From the world of martial arts

But in the final analysis, he has always relied on the imperial court, so once he leaves the imperial court, his strength will drop a lot. And the court will definitely kill him when the time comes.

Therefore, regardless of whether Cao Cao was loyal to the court or not, he did not dare to be independent.

After all, the Central Plains, dominated by Taiping Road and the Liu Han court, divided up nearly twenty states and counties in the Central Plains.

Among them, Taiping Road occupies five or six tenths, the imperial court occupies three or four tenths, and the remaining little bit is controlled by other places.

And those places are simply not enough for a great prince to rise.

In this way, Cao Cao could only be the imperial general Zhendong, and he still had no way to rise on his own.

There was little chance in the Northern and Central Plains, unless he could make up his mind to leave the Central Plains with his cronies and go to the south.

There are several major princes in the south today, but the south is relatively sparsely populated. With his ability, he can lay a certain foundation before the south is completely unified.

It's just that compared to the Central Plains in the north, the potential is much lower in the south.

Whether it is Chen Wangfu or Jingzhou Mu, they occupy a large territory, but in terms of military, they are much worse than the Northland and the Central Plains.

Especially there are not many cavalry in the south.

Even though the emergence of cannons has reduced the strategic position of cavalry, without the results of Taiping Road's industrialization, princes from various places have begun to build guns and formed firearms battalions.

However, when facing the real elite cavalry, they still only had the effect of weakening them from the side and were unable to confront them openly.

In addition to Taipingdao, who can use the artillery army to threaten the cavalry, other princes face the northern cavalry and have only cavalry to resist.

The truly elite cavalry were all formed by extraordinary warriors. The horses sitting down were also very fierce, comparable to beasts. The heavy armored cavalry with human and horse equipment was really irresistible in the south.

The only advantage the south has is bows and arrows, but unfortunately, the construction of archers is not that easy.

Therefore, the potential of the south is far less than that of the north. Although there are horse farms in the south, compared with the war horses raised in the northern grasslands, the south is relatively inferior.

This is a flaw of geographical location that cannot be changed.

Unless the industrialization process of the princes in various places reaches the Taiping Road, or reaches one-third of the Taiping Road, it will be enough to smooth out the gap.

But alas, it's not that simple.

The cavalry has always been the king in ancient history. It was not until the 19th century that the cavalry slowly retired.

China has always unified the world with the north, not just the physical quality and traditional food production areas in the north.

More importantly, the North has the ability to form cavalry, while the South does not.

Later, Ming Taizu was able to dominate the world with the south. After hundreds of years of development by the Song Dynasty, the south was no worse than the south in terms of food and population.

Secondly, because of the end of the Northern Horse Administration in the late Yuan Dynasty, it was very difficult for the Yuan Dynasty court and even the formation of cavalry, and they had to rely on other places.

Only in this way can Ming Taizu have a chance to defeat them.

As for the late Qing Dynasty, foreign powers opened up their dream of a great nation with guns and cannons. A mere few thousand people destroyed tens of thousands of their cavalry.

At this point, the majesty of the cavalry has completely disappeared from history.

In this era of mythology, cavalry is still an unstoppable force. During the Great Qin period, the Meng clan built the golden fire cavalry. Those war horses were tempered by the blood of demonic beasts, and each one was comparable to the demonic beasts.

That's why the Golden Fire Cavalry is so terrifying.

Every cavalryman, even the weakest, is several times stronger than a strong warrior, at least Yuangang level warriors. It can be imagined how powerful such cavalry are. Even Taipingdao's artillery can hardly pose much of a threat to them.

After all, for such cavalry, they probably don't need twenty breaths to rush across a distance of three kilometers.

Many Taipingdao cannons now have a range of dozens of kilometers, but their actual lethality is mostly around ten kilometers.

However, the speed of the cavalry is very fast, which at least disperses the impact, thus minimizing the deterrence of the artillery.

Of course, that was also in the Qin era.

Today's cavalry cannot reach that level.

As long as one goes against the other, Taipingdao's advantages will only grow bigger and bigger. After all, Taipingdao occupies a strong technological advantage.

The scientific and technological knowledge of Taiping Dao cannot be concealed. Even if those people do not disclose it, it is easy for those advanced monks to get it.

Especially for ordinary people, a Qi Refiner can achieve it easily.

But Taipingdao is not afraid at all.

Because of the policies between the two parties, Taipingdao only faces all ordinary people. Ordinary people can learn scientific knowledge, and it is the main force.

Even if ordinary people do not have an advantage in scientific research compared to those monks, ordinary people have an advantage that monks cannot match.

That is an incomparably huge number, one person cannot compare with it, it would take hundreds or tens of thousands of people to compare.

Monks can do advanced scientific research, while ordinary people can do simple and basic research.

As for other princes, when they get this knowledge, the first thing they think of is their own family, and it is impossible for those mud-legged people to learn it.

As a result, the gap caused is obvious.

In terms of the number of monks, Taiping Dao alone is definitely not comparable to the world, but if ordinary people are added to it, it is not comparable to other princes.

Especially the guns and cannons needed for army construction, which require a huge number of workers. Monks alone, unless those monks under the princes work tirelessly to build them, may not be able to match the military factories of Taiping Road.

After all, those Qi Refiners, unless they have reached the realm of Jindan Zhenren, will be faster when refining artillery.

Others may not be comparable to the ordinary assembly line machinery factory. Even Jindan Zhenren may not be comparable to the factory.

As for other martial arts and literary arts, they are even more useless.

How can the two compare to the industrialized Taiping Road.

As for other princes also learning Taiping Dao and starting comprehensive education, then Taiping Dao will definitely be welcomed with both hands.

Once mortals learn and open their minds, it will be very difficult for you to control them.

This has always been the reason for the Legalists' policy of weakening the people.

Once people learn and expand their thinking, it is impossible for them to become what they were before.

Give up some of the benefits.

But Taipingdao is not afraid, because they have given up part of their rights and interests, that is, they have opened up channels for advancement. As long as you have the ability, you will have the opportunity to become an official.

This is something that other princely families are absolutely unwilling to do. (End of chapter)