Among the many dynasties in ancient China, the weakest and most incompetent was probably the Song Dynasty. The best time of the Song Dynasty may be the time of the founding emperor, but at that time the national strength of the Song Dynasty was also very weak, and the territory was only a very small place, because at that time, the very strong Liao State and the Jin State were looking at the fertile land in the Central Plains, so the Song Dynasty was counted as developing in the cracks, but fortunately, although the land occupied was small, most of it was very fertile, and the economic production was also good, which made the Song Dynasty stand firm, but the national economy was good, The military strength of the Song Dynasty is still very different, all the military power of the Song Dynasty is in the hands of the emperor himself, that is, he is afraid that those generals will choose to rebel if they have soldiers in their hands, but although this guarantees the emperor's own destiny, it weakens the military and political forces of the country, because those generals have very strict restrictions on the mobilization of soldiers when they want to train troops or when they are fighting outside, which directly affects the time of combat. If you still have to write a holy decree to ask for instructions, you will definitely delay the fighter. In addition to this, there is another reason for the military weakness of the Song Dynasty, that is, war horses.
The song dynasty's warhorse configuration was very small, and even only those generals with relatively high official ranks had horses. As we all know, in the army, weapons and armor and horses are indispensable, it is true that not everyone is equipped with war horses, but the combat effectiveness of the troops with war horses is greatly improved, not only can be heavily armored collision, but also long-distance attacks to sneak attack the enemy, flexibility is very high, so why did not have so many war horses during the Song Dynasty. Is it the superior who can't think of it? In fact, it is a very embarrassing reason is that it is impossible to afford to raise. Everyone must be curious, the economic development of the Song Dynasty was still very good, how can the country not even afford such a necessary product as a war horse, everyone listen to the small editor to analyze it well.
It is true that the economic development of the Song Dynasty was good, but there were some things that money alone could not do. Raising horses everyone knows that there are very strict requirements, at least in the city or the countryside we have not seen the raising of horses, a large group of horses in the vast area can be raised, so it is necessary to give them enough place to run, the second is to reach their suitable temperature, these horses absolutely can not live in the humid and warm climate, will not survive, sick, need to be in a dry and cold place, is the north, but at that time the Song Dynasty is the entire entrenchment in the southern region, Those places in the north and northwest were occupied by the Liaojin, so this condition could not be met.
Therefore, if these basic conditions cannot be achieved, why should they talk about raising war horses, even if they have money, they can't do it, so why should they spend money to raise horses in the Liaojin region? Therefore, they are all stumbled by reality!