What is the biggest advantage of muskets over bows?

Is it lethality? Is it range? Or is it the rate of fire? Or do they seem to have both?

But if Lu Ren is asked to answer this question, Lu Ren's answer is the low demand and low consumption of the user's physical energy. www.biquge.info Let's put it this way, in order to achieve the required lethality and range, the crossbow must increase the tension between the bow arm and the bowstring, but the result of this will greatly accelerate the user's physical consumption rate, and even at a certain point, the user will not be able to pull the bowstring or crossbow string.

But this is not the case with muskets. For musket users, their basic tasks are to reload, aim, and pull the trigger, and their physical demands and consumption are relatively low. To put it mildly, a powerless person with a bow and arrow is difficult to pose a threat to others. But if he was given a pistol...... Huh!

Lu Ren will insist on putting the musket out, and the above is one of the very important reasons. At the beginning of Yizhou, the population base was small, and the number of troops that could be obtained was very limited, and it was even more limited to reorganize strong troops from the limited forces, so it was necessary to make a big fuss about weapons and equipment to increase the value of their own combat power as much as possible.

Then, the musket in Lu Ren's hand actually began to be developed very early, and Lu Ren only set the target on the arquebus and flint gun at the earliest. However, with the improvement of the industrial conditions and all aspects of the hand, the first generation of officially used muskets was finally finalized into the current style a few years ago, and began to reequip the troops step by step.

Some people may say, you Lu Ren has had a musket for several years, right? Why didn't you take it out and use it earlier? In fact, this problem is not as simple as imagined, you must know that after the emergence of any kind of weapon of epochal significance, it is likely to trigger tactical changes, and combat units need to carry out relevant tactical research and development and adjustment. If you think that the guy in your hand is good, you think you can be unscrupulous on the battlefield...... I'm sorry, but you're dying.

Lu Ren is a traverser, and he knows very well that after the emergence of new weapons, relevant tactical adjustments will be required, so there will be several data collections on the use of muskets, and then these data will be thrown into the military academy in Yizhou, so that instructors and students can study relevant tactics based on these data, and at the same time, there will be relevant training for the troops who have changed their equipment. And these are not things that can be completed in a short period of time, so it was not until earlier that the musketeers in Yizhou were initially formed, and the first batch of thousands of people were also assigned to several legions to listen to them, and at this time they really went to the battlefield.

Most of the people will scoff at this, saying that you just took a gun and pointed it at someone and pulled the trigger? Why do you want so much nonsense? Sorry, it's far from that simple. And do those who say such things know that in modern military disciplines, there are considerations such as fire points, foxholes, cross-fire distribution, and so on? Before these things were completed, or before they reached a certain level, where would Lu Ren easily put the elite troops that had been formed with great difficulty into the battlefield?

Take the current battlefield of Mount Cisse as an example, the alternate fire of 2,000 musketeers is exquisite; And the six hand-cranked Gaglin frames in different corners are also using the most ferocious firepower at the current point to achieve a firepower cross network, so that the Liaodong soldiers cannot get close to the city at all.

In fact, by the time Deng Ai used these two thousand musketeers, Deng Ai's original 4,000 soldiers had already suffered more than half of the casualties, and they were already exhausted under the high-intensity battles for several days, after all, they were facing 30,000 Liaodong elites, of which 20,000 were the infantry that Gongsun Yuan originally planned to use to attack Chrysanthemum Port and was trained to be good at attacking offensive warfare. On the other hand, this walled city in Xisai Mountain is only a small city, and the defensive strength is not very high, and 4,000 people have held on to such a walled city, and it can be said that they have hit a limit after fighting for so many days. Without using these elite musketeers, Deng Ai was not even sure that he would be able to hold on any longer.

And the participation of 2,000 musketeers immediately pulled the tide of the battle back. This kind of thing is actually very common in the history of modern warfare, that is, the personnel who hold a certain place, in the case of relying on good weapons and terrain, can often hold on with a small number of troops.

In short, the battle situation in Xisai Mountain is stable. Deng Ai was of course greatly relieved, and Gongsun Yuan on the other side also had a burst of dark clouds in his heart.

