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The Evolution of the Three Kingdoms Volume Chapter 55 Military Reform

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    The layout of the textile industry and steel industry was completed, and papermaking and movable type printing were handed over, respectively, and dedicated groups of craftsmen were assigned to focus on manpower and material resources to tackle key problems. Li Zhe's focus on industrial development came to an end.

    Then, it was finally time for military reform, and Li Zhe¡¯s second step of military reform planning was about to begin.  It is now the twenty-sixth day of the twelfth lunar month, the coldest season of the year.  However, this winter this year, due to the existence of the militia camp, the refugees have stored a large amount of wood and are also mining a small-scale coal mine in the west. With all these means, this winter has been regarded as the warmest winter.  The comfort in the city is almost like a fairy tale.

    Under such an optimistic situation, Xu Shu and Li Zhe still had bad inferences about the surrounding strategic situation: In fact, Li Zhe was not at ease this summer.

    Liu Biao and Sun Quan don't matter, but Cao Cao is talented and broad, and his strategic trends have always been difficult to predict.  As a monarch, you must take into account Cao Cao's possible variables.

    Cao Cao was really weak in the first half of the year, but if he waited until the summer harvest season and finished harvesting grain from the military garrison he had promised, he would have enough troops and food.

    Li Zhe remembered that this period was when Cao Cao's military garrison was in full swing, which brought infinite military potential to Cao Cao and supported Cao Cao's continuous expeditions in the north and south. It was also the remarkable effect of this garrison system that made  Cao Cao began to spread this system to other border areas, thus laying a solid economic foundation for Cao Wei's military hegemony during the Three Kingdoms period.

    Li Zhe could not guarantee that Cao Cao would not give up military pressure on Yuan Shao and point the finger at him.

    It is true that Yuan Shao is at his most critical at this time. If Cao Cao can continue to mobilize his army and maintain pressure on Yuan Shao's Cangting defense line, it is very likely that he will break through Yuan Shao's last barrier, enter the land of Jizhou, and give Yuan Shao a decisive blow.  one strike.  Kill Yuan Benchu, Cao Cao's biggest opponent in this life.

    But Li Zhe is also a serious concern for Cao Cao. Although Li Zhe is weak, the geographical location occupied by Li Zhe is like a thorn in Cao Cao's throat.  You must know that the distance from Runan Ancheng to Cao Cao's capital is only a few hundred miles, and the terrain along the way is flat. Except for a few rivers, there are no dangers to defend.  If at the critical moment of Cao Cao's northern campaign, Li Zhe used an elite force to harass Xu Du a little, then Cao Cao would not be able to bear the consequences.

    Li Zhe cannot rule out the possibility that Cao Cao will temporarily put down Yuan Shao and concentrate his forces to attack Li Zhe first.

    Therefore, Li Zhe is likely to face Cao Cao's army during the summer harvest season.  In addition, the two people are spying on Xuzhou.  From now on, the necessary military preparations will begin.

    If Cao Cao really launches an attack on Li Zhe, it will definitely not be easy. Cao Cao's army is not as easy to deal with as before. He has countless generals and a few elite soldiers, all of which are difficult to deal with.  And this time, there is no bargain like Cao Ren did last time. With Cao Cao's use of troops, it is absolutely impossible for Li Zhe to seize such a similar opportunity.

    Face-to-face battle is inevitable.

    Li Zhe must face the most unstoppable military front in the Three Kingdoms period.

    Therefore, Li Zhe must also build his own elite troops to fight against Cao Cao's elite soldiers who have been fighting in the world for decades.

    First of all, it is still the crossbowmen. Li Zhe's current situation determines that it is impossible to take the path of heavy equipment troops. Runan County does not even have iron ore, how can it be possible to equip heavy armor on a large scale? The only source of some armor.  It was only enough for Li Zhe to equip a small heavy infantry.

    So crossbows will still be the main force.

    The pulley bow is also under research and development at the Artisan Camp, and it is expected that it will not reach scale until next year.

    Li Zhe's crossbow is a heavy-duty individual crossbow that has surpassed this era for thousands of years. In modern times, Li Zhe specifically contacted the manufacturing company of the crossbow and improved the originally ordered jungle crossbow. The weight was nearly doubled to five.  kilogram, the range has also been increased to 150 meters, and the power has increased sharply, even enough to pose a threat to elephants.

    The crossbow arrows used have also been made heavier and deeper, with triangular edges, blood grooves, and barbs, all elements that are impossible to find in modern civilian crossbow arrows.  Under the temptation of Li Zhe's large-scale purchase, the company easily agreed to this condition.  Nowadays, the newly made individual crossbow is shaped into the bloodthirsty A-type military crossbow, which has become the standard weapon of Li Zhejun, and will also be localized in the Three Kingdoms time and space in the future.

