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Chapter 347: The Lost Liao National Fortune (Part 1)

Cai Huang didn't know what happened in the Liao Kingdom, and didn't know that Shiqi released more than ten flying pigeons on Treasure and Silver Island. At this time, he didn't have much time and energy to consider the affairs of the Song, Liao and Jin Kingdom.

After the basic military formation of the Guards was finalized, in order to increase the rate of fire, the barrage also added some "cannons and machine guns" that were truly equal to later generations. This "cannons and machine guns" were not the kind of cannons and machine guns of later generations, but mother-child cannons and multiple guns.

The mother-child cannon is a sub-cannon equipped with gunpowder in advance to replace the shells of later generations. During combat, only the child cannon needs to be put into the chamber of the mother cannon and fired, which effectively increases the rate of the shells. However, the technology at this time cannot reach the air-retaining nature of later generations. The range of the mother-child cannon of the same caliber is worse than that of the front-installed cannon.

Cai Yan had seen three-eyed muskets in the museum, and heard from the staff that there were three-eyed, five-eyed, and even dozens of muskets, which were equipped with gunpowder in advance, and could quickly fire during wartime.

Perhaps the direction of consideration is different. The three-eyed musket seen in the museum has a short barrel, and a long wooden stick can be added behind it. After firing, it can be used as a mace. However, it is also insufficient because the barrel is short and it is a one-time projection fire weapon that the enemy rushed to the near future.

Cai Yan didn't know whether this kind of short pipe and multi-barrel musket could play a role in blocking the enemy at close range. He was more willing to block the enemy dozens of steps and hundreds of steps away. Because of this consideration, the short pipe and multi-barrel musket also turned into an eight-barrel "heavy musket" of 250 kilograms.

The infantry formation under cold weapons is a combination of bows, crossbows, spearmen, swords, shields and hands. In essence, it is a combined army formation of long-range, close-range and close-fitting battles. That is, the use of "far, medium, and close" weapons on the battlefield. The firearm era also cannot be separated from this principle.

The range and lethality of the mother-child cannon are not as good as the front-mounted run. Like the multi-barrel fire gun, it is to install the cannon in the front, and the fuse gun is unable to prevent the enemy from replenishing the firepower when approaching.

Among the common sense gained in the previous life, an artillery company had only four cannons, two musket companies at four top corners and one artillery company, and a grenadier company. The muskets were not flintlocks, and the firing rate was obviously not up to the demand, so the number of artillery must be increased. After the exercise and test, the artillery was also increased to ten cannons of four front-mounted, six mother cannons, combined with the twelve multi-barrel muskets of the musket company, and fifteen miniaturized scorpion crossbows of the grenadier company, so that Cai Yan cannons can be satisfied.

The artillery was added to the mother-child cannons, the musketeers were equipped with multiple musketeers, and the grenadiers were equipped with scorpion crossbows to project thunder in the palm of their palms. This made the crossbowmen a little dissatisfied. The regiment commander Cai Ershiqi looked like a lump of elm, and did not speak dissatisfied. He stood outside the door with San'er all day long.

He was furious and had no choice but to equip the crossbowmen with an artillery company. The organization of the grenades was like opening a hole. As soon as Cai 27 was appeased, Cai Sanshi ran to his door again and bothered him every day, and insisted on letting him treat him equally. In the end, he had to agree to equip the baggage battalion with an artillery company, a grenades company, and then a cavalry battalion...

Finally, Cai Yan discovered sadly that the standard combat army formation cluster was expanded by 8,000 people, almost becoming a division. After hesitating for half a day, all the organization expanded again with a wave of his hand, namely, three crossbow battalions, two sword and shield battalions, twelve fire soldiers companies, four reinforced artillery companies, four grenadier companies, one cavalry battalion, and one logistics chariot battalion. The scale of the standard division of the 70 artillery, eighty-four multi-barrel muskets and one hundred and five scorpion crossbows.

He didn't have to worry too much about training. At this time, it was just a team and running training, just a simple military order training. Cai Yan paid the only military discipline and hygiene that he paid attention to. Before the high-speed weapons appeared, musketeers paid more attention to the spirit of "sending death". Rows of walking wooden stakes face life and death. Without strict discipline and spirit of honor, it is hard to say whether they will be defeated when they encounter the enemy.