The generals in the Xisai Mountain Walled City are excellent, the troops are quite sufficient, and the grain, grass and equipment are worry-free, mainly to see if Deng Ai can firmly nail Gongsun Yuan's 30,000 troops to the foot of Xisai Mountain.

To put it simply, at the point where the war has been fought so far, Liaodong is already the place that Lu Ren must occupy next. Now that the 30,000 elite troops in Liaodong are stuck in Xisai Mountain, it is a good opportunity to gather and annihilate the main living forces in Liaodong. If this opportunity is missed, so that Gongsun Yuan brings back more than 30,000 Liaodong elites, then the next Liaodong offensive is very likely to fall into a protracted war situation, which is extremely unfavorable to Lu Ren's side; On the other hand, if you take this opportunity to eat all the more than 30,000 Liaodong elites in one go, Liaodong will be short of troops to use, and it will be quite easy for Lu Ren's side to carry out siege battles. To exaggerate, it is not possible to understand that Lu Ren can "pass on the message" to Liaodong.

Therefore, in this battle under the Xisai Mountain, Lu Ren's ideal positioning is a war of annihilation rather than a battle of defeat. It is obviously unrealistic to annihilate Gongsun Yuan's more than 30,000 people just based on Deng Ai's blockade. If you want to complete a beautiful battle of annihilation, you must cooperate with a large corps of a certain size. Therefore, Xun Yu suggested that Lu Ren immediately send troops from Chrysanthemum Harbor, take advantage of Gongsun Yuan's unpreparedness to block Gongsun Yuan's approach to the north, and at the same time order Gan Ning to immediately mobilize the main force to land when he left a certain number of fleets to deter along the coast of Liaodong, and catch up before Gongsun Yuan made any big reaction.

To sum up, Murong Ziying's 7,000 cavalry rushed to Xisai Mountain in two days, and at the same time, it was not difficult to block Gongsun Yuan's northward road with a small relocation operation, the key was whether Gan Ning's main force could reach the battlefield in time.

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After Murong Ziying's 7,000 cavalry attacked in the form of one man and two horses, at noon the next day, nearly 10,000 horses from Ganning's side rushed to Chrysanthemum Harbor and took over the defense of Chrysanthemum Harbor. Then, after the initial division, a mobile elite force of 7,000 people was finally pulled out, and the next day under the leadership of Gan Ning rushed to the battlefield of Xisai Mountain.

In consideration of tactical needs, the 7,000 infantry were equipped with more than 2,000 plate wagons for use as personnel carriers in addition to the vehicles used to transport the baggage. This kind of horse is three meters long and one meter seven wide, pulled by two horses, and can seat more than ten people on the car without being crowded. Relatively speaking, the manufacturing process of the body is not very demanding, and in the case of using Yizhou's rubber wheels and metal axles, it is much stronger and more durable than ordinary vehicles in the Han Dynasty.

In fact, Yizhou began to use this kind of plate four-wheeled carriage for regular freight transportation very early, and when Lu Lingqi led the army to the north, he also brought this kind of plate carriage to the north to use. Due to the war, there are a lot of people in the north who have left their homes, and the Chrysanthemum Port has to settle a large number of people, and at the same time, it is necessary to carry out mutual market contact with some nomadic tribes as much as possible, and the task of transporting money and grain is heavy.

Of course, there is still a difference between the original and the copy, mainly reflected in the fact that the official mission of the Yizhou Corps uses rubber wheels and metal axles produced in Yizhou, while the unofficial mission uses wooden wheels and axles made by carpenters in the north.

In addition to transportation, this kind of cart also has the advantage of being a simple wooden fence once the enemy is encountered, and the soldiers on the cart jump off the carriage and then connect many carriages end to end, which can become a simple wooden fence. And when necessary, cut off the reins of the horse, and then stand the carriage body on its side, the width of 1.7 meters is more than 1.7 meters high, and the average nomadic cavalry can't jump over it at all. And the sturdy underfloor can also completely resist the light bow and small arrows that nomadic cavalry are accustomed to.

