in one fell swoop. Now the dynasty has its own system and cannot be tolerated by us. Moreover, Xiliang's soldiers have not yet calmed down, and there are Hongnong's soldiers." Peeping outside... looks like an enemy but not an enemy, looks like a friend but not a friend, and our foundation is not stable, so it is not a good opportunity..."

Oh, it turns out I wasn’t thinking of 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 think about different things, their conclusions are similar, and it's not time yet.

At this stage of the late Han Dynasty, the original compulsory soldier system left by the Han Dynasty has not been completely destroyed, so these careerists can recruit a group of soldiers who can directly go into battle again and again. This point, This is Fei Qian's current weakness.

In Bingzhou, except for the Shangdang area of ​​Taiyuan, which is relatively well protected, the population in 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 armaments of the Han Dynasty were almost abandoned, so if you imagine that Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu could assemble a group of militiamen and become regular soldiers by ringing a bell, there is no need to think about it.

However, he also has his own advantages. In this area where the smell of sheep is relatively strong, it is relatively easy to recruit Huqi. These Huqi are originally people with excellent riding skills and archery skills, so they have to gradually become junior cavalry. Can. However, it is not so easy to transform from an elementary cavalry into a part of the heavy cavalry, or to become a force that is not only good at fighting with the wind, but also has enough resilience in adversity.

Therefore, no matter from the perspective of the battle situation in Guanzhong or the situation of the entire world, this is not the time to establish oneself as a huge target to fight against all the ambitious people in the world.

For the time being, Feiqian's current situation still cannot afford it.

"Withdraw the troops..." Fei Qian said, "Secure Su City, watch Guanzhong, and wait for changes. Youruo and a certain person return to Pingyang, as for Zhang, Ma and Zhao..."

Xu Shu said: "Your Majesty, Ma Xiaowei and Xiliang Ma Shoucheng have a long history. Their ancestors are both the descendants of General Fubo. If they stay here, they may be of great use..."

Fei Qian looked at Xu Shu and said, "...I see, I met him on the way the day before yesterday and saw him wearing fur clothes..."

Xu Shu nodded and said: "None of the surrounding counties have seen Ma Xiaowei, how can they know that this horse is not the same horse? If it arouses the suspicion of the Xiliang generals, it will be a great achievement..."

Fei Qian nodded. In this case, Ma Yan needs to stay here.

So, which one of Zhang Liao and Zhao Yun will you take back to Pingyang? It's impossible to take them all away. After all, Diaoyin still has to leave a general to guard it.

Xu Shu could see what Fei Qian was thinking about, so he suggested: "You can stay in Diaoyin, either Zhang or Zhao. However, Zhao Wei passed through the valley to Pinyang before, and the geography here is more familiar..."

When Fei Qian heard this, he nodded, and the matter here was probably settled like this.

"There is one more thing," Xu Shu pondered for a while and then said, "...the monarch now has an increasing number of people under his jurisdiction, so he must quickly recruit filial, honest and talented people to prepare for the needs..."

In fact, this matter was discussed with Xu Shu when Xun Chen wrote to Diaoyin. Because of Xu Shu’s origin and relationship with Jing Xiang, this topic may only be brought up by Xu Shu. Others such as Xun Chen or Jia Although Qu and others also have such thoughts, if they bring it up, they will inevitably worry that Fei Qian may be suspected of forming a clique.

As the population increases, natural affairs become more complicated.

Speaking of this matter, Fei Qian also agreed and said: "This matter will be carried out immediately after I arrive in Pingyang."

People's livelihood and political affairs, if Fei Qian was not a small prince now, had personal experience in large and small affairs, relying only on the imagination of later generations, he would never be able to understand the complexity and difficulties of civil affairs in the Han Dynasty.

Civil affairs in a place is difficult to say and easy to say. Because whether it is a county or a township, they are generally similar. They all have at least household registration, customs, official registration, regular service, rural service, general service, relocation, placement of three elders, respect for the elderly, bestowing filial brothers, and sympathies. Affairs such as those who are widowed, lonely, care for the homeless, sell slaves, govern the powerful and cunning, recruit people, encourage farmers to grow mulberry trees, fake people's fields, tax exemptions, grant wine, reward people, practice filial piety, abstain from luxury, kill corpses, etc. …

Is it easy?

Is it possible to just grab someone who knows a little bit about 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 are the "Twelve Religions", and what are the "Three Things and Eight Punishments" "...

But is it difficult?

Normally it won't happen.

Because most of the work does not need to be done by the top leaders of counties and counties. It only needs to be handed over to the officials at all levels. Then the officials at all levels will assign these tasks to the powerful people in the townships and counties and the local nobles, and then the local powerful people will do it. The right gentry completed the trivial matters one by one, and finally summarized them to the county magistrate...

Therefore, people in later generations often say what is so great about the gentry. Doesn’t the gentry just know a few words and has some status in the countryside? The earth cannot rotate without the gentry, and so on...

However, in the Han Dynasty, completely abandoning the gentry, it meant that all civil affairs matters would be placed on local administrative agencies. Not to mention other things, the collection of grain taxes alone would not be possible without any modern transportation and equipment. Under such circumstances, it is a very tedious and terrifying workload to collect grains 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, airplanes, cranes, or harvesters. Everything basically relied on manpower or the power of oxen and horses. Under such production conditions, it was necessary to complete the production in a large number of counties within a certain period of time. How many manpower and time are needed to collect grain that matures at almost the same time within a certain area, completely separate from the gentry's children, and rely only on the personnel of local administrative agencies?

Grain and grass are not other things, like cloth, you can put them away as much as possible. If the grain and grass are not collected in time, whether it is damp or eaten by rats and insects, the damaged part will be counted on that person's head?

Originally, Feiqian only had Pingyang and Yong'an, and everything in Pucheng was handled locally, so it was somewhat simple. But now it has expanded to a vast area stretching from Yinshan to the north, Huguan to the east, Diaoyin to the west, and Sucheng to the south. In this area, some counties have recovered but do not have enough officials, and some have just started large-scale farming and production. When it comes to this year's autumn harvest, although the grain and grass harvested will definitely be much more than last year, various management methods are needed. The number of officials and assisting officials is also much greater...

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

Hearing this, Xu Shu thought for a while, shook his head and said with a bitter smile: "... Lord, if the water is clear, there will be no fish. In this forest, if you are too careful, there will be no birds..."

Fei Qian was stunned for a moment, then laughed, "Well said, be taught, be taught..." If it's an ordinary bird, that's it. If it's a black sheep, you still have to take care of a few...