The distance that can be achieved by ancient warfare is directly related to the level of development of the productive forces, so the radiation range that can be achieved by the area of land and the control area depends on the level of development of the productive forces. Specifically, the place where the feet can go is the land area of the three generations; the place where the war horse can reach is the land area of the Han and Tang Dynasties.
It's not just a matter of hiking or galloping on horseback, but the supplies needed to go forward directly determine the farthest distance you can reach. The collection and delivery of supplies is determined by productivity. For example, 100,000 kilograms of military food were sent from Chang'an to Onion Ridge, and those who transported military grain returned to Chang'an from Onion Ridge, and the Anxi Capital Protectorate could get about 40,000 kilograms, which is the military food of 20,000 soldiers a day. Based on the yield of 200 catties per mu, this is also the annual income of 500 mu of land. That is to say, historians say that a soldier on the front line needs as few as three people to support, and as many as 7 people to support.
This is also one of the national policies formulated by Yao Chong, Song Jing, and Tang Xuanzong: do not pay attention to side merit. It is precisely because of this kind of non-emphasis on border work, and the large-scale reduction of the army, the government opens up and reduces the expenditure, and reduces the burden for the people, so it has created the highlight moment of China's feudal era - the Kaiyuan prosperous era.
At this time, the national strength of the Tang Dynasty had reached its peak, and the area of land he could support was also so large. This can also be reflected in the Battle of Qiluo: the invincibility of the Ming and Tang armies is a manifestation of the height of civilization such as equipment and tactics, but it is true that after this war, the Tang Dynasty began to shrink strategically. Because the Tang Dynasty was facing a situation of 20,000 to 100,000, the Tang Dynasty was unable to organize a larger force than 20,000 troops. It is precisely because of the inability to organize a larger scale than this that a large number of servant armies will be organized, and it is precisely the anti-water of the servant army that this war will not be defeated and defeated.
This kind of non-emphasis on border work has made a generation of iron-blooded dynasties become a literary style, not only to open up the territory and expand the territory from then on, but also to the martial spirit of a nation. Therefore, together with the Anshi Rebellion, the border army entered the Central Plains, just like a tiger entering a flock. And it was not the Great Han Jian'er who fought in the eastern expeditions to the west in the early years of the Tang Dynasty, but the Uighur soldiers borrowed from the west and the Qinwang coalition army composed of ethnic minorities in various border areas.
The Anshi Rebellion caused three consequences: first, it allowed the ethnic minorities to see the weakness of the Han boys, which directly led to the later Hu people entering the Central Plains; second, in order to enable the local strongholds to defend themselves, the formation of the fanzhen system, so that the Tang Dynasty ended and immediately fell into the chaos of the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms; the third was the chaos of the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms, the lack of a powerful central dynasty to suppress the surrounding areas, the Khitans, Jurchens, Dangxiang, and Mongolia rose one after another, and the Liaojin Yuanqing appeared in The history of China.
Seeing "Tianzi Ning has a kind of hu? The strong soldiers and strong horses are the ears of the strong! This kind of chaos, song taizu Zhao Kuangyin's cup of wine to release military power, ended military politics, opened the Chinese literati paradise of the Song Dynasty. The Song Dynasty is the era in Chinese history that can best reflect the decay and decline of the literati, and from the perspective of reverse thinking, the reason why it will be continuously sung by the literati of later generations is enough to see the importance and cherishing of the Song Dynasty to the literati. However, the life of the literati is based on the people's livelihood. Do not think that the prosperity of the Qingming Dynasty on the river map is the tranquility and prosperity that every ordinary person can enjoy, and the number of peasant uprisings in the Song Dynasty is more than the total number of other dynasties in China in thousands of years. Rebellion has always been the riskiest undertaking, enough to see what life looks like in the people. It is precisely with the folk folk fat people's ointment that the flashy life of the literati is piled up, creating a bright side in the eyes of posterity. In fact, this glossy is also a record of the literati who have mastered the right to speak, and the lower-class people in the depths of the water have no right to speak, and they are illiterate, and posterity knows very little.
Out of jealousy and precaution against military personnel, it is a bit too much to vigorously improve the rights and responsibilities of the literati. The tattoos that were popular in the Song Dynasty, or the cultural tradition of tattoos, actually came from the suppression and humiliation of soldiers, and even Di Qing, a generation of famous generals, was a thief with words on his face, and was well known by posterity as Fan Zhongyun, Seed Master Dao, Zhang Shuye, one by one said that they were called out to enter the picture, in fact, the literati led the troops. The upper echelons of the army are literati who are not obscure, and the lower levels of the army are to prevent soldiers who are tattooed on the face of deserters. No wonder Song and Jin jointly attacked the Liao state, the two thousand remnants of the Liao state who were beaten like dogs by the Jin state, under the leadership of Yale Dashi, a charge hit the Song army with a hundred thousand defeats and losses, among those who were defeated and fled, there was a very famous figure in the later life, that is, Yue Wumu.
Survival is based on the people can not bear to resist the century of singing and dancing, the Song Dynasty literati and emperors colluded, the Chinese nation has lost its blood and courage, and only bloomed a gorgeous flower without a soul.
This decay and decline was especially vividly reflected in the Jingkang Rebellion. To give just one example: Emperor Huizong of Song gave birth to more than 80 children, 16 of whom were born after the Jingkang Rebellion and were captured by the Jin people to Huining. The female captives who were captured at that time were all children of the clan, royal concubines, princesses, and concubines of palace women. Even Song Huizong's own wife, daughter-in-law, and daughter were insulted by the Jin people and sent to the Huan Clothing Bureau, that is, the comfort station of the Jin people. According to historical records, Song Huizong himself was imprisoned in the cellar, and for this reason, he actually gave birth to 16 children. How strong should this heart be? How numb should this emotion be? How touching should this IQ be? The problem is that Emperor Huizong of Song is only a representative of this group of people, and the situation was caused by that generation. The main war faction was deposed and the capitulation faction was taken captive. The fundamental reason for this is the loss of bloodiness, the decaying and withering literary style, and the mainstream of the social spirit.
So there must be a cause and an effect, and all misery is based on continuous work, and the heavens have never spared anyone. But the core of the problem is that the inner spirit cannot be destroyed, the soul of Shang Wu cannot be lost, and the way of culture and martial arts must complement each other. Although the country is great, it will perish if it is belligerent; only when it is armed can it be subdued.
In fact, in the 20 years after the Jingkang Rebellion, the Jin Kingdom, which had rapidly sinicized, and the zhongxing four generals who bore the hatred of the country and the family, continued to die, and the reversal of the combat strength of the beaten head and blood flow was a clear proof.
