Chapter 525: Trading
As a descendant of Shang Ji's pro-army, the Black Armor Xuancai has always been known for its fierce combat power and firm will. It has always been an important target for the outside world to study Pingzhou's military strength. Today, Shang Ji generously pulled out the black armor Xuanqi and displayed it in front of the princes of the world.
However, the princes did not have the slightest joy of obtaining confidential information, on the contrary, the appearance of the black armor Xuanqi only made people shudder and tremble!
This parade is really bloody, and each of the 10,000 black-armored horsemen participating in the parade is a carefully selected elite. The normal black-armored Xuanqi is a sixth-order soldier, and this 10,000 parade elite is at least seventh-order!
As the Black Armor Xuanqi entered, Lu Bu, who had always been relatively indifferent, suddenly stood up, staring at the Black Armor Xuanqi with his eyes full of disbelief!
There are two things that Lu Bu is most proud of in his life, one is the world's best personal force, and the second is the invincible and invincible wolf rider under his command!
Previously, the Bingzhou Wolf Cavalry and the Black Armor Xuanqi were both prefecture-level middle-grade special troops, and the two were in between. Because of the more abundant resources, the black armor Xuanqi showed a slightly better combat power than the wolf horse.
However, Lu Bu didn't care about this small gap, he firmly believed that with enough resources, the wolf rider would definitely catch up.
With Lu Bu's eyes, it was clear at a glance that this batch of black-armored Xuanqi was not only as simple as reaching the seventh order in strength, but more importantly, the grade had been promoted to the upper grade of the ground level!
The gap between the first grade and the high-level special class is no less than an insurmountable chasm, and the black armor Xuanqi has left the wolf rider behind, and has reached the throne of the first class of the Beacon Fire Huaxia District without any suspense!
On the other side, Dong Zhuo's representative Jia Xu's face also couldn't help but change, he took a deep look at the mighty and majestic black-armored Xuanqi, then at Shang Ji, waved his feather fan, and regained his indifferent expression.
It should be emphasized that Dong Zhuo is still the undoubted number one force in Huaxia District, and even Shang Ji is powerless to compete with it!
At present, Dong Zhuo's forces are composed of several parts, namely the Xiliang Army of Dong Zhuo's lineage, the original Yellow Turban Army represented by Zhang Jiao and Zhang Bao, the Qiang forces led by Beigong Boyu, and the vassal princes represented by Ma Teng.
Dong Zhuo's overall combat strength far exceeds that of ordinary princes, Shang Ji and Dong Zhuo are alone in a tough fight, at most they can rely on the geographical advantage to hold Pingzhou, as for the counterattack, don't even think about it!
The total strength of Dong Zhuo's army is tens of millions, if all of them are mobilized and the army is expanded at any cost in the way of pulling strong ding, Dong Zhuo can pull out an army that is more than the total population of Pingzhou!
Since Dong Zhuo's comprehensive strength is so strong, why would he tolerate the division of princes from all over the country?
This involves Dong Zhuojun's internal problems again!
Although Beigong Boyu and Zhang Jiao are nominally generals under Dong Zhuo, the relationship between the three is actually more similar to that of collaborators.
Before Dong Zhuo entered Beijing, although the Xiliang Army under his command had good combat strength, the number was too small, and the comprehensive strength was far inferior to Beigong Boyu and Zhang Jiao!
However, after Dong Zhuo entered Beijing, he obviously opened the halo of the protagonist.
The millions of elite northern troops in Sanfu did not make any resistance, and obediently accepted Dong Zhuo's reorganization. The five schools of the Northern Army, Yulinwei, Jianzhang Palace Cavalry, Tiger Ben Army and other high-level special troops with a total of up to 500,000 unconditionally transferred to Dong Zhuo's command.
In addition, after Dong Zhuo entered Luoyang, he basically emptied the imperial treasury, and the financial and material resources in his hands were far beyond the ability of the merchants located in the remote Liaodong area.
There is money and food, and it is not difficult to do things. Relying on a large number of high-ranking soldiers, Dong Zhuo trained the Xiliang Iron Cavalry on a large scale to expand the strength of his lineage. He also converts high-level special units such as the Feather Forest Guard and the Tiger Ben Army into his exclusive special troops, the Flying Bear Army.
After completing the luxurious evolution of the snake swallowing elephant, Dong Zhuo had the ability to rely on the power of the lineage to suppress Beigong Boyu and Zhang Jiao and make them obedient.
However, even with the help of the Mandate of Heaven plus system, the expansion of the snake swallowing elephant is not so simple to get!
The contradiction between the old department of the Xiliang Army and the Yellow Turban Army and the Qiang people, the contradiction between the newly attached generals of the forbidden army and the old department, the contradiction between the forbidden army and the Qiang people, and the contradiction between the Yellow Turban Army and the forbidden army. Many of them were enemies of life and death before, but in the blink of an eye, they became comrades-in-arms of a camp, and how big the hidden dangers were can be imagined with your eyes closed. Dong Zhuo turned white in order to sort out the internal contradictions.
In addition, in order to maintain the character of the virtuous appearance, he also had to endure a group of ill-intentioned bigwigs in the court, such as Yuan Feng, Yang Biao, and Zhang Wen, who were openly or covertly pulling back. How many of the recruited military generals had other purposes, Dong Zhuo didn't dare to imagine at all.
Dong Zhuo's comprehensive combat power can naturally despise the heroes, but how much Dong Zhuo can effectively mobilize, only God knows!
To put it simply, Dong Zhuojun is a giant elephant with a bloated body and a slow heartbeat, and before he finishes sorting out the internal contradictions, he can only watch a group of sideburns grinning outside.
And Shang Ji can only be said to be a relatively big one at best, and he can't even be called the dog king.
