Historically, powerful countries have always liked to carry out technological blockades on weak countries, thinking that they are clever and can monopolize the benefits, but in fact they are the most smelly and rotten chess.

After the American Revolutionary War, Britain imposed an embargo and other technical blockades on the United States out of hostility, and the United States was extremely difficult at that time, so it could only rely on itself and develop national industry, and as a result, it gradually got rid of its economic dependence on Britain and moved towards independence.

When the People's Republic of China was founded, the West also carried out a technological blockade of China, and as a result, there was no way out but self-reliance, and it also developed its own national industry.

On the contrary, those who did not carry out blockade and suppression were still vassals of Europe and the United States from beginning to end, and were destined to eat leftovers.

At this time, in order to prevent the leakage of advanced firearms, Zhao Pu took various measures, but as long as it was used on the battlefield, as long as it was fought a few times, the Jin army would wake up if it suffered a loss, and then steal, imitate, and surpass.

And these gunpowder weapons, the technical threshold is very inferior, as long as you get a physical object, you can imitate it, or even make it better.

Only by making breakthroughs in some core technologies can we better carry out technical blockade, but unfortunately the core technologies have not yet broken through.

"Actually, even if the gunpowder weapon is leaked, don't be afraid, some things are destined to only be imitated, but they cannot be surpassed!" Zhao Pu smiled, "Just like cavalry, the Central Plains Dynasty trained cavalry, and the grassland people also trained cavalry, but the grassland cavalry, whether in quality or quantity, far exceeded the Central Plains cavalry." No matter how the Central Plains cavalry imitates or imitates, it is always a tiger that cannot be an anti-dog, and it is destined that the apprentice cannot beat the master! ”

"And the same is true for firearms. When firearms fall into the hands of our Central Plains people, they are firearms, and they fall into the hands of the grassland peoples. Just burning sticks. The people of the Central Plains can invest a lot of money, material and financial resources, form an army of firearms, and drown the iron cavalry; However, the steppe people could not abandon the bow and arrow and form a firearms army, because there was a shortage of talents and resources! ”

Wang Wuyue nodded, somewhat understood.

The Central Plains Dynasty also formed cavalry to fight against the steppe cavalry, but only for a very small time. For a long time, the steppe cavalry completely destroyed the Central Plains cavalry. This is because the steppe peoples ride horses every day and live on horseback for more time than they walk on their legs, and archery on horseback is almost instinctive. As long as it is simple training, it can become a strong cavalry; And the Central Plains Dynasty. It is mainly farming. Lack of war horses. Even if the cavalry is formed, it is mostly to deal with the war and the border crisis, and once the crisis is resolved, the cavalry will be wasted!

This doomed the cavalry of the Central Plains to be inferior to the cavalry of the steppe, and they wanted to train the cavalry to fight the cavalry. It will only be the short of one or the other against the enemy's long, and the loss will be more and the win will be less!

Zhao Pu continued: "The research and development, formation, equipment, and logistics of firearms require a lot of manpower, material and financial resources, and it is almost a burning of money. I can't afford to play at all if I don't have money. And the steppe peoples are barren and can hardly afford to play! ”

Moreover, in their opinion, in addition to the power of firearms, they are similar to bows and arrows in terms of speed and range. It is more convenient to play with firearms than with bows and arrows. And my dynasty is different, the most important thing in my dynasty is people, everyone learns archery, everyone learns to ride horses, that is impossible; But everyone can learn firearms. Training a qualified archer is extremely difficult, and it may consume more than half of a war; However, firearms are different, as long as you train for about a month, you can become a good musketeer! ”

"But on the battlefield, a musketeer who has been training for a month may be able to kill a cavalryman who has been learning to ride and shoot for three years in seconds. Just imagine the battlefield, 10,000 musketeers, against 10,000 cavalry, you can imagine the ending! ”

Wang Wuyue felt a chill in her heart, she had already thought of the ending, and couldn't help but say: "I understand, the grassland people have cavalry, and the Central Plains Dynasty can only completely crush the grassland people by developing firearms!" ”

Zhao Pu nodded, this is also the trend of historical development.

Firearms put an end to the cavalry!

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At this time, the battle of Huai'an has begun, and the battle is in full swing.

The Song army can be said to have won successive battles, and the puppet Qi army was defeated repeatedly, retreating all the way, and finally retreated to Huai'an City.

The Song army and the puppet Qi army are essentially the same mother, maybe today it is the puppet Qi army, tomorrow it will be the Song army; Today it is the Song army, and tomorrow it will be the puppet Qi army. To a certain extent, whether it is the Great Song Dynasty or the pseudo-Qi, there is no discipline for those who are soldiers, who gives food and who is a soldier.

