The five brigades of the Bao Army did not pay attention to the movements of Jiannu and the Mongols, but built positions and fortifications on the Karaqin line, making a posture of being ready to block the frenzied attack of the combined forces of Jiannu and the Mongols.

This would give the illusion that the Baojun was determined to eat all the Jiannu and Mongols in Liaodong in one bite.

In fact, the treasure army does not have this kind of strength, and there is not much difference in the strength of the two sides.

The five brigades of the Bao army are only more than 30,000 people, and the total number of Jiannu and Mongol combined forces is more than 50,000.

After knowing that the Bao Army had a cavalry, the cavalry regiment of the Bao Army, which had more than 1,800 people, did not dare to come forward.

The Baojun cavalry regiment was found by Jiannu day and night, and was eaten by Jiannu, which was already a headache and had no ability to provide more help to the army.

In Wei Bao's eyes, in fact, the cavalry regiment is not a treasure that cannot be lost, and the army is almost the same in Wei Bao's eyes.

Wei Bao is more focused on the economy and weapon upgrades.

In particular, the economy and science and technology have been upgraded, and it is impossible for military capabilities to be weak.

More important than the economy and science and technology is the social system, the overall quality of all people, which requires Weibao to continue to educate the people in the jurisdiction.

Therefore, the Jiannu side currently has an advantage, at least in terms of local force.

As for the Liaodong border army guarding the various cities, there are still 20,000 or 30,000 people, and they can't be counted as heads, because they are almost all killed in one city after another, and they have no mobility at all.

Even if Wei Bao can call them to fight, the weak combat effectiveness of these people will not be counted in the system by the treasure army.

The hijacking of grain and grass did not deal much damage to Jiannu, and Nurhachi brought the Third Route Army closer, allowing the entire army of more than 10,000 people who had withdrawn from the front line of Shanhaiguan to directly undertake the task of transporting supplies from Karaqin to the Third Route Army.

In this way, Jiannu is equal to both offense and defense, very balanced, and in view of the strong natural advantages of the cavalry, it is almost invulnerable, and there is no need to worry about being hijacked again.

At the same time, at the front line, Jiannu has always maintained both offensive and defensible positions, and firmly grasped the initiative.

In order to provide more support to the division commander Tan Madman, who commanded the battle, he was able to concentrate on arranging troops and fighting a battle that was critical to the safety of Liaodong.

The military committee decided to hand over the periphery of Gaotai Fort, including the Ming troops in various cities, to the unified command of Tan Madman, which required President Wei's handwriting.

Wei Bao's lord is well deserved, because he has strong strength, and it is definitely not comparable to other empty titles in the Ming Dynasty.

At least in Jiliao, Wei Bao is already an irresistible force.

Madman Tan patrolled the front line almost every day, calling on the officers and men to strengthen their confidence in victory.

He also received the heavy responsibility of serving as the commander-in-chief of the former enemy, and he felt a heavy responsibility.

Madman Tan felt that only by going all out to serve the Heaven and Earth Society, the president, and the people in all jurisdictions could he be regarded as fulfilling his duty as a soldier.

"The more Jiannu fights, the smarter it becomes, and we have no way to surprise Jiannu." Madman Tan said to Lin Wenbiao regretfully.

"Normal, this time to obtain intelligence, Jiliao Statistics Office has a lot of credit, but it is mainly good luck, it is a coincidence, now Jiannu not only attaches great importance to defense, but also attaches great importance to the secrecy of the war situation, from decision-making, to ordering, to transfer, the time is getting shorter and shorter, sometimes even if you get the information, because it is too late to transmit the news, the intelligence is useless." Lin Wenbiao said.

"yes, I feel like Jiannu has found a way to deal with our thermal weapons." Madman Tan said.

"Cavalry with hot weapons is not too advantageous in the first place." Lin Wenbiao said with a smile, "The advantage of cavalry is speed, and the advantage of our firearms is attack power, not a kind of thing." ”

Wei Bao has always envisioned the development route of the Bao Army.

In fact, the top and bottom of the Baojun, as well as the high-level leaders of the Tiandi Society like Lin Wenbiao, especially those who are closely connected with the army and even part of the army, are always thinking about the construction of the Baojun.

The development of weapons made military power more and more uncontrollable, and in primitive times, everyone was equal in combat effectiveness, and by the Bronze Age, a warrior would fight at most two or three peasants with little training.

