The deep and long Lantian Valley, in the middle of the Warring States Period, the former site of the Lantian Battle of the Six Kingdoms of the Chu War, boiled again.

At the foot of Linyao Mountain, the ancient fortress that had been deserted for a long time was once again surrounded by soldiers and wars, and the corpses almost filled the ravines and deep trenches that were twists and turns along the way, and extended to the base of the wall covered with bricks.

With the last iron ball sprayed out from the broken wall of light, a large cloud of sand and stones splashed on the dry hard earth in the distance, and it bounced up and down, and hit the last group of cavalry that was still left on the battlefield, and suddenly the horses neighed and overturned several horses, and the rest of the cavalry hurriedly slapped their horses and fled in all directions.

Then there was a wave of cheers on the city. Although they were still in pain and exhausted, they used their last bit of strength to stand up and make all kinds of things in the direction of the enemy's defeat

Because, the Western Army, which swept several northwestern roads and entered the no-man's land in the pass, the invincible front of the troops was finally severely broken here; Although most of the people who fell here were the miscellaneous men and horses they had co-opted, it also exposed the powerlessness of these skilled Western light horsemen in the face of slightly more decent moats and ramparts.

Especially in front of the moats guarded by firearms, it is very much a bit of a sense of how many people will die. It's a pity that they don't have much medicine in their hands. After all, compared with Wuguan, Xiaoguan, and Dasanguan, which are famous in Xiongcheng, this is only a second-tier pass in the rear, and there is Wuguan, an important town in Shangzhou, as a double insurance in the south;

Therefore, at the beginning, as a high pet after staying in the Guannai Festival, he put a man and horse with too much damage to the establishment here, and used the terrain of the original site to build a fortress and reset the pass, just to prevent bandits from flowing through the Guannai, or the population of other forces from sneaking over.

Therefore, the three battalion commanders stationed in the local area, who were damaged more than half, were far behind the other soldiers and horses in the Guannai Province in terms of personnel supply and equipment, not to mention the rarity of firearms and cannons.

Even the cannon used on the wall was too heavy and fainted and overturned nearby, directly destroying the loaded equipment, and had to be temporarily left to be installed on the pass repaired by the upper position, as a kind of deterrent, but I didn't expect it to come in handy today.

As for the sub-drugs used, not to mention the variety of amounts, basically what they have, those who come do not refuse;

Of course, for these gunners and gunners, the source and quality of the gunpowder used are naturally divided into three, six, nine and so on.

The best source is undoubtedly Huai (making black fire) medicine. Whether it is as a small bucket of gunpowder, or a horn of gunpowder, it is a good medicine with uniform and delicate particles, thin smoke and fire, but it is a pity that the price is really a penny and a penny is more expensive, such a small barrel of ten catties, from the rear of the mountain along the upper reaches of the Huaishui, after being transferred layer by layer, it will be priced at five dollars.

The second is the imitation of Shu (gun-making) medicine in the land of Jiannan, and the craftsmanship and craftsmen of many salt farms in northern Shu as the base, although the particles are coarse, in fineness and at least eight points can be imitated, but the output and production scale is somewhat insufficient, and can only be used for a few troops closely related to Shu.

Then there is the Jiangnan Zhudao on the grounds of preparing for thieves, successively collecting local sulfur saltpeter charcoal formula and self-produced, among which the color residue is incomplete, there are good and bad, and the quality also fluctuates with the batch, but at least it can be played directly, but the subtle differences in the dosage need to be mastered slowly.

But on the whole, the price is much cheaper than Shu medicine, among which the color is the most stable, undoubtedly the Jing medicine prepared by Jing Nan, because it is the result of personally interrogating and supervising as the commander of the Middle Route Army and Wang Duanchen, and there are the benefits of the water 6 thoroughfares and product collection in the land of Jing Xiang, so the scale of the gunpowder produced is large and the batch difference is very small.

