"Look at this." Shang Wu handed the report in his hand to Jia Xu.

"Isn't there a bit of a risk in doing this?" Jia Xu looked at Shangwu and said. Shang Wu had already given some instructions on it, and he felt that it should be done.

"No, I think we should be bold enough to try, this battle, I found that our operation is still not good enough. Basically, in the era of cold weapons, and in many places, there is no great future. If we continue to proceed in the same way, we may suffer, and it is said that the scouts of Huangfu Song are constantly collecting the war materials, weapons, and so on left behind on the battlefield. I think that Huangfu Song is studying and learning from us. In the next battle, if we continue to fight in this way, we will suffer a lot. Shang Wu said.

"Hmm. There is some truth to this, but the question is, how can we improve? Jia Xu asked such a question. You know, a recent war can break out in less than a few months. In such a situation, to carry out such weapon improvements, Jia Xu felt that the time was a little too hasty.

"Here's what I think." Shang Wu said as he took a blank piece of paper and began to sketch it.

"The weapons we were going to be armed with were artillery, muskets, spears. The musket is a faster arquebus to make, just now, I took a look, basically, the current arquebus can still meet our renewal. Shang Wu said.

"You see, behind the spearmen, we can place a large number of musketeers, the production of muskets, which is currently only a hundred in a month, and if we expand production, in the future it may exceed three hundred, or even more." Shang Wu said.

The arquebus is a drawing sketched by Shang Wu, and how to make it is a matter for the craftsmen. Under a full set of reward studies. The craftsmen still solve this problem using the manufacturing methods they like to use.

Some of the firing traps of the arquebus need to be made by the blacksmith by hand, but this is not difficult for them, and if they do not complete a certain number of scales, the amount of money they earn will increase, which greatly increases their motivation, plus the competition of other blacksmiths. This makes them more motivated to produce.

In terms of barrel production, the barrel is still cast iron for casting production, which leads to the weight of the arquebus exceeding fifteen catties, which is still very inconvenient to use, which requires two soldiers to work together to complete, one is responsible for loading, and the other is responsible for shooting. They will be much quicker when it comes to transferring.

The caliber of muskets in this period was still relatively large, and the recoil was also quite amazing, with a caliber of more than an inch. It's basically like artillery. But his lethal power is very amazing, within a distance of fifty paces, he can easily penetrate leather armor, even those armor made of fine iron can easily shoot through. The blow was quite strong. However, production could not be increased. At present, the monthly output is less than a hundred, and some of them are scrapped, substandard products, and the training of soldiers is also a problem.

"I see. You mean to say. Simply use pikemen and musketeers to form a new phalanx. Jia Xu said.

"Yes, that's what I mean, in this case, we only have two classes, which is greatly simplified." Shang Wu said excitedly.

"No, don't agree to do that, you can take a look at this report. Many soldiers complained that our protection was very insufficient, our soldiers basically did not have any armor protection to fight, many soldiers had some protection, but now they have no protection. If the shield soldiers are removed, their casualties may increase further, and such casualties are not a small burden for us. Jia Xu said and handed Shang Wu a casualty report, as well as a bereavement report.

The number of pensions is still relatively large, and they need more than 10,000 stone of food. Although it can be given separately for several months, however, it is a long-term process. For Shangwu's financial pressure, it is still not small.

"Well, listen to you, increase the shieldman." Sangwu revised his plan.

"No, I think we should improve on the original basis, the squad tactics are still the same, the number of people remains the same, so that they can be more adaptable, with this adaptation can be further promoted, we can promote it in the teaching team, and then the whole army, I know that there are certain restrictions on the production of muskets, but we must fight once in a few months, and Huangfu Song is likely to quickly adjust specifically for us." Jia Xu said.

"Well, I agree." Shang Wu nodded in acknowledgement. The musket is the secret weapon of martial arts. It is also their new killer weapon, originally Shang Wu could use the musket in this battle, but doing so, it will only arouse the interest of the other party, and Shang Wu loses a hole card. This is not good news for Shang Wu.

"In addition, we have to solve the financial problem as soon as possible. **A lot of sulfur is needed, and if it can't be replenished in time**, many things will be difficult to solve. In that case, we're in trouble. Jia Xu said worriedly.

Shang Wu immediately elevated the issue of ** to a completely new agenda. But this problem can only be solved by means of trade.

The next step was to decide that the muskets, artillery, spearmen, and shield men would still need to be retained, and they would still fight in combination. Of course, the musketeers could be drawn out to fight alone if necessary, but then their threat would increase considerably.

Inside Zhu Jun's tent.

"Mengde, how's it going?" Huangfu Song asked this former subordinate of his.

"It's amazing, it's amazing." Cao Cao said. He didn't know how to express his opinion, and he thought that these weapons were too miraculous. A lot of things are beyond their imagination.

For example, this rocket, this is the first time they know that this arrow can be launched like this, and after a large-scale and dense launch, it will cause a lot of damage. If a large army is not prepared when it is assembled, the other side can carry out a large-scale sneak attack, and the casualties will inevitably be heavy, and then take the opportunity to kill, the result can be imagined.

"And this thing." Saying that, Huangfu Song pointed at ***, he felt that the threat of this weapon was greater.

"Hmm. That's what the general said. Cao Cao also thinks that in contrast, rockets are still weapons combined with cold weapons, and this kind of weapon can still be easily manufactured, and *** is not needed. He can explode, the Red Turban Army is not enough this time, once the number is large enough, it will form a great lethality.

