The deep and long Lantian Valley, the former site of the Battle of Lantian where the Chu battle between the six kingdoms broke out in the middle of the Warring States Period, was once again boiling.

The ancient Guancheng, which had been silent and abandoned at the foot of Linzhi Mountain for a long time, was once again surrounded by continuous wars. The corpses, all over the place, almost filled up the winding and layered gullies and deep trenches, and extended to the base of the walls covered with earth.

As the last iron ball ejected from the broken light wall splashed a large amount of sand and stones on the dry and hard land in the distance, it bounced upside down and jumped up. The last team of cavalry still left on the battlefield. Suddenly, the horses neighed and knocked over several cavalry, and the remaining cavalry were so shocked that they hurriedly slapped the horses and fled in all directions.

Then a wave of cheers burst out on the city. Although they were still in pain and exhausted, they used their last little strength to stand up and make various moves in the direction of the enemy's defeat.

Because the Western Army, which swept through the northwest several roads and entered the uninhabited land in the pass, had always been defeated and finally broke here. Although most of the people who fell here were mixed people who were incorporated by them, it also exposed the powerlessness of these Western Army light cavalry, who were skilled in bowing and horses, in front of the slightly decent moats and walls.

Especially in front of the moat guarded by the firearm, it was a bit like a death. Unfortunately, they didn’t have much medicine in their hands. After all, compared with famous passes like Wuguan, Xiaoguan, and Dasanguan, this is just a second-tier pass in the rear, and Wuguan, the important town of Shangzhou is also a double insurance in the south;

Therefore, Gao Chong, who was the governor of the Guannei, placed a man with too much damage here and used the original terrain to build a village and reset the pass, just to prevent the escaping from the Guannei bandits or the population of other forces from escaping.

Therefore, the three battalions stationed in the local area were far behind the other soldiers and horses in the inner road in terms of personnel supply and equipment, not to mention rare objects such as muskets and cannons. Many people still use equipment abandoned by the former Shenji Army, which seemed a bit complicated and unruly.

Even the cannon used on the wall fainted because it was too bulky and overturned nearby, directly destroying the loaded vehicle, and had to be temporarily left to install it on the pass built in the upper position as a kind of deterrent, but I didn't expect it to be useful today.

As for the medicine used, let alone the various things you use, you will not refuse any of them;

Of course, for the gunmen and gunners, the source and quality of gunpowder used are naturally different.

The best source is undoubtedly Huai (black fire making) medicine. Whether it is a small bucket of cannon medicine with a volume of liters or a corner-loaded gun medicine, the particles are even and delicate, with thin smoke and strong fire, but unfortunately it is really expensive in terms of price. A small bucket of ten kilograms is transported from the back of the mountain from the upper reaches of the Huai River, and then it will cost five coins.

The second is the imitation of Shu (fire making) medicine in Jiannan, and the craftsmanship and craftsmen in many salt fields in northern Shu were the foundation. Although the particles were coarse, and they could at least imitate them, the production and production scale were not enough, and they could only provide a few troops closely related to Shu.

In addition, the Jiangnan provinces have successively collected local sulfur saltpeter charcoal formulas on the grounds of being prepared for thieves and produced by themselves. Among them, those with incomplete residual quality are good and bad, and the quality fluctuates with batches. However, at least they can still be used directly. However, the slight differences in the dosage of medicine need to be mastered slowly by yourself.

However, overall the price is much cheaper than Shu medicine. The most stable quality is undoubtedly the Jing medicine prepared by Jingnan. Because it was the result of the personal inquiries and supervision of Wang Duanchen, the commander of the Central Army and Wang Duanchen, and the benefits of the water and land and the collection of materials in Jingxiang, the scale of the gunpowder produced is relatively large and the batch difference is very small.

The cheapest one is undoubtedly the Jiangxi medicine produced in Jiangxi Road, which is even only 40 or 50 pounds per pound. Therefore, this is also one of the purchasers of generals from all towns in the north, who show their magical powers and means in private;

The second most, undoubtedly, the state has taken a thousand miles away, and the standard medicine that was called Guang (fire making) medicine was transported from Jiangning. After all, if the lead is not in compliance with the rules, it can be polished or melted and then cast, but the problem of the gunpowder is a big problem;

I don’t know whether it is a problem with the production and preparation process or the poor transportation and storage along the way. The Guang medicine I got in the end was generally affected by moisture and skewers, but also a lot of sand and dust were mixed in. I had to sifted through a few channels before I dared to use it with confidence. Otherwise, there would be problems and probability of smoldering and dulling fire. Despite this, there were still many problems with large smoke and pungent eyes, large movement and small firepower.

However, because it is a relatively sufficient and stable supply of military supplies, the generals should not take a single piece of money on their own, so they can only accept it with their noses, and as an auxiliary medicine for gunmen's daily training.

However, the firearm equipment added to the rear is also a variety of extremely rich and diverse powers. It can be regarded as a variety of strange products that have been widely used in the military industry and major construction families in the country. In the past decades, the imperial court supervised and urged them to open up all kinds of ideas.

Because it is said that under the name of the North and South Supervisors and Generals, the major military works and the Arc and Crossbow Floors, the firearms with relatively neat specifications were given priority to the southern counterattacks. Therefore, these experimental works under the warehouse and the old goods purchased over the years were taken out to the front in an emergency.

Therefore, from the magic gun with a fire door tube tied under the spearhead to the plate gun that is shaped like a big belly pipa, it is more normal to use the hand cannons, the stars in the sky, the fire nest car, etc. used by the Shenji Army.