The purpose of equipping 7,000 infantry with more than 2,000 plate carriages was simple. The speed of a carriage with ten people must be much faster than that of two legs, and under the pull of two horses, both manpower and horsepower can be maintained in a relatively abundant state.

This way of infantry marching had been conceived by Lu Ren a long time ago, but it has not been implemented, mainly because although it is not difficult to build a car, the corresponding horses are a relatively big problem. This time it can be implemented because there have been several battles in recent times, and horses have always been the key capture objects of the Yizhou Corps, so at this time, the Yizhou Corps already had relatively sufficient horses to form such a cart transport brigade. More than 2,000 plate carriages need about 5,000 horses, and Chrysanthemum Harbor can be completely taken out at this time.

In addition, this time for the use of the plate carriage, Lu Ren also has a layer of purpose for testing and drilling. Lu Ren's later goal was to attack Liaodong and Fuyu, and it was likely that he would even have to fight with the nomadic tribes north of Liaodi from time to time. Most of these nomads were based on light cavalry, and although the Yizhou Corps focused on developing cavalry, the main position of the infantry could not be shaken. In the desert and steppe areas, it is obviously not enough for the infantry to walk on two legs, and it is very unrealistic for all cavalry to be full, and it is also a big problem in terms of logistics and supply.

Thinking about it, Lu Ren borrowed from the infantry corps of the Roman Empire at Shirley's suggestion. The Roman Empire's infantry phalanx has a strong history of the Roman Empire, and one of them is that almost every or every phalanx of infantry is equipped with one or more small vans. In peacetime, when marching, supplies and equipment are placed on the cart, and people pull the cart to advance lightly, and only take off the equipment from the cart to prepare for battle when they are about to fight, or take off the supplies to replenish their physical strength when they are camping. On the march, you can take turns with your teammates to pull the cart, or simply use the collected animal power to pull the cart forward, so that the soldiers' physical strength is also preserved.

Lu Ren took a fancy to this, so he vigorously developed the plate carriage at hand, and now the configuration of the Yizhou infantry is one tithe and two horses. The body with a length of three meters and a width of one meter seven can not only sit on a shi, but also place sufficient supplies and equipment. In addition, although the board car is open-topped, it is equipped with canvas and brackets. In case of rain and snow, the bracket is supported and then covered with canvas, which is a simple van carriage.

Without further ado, it is only said that Gan Ning took the 7,000 infantry out of Chrysanthemum Port and began to march quickly towards Xisai Mountain. At this time, in Xisai Mountain, Deng Ai's interception battle against Gongsun Yuan had been fought for several days, and the two sides were fighting more and more.

As soon as the first few days of the battle passed, Gongsun Yuan knew that his time was getting more and more urgent, even if he was stupid, so he launched a strong attack on the Xisaishan Walled City almost day and night, and he had the idea of taking advantage of his large number of soldiers to take turns and exhausting the "two thousand" Yizhou soldiers in the walled city with tired tactics.

Deng Ai saw that Gongsun Yuan had fallen deeper and deeper after being scheming, and he was naturally overjoyed in his heart, especially after receiving the news from Chrysanthemum Port on this day, they were also fighting more and more fiercely. How ruthless was it in the end? It was Deng Ai who ordered the dismantling of the guns on his ship and the delivery of ten light guns that were easy to transport to the Xisaishan Walled City...... It's not that I don't want to be heavy, it's really not easy to transport on mountain roads.

Although it is a light fire bag, ten breech guns of 25 cm caliber are not a joke to work together on that narrow mountain road. Every day, but the sound of artillery was heard continuously, and the number of casualties of the Liaodong soldiers surged, and many times when the artillery sounded, the Liaodong soldiers did not know whether to rush forward or retreat. From time to time, ten cannons are fired in unison, and there will be a fault between soldiers more than 500 steps away from the walled city, and the battle of Yizhou soldiers is getting easier and easier.