Once the weapon is captured, the peasant can be transformed into a sergeant.

By the Iron Age, a heavy cavalry could beat a dozen or so rebellious people with crude weapons, and it was estimated that it would take several years for professional heavy cavalry to be trained.

In the early days of the era of thermal weapons, guns and guns could be absolutely suppressed, and more artillery could absolutely control the situation on the battlefield.

However, the early guns had many environmental limitations, so the later heavenly armies could fight in the mountains for so many years to resist encirclement and suppression.

In the age of thermal weapons, tens of thousands of troops could kill millions or even tens of millions of civilians. It is relatively easy for people to turn into the army.

However, the development of thermal weapons is becoming more and more unlimited, the personnel are becoming more and more professional, and the barriers to civilian conversion to the army are getting thicker and thicker.

The repression of civilians is also becoming more and more absolute.

One of the biggest qualitative changes in the development of modern weapons is that civilians have basically no chance to rebel.

The greatest constraint on the power of the warlords themselves no longer exists.

If in the future, a small number of people have mastered the most powerful weapons, it is entirely possible to absolutely suppress the remaining billions.

The cry of "the prince and the prince will be a kind of peace" will no longer be heard on the planet in the future.

The comparison of hot and cold weapons is not only a comparison at the weapon level.

Moreover, from the comparison of tactics and strategies derived from hot and cold weapons, taking the simplest offensive tactics as an example, the infantry tactics of hot weapons are mainly based on straggler line attacks in order to avoid enemy artillery attacks and give more effective play to the power of hot weapons.

Cold weapons, especially cavalry, are dominated by dense charges.

Once this offensive method is launched, it only takes one shot from the artillery regiment to inflict a devastating blow on the opposing cavalry regiment

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So President Wei was not keen on the large-scale construction of cavalry.

It is the people at the bottom who feel that it is difficult to obtain war horses, and the cavalry training time takes many years, and it is difficult to train them, so they feel that the cavalry regiment is precious.

That's not how President Wei sees it.

Of course, as the most mobile force in the treasure army, President Wei will not pay any attention to cavalry, but it is only a little more important than the infantry.

If it is a cavalry regiment and an artillery company, only one of the two can be kept, and Wei Bao will not hesitate to choose to keep the artillery company.

The Ming border army was completely abused by Jiannu, which was completely political and economic factors, and definitely not a technical defect.

The technical level of the Ming army at that time, not to mention dealing with Jiannu, even if you look at the world, it must be one of the best.

Even a "very rubbish" arquebus is actually stronger than a bow and arrow.

Qi Jiguang said in "The Actual Record of Military Training": The bird's long-range shot is extremely accurate, and it is the first to rely on the battle. If the drill is not refined, it will be chopped. If you don't listen to the order and put it alone, you will be killed.

The firing range is a hundred paces, about 160 meters, but it should be a salvo within 50 paces.

In fact, the actual combat of bows and arrows is also at this range, no matter how far it is, there is neither harm nor accuracy, and birds can also be used on horseback.

The current standard weapons of the Baojun cavalry regiment are grenades, revolvers, and sabers, which are actually not much stronger than the cavalry in Qi Jiguang's era, but there is no problem in fighting alone and suppressing Jiannu.

The bow and arrow are far inferior to firearms, and the hit is not as good as the bird's gun, and the enemy deserves it with strong armor, and every time he shoots in, he knows that he does not want to change his habits, and his superiors copy it is biased towards this ear. Firearms are not fine, it is better to have nothing, and now I know that firearms are the enemy and do not know the essence, and there is no fine.

The bird gun is a sharp weapon, and the first person to rely on it is also. The soldiers did not think about the importance of dependence, they were in the battle and in battle, and the people were all in unison, and the fireworks were obscured, and they were not visible at a glance. One hand can be at a loss, all of them are uneven, and they are close to the cheeks and hit the stars, but they are holding on to it, together with the fast gun, what is more valuable than the bird's gun.

The name of the situation is the bird gun, which is said to be able to shoot birds, and it is also accurate to be in the middle.

Fight like this, you can't help it, you don't know where to go, you can get the thief, and you can ask for it?

