Guanzhong, Meiyang area.

"Da-da-da-da. Bang bang bang. A cavalryman quickly crossed the target, then fired three times in succession to hit the target.

This is inside Dong Zhuo's camp.

The standoff continued because they did not have enough food and grass. But the war still has to go on. Dong Zhuo began to actively research and develop on the basis of equipping a certain proportion of arquebuses. It can be said that this is a very bold person. What Dong Zhuo needed was a cavalry that could quickly achieve a breakthrough and be able to suppress the Xiliang cavalry.

The advent of firearms gave him a lot of inspiration. Of course, the inventor is still his subordinate,

The cavalry was first equipped with a large number of stirrups. Although some stirrups use hemp rope, hemp rope and strips of cloth do not give them much benefit. Sometimes it feels like a burden, but the current situation is the only option for them, because they don't have more money to buy more iron stirrups.

Cavalry with stirrups can control horses well, which greatly reduces the difficulty of cavalry training. At the same time, it ensures that they can maintain their balance when the horse's back is impacting at high speeds, and use a variety of forces. This is a major invention of Dong Zhuo.

Of course, such improvements were not enough, and they had an overwhelming advantageThe overwhelming advantage was that they creatively improved firearms.

Arquebuses are not suitable for cavalry, and the Republicans have proven countless times that high-speed and bumpy cavalry will create greater contradictions and problems for them, and in such a situation, many of their things are further solving such problems. In this regard, the solution of the Republican cavalry is to upgrade, they are equipped with a large number of short-barreled muskets, or pistols, and at the same time a large number of pikes, sabers and pistols are mixed. This increases their ability to fight.

But for Dong Zhuo, this is a very luxurious thing, and such a thing will consume too much and too much time for them. This is a very unfair thing, if they make their situation more favorable, they choose some other way to achieve such a situation, how to achieve such a situation, which requires them to make some improvements in weapons.

The musket was fired mainly by **, fired in a sealed condition. The barrel becomes the key. The officers and soldiers of the imperial court obtained a very single technology of the barrel, casting. The arquebus was too heavy. The second reload is very cumbersome, it cannot be done on horseback, if it is equipped with two, it is impossible to fight at all, and at the same time it is impossible to maintain extremely limited combat effectiveness, in such a situation, the only way to use it is to increase the number of barrels, but increasing the number of barrels will lead to a significant increase in the weight of their muskets. But with the production of some talented craftsmen, they balance such a relationship.

Three-eyed pistol. This is Dong Zhuo's invention. This is somewhat different from the preparation of the Ming army in history. Their muskets had longer barrels and were heavier. If necessary, they can cast out the four eyes. In this case, they will fire a lot of bullets, and they will use torches to ignite them. This can greatly improve the reliability of the launch.

This is a completely new weaponry, and the craftsmen have turned the barrel of one arquebus into two, and at the same time they cast them all together, so that they have this firing power. Not only that, but they also used a new way to meet their requirements.

For example, the increased thickness and weight of the barrel can be used as a strike weapon to launch an attack after the use of combat, relying on the huge impact force generated by the shock, to kill and injure the enemy, of course. This required the cavalry to be more physically robust. But for Dong Zhuo, this is not a problem at all. In such a case.

Dong Zhuo had his own cavalry. And it is an important cavalry in the transition period of firearms, as well as cold weapons. Although such a cavalry has the characteristics of the times, this is a new type of cavalry after all.

"Hahaha. Good, good. All right. Dong Zhuo shouted excitedly as he watched the cavalry waving the weapons in his hands. He felt that his cavalry would be of great form. The thief will be amazed.

"My lord. We should be equipped with more firearms. Li Dao said.

"Hmm. This firearm can easily penetrate armor. It's so good, it's just that the imperial court only has a limited amount of equipment for the Xiyuan New Army, and if you want to equip it, you can only trade with the Republican Army. Dong Zhuo said.