"Look at this again." Huangfu Song pointed to the stirrup, the horseshoe.

"What is this?" Cao Cao asked in surprise. These things don't look like weapons, and he doesn't know exactly how to use such weapons.

"It's not a weapon, it's a harness. Come and see. As he spoke, Huangfu Song led them to the outside of the tent. Huangfu Song's horses have already used such things.

"This." Cao Cao looked at the harness in surprise. It was hard for him to imagine what kind of genius could come up with such a solution, and he immediately saw the tremendous effect of the stirrup, and the knight could rely on the strength of his legs to steer the horse, so that his hands could be free, and his combat ability would be greatly improved. Knights can attack directly with weapons such as spears.

"The Red Turbans have already done this. They also used a way of fighting in which horses wore armor and knights wore heavy armor, which was very powerful. Huangfu Song said with palpitations.

"Their three horses were connected to each other by iron cables, and the group attacked, and my soldiers were driven to kill like rabbits, and the cavalry came out to intercept them, and they could not intercept them at all, and the whole horse formation. It's like a mountain pressing down on it. Difficult to fight against. Originally, I wanted to launch a counterattack, but I was suppressed by a series of attacks launched by the opponent's horse formation. The soldiers were also dispersed, and there was no way to form a confrontation at all. Huang Fu Song said.

"After the horse formation, there are still a large number of soldiers charging, logically speaking, such an attack, the soldiers' charge will inevitably disrupt the formation, but the result is that the other side has no impact at all, their charge has caused a lot of damage to the morale of our army, and our army has no choice but to retreat. It's really difficult. Huang Fu Song said.

He also saw the situation at that time. Faced with the sufficiency of the heavily armored cavalry, the light cavalry simply could not intercept. The infantry had been dispersed and could not form a battle formation. Coupled with the infantry that came from behind, they were quickly defeated, and Huangfu Song felt a little embarrassed, but he felt that he had no loss at all when he lost to such an opponent, because it allowed them to see a new combat mode.

"Our army should do the same." Cao Cao said firmly. He felt that he could follow the example of the other side and build heavy cavalry. And the massive use of stirrups. Even though they don't yet know what the specific action benefits of the horseshoe are, they do know that these things have a big effect. Promotion is also a passing thing.

"Yes, the old man thinks the same, I have already ordered someone to build the relevant armor overnight, I think, it won't be long before our army has this chain of heavy armor horse formations." Huangfu Song said.

Cao Cao nodded, it was the first time he had encountered such an opponent, and the tactics brought to them by the other party were brand new, and it was precisely because of the new tactics that they were difficult to deal with. In terms of weapons, it seems that this has formed an advantage for them. This advantage made Huangfu Song and the others feel helpless, but they could also learn new things, such as this iron chain chain heavy armor horse formation, which is a new tactic.

Like a mountain, the troops pressed over. This impact was quite shocking, and with the infantry of the subsequent impact, the power of the battle formation was quite great. It is conceivable. Any army that spreads out on the plains and on its own will suffer the onslaught of the stage. This is no less than the modern tank-infantry coordinated tactics.

"If that's it, it's not counting. Look at this, it's just an ordinary junior officer of the Yellow Turban Army, what can you see? Huangfu Song thoroughly shared what he got with Zhu Jun and others. After all, the threat posed to them by the Red Turbans was too great.

"This, this is just a junior officer?" Cao Cao asked suspiciously. Because in the Han Army, that is, the Xiyuan New Army, the lower-level officers also do not know how to read, and most of the officers and soldiers are illiterate, which leads to their quality, and it is difficult to improve their summary after the war, that is to say, their battle formation level is still at the level of more than 1,000 people, and the combat efficiency is still relatively low, but the Red Turban Army has achieved less than 100 people, which may be a lower scale, that is to say, the combat ability of their grassroots units far surpasses them.

Cao Cao flipped through the pamphlet in his hand. Although the text on it is awkwardly written and has no calligraphy, the basic content is still visible, because such a situation can still solve such a problem.

"Yes, it's just one of their junior officers, I've found three copies of this kind of thing, it seems that they have done it universally, our opponents, the real opponents are them, if this team continues to develop, it will inevitably cause big trouble." Huangfu Song said worriedly. What he saw was a positive and upward developing army, this army surpassed the Han army, although the number was still relatively small, maybe they had not heard of it before, but a fact was already in front of them, such an army would cause them great losses, this loss will exceed the Yellow Turban Army, compared with the Yellow Turban Army, it is not at the same level at all.

"Such an opponent is terrible." Cao Cao said. He felt that the new army of the West Park might not have much hope of victory if it fought against such an opponent.

But on the other hand, the Xiyuan New Army has a learning goal, that is, the Red Turban Army, and if it can get some concrete practices, the Xiyuan New Army may become a strong army. Cao Cao's idea was simple, such an armed force should be in their hands. So that the government can continue.

"Such an opponent is indeed terrifying, but the question is, why didn't we know about them before, we should look at such opponents, what is their purpose?" Zhu Jun said.

"Well, I've sent someone into it to do so. Perhaps, soon, there will be results, but before I thought that the main opponent of our army is still the Yellow Turban Thief, inevitably, this is what Your Majesty meant. Huangfu Song said so. To them, the Yellow Turbans are a rabble, but it is such a rabble that attracts the attention of their emperor, and if they can't deal with it in time, I'm afraid their situation will not be much better. Zhu Jun and Cao Cao nodded in agreement.