Qi Guangyi's gaze suddenly focused on the horse pistol in Xiao Ming's mouth.

With Xiao Ming's permission, he took the carbine and looked at it carefully, the more he looked at it, the more excited he became, the carbine in his hand was indeed very similar to the Han-style rifle, but the difference was that the carbine was relatively short and very light.

Now that he has some knowledge of firearms, this design of the carbine pistol is very suitable for shooting on horses, but the range is slightly closer.

But even so, this is longer than the range of the barbarians' bows and arrows, and they have always suffered from long-range weapons in the battles against the barbarians in the steppes over the years.

Now with the carbines, they can completely reverse this disadvantage.

"Your Majesty, how many of these carbines are there?" Qi Guangyi asked excitedly.

"Not much, the military factory has produced a total of eight thousand horse guns, which should be enough for this war, and with this batch of horse guns you can form an elite cavalry to deal with the barbarians."

Xiao Ming took Qi Guangyi to the map, and the area north of the Great Wall and west of Raozhou was still controlled by the Golden Horde.

"Eight thousand, that's a lot." Qi Guangyi asked expectantly, "Your Majesty, is this also the same metal bullet as a Han-style rifle?" ”

Hearing this, Xiao Ming showed a wry smile, and he said: "Don't think about this, the production of metal bullets is extremely difficult, and the caliber of the carbine is 6.5 mm, and the caliber of the bullets is not the same, which means that the use of metal bullets military factories needs to build a new production line, and this will take a long time, so you can use paper shell bullets for the time being, it is enough." “

Qi Guangyi was a little disappointed, but after thinking about it, it was much better than returning empty-handed, and now the use of paper shell bullets is only an expedient measure, maybe it won't be long before metal bullets can be used.

Thinking of this, he said: "The last general is a little greedy, this kind of horse pistol is indeed suitable for shooting immediately, and it is more than enough to deal with the barbarian cavalry. “

Xiao Ming nodded, in order to make it easier for the cavalry to carry, this horse pistol also has a strap, which can be carried on the cavalry's back.

This allows the cavalry to switch between melee and ranged fire at any time.

After showing the carbine, Xiao Ming continued: "The carbine is one thing, the will to fight is another thing, and now the weapon-only theory that has emerged in the army is very dangerous, which will make our soldiers rely too much on weapons and forget that they are the foundation of victory in the war." ”

In the past ten years, in all wars, they have basically used superior weapons to defeat the enemy, which has created an illusion for both soldiers and generals that weapons determine war.

But he was well aware that weapons were only one factor in warfare, as evidenced by the fact that in recent times his country has outperformed weapons over other countries of their generation.

Qi Guangyi's expression became serious when he heard this, and he said: "The last general has always remembered the teaching that the brave win when they meet on a narrow road. ”

"Well, that's right." Xiao Ming patted Qi Guangyi on the shoulder, "This Northern Expedition is mainly led by two old generals, Niu Ben and Luo Quan, your cavalry must actively cooperate, I am waiting for your good news, now that the army has been assembled, you can set off after resting at home for five days." ”

"Yes, Your Majesty." Qi Guangyi bowed in response.

April 9.

After months of preparation, the army of the Golden Horde was assembled at Qingzhou Station, and through the powerful transportation capacity of steam locomotives, 80,000 soldiers went straight from Qingzhou to Raozhou.

The soldiers arrived in Raozhou with a large amount of weapons, ammunition and canned food.

"General, these cans are very rich."

After a day and a night of trekking, the first soldiers and supplies arrived in Raozhou, and Niu Ben, Luo Quan, and Qi Guangyi arrived on the first steam locomotive.

When inspecting the canned food delivered, Qi Guangyi was also an eye-opener.

This military canned food was no stranger to him, and during the Civil War, it was a supply weapon for soldiers to conquer.

However, since then, he has not seen military canned food, because the garrison Raozhou eats ordinary meals and does not need canned food.

So the military canned food sent this time was an eye-opener for him.

"Since the first canning factory made a fortune in the Civil War, there are now many canned food factories in Qingzhou, and in order to attract orders from the Ministry of Military Aircraft, these factories are also racking their brains to make all kinds of cans, and now there is such a rich military can."

While speaking, Niu Ben pointed to different cans and said, "This is canned pork, this is canned potatoes, this is canned fruit, and this is canned biscuits......"

Niu Ben was talking, Luo Quan was laughing, and he said to Qi Guangyi: "The food of the army is getting better and better, where did we have this condition when we fought in the past." ”

Qi Guangyi was dumbfounded, he had seen it today.

After inspecting some food, the three of them waited for the first group of soldiers to assemble before heading into the city.

When he arrived at the Raozhou camp, Niu Ben said: "The logistics of this war are not a problem, and the conditions for fighting are much better than before. ”

After a pause, he asked Qi Guangyi, "Now you can tell us more about the situation of the barbarians now." ”

In response, Qi Guangyi walked to the map of the grassland, groaned, and said: "Since the barbarians were driven back to the grassland by us, the barbarians have suffered great losses, but the emaciated camels are bigger than the horses, although the barbarians are in decline, their strength is still strong, and the number of cavalry is about 260,000. ”

"Although the barbarians lost the Kanto, the cavalry did not lose much, and they lost the most slaves." Luo Quan said: "These 260,000 people are not a small number, almost twice as many as us. “

Niu Ben nodded slightly when he heard this.

Qi Guangyi continued: "These 260,000 cavalry are not concentrated together, but distributed in the vast grassland, and in order to avoid our blows, the Golden Horde of the Golden Horde has been relocated to this place, which is far away from us. ”

"This is Ili, it's really far away." Niu Ben's eyes narrowed, and Qi Guangyi's map had already marked the distribution of barbarians in the grassland.

In the vast steppe, the barbarian tribes occupied different pastures, each with a different strength, these tribes seemed scattered, but he knew very well that once the war came, these tribes would coalesce and become their enemies.

Through Qi Guangyi's introduction, their current distribution of barbarians gradually became clear, Luo Quan said at this time: "Our infantry is equipped with Han-style rifles, using guard artillery, as long as the hollow phalanx is used, the barbarians will have no power to parry, so, there is no need to worry too much, when the soldiers do not send troops to the grassland, the barbarian tribes will be wiped out, so as to prevent future troubles!" “