Agricultural civilization and nomadic civilization

1, living habits: nomadic people live in the bitter cold land in the northern part of Serbia, so in the difficult environment to exercise a strong endurance and the spirit of savage courage. Their way of life is mainly based on horseback riding and hunting, and their diet is also based on meat, which is equal to the militarized training of each person from childhood, coupled with the inter-tribal conflict is the norm of life, so the spirit of struggle and war skills penetrate the nomadic people's muscles and become part of their soul. Compared to the tranquility and docility of the farming nation, the toughness of the nomadic people is obvious.

2. Nomads are economically backward and have no basis for civilization. Therefore, in order to survive and develop, they are bound to harass or invade and conquer the rich and civilized land occupied by the farming nation. Nomadic people as an attacking party mainly cavalry, in the field battle against the agrarian people's infantry have an advantage, coupled with tactical skills and the command of the eloquent leader, can win over the less well-organized or commander of the agrarian people's army of stupidity and cowardice.

3, war ability, nomadic people all soldiers, the whole army cavalry, strong mechanical power, can be harassed on all sides of the borders of the agrarian people, so that they can not be defended; their army supplies rely entirely on looting and plundering of the enemy's territory, there is no logistical problems, so the aggressiveness and durability of the very strong.

The agrarian peoples were completely different, with separate armies, and the general public was not trained to fight, and generally did not have a strong fighting ability or will to fight. The military establishment was large, with a majority of infantry, and the logistics were completely dependent on rear supplies, thus the economic burden caused by the defense force was heavy. Because of the need to defend a long border line, the force was dispersed and difficult to concentrate for short periods of time, thus the combat limitations were great. In resisting the invasion of the nomads, they could only put up passive resistance with fortified cities, and it was very difficult to pursue and counterattack.

4. Spiritual aspect: the nomadic people take war as the main way of life and purpose, and take pride in the strong, so the will to fight and fighting force is very strong. Their policy guidance has also been consistently based on invasion and conquest because there is no alternative. The farming peoples, with their splendid civilization, were conservative in their policies, and when they were strong, they could resist and even submit to the nomadic peoples. However, a peaceful life tends to breed the idea of comfort and enjoyment, which contributes to the corruption of the whole nation and the weakening of its blood, so the fighting strength and fighting spirit of the declining farming nation is often far inferior to that of the nomadic nation. In the war with the nomads, the armies of the declining farming nations often collapse at the first touch, and even surrender and mutiny.