Three Kingdoms

  Chapter 980 Jia Xu's Experience

  Fei Qian moved to Pingyang with the large army, while Jia Xu followed the army. Although Jia Xu didn't directly express that he was willing to help, do his best, etc., but in fact it was almost the same...

   After all, the matter of Fei Xiongjun is more or less a testament to Jia Xu?

   It seems to have this meaning. Fei Qian didn't expect to get relevant information about Feixiong Army from Jia Xu, and Grand Master Dong's Zhongxing Sword seemed to be able to play a certain role in it.

It turns out that in the later period, under the influence of drugs, Dong Zhuo had less and less time to be fully awake. He himself seemed to feel something was wrong, so he dispatched his flying bear army to the Guzang area first, perhaps In order to ensure the escape route in case of emergency, perhaps it was to balance the power of Ma Teng, Han Sui and others in Xiliang, but no matter what it was for, unfortunately, Dong Zhuo also forgot about this matter afterwards...

Fei Qian shook his head, luckily Dong Zhuo was inexplicably confused at the beginning, otherwise it would be hard to say, but Jia Xu's ability to know such a secret thing shows that Jia Xu's position in Dong Zhuo's army may not be as small as his official position, I'm afraid one of them There are still some things that I don't understand.

  Flying Bear Army...

   Hehe, Fei Qian suddenly thought, if this Flying Bear Army and Cao Cao's Tiger and Leopard Cavalry were compared, which one would be stronger?

  In history, there are also quite a lot of colorful places about tiger and leopard cavalry. Invincibility seems to be a comment on its standard equipment. Although there are not many records about Tiger and Leopard Cavalry directly participating in battles, any battle in which the word Tiger and Leopard Cavalry appears is basically a tough battle.

First of all, in the ninth year of Jian'an, during the battle of Nanpi with Yuan Tan, Cao Chun "supervised the tigers and leopards to ride around Nanpi, and rushed to attack, and Tan was defeated. Chun's riders beheaded Tan's head", and Yuan Tan died in Cao The tiger and leopard rider led by Chun.

  During the Northern Expedition to Wuhuan in the twelfth year of Jian'an, it was Cao Chun who led the tiger and leopard cavalry to behead the head of Wuhuan Shanyu Tadun on the battlefield.

In the thirteenth year of Jian'an, Cao Chun conquered Jingzhou, chased Liu Bei in Changban, captured his second daughter's baggage, and collected his scattered soldiers. Zhao Yun's Changbanpo is still famous.

  Later, Tiger and Leopard Riders also appeared in the battle of Tongguan with Ma Chao, the battle of Xiabian with Zhang Fei, etc...

From the record of the tiger and leopard cavalry, Cao Cao invested in the tiger and leopard cavalry at the most critical moment in almost every battle. It was "three hundred miles a day and night", and even Ma Chao's army in Xiliang, who was good at horse warfare, was defeated by him. Therefore, Tiger and Leopard Cavalry is almost a peak model of cavalry in the Three Kingdoms period.

  However, Fei Qian frowned slightly. When this tiger and leopard rider appeared, um, it seemed...

  Fei Qian turned his head, looked at Jia Xu who was marching with the Chinese army, and suddenly had a thought in his mind, this Tiger and Leopard Cavalry must have some connection with the Flying Bear Army, right?

There is a saying that the tiger and leopard cavalry were selected from the Wuhuan cavalry, but there are some problems with this statement. After all, there was still Yuan Shao between Wuhuan and Cao Cao at the time. Even after Yuan Shao died, it was too late to catch up. Completed in the Battle of Nanpi to kill Yuan Tan.

   Another way of saying is that after Cao Cao pacified Jizhou, he transferred the Jizhou cavalry for training and formation. This is even more unlikely. Because if these tiger and leopard riders came from Wubao, a noble family in Jizhou, then there is no reason why Yuan Shao didn't use them himself but left them for Cao Cao to recruit and use.

What is certain is that Cao Cao did not have tiger and leopard riders during the Battle of Wancheng, and he did not even appear when he attacked Lu Bu and confronted Yuan Shao. Most importantly, at that point in time, Cao Cao did not appear. There is not much strength to support a powerful cavalry unit...

   You must know that a cavalry team is not only important for cavalry, but also for horses. If there is no place where the horses are produced, where did Cao Cao get the cavalry?

so…

  If you compare it with the current situation, it is also a step up for Jia Xu to prepare for himself, and suddenly it makes sense.

