Yang Huairen's plan was to build a ranch to store yaks, so that his catering alliance would have enough beef supply.

Later, after experiencing many things, especially after contacting the border army and the forbidden army respectively, and having a deeper understanding of the army of the Great Song Dynasty, he realized that the military weakness of the Great Song Dynasty was multifaceted.

The hard training of the soldiers can improve the soldiers' individual combat ability and the strength of coordinated operations, but these are only one aspect, and the improvement of the strength of the entire Great Song army is also quite limited.

Yang Huairen naturally would not have imagined that he would use the knowledge of later generations to create modern weapons such as tanks and artillery, because this is completely unrealistic and will only appear in YY.

Yang Huairen is not a professional in this area, and even if he is a professional, it is impossible to really build a tank cannon!

In the military industry of later generations, it is impossible for a professional to create a modern weapon, just to say that a cannon, from the appearance of it seems to be very simple, but when you study it deeply, the scientific fields contained in it are multifaceted.

For example, it is obvious that materials science, casting science, and structure science, in order to make cannonballs, need chemistry and other sciences, how can it be possible that one person can master all these disciplines required to make a cannon?

The most basic three formulas of gunpowder are known to most people in later generations, but the gunpowder made by such a formula is probably no problem to make a fireworks, make cannonballs? Are you kidding? Gunpowder and explosives are not the same concept at all, okay?

There is also a lot of scientific knowledge here, and the most basic of the main components of gunpowder extracted from minerals are very problematic.

Therefore, building a cannon is not as simple as imagined.

Of course, the Great Song Dynasty did not have firearms such as cannons, but the structure was relatively simple, and from the perspective of later generations, it was very backward and had the basic ability of cannons, but the firing range was very close, the explosive power was also very small, and it was uncontrollable, and it was very easy to have accidents.

The reason why the imperial court abolished the ordnance supervision department, which researched and manufactured firearms, was not only because it was worried that firearms were murder weapons, but also because the technology was immature and could not play a stable role on the real battlefield.

In Yang Huairen's thoughts, the cannon must be studied and built, but it must maintain a cautious attitude, and it cannot be forced to be used, and if it is really brought to the battlefield one day, it can play a little role.

As for the idea of using this kind of cannon as a big killer and sweeping away the elites of various countries, he would not be so naïve to fantasize about it.

Since we are reborn in this era of cold weapons, we must respect the law of development of this era and not dream of utopia.

Therefore, the cannon thing can only be regarded as the icing on the cake, it is better to build it, and if it cannot be built, it is not forced, but to make other preparations, and it must not be regarded as the only way.

Then if you want to make the army of the Great Song Dynasty stronger, you have to consider other ways. In terms of system change, Yang Huairen has no ability at all, after all, the national policy of Yangwen and military suppression in the Great Song Dynasty has been implemented for more than 100 years, and that kind of influence is deep-rooted.

The entire court thinks so, although those military generals are not convinced, but they have always adhered to this set of Taizu's national policies, and even if Yang Huairen has a lotus flower, he can't change this situation.

Since it is impossible to take the road of changing the system, the only way to enhance the strength of the army is to strengthen the quality of the software and hardware of the army itself.

In terms of software, it is natural to improve the combat capability of the entire army, and it is necessary to strengthen training, because wars are fought by people, and the training level of soldiers cannot reach the level it should be, and it is in vain to expect a small number of generals with high martial arts.

Whether it is a general who leads the troops in battle or a soldier led by him, the basic military quality must meet the standard, and then according to the needs of actual warfare, special combat capabilities, such as mountain warfare, night combat ability, and so on, can be trained.

In addition to the original division of infantry and cavalry, there must also be a detailed division of various arms of logistics support.

In addition, it is also reasonable to have special arms such as engineers to deal with special situations in wartime, and it is reasonable for multiple arms to cooperate with each other and cooperate with each other.

In terms of hardware, it is to improve the quality and quantity of weapons. Strong bows and crossbows, long spears and short swords must be optimized and improved, like the casting process of Yang Huairen's casting kitchen knife, he will not hide it as an ancestral secret recipe.

If you want to do a good job, you must first sharpen your tools. If he can use his relevant knowledge to raise the level of weapons of the Great Song Dynasty army to a higher level, then for the improvement of the strength of the entire army of the Great Song Dynasty, the soldiers will be huge.

And the increase in the number of military horses means that in the future against the main potential opponents Daliao and Western Xia, as well as the future Dajin and Mongolia, they will not be at an absolute disadvantage in cavalry.

Strategically speaking, the Great Song Dynasty would not have to choose urban defensive warfare because of the huge limitation of more infantry and less cavalry, and could not take the initiative to attack, let alone carry out tactical attacks on these opponents.

So Yang Huairen came up with the idea of upgrading his ranch plan.

Although the ranch in Huanzhou has achieved phased success, it is also from the economic benefit, because of the geographical location, it is okay to raise some yaks and sheep in the ranch in Huanzhou, but to raise horses, the place is completely insufficient, and the location is not good.

So Yang Huairen thought that since there was going to be a war with Western Xia in the future, and he knew the result in advance, it was necessary to build a new large-scale pasture in the northwest and the Western Xia, Qingtang and the region bordered by the Western Xia.

The pasture can raise cattle and sheep, and naturally it can also raise horses, especially the excellent Western Regions horse breeds introduced from the Western Regions, and the breeding will be very great if the geographical environment does not change greatly.

In the future, there will be horses, which means that the Great Song Dynasty will have more cavalry, and when the number of cavalry and the main enemy are no longer at a disadvantage, they will take the initiative to attack and fight, and they will go from a dream to a reality.

As long as the Khitans can be defeated, the Jurchens and Mongols, who have not yet risen, will not have a chance to strengthen themselves and become a new threat.

In this case, Yang Huairen actually doesn't need to go into detail, You Shixiong is naturally clear at a point, and following Yang Huairen's plan, he will also think of these.

When all the blueprints were displayed in front of him, You Shixiong suddenly had a feeling of excitement with tears in his eyes, and he couldn't wait to grab Yang Huairen's hand and say, "Why didn't you kid be born thirty years earlier?!" ”