"Is that ......?"

Li Yi was thoughtful.

From this point of view, it is indeed an exaggeration that the soldiers of the Shenwu Army are at least middle-level figures, but at least they should be junior figures, or even junior characters who are not weak.

equipment, he once again paid attention to the problem.

In fact, Li Yi paid attention to this problem more than once.

At the beginning, Li Ling said that a good weapon can increase a person's strength by several percent.

And equipment, not only weapons, but also armor.

The imperial court valued armor as very important, far more than weapons, which can also be seen from this.

People are the most important thing, killing a thousand enemies, self-inflicted losses of 800, in fact, the two armies are fighting, fighting for human life.

Think about it carefully, this kind of thing, at a critical time, may be an extra life, several lives, and moreover, an old pawn and a new pawn who have seen blood, how can the two be compared?

How big is the gap between a veteran who has fought many battles and a new pawn?

"It seems that I want to sweep the world, and I really have a long way to go......"

Li Yi said secretly.

Perhaps, the strength of the five elite soldiers of the Great Shang Dynasty and ordinary small soldiers is not as powerful as that of middle-level figures, but with various blessings, they are no worse than middle-level figures.

This kind of powerful force, he wants to push sideways, there is still a long way to go.

"After all, we are professional soldiers, and we are just amateurs, before, I underestimated the strength of the imperial army......

Li Yi shook his head in his heart.

It is also the strength of the county town officials and the city gate guards that are not very good, which confuses him, and thinks that the strength of the entire imperial court army is about the same, but now it seems that it is not, strictly speaking, the county officials are not real soldiers.

The city gate guards are barely counted, but they stay in the city all the year round, deal with all kinds of people, and are used to seeing prosperity, how can they be in the mood to enhance their strength?

"What is the strength of the state soldiers? Qingyang two states, do you know how many state soldiers? Li Yi thought for a while, looked at Deng Shihu, and asked again.

"The strength of the state soldiers, compared with the five elite soldiers, is much worse, but it also depends on how the generals of the local states are, they are not careful, some prosperous states and counties, there may not be a war for a few years or more than ten years, and the generals of the local states are not concerned, and the armament is already very lax, and some states and counties, the environment is not good, and there are often wars, or the generals of the local states are more attentive, and the strength of the army is good." Deng Shihu shook his head and said.

"In general, the three-day drill is already an elite soldier, and the five-day drill is also better, most of the state soldiers are seven or eight days, ten days and one exercise, a few half-month exercises, or even a month one exercise, the strength is very poor......"

After a pause, Deng Shihu continued.

"It is said that in the army, there is often a saying that there is an empty salary...... Li Yi asked with a slight movement in his heart.

"Empty pay, perhaps, but this is rare, very rare! It is said that the fall of the previous dynasty has a lot to do with this! Nowadays...... The puppet dynasty is strict in managing this, once it is reported and verified, it is a big crime of the three tribes, and no one dares to take this risk! Unless there is a relationship with Tongtian, but people with a relationship with Tongtian generally do not do this kind of thing! ”

Deng Shihu immediately shook his head and said.

Elsewhere, he didn't know, just said that the Yangzhou army he once served in had never seen this kind of thing, at most it was a lax practice, a slower replacement of various equipment, and some money from the upper and lower officials.

"Okay then, do you know the strength of the state army in Qingyang Erzhou?"

Li Yi sighed slightly in his heart and asked again.

Strictly speaking, Heifeng Village belongs to Yangzhou, but it is also very close to Qingzhou.

"There are more wars in Qingzhou, there are about 80,000 state soldiers in total, there are 33 counties in Qingzhou, each county is stationed about 1,000 people, and there are three important barracks, each with 1 to 20,000 horses."

"Yangzhou is relatively prosperous, there are fewer wars, there are about 50,000 state soldiers, Yangzhou has 31 counties, each county is stationed about 800 people, only two important barracks, also each has 1 to 20,000 horses."