Of course, no matter how chaotic the firearm is, it has a different effect of killing and deterrence. When Gao Chong and a group of tired and defeated troops traveled through mountains and rivers and finally arrived here, the old village of Lantianguan had already been attacked by the Western Army's outposts for three days;

This is thanks to the installation of three cannons in the clearing site. Although they were old and outdated ship cannons eliminated by the navy, they still relied on the loud noise and vibration to deter the Western Army's mounts several times, causing their reorganized offensive to be delayed a lot.

After Gao Chong led the roughly repaired new force to emerge from the rear of the enemy, he rarely won a small victory under the internal and external attacks. Not only did he almost wipe out more than 1,000 Western infantry and cavalry, he also seized more than 100 war horses and more than 500 pairs of armor.

Then, it attracted more Western troops to attack. At this time, Gao Chong had already joined the remaining defenders in the pass and took some initial rescue. Then he decisively and boldly took time out most of the military forces in the inner city, and used firearms to raid in the forest on the edge of the deep mountains and gorge outside the pass.

When the Western Army, which had made a comeback, rushed straight in and continued to attack the Guanzhai, they then shot from the two wings and suddenly rushed out like a mountain torrent. They suddenly attacked the Western Army, which was piled up in groups in front and stretched out in line behind. They caught them off guard and could not take care of each other. They broke through most of their units again, and only a few were far apart to escape.

Therefore, after several battles, Gao Chong, who felt regretful and taught a lesson, became why he could not give up the former Chang'an site as soon as possible. That dead place with a false reputation with only political significance than military value, and preserved more strength to come here to counterattack.

And in the rest of the time, his main focus was to "buy, buy, buy, buy...".

Therefore, the most important task of the messenger team he sent south to Shangzhou for help was to find a way to buy more firearms and medicine from the downstream of Huai River, even if it was used to mortgage the industries he collected and purchased in the rear, or to cash out immediately.

Then, together with the volunteers and Ding Zhuang recruited along the way, they were sent to the pass in the shortest time, so that they could continue to maintain and maintain the current situation and not be even more corrupt...

Among the contiguous buildings in Liuhoufu, one of the largest independent buildings, the Tuyu Hall, has just hung a new large surveying map on the sorted western wall, and a corresponding large sand table model.

This is the enclave of the expanded towns of the 19th Prefectures of Huaibei Road and the five prefectures of Henan Province, the three prefectures of Hebei Province, the coastal states of Huainan, as well as the enclaves in a corner of the Jiuzhou District of Fusang, etc., and so on.

When needed, you can use a platform that can be raised and lowered up and down to collect and place each other, or adjust and replace each other's positions, or even remove the edge protection and extension of the sand table, and then connect and piece together several large pieces to serve as an overall linkage for large-scale local deployment and deduction.

In a sense, this is also one of the most confidential locations in the Liuhou Mansion, no less than the General Affairs Hall, which is used specifically as the General Affairs Hall for issuing orders during wartime, or the General Affairs Hall, which is promoted to the tent and discussed matters by various military civil and military generals.

Other generals and officials besides me, if you want to get close and break in without permission, you can shoot on the spot without asking for instructions.

On the new sand table and map, the key areas of military, political, economic and cultural areas, as well as the corresponding resource output and assigned population, garrison scale and type have been marked;

The small flags on some model flags are represented by detailed numbers, which are the local military organization and reserve organization level, daily consumption and maintenance costs, and even the profit and loss expectations of equipment and equipment, etc.

Some of the items represented by special objects are large and medium-sized projects underway, as well as the progress and investments of the corresponding stages. In the outer coastal areas and the main roads of Hanoi, there are also special route representations and hydrological data, as well as assessments of capacity and traffic limits.

For example, the Liaohe River Basin and the accompanying plains have been fully surveyed and penetrated for a long time, the specific data identification can be roughly accurate to the township level, or villages and settlements with a scale of more than 1,000 people.

The northward, the number of such signs becomes increasingly rare and simple, leaving only simple signs of the garrison, population, taxation, etc. of important local strongholds, as well as the estimates and judgments of surrounding private forces, and the proportion of resources and labor they can provide.

Here, some valuable specialties and breeding places with high added value such as gold, silver, fur and ginseng medicine will also be displayed with additional wooden models.

Of course, for me,

The significance of building the land of Andong is not only to obtain grain output and military mobilization potential represented by the land population, but also to other stable income resources such as horses, livestock, fishing and salt, forests, gold, silver, copper, iron, lead, tin, tin, borite, mica, and other minerals produced on these lands;

Before this, due to war and endless disputes, it was separated and held in the hands of different vassal families, but it was not possible to develop and utilize it well. Now, it can finally be planned and created by taking advantage of the new wave of Huaizhen's development and management of Andong.

According to Huaizhen’s mature practice, the first thing established in the newly occupied territory is the relatively strict demographic and household registration management system under the military control system to ensure the corresponding basic manpower allocation and the organizational work of restoring production;

Then there are the collection and financial accounting personnel at all levels at the township level to ensure a relatively well-functioning tax maintenance system and commercial supply and marketing system;

Then the development of the official functions led by the corresponding judicial power, such as the mobile judicial judges assigned at all levels below the thief ambassadors to conduct regular collective public trials in order to create a deterrence in the shortest time and restore the surrounding social order.

Then, special professionals are sent to conduct preliminary exploration and geographic surveying and mapping of possible surrounding fields and minerals under the guidance of local guides, and subsequent financial accounting and commercial personnel are provided to make corresponding cost-effective judgments and feasibility assessments for input-output;

Finally, local labor organizations began to repair roads where horses could be run, and the first batch of simple settlements and factory sites were established, and free prisoners and captures were used as consumables for initial preparation until the conditions were met.

Therefore, the simple production recovery in the past few months alone can already be seen in Liaodong; the continuous increase in operation of cargo ships between Liaodong Bay and Laizhou Bay is the best proof.
Chapter completed!