Yang Wanli is the one who has the least affection for the imperial court among the five brothers, because among the five brothers, only Yang Wanli is actually a real commoner. Like Lin Huan, he is actually from a rich family, but he is just a side branch.

"Although what Fifth Brother said is reasonable, once the war breaks out..." Yue Liang sighed.

"Ma Lang, please tell me what you are going to do first." Lin Huan asked.

Ma Qiang nodded and said, "My suggestion can be summed up in one sentence. If you are successful, you can help the world. If you are poor, you can be alone. Think about protecting yourself first, and then consider saving the world."

It's almost July now, and we still have about half a year. During this half year, I plan to continue to recruit refugees, and then train a rural warrior who can go to the battlefield to protect our country and our country. Once the Taiping Road in Youzhou rises,

I'm afraid there won't be 70,000 to 80,000 soldiers and horses. Although most of these people are ordinary people and refugees, with uneven armor and unfamiliar battle formations, there are too many people, especially once they burn down the villages, threaten the people, and grow to dozens

It’s not difficult for thousands of people.

Quantity cannot compare, so we must focus on quality. Therefore, our local warriors must be elite. My idea is that all of them will be armored soldiers, with a minimum number of three thousand. In addition, Wuhuan owes us a big favor this time. We

We can borrow more cavalry from Wuhuan, and we can train some cavalry ourselves. With such strength, it is more than enough for us to protect ourselves."

Lin Huan and others nodded. This is more than enough. With such a force, they can already seize the government and occupy the county.

"The advantages and disadvantages of Taiping Road are obvious. The advantage is that the imperial court is unprepared. The disadvantage is that the imperial army has many more elite soldiers and horses than theirs, especially in border states like Youzhou.

Therefore, their strategy must be to complete their efforts in one battle and concentrate all their forces to attack Luoyang and the various states' administrative offices.

Our Changping and Jixian are very close. If the Taiping Dao army really concentrates its forces to attack Jixian as I expected, then we can attack the rear. If the Taiping Dao military strategy is different from what I imagined, with this army and horses,

You can also hang around Taiping Road and wait until the border troops from Lulongsai return for reinforcements." Ma Qiang felt that he might have scared the five elders, so he cheered up again.

Lulongsai, also known as Xifengkou in later generations, was an important garrison place of the Han Dynasty. There was a battalion of border troops guarding it all year round. It was about three hundred miles from Lulongsai to Jixian. Even if the frontier cavalry was slow, it would not take more than five seconds.

You can arrive on the same day.

Although the Youzhou Yellow Turbans in history killed Liu Wei and Guo Xun, there was no news about them afterwards. It is thought that they were wiped out by the Youzhou border troops, county soldiers, and township braves.

Thinking about it this way, Youzhou Yellow Turban's combat power is not very strong, so it is a suitable experience pack for the Novice Village.

"People are simple. I heard that there is another severe drought in the Central Plains. I imagine that there will be refugees all over the place. As long as we have money and food, it is not difficult to recruit three to five thousand people. But how do we get together the soldiers and armor? If we make private armor, we might cause a big disaster."

Yue Liang asked Ma Qiang.

"Mainly battle armor, weapons and bows and arrows can be purchased." Lin Huan added.

The so-called war armor refers to iron armor or heavy leather armor. For most of ancient China, people were allowed to own swords, guns and even bows and arrows, but they were prohibited from owning war armor. Therefore, when someone wanted to rebel in ancient times, they would definitely dig out some war armor from his home.

Armor comes as evidence. During the late Eastern Han Dynasty, although the private armies of local wealthy families were open to the public and even often cooperated with the official army in battles, they were still not allowed to have a large number of armors, otherwise they would be considered to have evil intentions.

As for the light leather armor, there is no limit. For example, what Lin Huan wore before in Dasong Village was the light leather armor made by the people. The defensive power is not much different from the leather jacket worn by the Wuhuan people. However, the heavy leather armor has a comprehensive defensive power.

It can be compared with low-level armor, after all, the thickness is there.

This thinking is somewhat similar to that of the United States in later generations, which also had much stricter control over heavy body armor than guns.

Of course, the reason why the United States did not allow the proliferation of heavy body armor in later generations may also be because it was afraid that the police would not be deathly enough.

"There is also food and grass. If you want to raise thousands of soldiers and horses, you will need tens of thousands of stones of food and grass a month. Considering that once this war is fought, it may take several years. You must be prepared to stock up on food and grass for at least three months. It is best to have a

In the new year, a large number of livestock are needed to transport food and grass, and by the way, auxiliary soldiers and civilian laborers are also needed, which is also money."

Well, Ma Qiang looked at these five old men and started to calculate how much money they would need. Then he started to make a list, such as tents, axes and saws, clothes and quilts. Ma Qiang only saw this list.

The longer I write, the longer I write. These five people have all been on the battlefield. Naturally, they know that fighting a war is about logistics. No matter how much money, food, ordnance is prepared, it is never too much.

All in all, Ma Qiang found that his budget seemed completely insufficient.

Ma Qiang especially understood why Liu Bang gave Xiao He the first credit. After the five elders calculated the required weapons, money and food for Ma Qiang based on their previous military experience, Ma Qiang immediately felt that one head was too big for two.

Let’s talk about military strength first. According to Wulao’s plan, we are going to train a battalion of local warriors, which is five thousand troops.

If you want to raise 5,000 men and horses, you need to prepare more than 10,000 dan of food for one month. This does not include vegetables, meat and fine materials for war horses.

Ma Qiang made a rough calculation. In other words, these five thousand men and horses would do nothing and eat more than three million yuan. If they stock up on half a year's worth of food and grass, even if the Yellow Turban Uprising broke out in February according to history,

Military grain and grass also require 150,000 shi, which works out to about 50 million in money.

Ma Qiang's sweat suddenly dropped.

As for ordnance, don’t dare to use hundreds of steel. An ordinary iron ring sword costs 800 yuan, an ordinary bow costs 500 to 600 yuan, a crossbow is more expensive, costing 2,000 yuan, and an ordinary armor does not cost 10,000 yuan.

Can't take it off.

This does not include the necessary things for civilians, daily clothing, tents, etc.

Calculated in this way, if you don't prepare 70 to 80 million for the equipment of 5,000 soldiers, don't talk about it. In addition to the food and accommodation expenses, let's prepare 100 million first.

It’s over, bankrupt!

This gross estimate is 200 million, 200,000 yuan!

Talking about how rich the Yuan family is, how can they raise tens of thousands of soldiers at once? And Zhang Fei, I forgot to ask him how much money he has, so that he can raise an army for Liu Bei.

Why is it so expensive to raise an army? No wonder Liu Hong sold his official position to raise money after fighting the Yellow Turban.

But when he thought that Cao Song had paid one billion to buy the Taiwei, Ma Qiang felt that he was too poor.

In fact, Ma Qiang misunderstood here. First of all, Xiangyong from local wealthy families usually do not need money. Secondly, Xiangyong prepares their own weapons. Only a few elites are equipped with iron armor by their masters.

As for the officers and soldiers of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the majority of them, sergeants, were in the nature of military service, and only officers were required to pay salaries.

All in all, because Ma Qiang's various foundations were so poor and he had no right to rule, the cost of building an army skyrocketed compared to others.
Chapter completed!