The heavens start from saving Daming

Li Yunze was dissatisfied with the previous trips, because he didn't have a hearty battle.

Especially when he was in Dingxiang County, he was disgusted by Cheng Bushi.

This time, he can finally have a happy fight with the Huns.

"Zhidu." In the military meeting before the expedition, Li Yunze was the first to name Zhidu, "order you to be the food supervisor, and escort the grain and military supplies to various places in Dingxiang Yunzhong."

Zhidu, who was expressionless, immediately went out to salute, "Here!"

"After arriving at Dingxiang in Yunzhong." Li Yunze hadn't finished speaking, "Inspect the warehouses in various places first, and if there is a shortage, embezzle money."

"I must bring the thieves to justice!"

"Don't talk nonsense." Li Yunze waved his hand with a smile, "Do you think the frontier army is a local tycoon, and you can let it be manipulated by you? Write down the matter, and deal with it when the king goes over."

"Here~~~"

You are all cruel officials, so when you are in the local area, you are naturally unscrupulous. It doesn't matter what kind of tyrannical you are, you can just say "Garrah".

After all, the local tyrants at this time are not the powerful existence that can stir up the world at the end of Han Dynasty.

At this time, the tyranny has not yet developed, at least in the eyes of cruel officials like Zhidu, it is a lamb waiting to be slaughtered.

But it can't work in the army, especially the frontier army.

They fought against the Huns all the year round, disregarding life and death, they were brave and unparalleled, and if something could not be done, they could slap their butts neatly, turn around and go out to the Huns.

For example, Lu Wan, a good brother of old Liu Meng, is like this. I heard that he is doing well with the Xiongnu.

If Zhidu used the method he used to deal with the powerful to deal with the frontier army, he would definitely be dead.

"Ji An."

"The minister is here."

"You are responsible for raising cattle and horses, assisting Zhidu in transporting military supplies, and then making butcher's cheese for military use."

"Here."

Ji An is a servant of the Zhongshan Kingdom. Although the servant seems to have a low status, in fact he is one of the dignified nine ministers.

In the Han Dynasty, the eunuchs were responsible for managing the horse administration, and in this era, the horse administration was a major project related to the destiny of the country.

It was reasonable for Li Yunze to let Ji An take care of the cattle and sheep as well.

As for the butcher's cheese, it is considered a by-product of cattle, sheep and livestock, so it is only natural for the servant to take care of it.

It is Ji An himself, who is troubled by not having the opportunity to express himself as a deputy to others.

"Master Father Yan, Gongsun Hong." Li Yunze arranged for Master Father Yan, who is very smart but has a low EQ, and Gongsun Hong, a scheming man. "Design Master Father Yan as Chang Shi, Gong Sunhong as Marching Sima, and military counselor with the army. The staff in the army are all recommended by you two."

Master Fu Yan and Gong Sunhong looked at each other, and they both saw the joy in each other's eyes.

This is the real confidant's treatment.

"Here!"

When the army of the Han Dynasty went out to fight, the emperor wanted to pay homage to the general.

Later, he was given the imperial edict and tiger talisman to command troops and horses.

When the general goes on an expedition, he will set up a temporary shogunate with the army as a staff organization.

The greatest authority of the shogunate is to be able to provide advice to the general, which in turn affects the general's decision-making.

"Yan Yi." Li Yunze looked at Yan Yi, the private mansion in charge of money and goods, "Open the warehouse and take money and silk."

"Here." Yan Yi responded first, and then asked, "Dare to ask the king, how much?"

Li Yunze did a lot of calculations in his mind, and he had already figured it out: "This time out of the fortress, a total of ten infantry and two cavalry will be dispatched, a total of 6000 regular soldiers. Each person will be given eight pieces of grain, eight hu of grain, two sheep, and eight pieces of miscellaneous silk."

Yan Yi's mental arithmetic ability is good, and he quickly calculated the result: "Money, 1 grains. Grain, [-] dendrobium. Sheep, [-] heads. Miscellaneous silk, [-] pieces."

"These are rewards for opening up."

Li Yunze instructed, "You need to discuss with the master, father, and the others about the specific military supplies and supplies needed for sending troops. You need to prepare for sending troops for at least two months, and there is no shortage of more."

