Chapter 986 Recruiting Prisoners! Take Prisoners!

Qi Guangyi's eyes immediately focused on the carbine in Xiao Ming's mouth.

With Xiao Ming's permission, he took the carbine and looked at it carefully. The more he looked, the more excited he became. The carbine in his hand was indeed very similar to the Han-style rifle, but the difference was that the carbine was relatively short and very light.

Now that he has some knowledge about firearms, the carbine of this design is very suitable for shooting on horses, but relatively, the range will be slightly closer.

But even so, this is farther than the barbarian bow and arrow, and they have always suffered from long-range weapons in the battle with the barbarians on the grasslands over the years.

Now with the carbine, they can completely reverse this disadvantage.

"Your Majesty, how many carbines are there?" Qi Guangyi asked excitedly.

"Not much. The arsenal has produced a total of 8,000 carbine, which should be enough for this war. Using these carbine, you can form an elite lancer to deal with the barbarians."

Xiao Ming brought Qi Guangyi to the front of the map. The area north of the Great Wall and west of Raozhou was still under the control of the Golden Horde.

"Eight thousand, that's quite a lot." Qi Guangyi asked expectantly, "Your Majesty, is this the same metal bullet as a Han-style rifle?"

Hearing this, Xiao Ming showed a wry smile. He said: "Don't think about this, it is extremely difficult to produce metal bullets, and the caliber of the carbine is 6.5 mm, and the caliber of the bullets is also different, which means that metal bullets are used in military factories. A whole new production line needs to be built, and it will take a long time, so you can use cardboard bullets for the time being, it will be enough.”

Qi Guangyi was a little disappointed, but after thinking about it, it was better than returning empty-handed, and using paper shell bullets now is just a stopgap measure, maybe it won't be long before you can use metal bullets.

Thinking of this, he said: "The last general is a bit greedy. This carbine is indeed suitable for immediate shooting, and it is more than enough to deal with barbarian cavalry."

Xiao Ming nodded, in order to facilitate the cavalry to carry, this carbine also has a strap, which can be carried by the cavalry on the back.

This way the cavalry can switch between melee and ranged fire at any time.

After showing the carbine, Xiao Ming continued: "The carbine is one thing, the will to fight is another matter, and the weapon-only theory emerging in the army is very dangerous, which will make our soldiers rely too much on weapons and forget about it. It is the foundation of victory in the war itself.”

In the past ten years, they have basically used superior weapons to defeat the enemy in all wars, which has created an illusion that weapons determine wars for both soldiers and generals.

But he is well aware that weapons are only a factor in warfare, as exemplified by the recent bullshit that his country outperformed a country of their own generation.

Qi Guangyi's expression became serious when he heard the words, and he said, "The last will always remember the teaching of the brave who meet in a narrow path and win."

"Well, that's right." Xiao Ming patted Qi Guangyi's shoulder, "This Northern Expedition is mainly led by two veteran generals, Niu Ben and Luo Quan. Your cavalry should actively cooperate. I am waiting for your good news. Now The army has been assembled, rest at home for five days and then go."

"Yes, Your Majesty." Qi Guangyi bowed and answered.

April 9th.

After several months of preparation, the army that conquered the Golden Horde gathered at Qingzhou Station. With the powerful transportation capacity of steam locomotives, 80,000 soldiers went straight from Qingzhou to Raozhou.

A large amount of weapons, ammunition and canned food also arrived in Raozhou with these soldiers.

"General, these cans are quite rich."

After a day and a night of trekking, the first batch of soldiers and supplies arrived in Raozhou, and Niu Ben, Luo Quan and Qi Guangyi arrived in the first steam locomotive.

When checking the canned food delivered, Qi Guangyi was also an eye-opener.

This military canned food is no stranger to him. During the Civil War, canned food was a weapon of supply for soldiers to conquer.

But since then, he has never seen canned food for military industry, because the garrison of Raozhou eats ordinary meals and does not need canned food.

So the military canned food delivered this time was an eye-opener for him.

"Since the first canning factory made a fortune in the Civil War, there are now many canned food factories in Qingzhou, and in order to attract orders from the Ministry of Military Machinery, these factories have also racked their brains to manufacture all kinds of canned food. Such a hearty military can."

While speaking, Niu Ben pointed to different cans and said, "This is a can of pork, this is a can of potatoes, this is a can of fruit, this is a can of biscuits..."

Niu Ben was talking, Luo Quan was laughing, he said to Qi Guangyi: "The food in the army is getting better and better now. How could we have this condition when we were fighting in the past."

Qi Guangyi was stunned, he saw it today.

After checking some food, the three waited for the first batch of soldiers to gather before walking into the city.

Arriving at the Raozhou camp, Niu Ben said, "The logistics of this war are not a problem, and the conditions for fighting are much better than before. If this is all defeated, I will have no face to go back to see the emperor."

After a pause, he asked Qi Guangyi: "Now you can talk about the current situation of the barbarians."

In response, Qi Guangyi walked to the map of the grassland, pondered for a while, and said: "Since the barbarians were driven back to the grassland by us, the barbarians have suffered a lot, but the dead camels are bigger than the horses, although the barbarians are declining, but The strength is still strong, and the number of cavalry is about 260,000."

"Although the barbarians lost Kanto, the cavalry lost a lot. The most they lost were slaves." Luo Quan said: "These 260,000 people are not a small number, almost twice ours."

Niu Ben nodded slightly when he heard the words.

Qi Guangyi continued: "These 260,000 cavalrymen are not concentrated together, but are distributed on the vast grassland, and in order to avoid our attack, the Golden Horde of the Golden Horde has been migrated to this place, which is far away from us. ."

"This is Yili, it's really far away." Niu Ben's eyes narrowed, Qi Guangyi's map had already marked the distribution of barbarians in the grasslands.

In the vast grasslands, barbarian tribes occupy different grasslands, and the strength of each tribe is different. These tribes seem to be scattered, but he is very clear that once the war comes, these tribes will gather together and become their enemies.

Through Qi Guangyi's introduction, they gradually became clear about the current distribution of the barbarians. Luo Quan said at this time: "Our infantrymen are equipped with Han-style rifles and use guard artillery. As long as a hollow square is used, the barbarians will be unstoppable. Therefore, there is no need to worry too much, as soldiers will soon spread to the grasslands, drive out the barbarian tribes and kill them, so as to avoid future troubles!”