When the news came that Qi and Zhao were jointly holding exercises. The people of Qin were dismissive. They believed that the two countries together would not be able to resist the attack of a regular division of the Qin State. And as long as the state of Qin is willing. A large number of cavalry stationed in the north could move south on a large scale at any time, like a few nomadic tribes. It's the six nations united. None of them are capable of defeating the Qin army.

The Qin State was busy. Orders for all kinds of materials are drifting in. Especially on the Yan side. The embassy of Yan sold an entire restaurant as its own embassy. Here, the diplomats working in the embassy finally experienced a great uncle. They have orders in their hands. And many arsenals in the Qin State are grabbing this order. Yan Guo is crazy. After they discovered the gold mines, they went crazy to mine them all over the country. Gold, become the most effective bargaining chip in their hands. After the Qinguo Bank exchanged it for paper money, or checks, they began to buy like crazy.

From clothing, belts, to perfumes, glass. And then to muskets, artillery. As long as the Qin state has it, they will buy it. Buy without moderation. Then hire a large number of carriages to send them to Yan Kingdom. The economy of the Qin State was stimulated by its pull. Industry and commerce are growing very rapidly.

The factories of the Qin State worked day and night. Especially military factories. Due to the restrictions imposed by the Qin State's "Export of Weapons Act". The arsenal could only produce relatively backward flintlock pistols. Production of bullets. Especially raw materials. Mining is increasing rapidly. To this end, some joined the expedition. They are eager to find minerals to make a fortune.

It's not just these entities that make money, but also a large number of financial institutions. A large number of corporate shares on the exchange began to be listed for financing. Futures exchanges, wheat, corn are actively traded. At the same time, the newly launched sesame oil and animal fat are also very active. Sesame oil is a vegetable oil that is an important ingredient in making food. In particular, some of the important raw materials for the oil cake supplied by the army. Animal fat is an important raw material for bullets. They need a lot of grease to seal the paper shell bullets.

The banking sector has made a fortune. When the Yan State was in short supply of gold, the bank lent money to the other party. Wait for the other party's gold to be delivered. They tend to have a high income of ten percent. War became a good opportunity for them to make a fortune.

Yan Guo is not stupid. They know that gold can be mined in limited quantities. So they also hired some security companies to enter Liaodong in the Yan Kingdom to hunt down slaves. Sometimes they send people themselves. Because, the slave trade was very profitable. This was the idea of the drama.

The object of the slaves was the Koreans of today. Shang Wen didn't know what it was called at this time, but he knew that they were doing it. There were many settlements of Koreans in the land of Liaodong. These settlements are densely populated. It is a very ideal location for an attack. Security companies often take advantage of the darkness of the night to launch sudden attacks. Then drag out the Koreans who were saying strange things and gather them into a team and escort them to the concession of the Qin State. Some tried to resist. The security guards were also very polite. Throw a cheap ignition grenade directly into it. And then all of them were blown up. If it is not killed, it will be killed with a knife. Then pull out a few people to clean up the body. Security guards began to set up landmarks in these places. Because land can also be sold for money. The Qin government was willing to spend money to acquire these lands. Yan Guo obviously didn't think of it in the first place. They just take slaves. Capture slaves.

The slave trade was destroying one potential Qin adversary after another. At the same time, a new civilization was established in the area. Qin civilization.

The development trend of the Qin State is very good. The exercise was followed by the North. The patterns in the north are different from those in Taiyuan. Taiyuan is dominated by infantry, and the north is dominated by large-scale cavalry. The drill was very boring. Because, the cavalry always rode back and forth. Meng Tian thought that instead of exercising, it was better to break it into pieces and cross the desert to attack the Huns.

Compared with. Zhao Jun looked very nervous. Their teams moved back and forth. As soon as the teams arrived, they immediately drove out. Then participate in the exercises.

At the same time as the exercise, a large number of smuggling arms dealers also began to be active in the Zhao army camp frequently. Zhao Jun frantically procured muskets. This also caused the price of muskets on the market to soar from the original thirty and a half taels to fifty and a half taels.

King Zhao is about to empty the treasury. Spent a lot of money on the purchase of muskets. However, the number of muskets equipped by the Zhao army was still limited. There are only 80,000 sticks. What is most lacking is artillery. The state of Qin still restricted the export of artillery. Zhao's artillery casting technology was not as good as Qin's. In desperation. A large number of inferior artillery began to enter the Zhao army. Artillery casualties were several times higher than those of infantry. Artillery became the most dangerous branch of the army.

The musket could not be as large-scale as the Qin State, so they reluctantly made it up. A team with a mix of gunpowder weapons and cold weapons.

The infantry is still the main force. But they had three rows of musketeers in front of them. They were to crush the opposing formation with the principle of shooting in three rows. Then charge with bayonets, butts. They were followed by a large number of soldiers armed with cold weapons such as spears, ge, and halberds. After breaking through the line, they are the force of the charge. Before, they just had to sprint closely behind.

But this had to be done by cavalry. Because the Qin army eliminated the hidden dangers in the north. A large number of horses entered the Zhao state. Zhao Guo also began to learn to equip the cavalry ranks. They themselves made a large number of stirrups, horseshoes, etc. The weapon is a spear. Li Mu's idea was simple.

When the artillery could not fight against the Qin army. You can only rely on cavalry with a strong fast assault to get close to the opponent. Then the infantry phalanx that followed quickly had to quickly follow up and cooperate with the cavalry to open up the situation. This is a very tragic tactic. But it was also a helpless move. Because before the charge. They had to face a lot of artillery bombardment. Moreover, the physical exertion is also very high. Because, the artillery extended the attack distance by a great time.

For this. Zhao Jun also began to make major reforms. They no longer use bulky armor because it is physically draining. And it is simply not able to withstand the shot of bullets. Meantime. The formation of their charge began to become unusually loose. As long as it is at a combat distance into the fight. It is usually only in the last fifty steps that the pace begins to slow down and converge on the formation.

Before that. The cavalry wants to charge at all costs. Charge. Regardless of the situation, they must remain charged. Tear apart the opponent's defenses as much as possible. Only the infantry that followed behind had room to play.

Li Mu once thought of sneaking up on the opponent's artillery position. But it can't be. Through the newspapers of the State of Qin. Li Mu had already calculated that the Qin State had put artillery at the core. The core of the military formation is the artillery position. This is a terrifying opponent with a strong tone of firepower.