But now think about it, if the cannon cannot move, then how did it be installed on the turret in Tongguan?

It can only be said that it is the fixed turret mode in Tongguan, which made Cao Cao and others mistakenly believe that this is the only way to use artillery. Or, when Cao Cao and others faced this new weapon and unfamiliar technology, they subconsciously belittled the power and purpose of this weapon.

Cao Cao, Guo Jia and others have actually felt that the times are undergoing huge changes in the face of gunpowder and artillery, but they are not able to adapt to this change, and they cannot quickly turn tactics and strategies into new models that adapt to this new change.

Before gunpowder, war mainly relied on the physical strength of soldiers and the melee ability of cold weapons.

The large number of cluster attacks are the main tone of combat.

Simply put, it is to hit people and consume people.

Now, the gunpowder taken out by Fei Qian and the derivatives of various gunpowder have changed from simple competition to comprehensive quality. Human power is no longer the only and insurmountable combat advantage.

The layout of the battlefield and the way of fighting will undergo tremendous changes.

Before this change, how could Cao Cao sleep well?

This is a big gamble.

Before, Cao Cao won the bet.

What about now?

The emergence of gunpowder has given rise to the development of a series of new weapons, such as grenades, artillery, rockets, etc.

The range and power of these weapons far exceed that of traditional cold weapons, making the attack and defense required by the battlefield put forward higher demands and more evolutions.

The Zhanzhaiwu Fort, which is sufficiently defended against attacks by general cold weapons, cannot effectively resist artillery fire. Therefore, the design and construction of the Zhanzhai Castle must begin to change to adapt to the new war environment.

Even if Cao Cao understood, counselors like Guo Jia or Dong Zhao also understood what designs to be added to defend against new artillery, but Shandong craftsmen did not know, and civilians did not understand, and then passed information from top to bottom. How long would it take?

Shandong soldiers and Cao's army arrays have been densely arranged from the beginning, forming formations to meet the enemy. Now, if we re-defend to defend against grenades, what kind of training will it take, and how long will it take?

Of course, as Guo Jia analyzed, gunpowder cannons and other items consume a lot.

If a cannon is cast into a gun head, it may not be equipped with three or five hundred people, but can one cannon kill three or five hundred people?

Obviously impossible.

This is also a factor that Cao Cao and Guo Jia and other strategists were confident of continuing to fight before.

However, the battle at the camp at the slope now made Cao Cao and others realize another difficult problem.

Just as Cao Cao's soldiers could not line up and let Fei Qian's artillery bomb one by one, Cao Cao's soldiers could not have eternal morale and courage.

The use of gunpowder weapons will indeed greatly increase the scale and cost of the Fiku war, and accelerate the consumption of Fiku's war potential. After all, manufacturing gunpowder and gunpowder weapons requires a lot of resources and money. But in the same way, to deal with these gunpowder weapons, Cao's army also needs to have more elite and more determined soldiers...

Otherwise, it would be like a camp at the bottom of the slope, after the walls of the camp collapsed, their morale would collapse and they would collapse without fighting.

Therefore, the entire battle situation has reached now, and Cao Cao has to mobilize the most elite soldiers to come forward.

Then Cao Cao considered another issue.

Is all this in the plan of the cavalry again?

You said, how can I let Lao Cao sleep well?

As for his junior brother, Lao Cao often remembers that if he was in the Sour Jujube Camp, he could reach out to hold Fei Qian...

Cao Cao sighed silently, then closed his eyes very likely to suppress the various distracting thoughts that emerged in his mind.

I have trump cards, but is Fei Qian gone?

Cao Cao has been betting all his life, but fortunately he has won the bet before.

Unfortunately, he won all before, so he felt that he would win this time too.

Even he himself understood that there was difficulties ahead now, fire behind, and noise from his team, but he still pushed the chips forward.

The night passed quietly, and when the moon was silent and left quietly before the sun was angry, the noise gradually arose in Cao's camp. According to the previous order, cook at the fifth hour, eat at dawn, and then set off.

As the horizon gradually turned white, the soldiers of Cao's army also stood up one after another.

The army set out without waiting for people, and the time for dinner was fixed. Once the time came, the gong was knocked, and those who had not finished eating would have to be hungry.

Because time is tight, in this case, ordinary Cao's soldiers fought for each other to eat.

After these ordinary Cao army soldiers, under the protection of the non-commissioned officers, put down their rice buckets and steamed buns, they rushed up and snatched them with bowls around the rice buckets. They were impatient and even stretched out their black claws that they had not washed for many days and grabbed them...

The military academy looked coldly on the side and did not come forward to maintain order at all. Anyway, as long as there is no trouble, some fights will be regarded as livening the atmosphere.

No one talks, everyone is chewing and swallowing wildly. Everyone knows that if you eat a meal, you will lose one meal.

The food shortage of Cao's army is no longer an ulterior motive, even if the Cao army generals repeatedly denied it.

Although the number of steamed buns is still the same as before, it is obviously more than half smaller than before. At the same time, there is some meat that the senior army generals do not eat, and they are only distributed at the low-level Cao army soldiers.

So even if the Cao Army Military Academy repeatedly denies the issue of military rations, reality is reality. It will not be possible to smooth out the fear, worry, fear and other negative emotions in the hearts of Cao army soldiers at the bottom just because there are two on the surface, or if there are meat and vegetables.

The entire camp made a gusting sound.

You cannot listen carefully to this movement or think about it carefully. Otherwise, you might as well have a layer of fine hair and sweat from your spine.

In the Cao army's central tent, Cao Cao also ate his meal.

Although he was about to start, Cao Cao was still eating his meal very carefully.

One bite of rice, one bite of food.

Mix together and chew twelve times.

Cao Cao was not without the time to eat voraciously, but the older he was, the slower he ate.

When I was young, I didn’t pay attention to dental hygiene, and now I have toothaches that occur from time to time.

After Cao Cao finished eating, he took the slurry and rinsed his mouth again. The guards put down the plate before the call for gathering and setting off in the central army rang out.

The Cao army soldiers stood in their own queues, and after the small queues were completed, they immediately joined the brigade and displayed outside the camp.

Although Cao Cao's words and deeds seemed to be calm, he actually knew that he did not sleep well last night. His spirit was inexplicably excited and nervous, even when he set out, he was still the same.

The guard put on the armor for Cao Cao. After putting on it, he took a bronze mirror for Cao Cao to check it out. Facing the bronze mirror, the smooth mirror reflected a slightly distorted face of a middle-aged and elderly person.

Cao Cao leaned closer, squinted his eyes, stared at the face inside the bronze mirror, then grinned, then raised his hand to the position of the bag, swung his cloak, and walked out with his head raised.

Outside the big tent, Dong Zhao had been waiting. When he saw Cao Cao coming out, he followed him and said, "Lord, the advance teams have set off, and the Central Military Department and the rear battalion have also been prepared. Please make an announcement."

Cao Cao raised his head, squinted his eyes, stared at the flying flag, "Set out!"

The last lap deal, the last raise.

Allin.

Ordinary miscellaneous soldiers and auxiliary soldiers were the first to go out of the camp, but the first to leave was the Central Leader and Central Guards.

As the sound of war drums rang out, flags came forward in pairs, and the army slowly moved forward.
Chapter completed!