On the open space, there is a row of wooden piles, and a new barbed wire is arranged between the piles. From the appearance alone, it is not much different from the snake-belly barbed wire that has been used in the army before.

Several cavalrymen rode their horses close to the barbed wire, and their direction of travel was parallel to the barbed wire.

After the distance was approaching several steps, the cavalry threw out a multi-headed rope, causing the bladed iron hook on the sub-rope to hook the wire mesh, then rode the horse and rushed outward.

The rope was straightened and pulled the wire mesh up, but it was unable to break it. The horse, which had just risen, stopped quickly because the end of the rope was tied to the saddle and was pulled.

The competition between the horse and the barbed wire quickly turned out: the ropes of the multi-headed rope broke one after another, and the horse continued to run forward, dragging the broken rope behind him.

Li Li, who was watching from a distance, was very satisfied with the performance of the improved barbed wire.

The so-called improvement is to add "bone lines" as thick as chopsticks to the snake-belted barbed wire mesh, which directly fights the drag and cutting of the bladed iron hook, causing the cavalry's attempt to quickly destroy the barbed wire mesh to fail.

This improvement will have advantages and disadvantages: increased weight, transportation and layout will be more laborious.

But in order to save your life and to win battles, such a value has to be paid.

When the cavalry left the field, several infantry entered the field. They each carried a roll of straw mat on their shoulders and advanced towards the barbed wire. Then they spread the straw mat on the barbed wire, and then easily crossed the barbed wire from the "channel" laid out of the straw mat.

The expensive defensive artifact barbed wire mesh was cracked like this?

"It's good to train." Li Li nodded, smiled at the generals accompanying the visit, and waved to the soldiers who demonstrated to climb over the wire.

No matter how strong the barbed wire is, it is just a defensive device and has no attack ability.

If the wire mesh is unattended, it will be broken sooner or later, and it will be nothing more than speed.

There are many ways to break the wire mesh, which can be to "pave the road" with straw mats, or to break the wire with iron pliers.

In actual combat, if the attacking party is willing to invest his troops, use archers as cover, suppress the barbed wire mesh and defenders behind them, then the sword and shield soldiers come forward, and use large iron pliers to destroy the barbed wire mesh.

At this time, the defense must have enough "damage output" to repel the enemy's attack. However, relying solely on crossbows may not be able to quickly kill a large number of assault infantry wearing heavy armor.

Therefore, when Xuzhou Army uses barbed wire, it usually comes with a combustion tank.

If the enemy dares to use the tactics of the sea of ​​people to attack the barbed wire formation, the Xuzhou army will have a live streaming group of people. Anyway, the coal paste and oil (coal tar) is enough, so I don’t know if the enemy’s troops are enough to burn.

Even if the enemy sent cavalry to use special rigging to break the wire mesh, and with combustion tanks as defense assistance, this kind of offensive is a bliss.

Wang Sengbian's army, which had no burning tank, was naturally broken because it could not stop the enemy from destroying the barbed wire with new tactics and failed to defend against the enemy cavalry that broke the net in time.

A new round of drills began, and the two teams simulated offense and defense, and the drill project was heavy infantry assault tactics.

Under normal circumstances, when tens of thousands of troops are fighting, the two sides will "squeeze" each other for most of the day. From morning to afternoon, the physical strength will be consumed. If one side cannot hold it up first, the other side will be in trouble.

The reason for this is that the insurgent formation is dominated by spear soldiers, and the two sides stab each other with a large number of spears, which are evenly matched.

It is very difficult to break through the spear formation head-on, because the dense spears are like trees, and the assault infantry can't resist the countless spears stabbed in person.

Therefore, experienced generals know that the battle between the insurgent formation takes a long time, and generally use the two-wing cavalry to attack to find opportunities to defeat the enemy.

If it really doesn't work, just wait until the afternoon to "exert force".

Then, if there is a "professional" frontal formation attack tactic, defeating the enemy's infantry formation at the beginning of the battle will be enough to catch the opponent off guard.

Quickly let the other party enter the time of "defeat as a mountain of defeat".

Is this tactic possible?

Li Li looked at the drill team that had been arranged.

He spent so much money to train troops, and the soldiers and generals he trained must be the most "professional", whether it is infantry, cavalry, weapons, armor and various types of weapons.

We must be worthy of the countless money and food we spent.

The whistle sounded and the drill began. Li Li widened his eyes and watched his soldiers launch an attack.

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At night, Li Li, who was patrolling the city, climbed a patrol fire tower, and looked at the bright fire-lit nightclubs in the east, the directions of Ruyifang and Changlefang, and was quite touched.

On the night of Hanshan, there are places where lights are as bright as stars. One is the workplace area and port area near Hanshanyan, and the other is the "commercial area" in the east of the city.

In other residential areas, at night, they are generally pitch black.

Nightlife had nothing to do with most civilians in ancient times. Not to mention anything else, just talking about the cost of large-scale lighting (relatively speaking), it is not something that ordinary people can afford.

Because Hanshan can obtain a large amount of cheap coal, it can prepare gas and then use gas lamps to illuminate it. The cost of large-scale lighting is relatively low.

As a result, there are entertainment venues such as No-Sleep House, Ruyi House and Changle House that operate all night long. Even ordinary people can spend money to have fun all night long.

