After reading the secret message sent by Chen Xi, Cao Cao immediately summoned all his current main advisers. The battle report sent by Chen Xi really made Cao Cao feel desperate about Liu Bei's combat effectiveness.
"Let's take a look." Because they were all the main advisers, Cao Cao was not too formal. After inviting everyone to sit down, he put up the battle report sent by Chen Xi and let everyone browse it.
Xun Yu's face turned gloomy after reading it, Cheng Yu's face turned livid, Xun You's eyes were expressionless and he didn't know whether he was dead or in a daze, Chen Qun sighed and didn't know what to say, and Mao Jie held his forehead and didn't know.
What expression should I use? Liu Ba's mouth was slightly open, but he couldn't make a sound.
After Sima Lang put down the battle report, he sighed, feeling helpless towards his distant cousin, "Master, can this battle be fought?"
Cheng Yu's face turned livid, and he wanted to get up several times, but in the end he could only sigh. There was really no way to fight this battle. With their wisdom, they could naturally see that there was no fraud in this war game, let alone that.
It's fake. Normal people wouldn't do such a bad trick if they wanted to!
Huangfusong kept making wonderful moves, and Chen Xi often looked at the beginning rather than the end. However, Huangfusong still lost, and it could even be said that his defeat was completely unreasonable. No matter how many wonderful moves you made, facing Chen Xi, even if he lost ten times, he could still defeat him.
If the army fights again, your opponent will be killed if he catches you. A temporary victory is completely meaningless. Even if he wreaks havoc on the property under his rule, it cannot drag Chen Xi to death.
"And this." Cao Cao handed everyone another battle report. Regarding the information about the 100,000 Shield Guards, Chen Xi directly sent the relevant information over and showed it to Cao Cao generously.
Xun Yu, Xun You, Cheng Yu, and Chen Qun, who knew what kind of military unit the shield guards were, instantly had an image of a city wall being pushed forward in their minds, and they felt a little desperate.
"How much money do we need to arm ourselves?" Cao Cao sighed.
Cao Cao also knew about Huangfu's personal guard. It should be said that Huangfu Song had no secret in this regard. What's more, during the Yellow Turban period, Huangfu Song had personally led Cao Cao, and there was still a close relationship between the two parties.
Therefore, after Huangfu Song came out of the mountain and Cao Cao visited him in person, Huangfu Song answered all the questions left over from Cao Cao's military strategy and training based on his own experience one by one. Naturally, Cao Cao also solved the advantages and disadvantages of the military units led by the generals of the past dynasties.
I heard Huangfu Song say it.
Speaking of this, I have to mention it again. Although Cao Cao was born after a eunuch, he did gain the respect of many people when he was young. Many bigwigs of the previous generation were very optimistic about Cao Cao, and Huangfu Song was one of them.
From what Huangfu Song told me, generally all elite arms have high combat effectiveness. Either training is difficult or the cost is too high. But training is not difficult and the combat effectiveness is extremely high, which will definitely cost money. After all, any one
Elite troops all need to balance these three aspects.
Of course, it is not that there are no units with particularly high cost performance, but those types of units basically have quite stringent internal requirements.
For example, Duan Jiong's sharp soldiers are a very cost-effective unit. As long as they are successfully trained and given a steel sword, they can basically have the top combat effectiveness among the elite.
However, in fact, Duan Jiong imitated the elites of the pre-Qin Dynasty and created the elite soldier, the elite soldier. In addition to its defensive weaknesses, it actually has a fatal weakness, which is the adaptability of the soldiers.
After all, this unit is also the product of Duan Jiong's major reform. It is basically different from the Iron Eagle Ruins of the pre-Qin Dynasty. To put it too much, it is basically irrelevant. In addition, the elites of the Qin army are not related to the elites of the other six countries.
The tree diagram doesn't even touch.
Duan Yan used the tree diagram extended by the Wei army to refer to the stuff created by the Iron Eagle Rui Shi. In essence, it is probably just a nominal connection. The core strength of the Qin army's elite has long been lost. Of course, the combat effectiveness has been maintained.
Down, in exchange, another drawback arose.
I really thought that it would be so easy to burst out of speed beyond the limit in an instant. It is difficult for normal soldiers to adapt to this kind of ultra-high-speed movement, and they will even feel dizzy and want to vomit after a burst of thrust.
This is also why the fourteenth combination was so wasteful at the time. They used two short-range thrusts and then directly changed their talents, because the soldiers themselves could not adapt to such a high burst speed.
If it could carry out twenty explosive thrusts and slashes like the one led by Duan Jue, most of the legion would be a target for it. However, the cost is not high, the training is not difficult, and the combat effectiveness is low.
The biggest problem with the explosive legions is human endurance.
Normal people don't need to stab at such a short range continuously. They just vomit after doing it a few times. The core of Duan Jiurui is to sharpen the sword and slash at high speed. The higher the continuity of the thrust, the greater the power accumulated, and he can kill at the same time.
