After the end of the First National War, Chu Tian had exchanged for a blueprint for the construction of a sixth-level cavalry battalion, and the sixth-level cavalry battalion had been built at this time.

At present, there are sixth-level infantry battalions, archery battalions, and cavalry battalions in Summer City, and you can recruit three types of troops from the first to the sixth order. As long as there are historical generals, you can also recruit special troops from the first to the sixth order except for the water division.

Chutian already had the Xiliu Battalion and the Shooting Sound Battalion, but there were no special cavalry, so he specially brought Hua Mulan, Li Guang, and Xue Rengui to the sixth-level cavalry battalion to consider recruiting troops for them.

The sixth-level cavalry battalion was built outside the city and covered a vast area.

The regular arms of the cavalry battalion are the first-order light cavalry, the second-order elite light cavalry, the third-order Xuzhou light cavalry, and the fourth-order Xuzhou heavy cavalry.

During the national war, Chu Tian noticed that the lords of Bingzhou, Youzhou, and Liangzhou had generally recruited third-order cavalry.

The attributes of the Xuzhou light cavalry were lower than those of the cavalry of the three states of Beiguan.

Because Chutian has Hua Mulan, Xue Rengui, and Li Guang, three kinds of special cavalry can be recruited.

Li Guang's special class is the fifth-order Western Han Frontier Archers, with a maximum number of four thousand.

Xue Rengui's special class is the sixth-order Tang elite archer cavalry, with a maximum number of five thousand.

Mulan's special class is the sixth-order Northern Wei Iron Eagle Scout, with a maximum number of 10,000.

The maximum number of special classes for the three generals is 19,000. If their special forces are full, then 19,000 cavalry will be enough to run rampant in Xuzhou and be invincible on the plains.

But Chu Tian couldn't afford to raise it at all......

It's still in the early stages of "Lords", and the cities have not developed to the late stage, and the number of soldiers that can support them is limited.

Therefore, in the early stage, the assassins of various states could not support millions of soldiers, but after the development of various towns in the later stage, it was possible to have thousands of good generals and a million armor.

In the early stage, Chutian couldn't get 19,000 fine war horses, and even if he went bankrupt, he couldn't buy them.

Under the premise of limited resources, Chu Tian could only compare the three special cavalry to see which type of cavalry was more cost-effective.

The first is Li Guang's Western Han Dynasty Border Archers, which are the elite cavalry of the Western Han Dynasty Border Pass, good at riding and shooting, and can also be used as archers when dismounting.

[Class]: Western Han Dynasty Border Archers

[Rank]: Fifth-order cavalry/archer

[Attack]: 18 [Defense]: 7 [Speed]: 23

[Skills]: Intermediate Scouting, Special Mounted Archery, Intermediate Gallop (used to break the formation), Intermediate Long Drive (used to run), Advanced Arrow Rain, Horn Bow (when using a bow and arrow, bow damage +5%, hit rate +5%)

[Characteristics]: Lin Dark Grass Frightened Wind, General Night Bow (When Li Guang is the main general, bow damage +10%, hit rate +5%)

[Military salary]: 6 taels / month

[Must Equip]: Gold-level Horn Bow, Gold-level Light Cavalry War Horse

[Training period]: 2 months

[Maximum number]: 4,000

Chu Tian saw that Li Guang's exclusive cavalry requirements were very strong, but the conditions were also very harsh.

A gold-level horned bow and a gold-level war horse cost about 80-120 taels of silver.

To recruit an archer, he actually asked for 100 taels of silver to provide equipment, and if he smashed 10,000 taels of silver, he could only recruit 100 fifth-order cavalry.

Chu Tian looked at Xue Rengui's elite Tang Dynasty archers again.

[Class]: Tang elite archers

[Rank]: Sixth-order cavalry/archers

[Attack]: 21 [Defense]: 9 [Speed]: 23

[Skills]: Intermediate Scouting, Special Mounted Archery, Intermediate Gallop, Intermediate Long Drive, Advanced Armor Piercing, Horn Bow

[Characteristics]: The general's three arrows set the Tianshan Mountain, and the strong man entered the Han Pass with a long song (when Xue Rengui was the main general, the damage of the bow and arrow armor was +15%)

[Military salary]: 8 taels / month

[Must Equip]: Gold-level Horn Bow, Gold-level Light Cavalry War Horse

[Training period]: 2 months

[Maximum number]: 5,000

Xue Rengui's cavalry needed the same equipment as Li Guang, just equipment and war horses cost one hundred taels of silver, as well as heavy monthly military salaries and horse raising expenses.

Chu Tian somewhat understood the feeling of being cold in summer.

Where is this recruitment, it is clearly burning money.

Li Guang and Xue Rengui's cavalry is still light cavalry, if it is a special heavy cavalry, the requirements for equipment and war horses are higher, and the cost is higher!

Li Shimin's Xuanjia army was given to Chutian, and Chutian couldn't afford to support it, and a mutiny would occur a month later because he couldn't pay his military salary.

