After the First National War, Chutian exchanged a drawing for the construction of a six-level cavalry battalion. At this time, the six-level cavalry battalion had been completed.

Currently, Xia City has six-level infantry battalions, archer battalions, and cavalry battalions, which can recruit three types of troops from the first to the sixth level. As long as there are historical generals, you can also recruit special units from the first to the sixth level except the navy.

Chutian already had Xiliu Camp and Shesheng Camp, but no special cavalry yet, so he specially brought Hua Mulan, Li Guang, and Xue Rengui to the sixth-level cavalry camp to consider recruiting troops for them.

The sixth-level cavalry battalion was built outside the city, covering a vast area.

The regular arms of the cavalry battalion include the first-level light cavalry, the second-level elite light cavalry, the third-level Xuzhou light cavalry, and the fourth-level Xuzhou heavy cavalry.

During the national war, Chutian noticed that the lords of Bingzhou, Youzhou, and Liangzhou had generally recruited third-level cavalry.

The attributes of the Xuzhou light cavalry are lower than those of the cavalry in the three states of Beiguan.

Because Chutian has Hua Mulan, Xue Rengui, and Li Guang, three special cavalry can be recruited.

Li Guang's special unit is the fifth-level Western Han Dynasty border guard cavalry, with a maximum number of four thousand.

Xue Rengui's special unit is the sixth-level elite cavalry of the Tang Dynasty, with a maximum number of five thousand.

Hua Mulan's special unit is the sixth-level Northern Wei Iron Eagle Scout, with a maximum number of 10,000.

The upper limit of the special arms of the three generals is 19,000. If their special arms are full, then 19,000 cavalry will be enough to run rampant in Xuzhou and be invincible on the plains.

But Chu Tian couldn’t afford it at all…

We are still in the early stage of "Lord", each city has not developed to the later stage, and the number of soldiers that can be fed is limited.

Therefore, in the early stage, the governors of each state were not able to have a million soldiers. In the later stage, after each town developed, it was possible to have a thousand good generals and a million soldiers.

In the early stage, Chutian was unable to obtain 19,000 high-quality war horses, even if he lost all his money, he would not be able to buy them.

Under the premise of limited resources, Chutian could only compare three special cavalry to see which one was more cost-effective.

The first is Li Guang's Western Han Dynasty Border Guard Cavalry. This is the elite cavalry at the border of the Western Han Dynasty. They are good at riding and shooting. They can also be used as archers when dismounted.

[Arms]: Western Han Dynasty Border Guard Archers

[Level]: Level 5 Cavalry/Archer

[Attack Power]: 18 [Defense Power]: 7 [Speed]: 23

[Skills]: Intermediate reconnaissance, special mounted shooting, intermediate galloping, intermediate long drive, advanced arrow rain, horn bow

[Characteristics]: The grass in the forest is frightened by the wind, and the general draws his bow at night

[Military pay]: 6 taels/month

[Required equipment]: Gold-level horn bow, gold-level light cavalry horse

[Training period]: 2 months

[Maximum quantity]: four thousand

Chutian saw that Li Guang's exclusive cavalry requirements were very strong, but the conditions were also very harsh.

A gold-level horn bow and a gold-level war horse cost about 80-120 taels of silver.

To recruit a cavalry archer, it actually costs 100 taels of silver to provide equipment. If you spend 10,000 taels of silver, you can only recruit 100 fifth-level cavalry.

Chu Tian looked at Xue Rengui's elite archers of the Tang Dynasty again.

[Arms]: Elite Archers of the Tang Dynasty

[Level]: Level 6 Cavalry/Archer

[Attack Power]: 21 [Defense Power]: 9 [Speed]: 23

[Skills]: Intermediate reconnaissance, special mounted shooting, intermediate galloping, intermediate long drive, advanced armor sundering, horn bow

[Characteristics]: The general reaches Tianshan Mountain with three arrows, the strong man sings into Han Pass

[Military pay]: 8 taels/month

[Required equipment]: Gold-level horn bow, gold-level light cavalry horse

[Training period]: 2 months

[Maximum quantity]: five thousand

Xue Rengui's cavalry needed the same equipment as Li Guang. Just the equipment and horses cost one hundred taels of silver, and there were also heavy monthly military pay and horse raising expenses.

Chu Tian somewhat understood Xia Liang's feelings.

This isn't recruiting troops, it's clearly a waste of money.

The cavalry of Li Guang and Xue Rengui is still light cavalry. If it is a special heavy cavalry, the requirements for equipment and horses are higher, and the cost is also higher!

