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In fact, in the current Ming Dynasty, it does not have the feeling of a single weapon.

But there is nothing we can do about it.

His first appearance was fighting the Mongols.

The Mongols' almost exclusively cavalry team, even the infantry, are basically slave soldiers and cannot be considered a real Mongolian army.

The high mobility of the Mongolian cavalry, especially in open scenes like the grasslands, is almost an unsolvable problem in terms of the current level of armaments.

The most disgusting thing is that every Mongolian grew up on horseback.

She has been herding sheep and horses since she was a child.

They and horses have grown up together since they were young, and they always sleep on horses.

The Mongolian cavalry, with one person and two riders, can travel day and night, just resting on horseback.

How high is the so-called high mobility?

That means that within twelve hours, he would eat, sleep, and, except for urination and defecation, all be done on horseback.

Eight hundred miles may be a bit exaggerated, without changing people or horses.

But three or four hundred miles is not a problem at all.

The most troublesome thing about such Mongolians is that they are not an isolated case, but they are common in large areas.

Things like running thousands of miles are almost the most common thing in Mongolia.

On the grasslands, the Mongolian cavalry was invincible.

What is the concept of three or four hundred miles in today's era? This will make Mongolia's enemies even less able to eat ashes.

If I want to come, I will come.

If I want to leave, I will leave.

Even if the Mongols were defeated and Zhu Yuanzhang drove them to the grasslands, the severely weakened Mongols would still be Zhu Yuanzhang's thorn in their side.

A large number of border military towns were built, which led to the emergence of the frontier fortress king.

This is to prevent the Mongols.

The vast grassland is the home ground of the Mongols, and even Zhu Ying has nothing to do about it.

After the matchlock gun appeared, it did achieve good results, but it was just a turtle shell.

Chasing, it is impossible to catch up.

In the end, after thinking hard, I could only adopt the strategy of assimilation.

In fact, Zhu Ying still underestimated the Mongols.

Otherwise, Zhu Di would not have been captured alive.

This may sound exaggerated. After all, Zhu Di was the Yongle Emperor in history, and he personally conquered Mongolia six times.

Well, even though they personally conquered Mongolia six times and spent countless Ming national resources, the problem of the Mongols was not completely solved.

This in itself is an unsolvable problem.

Emperor Yongle personally conquered Mongolia under the protection of hundreds of thousands of troops.

Zhu Di now only has tens of thousands of people. Although there are many cavalry, there is still a big gap between the cavalry trained by the Ming Dynasty and the Mongolian cavalry.

And in the Second World War.

It was the Ming Dynasty that went to Annan.

Annan is different from Mongolia.

Annan's firearm ability is actually not low.

If it weren't for Zhu Ying's emphasis on firearms, in terms of firecrackers and artillery, the current Annan craftsmanship would even be superior to that of the Ming Dynasty in some other aspects.

The shortcomings of the emperor system are reflected here.

Even though Annan's firearms are good, they don't have the support from Zhu Ying to vigorously develop firearms.

Especially when the gunpowder is granulated and the firearm damage is greatly increased, the suppressive effect becomes more obvious.

In addition, Annan itself is actually a mess.

The royal power of Annan had long been in decline, the powerful minister Hu Jisou was unscrupulous, and the warlords in various places did not listen to the propaganda, which made it impossible to concentrate all the power to fight against the Ming Dynasty.

Even if Hu Jisao rebelled in the end and relied on his own ability to unite most of the local warlords in Annan, it would be like the Six Kingdoms. How could they achieve real combat power with their own agendas?

What I think more about is how to preserve my own strength and consume allies.

In order to achieve greater development after the war.

The only one that had some success was probably the crusade against the Japanese.

In fact, the matchlock gun was not particularly outstanding in the war against the Japanese.

This is not to say that the Japanese country has any ability to resist. The key lies in cannon.

Due to its geographical environment, Japan suffered frequent earthquakes, which resulted in most of its city walls being very short.

In addition, the Japanese were also short in stature, so it really didn't matter whether they had fire or matchlocks.

In field battles, the Japanese did not dare to confront the Ming army, but in siege battles, the city walls collapsed as soon as the cannons fired.

Obviously cannons are more useful than matchlocks.

This gives the impression that the matchlock gun is indeed easy to use, but it is not as exaggerated as imagined.

Is this really the case?

Tension can tell you that this is not the case.

The true terror of firecrackers such as matchlocks lies in small-scale combat.

And the most critical one is universality.

As far as Daming's current personal long-range weapons are concerned, they are roughly muskets and bows and arrows.

But how can a bow be so useful?

Archer sounds simple, but in fact the difficulty is simply exaggerated.

In many descriptions, the strong personal martial arts is roughly said to be good at riding and shooting.

It doesn't sound like much.

However, whether it is now or in the past dynasties, the archer is a symbol of personal force value.

For example, Guan Yu, the horse archer.

For example, Zhang Fei is a foot archer.

Only truly brave soldiers can be called archers.

But the difficulty of training an archer is simply too high.

How difficult is it to train an archer?

First of all, in terms of consumption, archery is not just about shooting a bow, it also requires accuracy, which naturally consumes a lot of physical energy.

The physical exertion requires the supplement of meat.

To put it simply, how can you shoot a bow when you are hungry? On the contrary, if you don’t practice every day, how can you be accurate?

In terms of food, the burden on the army is huge.

Before, almost 70% of the people had a big problem filling their stomachs, so how could they consume without any scruples?

Even now, the seemingly strong and prosperous Ming Dynasty cannot feed the soldiers of the world without restraint.

Zhu Ying's army consumes a lot of meat every day. In fact, it is only the capital or surrounding garrison.

In less prosperous and slightly remote areas, you can only eat one meal of meat every three days at most, which is already very good.

Therefore, it is obviously very unrealistic to train a large number of archers.

Zhu Ying currently has the idea of ​​developing professional soldiers, but at least 70% of Ming soldiers are still related to the garrison.

You can only take your time.

At this point, the benefits of the matchlock gun are revealed.

Zhang Li's 100-man team are actually just low-level soldiers.

Theoretically, they don't even have an archer.

But the matchlock gun appeared.

It doesn't require a strong physique, and the matchlock itself isn't too heavy, so it's just a matter of simple aiming.

It is naturally difficult for sharpshooters to appear due to accuracy limitations, but the key to the matchlock gun is that it is easy to get.

A new soldier only needs about ten days of training before he can easily control a matchlock gun.
To be continued...