There are only two ways to raise an elite cavalry - develop your territory, enrich your population, and increase your output. The second way is to occupy other people's territories, especially the horse-producing areas, to reduce the cost of obtaining good horses, and thus to reduce the cost of recruiting cavalry.

Finally, there is Mulan's Northern Wei Iron Eagle Scout.

Unlike Li Guang and Xue Rengui's archers, Mulan's cavalry was a light cavalry used for reconnaissance and surprise attacks.

[Class]: Iron Eagle Scout

[Rank]: Sixth-order cavalry

[Attack]: 18 [Defense]: 7 [Speed]: 25

[Skills]: Special Reconnaissance, Advanced Mounted Archery, Advanced Gallop, Special Long Drive, War Eagle (for every 100 cavalry, there is a War Eagle, which can be used to scout and liaise with other troops)

[Characteristics]: Thousands of miles to the Rong machine, Guan Shan Du Ruofei (when Mulan is the main general, the forced march speed is +10%)

[Military salary]: 8 taels / month

[Must Equip]: War horse for gold-level light cavalry

[Training period]: 2 months

[Maximum number]: 10,000

Mulan's Iron Eagle Scout's recruitment conditions are slightly simpler, you don't need good weapons, as long as you have a good horse, you can form an army.

Of course, it is still necessary to equip weapons in order to strengthen combat effectiveness. However, there is no need to specify a gold-level weapon.

Mulan's cavalry damage is not as good as Li Guang's fifth-order archers. But Mulan's cavalry has the fastest speed yet!

Mulan's cavalry can drive straight in, as if entering a no-man's land.

The speed of the march is crucial for the cavalry, and if the opponent can't catch up with you, you have the initiative.

Iron Eagle Scouts sacrifice damage in exchange for speed.

"How many war horses are there in our lord's mansion, and what is the quality?"

Chu Tian asked Fang Xuanling about the reserves of war horses.

Chutian captured two counties, defeated the anti-Chutian Alliance coalition and the Taishan army, and captured many war horses.

In order to use the fire horse array, Xia Liang bought all the horses from the horse merchants at any cost, and after defeating the Taishan thief Wu Dun, there were still many good horses left.

Fang Xuanling said casually: "There are a total of 4,213 war horses, including 412 gold-level war horses, 1,155 silver-level war horses, and the rest are ordinary war horses. It does not include the high-class Turkic horses of the lords and generals. ”

"We still have a lot of gold-level war horses, not ......"

Chu Tian realized that there were 412 gold-level war horses, but more than 200 had already been used by the cavalry - Xuzhou heavy cavalry and Goguryeo heavy cavalry.

Only the special horses for heavy cavalry of the gold rank and above can carry the weight of horse armor and armor.

In other words, the gold-level war horses that Chu Tian has now can only recruit more than 100 high-level cavalry at most.

In the final analysis, Chutian is still poor.

Li Guang and Xue Rengui's archers are good at riding and shooting, and Mulan's light cavalry is good at reconnaissance and surprise attacks, no matter what kind of cavalry, Chutian wants it.

Fang Xuanling offered a suggestion: "Go to Miss Xia, she should be able to manage to raise money to buy a gold-level war horse." ”

Chu Tian couldn't deny it.

Anyway, if you lack money, just go to her.

The question is for whom to recruit cavalry first.

The palms and backs of the hands are all meat, and different cavalry also have their own advantages and disadvantages.

Xue Rengui's archers are good at armor piercing, and Li Guang's cavalry is terrifying. Xue Rengui's archers seemed to be a superior replacement for Li Guang's archers, but they had to pay an extra two taels of silver every month.

"Recruit a hundred Iron Eagle Scouts for Mulan first."

After thinking about it again, Chu Tian decided to recruit a small team of cavalry for Mulan first, after all, he was the earliest cavalry general, and it would be too chilling to recruit cavalry for Mulan if he was to the back of the line.

Mulan's cavalry also has an ability, "War Eagle", where every hundred cavalry has a war eagle that can be used for reconnaissance.

It seems that this ability is not as good as the ability of Li Guang and Xue Rengui's cavalry, "Horn Bow", but the practicality should be very high.

Rather than fighting head-on, Chu Tian preferred to sneak attack the enemy.

Soldiers, treacherous ways.

As a result, the Lord's Mansion began to recruit civilians in the territory who were suitable to become high-ranking cavalry, recruiting a total of 100 people.

A hundred gold-level warhorses were brought to the sixth-level cavalry battalion.

Two months later, Xia Cheng will have its first special cavalry, the Northern Wei Iron Eagle Scouts.

Chu Tian was not satisfied, he was cheeky enough to ask Xia Liang to help him raise gold and silver to buy fine war horses.

"Yes."

Unexpectedly, the summer coolness should be inherited.

"We can set up money houses in various towns in the two counties, absorb all the gold and silver of the civilians and players, and sell a few more plots of land. As long as you can take a few more counties in a year, the finances won't collapse. Otherwise, you will have to sell the horses you bought. ”

"How many fine horses can I buy?"