And the cheapest is undoubtedly the Jiangxi medicine produced in Jiangxi Province, even only forty or fifty yuan a catty. Therefore, this is also one of the major purchases made by the generals of the towns in the Northland, who privately show their magic and take the means to go through the doors;

And the most second, there is undoubtedly the national dynasty spent thousands of miles, and from Jiangning to transport the standard medicine called Guang (gunpowder) medicine, after all, if the lead is not in compliance with the standard, it can still be polished or melted and recast, but the problem of falling on the gunpowder is troublesome;

I don't know if it's a problem with the production and preparation process, or because of poor transportation and storage along the way, the Guangyao that I finally got in my hand is generally damp and compacted, not to mention that it is mixed with a lot of sand and dust, and I actually have to sift through a few before I dare to use it with confidence. Otherwise, there will be problems and probabilities such as smoldering boredom and dumb fire. Despite this, there are still many problems with big smoke, pungent eyes, large movement and small firepower

However, because it is a relatively sufficient and stable supply of military supplies, the commanders basically do not pay for it themselves, so they can only pinch their noses and accept it, and use it as an auxiliary medicine for the daily training of the soldiers.

However, the firearms and equipment replenished from the rear are also a variety of extremely rich abilities, which can be called the military industry of the country and the major construction families, and in recent decades under the supervision and urging of the imperial court, all kinds of strange products with various brains.

Because, it is said that under the name of the North and South Supervisors and the General Supervisors, the firearms that can be made in the major military workshops and crossbow workshops with relatively neat specifications have been preferentially equipped with the rebel army in the south to counter the rebellion; Therefore, these experimental works and old goods purchased over the years were taken out and sent to the front in an emergency manner.

Therefore, from the spear with a fire gate tube tied to the spearhead, to the plate gun shaped like a pot-bellied lute, it is more normal to use the hand cannon and the starry sky and the fire nest car used by the Shenji Army.

Of course, no matter how messy the firearms, they also have the effect of killing and deterring at different distances, when Gao Zhong led a group of tired and defeated divisions to wade through mountains and rivers and easily walked out of the mountains and arrived here, the old village of Lantian Pass had been attacked by the outpost of the Western Army, and held out for three whole days;

This is thanks to the placement of three cannons in the site, although the old and outdated ship cannons eliminated by the sailors, but still rely on the loud noise and vibration, several times to deter the mounts of the Western Army, so that their reorganized offensive has been delayed a lot.

After Gao Pet took the rough trimmed new force from the rear of the enemy, it was rare to achieve a small victory under the belly and back attack that echoed inside and outside; Not only did they almost completely destroy more than 1,000 Western infantry cavalry, but they also captured more than 100 war horses and more than 500 pairs of armor.

Then, it was to attract more Western troops to attack, at this time Gao Zhong had already converged with the remnants of the defenders in the Guannei and initially relieved his hand, and then decisively and boldly evacuated most of the military strength in the interior of the Guancheng, and set up an ambush in the woodland on the edge of the deep mountains and gorges outside the Guanwai with firearms.

When the resurgence of the Western Army drove straight in, and the non-stop strong attack on the fortress did not stop, and then suddenly killed from the two wings of the guns like a mountain torrent, and suddenly hit this Western Army that was piled up in a group in the front and stretched into a column in the rear.

Therefore, after several battles, the matter of regret and lesson became why he couldn't give up the old site of Chang'an as soon as possible, which was a place of death with only political significance over military value, and to preserve more strength to come here and then try to counterattack

And for the rest of the time, his main mind is all kinds of "buying." Buy. Buy. Buy.. "That's it.

Therefore, one of the most important tasks of the messenger team he sent south to Shangzhou to ask for help was to find a way to buy more firearms and medicines from the lower reaches of Huaishui, even if it was to use the property he had collected and purchased in the rear as collateral, or to cash in at a discount immediately.

Then, together with the volunteers and Ding Zhuang recruited along the way, they were sent to the customs in the shortest possible time, so that it was possible to continue to maintain and maintain the existing situation and not become even more corrupt.