He was busy all day long and didn't touch the ground. Cai Yan didn't have the energy to ask about what happened in the Song, Liao and Jin Dynasties. Even if he wanted to ask, he was helpless. When he finished his day's fatigue and was about to rest, San'er knocked on the door and told Su Mei that he had come to the workshop.

Lu Tao was blocked outside the workshop, which seemed to have become a habit. After his son was in seclusion, Su Mei had to have dinner with his son every day, and picked up some interesting things from the court as jokes to tell him.

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"I received a letter from Fu Jin today. The female savage occupied the Liao Kingdom's Shangjing. The old master discussed it behind closed doors for a day. They all thought that the words of Jae were right. In just two years, the Liao Kingdom lost Tokyo one after another and went to Beijing. The demise was irreversible. The old masters wanted to know, what should we do next?"

Cai Yan felt very unrealistic about the fact that the female Naoki occupied Liao Shangjing so quickly, and she sighed softly after a long time.

"The child has to admit that Wanyan Aguda is indeed a hero. When Yelu Yanxi went to Yazihe in the first year of Zhenghe, the savage tribes were flattering and bowing their heads. Only this person was dissatisfied, which shows his pride."

Su Mei was silent for a moment and had to nod and said, "Yelu Yanxi should have taken the opportunity to cut off the Wanyan Aguda that day, and the Liao Kingdom would not have been in such a dilemma."

Cai Yan said undeniably: "My mother is wrong. Yelu Yanxi cannot kill Wanyan Agu that day."

Su Mei was stunned. Cai Yan poured Su Mei a glass of wine and explained: "The one who refused to dance that day was Wanyan Aguda, not the female governor of the Five Kingdoms."

After Cai Yan said this, Su Mei immediately understood why she could not easily kill Wanyan Agu.

Wanyan Aguda was not the leader of the five countries of the Ninzhi Kingdom at that time. Even if Yelu Yanxi was angry that day, he would not have been able to kill this person because of this. This would make everyone in the five countries of the Ninzhi Kingdom angry, and it was hard to say whether they would rebel immediately.

Cai Yan said: "The Wanyan tribe is a small tribe of the five female tribes. If it weren't for killing Wuguna, the former governor of the Five Kingdoms, he would not have received support from the Liao Kingdom, and he would not have been in a difficult situation."

"The special military system of Liao Kingdom determines that the Liao Kingdom's soldiers will not treat the female savages well. It is normal to plunder and suppress the female savages. After all, having a female savage is not a domesticated mature female savage. The only mistake is that the Liao Kingdom should not always support the Wanyan tribe, but should support the Wanyan tribe today and support the swing policies of other tribes tomorrow. In this way, the female savages can avoid the situation where the female savages dominate."

Cai Yan said: "The female savage lives in a more bitter and cold place north of the Yazi River, and there are thousands of miles of frozen land north. It is difficult to effectively manage such a place, especially under the special military system of Liao Kingdom without military pay. It is impossible to manage such a bitter and cold place with gentle care. Only by avoiding the situation of one family dominance, and only by letting them be hostile to each other is the best situation."

After thinking carefully, Su Mei had to admit that her son was right. Thinking of the situation in front of her, she still worried and said, "What should we do now?"

Cai Yan smiled bitterly and shook his head and said, "Yelu Yanxi made too many mistakes. At the beginning, she was foolish and defeated, which made Tokyo empty and unable to suppress the rebellion of Naomen from the Bohai Sea. So Wanyan Aguda took the opportunity to seize Tokyo. It would be fine if Tokyo was lost. If a wise emperor, he should know that Shangjing is the most dangerous, and he should focus on Shangjing's governance."

"well……"

Cai Yan smiled helplessly.

"After the defeat of Yazihe in Liao Kingdom, Yelu Yanxi led a 100,000 army to suppress Mount Tai and wipe out the Wanyan tribe in one fell swoop, but Yelu Zhangnu rebelled in Shangjing, so that the 100,000 army was defeated in the battle."

"Ah my mother should know why the Liao army is in turmoil. It is not just Yelu Zhangnu rebelled and wanted to establish another Liao Khan, but Shangjing could not only attack the 100,000 troops with the female savages, but also directly attack the rear of Zhongjing."

"The 100,000 troops have mobilized almost all the troops that Tokyo can produce. How can the morale of the army be unstable when the rear route is unstable?"
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