Li Shimin's Xuanjia Army was given to Chu Tian, ​​and Chu Tian couldn't afford it. A month later, there would be a mutiny because he couldn't pay the army's salary.

If you want to raise an elite cavalry, there are only two ways to develop your own territory, enrich your population, and increase output. The second way is to occupy other people's territories, especially horse-producing areas, to reduce the cost of obtaining excellent war horses, thereby

Reduces the cost of recruiting cavalry.

Finally, there is Hua Mulan’s Iron Eagle Scout of the Northern Wei Dynasty.

Unlike Li Guang and Xue Rengui's cavalry, Hua Mulan's cavalry are light cavalry used for reconnaissance and surprise attacks.

[Unit]:Iron Eagle Scout

[Level]: Sixth level cavalry

[Attack Power]: 18 [Defense Power]: 7 [Speed]: 25

[Skills]: Special reconnaissance, advanced mounted shooting, advanced galloping, special long drive, war eagle

[Characteristics]: Go to war for thousands of miles, travel through mountains and rivers like flying

[Military pay]: 8 taels/month

[Required equipment]: Gold level light cavalry war horse

[Training period]: 2 months

[Maximum quantity]: 10,000

The recruitment conditions for Mulan's Iron Eagle Scouts are slightly simpler. They don't need good weapons. As long as they have a good horse, they can form an army.

Of course, you still need to equip weapons to enhance your combat effectiveness. But you don't need to specify gold-level weapons.

The damage of Hua Mulan's cavalry is not as good as that of Li Guang's fifth-level archers. But Hua Mulan's cavalry has the fastest speed so far!

Hua Mulan's cavalry can march straight into it, as if entering uninhabited territory.

Marching speed is very important for cavalry. If the opponent cannot catch up with you, you will take the initiative.

Iron Eagle Scout sacrifices damage in exchange for speed.

"How many war horses do we have in the Lord's Mansion, and what is their quality?"

Chu Tian asked Fang Xuanling about the reserve of war horses.

Chutian captured two counties, defeated the anti-Chutian alliance forces and the Taishan Army, and captured many war horses.

In order to use the fire horse formation, Xia Liang bought all the horses from horse dealers at any cost. After defeating the Taishan thief Wu Dun, there were still many good horses left.

Fang Xuanling said casually: "There are 4,213 war horses in total, including 412 gold-level war horses, 1,155 silver-level war horses, and the rest are ordinary war horses. They do not include the superior Turkic war horses of the Lord and the generals."

"We still have quite a few gold-level war horses, right..."

Chutian realized that there were 412 gold-level war horses, which was good, but more than 200 of them had already been used by the cavalry, such as Xuzhou heavy cavalry and Goguryeo heavy cavalry.

Only gold-level and above-grade heavy cavalry horses can bear the weight of horse armor and armor.

In other words, the gold-level war horses currently owned by Chutian can only recruit more than 100 high-level cavalry at most.

After all, Chutian is still poor.

Li Guang and Xue Rengui's cavalry are good at riding and shooting, while Hua Mulan's light cavalry is good at reconnaissance and surprise attacks. No matter which type of cavalry, Chu Tian wants them.

Fang Xuanling provided a suggestion: "Go to Miss Xia. She should be able to raise money to buy a gold-level war horse."

Chu Tian could not deny it.

Anyway, if you are short of money, just go to her.

The question was for whom to recruit the cavalry first.

The palms and backs of the hands are all flesh, and different cavalrymen have their own advantages and disadvantages.

Xue Rengui's cavalry archers are good at breaking armor, and Li Guang's cavalry are terrifying in their rain of arrows. Xue Rengui's cavalry archers seem to be a superior substitute for Li Guang's cavalry archers, but they cost an extra two taels of silver per month in military pay.

"First recruit a hundred Iron Eagle scouts for Hua Mulan."

After careful consideration, Chu Tian decided to recruit a small group of cavalry for Hua Mulan first. After all, he was the earliest cavalry general. It would be too chilling to recruit cavalry for Hua Mulan later in the queue.

Mulan's cavalry also has the ability "War Eagle". Every one hundred cavalry has a war eagle, which can be used for reconnaissance.

It seems that this ability is not as good as the "horn bow" ability of Li Guang and Xue Rengui's cavalry, but it should be very practical.

Rather than fighting head-on, Chu Tian prefers sneak attacks on his enemies.

Soldiers who, deception also.

So the Lord's Mansion began to recruit civilians in the territory who were suitable to become high-level cavalry, recruiting a total of 100 people.
To be continued...