After a moment's thought, he continued:

"Let's put it this way, if the firearms used by the soldiers are extremely sophisticated, their projectiles are as thick as the little finger, and the armor can be pierced within three hundred steps, and the firearms will be killed or crippled. No matter how good it is, it may be able to shoot 100 shots and 100 shots from 600 paces away, and the artillery can shoot 10 miles and 20 miles, which is more than ten times more powerful than Jin Xuedi's firearms. ”

"In this way, the cost of the baht will not be less."

"As for the cost, it may be more expensive, or even more expensive, but if you can't protect yourself, what good is the extra gold and silver?"

Firearms appeared in the Central Plains, and there was a very mature auxiliary technology, which was beyond the basis of the productive forces that the bronze farming civilization could carry, and the metallurgical situation in Xianguo would be better after years of reform, but it was not optimistic.

There are only two results of leapfrog technological development, one is to successfully break through the technical bottleneck, but due to the overall technical level of the society and the lack of talents, it will eventually push up the production cost of technology. The second is the failure of development, and the previous achievements are wasted.

Sikong Nan only thought that after the appearance of firearms, as long as they were imitated and continuously improved to make them more powerful, the cost would increase. As everyone knows, the current firearms, for the Central Plains, are already advanced technology, completely out of touch with the current technological accumulation and productivity, and their value itself has been deformed.

If Xianguo fails to achieve educational progress and a basic industrial base, not only will it fail to make technological progress, but it will even blindly develop advanced technology while neglecting basic construction, and the money invested will be in vain.

"Say, what about the second question?"

"Please also ask the general to forgive the last general's innocence." Sikong Nan pleaded, his expression solemn and completely different from Fang Cai.

Bailiyan somehow, she only felt that Sikong Nan was preoccupied:

"Tell me, I'll forgive you for your innocence."

"General Xie. Recently, the last general has heard some people talking in private, and after the discussion is about to return, he will return to the Central Plains, and he may ......"

"What will it be, will it rebel or will it rebel?"

"The last general doesn't dare to speculate, but some people are talking about whether the general is the son of the country, and whether he will abandon the Xianguo and go to serve the country."

"Hehaha......" Bai Liyan laughed when she heard the news: "It's Lu Gao and Jiao Muhua, and their private discussions are listened to by you." You don't have to cover it up for them, you don't just think about it, Gongliangwen, Gongliangxiu, Gongliangsong are all thinking about it, and even the princes of the Central Plains who know that they are still alive are thinking about it. Such as the Jin State and the Changsun State, they are all looking at General Ben to go to the country to seize the throne and create some trouble for the defense of the country.

But you can rest assured, Ben Jiang has been working hard in Xianguo for ten years, in Yongxing City, if Ben Jiang wants to leave, why bother to show real talent. ”

"Then the general is going to serve the Xianguo in this life?" Sikong Nan's eyes were full of expectation, looking forward to Bailiyan's promise.

"No, it's not to serve the Xianguo, it's to serve the Central Plains and the people of the world. In his lifetime, he will expand the territory of Xianguo, and sweep the world with the strength of his life. ”

"The general's ambition is unattainable, and the general is deeply honored to be reused by the general in this life." Sikong Nan gave a deep salute, and his heart was solemn.

"Brother Sikong is so polite! Today's events, you can make it clear to Lu Gao and others, there is no need to hide it, so that the people's hearts can be determined, and the situation in the Central Plains can be determined. ”

The discussion of Lu Gao and others had spread as early as the time of Qianyue Mountain, and it was nothing new, and it was slightly calmed down after going south. In the past year, the coalition army has accumulated a huge amount of wealth, and some people are inevitably worried that after Bailiyan returns to the Central Plains, he will pull up the pole of the new annex army and "flee with money".

In the final analysis, Lu Gao is the background of the salt lord, the cronies of the king of Xian, his position is always on the side of the king of Xian, Sikong Nan came here to test, and it was also Lu Gao who saw that there was still hope in the north and came to test the tone.

Back to the country, Bailiyan didn't think about it, but the disadvantages far outweighed the advantages.

He had neither the time nor the political space to live or to express his ambitions. He is almost thirty years old, and he has been working hard in Yongxing for ten years, and if he wants to give up everything and then pull the country, he can't do it, and the real political situation and geopolitics don't allow him to give up his foundation in Xianguo, and he can't do it.

