Warring States Eagle

The reason why the casting of the big tube does not consume much iron ore is mainly because not many large tubes have been made in the past few years.Due to technical limitations, despite the efforts of Prussia and Andre from Spain, the casting effect was not very good. Although the cast large cylinder did not explode, the service life and firing effect were not satisfactory. In order to ensure the large cylinder In terms of launch quality and safety, those unsatisfactory large cylinders are often reworked, so naturally the Luo family has not many large cylinders in reserve.

Of course, even so, the Luo family was still the first daimyo to use a large tube in the war among the forces of the Warring States period, and now they are about to start forming the first large tube team in the history of the Warring States period.

As far as Zheng Liang knew, although the Luo family used the big tube for the first time in the war a few years ago, many forces realized the power of the big tube, so they all wanted to have the big tube.But at present, there are only three ways to quickly possess a weapon like a large cylinder.

One is to cast it yourself.This method is obviously not feasible for the forces in various places at this time, because they all lack technology and raw material restrictions.Especially in terms of craftsmen, at this time the Luo family is secretly wooing or even kidnapping these relevant craftsmen from the territories of various forces to work for the Luo family.As for the raw materials, the country itself lacks iron ore, and the forces bordering the Luo family are all buying iron ore raw materials in large quantities by the Luo family through commercial or secret smuggling.Therefore, whether in terms of talents or raw materials, the surrounding forces have been affected to a certain extent.The last way is to trade with the pirate fleet headed by Wang Zhi, and buy a large cylinder from these pirate fleets.But at this time, the sea area where Wang Zhi's fleet actually arrived was actually limited to the southern Kyushu and Shikoku Tosa Bay areas.And for the reasons agreed with the Luo family, they did not sell large tubes to the forces in these areas.

so.Under the circumstances that the technical raw materials are limited and the purchase route is blocked, the forces in various places have naturally not obtained such weapons as Datong yet.

The above is the situation on the side of Datong, but on the side of cavalry.After this military expansion, the standing cavalry of the Luo family has increased to 600, including 1000 for the two cavalry squads, 300 for the reconnaissance squad, 200 messengers, and 100 for the cloaks.In addition to the war horses owned by the Luo family's retainers, the total number of war horses that the Luo family will soon have is close to 6000.In order to change the problem of the Luo family's own lack of sources of war horses.In fact, the Luo family has invested a lot of resources over the years.Not only did they establish a large ranch in Hizen Kuno Takayama in Kyushu and Bungo Country Yufudake respectively, but they also continuously increased the number of horses in the two ranches by catching wild horses and buying horses from various places.At present, the two ranches have a total of more than [-] horses, of which more than [-] have been trained to become war horses.It has been able to meet the needs of this cavalry expansion.

In addition, in order to improve the quality of these horses, Zhengliang has purchased hundreds of war horses from Nanman and Ming Kingdom in batches over the years. At present, these war horses have given birth to many foals in two pastures. I believe that after a few years, Through this method of mixing, the quality of the war horses in Luo's family ranch will be greatly improved.

The above is the situation of the cavalry, and the next is the situation of the navy.Before this military expansion, the situation of the Luo family's navy was that it was divided into four squadrons, of which there were 200 permanent troops, 230 warships, 31 troop carriers, 120 closed ships, and giant Fukuoka ships. One boat, one small lucky boat, the captain will be Li Huamei, and the deputy will be Takashi Murakami, Sun Goro, Oyano Tanemitsu, Shangjinpu Zhongjiao, Yupu Town, and Kusano Town officials.The Second Standing Squadron of the Navy has 800 men, 190 Xiaozao ships, and 800 closed ships.The third standing squadron of the navy has 180 men, 73 Kohaya ships, and 800 closed ships. The leader will be Masatora Tao, and the deputy will be Oyano Tanago.The fourth standing water force has 75 permanent personnel, 51 closed ships, [-] troop carriers, and [-] Xiaozao ships.