"The price of gold-level war horses is generally around 80 taels of silver, and if you find a horse dealer to buy war horses on a large scale, you can lower the price. I think that even if I buy 400 gold-level war horses, I should be able to hold up the finances. ”

"400 hp ......"

Chutian didn't expect that the finance could still squeeze out the money to buy horses.

The extra war horses can be equipped with cavalry for Li Guang or Xue Rengui.

"The cavalry is definitely going to burn money, and as long as the momentum of expansion is maintained, there will be no financial problems."

After Xia Liang defeated the coalition forces in Chutian, his confidence in him increased, and he began to use an active fiscal policy, even if there was a fiscal deficit every month.

The overdraft of the treasury is more dangerous, and the returns are also very large, so you can spare no effort to support Chutian in recruiting troops, provided that Chutian cannot be defeated many times.

Trying to get the funds to buy four hundred war horses, Chutian prepared to recruit two hundred archers for Li Guang and Xue Rengui each.

"Two thousand shooting battalions, two thousand fine willow battalions, one hundred iron eagle scouts, two hundred Western Han border archers, and two hundred Tang elite archers. There are a total of 4,500 high-level troops. ”

"16,000 low-rank infantry archers, 4,000 low-rank light cavalry, and 230 heavy cavalry. There is also a battalion of sailors. ”

Chu Tian finally determined the establishment of the legion.

Zhou Yafu, who was stationed in Yangdu, had 2,000 fine willow battalions, 7,500 infantry archers, and 500 light cavalry.

Xueyue stationed in Xueyue Town has 4,500 infantry archers and 500 light cavalry.

The rest of the soldiers and horses were stationed in Xia Cheng, with 2,000 archery battalions, 4,000 infantry archers, 3,000 light cavalry, 500 high-ranking cavalry, 230 heavy cavalry, and sailor battalions.

The three armies were at each other's horns, and as soon as one army was attacked, the other two immediately counterattacked.

As for Langya City, Chutian arranged for Liu Sandao to lead 4,000 foot archers to garrison, which was included in the establishment of Xia City.

Once the establishment is confirmed, it will take two months for the high-ranking cavalry to be recruited.

It just so happened that Chutian needed time to digest the territory of the two counties.

Two counties are nothing to the entire Eastern Han District, but for Chutian, who had only a population of 200,000 not long ago, he swallowed four or five times the land in one go, and if he didn't digest it, there would be many problems left.

Zhou Yafu was attacking the villages and towns in Yangdu County that had not yet surrendered, and Li Guang and Hua Mulan were training in Xiacheng.

Chu Tian intended to cultivate Xue Rengui, so from time to time he led a team to encircle and suppress the nearby bandits.

Everything in Xia City was calm, Du Fu's thatched cottage was still as lively, and Du Fu alone brought Chutian more than 1,000 taels of silver in income.

Moreover, Du Fu's thatched cottage also gathered a group of literati and, chanting poems all day long. This group of literati rioters includes both civilians and some players.

Chu Tian was also unaware of such a phenomenon.

The cultural prosperity of Xia Cheng has inadvertently increased, driving economic development, talent flow, absorbing displaced people, and even increasing land prices.

In the past, Chutian didn't care much about cultural prosperity at all, but now, cultural prosperity is very important for population growth.

If Xiacheng wants to develop into a giant city with a population of one million or tens of millions, its cultural prosperity cannot be low.

"To continue to encourage fertility, we need a population, a large population. From now on, players are allowed to register their marriages in my territory and be counted as household registers. ”

Chutian announced a special decree that allowed players to integrate into his territory in the same way as civilians, and to marry freely.

This decree caused a huge sensation in Langya and even in Xuzhou!

This means that players trapped in Lords are starting to officially integrate into the world.

Chu Tian is merging civilians and players, treating them equally, and he intends to establish a force that operates independently.

His decrees were also attracting more people into his territory.

In order to increase the number of people and taxes, Chutian has done whatever it takes.

Chu Tian had to think about it for the future.

The population of Xia City is quite large, but the war sacrifices young and strong laborers, and Chutian must ensure that there will be enough laborers to farm and wage war for ten, twenty, or even thirty years.

There is a lot of open space in the Yihe Plain, and the current population is not enough to realize the potential of the plain.

Along the Yi River in Yangdu County, light cavalry sent by several Zhou Yafu patrolled along the river.

On the other side of the river is the territory of Ju County, Ju County has several forces, after Wu Sangui brought 30,000 Taishan troops to Ju County, Ju County's current strength may be more than 50,000. Therefore, according to Chutian's arrangement, Zhou Yafu specially sent cavalry to patrol the riverside.

Once Ju County's forces want to attack Yangdu County, he can attack halfway and win more with less.

A wooden boat rowed in the direction of Yangdu County, attracting the attention of the light cavalry who were patrolling.

"Who?"

The light cavalry removed their horned bows and aimed them at the wooden boats.

A military general who was hit by an arrow on the wooden boat gasped for breath and said with difficulty: "I am Xu Sheng, and I want to ask to see your lord......"