Incorporated three million elite Northern Army, accepted the Sanhe elite cavalry left by Huangfu Song, and controlled part of the elite of the five schools of the Northern Army, occupying the entire Bingzhou, Lu Zhi, who was eyeing Dong Zhuo, was the first local force deservedly!
Shang Ji can only rank second at best!
Although they are both state pastors, they are completely different from Pingzhou pastors.
Theoretically speaking, Lu Bu, the general of the Wuyuan County Guard and the Hun Guard, should also be under Lu Zhi!
Shang Ji is strong, but it is not enough to make Dong Zhuo shocked. Although the rank of the Flying Bear Army is not as good as the Black Armor Xuanqi, the number of Xuanqi is complete, and at present, the Flying Bear Army under Dong Zhuo's command has swelled to 500,000, and it is still expanding rapidly.
If Shang Ji wants to train 500,000 black-armored Xuanqi, it is not enough to smash the pot and sell iron!
This is not a simple matter of funds, 500,000 sixth-order soldiers, and it is impossible to sort out all the four million troops in Pingzhou to get so many sixth-order soldiers!
If it weren't for the very generous system that directly advanced the Black Armor Xuanqi who was less than the sixth order to the sixth order, Shang Ji would not have been able to gather 100,000 sixth-order troops by now!
In the general environment where the third order is the regular army, the fourth order is the main force, and the fifth order is the core elite, the sixth order soldiers have always been the general's personal guards, and the number is scarce, and it is difficult to form a large-scale formation.
Under the shocked gaze of the princes, the black armor Xuan rode slowly through the square, and the parade ended.
"Hahaha, with this strong army, the frontier is Koning, congratulations to Shangpingzhou!"
As Dong Zhuo's representative, Jia Xu first congratulated Shang Ji.
"Congratulations to Shang Pingzhou, with Shang Pingzhou sitting on the border, how can there be a little dare to invade the border!"
"The military power of the Pingzhou Army is eye-opening, and I admire it so much!"
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For a while, there was a tide of sycophants, whether it was true or false, anyway, there was a sycophancy in my ears.
"Hahaha, thank you for your auspicious words, don't dare to say anything else, there is a general who will sit in Pingzhou, and he will never allow foreign races to be presumptuous!" Shang Ji laughed, showing his arrogance to the fullest.
But the princes were not angry but rejoiced, and the horses were even hotter.
"By the way, the eastern Xianbei was bold and reckless, and actually attacked the Xianbei tribe of Guiyi. The general was furious and routed the enemy. I also took the opportunity to collect a lot of loot, including a large number of high-quality war horses, I don't know if you are interested? ”
As soon as Shang Ji's voice fell, the princes instantly fell silent. They looked at each other, and their eyes showed a color that was about to move.
The Eastern Han Dynasty is the dynasty that brought the cavalry to the peak, according to statistics, the proportion of cavalry troops in the Eastern Han Dynasty army even reached as much as 30 percent.
In the midst of the beacon fire, the role of the cavalry was greatly strengthened, leading the army to fight, without a large number of cavalry accompanying the march, the commander could not even sleep well.
The failure of the Yellow Turban Uprising and the lack of cavalry units also contributed to the failure.
And the most important thing in forming a cavalry is, of course, the war horse!
At present, there is no doubt that Dong Zhuo has the largest number of war horses, and the Xiliang Army is famous for its cavalry, so it naturally has a stable source of war horses.
Most of the more than 30 super-large military horse farms in the Han Dynasty are now in the hands of Dong Zhuo, and the Qiang people are also under Dong Zhuo's control, and the number of war horses owned by Dong Zhuo is incomparable.
However, Dong Zhuo's family has a big business, and the number of war horses needed is also amazing, and relatively speaking, war horses are not rich.
In addition, the princes outside the gate are all potential enemies of Dong Zhuo, and Dong Zhuo's brain is kicked by a donkey, and he will not provide war horses to the princes of Kwantung on a large scale.
And how many surplus war horses does Shang Ji have at present?
That's more than three million!
The defeat of Wuhuan gained a large number, the six Xianbei contributed a large number, and the defeat of the eastern Xianbei reinforcements gained a large number, counting the previous and Lian contributions, Shang Ji had a full 3.4 million war horses.
This is still the amount after deducting the amount for personal use, or more! Counting the horses, the number of horses in Pingzhou has exceeded 15 million, and the large number of horses in Pingzhou is also a key factor in the rapid development of Pingzhou.
However, too many war horses are not all good things, and the riding ratio in Pingzhou is close to one to one. It is impossible for the cavalry units to be massively expanded.
And the surplus war horse has become a burden, you must know that even in peacetime, the grain and grass required to raise a war horse is far more than the ration of a family of five.
There are more than three million surplus war horses, which is a big burden for Pingzhou. Shang Ji planned to leave one million as a strategic reserve, and sell the rest, which could not only reduce an expense, but also exchange a large amount of money for the development of Pingzhou.
As for whether the princes will pose a threat to themselves after obtaining a large number of war horses, this question is completely worthless to discuss.
"Shang Envoy, dare to ask how many war horses are for sale? How much does it cost? Jizhou Thorn Shi Han Fu couldn't help but ask first.
Jizhou has many plains, which is very conducive to the deployment of cavalry troops. Sitting on one of the most prosperous states in the world, Han Fu is not short of money, but lacks a strong army.
As early as the Yellow Turban Rebellion, he hoped to form a strong cavalry unit, but he failed to do so due to the lack of war horses, and now that he has this good opportunity, of course, he can't let it go.
Shang Ji smiled slightly, stretched out a finger and said, "One war horse, ten gold!" ”
"Hiss......"
There was a sudden sound of gasping next to it, not too expensive, but too cheap!