In this military expansion, Zhengliang not only increased the standing numbers of the four navy divisions to 200, but also increased the nearly [-] ships seized in the Battle of Itsukushima and the Western Kingdom Raiders to four navy divisions respectively. Among the army.

In addition, the two shipbuilding workshops of the Luo family located in Imari Bay and the Ariake Sea of ​​the Hizen country, after several years of development, have also formed a certain scale, which can not only provide daily maintenance for the naval ships of the Luo family, but also be able to build All kinds of local ships from Wa country.The most outstanding thing is that through the efforts of dozens of craftsmen from the Ming Dynasty, starting four years ago, the Luo family finally began to have the ability to build small lucky boats. This kind of lucky boat is more than 20 meters long and seven to eight meters wide. The structure and so on are all based on the technology of the Ming Dynasty. Compared with the local ships, the quality has been greatly improved.

Of course, in order to ensure the stable development of these shipbuilding workshops, the Luo family took certain measures in terms of raw materials and technology.The original aspect.In order to ensure the long-term development of the shipbuilding workshop, in addition to using a large amount of raw materials from Luo's family at the initial stage of the workshop, in the near future.The Luo family began to import raw materials from other regions of the Warring States Period, even North Korea, Ming Dynasty and other places.For example, in the Ming Dynasty, with the help of businessmen Zuo Moyang, You Jianxia, ​​Wang Hai and others in the Ming Dynasty, the Luo family secretly bought those local officials, purchased a large amount of shipbuilding materials from the local shipyards, and then sent them by sea. It was transported to the territory of the Luo family.Since the raw materials were mainly imported from other places, the raw materials in Luo's family have adopted protection and restriction measures.Thus protecting the long-term development of Roche's shipbuilding workshop.

In terms of talents, the Luo family also lures them through solicitation.Even the method of kidnapping continuously gathered relevant craftsmen from all over the Warring States Period and the Ming Dynasty to the Luo family's shipbuilding workshop, thus accumulating enough technical talents for the Luo family's shipbuilding workshop.

After this army expansion, the situation of the Luo family's naval forces will be different.The first division of the navy has a standing force of 200 people, including 230 warships, 53 Dutch ships, 160 Guan ships, one giant lucky boat, and one small lucky boat. The captain is Li Huamei, and the deputy is Takashi Murakami, Son Goro, Oyano Tanemitsu, Kamizuura Takayo, Uura Town, and Kusano Town officials.

The Second Squadron of the Navy.The standing staff has increased from the original 800 to 200. In terms of warships, there are 210 Xiaozao and 45 Dutch ships.120 ships were shut down, including one small lucky ship. The chief commander was Kunatsu, and the deputy commanders were Fukuda Kaneji, Murakami Ryoyasu, Murakami Naokichi, and Kakoki Town.

The third squadron of the navy has increased its standing from the original 800 to 200, and there are 42 warships.There were 120 Dutch ships and [-] closed ships.A small Fuchuan, the captain is Tao Masatora, and the vice-commanders are Oyano Tanago, Tsuruta Nao, and Arimaka.

The fourth squadron of the Navy has increased its standing staff from 800 to 200. In terms of warships, there are 220 small early ships, fifty Dutch ships, 130 Guan ships, and one small Fuchuan. If Lin Yue guards the rear, the deputy generals will be Uto Xingxing, Sasu Mori, and Hatoron.

As a result, the Luo family's navy currently owns one large Fuchuan, four small Fuchuan, 530 Guan Ships, 190 Dutch Ships, 860 Xiaozao Ships, and finally 140 merchant ships controlled by the Cabinet. At this time, the Luo's family already owned more than [-] standard ships, and it can be said that they have become the overlord of the navy in the Kyushu and Western countries.

The four naval teams of the Luo family are mainly used as the main force of the Luo family's water army. In the usual territory guarding, in fact, not all the warships of each team sailed, but most of the ships stayed in their respective areas. Among the navy bases, the standing navy will take turns driving part of the ships to patrol the sea.

