In fact, compared to artillery, the threshold for the manufacture of muskets is lower.

The artillery of the Nightnight can be mass-produced, let alone muskets.

However, it is precisely because of the low threshold that the Eternal Night Commander has given priority to the introduction of artillery, and has not put the muskets in line for a long time.

Because this thing not only has a low manufacturing threshold, but also a lower threshold for use.

Any farmer, with it, can easily kill a trained knight - a knight with defensive skills and body protection.

If the Eternal Night Commander does not have the advantage in the Cold Weapon War, Sean will definitely advocate the route of muskets first and then artillery to enhance the combat effectiveness of the infantry.

However, they innovated the combat skill system first, and they were one step ahead of others in this area.

Later, he annexed the Kentana Barbarians, who were known as the first in foot combat, and cold weapon warfare entered a kind of peak.

The muskets were not in a hurry to be launched.

Because this thing is different from artillery, not to mention the low difficulty of manufacturing, and it is a personal weapon, in the case of large-scale installation, the secrecy work is much more difficult to do than artillery.

Once it is imitated by the enemy and flooded, it will in turn shake its hegemony in cold weapon combat.

No assembly does not mean that there is no research, no production, no inventory.

The prescient Sean knew that this was a general trend in the future, and his approach was only to control the appearance and proliferation of muskets.

With the foundation of black powder, sooner or later someone will make a musket out, after all, its basic principle is the same as that of artillery.

When Sean realized that their real enemies were not just Odin orcs, his mind involuntarily changed, and he no longer hid and tucked away.

Sean supported Sophia this time, and the most powerful force was not an artillery regiment composed of three hundred guns, nor two main battle legions, but 20,000 Andes longbows, 20,000 Type 15 rifles, two million heavy arrows, and two million rifle bullets.

These long-range firepower weapons were enough for Sophia to form longbowmen and musketeers after the simplest training of those farmers who had been recruited temporarily.

These two professions, typically easy to get started with, are not easy to master.

It only takes a week for them to master the most basic skills, and the rest is mainly formation, and the most basic commands.

As for the question of accuracy.

Neither.

In the process of projectile, the former is basically invisible to the enemy.

After they were in formation, they just drew their bows and sent the arrows out according to the commander's orders, and whether they could kill or injure people was completely left to the enemy's luck to decide.

They shoot enough arrows at once, dense enough, and there is always something to be paid for each time.

The same is true for muskets.

Destroying an enemy with a single shot is something that even a well-trained sniper with specialized firearms can't do, let alone a patchwork of farmers.

All they need is to line up in a whole row like a longbowman, aim at the target directly in front of them, pull the trigger, and whether they can hit the target or not depends entirely on luck.

So far, the harvest has been very fruitful.

Because their enemies have never dealt with the musket at all, do not know its characteristics, and do not know how to defend and dodge.

Especially when you are close to the city wall for twenty or thirty meters, there is no way to be as scattered as before, as long as the direction is not bad, it is easy to have a harvest.

"It worked, we succeeded, this thing can really kill those stinky orcs. ”

"Haha...... Ha ha...... I killed, I killed an Odin orc, haha...... I'll see who will dare to scold Lao Tzu for being a bad breed in the future. ”

"Phew! Which eye do you see that you killed the enemy? Could it be that you can still see the trajectory of the bullet? Maybe your bullet has already missed and I don't know where it is, and it may not be that someone else shot it crooked! Besides, the name of the Bad Seed cannot be washed away by killing one or two orcs. ”

"In front of Lao Tzu, it was Lao Tzu who was aiming, that is, Lao Tzu killed, even if other fools shot crookedly and killed, it was also Lao Tzu, if you are not convinced, wait a minute to see who kills more. ”

"I'm afraid you'll not succeed? I really think I've been killed, and I think I'm a sharpshooter! Come, come, the loser not only runs around the school yard naked, but also shouts ten times that he is a bad seed. ”

"Okay, it's a deal!"

