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After all, fighting costs money.

The reason why Mu Yuan has been only mobilizing troops during this period and did not start a war to sweep Yongzhou is because he sent people around to buy food.

But in this era of war, food is very precious.

And most importantly, the system of the Sui Dynasty was that a large amount of grain was stored in granaries.

The granary controlled by the imperial court stored most of the grain of the Sui Dynasty.

If you want enough grain and grass, you must either rob the granary, or buy grain from the officials in charge of the granary.

So Mu Yuan asked Li Shanchang to send people to Daxing City and other richer cities to buy grain with 100 million taels of silver.

In a month's time, 100 million shi of grain has been shipped back one after another.

According to the price of grain in this period, it was about 100 Wen a stone of grain, but because it is now a period of war, the price of grain has increased, and because most of it was privately traded with officials of the Sui Dynasty.

So the price will go up a few more.

In addition to the transportation to places under Mu Yuan's rule, it would cost about 300 Wen a shi of grain.

So 100 million taels can only buy 300 million shi of grain.

However, 300 million shi of grain was enough to feed Mu Yuan's 11 troops for two years.

Even if you save a little, it is not difficult to eat for three years.

There are still 200 million shi of grain still on the way, and Mu Yuan is waiting for the grain.

In fact, when the [-] troops of Liang Shidu were wiped out, the grain and grass they hoarded in Lingwu County and Pingliang County were obtained by Mu Yuan.

The food and grass stored in it is enough to feed a hundred thousand troops for a year.

The reason why Mu Yuan had to wait for the rest of the grain to arrive was that after conquering the entire Yongzhou, the people in other places might need him to manage it.

After all, Mu Yuan is quite clear about the virtues of Master Liang.

As long as it is not starving to death in a large area, he probably won't care about it.

But Li Shanchang and others calculated that the entire Yongzhou needs about 200 million shi of grain to ensure that people will not starve to death.

The remaining 100 million shi of grain is used as grain storage.

After all, there is no food in the granary, so Mu Yuan can't feel at ease.

Of course, Li Shanchang felt that Mu Yuan really thought too much about this move.

Neither Li Shanchang nor Zhao Yun thinks that this war will last more than a year.

It's not that they are too arrogant, but that the military power in Mu Yuan's hands is not comparable to that of Liang Shidu, or even those warlords in Yongzhou.

What's more, Mu Yuan still has famous generals such as Wang Yue, Zhao Yun, Yue Yun, and Zhang Xian in his hands.

It is impossible for this battle to drag on for too long.

Unless the Turks go to war.

But even if the Turkic people really participated in the war, if they wanted to stop Mu Yuan's [-] army, at least [-] Turkic cavalry would be needed.

This is almost more than half of the Turkic troops.

And they are still at war with Western Turks, and most of their troops are fighting Western Turks.

There is no such a large number of troops transferred.

This is why they can only send [-] cavalry to support Liang Shidu.

If there hadn't been a war between East and West Turkic, I am afraid that the Turkic cavalry supporting Liang Shidu would be more than [-], and maybe [-] cavalry would only force Mu Yuan.

But even if the Turks used [-] cavalry to attack Muyuan, he would have nothing to fear.

You know, Muyuan has [-] heavy armored cavalry, [-] heavy armored infantry, and [-] light armored cavalry. Most of the Turkic cavalry are unarmored cavalry.

Some wear leather armor.

Only centurions are qualified to wear iron armor.

And this level of iron armor is at most just like the iron armor of the light armored cavalry in the Mu Yuan army.

It is completely incomparable with heavy cavalry.

And Muyuan's heavy armored cavalry should be said to be a kind of armored cavalry.

Both men and horses wear heavy armor.

Because the war horses that Muyuan obtained from the system were far taller and stronger than the prairie horses of this period.

So the [-] heavy cavalry are all horses in the system.

And one person configures three horses.

It can be said that this army may not be the most powerful army in Muyuan's hands, but it is definitely the most expensive army.  …

After all, armored cavalry also need to cooperate with appropriate tactics and appropriate timing to exert their combat effectiveness.

But armored cavalry is indeed the most expensive type of troops. Even Mu Yuan only has [-] cavalry.

The main force of the cavalry in the Muyuan army is still [-] light armored cavalry.