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Xuzhou, one of the largest independent buildings in Liuhoufu, in the Tuyu Hall, has just hung a newly made large-scale surveying and mapping map on the west wall, as well as a newly released large-scale sand table model;

In this way, they are juxtaposed with the enlarged 19 prefectures of Huaibei Province and the five prefectures of Henan, the three prefectures of Hebei Province, the coastal prefectures of Huainan, and the enclaves of Silla 3rd Province and Fuso South Kyushu.

When needed, it can be retracted and placed through a platform that can be raised and lowered up and down, or adjust and replace each other's positions, or even remove the edge protection and extension of the sand table, and connect several large pieces to piece together, as the overall linkage of large-scale battle deployment and deduction.

In a sense, this is also one of the most important locations in the Liuhou Mansion, no less than the general festival hall specially used for wartime orders, or the general hall of the civil and military generals of the army.

If any other general, such as me, tries to approach or break in without permission, he can be shot on the spot without asking for instructions.

On the new sand table and map, the military, political, economic, and cultural key areas have been marked one after another, as well as the corresponding resource output and the population to which they are attached, and the scale and type of garrison;

On some model flags, it is expressed in fine numbers, which is the degree of local military organization and reserve organization, the cost of daily consumption and maintenance, and even the expected profit and loss of equipment and equipment.

There are also some special objects that are represented by large and medium-sized projects that are in progress, as well as the progress and investment of the corresponding stages. There are also specialized route representations and hydrological data on the outer coastal waters and Hanoi's main roads, as well as the assessment of capacity and traffic ceilings.

For example, the Liaohe River basin and the attached plain area have been fully explored and infiltrated for a long time, and the specific data identification can probably be accurate to the level of the township community, or the villages and settlements with a population of more than 1,000 people.

The further north they go, the more scarce and abbreviated they become, leaving only a simple indication of the garrison, population, and taxation of important local strongholds, as well as estimates and judgments of the surrounding self-retaining forces, along with the proportional share of resources and labor they can provide.

Here, some valuable products with high added value, such as gold, silver, fur and ginseng, and their breeding grounds are also displayed with additional wooden models.

Of course, for me,

The significance of conquering the land of Anton lies not only in the grain output and military mobilization potential represented by the land population, but also in the other resources of stable income such as horses, livestock, fishing salt, forests, minerals such as gold, silver, copper, iron, lead, tin, dansha, boron, and mica.

Prior to this, due to wars and strife, it was separated and controlled by different princes and vassal families, and it was not able to be properly developed and utilized; Now, it is finally possible to take advantage of the new wave of Huaizhen to open and operate Anton, and unify the planning and construction.

According to the mature practice that Huaizhen has applied, the first thing that was established in the newly occupied territory was a relatively strict population statistics and household registration management system under the military management system to ensure the corresponding basic manpower deployment and the organization of the resumption of production;

Then there is the collection and financial staffing at all levels above the township level to ensure a relatively well-functioning tax maintenance system and commercial supply and marketing system;

This was followed by the development of public functions preceded by the corresponding judicial powers, such as the regular collective public trials of the mobile magistrates assigned from the level of the ambassador to the thief arrest and the lower levels, in order to create a deterrent in the shortest possible time and restore the social order in the surrounding area.

Then, under the guidance of local guides, special professionals will be dispatched to carry out preliminary exploration and geographical mapping for possible field resources and minerals in the surrounding area, and there will be follow-up financial and commercial personnel to make corresponding input-output cost-effective judgments and feasibility assessments;

Eventually, the local organization of labor began to build roads that could run horses and carriages, and the first simple settlements and factory sites were established, with free prisoners and prisoners as consumables for initial preparations, until the conditions had first been established

Therefore, just the simple resumption of production in the past few months can already see the effect and output in the land of Liaodong; This is evidenced by the increasing number of cargo ships operating between Liaodong Bay and Laizhou Bay on a regular basis.

Although the current transportation is some simple and heavy bulk items such as timber ore, it also means that the newly occupied areas have begun to feed and transfuse blood to Huaizhen itself.