The imperial court strictly controlled the export and production of firearms. As a result, some local armed forces are unable to obtain firearms, which is not good news for them. In fact, this is the purpose of Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty, to achieve the purpose of deterrence through the suppression of weapons. But how long such a situation can be maintained, Emperor Han Ling himself does not know, after all, the Republican Army's firearms production capacity far exceeds theirs. The most terrifying thing is that the Republican army relies on the export advantage of firearms to balance its needs for food and all kinds of materials. If they continue to suppress like this, they won't have much to do.

"My lord, I heard that the Republican Army is mainly businessmen, businessmen, mercenary." Li Dao said.

"Oh. Hahaha. Ha ha. Dong Zhuo laughed, he knew that this matter would definitely be done, as long as he could pay enough prices, he could meet such a demand. In this case, their situation will become more favorable.

"So good, very good." Dong Zhuo said with a smile. He is a person who never spares money, what he cares about is to get things done, and he doesn't ask anything else, if the Republican Army doesn't sell it to them, they can't do anything, but the Republican Army is a businessman, a businessman, so it's easy to deal with. As long as they are given enough money, there is nothing they can't do, so Dong Zhuo is very happy, because as long as you have weaknesses, it will be easy to do.

Hedong, Republican Army recruit training camp.

Zhou Da walked diligently through the queue, and they had to carry the wooden muskets issued to them, and they kept walking. Until they walked neatly. If you don't walk in line, there will be many, many penalties.

"Look at what you've done, a lump of shit. Shit. The sergeant shouted loudly. The sergeant major is a sergeant veteran who has fought many battles and has been wounded. Received a second-class medal for bravery. It was a sign of bravery, and he hung it on his chest all the time, which was the envy of many recruits, but sometimes, they hated it.

"Damn, you don't have long eyes, look, look, it's all fucking oblique to your grandma's house." The sergeant shouted loudly. Yes, Sergeant Major, according to the actual rank of the army, a sergeant cannot be called a sergeant major, but here, the rank is generally very high. For example, a second lieutenant is considered a company commander, and the rank of a company commander is generally captain.

The sergeant's explanation was that their qualifications were too low. Because they're just privates.

What is a private? Zhou Da has been thinking about this question for a long time.

"Remember, you're just privates, privates, on your shoulders, without any qualifications. There is no credit for it. You're just a recruit, a piece of shit. You can't stink your enemies to death yet. Shit. The sergeant major shouted at them.

"Yes. That's what the damned sergeant major explained, that's the private. Zhou Da thought to himself. Here, such insults are frequent, and each of them has a variety of nicknames. Like, dog heads, dog shit, sticks. Wooden poles or something. The barracks are like that.

Through such a blow, their self-esteem is mobilized, which seems to be a serious psychological trauma for them, but it stimulates their desire to fight even more.

In addition to queue training, they are extremely brutal physical training, and they will run constantly, which is the tradition of the Republican Army, six miles in the morning. Six miles at noon. At night, it is still six miles away. They eat a lot, and each person can eat three bowls of rice, and one big bowl is three catties. If it is full, it may reach five catties. But even so, they still feel hungry. For some reason, they were hungry all day.

Training is more tiring than when they go to the fields and do farm work.

However, they occasionally have surprises, such as eggs in the meal, or meat, and broth in the evening. Of course. They also pay a heavy price, for example, when they assemble urgently, they have to bring all their belongings, marching backpacks, which contain their quilts, blankets, shoes, weapons. Despite the fact that the weapons were wooden sticks, they did not have training on weapons for the time being due to the lack of weapons. In addition to this, they will be equipped with a variety of other equipment, kettles, both wooden and iron. It is very heavy, and it is said that it can be used as a weapon when necessary.

The artillery would also follow them, and the infantry would follow them to push the artillery. That's drudgery, and it's very tiring for them to travel more than sixty miles in one night.

But their sergeant major always showed up when he was most annoyed, and they would say, "It's nothing, they've done a miracle of a hundred miles in one night."

Zhou Da didn't know how these crazy people did such a thing, but he knew that the Republican Army had too many perverted rules. The traditions they formed were almost unforgettable. In such a situation, the troops began to slowly complete the integration. For example, Zhou Da met many, many of his companions.