The only thing that complained was the transport team of more than 500 people that Xun Yun left for Deng Ai. Deng Ai is playing well, but the consumption of ammunition is a joke? On the mountain roads of dozens of Hanli, it will be difficult to move forward if there are too many things on the vehicles, and the "marines" like Deng Ai have almost no horse and animal power, and they have to rely on manpower to push and pull the vehicles to transport things, and even shoulder carry-on! But in order to meet the consumption of ammunition, the transport team has no other way but to bite the bullet!

After a few more days, the 7,000 elite cavalry led by Murong suddenly appeared in the north of Gongsun Yuan, and they were not in a hurry to fight, but calmly blocked the road to the north of Gongsun Yuan, and then sent several small groups of cavalry troops to harass the Liaodong soldiers. It was only at this time that Gongsun Yuan woke up from a dream and shouted that he had fallen for the trick.

It's just that what can I do if I know that I have won the scheme? After many days of fighting, the Liaodong army was already exhausted. In addition, the disadvantages of insufficient supplies for the Liaodong soldiers have appeared, and the Liaodong soldiers have begun to become panicked, so although there are still nearly 10,000 Liaodong cavalry, it is very difficult to break through the blockade of Murong Ziying's 7,000 elite cavalry in the north.

A few days later, the 7,000 infantry led by Gan Ning arrived, and after the three parties joined forces, they formed a state of encirclement, forcing Gongsun Yuan to the mountain road of Xisai Mountain with a strict formation. At this time, the strength of the two sides was actually still at a disadvantage, but the morale of Yizhou was strong and the military strength was sufficient, while the Liaodong soldiers were already tired and half-starved. Therefore, by the time the decisive battle began, the Liaodong soldiers surrendered almost in pieces.

Hitting the back, Gongsun Yuan knew that he had no power to return to the sky, so he could only take his three hundred personal guards to break through to the north. It was also Gongsun Yuan's luck that he didn't run into anything. Not long after the two sides fought, Murong Ziying quietly instructed his subordinates to deliberately avoid Gongsun Yuan. In other words, Murong Ziying was deliberately letting Gongsun Yuan leave according to Lu Ren's order.

The reason for this is that Lu Ren understands that although he may occupy Liaodong in a short period of time, he does not have enough strength to digest Liaodong. If Liaodong is forcibly occupied, Lu Ren's garrison forces will be insufficient, which is very fatal for Lu Ren's side to guard against both northern nomadism and Cao Cao's possible stabbing in the back.

In this case, it would be enough to annihilate the living forces of Liaodong in World War I, and as for Gongsun Yuan, it would be better to find an opportunity to let him escape back to Liaodong. Liaodong is connected to Sanhan and Xianbei, and if Gongsun Yuan dies in battle, the situation in Liaodong will definitely be turbulent and changeable. Gongsun Yuan is not very good, but after all, if he is still alive, he will still have a certain ability to suppress Xianbei and Sanhan, and the situation in Liaodong will not be chaotic because of this; Taking a step back, even if Xianbei and Sanhan saw that Gongsun Yuan's strength had greatly reduced and were ready to move, because Gongsun Yuan was leading the way in Liaodong, the situation would not be out of control.

What Lu Ren needs is a relatively stable Liaodong with a single force in charge, not a Liaodong with intricate and chaotic forces. To put it simply, if only one Gongsun Yuan is settled, Liaodong will be easier to take over, and the other forces have no foundation because they failed to intervene in before, and after Lu Ren gets rid of Liaodong, these intricate forces will also be easier to settle.

But if Liaodong is in turmoil, and Lu Ren can't immediately occupy Liaodong and become the master, and those forces take the lead and develop a certain amount of strength, then it will be very troublesome for Lu Ren to digest Liaodong next. Therefore, at this point in time, Lu Ren cannot take Gongsun Yuan's life for the time being.

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A few days later, the people from all walks of life were divided into land and sea routes, and more than 20,000 Liaodong prisoners were escorted to Chrysanthemum Port by sea, and then directly dispatched ships from Chrysanthemum Port to send more than 20,000 Liaodong prisoners to Yizhou as coolies. The land side did not bring prisoners, but returned to Chrysanthemum Port with more than 5,000 captured horses......

(It's almost the New Year~ The bottle here is also a little messy and messy~ Alas!) (To be continued.) )