Jiajing looked at the exquisite "Kunyu Wanguo Quantu" in front of him, and his interest was completely aroused.

This "The Principle of Knowing Things. The Geography Chapter really brought him a lot of surprises, but what about the other things, he couldn't help but ask: "Qingfeng, what are you holding in your hand, is it other volumes?" ”

Yang Cong hurriedly said: "Yes, Your Majesty, Wechen went to Shanxi last year, and what I heard the most was that the border people were afraid of Tartars, so Wechen thought of some weapons and methods to deal with Tartars, which were compiled in the "Five Elements Chapter", "Art of War" and "Equipment Chapter", please take a look at the emperor. “

When Jiajing heard this, his spirit couldn't help but perk, this tartar is really annoying, year after year, year after year, the border army has been killed and injured countless times, the border people are panicked, and the burden of military spending on the imperial court is getting heavier and heavier, making his head bigger.

Now, Yang Cong has actually compiled weapons and methods to deal with the Tartars, and his momentum has come up all of a sudden.

He couldn't wait to take the three books in Yang Cong's hand, and then hurriedly flipped through them.

Yang Cong placed at the top is "The Principle of Knowing Things. The Art of War. Guarding the Imperial Scroll", which tells how to use hot weapons with cold weapons to defend the city, and how to use fire dragon chariots with hot weapons and cold weapons in the field to defend against cavalry charges.

These tactics are similar to the art of war handed down in the past, and there are also great differences, not only the method of formation, marching methods, combat discipline, battle formation coordination and other contents similar to the art of cold weapons warfare, but also the pure hot weapon combat tactics such as musket three-fold formation, infantry artillery cooperation, guns and artillery cooperation, range, saturation attack, etc., and even many illustrations, even Jiajing, who is not very proficient in the art of war, can see it at a glance.

According to the description of the art of war, if the Ming army defends the city, 10,000 elite border troops are enough to resist the attack of 100,000 Tartars, and if it is a field encounter, 10,000 elite border troops are enough to resist the attack of 50,000 Tartar iron cavalry.

However, seeing the weapons behind him, Jiajing was instantly dumbfounded.

When defending the city, 10,000 Ming soldiers needed to be equipped with at least 3,000 muskets, 10,000 thunderbolts, 50 heavy artillery, and 100 light artillery.

In the field, 10,000 soldiers of the Ming Army needed to be equipped with at least 5,000 muskets, 20,000 thunderbolts, 200 light artillery, 2,000 chariots, and 4,000 horses.

My God, where did these things come from, what thunder, what heavy artillery, what light artillery, and muskets, the entire Shenji battalion is equipped with less than 3,000 muskets, and there are six border towns in the northwest, where did so many muskets come from?

Jiajing closed the "Art of War" with some regret, and then sighed: "Qingfeng, your art of war is really good, if according to the art of war, as long as all the elites of the 60,000 border armies in the northwest are equipped, the Tartars will not be a problem, where does the problem come from such muskets, artillery, thunderstorms and chariots." ”

Yang Cong naturally thought of this question a long time ago, and he responded carefully: "Your Majesty, Da Ming doesn't have so many weapons and equipment now, but as long as we are willing to build them, these will happen sooner or later." Wechen has also heard that some people have never seen a Tartar, and they have never thought of going into battle to kill the enemy, so they know that they say cool words, saying that this is not good, that is not good, after so many years of cool words, Tartars have not seen a single hair, is it possible that the war depends on the mouth rather than on the action? How strong is my Ming national strength, can't you make this bit of guns? ”

When Jiajing heard this, he couldn't help but be stunned, he had indeed heard such cool words, now that he thinks about it, these people are really hateful, you can just say cool words, don't do anything, can the Tartar be blown to death by you or how can it be dropped?

He nodded with deep feeling and said: "That's right, how strong our Ming national strength is, can't you make this bit of guns!" ”

I'm waiting for your words!