"This thing is strong enough, more powerful than a bow and arrow, haha, I already like it, I have long heard of the craftsman technology of the Eternal Night Army, it has advanced by leaps and bounds in recent years, and it is unique in the world, I didn't expect it to be so exquisite, not only can it make a cannon with huge lethality, but also can make such a sophisticated lethal weapon, but unfortunately, if we have this kind of sharp weapon when we are guarding the city wall, how can the defense line fall. ”

"Be content, we can have enough black powder kegs to use, it is already a blessing for the princess, if it weren't for the fact that the princess is now the lord's wife of the Eternal Night Army Lord, how could the other party deliver this sharp weapon to us to use?

"That's right, today we're going to make these damned barbarians, pay for what they did, retreat in one row, and go up in the second. ”

Contrary to the demoralized Orcs, the defenders on Sophia's side were encouraged by the power of their rifles.

In the consideration of secrecy and saving ammunition, their previous training was mainly based on basic operations and formations, and the targets for live ammunition were relatively limited, let alone shooting live animals.

Before this, most people have no bottom in their hearts, what if the power of the rifle is not as fierce as expected?

If the other party rushes up and fights with others with a rifle for bayonets, they are not this material.

After a try, the effect is not as simple as exceeding expectations, but several times more than I imagined.

Before their ammunition was exhausted, it was wishful thinking that the Hairi Winter Division wanted to capture their camp.

The chieftain of Hai Ridong understood this, and when the all-out attack was stopped, the corpses of the Odin orcs left outside the camp had already piled up, and the number of dead soldiers was twice as many as the previous casualties, and the wounded were even more.

Most of the injured are already on the death list.

The piercing and tearing ability of bullets is far above that of bows and arrows, and once they penetrate deep into the body, it is difficult to safely remove them with the current medical methods of the Odin orcs.

As a result of forcible excavation, you will die either from massive bleeding, or from infection.

The entire army of Odin orcs resounded all night with the wails and moans of these wounded and sick, further devastating blow to their morale.

"Great Chief, this battle goes on like this, it can't be fought! Every time our soldiers have to rush forward against the enemy's artillery fire, not to mention, when they get closer, they don't even see a figure, they are hit down by a burst of sharp arrows without arrows, this kind of sharp arrows not only have the lethality that ordinary sharp arrows do not have, the range and rate of fire are also beyond our imagination, the farthest wounded and dead, five hundred meters away, according to the warriors who retreated from the front, they witnessed with their own eyes, those soldiers completed five launches in a few seconds. ”

"The long-range firepower of the two sides is completely disproportionate, our warriors are risking their lives to consume their ammunition, and no amount of blood will be exhausted in a long time. ”

"This is a trap, this is to wipe us out, in order to consume the brave warriors of our tribe, continue like this, and when the brave warriors in our tribe are all consumed, our tribe will fall apart, and will be driven back to the prairie by the other party like a flock of sheep, which is also a dead end. ”

"Great Chief, you should think of a way, but you were the one who urged us to attack the opponent's main force at the beginning, and in this case, you always have to give us an explanation?"

"The casualties are not terrible, what is terrible is not only us, the warriors below do not see any hope of victory at all, how to continue to let them rush forward next?"

"If it really doesn't work, we can break the net, cross them, and attack their hinterland in an all-out way, even if they retake the defense line and block our back road, at least we can get a reprieve for our people and seize a chance to survive. ”

"The misty area that came out before is not infinitely long, the sentinels I sent to report that there are at most three hundred kilometers, it is really not possible, after we looted their hinterland, bypassed the fog, and went north to join Your Majesty, in this case, Your Majesty will not be able to see death without help. ”

"At this time, we should indeed give up, like Your Majesty bowing your head, it is better than being eaten whole, after all, no matter what Your Majesty says, it is also our clan, and we will not be killed, as long as we get through the current crisis, we still have the opportunity to start again. ”

