The first thousand two hundred and seventy-three chapters of the replacement of weapons
Even though steam technology is available, it is not enough to transform Dali directly into an industrialized country.
Therefore, the manufacturing speed of firearms and ammunition is still limited.
However, with Da Li's national strength, it is not unbearable to have a production line dedicated to providing weapons and ammunition for the expeditionary force.
But in this way, it will undoubtedly slow down the assembly speed of firearms in other armies, and the territory of Dali is hidden by the descendants of the Boundary Lord.
Because of the cultivation of this avatar, Emperor Xin could only grant the title of divine general to the Northern Xinjiang Army, with at most a small number of Uighur cavalry. However, he was unable to grant the title to all the troops in Dali.
With the main body as his backing, he has a sufficient supply of divine soul power, but the clone cannot output so much divine soul power at the same time.
Even if the realm master competitors hidden in the territory of Dali are limited in scale, they will definitely use their own methods to increase the strength of their own forces, just like Emperor Xin increased the combat power of the Northern Xinjiang Army.
In addition, the cultivation level of the descendant of the World Lord.
Amidst the ebb and flow, the descendants of the world lords and the forces under their command are all difficult bones to crack.
Although most of the troops in Dali would not go on an expedition with Di Xin, Di Xin needed them to protect his rear, so he did not want to lose too much of these troops.
Re-recruiting and training soldiers, the greater the number, the more variables will be added.
Although the added variables for this are very few, taking precautions will prevent you from capsizing in the gutter.
However, these descendants of the Realm Lord hidden in the territory of Dali must be removed, otherwise the number of variables will only increase.
Therefore, he did not continue to improve the strength of the Northern Xinjiang Army, which was already in a crushing position, but first equipped the firearms to eliminate the troops in Dali.
With a firearm in hand, it will be much easier to deal with those difficult bones.
During Di Xin's expedition, he stayed close to these soldiers who had been made natives by the Realm Lord and eliminated the superior descendants of the Realm Lord one by one. This operation was indispensable.
And no matter how difficult it is to deal with these realm lord competitors hidden in the territory of Dali, the consumption of firearms and ammunition is still less than that of an expeditionary force to conquer foreign races.
After all, the scale of an organization that hides its head and hides its tail is difficult to reach.
Not every underground organization is like Mingyue Tower, with the support of the eldest son of the current emperor.
Therefore, although a lot of firearms and ammunition have been consumed in the past three years in exterminating the forces of those who have descended from the Realm Lord, now, except for the Northern Xinjiang Army, the number of firearms assembled by each army has been in place.
Shield has gone to the extreme.
What needs to be improved now is naturally the spear.
That is, the expeditionary force of the Northern Xinjiang Army and the Uighur Cavalry.
And these are just things that Emperor Xin did incidentally after returning to the capital.
Regarding the required configuration of firearms in the expeditionary force, although it was placed last, the Ministry of War had already made plans based on the data submitted by Di Xin, so even if Di Xin did not return to Beijing, this matter would proceed as scheduled.
The summary of three years of battle reports is even more so.
A discount will be given to you no matter how you send it to the capital.
The main reason why Emperor Xin returned to the capital was to stabilize his ambition.
After being canonized as crown prince, Di Xin will be the next crown prince and the future of Dali.
Therefore, Emperor Xin's safety is extremely important.
Therefore, the officials were actually opposed to Emperor Xin's expedition at the beginning, even though he used the most brutal method to establish his authority in the hearts of the officials.
Although he was away for three years on the expedition, every time he was sent back to the court, it would be said that Emperor Xin was fine.
But the most indispensable thing on the battlefield is surprise.
The human race is a race that is good at imagining,
Therefore, three years after Emperor Xin, the crown prince, left Beijing, even though the old emperor was in charge, some discordant rumors gradually emerged and began to ferment.
Some say that he was fine because he hid behind the scenes during the war, and that his personal expedition was just for show; others said that he refused to report his injuries...
What's more serious is that he is self-reliant with troops outside and is always ready to usurp the throne.
Although both Di Xin and the old emperor knew that these rumors were false, they couldn't resist people saying so, and they continued to spread under the deliberate propaganda of some people.
The court, which had been stable for three years, gradually became impetuous.
Therefore, after the expedition temporarily came to an end, Emperor Xin returned to the capital as soon as possible, and then he and the old emperor had an unusually harmonious drama between the emperor and his ministers, and the harmony between father and son.
And this drama spread throughout the streets and alleys of the capital the next day.
Compared with manipulating public opinion, those who hide in the dark cannot catch up with God Xin even if they ride on eight horses.
Those rumors were completely dispelled in just a few days after Emperor Xin returned to the capital.
And the topic has completely changed the direction.
Nowadays, anyone who tries to spread rumors that Emperor Xin has rebellious intentions will only be spat in the face.
It is worth mentioning that those who could create rumors were also found out by Di Xin and severely punished.
After this wave of operations to scare the monkeys, Di Xin believes that those who are really hiding behind the scenes to cause trouble will definitely put away those claws that may be chopped off.
After the court was stabilized, Emperor Xin could leverage the war against the Dashi Empire.
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Seven days later.
After Di Xin and the Ministry of War once again verified the number of firearms needed by the expeditionary force, they left the capital.
Those firearms will also be taken to northern Xinjiang in a few days.
In northern Xinjiang, the expeditionary force will conduct several months of training before heading to southern Xinjiang.
Even though the territory of Dali has expanded to the entire continent, southern Xinjiang is still the closest point to the sea from northern Xinjiang.
The warships needed for the expeditionary force were also stationed in southern Xinjiang.
After arriving in southern Xinjiang, the expeditionary force still needs one month of ship training.
With the emergence of steam technology, the biggest change was not horse-drawn carriages, but warships.
In the past, warships could only be maneuvered by wind and manpower, but now warships are powered by steam technology, so they naturally need to be familiar with it again.
However, with previous experience of learning to operate a warship, it is naturally easier to become familiar with new functions now.
And let’s talk about the only exception.
It may be that the ship is propelled by steam technology, and its maximum speed has exceeded the ship's maneuvering speed when Zeng Hongshen trained Ouyang Xuan.
So, as expected, Ouyang Xuan got seasick again.
Then he was given even more cruel training.
At the same time, a larger ship also appeared.
In the past, what limited the size of warships was the difficulty of manpower maneuvering. The larger the ship, the more manpower it required, and the more difficult it was to maneuver.
Now that steam technology is used as power, it is naturally possible to build larger warships, and even so, the speed is faster than previous warships.
However, even if there is enough power, the sensitivity of the ship will decrease if it is too large.
Therefore, two such warships were built.
One is stationed in the sea area of Dali, and the other is used as Emperor Xin's ship, serving as the main ship of the expeditionary force.
After more than four months of preparations, the expeditionary force set out to sea again.