  Of course, this matter can only be a guess of Fei Qian’s. At this point in time, you can’t write a letter to Boss Cao, asking senior brother, is your Tiger and Leopard Cavalry formed?

Fei Qian glanced back at Jia Xu again. This guy who had been to Pingyang in the name of Zeng He never expected to bring such a surprise to Fei Qian. would be of greater use...

   Alright, I am secretly happy.

  Jia Xu, who was in the middle of the army, lowered his head, and rode a rough horse, slowly following the large army.

   The Feixiong army is not under Jia Xu's control.

  However, in the area of ​​Wuwei and Guzang, there was another person, that is, Li Ru, Dong Zhuo's chief steward at that time. So after Jia Xu sent someone to bring Fei Qian's Zhongxing Sword, Li Ru saw the Zhongxing Sword and naturally knew what it meant.

In fact, Jia Xu had another purpose for borrowing Fei Qian's Zhongxing sword, which was to pass this matter, the current situation, to Li Ru in Xiliang through this form. On the one hand, it was to let Li Ru know Another aspect of the current chaotic and changing situation also reassures Li Ru, after all, now Jia Xu is with a relatively advantageous group...

  The key is that this Feiqian actually came up with a prototype similar to the Feixiong Army. Although it is slightly different, in Jia Xu's opinion, it is already seven or eight out of ten similar!

The Flying Bear Army, as the name suggests, is actually an amphibious amphibious, um, wrong, there are heavy armored troops with extremely strong combat effectiveness both on horseback and on horseback. They can gallop three hundred miles a day when they are on horseback, and they can attack cities and villages when they are dismounted. People are strong and horses are strong, and they are extremely sharp.

   But now...

  Jia Xu shook his head slightly, and let out a low breath.

   This Fiqian monster came out of nowhere, he knows too much, right?

Look at the troop on the side, look at the heavy armor and horse armor on the dragging cart in the middle of the queue, and then look at some of the heavy armored soldiers guarding Fei Qian's side, and the baggage The strong crossbows neatly stacked in the car, according to Jia Xu's estimation, just such a troop with less than 2,000 soldiers, its combat effectiveness can even compete with the 4,000 to 5,000 ordinary Xiliang soldiers, let alone those militiamen and strong soldiers. The troops were compared.

  Jia Xu understood almost instantly, this Fei Qian didn't use all his strength to attack Guanzhong, how many cards did this freshly released General Zhengxi hide?

  So, now that Jia Xu took out the Feixiong Army, he might be able to exchange for some benefits. If he kept it hidden, it might not be as valuable as it is now...

  Similarly, Jia Xu is also very interested in the current situation of Pingyang. He doesn't know what Pingyang has become in these days, or what level of Fei Qian's current war reserve has reached.

  Go all the way, start at sunrise and camp at sunset. The more you go to Pingyang, the more prosperous you become, and the more people feel that this prosperity is hard-won.

In fact, the taxation of the Han Dynasty has not been very heavy all the time. The worst time was "10 taxes one", there were "fifteen taxes one", there were also "thirty taxes one", and there were even times when no tax was collected. .

  Now the "Twenty Taxes and One Tax" is implemented in the Pingyang area. Although this is a bit worse than when Wen Jing was ruled, it is already quite a benevolent government for the farmers who cultivate the land.

During the period of Emperor Hanling, the tax policy should also be maintained between one tax per ten and one tax per fifteen. For the common people, this was not much different from that in the early Han Dynasty, but it was the same tax policy that created the " The rule of Wenjing", and now there are huge problems, many farmers can't survive, so there is the foundation of the Yellow Turban Rebellion, the most fundamental reason is land annexation.

  This kind of land annexation occurs in almost every dynasty, and it is often irreversible.

   During the new Wang Mang period, efforts were made to implement land reform for a period of time, but nothing happened. In fact, in the current Han Dynasty, although it is said that land can be bought and sold privately, it is still state-owned, or owned by the emperor.

Land annexation has caused many self-cultivated farmers to become tenants. In addition to paying agricultural taxes to the country, they also need to pay land rent, plus temporary collection and apportionment from time to time. As a result, many farmers have difficulty in living , and even became refugees.

   Did the ruling class of the Han Dynasty know that there were so many displaced people in the Han Dynasty?

