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Chapter 84 Prestige
"During this period, I hope that everyone can train hard. I will also make logistical preparations for everyone, prepare more gunpowder weapons, and try to reduce the casualties of the guards as much as possible." Chen Xun assured the generals.

Chenjiazhuang has many types of gunpowder weapons, but they are currently unusable.

The range of the matchlock gun is not as good as the divine arm crossbow, and the rate of fire is slow.

Because the grenade is made of black powder, it must be very heavy to ensure its lethality. However, if it is heavy, it will naturally not be thrown far. It can be regarded as a melee weapon at best.

But it will definitely be useful to defend the city by then. If the soldiers dare to climb the city, they will definitely be unable to survive.

The artillery is made of copper and has a reasonable range. However, because it is a solid bullet, it is more useful for sieges and has a mediocre effect in killing enemies in the field. However, it can be set up on the enemy platform to serve as long-range fire support for the Miao Dao Battalion's charge.

The momentum is definitely enough.

They continued to discuss some details, and it was not until after lunch that Chen Xun left the camp.

The preliminary plan is in place, but various problems will definitely arise during the subsequent implementation. Chen Xun is already used to it, and he will just make additions and adjustments when the time comes.

Thinking about it in his mind, Chen Xun walked towards the steel plant.

The name "factory" seems to indicate a large scale. In fact, Chenjiazhuang's steelmaking plant is at best a large blacksmith's workshop. Because iron ore and coal must be transported from outside to inside, the scale is severely limited.

Chen Xun named it Steelmaking Factory mainly because of its positioning: to study the improvement of steelmaking technology on the premise of satisfying Chenjiazhuang's small-scale weapons and tool manufacturing.

It can be said that this is a research institute, and most of the funds every year are used to study the upgrading of steel materials.

The steel for forging Miao Dao comes from this steelmaking plant.

When discussing strategies to deal with the enemy in the camp in the morning, Chen Xun discovered a very serious hidden danger, but this hidden danger could not be put on the table for discussion.

That is: morale!

The last time I fought against the Guangzhou Xiangbing, behind the Chenjiazhuang guards was my family, my home, and I couldn't afford to lose, so there was no need to worry about their morale.

But this time to fight against the six-state imperial army's encirclement and suppression, Chen Xun had to evacuate all personnel and materials unrelated to the war to Lantau Island. As a result, Chenjiazhuang's guards had nothing to protect behind them.

If you insist on saying that you have a family, you can count it as a family, but if all your family members have withdrawn, the weight of the family will be greatly reduced.

After the withdrawal of those who did not participate in the battle, and without worries, the will of the guards to fight to the death will naturally be greatly reduced. How to improve morale has become an urgent problem that Chen Xun needs to solve at present.

In the past, when Chenjiazhuang opened up to the outside world, Chen Xun rarely took the lead. But at that time, he was young and had wisdom far beyond ordinary people, which was already shocking.

Now that I am an adult, if I continue to hide behind, I can, and the guards won't say anything, but it is difficult to control what they don't think.

The guards of Chenjiazhuang are not the country's army. They have a strict upper and lower system and a huge organizational scale.

You'll know it just by the name: Guard!This is a private soldier. The character and behavior of the backbone will greatly affect the style of this private soldier.

As a private soldier, without the belief that you must protect your body, you will inevitably have other thoughts when fighting, especially when fighting "against the wind".

In terms of fleeing from battle, it was indeed the case when Chenjiazhuang first began to open up to the outside world. Chen Xun, who was only [-] or [-] years old at the time, personally performed beheadings and quickly stopped this behavior. It has become rare in the following years.

But this kind of punishment can only be done after the fact. The enemies we faced before were relatively weak. Even if there were a few deserters, it would not affect the overall battle situation.

The enemy we are facing now is so powerful. If there are deserters, it will greatly affect the morale of the enemy and ourselves on the entire battlefield, and it will easily lead to a rout.Even if most of the guards don't want to escape, they will be kidnapped.So Chen Xun knew that this time he had to face the encirclement and suppression by the Six Prefecture Forbidden Army, and he had to fight in person.

Only by personally going into battle and taking the lead can the morale of the guards be maximized.

As the head of the family, with a rich body, he can stick to the front line against the officers and soldiers, and the distracting thoughts of other guards will naturally be dispelled.

This is the same as the emperor's personal expedition to improve the morale of the army.

Moreover, after being blessed by the two characteristics of "Elegance of Horses" and "Good at Flying", the force of force has reached the pinnacle of human physical fitness. It is also time to establish an image of "brave and invincible" to his subordinates, so as to reverse the previous possibility. The impression of "weakness" exists.

In the past, the impression of myself among my subordinates was that of being "unparalleled in resourcefulness". If you add "incomparable bravery" to that, it would mean that you are both civil and military.

In this way, you can further consolidate your position among Chenjiazhuang's forces.

Chenjiazhuang's power may enter a precarious stage after this war. Entering this stage, it is very important to ensure that its prestige is unrivaled.

Especially in the military.

At present, those generals and guards live together day and night and fight together. Even if I am the one who pays them military salary, in the hearts of the soldiers, the prestige of the generals is inevitably greater than that of themselves.

During the period when Chenjiazhuang's power was developing stably, his own orders would definitely take precedence over the general's orders, but when Chenjiazhuang's power entered a period of turmoil, it was uncertain.

"Look at Mr. Lang, he actually destroyed our family." Once this thought comes out, the soldier will naturally have more trust in the general who lives and dies with him day and night.

Therefore, I must establish a higher prestige in the army, it is very urgent!

Everyone in future generations knows a saying: political power comes from the barrel of a gun.

If you don't have your personal guards and sea guards, then you will be nothing.

Therefore, from the perspective of improving morale and establishing prestige, he must go to the front line in person this time, he must take the lead, and he must show his outstanding military power in front of the guards.

It's best to have a tough image that makes people feel frightened when they think about it, making it difficult for them to resist.

"Langjun!" The steward of the steel mill came out to greet him in time.

"Take me to the armor area." Chen Xun said.

The two turned a few corners and came to the armor forging workshop, which mainly uses human forging.

The steam engine in Chenjiazhuang is still there.Not researched.

There are hydraulic forging machines, but there are no rivers with abundant water power around Chenjiazhuang.

The closest river to Chenjiazhuang and more suitable for the construction of hydraulic machinery is the Dongbao River. The river that faced the Guangzhou Xiang soldiers last time, but it is already outside Chenjiazhuang's sphere of influence.

"Which armor has the strongest protection right now?" Chen Xun asked.

"In terms of protective power alone, it's still scale armor, but it's too heavy." The steward led Chen Xun to a pair of half-finished scale armor.

(End of this chapter)