Nowadays, the Ming Dynasty scouts are equipped with simpler equipment. They don’t even have armor on their bodies. They only wear a helmet on their heads and a piece of leather armor on their bodies. Nothing else.
But these scouts had a lance strapped to their waists, which they could easily pull forward. It was loaded with bullets and ready to fire at any time. They also had two pistols strapped to their waists, which were also provided to them.
The horses were wearing belts filled with bullets. These people were after speed and ranged attacks. Guns were more accurate, so they could turn around and shoot someone from a distance.
After arriving in front of Lu Xiangsheng, the scout said directly: "General, Jiannu cavalry have been spotted ahead."
After hearing this, Lu Xiangsheng smiled, turned to look at Cao Wenzhao and said, "See? He's here. I told you he would come to stop us."
After listening to him, Cao Wenzhao shook his head and said, "Why doesn't he attack Sun Chuanting's central army?"
"That's easy to guess." Lu Xiangsheng said with a smile, "We've fought our way through, but nothing has stopped us. We can head straight to Hetuala City."
"So Huang Taiji and his men must defeat us first, and then attack Sun Chuanting. After all, they have fewer troops, so what they need to do is end the war as quickly as possible, and they must concentrate their superior forces to annihilate one of their forces first."
"Our side will be the one they concentrate their forces to annihilate. We still have Fushun City over at Zhongshan Pavilion, so nothing will happen for a while."
After hearing this, Cao Wenzhao snorted coldly and said, "That's a good idea."
In fact, he was not the only one who thought this way; even Lu Xiangsheng thought the same way. Was Sun Chuanting a good person to get along with?
Although Sun Chuanting was a civil servant, after getting along with him for so long, they knew that he was not someone to be trifled with. Once he took action, his moves would be like thunder and lightning, and his actions would be ruthless.
Huang Taiji and his men actually resorted to this tactic, attacking themselves and letting the other side hold on. This was simply courting death. However, Huang Taiji had no better strategy to choose from, so he could only do this.
Huang Taiji and the others wanted to see if they could fight to the death. If not, they would be defeated. Waiting would also mean waiting to die, so they had no choice but to leave like this.
However, no matter how Huang Taiji and his men attacked, it actually didn't make much sense. No matter how hard they tried, it was useless. In the face of the generation gap in weapons, it was meaningless.
Generals like Lu Xiangsheng had all received education and understood the concept of generational differences. According to the Baigong Academy's classification, theirs was considered the third generation of firearms.
The first generation of firearms was the matchlock musket, paired with a bronze cannon, which was the case in the earliest Ming Dynasty. According to the Baigong Academy, even with the first generation of firearms, the Ming Dynasty did not actually have a complete equipment, and the army with the most equipment was Qi Jiguang's Qi Family Army.
After the current emperor ascended the throne, firearms soon entered the second generation, that is, flintlock rifles with bronze cannons. At this time, the Ming Dynasty had already equipped a batch of them. They used such equipment in the war, but later they just replaced it and all of these equipment were sent to Liaodong.
Then the Baigong Academy developed the third generation of firearms, which are the metal-mounted rifles that our people are equipped with now, equipped with mortars and mountain cannons.
At the time, Lu Xiangsheng had asked if it would be possible to upgrade to the fourth generation of firearms soon. The people at the Hundred Craftsmen's Academy had already made it clear that the current generation of weapons would likely last a long time, and upgrading to the fourth generation was essentially impossible.
The Baigong Academy has already begun trying to manufacture the fifth generation, but it seems that they will not be able to equip it after it is manufactured. They have sealed the technology and continue to research the sixth generation. They don’t know the specific situation.
However, Lu Xiangsheng also understood that the third generation was sufficient for the time being. Regardless of which army they faced, the third generation could generally handle it. In the words of His Majesty, while the firepower was still slightly lacking, it was already capable of holding its own.
However, His Majesty only said this, and they listened. Many people felt that it was not a question of whether a war could be fought, but that no one could fight against the Ming army.
It's just that no one could refute what the emperor said, and they all praised him in one breath:
Your Majesty, you are right!
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