Huo Guang has never fought or been on the battlefield.

But that doesn't mean he doesn't know anything about war.

According to Liu Ponu's explanation, Huo Guang quickly found the weakness of the new army.

That's right, in terms of the ability to continue to maneuver, the new army is indeed very good, although Huo Guang has never seen the mobility of the new army, but he has seen the efficiency of tractors.

If the unit is calculated on a monthly basis, no one can run the truck.

If it is calculated by days, in a few days, the new army will not be able to catch up with the Hun cavalry.

Because the standard configuration of the Hun cavalry is one man and three horses, it is common to travel hundreds of miles a day when marching in a hurry, and it is precisely because of their almost perverted marching ability that this battle between the Han and the Huns is so difficult to fight.

If it is calculated by the hour, then the new army can only be GG.

Even if the cavalry was equipped with only one horse, it would be difficult for the new army to catch up for a while, because the instantaneous speed of the trucks could not match the horses in any case.

If you want to pursue, you can only make the opponent tired of running and can't run, while your own side can use the truck's attribute of not knowing tiredness to continue to pursue, and catch up while they slow down or rest.

But whether it was the Hun cavalry or other cavalry, the core point of the new army's pursuit was the same.

That is to compete in endurance to see if the truck can't hold on first, or the enemy's war horse can't hold on first.

"Well, this palace is careless......" Liu Ponu nodded thoughtfully.

I have to admit that Huo Guang's suggestion is still very meaningful.

In the face of an escaping enemy, the chase is sure to catch up, but how long does it take to catch up?

If there was a cavalry unit on the side, the whole thing would undoubtedly be much easier.

Taking advantage of the gap in the battle, the cavalry can go around the enemy's back in advance to ambush, and if they want to escape, the cavalry can also chase after them to pursue and block them.

However, if the cavalry rushes up, even if it can slow down the opponent's speed, it will be equally difficult for the new army to go up and fight.

The new army's greatest reliance is firepower, and this thing doesn't recognize the enemy.

"The resources consumed by ordinary troops are too much, and the current Han can't afford to go out with so many troops, the main purpose of this new army's expedition to the Western Regions is to train troops in actual combat, and the main purpose is to find problems, and by the way, to solve the current problems, so the cavalry is not needed for the time being." Liu Ponu shook his head, although what he said made sense, I still didn't listen.

Of course, Liu Ponu did not choose to ignore Huo Guang's proposal because of blind confidence, on the contrary, he attached great importance to Huo Guang's proposal.

Regarding this problem, Liu Ponu does not feel that there is no solution.

To put it simply, modify the vehicle to find a way to improve the dynamic performance of the vehicle, and at the same time appropriately reduce the weight of the body, so as to increase the speed of the vehicle.

It doesn't need to be too fast, it is completely enough to have a speed of seventy or eighty yards, and when the time comes, form a fast Iron King Eight team, and once the battle starts, go directly behind the enemy to steal the ass.

Rushing in and rampage with the power of armor, equipped with a few soldiers, all of them are issued shotguns, and fighting at close range, isn't it still the ancestor level?

The shotgun is actually not difficult, it doesn't even need to be modified too much, the thing itself is not intended to have a long range, twenty or thirty meters is enough.

This also makes the length of the barrel can be greatly reduced, which is more convenient to use in the narrow space in the car, and the shorter the barrel will also increase the speed of reloading.

Bullets or something are simpler, reduce the volume of marbles, just wrap them in paper and stuff them in, and even the layer of paper between marbles and gunpowder is saved.

When the time comes, you can equip the new army with a shotgun and wait until the enemy rushes to close range......

In front of trolls, all beings are equal, so isn't it directly crooked?

"But your proposal is very constructive, this palace has already thought of a solution, and when this matter is done, this palace will give you a credit!" Liu Ponu did not hesitate to praise him, and threw it towards Huo Guang.

Huo Guang: ......

Why did I come to give the people below a chance, but there was no chance for the people below to fart, but I let the old man make a profit himself?

Liu Ponu, you kid don't have a good heart, I sincerely don't want you to be a man......

"You don't have to worry about things on the front line, I estimate that if the speed is faster, it will take half a year and eight months, and if it is slower, it will be about the same time in the early years." Liu Ponu waved his hand indifferently.

has long known what Huo Guang will become in the end, how can Liu Ponu not control it because he is his father-in-law?

The three-province system is to restrict these people, and a decision will be made in the future, the military and the government will be separated, the army is the army, and the government is the government.

Liu Ponu can't care about it in history, anyway, here in Liu Ponu, Huo Guang doesn't want to be in charge alone.

As for what if he hangs in front of Huo Guang?

It's also very simple for Liu Ponu, can't it be over with Huo Guang, anyway, it is estimated that he will not have a few years to live at that time, and Liu Ponu does not think that his hand-shaking shopkeeper character will die young.