Of course, depending on consumption, the services and happiness you can enjoy are different.

But even those who are short of money can gain a place in these three workshops, which is to read books in the book shed with the "Eternal Light".

Books can be rented at the book stall or taken by yourself.

This is a welfare benefit for poor students, which makes Sanfang, which is full of the smell of money, exudes a little "literary atmosphere".

Li Li withdrew his gaze and asked the on-duty patrolman: "How many people are in the family?"

"Six, six..." The patrolman was a middle-aged man, a little nervous. Li Li smiled: "Are you settled? Where can you live?"

"I've settled in the military office."

"How are you living? Are you eating habits?"

"Have a good living and eat well, but it's good..." The middle-aged man gradually relaxed because Li Li kept smiling and had no "official power".

The two chatted and talked about the experiences of middle-aged people.

The middle-aged man's surname is Wang Shun, and he is from Zhongli, Huainan, and has no parents. He is tying four children with his inner family.

Previously, the family of six was attached to a manor and worked for the owner of the manor. They did all kinds of work, and young children had to mow grass and pick up firewood to do chores.

I'm busy all year round and I'm so tired, but I can only barely fill my stomach.

Later, the evil servants of the master began to set up traps for them, wanting them to borrow money and turn over, so they owe money that they could not pay back for several lifetimes, and they were forced to sell themselves as slaves.

Seeing that the situation was wrong, Wang Shun bit the bullet and took his family out of Zhongli, barely getting enough of the boat fare. He came to Hanshan, Xuzhou, where the rumors were rumored that "there are no restrictions on workers today, and the treatment is better."

When I arrived at Hanshan, I found that it was indeed recruiting workers everywhere. The insider had to take four children and couldn't work, so Wang Shun went to work.

But he has been farming all his life and is not very good at working in the workshop. When he sees the roaring machine, he is afraid and has changed several owners.

After two or three months, relying on the income from short-term work, I barely allowed my family to make a living.

This is not a solution. The children are not old enough to find decent work. At this time, the government just implemented the military service system. After listening to the publicity, Wang Shun weighed the pros and cons and accepted the recruitment.

So, the family immediately moved into the "family area" of the ward and lived in a brand new and solid "building". Although the room was not big, at least everyone had a bed to sleep, so there was no need to squeeze together.

The rent here is very cheap and there is a public canteen, so the expenses for accommodation and food have been greatly reduced.

There is also a nursery, and the cost of "carrying children" is not high, so the children "study" in nursery schools and other soldiers during the day, and they are also in charge of food.

According to the arrangement, his inner man became a "nanny" in the nursery and "worked" in the nursery.

The inner person takes his children to the nursery every day, and he “goes to get off work” by himself. After “gets off work”, he takes his children home, killing multiple birds with him and getting a good "salary".

Wang Shun, who had no worries, was on duty in the city with several other comrades. His daily responsibilities were to maintain public order and "firefighting".

Maintaining public order is simply maintaining order, patrolling the night, guiding people, catching thieves, etc.

Of course, if there is a vicious security incident like a murderer killing someone in the street, someone else will be responsible.

Firefighting means observing the surroundings on the Fire Tower. Once a fire is discovered, you should warn. You should bring "professional" fire-fighting equipment and rush to the fire to the fire site to put out the fire.

In addition, there are signs next to the patrol shop, which often announce the various decrees of the public hall. The patrol officers are responsible for explaining to the audience.

There are probably one patrol shops in Hanshan City every 200 steps, and each patrol shop has three to five patrol soldiers, so it is referred to as patrol soldiers.

With the implementation of the service system, patrol shops have covered Hanshan City (the two cities in the north and south), and there are a large number of patrols such as Wang Shun on duty day and night, and they are regularly rotated.

Of course, the patrol service was not only on duty at the patrol service, but instead replaced many warehouse officials and gate officials, on duty in public offices, and served as the responsibilities of later generations called "security guards".

Wang Shun was very satisfied with his new identity. He was serving in three years. If he was willing to stay after the expiration, he could continue to be a serving soldier. If he didn't want to, he could leave.

Of course, once you leave, the whole family has to move out of the ward office, and the benefits that the ward family can enjoy - arranging work, will naturally be gone.

"Are you going to stay after the three-year period?" Li Li asked, and Wang Shun nodded: "Well, my wife and I are clumsy and can't work in the field. Now that's it, that's good."

"When my children get older, they will go to the workshop to work and save money together, and ask the matchmaker to help me. My daughter will marry an ordinary boy and my son marry an ordinary wife. This life will be stable."

This is another hope that Li Li wanted to convey to the people through the military service system. Now, he saw it in Wang Shun's eyes.

Li Li believed that a professional court would collect money (taxes) to do things, to resist strong enemies outside, to cure natural disasters inside, and to perform the duties that the court should perform.

Let the people live and work in peace, rather than struggle in pain and not see hope.

We cannot let the people be busy all year round, but the only thing we get is despair.

However, a professional court must be maintained by a professional "team". The requirements for members of this team are ability, not background.

Facts have proved that the corrupt gentry and system could no longer fulfill this important task. The court was generally unprofessional, whether it was war or people's livelihood.

This also includes tax collection.

I can’t even collect serious taxes, so I just want to get a wrongdoer, and dare to call it “professional”?
Chapter completed!