Compared with guns, the two dynasties paid more attention to cavalry.

After all, on the endless prairie, the cavalry from both sides would face each other as soon as they charged.

This kind of gun with slow reloading speed is not as practical as spears and crossbows.

So there wasn't much development or attention at all.

The armies of the Zhou Dynasty did not have many of these rifled guns.

That brings us back to the topic. The Zhou Dynasty didn’t have many regular troops, so how many bandits could there be?

The guns in this bandit's collection are all muskets, which are old-fashioned shotguns.

Lu Yuan's idea is to train an elite force, all equipped with rifled guns, and then go into the mountains!!

It's not just bandits who are familiar with the mountains.

There are also villagers around, so most of the elite troops will be selected from the villagers here.

Just like Huo Qubing recruiting the Huns into his army!

However, if it is just special operations, it is far from enough.

Why.

Because the flying soldiers can't kill anyone...it's not...it's because this kind of elite force cannot completely clean up the mess.

What is the greatest role of this elite force?

Behead!

Completely disrupt the bandits in the rear!

After all, anyone who has seen Bright Sword knows that the attack on Ping'an County relied on large troops and Italian artillery~

There must be a leader among the tens of thousands of bandits.

This is called catching the thief first and catching the king first.

Among the tens of thousands of bandits, whoever is in charge will be beaten by the hair of the regular army facing him.

Fight to death!

I don't expect the regular army to kill the bandit leader.

But for...herding sheep!

Drive this bandit leader out of his den!

When the bandit leader fled hastily from his den, it was a matter of elite troops wandering in the mountains.

It would be better to ambush the bandit leader on several of his retreat routes in advance.

Then behead him!

It is absolutely impossible for this elite unit that Lu Yuan mentioned to charge head-on.

Just beheading.

After doing this several times, the bandit camp will definitely be in chaos.

This is called attacking the heart!

Attacking the city is the next priority, attacking the heart is the highest priority!

Bandits are bandits, no matter how powerful they are, they are still bandits.

Once there is no backbone, it is like a piece of loose sand.

After Lu Yuanyang finished speaking.

Both Gu Qingwan and Gu Lie fell into deep thought.

Gu Qingwan was thinking about the military expenditure needed to do this.

It doesn't seem to be very high.

only……

Is this possible?

And Gu Lie was also wondering if this was feasible.

After the two of them thought about it for a while, Gu Lie took the lead and looked at Lu Yuan and said:

"Brother, this... doesn't work a bit, right?"

certainly!

If this is the case, it will never work!

Lu Yuan was quite happy when he saw Gu Lie asking questions. He patted Gu Lie on the shoulder, then looked at Gu Qingwan next to him and grinned:

"Look, I said that our brother will definitely be an excellent general in the future.

No, I immediately thought there was a problem."

Gu Qingwan was stunned when she heard Lu Yuan's words and couldn't help but give Lu Yuan a roll of her eyes.

Who is we with you?

Lu Yuan looked at Gu Lie and said with a smile:

"Then tell me, what's wrong?"

And Gu Lie is very serious now, which is different from his usual joking, or rather...

Well...Gu Lie is very mature now.

It's different from the childish look before.

Gu Lie immediately said seriously:

"There are all good ideas in this matter, but the biggest problem is, how to drive out the bandits?

If you charge head-on, this will definitely not work. I went home and did some research yesterday. Each of the bandit's mountain gates is easy to defend and difficult to attack. The cost of breaking through a mountain gate is really too high.

At some narrow intersections, only a dozen or so people with a shotgun can block hundreds of people!

Moreover, if we can really break into the mountain gate of the bandits, then there will be no need for elite troops."

Last night, Lu Yuan went home and watched "God of War" all night.

It was impossible for him, Gu Lie, to go home and just fall asleep.

Gu Lie also spent the whole night reading a book about banditry in the south.

The biggest problem with banditry in the south is that the bandits' location is too favorable.

Some narrow places can only allow one person to pass.

Even if you charge forward with a heavy shield, as long as a huge boulder rolls down...

Anyway, if they wanted to break through a bandit mountain with less than a hundred people, the regular army of the Zhou Dynasty would have to pay dozens of times more casualties.

And a bandit den with less than a hundred people can only be considered a small-scale bandit.

The largest bandit den in the south, with thousands of people!

How to attack this?

Brother Lu Yuan had a good idea. He beat the bandit out of his den and then beheaded him with the help of elite troops.

But the problem is...

There is no way to even proceed to the first step.

Unless it's just a hard fight, use life to fill it up.

In fact, this is the most difficult step in suppressing bandits.

Lu Yuan looked at Gu Lie with satisfaction and said with a smile:

"Yes, that's the problem, but... what about bombardment?"

gun?

Gu Lie was startled, then smiled helplessly:

"That's even more impossible..."

“There are mountain roads there that are difficult to climb even for strong soldiers in some places, and many of the rugged mountain roads can only be passed by one person.

How to transport this cannon, which weighs hundreds or thousands of kilograms, and the shells?

Even if it takes a huge amount of manpower and material resources to transport a few cannons, it will not work at all, and the maximum elevation angle of the cannon cannot be reached at all."

After listening to Gu Lie's words, Lu Yuan patted Gu Lie on the shoulder, looked at Gu Qingwan who was listening carefully and said with a smile:

"Look, look at our brother, I will say that he is really good and a qualified commander."

Gu Qingwan doesn't know much about military affairs, but what Gu Qingwan understands is people's hearts.

Therefore, what Lu Yuan said just now seemed reasonable to Gu Qingwan, but she couldn't tell what was right or wrong.
To be continued...