The day after the conversation, Sikong Nan led his troops westward, and after the catastrophe of last winter, the troops were expanded in various parts of Songdia Province, but their combat strength was far inferior to that of the main army corps, and even the auxiliary troops. It was a hastily formed people's army of peasants, seriously ill-trained, and more than 100,000 people scattered in the huge province of Sundia, exhausted by the suppression of the rebellion of the Central Plains people.

Don't let Sikong Nan attack Songdia City, in addition to the problem of money, Bai Liyan is worried about Jin Xuedi's military academy in Songdia City.

With the provincial capital as the center, the Jinxuedi people have built the core political power system within the administrative jurisdiction, and the economic, military, and political centers are all in the provincial capital.

Unlike the main army of the Central Plains, which defended the border roads and the capital area, the county governments only had a small number of county soldiers to maintain law and order.

Benefiting from the lack of strong neighbors in the south, except for Posong Province, the Jinxuedi people can have no scruples in peacetime, and station the main forces of the main army and auxiliary army near the provincial capital, and only a few troops are stationed in other places to assist the auxiliary troops in managing public order.

The advantage of this was that it was convenient to concentrate military resources to prepare for war, and it was convenient for the nobles to control the army, so the provincial capitals had colleges, military schools, and priests' palaces.

Its military academy is divided into two systems: aristocrats and civilians, and there are thousands of standing instructors, all of whom are senior veterans and military professional aristocrats, and the quality of individual combat is extremely strong. It relied on the high and deep city of the provincial capital, and the veterans of the military academy and the auxiliary soldiers of the defenders would be a huge obstacle to the siege of the coalition army.

Mooney's main force was trapped in the Dolanton River and was unable to advance westward, and the westward attack of the coalition forces would undoubtedly stimulate him to cross the river quickly.

So five days after Sikong's westward advance, Mooney finally noticed something strange in the West Bank:

"Norenga, have you ever felt that the northerners on the West Bank have been missing their horse team these days?"

"Nope." Norenga shook her head.

"Not at all?"

"Really, don't you, do you suspect that the northerners have transferred a cavalry?"

"It feels like they have a lot less cavalry, at least 10,000, or even more."

"But according to the report of our scouts, there are at least 50,000 cavalry in the northerners on the west bank, and our army now has less than 30,000 cavalry, and even if they have less than 10,000, they still have 40,000, and they can still travel between the upper and lower reaches. If our troops do not cross the river with a pontoon bridge in one day, their cavalry will arrive at any moment to drive our troops down the river. ”

"Yes, where our cavalry goes, their cavalry also goes, and finally it is a big disaster." Mooney sighed, feeling powerless. After a moment of silence, he changed his words and said, "By the way, do you know what the northerners were that day to block the small mouth of the earth-shaking fire?" ”

"What is it?"

"A quilt is a quilt soaked in water. They stacked two or three layers of water-soaked quilts on top of each other, and the iron pellets that shook the sky and fire could not penetrate them, even at a distance of forty or fifty paces, they were difficult to penetrate. ”

Norengar was incredulous:

"This ...... How is this possible! How could the quilt block such a powerful iron pill! ”

"But Bailiyan did it, so we can't believe it."

"Can that big mouth of earth-shattering fire also use this method?"

Mooney shook his head, a flash of relief on his face:

"No, the big mouth of the heaven-shattering iron pill is six catties at a light, twelve catties at a heavy weight, or eighteen catties, where is the quilt that can block it. But recently, they took advantage of the lack of iron pellets in our army to dig trenches, and people hid in the trenches, so that the power of the big mouth of the earth-shattering fire will be greatly reduced.

I have been thinking for a long time for the past two days, that we must cross Dolandon before the rainy season comes, otherwise the longer it drags on, the more unfavorable it will be for us, and more mobs will join their army, and they will not be able to give them any more respite. ”

"But it will take at least five or six days for the iron pills to arrive, and we will not be able to launch an attack until mid-April at the earliest, and I am afraid that more than ten days will not be enough. And their ships are ready to return at the end of April, and if they cut us off on the river, the crossing will be in vain. ”

"Don't worry, I've already thought of a wonderful attention, and this time it will definitely surprise Bailiyan."

Mooney was determined to force his way across the Dorandon River, and it seemed that he coincided with Bailiyan.