In essence, the Song army and the puppet Qi army are all rotten scum, a group of hooligans, a group of bandits, a group of scum, and a group of rabble.

It's just that with Zhao Pu's brainwashing education, revenge indoctrination, military household system, military academy, army slimming, etc., several blockbuster policies have caused great changes in the Song army. Brainwashing education let Song Jun know why he was fighting; The idea of revenge was instilled, so that the Song army knew hatred and inspired the source of battle; The military household system allowed the Song army to condense as a whole; The military academy allowed the Song army to have a large number of middle and low-level generals; The slimming of the army is to remove the coarse and save the fine, and improve the combat effectiveness.

As the Central Army, the Eight-Character Army is even more combative.

This made the battle at the beginning without a trace of suspense, but at this time, Yue Fei did not have a trace of optimism.

"Huai'an is not easy to fight!" Looking at the map, Yue Fei was a little worried, "There are at least 30,000 troops stationed in Huai'an Fucheng, and there are also pseudo-Qi army garrisons in Lianshui County, Hongze County, Xuyi County, Jinhu County and other important places, making Huai'an, which has no danger to defend, like iron and copper." ”

"There are 5,000 Jin army cavalry near Huai'an, attacking our army and preventing our army from besieging the city!" Deputy Marshal Wang Shouyi said.

"The emperor said that this battle is mainly to break the enemy, and the city is secondary; Training is the main thing, followed by decisive battles. There is still a big gap between our army and the main force of the Jin army, once the main force of the Jin army goes south, under the fierce battle at that time, we may not be able to take advantage! Yue Fei said.

He has fought fiercely against the Jin army, and has seen the strength of the Jin army, at least the same number of Song troops against the same number of Jin troops, the odds of victory are not great, and the Jin army cavalry is the majority, once the large-scale attack is disturbed, capture the rear, or besiege, then in an instant, the victory or defeat is reversed.

Yue Fei was bold, but he was more cautious.

"So what should I do?" Wang Shouyi asked.

became a deputy marshal, but did not become a marshal, Wang Shouyi was a little resentful. After all, he was one of the first cronies of His Majesty, and he had participated in the fierce battle of Yangzhou and the defense of Xiangyang, and his achievements were not inferior to Yue Fei.

Originally, he was the most likely to become the marshal of the Eastern Route Army, but he was robbed by Yue Fei.

Some are unwilling, some resentful, but they can only be buried in their hearts, they can't make stumbling blocks from it, they can't resist Yue Fei's orders, and they can't be passive and slack off, sometimes Yue Fei has some loopholes, and he has to make up for them.

Because the emperor told him before parting that they should cooperate with each other and jointly go on a northern expedition.

As the first general to follow the emperor, Wang Shouyi knew that the emperor was gentle and it was best to speak, but it was best not to anger the scales, once the scales were angry, then no one in the heavens and on the earth could save you.

In the army, the emperor liked Zhulian.

The so-called, "one person does things and one person is responsible", in the barracks, there has never been such a rule, and some are just "one person does things and everyone should be".

Because the emperor said that one general on the battlefield is incompetent, exhausting the three armies, and the soldiers of the three armies are defeated because of one general, can this general afford it? No! Qualified generals, before doing things, always think about the interests of the three armed forces before acting

If one person makes a mistake, a group of people may be punished.

Once this Northern Expedition fails, both he and Yue Fei may be punished.

"In this battle, only by breaking the main force of the Jin army can we take the opportunity to recover Huaibei and enter Xuzhou; And first capture Huai'an, enter Xuzhou, even if you eat it, you will choke! Yue Fei thought, "Capturing Huai'an City is a small matter, luring the Jin army to the city, gathering and annihilating it, is the best policy!" ”

"It's just that once the main force of the Jin army gathers under the city, inside and outside the total, can we swallow this piece of fat?" Wang Shouyi did not have a trace of optimism, "Once the troops are stationed under the fortified city, they cannot be conquered for a long time, and the food and grass are insufficient, then the situation will collapse!" ”

"Once the main force of the Jin army gathers under the city, then I will wait for the opportunity to come. Under the city of Huai'an, we are in a crisis, but the other roads are better to attack. In this battle, we are only the Eastern Route Army, how can the Central Route Army, the Western Route Army, and the Northern Army do nothing! Yue Fei said.

Although the other three roads are auxiliaries and virtual soldiers, it is really between the real and the false, between the main and the auxiliary, there is such a clear division there.

Once the situation changes, the auxiliaries will become the main force, and the virtual soldiers will also become real troops. (To be continued......)