Chapter 131 Preparing for war
"I have only just discovered the hidden limitations of the Japanese world. I really don't know if I am too stupid or if I am influenced by the world's consciousness." Yan Xu shook his head and decided to choose to believe the second option because it would make him seem less stupid.

Besides, who can prove that world consciousness does not exist? So it is understandable that he took so long to discover it. It has nothing to do with IQ. Yes, that's it. Yan Xu nodded with clear eyes and firm will.

It's not his fault at all. It was Yan Xu's first time to visit the Japanese world, and he was nervous. Out of caution, he didn't bring any modern electronic products. It was a reasonable and wise choice.

Later, I didn’t know whether it was a habit or I was really influenced by the consciousness of the Japanese world, but I never thought about it, let alone prepared for it.

It was not until he broke through to the extraordinary level, possessed the incense and fire divine way, and upgraded the system to a high level that he seemed to have broken through some kind of limitation and realized the problem.

Although this made him begin to doubt his own IQ, he was at least luckier than the natives of the Japanese world, because their ancestors had been confined to this small world for generations, and they still believed in the existence of the Central Plains Kingdom and communicated and traded with it in a proper manner. Isn't this a kind of sadness?

But how did the goods from the Central Plains Kingdom, such as the ginseng that Yan Xu wanted, appear? Did they refresh? Or is there really a Central Plains Kingdom world outside the Dongying world?
No matter what, this incident reminded Yan Xu that he should pay attention to the differences in the world.

Since there is a small world like Japan that does not support technology, it is possible that he will encounter a big world that blocks supernatural powers in the future. If he discovers the problem after showing off, he will probably die a miserable death.

After confirming that there are limitations in the world, Yan Xu actually felt relieved.

Although advanced guns and electronic products cannot be used in the Japanese world, it also proves that the Japanese world is small and incomplete, making it impossible for super-standard creatures to survive, which makes him have fewer concerns.

After returning to Guimaruyama Castle, Yan Xu began to prepare for war.

The main force this time is still the cold weapon team, because the current luck point reserves are not enough to upgrade the troops on a large scale, so they can only upgrade while fighting.

Relying on the abundant food reserves and the large amount of military rations he brought, Yan Xu expanded the number of foot soldiers to 4,000, 800 hatamoto, and 300 samurai in one breath.

This does not include the farmers and foot soldiers who were temporarily summoned. If they were included, the number would at least double, to nearly 10,000 people.

However, combat effectiveness cannot be guaranteed, at least there will definitely be problems with command.

Real war is not a game. There is no panoramic view and no mouse command. When the commander goes to the battlefield, he is surrounded by his own soldiers. Facing a battlefield composed of thousands of people, what do you think he can see?

Command? The messenger went through great pains to find the general below, and the general then passed the order down step by step. It took most of the day to go back and forth. It would be better to re-arrange the troops before the battle the next day.

As for delivering messages through horns, drums, gongs, flags, etc., there are also many limitations.

Therefore, the larger the scale of the war, the smaller the role of the commander after the war begins. It depends on the grassroots officers to take the lead, the middle-level officers to stabilize the formation, and the senior officers to perform in the battlefield. The main role of the commander is to make pre-war arrangements, and not to die, or at least not to fall the flag.

Therefore, after completing the recruitment, Yan Xu began to build the military officer system. Otherwise, it would be difficult to command these thousands of people, let alone eat, sleep, and go to the toilet.

As a grassroots officer, all the samurai could do was to charge with dozens of foot soldiers. At most, if there was a pit ahead, he would know to turn instead of standing there stupidly.

Obviously this is far from enough. It can only play the game of advancing when hearing the drum and retreating when hearing the gong. If it is more complicated, it will definitely fail, so Yan Xu first upgraded the warrior.

There are two directions for warrior upgrades, one is to improve combat effectiveness, the other is to improve command ability.

In the future, the military will inevitably adopt firearms. There is no point in increasing combat effectiveness by a little bit, so of course the choice is to improve command.

After a samurai is promoted to a general, he can handle more complicated matters and lead one or two hundred foot soldiers to accurately execute tactics, such as going down the mountain to rob food. It's pretty good, and it can be regarded as a mid-level officer in Japan.

The samurai general was promoted to a subordinate general, who could command 500 to 1,000 foot soldiers and guard a line of defense or a castle. He was a real officer.

Just upgrading a warrior to a general requires four hundred luck points plus one hundred and ten taels of gold, which is obviously not a small number.

Although it was expensive, Yan Xu still upgraded five generals and twenty attendant generals, plus many samurai, and initially completed the officer system of the Moroboshi family's army.

Once the war breaks out, Yan Xu will be the core, the generals will be the hub, the samurai generals will be the nodes, and the samurai will be the grassroots. This will be enough to bring together thousands of foot soldiers to form an overall force. He is quite satisfied with this.

However, in order to play a leading role more conveniently, the samurai and the generals needed to dress more brightly, such as putting a flag on their backs, so that people could tell at a glance that they were of extraordinary status.

Although there is the problem of becoming a target, only in this way can the surrounding foot soldiers recognize who is the leader at a glance and gather around on their own to follow the charge or retreat.

In order to increase the survival rate, Yan Xu was considerate enough to equip his subordinates with ten flag bearers as his personal soldiers, because they were too conspicuous and anyone with a rocket launcher in hand would surely be unable to resist firing at the enemy.

In any case, with a relatively complete officer system, Yan Xu is more confident.

As for the upgraded version of the Ashigaru and Hatamoto, although he gained a lot of luck points by causing trouble in the Magic City, he couldn't afford to spend them like this.

In view of the shortage of luck points, Yan Xu upgraded a total of 300 iron cannon foot soldiers and equipped them with improved flintlock rifles, which were enough to serve as a surprise force.

Ootsu Ashigaru Yan Xu was not upgraded because he did not prepare a proper artillery, which could be replaced by a hatamoto that did not consume luck points.

At this time, the generals, samurai and warriors had already changed their clothes. They were equipped with high-level armor made of a mixture of leather, scale armor and chain mail. They put on helmets with more exaggerated shapes than each other, and put on flags. They were like peacocks on the battlefield.

Yan Xu couldn't help but secretly cheer for them in his heart. If they went to the battlefield with this outfit, it would be a shame if they didn't come back with a dozen arrows stuck in their bodies.

But there is no way. In the era of cold weapons, the leader must have a clear image and be recognizable, otherwise no one will know the hierarchy and who will follow.

The officers finished changing their uniforms, followed by the soldiers.

The general commanded the samurai general, and the samurai general commanded the samurai, and each samurai led fifty foot soldiers to change the clothes of the entire army according to the order and collect supplies.

Yan Xu bought a family workshop that made mats and turned it into a small factory. Not only did he become rich, but he also increased his output. He also learned to innovate independently and produced bamboo armor with more sturdy and beautiful styles. After Yan Xu put the label of the Moroboshi family on it, he sold it to the warriors on the main island and made a lot of money.

The army is currently undergoing a major equipment change, and with such a large number of soldiers, it is naturally impossible to equip them with such complicated bamboo armor, but the painting was done with great care, all painted black, and a word "门" (door) was written on their hats.

The teppo ashigaru are similar, but there is a fire character on the hat.

As for the hatamoto, they are equipped with leather and scale armor painted red, and their heads are covered with helmets.

For a while, the entire territory became busy, and everything was for war.

(End of this chapter)