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"Power and range?"

The eyes of noon fell on Chang Wei's silver armor, reflecting dots of spots.

King Yan's understatement immediately cheered him up.

The fact that Beidi had artillery did not scare him.

But it seems that the soldiers of the royal palace who have undergone rigorous training can fight Beidi even if they only wear armor and hold steel swords.

But in this case, the palace soldiers will suffer greater casualties.

He and King Yan had the same thoughts.

Win the battle, but try to minimize casualties.

At the same time, one can win a battle even in hand-to-hand combat without relying solely on firearms. Relying on hard training.

Therefore, if their artillery can be improved, it will undoubtedly be the icing on the cake to be better than the Beidi people's artillery.

After all, the life of every soldier in the Royal Army is precious.

If you can use your advantages to defeat the enemy, there is no need to be dragged to the same level by the enemy.

"In a few days, you will be able to see the improved artillery. During this period, please cooperate with Wang Ying and the artillery in the general will be transported to the War Department for improvement." Zhao Xu ordered.

"Yes, Your Highness." Chang Wei responded.

Zhao Xu thought about the current changes in Beidi and said, "I will immediately give Mo Yu an order to be vigilant about Beidi."

After Mo Kuan went to Yanguan, the two brothers met.

The next day, Mo Kuan led the 70,000 imperial soldiers from Yan Pass to Tongguan.

Zhao Xu immediately ordered the royal soldiers from Jinzhou to be withdrawn.

They also sent 80,000 soldiers from the palace to guard Yanguan.

Because Mo Yu was familiar with Yan Pass and was taught by his father that he was good at defending the city, Zhao Xu asked him to continue to defend the city.

"As for the Beidi soldiers who invaded from Yanshan and want to attack Wubao, they will be killed without mercy. Even if the Beidi people want to fight, I will accompany them to fight." Zhao Xu said to Chang Wei.

Chang Wei nodded, he came this time to ask for the attitude of King Yan.

After all, Beidi's affairs are no small matter to Da Song.

He didn't dare to act rashly, since King Yan said he would kill without mercy.

The generals will be able to use all means to deal harsh blows.

"I obey your Highness's order." Chang Wei responded, and then laughed, "Your Highness is really prepared for a rainy day. If there were not these five bastions blocking the mountain road, I am afraid that the four northern counties would be harmed by the Beidi cavalry again. But now, they Don’t even think about taking a step beyond the fortress.”

Beidi's strange movements still made him a little uneasy.

After all, Beidi is like a nightmare that follows you everywhere.

But now that there is a bastion in Yanguan and artillery placed on the bastion, he is not worried that Beidi can come and leave whenever he wants like before.

Thinking that the bastion at Yanguan was coming to an end, he said: "Not only the bastion at Yanguan, but also the outer wall built by His Highness at Yanguan seems to be equally extraordinary. If Beidi attacks again, they will definitely suffer a lot. "

Zhao Xu smiled, and Zou Rong would report to him on the progress of various projects every month.

He also knew about the outer wall of Yanguan expansion.

It is currently estimated that it will take another two to three months to complete.

But now, he was getting a little tired of just being beaten passively.

In the past, the royal army was very weak, so relying on defense was the best way to defend against the enemy.

But now the royal army is becoming stronger step by step.

He believes that it is time to move to a stage of combining defense and offense.

Make offense a part of defense.

When they become stronger in the future, they will turn completely to the offensive and make the Beidi people fear their arrival. This is the way to fight.

Thinking of this, he said: "Fortifications are naturally important, but in my opinion, a proper attack is also necessary. Since Beidi is restless again this time, we will have a collision with them to see who is stronger. Remember, if the enemy can go, I can go too!"

"The bandits can go, so can I!" Chang Wei muttered silently, as if he had been hit hard.

Once upon a time, the area outside Yanguan was like a restricted area for Dasong soldiers.

But that's the land of Ningjin Dusi, Dasong.

Today you can go to Beidi, but not to Dasong.

Now, King Yan's words instantly ignited his inner pride.

That's right, where the enemy can go, why can't his soldiers go?

"General, I understand." Chang Wei clasped his fists heavily.

Zhao Xu nodded and asked about the situation in the army, "How is the recruitment of new soldiers going now?"

"Back to Your Highness, the recruitment of 30,000 infantrymen is in progress and will be completed in another month."

Zhao Xu nodded and continued: "How many bayonets have you received?"

"There are 30,000 swords." Chang Wei said. In this battle, he also saw that the musketeers without bayonets were very fragile and needed special soldiers to protect them.

So after coming back, I urged the Bingzhan Division to provide them with bayonets.

"I have given instructions to Wang Ying, and I will continue to deliver to you in the future. Now you lead the generals to master the bayonet technique and promote it to the entire army." Zhao Xu gave Chang Wei a reminder.

This bayonet technique was included in the textbook he gave to the military academy.

The main content is three defenses and one stabbing. This three defenses and one stabbing is the standard bayonet technique in the contemporary Chinese army.

Although these three defenses and one stab are just four words, they contain many actions.

For example, stabbing includes upward stabbing, downward stabbing, left stabbing, right stabbing, deceiving the right to stab the left, deceiving the left to stab the right and so on.

Defense consists in deflecting the enemy's weapons.

After becoming familiar with this set of movements, soldiers equipped with flintlocks and bayonets will be able to easily deal with close enemies on the battlefield in the future.

Chang Wei laughed twice when he heard this and pointed to the bruised area on his neck, "The last general is training hard. This fool Lu Chang stabbed him with a stick."

These actions look simple in the textbook.

But after practicing, he discovered that these movements were real killing techniques.

All the bells and whistles have been removed, and it seems to have been summed up after countless battles, hitting the point directly.

"This kid is ruthless." Zhao Xu shook his head helplessly, "In a few days, I will go to the army to see how you practice."

"Yes, Your Highness." Chang Wei scratched his head.

Suddenly he remembered something again, and he said to Zhao Xu: "Your Highness, there is another thing. When Zhongli led the cavalry to fight with the Beidi cavalry, he found that he always suffered from the Beidi people's bows and arrows, so he thought of the crossbows in the army. This time he tried The effect was so good that he gave all the crossbows in the army warehouse to the cavalry.”

Zhao Xu nodded frequently, "Yes, it's a good idea to think during the battle."

In contemporary ancient times, there were also crossbow cavalry.

There are cavalrymen holding crossbows in paintings of all dynasties.

However, they cannot be specifically called crossbow cavalry.

Because in addition to crossbows, they also carry bows, arrows, spears and other weapons.

The crossbow is just a matter of loading the crossbow arrows and firing one shot during the battle.

After all, it is difficult to pull a crossbow on a horse.

But now the pulley crossbow in the military seems to solve this problem.

Zhongli probably saw this and decided to equip his cavalry with pulley crossbows to offset Beidi's advantage in cavalry and archery.