Just as tactics have been improving, the emergence of such Mongolian cavalry in the back has caused heavy casualties in the dense phalanx, which is why it was difficult for European armies to resist during the Mongol expedition to the west, which made the cavalry completely suppress the infantry again. But infantry tactics are also improving, and the emergence of hoplites in the back makes it difficult for ordinary bows and arrows to shoot through, and then the ground longbowmen or crossbows have a much longer range than cavalry shooting, and the accuracy is also more accurate, and they can also set up a horse rejection to make the cavalry satisfied with approaching, so in a sense, the heavy infantry covering the archer tactics has become the nemesis of the light cavalry!

Therefore, the tactics are not static, but relatively speaking, the cavalry does have a more advantage, because the cavalry can take advantage of the situation to cover up the killing, but it is generally difficult for the infantry to expand the results after the victory, and the cavalry can lose, and once the infantry collapses in formation, it cannot escape the point of being slaughtered.

"My lord, do we still have reinforcements?, but even if Storm Castle transfers troops, it will still be difficult to defeat the barbarians, and if there are too many troops, it is very likely that Storm Fortress will fall into a crisis situation, after all, Storm Castle still has the threat of Ice Demons and Sea Clans. ”

After Allen heard Duke's words, he directly expressed his disapproval, the risk of doing so is too great, and even if it is done, the benefits may not be worth the losses.

"Yes, we still have reinforcements, but the reinforcements are not the Second Regiment of the Storm Army or the Dwarven Legion of the Storm Army as you believe, but the Storm Army Musket Regiment!"

"Storm Musketeers, will they be able to handle the barbarian attack?"

Alan asked a little suspiciously, in the hearts of these traditional medieval warriors, the musketeers are just a kind of auxiliary troops, and it is not too much to exaggerate that they are toys, and they can defeat the barbarians?

"Of course!" Duke replied confidently at this time.

Duke had already realized the importance of long-range firepower at the beginning of the Battle of the Beach, even if there were things like bows and crossbows, Storm Fortress did not have the financial resources to train high-cost archers, nor did it have a weaponry to make large crossbow arrows, so Duke's eyes were always on muskets.

From the Battle of the Beach to the Storm Army's Ice Demon Counterattack in the back, the musket rifling design that has appeared in the middle has unconsciously begun to form combat effectiveness of the Storm Army Musket Team, rather than the experimental new thermal weapon unit before.

In addition to these, the most important thing is the range of the Storm Musket, the effective lethality has been increased to a distance of one hundred and fifty meters, which is almost double the range compared to the previous pure smoothbore. Of course, there is no guarantee of accuracy at this range, but this is not the slightest problem for platoon guns.

This kind of range has actually reached the same level as the bow and arrow, and even slightly exceeds the range of mounted archery. After all, the cavalry bow is still different from the ordinary infantry bow, and the range and power of the cavalry bow are smaller than the infantry bow, so in this case, the storm musket team is already standing in the same position in the face of the barbarian knights.

If Duke succeeds in fighting the barbarians this time, then it may create a history of the Middle Ages, and the barbarian cavalry will be eliminated.

"According to the time of rifled barrel production, plus the explanation of the furnace when I left, the storm musket team now has a scale of about a thousand people, so I just called it the musket regiment, this thousand musket team will be our future killer weapon, whether they can defeat the barbarians depends on them!"

Duke added at this time, but when he finished saying this, both Alan and Dole actually had an expression of disbelief on their faces. The appearance of this expression made Duke feel very painful, the vision of people in this world is really not good, don't they realize that the hot weapon of the musket is the thing that really changes the world?

Faced with this situation, Duke could only continue to explain helplessly: "I know what you suspect and worry about, whether this thousand-man musket regiment can take on such a heavy responsibility. To tell you the truth, it is impossible to win the battle with a thousand musketeers, and they can only be regarded as surprise soldiers at best. ”

"The real strength of this plan still relies on the bravery of the entire Storm Army and the suddenness of our attack. And when the time comes, whether the barbarians see the Imperial Northern Army or the Black Eagle Army of the Hans Empire, it is impossible for them to choose to watch from the wall and not take action, because once they miss this opportunity, the commanders of the two empires are not stupid, and they will directly stop fighting. ”

"So the barbarians will inevitably join the attack, and as long as they are involved in the battle, then it is the best time for our storm army to attack. And we don't have to attack, although I don't want the northern defense line of the empire to collapse completely, but it is still a very good thing to be able to weaken these three forces. It's not the strength of one side that our storm army wants to defeat, if you can, I want to defeat all three!"

In the last paragraph, there was a faint murderous aura in Duke's tone, which was his final plan, to put the three parties into a scene of attacking each other, and then the storm army came to the end. So it's not a praying mantis catching cicadas and yellow finches behind, but mussels and cranes competing with each other, and fishermen profiting. Of course, once the fisherman of the Storm Army makes a mistake, he may become a cicada.

After listening to Duke's plan, the two Storm Army commanders also felt in their hearts that this plan was very feasible. But the same problem is also very big, that is, everything is assumed in the case of assumptions and reasoning, and what if the other party does not move forward according to the lord's vision, even if it is true that every move has a very good reason.

"Lord Lord, to be honest, if it succeeds, it is indeed a very perfect strategic plan. But a lot of things are full of uncertainties, and in this way, our trade with the barbarians will also be terminated, and the number of war horses plus next month will only be 3,000, of which there will be 1,000 breeding horses, and to build a storm cavalry of 1,500 people, you must have at least 3,000 war horses. ”

"There has never been any risky war plan in this world, and the strategic plan I am making now also has all kinds of high risks, and risk is part of war. As for how to reduce the risk, then it is not a matter of my strategy, but it depends on your tactical command and the ability of the Storm Army soldiers. ”

"And given our current situation, this may be the only way, otherwise we will directly refuse the orders of the French Empire! As for the issue of trading with the barbarians, even if there is no war, we will not be able to continue trading. “