"If you can't kill the other party quickly, I guess it will be more difficult to confront each other in the future." Guo Jia also stepped forward to advise Li Ming to invest the maximum amount of funds in people's livelihood and the economy, and military investment has always been insufficient.

In a more peaceful environment, it is not a problem to slowly move forward in the past. However, now the opponent is an existence with the same civilization, and at the same time, the opponent also has the Silk Road, a trade route, and the economy is not too tense.

The key is that Liu Ting has invested more than 50% of his financial revenue in the military, and in just three years, Han Ting has slightly caught up with some big Chu, and it may not be surpassed one day if it continues.

Thankfully, it is not so easy for Lian Qi Shi to grow up, and it is impossible to take the route of pure elitism. For example, under Li Ming's command, the elite only accounted for 20% of the entire army, and the rest were just ordinary soldiers.

"By the way, what the hell are these mecha-like guys?" Li Ming saw that Zhang Mo and Guo Jia were preaching again, and hurriedly changed the topic. The annual financial expenditure can be said to be the result of the bargaining of the ministers, whether it is the treatment of soldiers or the research and development of armaments, the funds invested are the most reasonable degree, and waste is avoided to the greatest extent.

So whether it is Zhang Mo or Guo Jia, what they are saying at this moment is not so much an exhortation, but rather a fight for more budget for the military department. This is a virtue that the military actually has in ancient and modern times, both in China and abroad.

It is true that the other side has the Silk Road, and at the same time almost 50% of the financial revenue has been invested, and even up to 70% of the military spending. In the same way, their investment in the economy and people's livelihood is relatively scarce.

Coupled with the constant conscription, which did not require the need to rely on poisoned slaves to maintain basic labor, the problem of population has become prominent. Even if it is an elite strategy, it is just a decision made under the premise of population shortage.

It was precisely because there was no way to quickly improve the soldiers, so they began to work the Dao Law, whether it was a straw demon soldier or this kind of mecha puppet, it could be regarded as a substitute for the elite soldiers.

"It should be an existence like a straw demon soldier, as long as you destroy the ghost talisman in it, then you can make them stop. Burning it with fire should be the best option! Guo Jia didn't say anything when he heard this, but just analyzed the situation of those ironclad soldiers.

"Flame Preparation!" Li Ming nodded and shouted behind him. Immediately, a Taoist priest opened the box and took out a hundred fire talismans, while another person took out a hundred wooden talismans in the box.

"Wood makes fire, Red Lotus Hell!" The two of them activated more than 100 jade talismans at the same time, and the flames instantly rose and roared forward.

"Sudden Wind!" The soldiers with maces in their hands immediately stepped forward, and then swung forward violently, and the powerful sword wind swung out, forming a violent storm. The storm rushed directly into the flames, quickly spreading the flames, but also spreading out in both directions.

Eventually, the flames were completely dispersed to both sides, and then slowly extinguished. The mecha puppets protected by this mace-wielding force were not affected at all.

"I see, no wonder a mace unit will be arranged!" Seeing this, Lu Bu nodded, it turned out that the purpose of the existence of this army was to avoid fire for that group of iron lumps. This method should be Huaxiong's 'knife style'.

"Second round of armor-piercing arrows, shoot!" Seeing this, Hou Cheng immediately gave the order to shoot.

"Rapid-fire, shoot!" The commander of the opponent's strong archers also gave the order as soon as possible.

Liu Ting's side dispatched 2,000 strong archers, while Li Ming's side had 3,000 strong archers. However, at this moment, there were only 3,000 arrows shot by Li Ming's side, while the strong archers on Liu Ting's side shot tens of thousands.

The so-called rapid fire is a rapid five-shot shot, the key is to shoot it with a two-stone bow, the power is not as great as the armor-piercing arrow, but with the method of projectile, it can already cover all the front troops on Li Ming's side.

"Knife Wind!" Lu Bu shouted, and the sword and shield soldiers under his command ...... It's actually waving the shield in your hand! The key is that a blast of wind was actually struck out like this, and the arrows that had just reached the highest point and the power potential energy temporarily disappeared were directly blown away, and I have to say that Lu Bu grasped the timing very accurately.

"You actually handed over the sword wind to the sword and shield soldiers? Anyway, this thing is a waste of internal energy! Li Ming looked directly at Lu Bu.

"But it's much safer than using a shield to block those arrows! Some time ago, I attacked towards the Tiger Prison Pass several times, and was repelled several times by the opponent's repeating crossbow, and these few times I was not beaten in vain! Lu Bu smiled.

Indeed, even if you use a shield to block, you will be pierced or unable to defend yourself. Relatively speaking, blowing the arrow directly away, then this can also greatly reduce the damage rate.

On the side of the armor-piercing arrows, they rushed directly towards the enemy position by means of flat fire. Most of the strong archers were not able to defend back at the first time, so they were naturally hit directly. Those who were able to avoid the vital point to the greatest extent possible, but more than 300 people were still shot and killed, and more than 500 were wounded, and they were rescued by friendly forces.

At the same time, the distance between the two sides has been reduced to less than a hundred meters, and the mecha puppets of the other side are about to come to the front of the formation.

"Do you want to burn it again?" The Taoist priest on the side stepped forward to ask.

"If you use the fire talisman at this time, you can't say that our soldiers will also be affected! The Guards are responsible for dealing with the mecha puppets, and Lu Bu is responsible for dealing with the hoplites...... Wait, the other side has a new force coming out! Li Ming gave the order, and at this time, a group of light infantry of about 2,000 men suddenly appeared in the rear of the enemy army.

It's not an exaggeration to say that they are light, they are actually wearing leather armor, which seems to be quite thin. At the same time, their speed was unquestionable, and with no thick armor in the way, they ran fast. Their movement speed is very abnormal, and it is obviously some kind of martial art, which is not lethal and is purely used for speeding up skills.

"It's light power, the other party has developed light power!" Li Ming was probably aware of the other party's situation, and the light work was divided into footwork and body method, the former was the means of rapid movement, and the body method was a means of moving in a limited environment.

"They're coming!" Zhang Liao shouted, "Meet the enemy!" ”

No one thought that this army was obviously the last to kill, but it was before the big army, and it was in front of the battle. In fact, it is not surprising that the archers have retreated due to the proximity of the enemy's main force, and have been replaced with short bows for melee combat. However, under normal circumstances, archers have been abolished by this time.

Without the threat of long-range shooting injuries from archers, this group of soldiers, who were only wearing leather armor, could naturally advance with all their might. More than 2,000 people dodged, and they had actually killed into the formation, they were holding double daggers, like butterflies wearing flowers, their bodies were constantly changing, and then they took the opportunity to use daggers to kill towards the vital point of the Chu army.

Fortunately, most of the Chu soldiers also had rich experience in battle, avoiding key points to the greatest extent and fighting back at the same time. Rao is so, this agile movement method, as well as dexterous body skills, still make it difficult for attacks to be effective.

"Your Majesty, be careful!" Xu Chu shouted, just because there were more than thirty enemy troops at this moment, and they killed Li Ming.