There is a difference between starting money and military funding.

The start-up money rewarded to the soldiers is to make them fight with high morale.

Li Yunze, who has a lot of money and wealth, offered a lot of starting money.

According to the current price of the big man, one coin is one thousand coins, and eight thousand coins is not a small amount. Moreover, Li Yunze gave the Zhongshan National Coin Mining Bureau new coins, which are smooth, beautiful and heavy.

Private money can even be exchanged at a ratio of one to two or even one to three.

Naturally, there is no need to say much about food. Even though the weather in Zhongshan has been good in the past few years and the food production has increased greatly, food is still the first-class important material for the people.

The food distributed to the soldiers is not for them to eat. They go out with the army, and the food is naturally provided by the king. Going to fight for the king, of course, has to take care of the food.

These grains are reserved for the families of the soldiers.

The same is true for sheep, which can be regarded as improving the food for the soldiers' families. After all, mutton is the mainstream meat in this era.

On weekdays, the main meat of the people is still dog meat.Usually only the rich and powerful can afford mutton.

Miscellaneous silk is a kind of auxiliary currency.

In the past, a piece of miscellaneous silk could roughly be exchanged for a sliver of evil money or private money, but now if you want to exchange for new money from the money minting bureau, you have to compare one to two to one to three.

This is not a price set by Li Yunze or Chang'an City, but a price agreed by the people.

"Prime Minister, Taifu."

Li Yunze looked at Zhang Ou and Shi Fen again, "It is enough to mobilize [-] civilians to join the army. To issue corvee, this year's tax will not be charged to the civilians who serve."

Upon hearing this, Zhang Ou wanted to object.

If taxes are not collected, what will these officials eat?
However, Shi Fen at the side pulled him indiscriminately, and immediately saluted, "Here~~~"

The military and civilian husbands came here with corvée, but here in Dahan, corvée is an obligation, so naturally there is no departure fee.

In fact, Li Yunze wanted to reform the military system and completely professionalize the army, so did the logistics soldiers.

This can avoid the mobilization of tens or even millions of corvees in every war, which will cause huge impact and harm to the people.

Of course, this kind of thing can only be arranged after entering Chang'an.

The county soldiers of Zhongshan National Neng Zhan were basically taken away by Li Yunze this time.

If there were only a few thousand people, Li Yunze could serve as the captain and command to Qu, and even to Tun, so that he would not be disadvantaged in commanding.

But if there are more than [-] troops, it means that no matter how powerful and experienced he is, he will not be able to command them.

Li Yunze was scratching his head because he didn't have any generals who could be used.

Qu is led by Junhou, with 500 people as a Qu, which is considered the most standard tactical unit.

On the top of the song is the Ministry, each of which is led by a school lieutenant or a military Sima, and belongs to the smallest combat unit.

If it goes further up, it is the real leading general.

The title of general is rare in the big man, and the status is very high.Usually only when going to war, the general will be temporarily set.Those who can have a specific title of general are all famous and trusted by the emperor.

"I don't know how old Wei Qing is this year."

There is no need to think about Huo Qubing. At this time, Huo Qubing's father, Huo Zhongru, may not have been a small official in Pingyang County.

But for Wei Qing, he might already be a teenager.

"Find a chance to find out, after all, it is the famous Wei Huo."

Zhidu set off first with the men who served in corvée, driving the oxen and horses gathered by the eunuch Ji'an, pulling one after another carts full of food and military supplies, passing through Kuxing to Taiyuan County, and from there turning north to Dingxiang County.

The former soldiers who belonged to the counties of Zhongshan Kingdom in the Dispersed Department quickly assembled after receiving the dispatch order, and the morale of the army was greatly boosted after receiving the reward.

Even if Li Yunze said that he would take them to the side of Lord Qing in Chang'an City, there would probably be many soldiers willing to follow.

"Teacher, Prime Minister."

Li Yunze bowed his hands to Shi Fen and Zhang Ou, "For matters in the middle school, I will leave it to you two."

"Don't worry, your majesty, we will live up to your majesty's trust!"

