After the matter of the artillery division was finalized, all that remained was the real air gun that made the generals the most uneasy...... Ah no, it's a "real gas bullet crossbow".

Although the cost of the True Qi Bullet Crossbow is higher than that of the musket, the cost of the unit is lower than that of the Chu Dao, but considering that the frequency of replacement of the machine is higher than that of the Chu Dao, and the daily training and combat also consume the True Qi core and bullets, the overall cost is higher than that of the Chu Dao......

However, it is still in the range of being able to equip the whole army, and the training cycle is very short.

Unlike artillery, the reason why the generals are uneasy is that they are worried about the impact on the battlefield environment after the popularization of the True Qi Bullet Crossbow, rather than worrying that their troops will not be able to change their equipment.

After all, although the artillery is strong, it is only one more means of responding to the army's "washing the ground", and there is no essential change to the overall battlefield environment.

However, if everyone is really angry, on the battlefield, the importance of long-range output will rise in a straight line, and even be equal to white-knuckle hand-to-hand combat!

In other words, from the military formation to the tactical command on the battlefield, we must also make earth-shaking changes in order to be able to adapt to the new situation.

His previous experience in commanding the battlefield and judging the battle situation was greatly "devalued" all of a sudden, which made people suffer from gains and losses......

But it's not everyone, and there are some who don't care, like Sun Ce and Zhou Yu, at this time, one is shaking a feather fan indifferently, and the other is bringing a true qi crossbow, and he seems to be very interested in the comparison.

Fazheng and his ilk are all newborn calves who are not afraid of tigers......

"In addition, regarding the True Qi Bullet Crossbow, we will block the news for the time being, but if you have any ideas, you can reflect them to the Privy Council, especially the ideas for tactical improvements, and you can go to the Privy Council to communicate with each other. Probably starting from this time next year, the Privy Council's martial arts hall will start with you, and then postpone the downward order to give special teaching to the generals at all levels, and then they will give everyone orders, so be sure to cooperate.

Five years after the Chu calendar, the large-scale assembly of the true qi bullet crossbow began, and the training of grassroots generals and Ji Zao soldiers began, and before the arrival of the eighth year of the Chu calendar, the front-line army's outfit and basic training were completed! Lu Bu specially emphasized to the generals.

In fact, there are already some "teaching materials" for generals to refer to in the martial arts hall - for these generals in the army, even if it is a new battlefield environment, they only need to teach them some underlying theories, and the real play still depends on their own understanding.

After all......

With a gun level similar to that of the 18th century, cold weapons are still an important part of the battlefield, ordinary infantry often have to use bayonets to distinguish the winner from defeat, and the real cavalry is still based on cold weapons of cavalry guns and knives, and at most they carry handcuffs as auxiliary.

It's just that in terms of tactical application, the cavalry can no longer take on the heavy task of brainless shock infantry phalanx.

Originally, all the generals were disdainful of the statement that they went to the martial arts hall to "take classes", even if they were middle-level generals, many of them had an indifferent attitude, and only some generals who were born in the pure wilderness and had a very sparse grasp of the art of war and military formations, or those who had not yet stepped into the door, would look forward to it.

If it was before the day [new fo], someone notified the generals present and asked them to go to the lecture hall to take a class......

Their first reaction must be "I need to give a lecture", and when they find out that they are students, they have to muttered behind their backs that Lu Bu has nothing to do!

Learn? Learn a fart! If you don't accept the comparison on the battlefield, you see if I can't tie you - of course, it is the instructor who has to be compared, not Lu Bu.

However, now because of the awareness of the changes in the battlefield environment, everyone is not very resistant to class, although ...... They still wonder if the people who are in class really understand!

After all, the True Qi crossbow should have just been developed for a short time, and if there are any tactics, it also needs to be summarized in practice.

But in the midst of the upheaval, it's not bad to feel other people's thinking.

At best, this may be an opportunity for him to truly become famous and become a saint in the art of war after becoming Han Xin—at least Fa Zheng, Wei Yan, and Lu Meng are likely to really think so, and they are all about to laugh out loud.

In fact, some of the textbooks that are being compiled by Jiangwutang are from Bai Tu's hard disk, which contains some military works from the 17th to the 19th century, all of which have reference significance, and some of them come from Xu Shu's summary, the intuitive effect of "breaking the battlefield formation" makes Xu Shu summarize his experience very quickly.

In addition, as Lu Bu said, the Privy Council will also summarize the opinions of other generals in the future - but for reasons of secrecy, only the generals who are present at the moment within a year are qualified to give advice on this matter, and it is strictly forbidden to spread it.

Of course, Bai Tu also understands that it is unrealistic to ask more than 20 people to keep it secret all the time, even if he doesn't consider deliberately leaking it, he may leak it one day......

Therefore, the period of complete secrecy is only one year, and after a year, because the Wutang Association will gradually teach middle and high-level generals, the level of secrecy will become lower and lower.

Seeing that it is almost the fourth year of the Chu calendar, when the fifth year of the Chu calendar officially begins to change clothes and train grassroots generals and Ji Zao soldiers, the so-called "secrecy" will exist in name only.

Although the leakage of important news in the army, no matter how big or small, even if it is the recipe of the day and the military supplies, as long as it is leaked to irrelevant people, once discovered, it will definitely be vigorously dealt with, and the results of the handling will be publicized.

But...... Even the grassroots generals know something, or tacit that other princes also know well!

The generals' debriefing is to end after the New Year's Festival, just in time to spend the New Year in Jinling.

In the third year of the Chu calendar, the rare and high-ranking generals appeared in the most complete year at the New Year's banquet......

During this period, everyone felt the rare atmosphere of returning to Jinling for the New Year, and the most frequent place was naturally the lecture hall of the Privy Council, where there was the most complete sand table deduction system.

Even under the rulings of a large number of professionals, it can simulate extreme weather and various terrain judgments, bringing the best running group to the generals...... Ah no, it's a tactical simulation experience!

The elite generals of the Chu State can discuss here the tactical changes of the True Qi Bullet Crossbow and Artillery......

If someone storms the Privy Council now, they will be wiped out...... Definitely going to be killed first.

At this time, Lu Bu also saw some clear distinctions from the performance of the generals, which were roughly divided into three kinds - one was high-spirited and enthusiastic, representing the very young, at least very young generals such as Lu Meng, Wei Yan, and Sun Ce, as well as Huang Zhong, who was scratched to the itch;

There are also those who have a calm mentality and can understand the great changes in the future, but are actively adapting, such as Zhao Yun, Zhou Yu, Gao Shun, etc., which also accounts for the most;

The rest is a small part, that is, the mentality is more affected......

One of the more obvious is Zhang Xiu!

Zhang Xiu has not participated in everyone's discussion at all recently, and when he was simulated in the sand table, he was still a veteran cavalry tactic...... Even Zhang Liao was a little embarrassed.

Lu Bu can also understand, after all, Zhang Xiu and Zhang Liao are both horsemen, and their favorite thing is to take the lead in charging and crisscrossing the battlefield.

However, after the advent of the true gas crossbow and artillery, for the infantry, although the environment changed greatly, at least it was also strengthened, and the cavalry ...... The impact is much smaller!

For the average middle-level and grass-roots cavalry generals, maybe they will be glad that this means that the cavalry has undergone fewer changes, and they can still stay in a comfortable space......

However, for Zhang Xiu and Zhang Liao, they were a little unacceptable to the fact that the strategic and tactical significance of the cavalry would be reduced in the future, and then they showed a low mood.