In fact, here, Duan Ye is almost caught in a paradox.

Because Duan Ye needs time to accumulate strength and develop himself, then he naturally needs to cultivate his own light and avoid those who are now stronger than himself from attacking his own ideas in advance, and destroying himself while his wings are not full.

But on the other hand, as mentioned earlier, Duan Ye is already in a weak position, and if you want to catch up and overtake development, you have to use some extraordinary means, but in fact, creating public opinion and momentum is originally a means, and the momentum is not huge, how can you make people believe that you have a future and space for development?

In addition, Liangzhou is not a very good base in the first place, and Duan Ye is almost destined to walk a tightrope on the scale of advance and retreat, which is really hard.

Three years, in fact, it can't be shorter, Liu Bang and Xiang Yu at that time when the Qin Dynasty collapsed, and when all roads were turbulent, it still took 4 years to overthrow this powerful dynasty, and the two of them spent another four years fighting for the world. Despite this, the situation faced by Liu Bang and Xiang Yu is still much more favorable than that of Duan Ye, they all have base areas suitable for strategic mobility, they all have inexhaustible resources, and they all have a huge interest group support, none of these Duan Ye are now, and Duan Ye is completely self-made.

But what can be done? Duan Ye will never give up halfway, since he has embarked on this road, he must not turn back, Duan Ye must go to the end.

On the issue of weapons, Duan Ye also adopted a dual-track system, familiar with the historical trajectory, of course, he knows that hot weapons are the trend of historical progress, with hot weapons, cold weapons are almost not opponents at all, although he is not a military expert, but this era is only less than three hundred years since the Chinese developed black powder, if they tell those ingenious craftsmen in advance some of the conclusions they have worked so hard to obtain, they can completely let them master this thing that dominates the fate of mankind in advance.

But Duan Ye has a big concern, now Duan Ye has a team of craftsmen in his hands, they are ingenious, they are very loyal, Duan Ye is also sure that after he tells them the formula of black powder, they will be able to quickly start to improve, and they will be able to study some rough firearms, the problem is that the firearms of this period, before they have been improved and the army has been strictly trained, although they may still have a slight advantage in the face of traditional armies, but they will not form an absolute advantage, such as in the face of cavalry, It will be a loss.

So in this way, if the enemy launches a full-scale attack on Duan Ye, Duan Ye may not be able to withstand it, and the greater risk is that these craftsmen of his own, he did give them a high salary, but there are many people in the world who can afford this price, and they are also trying their best to cultivate their loyalty, but firstly, the formation of loyalty takes time, and secondly, loyalty is often the temptation of betrayal is not big enough, and Duan Ye believes that some forces can successfully tempt them, and secondly, even if they can face the temptation, Duan Ye is still not sure to keep his sphere of influence, even if he has firearms, it is still uncertain in the short term, and if he is not careful, those firearms that are difficult to buy are likely to fall into the hands of the enemy.

Think about it, if Fu Hong of the Great Qin Empire gets these firearms, then will others still have a chance to come out.

This risk is too great for Duan Ye not to measure, so Duan Ye's policy is to put those who study firearms under closed management first, and no one knows about it except for himself and the relevant handlers.

Although cold weapons will be eliminated in the long run, cold weapons still have a lot of potential to be tapped, and how to effectively integrate existing resources is actually a great science.

Knives, guns, swords, halberds and these naturally don't need to be said, Duan Ye still started his brain in the materials first, there are actually a lot of smelting masters here, and the technology is okay, although Duan Ye doesn't know much about smelting, but how much, he was also a highly educated person at the beginning, what carbonization, what blast furnace, he still knows a thing or two, and these blacksmiths are actually on the front line all year round and have a lot of practical experience, but these people are actually always working hard, and there is a lack of people to guide the way, Duan Ye occasionally pops out a few wordsIn fact, it is the crystallization of countless wisdom and blood and sweat of later generations, and in the eyes of these people, it is natural to have a feeling of sudden enlightenment.

So the good iron and steel of a furnace were smelted, but Duan Ye felt that it was a pity that he could only let them do manual operations now, and if he wanted to build a large-scale iron-making and steelmaking plant now, it was technically impossible to do it, and Duan Ye couldn't come up with so much money.

In terms of weapons, in fact, Duan Ye has always had a soft spot for bows and crossbows, because other weapons basically rely on manpower, how much strength you have, how much strength you have, but the bow and crossbow use the principles of mechanics, which can play a magnifying role, and can kill remotely.

Finally, months of hard work has paid off, on the school field, well-trained crossbowmen are holding crossbows, divided into several rows in place, the front lies down, the middle half squats, the last stand straight, all holding crossbow machines, when Duan Ye gives an order, the first row of the first buckle the motor work, and quickly start loading after shooting, and at the same time the second team began to shoot arrows, after the completion of the third row, and at this time the first row of crossbowmen has already been loaded, the whole process, the arrow rain is never interrupted, unstoppable.

The literati who came to watch the ceremony were all as earth-colored, and the military attachés were all gearing up.

Of course, for these machine crossbows, Duan Ye naturally took the strictest secrecy measures, and used a number for each crossbow, and only after many people signed the crossbow could the crossbow be taken out of the library, absolutely preventing all leaks.

Weapons are important, the training of the army is also very important, one is of course the training of cavalry, this problem, Duan Ping is actually more proficient than himself, Duan Ye has always believed that laymen must not lead insiders, people understand cavalry, they should let people do it, but Duan Ye will not forget that these armies are the capital of their own lives, Duan Ye definitely does not say that he will not care when he is in charge, he knows very well that people who train soldiers can easily form private feelings with the army, and if they don't do it well, they can create soldiers as generals. That's a wedding dress for someone else, and Duan Ye won't do such a loss-making thing.

Therefore, Duan Ye still often goes to the cavalry training place to watch, and personally prepares meals for the soldiers, provides them with logistics, and from time to time personally talks about life and ideals with the soldiers, and of course, he also holds regular meetings of grassroots officers, so as to ensure that this elite force is firmly in his own hands.