Li Yunze nodded, and nodded to the beauties led by Zhuo Wenjun not far away, then turned his horse's head and rode straight to the official road leading to Kuxing.

Behind him, thousands of infantry set out in sequence.

A thousand cavalry, dressed in commoner clothes, rode horses and led pack horses and war horses, and followed closely behind Li Yunze.

After robbing so many horses and spending such a long time, the elite cavalry trained are just these thousand cavalry.

The equipment of this cavalry is extremely luxurious, and even the horses are as many as three for one person.

You must know that even the palace tent army of the Great Chanyu does not have such a luxury.

Herdsmen on the grasslands are also unwilling to raise horses, because there is no income to speak of.The output of meat, skin, tendons, and milk is not as good as that of cows, and it is also very delicate and easy to get sick and waste.

Only when the big chanyu and the noble heads of the tribe force them to do so, they will take the initiative to raise horses, and they mainly raise cattle and sheep on weekdays.

Although Li Yunze only had a thousand cavalry, their equipment could be called the pinnacle of this era.

There are three horses in total, a riding horse is used for walking, a pack horse is used to carry armor, weapons and various military supplies, and the last one is also the tallest and strongest war horse that does not carry anything.

War horses would only be ridden during battles, and they would be well-fed on weekdays in order to allow them to exert their maximum speed and endurance during battles.

Li Yunze equipped the war horse with horse armor, the most commonly used weapon in the hands of the Huns, and the bow and arrow were useless.

The cavalry are all equipped with plate armor, not the canned armor of Europa Knights, but a simplified version to reduce weight.

The weight of the armor is too heavy, which will greatly reduce the impact of the horse.

Although it is a simplified version of the armor, because it uses water forging and low-carbon steel is used as the raw material, its defensive ability is extremely good. The inner lining is lined with chain armor and silk armor, which is already invulnerable to non-heavy weapons.

Hammers, axes, bones, maces and other heavy weapons that consume a lot of iron, how many of the Huns can equip them?

In addition to the armor, the weapons used by the cavalry have also been upgraded.

The first is the cavalry spear as the main weapon. The cavalry spear, which is one and a half feet long, can stab dead people even if it has no spear head with the help of the impact force when charging, let alone the steel spear head.

This kind of lance is a one-time equipment on the battlefield, because when the lance is clamped and quickly charged into the enemy, the huge reaction force will cause the arm to die directly.

So before the impact, you need to let go.

After that, the weapon needs to be changed, usually a short spear with a length of one foot, and it is much more convenient to practice than a horse spear with a suitable length.

In addition, the cavalry were also equipped with sabers.

With high-quality steel, the manufacture of sabers can naturally be included in the schedule.

The sharp and sturdy saber has a strong equipment advantage against the Huns cavalry with leather armor at most.

These are the standard equipment that Li Yunze distributes to the cavalry.

In addition, the cavalry are equipped with some additional weapons, such as various bows and arrows, tiger bows, carved bows, horn-end bows, road bows, etc., as well as flails, bones, etc., which are all personal equipment.

This shows how difficult it is to train an excellent cavalryman.

Not only must you be proficient in riding, but you must also be proficient in using various weapons.

You can fight while riding a horse, but you can still shoot arrows when you get off the horse.

In addition, it is necessary to practice battle formation coordination, various cavalry combat skills, and so on.

Professional sergeants are all off-duty. They hone their skills all day long, thinking about how to kill more effectively.

In order to support these elite professional sergeants, the minimum standard has to be five households supporting one person.

In terms of cavalry, it takes almost ten families to barely support them.

In movies, TV dramas and novels, you can just find someone to ride a horse and you can fight on horseback, but it doesn't exist in reality.

Unless it is a herdsman of a nomadic tribe who grew up on horseback.

Moreover, tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of cavalry roared and charged to attack the village, not to mention whether they could be placed on the battlefield. The economic aspect alone was enough to lead to bankruptcy.

Zhongshan is very rich, selling white paper, printed books, iron farm tools, cattle and sheep grain, and even earning seigniorage on the difference through the mint.

But such a rich Zhongshan country only raised a thousand elite cavalry.

The powerful cavalry is not just spoken, but real money!