The efficiency will be higher.
If it weren't for Cheng Yu's spiritual talent that allows people to adapt to any unnatural environment and human condition, it would be impossible for Cao Jun to complete Duan Jue's warrior.
However, as mentioned above, all elite units have difficulties of one kind or another, and Huangfu Song's personal guards just fall into the category of elites with extremely high cost investment, low training difficulty, and extremely terrifying combat effectiveness.
Cao Cao was also interested in this in the past, but looking at the cost of the plate armor and large shield, he silently chose the Rui Shi. There was no other way but it was too expensive.
Even though Wei Zi had just donated 5 billion to Cao Cao not long ago, Cao Cao did not dare to equip his three thousand Tiger Guards with shield guard equipment.
Even though Cao Cao knew that his Tiger Guards wearing this suit, combined with Dian Wei's legion's natural muscle release, could almost be called battlefield killing machines, Cao Cao still gave up the idea.
Because it would cost 4.5 billion to equip three thousand men weighing more than 200 pounds with such equipment. In this case, it would be better to equip more soldiers. At that moment, Cao Cao clearly felt the charm of money, and now
Chen Xi wants to arm 100,000 people.
Even if 100,000 men were only 140 pounds of standard soldiers, Cao Cao felt that his heart was broken. How much steel was needed?
"If you have money, can you really do whatever you want?" Cao Cao asked inexplicably, and the others couldn't help but be stunned, and then fell silent.
Liu Ba coughed twice, diverted everyone's attention, and gave Cao Cao a step forward, "If we calculate the money based on the current standard of steel, so 100,000 people, including the cost of arming and raising troops, would require about one hundred thousand people in the first year.
About 150 billion yuan."
Everyone present took a breath when they heard this. Although they all roughly estimated that the amount would be astonishing, when Liu Bazhen said such an astronomical figure, everyone could not suppress the shock in their hearts. The Han Dynasty was at its peak.
At that time, it was a question whether there would be so much money in the treasury, not to mention that this was still the first year, and there were other expenses for raising troops!
"However, money is not calculated like this. If the resources consumed by steel plants, mines, manpower, and military training, etc., are just the output of the own industry, and the added value is not calculated." Liu Ba pressed his temples, "The numbers will be
It will shock you.”
"We have heard about 150 billion yuan, what else can shock us!" Cheng Yu waved his hands and said, while Xun Yu and Chen Qun showed a little thoughtful expression.
"It will be reduced to less than 10 billion yuan, maybe even less. If Chen Hou really completes a complete industry from top to bottom and can include all related material consumption parts, then to the other party, these are no longer money, but
It’s time and manpower. As long as you have time and manpower, you can get as much as you want.” Liu Ba spread his hands, “And if I guessed correctly, the other party has already completed it.”
All the civil servants looked horrified after hearing this. If this was the case, there would be no need to fight. War is all about logistics, and the other side has almost unlimited logistics.
"..." Cao Cao touched his pricked beard, "Is this why you always want to link our industry to theirs?"
"We were found kicked once and for all, and then we persisted in pretending to be one of our own." Liu Ba said helplessly, "We started too late, and the industries involved did not require enough technical personnel, both in quality and quantity.
Even the coolies are not enough. I estimate that if I want to do that, it will take at least twenty years. If I do it with him, the time can be reduced by more than half."
Cao Cao sighed and turned to look at Chen Qun, who looked helplessly to the side. He had no choice.
"It seems we don't need to say anything more. Since we can't beat them, let's just stay calm and pretend. I think given the current situation, they won't actually make it difficult for us. I don't have the slightest idea of taking action anymore."
Cao Cao smiled bitterly and said, if this is a life-and-death enemy, I didn't say that, even if you can't defeat it, you will still fight it, but this is not the case.
Cao Cao's words made everyone feel sad, but everyone present was a smart person. How could they not know that letting go calmly is also an option under the current situation. Although they were unwilling to do so, before the flag of the Han Empire fell, they
There really is no point in fighting to the death.
After all, they have not turned against each other to the extent that they do not recognize the banner of the Han Dynasty. Although the three parties have conflicts, they have not reached the point where blood will be spilled. They are still within the scope of cooperation that seeks common ground while reserving differences.
"Then the focus of our work should be shifted to the relocation of military resources. Zixiao, Gongming and the others have passed the news back, and Zidan and the others have also sent the map. What I mean is, how about training troops both externally and internally?
"Seeing the expressions of understanding on the faces of his most important advisers, Cao Cao took a deep breath and made his decision.
"How about I used to be a military advisor." Mao Jie was silent for a while and recommended himself. Compared with the others, he realized after a moment's thought that he was the most suitable. After all, the others were too conspicuous, and those who were not here were not qualified enough.
