The Northern Zhou Dynasty was not very poor. Historically, after Yang Jian replaced the Northern Zhou Dynasty and became independent, he was able to attack Nanchen on a large scale after a few years of recuperation. And after his death, Yang Guang's family wealth could still be tormented by Yang Guang's wantonness for so long. Looking far away, and
It has something to do with the relatively strong family background of the Northern Zhou Dynasty. After all, it is difficult for Yang Jian's generation to accumulate so much wealth.
It's just that most of this wealth is concentrated in the Guanzhong area, the political center of the Northern Zhou Dynasty. Yecheng has been devastated long ago after years of tug-of-war between the Northern Zhou Dynasty and the Northern Qi Dynasty.
Especially the members of the Beiqi family at that time were all prodigal sons in history, and almost all of their ancestral family property was squandered.
Unfortunately, Yu Wenxian almost ran out of Chang'an City alone. Chang'an's wealth had nothing to do with him. Basically, it was all taken advantage of by Yang Jian. In the end, Yang Jian took advantage of Li Xingchen, and the young man fell into Yu Wenxian's hands.
Very few. If it weren't for the fact that almost all of the Northern Zhou Dynasty's wealth was in his hands, Li Xingchen would not have been able to stabilize Guanzhong in such a short period of time. After all, just relying on the blood transfusion from Bashu and the northwest also needed wealth input, right?
On the contrary, he had to clean up the mess made by the Gao family of Northern Qi.
Historically, Captain Chi Jong once rebelled in Yecheng after Yang Jian upheld the government. However, it was obvious that the wealth accumulated in Yecheng was not enough to allow Yuchijiong and Yang Jian to confront each other, especially since Yuchijiong's own status was not high enough to allow people from all over the country to confront each other.
To the extent that the aristocratic family and the local state government were convinced, in comparison, Yu Wenxian still had some advantages over Yuchi Jiong in this regard, but the family problems he faced still existed.
Therefore, it is actually very difficult for Yu Wenxian to barely maintain the normal operation of the government. As for the army, of course he has more than enough ambition but not enough power. He can only maintain the original size of the army and the equipment in the army. I think
It is of course impossible to expand the army or to continuously upgrade the army's equipment like the Han army.
Even when Yu Wenxian obtained the thunder chariot for city defense from the Han army, because the money was not very sufficient, in the end he could not even agree to the Han's condition of exchanging land for equipment. If it were not for the lack of money, who would be willing
What about exchanging land for guys? Of course, it was with the help of these Thunderbolt Cars provided by the Han Dynasty that Yu Wenxian was able to capture Tongguan relatively smoothly. Otherwise, Qi Tongguan would still be under Yang Jian's control, and he was eventually defeated by the Han Dynasty.
Army received.
Speaking of this, one has to lament that the Han army was somewhat trapped in a cocoon. However, at that time, the world was still divided into three parts. Even a latecomer like Li Xingchen could not really see clearly such a long-term matter.
Having said that, Sima Xiaonan, who knew that his treasury should be empty and ready to race, looked at the Han cavalry who were really armed to the teeth. He had nothing but envy, but envy was envy. After all, this battle was in vain.
avoid.
"Fire the arrow!" Sima Xiaonan's voice was trembling.
He knew that this should be the last life-saving talisman for the Northern Zhou infantry formation.
The arrows roared out. The Han cavalry had no intention of fighting back. They just raised their arms. Each of them had a small shield on their arm, which was enough for them to block some of the oncoming arrows and arrows shooting at their arms and legs.
The other arrows floated to their armor and were just inserted into their armor. Few of them could directly pierce the flesh. The slight pain was nothing to the Han cavalry!
"Fire gun, fire!" Hou Mi yelled, pulling out the loaded fire gun.
Of course, the cavalry will not be equipped with long muskets. They use firecrackers with low power and short range. Compared with muskets, firecrackers have many disadvantages, but they are definitely easier to carry, so they naturally become the weapon of the cavalry. Sharp weapon.
Of course, the main reason for equipping cavalry with fire blunderbuss, which has a range that is not even as good as crossbows, is that these newly trained cavalrymen of the Han Dynasty do not have the ability to mount and shoot at all. Those who can really complete mounted shooting are generally The nomadic people on the grassland are accustomed to life on horseback. In contrast, the Han soldiers who became monks on the way are already considered good if they can skillfully control horses. Therefore, the Han army This gap can only be made up by the sharpness of these armors and weapons.
"Bang bang bang!" The fire cannons were fired one after another, and the lead bullets crackled on the shield. Of course, many of them slipped in through the gaps in the shield. Many of the Northern Zhou soldiers behind the shield fell down screaming. For them To me, the existence of firearms is not a secret, but when you face a firearm for the first time, it is impossible not to be afraid.
But in fact, in the face of heavy shields, there may be room for muskets to be used, but fire guns are somewhat beyond their capabilities. The main purpose of equipping cavalry with fire guns is to hope that they can fight with the enemy who are basically not armored. The cavalry can give the opponent a "surprise" during a head-on confrontation. At least it will not cause the Han army to suffer an initial loss due to the gap in cavalry and shooting skills, and there is no expectation that the fire cannon can easily penetrate the shield.
After all, the firearms that were just born in this era cannot be compared with the firearms of later generations in terms of power.
The enemy's cavalry was already in front of them, and the Northern Zhou soldiers also tightened their grip on the spears in their hands. The next moment, the sharp horse spears and thick shields collided head on!
Although the fire cannon shot just now did not penetrate the shield, it had already made pits on the shield, and it was these pits that undoubtedly killed the soldiers of the Northern Zhou Dynasty at this time!
Ma Shu almost poked directly at those obvious potholes.
The sounds of "ka ka" came one after another, and the shields that had been ravaged by the fire bullets suddenly broke. The cavalry followed the sudden gap and ran head on. After raising their horses, they stabbed straight through, and the blood was immediately dyed red. Horse's white tassel.
The rupture of the shield obviously caught the Northern Zhou soldiers by surprise, and they had no choice but to retreat in a hurry.
Therefore, wherever the cavalry went, the Northern Zhou army's formation suddenly collapsed, and the soldiers retreated backwards and to both sides in chaos, while the cavalry also followed the retreating footsteps of the Northern Zhou army and continued to charge forward.
Sima Xiaonan already regretted it at this time. If he had known that those Xianbei cavalry were so unreliable, he might as well not have come out. Logically speaking, these Han cavalry should have been intercepted by the Xianbei cavalry, but the fact is that the Xianbei cavalry was intercepted by the Han army. The infantry were easily dispatched. Of course, judging from the brutality of the scene, it shouldn't be easy, but they did not pose a threat to the Han cavalry at all.