At the same time, in the bases of each team, there will be hundreds to thousands of reserve soldiers who will take turns to assist in the defense. These reserves will also follow their respective team's standing reserves to patrol the sea as daily training.When a war breaks out, all the standing and reserve troops and even the temporarily recruited farmers and soldiers will drive most of the warships in the base to take part in the battle.

With the expansion of the army this time, the standing staff of the Luo family suddenly increased to more than 5000, and the standing reserve also increased to more than [-], a total of [-].For such a large-scale military expansion, the strategic materials stored by the Luo family over the years can also meet the military expansion here.

After confirming the plan for this military expansion, Zheng Liang decided to adjust the deployment of each team based on the results of the Western Country Strategy. The specific adjustments are as follows:

The First Continental Division has a standing team, with Masao Kinoshita in command, Shigetada Komoni, Michi Watanabe, Tetsunosuke, Ryan Inudo, Takayoshi Reizumi, and Sado Sado as deputy commanders.The station was changed from the original Kazan Castle of Nagato Country and Moji Castle of Buzen Country to Mihara Castle in the southwest corner of Bingo Country. It was mainly responsible for continuing to infiltrate into various parts of Bingo Country, and at the same time assisting the Luo family's navy in the Seto Inland Sea , The defense of the coastal areas of Bingo country, and if necessary, support the area occupied by the Luo family of the Shikoku Iyu country on the opposite bank, and other teams of the local Aki country in the western country.After the transfer of the Fan Squad in batches, the original Fan Squad's resident Qieshan Castle in Nagato Country and Mosi Castle in Buzen Country will be quickly demolished by the Luo Family Slave Brigade.

The Second Continental Standing Team, the leader will be Yoshida Shigemasa, the deputy will be Takeuchi Hisamori, Shindai Victory, Ueda Shinji, Uno Normal, Ikaga Minbe, and also include Yoshida Shigemasa's retainers Anto Iada, Toshi Settsu, Yufu But secondly, the military commander of this team is the one-eyed dragon Masamune Luo of the Luo family.The station was originally Hachiya Castle of Buzen Country and Fulai Castle of Bungo Country. This time, it was changed to Kokubun Mountain Castle, Hakata Castle, and Kosen Mountain Castle in the northern part of Shikoku Iyu Kingdom. At the same time, assist the Luo family's navy in the defense of the Seto Inland Sea and the coastal areas of the Iyu country, and support the Raiders and defenses of the other land teams of the Luo family in the Aki country and Bingo country when necessary.After the transfer of the Fan Squads in batches, the former residences of Hachiya Castle in Buzen Country and Fulai Castle in Bungo Country will be quickly demolished by the Luo Family Slave Brigade.

The Third Continental Standing Team, the leader will be Akuta, the deputy generals will be Asakura Sodi, Fukuda Nobukiyo, Kalai Tongzhi, Hironaka Ryusuke, Noma Takami, and the army will be Kawada Yoshiro.The station was originally Marugoyama Castle and Yada Castle in the Nagato Country, but this time it was changed to Oda Castle, Chausuyama Castle, and Caizaki Castle in the Aki Country in the Western Region, and was responsible for defending the Maori family in the Northern Region and the Bingo in the Eastern Region. At the same time, support other teams of the Luo family located in Aki and Bingo countries at any time, and cooperate with various teams to attack the Mori family and the rest of the Bingo countries when necessary.After the transfer of the Fan Squads in batches, the former Nagato Kingdom's Marugiyama Castle and Yata Castle will be quickly demolished by the Luo Family Slave Brigade.

Since Caisaki Castle is relatively far from Oda Castle and Chausuyama Castle, as well as the border between the local Luo family territory and the Maori family territory, Zheng Liang plans to build a new city on the border between the local Luo family territory and the Maori family territory. Used to replace Caisaki Castle.After the city is built, it will also be named Caisaki Castle, and the original Caisaki Castle will be demolished.

In this way, it will be beneficial to the linkage of the Luo family's army in the local cities, and at the same time further oppress the Maori family's territory.Of course, it is estimated that when this new walled city is built, it will definitely attract the attention of the Maori family, and even lead to further conflicts with the Maori family.