    Different from all long-range weapons of this era, the individual long-range crossbows of this era are all tensioned crossbows that rely on waist strength. If the crossbowmen cannot shoot several times in a row, they will have no follow-up combat power, so in real life  On the battlefield, there is often only one chance to strike.  At that time, Yuan Shao's generals Ju Yi and GongWhen Sun Zan was fighting, in the Battle of Jieqiao, he used his dead soldiers to defeat Gongsun Zan's white horse Yi Cong in conjunction with crossbowmen. They relied on this kind of super-powerful firepower covering attack in a short period of time.

    Li Zhe's crossbowmen are different. Not only do they have intensive firepower, they can fire three arrows in a row once they are cocked, and it is effortless to cock them again. They are extremely fast and have very strong continuous combat capabilities. This makes Li Zhe's crossbowmen extremely powerful.  It fully possesses the advantages of both an archer and a powerful crossbow. It is not only fast, has a long range and is accurate, but also has strong firepower, and its continuous combat capability is even stronger than that of an archer.

    This is already a long-range unit that has completely surpassed the times. It is even more powerful than the matchlock soldiers of the seventeenth century. It is almost unsolvable in this era.  His only drawback is his reliance on logistics.  After all, more sustained combat capabilities are supported by carrying more crossbows.

    Next are the sword and shield soldiers. In addition to the crossbowmen, Li Zhe also needs a light infantry capable of melee assault to cover the crossbowmen without heavy armor. Originally, a cavalry would be more suitable, but without an organized cavalry, this task  It's up to the light infantry to do it.

    Of course, this light infantry is not that simple. In addition to Kevlar body armor and helmets that prevent long-range attacks, each of them holds a modern explosion-proof shield with a huge covering area and a gun in the other hand.  Fighting Knife.

    This explosion-proof shield was specially made by Li Zhe in the name of a security company in modern times. The main materials are fiberglass and PC sheets. The interior is made of alloy steel frames. The thickness is twice that of ordinary explosion-proof shields. It is lined with rubber pads and sponges.  The hand cushions the pressure and can withstand the momentum of a horse without breaking. It is the shield specially designed by Li Zhe for infantry.  Of course, if there is such a huge momentum, although the explosion-proof shield will not be broken, the people behind will definitely be knocked away.

    The fighting method of this light infantry is similar to the ancient Roman sword-and-shield combatants, using a giant shield to block and stabbing at close range with a fighting knife.  It is a type of infantry with a relatively single function.

    In addition, based on the spearmen trained by Zhao Yun, Li Zhe also ordered to upgrade a dragon spearman, equipped with a long-range armor helmet and a super spear. It was made with modern technology, has extremely high toughness and strength, and is long enough.  The length of four meters and six is ??enough to compare with the longest dragon spear in the Spanish phalanx back then, but the materials are naturally much better than those back then.

    The role of this dragonlancer is, of course, to erect a dam in front of the main force of the crossbowmen to prevent cavalry attacks. The existence of this dragonlancer is enough to defeat the strongest heavy cavalry army in European history.  There is no way to pose a threat to the formation.  The combination of dragon spearmen and combat light infantry is the strongest defense in the cold weapon era.

    The coordinated battles of these three arms are all centered on crossbowmen. The focus is on using long-range soldiers to output long-range damage to the enemy during a large formation confrontation. The core idea is exactly the same as the famous Spanish Grand Formation in the seventeenth century.

    The crossbowmen are equivalent to musketeers, the sword and shield soldiers are equivalent to shield and sword soldiers, and the dragon spearmen are completely similar.

    But in Li Zhe¡¯s military formation, the firepower output of the crossbowmen was several times that of the matchlock soldiers in the seventeenth century, and the equipment of the other two arms was also far stronger than the sword and shield soldiers and dragon spearmen of that era.  Therefore, Li Zhe's variant of the square formation is a purely offensive formation.

    The firepower output of the crossbowmen is enough to destroy all the units in this era. No unit can withstand the firepower of the crossbowmen. The main tasks of the other two units are only to prevent the crossbowmen from changing the direction of attack and preventing the crossbowmen from being exposed when the formation moves.  It's just a flaw.

    With such a mixed force, Li Zhe has the confidence to confront any large formation composed of elites in the cold weapon era.

    Of course, in addition to these main troops, Li Zhe also has some auxiliary equipment troops, which is another kind of tactics.  ps: Thanks to Luan Ding and Tan Hongjun for the reward. This section is a bit sluggish. I feel guilty that book friends are still so supportive!

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