It was found that each captain was only in charge of four guns, and it was divided into two layers, with two guns on each layer, which was visible to the eye, and there was a slight error, and he could point to it, and he was instructed accordingly. In the future, where the bird gun is released, the team will always be supervised by the gunner, if the bird is still put forward, and the person who does not face the cheek, and the bird, the fast gun, or do not light it, or the fire door and the line of fire, put it towards the sky, and put it to the ground, Xu Captain usually or delists, or take the medicine cartridge, or take the hat, and get a piece of light things with the army as evidence, and send it to the place after the exercise. If you encounter a real exercise, or cut off your ears or beard, you will be sent to the camp and beheaded to show the public. The captain was exempted from sitting on the back. If they tolerate each other and find out, they will definitely sit in a row with the captain. Before the battle, the captain and the army were killed.

Among all the weapons, the bird gun is the first, and the rocket is second. In the south, cannons, rockets, and bird guns are all sharp weapons.

The man with the knife is also a long knife, the bird gun is extremely accurate in its long shot, the long knife is used first, the gun is also a gun, and the north is called a fast gun. It is immutable, and now it has a long handle, and it is held with gunpowder and lead in the distance, and it is hit with a stick instead of a handle in the near future.

If the fire is fired and the gun does not move, it is his hand in front of the gun, and his hand is in front of the gunpowder, and if the gun does not move, the gun will be hit. The belly of the gun is long, the son must be straight, the back hand is not ignited, and the finger is the machine, the hand often holds the gun and the hair is stable, the reason why this bird gun is a sharp weapon; The reason why this bird's gun is more middle, although the bow and arrow are like this; The reason why this bird gun is heavily armored and has no strong defense. Immediately step down, but the bird is a sharp weapon.

and when facing the enemy, it is like being on the spot, listening to the orders of the Chinese army, and then releasing them. The first one has a punishment, and those who can reach a hundred steps are only used for fifty steps away, and the danger is short, and there is no one who misses.

The skill of the strong enemy is far away only the bow and arrow, the near only the waist knife, and there is no iron hook gun, which is used by taking advantage of the chaos of our formation. The bow and arrow can not shoot far, but the close can be fifty paces, so that our soldiers dare to move forward to fight, and the enemy arrow is only three shots, then the short soldier is connected, the bow and arrow are useless, and this is not afraid.

Therefore, no matter how weak the Ming army is, the technical level is also to suppress the Jiannu.

Hand-to-hand combat was inevitable until the advent of barbed wire for machine guns, both of which required a high level of industry, and when World War I began, all countries quickly depleted their ammunition stockpiles.

In such an environment, it is unrealistic to talk about tactics in isolation from industry, and it is the basic principle of strategy to design what kind of battlefield we have and then force the enemy to fight on this battlefield that is favorable to our side

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In President Wei's view, as long as the formation is reasonable, the logistics are excellent, and the position is excellent, even if it is not a thermal weapon, it can already make the ancient army weak, and the infantry will not have much disadvantage over the cavalry.

Just like now, the Bao army of more than 30,000 infantry troops, dealing with more than 50,000 Jiannu and Mongol mixed iron cavalry, is actually the Bao army is a little more offensive, and the Jiannu and Mongol iron cavalry are cautious and more defensive.

Of course, you can't completely read the paper article, there is an important reason because Jiannu has repeatedly suffered losses in the hands of the Bao Army, although President Wei has promised that he will not use guns to support the Ming border army, and will not directly transfer troops from the Bao Army to enrich the Ming border army.

But Nurhachi and Jiannu are up and down, and the Mongols are up and down, how can they easily trust Wei Bao, a cunning Han man?

Therefore, although the treasure army only has more than 30,000 paper troops, in Nurha's red eyes, they have to be on guard against the sudden emergence of hundreds of thousands of treasure troops, and even these treasure armies will have powerful spears behind them, followed by fierce cannons.

This is a typical deterrent, as if a giant sword hangs overhead, not knowing when the other party will fall.

Of course, if it weren't for the cavalry's natural superiority, Nurhachi and the Mongols would not have had the courage to continue to fight the treasure army.

In normal history, even during World War II, cavalry was still very important, and this is telling.

What level has the thermal weapons of World War II developed?

It was still difficult to hide the might of the cavalry.

Of course, there are many ways to deal with cavalry.

In the era of cold weapons, cavalry has always occupied a considerable advantage, fast enough, able to fight, and easy to escape.

Therefore, the cavalry has always been a relatively strong existence, from the Xiongnu, Turkic, to the Mongolian cavalry, to the Jiannu, and even to sweep the world.