Light armored cavalry is also much stronger than ordinary light cavalry, and even light armored cavalry armor is stronger than light armored infantry.

Compared with the Turkic cavalry, Muyuan's light armored cavalry can be regarded as their heavy armored cavalry.

Because Muyuan is not short of horses, nor is he short of armor.

All he lacks is a horse that is used to transport power.

But now he has 20 war horses plus nanny horses.

There are more than 5 war horse resources alone.

Of course, this is also because Mu Yuan counted the 20 horses in the Pegasus Ranch as his own, only [-].

However, the [-] cavalry in Mu Yuan's hands were far superior to the Turkic cavalry in terms of equipment and weapons.

The reason why Yang Su was able to use 20 Xiaoguowei to kill the 40 Turkic cavalry was because the fighting power of the Xiaoguowei was far higher than that of the Turkic cavalry.

And to deal with Muyuan's [-] fine cavalry, if the Turks don't have [-] cavalry, let alone defeat, they will not be able to resist.

And now the Turks, not to mention drawing out [-] cavalry to assist Liang Shidu, it is impossible to send out another [-].

Therefore, for Mu Yuan, it is impossible to fail in this battle, and it can even be said to belong to the level of abuse.

Not to mention, now Mu Yuan still has an advantage in strength against Liang Shi.

In addition to [-] heavy cavalry, Mu Yuan also had [-] heavy infantry.

Heavy infantry doesn't cost much less than heavy cavalry.

Quite a waste of 1.5 resources and funds, Muyuan's [-] army only formed [-] heavy armored infantry.

In general warfare, heavy armored infantry and light armored infantry are used in conjunction with each other.

It is difficult to win with heavy infantry alone, or heavy cavalry alone.

Because although these two types of arms have strong attack power, their defense power is also very tyrannical.

However, the continuity of combat power is not good, and it is mainly used for the most critical attack missions.

The combination of light armored infantry and light armored cavalry should be the best configuration on the battlefield.

Moreover, the cost of these two types of arms is not so terrible.

The Turks actually had heavy armored cavalry.

However, there are only one to two thousand people, and they are generally used as personal soldiers of the Great Khan.

Originally, Turkic iron smelting technology and steel production were not as good as those of the Sui Dynasty.

Light armored cavalry is difficult to build, let alone heavy armored cavalry.

Moreover, the biggest advantage of the prairie cavalry is their mobility. The prairie cavalry who have lost their mobility, let alone cavalry, can defeat them even with infantry.

Because the level of weapons and equipment of the two sides is not on the same level.

Chapter 242 United Against Muyuan

However, only Mu Yuan possessed tens of thousands of skilled craftsmen who were more skilled than those of other dynasties, so he dared to form an army of [-] and equip everyone with a pair of armor.

And it's armor.

Although most of the soldiers' armors are mass-produced.

But it is definitely much stronger than armored armor and ordinary iron armor of other insurgents, and it is also lighter.

The armor of lightly armored infantry only weighs about twenty catties.

For an infantryman, twenty kilograms is completely acceptable.

The armor of light armored cavalry is heavier than that of light armored infantry, reaching more than 30 catties.

The defenses are pretty good.

The entire north, or the rebel forces in the northwest knew that Mu Yuan would soon launch a war to sweep Yongzhou.

Even the Turks know it.

That is to say, the forces in the south don't know yet.

Only by relying on the forces of Lianliang County and Lingwu County can one truly realize how terrifying Mu Yuan's power is.

With the power Mu Yuan currently possesses, he could even overthrow a middle-level dynasty.

For example, a dynasty like Dali could be destroyed by Muyuan.

Although Mu Yuan only occupies the land of two counties, everyone knows that next, Yongzhou is likely to be his.

None of the rebel forces in Liangzhou, Yongzhou, and Sanweidi could compete with Mu Yuan.

Unless Li Gui, Liang Shidu, and 04 Xue Ju united, it would be possible to resist Mu Yuan.

It's a pity that it is impossible for Li Gui to unite with Liang Shidu. It is possible for Xue Ju, but Xue Ju cannot enter Yongzhou.

Because Pingliang City, the only way to enter Yongzhou, has been controlled by Mu Yuan.

Therefore, it is impossible for Liang Shidu and Xue Ju to unite. At most, it is just to hold back some of Mu Yuan's troops outside Pingliang City.