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Chapter 1264

The troops of the Beggars Rebel Army are the troops with the highest priority in equipping firearms. Similarly, other troops also have scattered equipment, even Zhu Yuanzhang's troops have scattered equipment, but they are still equipped with early Longmen cannons, and even tiger squatting cannons. gun.

After inspecting the many rebels, Zeng Yunfeng returned to Shucheng. Originally, he thought that the development speed of the firearms army was faster than he imagined, but in fact it was much slower than he imagined.

It seems that the development of basic science must be strengthened. Only relying on craftsmen to develop firearms is extremely slow. I don't know how long the monkey will be able to meet Zeng Yunfeng's requirements.

It is even more unimaginable to let them innovate. It is not easy to be able to produce stably in the current environment and increase the output of artillery with quality assurance. This is still a lack of scholars.

However, in the eyes of Chen Youliang's generals, this is already a revolution in weapons, and it has surpassed an era. They used to be envious of the new equipment of the Dragon Gate Cannon, but now they finally got their wish.

The reason for these two years is the army of the Yuan Dynasty.Almost more defeats and fewer victories, a large part of the reason is that the troops of Chen Youliang and others are equipped with a large number of firearms.

In the face of such a large number of artillery and firearms, it is almost difficult to hold on to the strong city, except for those cities that are high and the sound of the pool is also accompanied by the beating of the urn, those small cities are afraid of being attacked by the rebels.

Similarly, when facing cavalry troops, the firecrackers under the array of guns can also inflict good damage, which further narrows the distance between them and the Yuan court.

Zeng Yunfeng then went to inspect the horse farm near Shucheng.

In the land of the Huaihe River, the Mongols used to breed horses here, so there are horse farms, but the breed of horses is not particularly ideal. Most of the horses here are Mongolian horses, and they are not tall.

Chen Youliang followed Zeng Yunfeng, looking at the horses, Zeng Yunfeng frowned.

"Didn't those Indian horses breed?"

Chen Yongliang was a little embarrassed and said: "I would like to report to the steward, although Tianzhu horses are tall horses, it is not easy to breed, and there are only a part of them in a short period of time, and most of them are separated by these generals."

Zeng Yunfeng frowned and said, "Let's go!"

"Where are the racecourses in Yunnan and other places!"

"There are some Dian horses, but most of them are suitable for cavalry combat in mountainous areas. For..." Chen Youliang didn't continue, but Zeng Yunfeng understood.

Mongolian horses are good at running long distances, and they are also full of energy. Dian horses are good at running in the mountains, but they are very small.

As for the various horse breeds that Zeng Yunfeng transported from the Nanyang forces, although they were also extensively bred, they did not form a large-scale import of horses in just three to two years.

Although most military generals love this kind of tall horse, it is estimated that they regard it as a tool to show off, rather than thinking about using it for large-scale cavalry battles.

After all, it was a full head taller than others, and the Mongolian horses were not very big, especially compared to the horses brought from the West, such as Tianzhu horses, and those foreign horses from Ma Jun were huge.

Zeng Yunfeng walked forward while thinking, and suddenly saw a particularly tall horse, and said immediately: "Where did this horse breed come from?"

Chen Yongliang hesitated for a while, and said: "Master, this horse seems to be a horse from the west, not like a Tianzhu horse, but it is tall and docile, but its shortcoming is poor long-distance endurance, and it is even more problematic for long-distance running. The advantage is that it has great strength.”

Zeng Yunfeng nodded and said: "These horses should also be equipped with more, and then it would be good to use the draft horses they have trained to make cannons to pull cannons!"

Chen Yongliang's eyes lit up, and he said immediately: "What the Rudder Master thinks and thinks about is far-sighted."

Zeng Yunfeng shook his head. It wasn't that he was far-sighted, but that these people didn't think about it at all. They would rather let these soldiers drag the carts or even push the cannons forward than consider changing the carrying tools.

Western horses are tall, even some horses are as tall as two meters, with a strong physique, which is perfect for being used as a draft horse.

They are also used to tow artillery carts, and their strength is much stronger than these Mongolian horses. With a 6000-jin cannon, the [-]-jin cannon and the artillery cart left by this man will be almost [-] catties.

Carrying cannons is extremely strenuous. Although the artillery can attack the city, it is very difficult to transport the army.

In the current world, many things are stuck on one problem, that is, capacity.

Because of transportation capacity, transporting grain to the north will cost a lot of money, and the food loss on the road is hard to estimate, especially if it is transported by land. Most collapsed.

Basically, nearly two catties of food are almost consumed, and there are official uniforms and spurs in the middle to eat, and various bridges consume countless grains and grass.

Monkey King went on to say: "How about dredging the Grand Canal?"Chen Yongliang suddenly fell silent again.

Host, due to the heavy rain and the Yellow River, many places have been speechless for a long time.Do you want to unwind for a short time?What's more, Zeng Yunfeng stopped him and said directly: "Then clear it as soon as possible. The logistics of most soldiers depend entirely on grain and sea trade, and they must be supplied in time!"

The supply line was stretched again and again, which gave the Dayuan court an opportunity. If the food road was robbed, the troops who went to besiege most of them would be in a dire situation. Zeng Yunfeng didn't have that much food.

This reason is also an important reason why many civil officials in the Ming Dynasty did not support Zhu Di's repeated conquests of Mongolia.

Because every time you attack Mongolia, you have to carry a large amount of food and grass, and the time, material resources, and manpower it takes to transport a large amount of food and grass from south to north are unimaginable.

Wuzheng Mongolia is nice to say, but no one can calculate how much money was spent on food, and the people's husbands and people's power alone are already innumerable.

Moreover, Zhu Di led an army of more than [-], and the army traveled by land in the grasslands. This transportation of food was purely a chore.

This problem of transportation capacity is also an important reason why the territory of the Central Plains court stopped here. The food and grass needed for conquests by infantry alone or with infantry as the main force is very high.

Similarly, if they can feed on the enemy, mainly cavalry, they will have much more room to display, which is one of the reasons why the territory of the Yuan Dynasty can be expanded so wide.

Correspondingly, Genghis Khan has already solved the supply and supply problem of the Great Yuan Dynasty’s foreign conquests. They are grazing and hunting at the same time. It can be said that they will be there wherever they go. The transportation of grain and grass corresponding to the Mongols is not as tense as imagined. .

However, if it is a large-scale infantry and legion, the problems caused by this will be very serious. From this perspective, Zeng Yunfeng hopes that the Zhengzhou navy can make some achievements, and can make achievements in Liaodong and Liaoxi. Relatively, it will reduce a lot of burdens. This will not only transport sea food, but also contain the enemy, so that there will be fewer troops on the frontal battlefield, and the pressure on food and grass will be much smaller.

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