"You are just a bunch of cowards, and this little casualty makes you scared? The opponent's ammunition cannot be endless, especially if it is used at a high frequency like before, it must be consumed, if we can grit our teeth and hold on for two more rounds, maybe their ammunition will be completely exhausted, and then they will be a flock of lambs to stay. ”

"What you said is light, it's not you who are charging ahead, you have the ability to lead your tribe to serve as the main attack. ”

"Hold on for two more rounds? Hold on for two more rounds, and more than half of our warriors will be killed or wounded, and how much courage do you think our warriors will have left? When the time comes, we will become lambs to the slaughter, but I am afraid that it will not be the other party, but us. ”

"Lead the team to rush forward, just say in advance, if my people really consume their ammunition, after capturing the camp, the equipment, supplies, and prisoners inside will be given priority to our tribe to choose. ”

"This is natural, as long as you have the ability to do it, you are our hero, we still have the face to grab the loot with you? ”

In the tent of the Great Chief of Hai Ridong, the leaders of the major tribes quarreled.

Although Sophia had mastered the rhythm as much as possible, and tried her best to boil the frogs in warm water, consuming the vital strength of the sea and winter, by the time they noticed that something was wrong, they no longer had the strength to jump out of the pot.

It's just that they didn't expect that the lethality of the musket was so great and had such a big shock to the Hai Ri Winter Division, which directly made many leaders frightened, thinking that if this battle continued, it would not only be a matter of disproportionate casualties and gains.

The whole of them will be dragged to death and consumed here.

When such an understanding is born in the heart, the mind will naturally change.

The plan that they resisted before, moving closer to Ulaanbari, has also become a kind of upper election.

After all, it's much better to survive than to be eaten by someone in one bite.

Even if Ulan Bari does it, at most it will squeeze them and use them to enrich themselves, rather than completely killing them.

This can be seen from the fog that cut between the north and the south, and the successive emissaries sent by Ulan Bari to warn them, telling them to beware of the Eternal Night Army, which is a trap laid by the other side against them.

Not only did he remember that the two sides were of the same race, but he also knew more about the enemies they were now facing.

It's a pity that at that time, they thought that Ulaanbari's new methods turned a deaf ear to this warning, and they folded 30,000 elite warriors to go in before they realized this.

Chief Hai Ridong's face was also cloudy for a while, and the swaying range in his heart was far greater than that of other leaders.

Because other leaders still have the opportunity to be wall grass and defect to the sun in Ulaanba.

He, the leader, had no chance to blatantly ignore Ulaanbari's orders.

At that time, it is the best result for you to be killed and set an example, and your own tribe may even be implicated, dismantled, divided and annexed.

But at this time, no matter how stubbornly he insists on his own opinions, he will only make the leaders below deviate from him and leave him one after another, and his fate may not be much better.

It seems that bypassing Sophia's military camp and using the mobility of his cavalry to throw off the opponent and cut into the hinterland of the opponent to fight for war seems to have become their only choice.

Even if this option is very likely, they will jump into the pocket formation, be surrounded by the new army of the royal court and the army of Sophia, and be blocked alive in the territory of the Byron Alliance.

But there are at least three or four months, or even half a year's maneuver time, to be able to maintain his army from falling apart immediately, and maybe there will be a new turnaround.

After thinking of this, Chief Hai Ridong finally made a decision and said: "This matter is so decided, we will send some troops to involve the other party, and the main force will directly cross them, go deep into their hinterland, and seize the winter materials we need, but everyone must keep in mind one thing, we must not mess up within ourselves, once we are fighting for a little profit, we will have no hope at all."

In order to ensure that the other party will not follow and kill us, my right tiger guard will crucify the queen of the palace here for a week, but as a price, you can only bring enough food for your own people for a week to carry away, and the sheep and the like will be left behind.

This is not only to make our practice longer, but also to facilitate your automatic mobility, after all, in the hinterland of the other side, the surrounding area is full of enemies, only in the non-stop movement, we are the safest, no matter how strong your forces are, you must not stay in the same place for more than three days, do you have any opinions on my strategy?"