"Cannon?" Xu Ren expressed doubt, "Master, do you know this?"
Li Xian did not explain, but just said: "I originally wanted to make cannons, but the production of explosives was too small, so I could only make muskets. Cannons are enlarged muskets, and their power is increased countless times."
"Increase countless times?" Xu Ren was frightened by this sentence.
"Oh... I mean a complete artillery. But their artillery seems too primitive to count. Haha..."
Then Li Xian avoided some sensitive questions, and Xu Ren was also wise not to ask them - which practitioner doesn't have secrets? The two discussed the "cannon" issue.
However, before the two of them could discuss, more scouts reported back—the State of Cai actually took the initiative to demonstrate artillery to the scouts!
"Taking the initiative to show off the secret weapon? Cai Guo is really generous." Li Xian was overjoyed. In fact, Cai Guo wanted to demonstrate and intimidate; it should be said that Cai Guo did a good job. If it were a normal situation, Anyang would definitely be beaten to a pulp. However, the situation was not normal! It was not Anyang that was abnormal, but Li Xian. To be more precise, Li Xian's origin was abnormal.
After watching the "cannon" specially displayed by Cai Guo, Li Xian finally laughed, "I was shocked. I thought it was a cannon. It turned out that it was not a cannon, but a musket. It used gunpowder without a doubt. Moreover, the muskets were of different sizes and completely inconsistent. There was not even a basic standard."
Xu Ren hesitated for a long time, and finally asked: "Master, how do we avoid the artillery attack?"
"Disperse! The army should not line up neatly as in the past, but should disperse and attack freely. However, the main focus should be on increasing the number of sniper rifles and musketeers. This type of musket has a limited attack range and is prone to explosion. We will let the snipers conduct long-range sniping. In addition, all war instruments should transport a few snipers to conduct sniping at high altitudes. Most importantly, this type of musket requires a large amount of gunpowder, so we need to find their gunpowder depot. Gunpowder will explode after being hit hard and sparking. As long as we find their gunpowder depot, we can just use sniping."
As the two discussed, another scout reported that the State of Cai expected to send out 100,000 troops this time, and expressed its intention to conquer Pingyang in one fell swoop. Moreover, this time it was the Prime Minister Yan Ze'an who personally supervised the army, and the three generals Wang Qisheng, Yan Zhengqing, and Lu Chenggang each led their troops to fight.
"One hundred thousand troops?" Xu Ren calculated all the past data and finally came to a conclusion, "At most there are only 60,000, and at least no less than 50,000. But even so, 20% of the main military force of the State of Cai has been mobilized. Master, write a letter to Lord Li Yulong immediately to persuade His Majesty the Emperor to march north and encourage all the counties and states in the north to send troops to plunder the State of Cai. This time, we will definitely win a great victory. As long as the north is mobilized, we will be as stable as a rock. Otherwise, relying solely on Anyang to fight against the power of the State of Cai, our chances of winning are slim, and even if we win, it will be a miserable victory."
In fact, Li Xian didn't need to write a letter. When Li Xian was discussing here, Li Yulong had already received the information. When Li Xian's letter was sent, the chief of the imperial guards and the doctor-in-chief Fu Minghui had already personally selected 30,000 elite soldiers to rush north, and the three counties in the north of Daxia even took the initiative to request to send troops. Everyone was not stupid. When they heard the news, they realized that this was an opportunity, a good opportunity to plunder the State of Cai and take revenge for the previous war.