"As for the strength of the armies of the two states...... The cavalry battalion I was in back then was already among the elite of the state soldiers, so why was I the commander at that time! ”

Deng Shihu said in detail.

Speaking of what it was, Deng Shihu's eyes also flashed with a hint of pride.

What's the chief, that's also an official!

Later, after he retired, he became a horse thief for some reason, and pulled two former subordinates, plus, he knew several official figures in Yangzhou, and he could buy horses and weapons, so he became bigger step by step, and did the foundation of the White Horse Gang for more than ten years.

"With the same number of people, how does the strength of the White Horse Gang compare with the strength of the Yangzhou Cavalry Battalion?" Li Yi asked.

"If you don't consider the equipment, the White Horse Gang is slightly stronger than the Yangzhou Cavalry Battalion, I know the importance of the elite, and when I choose my subordinates, I also pick the elite, but counting the equipment, the strength of the White Horse Gang should be worse than the Yangzhou Cavalry Battalion."

Deng Shihu thought about it, and finally sighed slightly and said.

"Oh? What kind of equipment does the Yangzhou cavalry battalion have? Li Yi said curiously.

"Armor, just more of this, the strength of the Yangzhou cavalry battalion will increase by three percent, and there will be three crossbows, so that the strength of the Yangzhou cavalry battalion will increase by two percent, and there will be other equipment, although there is no armor and three crossbows to increase the strength, but it will also increase some ......"

Deng Shihu said in a deep voice.

"Armor and repeaters? Why haven't you seen the White Horse Gang have this kind of equipment? ”

Li Yi's eyes narrowed slightly.

"These two kinds of equipment, the puppet dynasty is very powerful, once it is found outflow, it is at least the crime of destroying the three clans, even those people I know, they don't dare to sell me this kind of thing......" Deng Shihu said with a wry smile.

"Actually, even if they dare to sell this kind of thing, I don't dare to ask for it! Ordinary green forest forces, the imperial court can still tolerate them, let them know which green forest forces have these two equipment, I'm afraid it is a thorn in the eye and a thorn in the flesh! ”

After a pause, Deng Shihu sighed.

"Understood."

Li Yi nodded slightly.

Originally, he also wanted to ask if Deng Shihu had ever thought about making these two kinds of equipment by himself, but now it seems that there is no need to ask.

However, since these two types of equipment have increased the strength of a soldier so much, if there is a chance, they can try to make these two types of equipment.

As for whether they will become a thorn in the side of the court and a thorn in the flesh, he has already established himself as the emperor, and he is still afraid of this?

"By the way, you said earlier that a good bow is at least ten taels of silver, what is the standard of a good bow you are talking about?" After thinking about it, Li Yi asked again.

They didn't even have a substandard crossbow, and he couldn't upgrade it if he wanted to.

However, bows and arrows, he can think about it.

A marksman, with a good set of bows and arrows, is not necessarily less threatening than a soldier with a repeater, and even, in many ways, stronger.

It's just that sharpshooters are more difficult to cultivate.

A few days ago, the battle with the White Horse Gang had already made Li Yi realize that Heifeng Village was relatively short of good bows.

The Intermediate Hunter used the primary bow and arrow, which was very reluctant, and did not exert the maximum power of an Intermediate Hunter.

Otherwise, in that battle, the intermediate hunters of their Black Wind Village could perform better.

It's just that he uses the power of faith to upgrade higher-level bows and arrows, which is too expensive.

Upgrading an unqualified bow to a beginner bow requires only one point of faith power, while upgrading a primary bow to an intermediate bow requires ten points of faith power.

With so much faith power, he can upgrade to a mid-level character.

It's like an intermediate hunter.

Two mid-level hunters, even if they perform poorly, are likely to be stronger than one mid-level hunter with a good weapon.

However, now, they have thousands of taels of silver in the Black Wind Village, and if they can buy some good quality bows and arrows from the imperial court, they can save him from using the power of faith to upgrade.

Silver is only worth when it is spent.