However, whether Li Sheng has an indifferent temperament or is obsessed with fame and fortune, in short, since we are facing such a problem now, everyone has to be attentive and listen to Li Sheng's analysis.
Then Changsun Wuji naturally spoke out the two more important issues facing the army, but everyone had no clue after discussing them for a long time.
When Li Sheng heard this, he said without thinking,
"I think it's a bit inappropriate for you to ask me the first question. I'm only a one-night-stander, and you are all old-timers and you still ask me..."
When Li Sheng said this, his tone was not only aggrieved, but even irritating - but he didn't dare to show it.
As soon as he said it, Changsun Wuji, Li Xiaogong, Zhang Liang and other generals all turned red in the face. Looking at Li Sheng, they really wanted to go up and beat him up... You are still a junior, you beat the Turks to death.
Why don't you become a junior when you are older?
This... sounds modest, but isn't it actually trying to squeeze people out? Although you are all older, who has more combat skills than you?
But Li Xiaogong, Zhang Liang and others could not say anything to refute, because they felt...
Li Sheng's tone was truly serious. He felt that everyone was better than him...
Changsun Wuji smiled awkwardly, and had no choice but to cup his hands and say reluctantly, "Uh... well, Holy Marquis, that's fine, but..."
"Alas... Mr. Zhao Guogong, what kind of attitude do you have? It's too embarrassing for a junior like me." Li Sheng smiled bitterly, almost as if he had low self-esteem.
...But if you seniors are really worried, then...I brought something with me, and you can try it out later, it should be okay..."
Before Li Sheng, he assembled the steel tube cannon and tested it first - because there are far more iron-making factories than copper smelting factories, it is much faster to customize steel parts, so he tested the steel tube cannon first.
And the test results... were pretty good. Even with a large amount of explosives, the barrel didn't explode or anything.
As for brass artillery, because the thickness of the barrel wall is directly several times that of a steel pipe, and it is naturally heavy, its ductility is stronger than steel, so the possibility of problems is smaller. In fact, it can be said that... it is relatively mature.
.
But again, in Li Sheng's opinion, artillery is a kind of big firecracker. If one accidentally blows up the chamber, it will definitely seriously damage morale, so he is relatively conservative.
When he said this, both Changsun Wuji and Li Xiaogong's eyes lit up. Because they knew Li Sheng better, their hearts suddenly moved...
What does this mean? Are there new weapons?
Could it be that... there are more powerful divine arm bows and grenades?
But thinking about it like this, the two of them couldn't help but think of the "private goods" carriage brought by Li Sheng.
There were several carriages, each carried by seven or eight horses, which looked heavy. There were ten carriages in total, which was a lot.
but!
This carrying capacity was so insignificant among the entire expeditionary army that no one had noticed it before.
Since Li Sheng is the official supreme commander, it is not strange for him to bring some personal belongings. The extra personal belongings occupy ten carriages. After all, think about the time when Huo Qubing went to the fortress, with a total of 10,000 troops.
The Huo boy also needs to go to a five-star tent, need air conditioning, and play football...
The size of the army dispatched by the Tang Dynasty is now 200,000, and Li Sheng's luggage is certainly nothing.
Changsun Wuji was a little annoyed. Damn it, he didn't even notice that Li Sheng had brought the package...
But then, he and Li Xiaogong were a little worried.
How useful would it be to have just ten cars of this stuff?
The Tang Dynasty sent 200,000 troops, including 50,000 elite men like the Xuanjia Cavalry.
Not to mention the Goguryeo side. Back then, they had no chemical fertilizers or the support of steel mills, so they could muster an army of more than 500,000.
Now there are new toys, and recently, tribes have sprouted up everywhere, and the population continues to grow.
Under such a background, it is conceivable that the current total mobilization potential of Goguryeo is no joke, and it is not impossible to even have millions.
There is no problem in not calculating the enemy's total mobilization potential when arranging defenses.
But the expedition is different. Since the goal is to level the entire Goguryeo, this matter cannot be ignored. When calculating military strength, we cannot only calculate Goguryeo's current book strength, but also calculate the total mobilization potential-that is, adding reserves and potential
The population that can go to war.
Of course, in a place where nomadic life is lived, adult men and even a considerable number of adult women can be regarded as soldiers. The overall mobilization speed is relatively high, unlike the Central Plains Dynasty, which has unlimited stamina. But in any case, since it is
If we go on an expedition, the enemy's military strength will definitely be higher.
Calculating it this way, look at Li Sheng's ten carriages... Although they are all large carriages, they only have less than a hundred horses in total.
Even if they are all filled with grenades or even incendiary grenades,...how effective will they be?
It can be said that the situation of this expedition is really serious, because...
Changsun Wuji has always been known as a scheming man. Even if he doesn't get the information, he can often analyze more things and more possibilities than others if he gets the information.
For example, this time... Goguryeo has fertilizers and logistical supply buffs, and Goguryeo has grenades and combat explosive power buffs.
But apart from these... there is also an old piece of news that others have forgotten gradually over time, but Changsun Wuji's characteristic is that he can still recall things that he has forgotten.
Goguryeo had oil fields.
News from a few years ago. When this news came out, the focus of people (including Li Er) was not on the strength of Goguryeo itself, but on the fact that these unscrupulous people got support from unknown villains and got a lot of oranges.
Of course, that matter was taken down very quickly, and several large ships and countless fruits were directly disposed of without giving them a chance, which invisibly reduced the military threat to Datang.
So of course, most people gradually forgot about this matter, and as time went by, a few people no longer paid attention to this matter. After all, the oil fields belonged to others and were not within the territory of Datang.
But Changsun Wuji remembered this incident and thought about it on the way.
The climate in Goguryeo is cold, and the soil there is said to be good, but fruits such as oranges and oranges come from the hot south and are not easy to grow. But this is just one of them. Changsun Wuji clearly remembers the word "petroleum", but in fact it is not
It must be prepared with fruits, and it can be ignited directly with an open flame.
And it can be ignited with an open flame, which means...