   It should be said that the rulers of the Han Dynasty took some relief measures at the beginning, but later, this policy could not be implemented, because the treasury of the Han Dynasty was empty and there was no money.

  The reason for the lack of money was not the extravagance and waste of Emperor Han Ling, but the huge military expenditures caused by the continuous ups and downs of the Qiang people in Liangzhou.

The rebellion of the Qiang people was also related to the fact that the rulers of the Eastern Han Dynasty did not attach much importance to Liangzhou, so the officials were very corrupt. The vicious circle continues until the current situation.

   Especially now that Hongnong is in decline and Guanzhong is about to follow in the footsteps, the rise of the area around Pingyang against the trend is particularly precious.

  Not only in farming, but even in business, Jia Xu felt the vitality of Pingyang.

The closer you are to Pingyang, the more people will come and go on the road, and even groups of caravans will appear, squeaking and driving the obviously overloaded carts. Seeing Fei Qian's troops, they are in a hurry They rushed to both sides of the road, got out of the middle, and then brought a few people to offer some wine and meat, and prostrated themselves on the left side of the road, in order to reward the army.

Jia Xu watched silently, and then unexpectedly saw that these caravans were not only Han Chinese, but also some Huns wearing felt hats, or Qiang people with their heads wrapped around their heads. It looks like a Han caravan with the surname Cui.

  Jia Xu thought about it, and suddenly his heart moved slightly, as soon as he clamped the horse's belly, he wanted to step forward.

But the problem is that Jia Xu is sitting on a nasty horse, and he is walking slowly with the big troops. There is no problem, and he has been very stable all the time. Did not find anything wrong.

  However, when Jia Xu suddenly decided to move forward, to take a closer look in front of him, he suddenly realized that the stupid horse he was sitting on seemed to be a bit slow...

   Shaked the reins a few times, but nothing happened.

   What's going on, Jia Xu kicked the horse's belly a few more times, but still nothing...

   Then just as Jia Xu turned his body half sideways, tilting his head to see what the horse was doing under his buttocks, the horse suddenly started to move, and ran forward!

   Fortunately, there were not many soldiers in front of the horses. Jia Xu hurriedly reined in the horses in a hurry, so as not to bump into other soldiers, otherwise the crime of colliding with the disorderly army would be inevitable.

   But in this way, the team was slightly affected, and immediately attracted the military law soldiers who were patrolling back and forth to check.

Jia Xu's head was sweating, all of them were frightened. In the army, all kinds of military tactics are no joke. If it really collides with other soldiers, the light one will hit the board, and the serious one will lose his head, so he quickly got off the horse. To put it bluntly, I frightened the horse, so I don't want to ride on this stupid horse anymore...

Jia Xu turned his head to look at the Qiang figure prostrating on the left side of the road, at the black turban covering his head, and at the horns hanging obliquely on his shoulders, the styles of the decorations on his body were from Xiliang Jia Xu judged almost immediately that this Qiang was Xianling Qiang!

   You must know that Xianling Qiang is now in Longyou, and even Xianling Qiang has come to Pingyang for business. So, to what extent has Pingyang's business developed now?

   You must know that although the Han Dynasty did not dislike businessmen as much as some feudal dynasties in later generations, it was not much better.

   After all, a highly mobile businessman does not conform to the mainstream concept of the Han Dynasty. The Han Dynasty began to suppress the influence of merchants after Emperor Wu, and this national policy was also inherited by later emperors, mainly because merchants were not as easy to manage as farmers, and merchants gathered a lot of wealth, which easily caused some other problems.

However, the behavior of the emperor of the Han Dynasty to suppress merchants promoted the strength of local tyrants, because the exchange of commodities is an irresistible natural demand, and the conditions that are too harsh for ordinary merchants are tantamount to letting this part of the interests fall into the hands of local tyrants. In the pocket, this also indirectly promotes the rise of powerful forces.

However, there are not only Han caravans but also Qianghu caravans appearing in front of Jia Xu. This not only means that Feiqian has now extended its trade to Longxi, and may even expand to the Western Regions. Under Qian, the caravan surnamed Cui no longer monopolizes the trade in Pingyang...

  This Feiqian is really a different kind!

   I just don’t know if this was intentionally done by Fei Qian, or it was formed unintentionally...

  (end of this chapter)