Yang Cong hurriedly hit the railway while it was hot: "Your Majesty, there are all kinds of weapons and equipment production methods in the back, and please take a look at the emperor." ”

When Jiajing heard this, he hurriedly put aside the "Art of War" and continued to look at it.

The second book is "The Principle of Knowing Things. Five Elements. Excerpts", which records the manufacturing methods of thunder and artillery.

The structure of this thunderbolt is actually very simple, that is, a pomegranate-shaped ceramic jar is stuffed with gunpowder and a thick iron needle, and then plugged with a wooden stopper, and a fire wire is drawn out.

This ceramic filling is also very easy to do, anyway, it is a one-time consumable, you don't have to care about the beauty of the appearance, let alone color and draw patterns, you can use it when you burn a rough blank, it is very simple.

The thick iron needles inside do not need to go through any processing, and they can be directly poked out with bamboo sticks on the sand mold, and then the molten iron is poured on, and a large number of them can be cast at one time.

As for gunpowder, it is needless to say, Yongle of the Ming Dynasty set up Wang Gongchang Gunpowder Bureau in the capital in the eighteenth year, which can produce four or five thousand catties of gunpowder per day, and there are millions of catties of gunpowder stored all year round, but it is a pity that there are fewer and fewer firearms at this time, and the amount of gunpowder is getting less and less, and it is estimated that a lot of gunpowder in it is moldy.

When Jiajing saw the manufacturing method of this thunderstorm, he was immediately ambitious, this thing, let alone 10,000 pieces, it is easy to make 100,000 or even a million pieces!

Followed by the casting method of the artillery, the above pictures and texts, the casting process of the artillery is described in great detail, Jiajing took a look, this thing does not seem to be very difficult.

Immediately afterwards, the third book is "The Principle of Knowledge. Equipment. Excerpts", which records how muskets and dragon chariots were made.

The musket was actually made in the Ming Dynasty as early as the Hongwu period, but it was not used much in actual combat, so the imperial court did not attach much importance to it.

As for the fire dragon chariot, of course, it does not mean that this chariot can breathe fire, the main thing is that the foot soldiers can hide and shoot guns without being injured by the rain of arrows of the Tartar cavalry, and even the front of the chariot can be equipped with an iron thorn shield, which can be used directly to charge.

This iron thorn shield is also very simple to make, that is, poke some deep holes in a sand mold, enclose the border, and then pour molten iron on it, you can cast a shield covered with iron thorns.

This thing was loaded in front of the fire dragon chariot, and then the chariot was lined up in a row, and it was pushed directly towards the Tartar cavalry, and they could hit them and turn over on their backs, and their heads were bleeding.

Jiajing looked at it, and couldn't help but stroke his palm and praise: "Okay, with this fire dragon chariot, the Tartar cavalry is equivalent to being wasted." ”

Yang Cong hurriedly patted the situation and said: "The emperor is wise, as long as the elite of the border army can be equipped, the Tartar cavalry is not a concern at all." ”

Jiajing nodded with satisfaction and said: "Yes, as long as you can equip the elite of the border army according to what is said in this art of war, the headache is the Tartar cavalry, Qingfeng, you say, how long will it take to equip all the elite of the border army?" ”

Yang Cong said confidently: "As long as the emperor can transfer enough craftsmen, three years at the fastest, five years at the slow, and the 60,000 elite border troops can be fully equipped, and then we will be able to drive the Tartar cavalry out of the fortress." ”

Three years, five years, it sounds like a long time, Jiajing doesn't think it's too long, because since he succeeded to the throne, the Tartar cavalry has given him a headache for more than ten years, and it can solve this problem in three or five years, which is already fast enough.

The vision described by Yang Cong is very good!

He seemed to have seen the Tartar cavalry being chased by the fire dragon chariot and fleeing everywhere, and the northern border of the Ming Dynasty was peaceful from then on.

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