Although Liu Ponu was referring to the current matter, Huo Guang knew very well that this product was the most fond of insinuations, which was actually reminding him to separate himself from the army as soon as possible, and not to shout wronged with a confused face when the time came to liquidate.

Although Huo Guang's emotional management was very good, Liu Ponu still vaguely saw a trace of loss on Huo Guang's face.

"The internal stability of the Han Dynasty is relatively stable, so the military reform can be a little slower, but for the Western Regions, the speed must not slow down, as long as we delay a little, the Huns will take advantage of the weakness, which can be seen from the killing of the Han envoy by the Dawan Kingdom."

"This time the new army went to the Western Regions, not only to test the troops, but also to take the lead, after the new army returns, it will immediately expand the army, after the expansion of the army, at most another year of training, absorb the lessons of this expedition will continue to march, and the next expedition will not be such a small fight!" Liu Ponu said pointedly.

"Huh?" Huo Guangmeng raised his head and looked at Liu Ponu with a shocked face.

What?

What's that?

Did I hear me right?

Liu Ponu actually wanted to destroy all the countries in the Western Regions in one go?

"Although there are still two or three years to do this, but such a large place in the Western Regions, although there are few people, it is not a trivial matter, and the three provinces must also be prepared in advance, and this time we can no longer do things at will like before, we must make all kinds of emergency preparations, and explore how to integrate all the ethnic groups in the Western Regions into the big Han family as soon as possible under the premise of safety, so that they can recognize themselves as an inseparable part of the Han Dynasty in their hearts!" Liu Ponu said with a righteous face.

Originally, the place in the Western Regions was intended to be used to house the princes, but as the situation changed, Liu Ponu changed his mind.

Although there are many princes of the Han Dynasty, the area of the earth is larger, and there are more places without the Western Regions, and Liu Ponu is even ready to let the princes go and touch the Roman Empire.

Liu Ponu didn't dare to think about whether he could conquer the entire earth, but as long as the conditions permitted, he would definitely work hard.

With the current development speed of Dahan, it is basically a matter of time before he conquers the whole earth, if he can't finish fighting, let his son continue to fight, and if his son can't finish fighting, let his grandson continue to fight, and one day he will do it.

Ahem......

Thinking a little far......

"Your Highness, I'm afraid this matter is not so easy, even if the countries of the Western Regions are closer, it will take about three or four months to travel to and from Chang'an, like those remote places in Wusun, it will take seven or eight months to come over with a slight delay on the road, there is no problem with trade exchanges, but if it is included in the administration, the difficulty is too great......" Huo Guang couldn't help but shake his head, although he was also very excited.

But can you imagine the emperor issuing a decree and not arriving in the place until half a year later?

If there is any major incident in the local area, the local government reports to the imperial court, and the imperial court is replying, and it will take a year just to get on the road.

And this is not the end, if you need to transfer troops to support, it will take even longer, and when the support of the imperial court arrives, the daylily will be cold.

"If you want to make it easier to manage, you have to give the local government a great deal of autonomy, and if this autonomy is not well controlled, there is a high risk of unintended consequences......," Huo Guang continued.

What the consequences are naturally no need to say, even if the feudal officials dare not stand on their own, but the mountain is high and the emperor is far away, he can still live an emperor-like life there, and then report according to the ideas of the imperial court, in fact, what should be done, anyway, the imperial court can't care about it for a while.

No matter how serious the trouble is, it directly gets the iron-smelting technology and some military equipment technology, and secretly accumulates it for a period of time, at least it has the strength to compete with the Han army.

"It used to be before, but now that we have trucks, the speed of rushing has been greatly improved, two months should be enough to rush to any corner of the Western Regions, and the technology of trucks is still being studied, and there will be faster trucks to be studied in the future, so these problems are not too big a problem at all." Liu Ponu smiled, obviously Huo Guang has not fully adapted to the upcoming industrial age.

For Liu Ponu, this is not a problem at all, the research of steam engines has not stopped, and the construction of the railway has always been in Liu Ponu's planning.

That thing is fast, and because it has a track, it can basically travel day and night, as for the speed or something, if you really encounter any urgent matter and want to notify the Western Regions immediately, it is a locomotive pulling a wagon of coal can set off at full speed.

Therefore, the control of the Western Regions can be done soon, and the Western Regions will be completely included in the territory, and one railway will be enough, even if the construction of this railway will take ten years, twenty years, even if it is thirty years, Liu Ponu can wait.

And now Liu Ponu has finally realized why masters are always lonely, and he is also aware of why the platform is so important.

If it weren't for the fact that his current identity helped a lot, even if he crossed over, it would be impossible for the Han to go so fast in industrialization.

And Liu Ponu's pursuit of the speed of progress has far exceeded the speed of catching up with the thoughts of these ancients, and they don't understand the ambitions of this palace, which is very helpless......