Military exercises ended at the Military and Military University campus.

"Son-in-law, you are so powerful that you can even win the prince. Now we have two great Chu gods of war in the Prince Ping's Mansion."

Joo said excitedly.

"Yeah, my son-in-law is amazing. In the future, my son-in-law will definitely be even more famous than the prince!"

Di'er's eyes also shone with light and worshiped him in great detail.

Of course, Li Yu is the happiest. It is a good thing for both dad and husband to win. Of course, if the husband wins, it is naturally better.

"I'm called "paper talk" and nothing. Let's talk about it when I really have the chance to go to the battlefield in the future. Then go back and celebrate!"

Chu Tianxiu said with a big laugh.

Chu Tianxiu, Li Yu, Zuer, Di Er and other three returned to Yuyuan happily to celebrate the release of the new book.

I sold tens of thousands of copies in one go and collected 50,000 taels of silver, not to mention it, which caused a huge sensational effect, which was enough to make the book "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" popular for several years.

This money is enough for Danyang County to equip a super elite unit with thousands of people. Although there are not many people, such an elite army is enough to walk sideways on the battlefield.

What is elite?

If you are willing to spend money to equip yourself, you will be called elite. An excellent war horse requires hundreds of taels of silver, and a pair of armor and swords require hundreds of taels of silver.

A five-horse infantry chariot requires hundreds of silver.

To raise soldiers with fat and strong bodies, you also need a lot of money to buy meat.

Without the money to do these, it is impossible to build an elite force.

...

The Grand Marshal Li Rong was in a heavy mood and returned to Prince Ping's Mansion in depression.

Although Xiaohunhou is his son-in-law, winning or losing is the business of the Prince Ping’s Mansion and it will not hurt the fundamentals.

But this is a very shameful thing after all.

Why did he lose?

How did Xiaohunhou win?

This is a very important thing, he needs to figure out how he lost so badly.

Li Rong stayed away and held Xiao Hunhou's secret book on military strategy "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", and watched it for three days and three nights.

His eyes were red.

Fake!

Void!

Bragging!

In the eyes of a great Chu god of war and a master of war art like him, many of the battle plots in this book are false, and the characters in it are praising in different ways is of little value.

However, he was defeated in simulated military exercises!

Defeated to Xiaohunhou.

Li Rong thought hard for three days and three nights, but still caught the most critical point of his defeat - gunpowder gun!

The Danyang soldiers caused great damage to the Li family with their gunpowder guns.

The power of the gunpowder gun is about four or five times that of the bow and arrow.

Firepower!

This is the most terrifying thing.

A Danyang soldier equipped with gunpowder guns and armored armor shot against a Danyang soldier equipped with bows and arrows. The archers were shot directly through the chest, but the Danyang soldier was unscathed.

This has nothing to do with military tactics.

It's purely a difference in firepower!

This decisive gap caused Li Jiabing to suffer a crushing defeat in the exercise. As for other aspects, it also had some impact, but it was all secondary.

The secrets of military tactics are completely nonsense and are used to fool people. The scale of this military exercise is too small and there is no military tactics at all.

The firepower gap can only be compensated for.

Li Rong understood this and immediately attracted Chu Tianxiu.

The two of them were in the main hall of the Pingwang Mansion and secretly discussed important matters.

"Son-in-law, sit down!"

Li Rong looked at Chu Tianxiu with deep eyes.

"I wonder what happened to my father-in-law?!"

Chu Tianxiu asked with a smile as she looked at Li Rong's eyes that were full of anxiety.

"How much is your gunpowder gun worth a lot, and how many can you produce every day?"

Li Rong went straight in and asked.

Chu Tianxiu understood as soon as he heard it.

My father-in-law asked so directly that he obviously understood the mystery of the Danyang soldiers.

My father-in-law has the phobia of insufficient firepower, so he is preparing to build firepower.

"This gunpowder gun is very difficult to make. It is impossible to create a steel cylinder that is strong, smooth and withstands the power of explosion.

A gunpowder gun sells for 100 taels of silver. It’s at most dozens of them a day!”

Chu Tianxiu said conservatively.

This also depends on the industrial scale of steel round pipes in Danyang County.

As the scale increases, the output will naturally increase rapidly.

This requires a huge investment.

The hundreds of gunpowder guns in the hands of Danyang soldiers were actually the first batch of test items to test the effect and see how many shots it can withstand.

Then check the effect and improve it to improve the suitability of the gunpowder gun.

"How many dozens of them a day?"

Li Rong couldn't help but jump.

In this way, one thousand gunpowder guns can be produced in one month, tens of thousands of gunpowder guns can be produced in a year, and a gunpowder gun force of tens of thousands of people can be equipped.

This is a rather terrifying scale.

However, compared with the size of hundreds of thousands of standing troops in the Great Chu Dynasty.

Not many ten thousand people.

"I will report to the emperor tomorrow to prepare a gunpowder gun unit of ten thousand people! The Taiwei Mansion will allocate silver to you to place an order and produce enough gunpowder guns as soon as possible. In terms of price, can it be lowered?"

Li Rong gritted his teeth.

"Order ten thousand? Then cut half of it, fifty taels of silver and a gunpowder gun! However, the court has to pay the silver first, so I will arrange to improve the process and reduce the price."

Chu Tian said happily.

"Okay, then that's it!"

Li Rong nodded and breathed a sigh of relief.

It is still very cheap to equip a gunpowder gun force of 10,000 people.

At the same price, I can't afford to support a light cavalry unit of the same size.

"By the way, my son-in-law, if you invent any powerful firearm in the future, you can directly recommend it to me. The Taiwei Mansion will purchase it directly."

Li Rong said casually.

He had already had a foreshadowing that gunpowder was extraordinary.

In addition to gunpowder packs, gunpowder guns have been invented. We can definitely invent other similar things, and the firepower is extremely powerful.

Chu Tianxiu immediately smiled and said, "My father-in-law, you really have what you want!"

"Oh, what is it?"

"Cannon! The principle of a bronze cannon is similar to that of a gunpowder gun. It means magnifying the gunpowder gun a hundred times, but this cannon barrel is extremely thick, more than one meter long and two feet thick. The cannon shell weighs dozens of kilograms.

The range of the cannon can reach one or two hundred feet, or even four or five hundred feet! The terrifying power is even more unimaginable. One shot can knock down the city wall and destroy the city gate."

Chu Tianxiu said with added fuel to the fire.

Li Rong was stunned and felt a biting cold and indescribable tremor.

The gunpowder gun is enlarged a hundred times.

artillery?

Four or five hundred feet? At such a terrifying distance, the archer could not even see his opponent's shadow and was bombarded.

Cannon fire knocked down the city wall?

If this thing really appears, it will probably completely change all ancient tactics on the battlefield.

The effect of military tactics is getting weaker and weaker. All strategies and tactics are overshadowed by firepower. The use of strategies is only effective for enemies of the same strength.

For opponents with insufficient firepower, firepower will directly bring a crushing blow.

If the firepower is strong enough, you will directly push the other party’s nest and forcefully capture the city - the city is gone, the population and food are gone, so why are you fighting?

Firepower is the first!
Chapter completed!