《北宋骑兵为什么不够用?养马所需的牧草太贵!》很多人认为,北宋的军事实力孱弱,与没有建立一支强大的骑兵部队有很大关系。可是北宋为什么不能建立这样一支骑兵部队呢?宋朝是中国历代王朝中经济最发达的,为何供养马匹的能力,尚不及游牧民族?答案就是城市规模的扩大,令饲养牲畜变得昂贵。北宋是中国历史上手工业最繁荣的时代之一,这种繁荣必然带来许多规模巨大的城 “Why is Northern Song cavalry not enough? The herbage needed for raising horses is too expensive!” Many people think that the weak military strength of the Northern Song Dynasty has a lot to do with not having a strong cavalry force. But why the Northern Song Dynasty can not establish such a cavalry force? Song Dynasty is the most economically developed in the dynasties of ancient China, why the ability to support horses, is not as good as the nomads? The answer is the expansion of urban size, making livestock become more expensive. The Northern Song Dynasty is one of the most prosperous times in the history of Chinese handicrafts, and this kind of prosperity is bound to bring about many large cities