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Chapter 645

Chapter 645

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"Years of forbearance, and now it is time to let the world witness what an iron torrent truly is!" Yanyan looked toward the east, speaking with confidence and majesty. Someone had once asked what would happen if a time-traveler possessed five heavy cavalrymen. The answer was obvious: a local county magistrate could deal with you easily. When you possessed fifty heavy cavalrymen, the local county magistrate would have to report to the garrison captain, and then send troops to suppress the bandits. When you possessed five hundred heavy cavalrymen, the local commandery commandant would take notice, and the prefectural office would coordinate a large army to put down the rebellion. When you possessed five thousand, the central government would sit up and take notice, favoring appeasement; if you refused to submit to appeasement, the central court would dispatch generals to crush the rebellion. When you possessed fifty thousand, the emperor would ask if you wanted to become sworn brothers, bestowing upon you the titles of kings and generals. When you possessed five hundred thousand, the courtiers would ask the emperor why he was rebelling. Right now, Bingzhou did not have five hundred thousand heavy cavalry, but three to fifty thousand heavy cavalry were certainly within its grasp. Especially in this era, although cavalry had already begun to be valued, aside from Bingzhou, not a single feudal lord had yet subdivided their cavalry into multi-purpose units such as heavy ca…

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