The world that countless infantrymen saw before they died was that the cavalry charged at them. However, after fighting with the cavalry for a long time, some weapons and tricks that can restrain the cavalry have also been developed.

Tribulus terrestris is a weapon that may seem simple in shape, but it is very useful. Its main feature is that it has four iron thorns, and when you throw it on the ground, one of the thorns will always face upwards. In order to allow the thrown thistle to be recovered, a small hole is specially designed in the middle of it, which can be passed through with a rope for easy collection. To achieve multiple recycling, it can be called a necessary weapon to save energy and money.

As early as the Warring States period, people fought with this weapon. You can scatter it around the roads and walls, and when you set up camp, you can throw some of it aside.

This effect is very obvious, in a month of dark and windy nights, accidentally stepped on this kind of thing, the alarm effect can be imagined.

In order to achieve a better effect of hurting people, some people also thoughtfully smeared this weapon with poison, so it is also called "ghost arrow".

For cavalry, if you step on it during a high-speed sprint, it will do a lot of damage to the horse, and it can also deal damage to the enemy infantry.

The crossbow is also the power of the cavalry in its huge impact, as long as the speed of the bow and crossbow is fast enough and the range is large, it can have a huge lethality to the cavalry.

The use of bows and crossbows was also very early, and when the Qin army fought against the Xiongnu, the bows and crossbows played a huge role.

The bronze arrows in the terracotta warriors and horses were restored and found to be simple and easy to use, and they were not small.

After Zhuge Liang invented the repeating crossbow, the suppression effect on the cavalry was even more obvious.

Zhuge Liang once relied on a bow and crossbow to shoot Sima Yi's 10,000 cavalry back.

The repulsor was a weapon that appeared much earlier, in order to be able to block the cavalry charge. It was to place the head of the spear on a crossbar, with the head facing outward, usually in a critical area, to prevent cavalry raids.

Because it is easy to move and relatively cheap, this weapon was still widely used during the Ming Dynasty.

The beauty of this weapon was that it protected the infantry from the onslaught of cavalry. When the cavalry charges, if there is a sudden repulsion in front of them, there is a high chance that they will be pierced on the spot.

Even if they don't die instantly, the infantry hiding behind the repulsor will come forward and make up for it, so that they will die completely.

In addition to these standing weapons, there are also other ways to deal with cavalry.

For example, Yue Fei once broke the golden vulture of the abducted horse.

The Witch's abducted horses once roamed the world, relying on three horses connected together, and wrapped in thick cowhides, ordinary weapons could not hurt them.

Many people have suffered under the iron hooves of the kidnapping horse.

Yue Fei's strategy was very simple, that is, let the soldiers under him hold knives and keep their heads down.

I didn't do anything else, just cut off the horse's legs.

Because the horses are all joined together, and if one falls, the other two cannot fight again.

The kidnapping horse, which was regarded as a treasure by the golden vultures, was cracked like this.

This can only be done if there is a well-disciplined and very elite army.

If you change to an ordinary army, it's good not to be scared, where is there time to chop horses' feet.

There are weapons and methods, but President Wei and Baojun will not develop in this direction, in that case, it will not be Baojun.

Although the garrison is at the level of the reserve army of the treasure army, it is not a regular army, and the same.

It is a lot of fun to let the modern military system of the Bao army use cold weapons to deal with the mixed iron cavalry army of the Jiannu and the Mongols.

This is not a contest between weapons, it is an all-round contest between the army of the cold weapon system and the army of the hot weapon system, and the main battle is political and economic, plus the logistics support system.

It is clear that the treasure army has the upper hand.

The logistics of the Bao army were well organized, and it was almost two months after arriving, and it did not show any fatigue.

The Mongols, who were responsible for supplying Jiannu with mainly mutton, could not afford it.

Originally, the Mongols were not rich, and they barely managed to survive the winter on their own, and they had to bear a huge army to fight continuously, which was already unbearable.

"It won't go on like this." Zaisambuhe found Droriktu: "Our tribe has long been running out of food. If we don't hit the treasure army, we will starve to death first. ”

Zhuo Liktu nodded: "Who said it wasn't, you guys are a little better, the last time it was our sheep in Inner Khalkha that were kidnapped, more than 3,000 fat sheep, almost half of our tribe's food, all gone, all cheap treasure army!" ”