Chapter 164: Artillery? Salute!
Next, the phalanxes of the infantry brigades of the first division of honor, the trap camp, and the second division were reviewed in turn, and the different slogans of each army, which made Emperor Han Xian feel extremely fresh.
Liu Xie asked Lu Bu on the side in the car, "Lu Aiqing, I heard that your subordinates are all organized by divisions, brigades, regiments, battalions, and companies, but they are different from the traditional battalions, departments, songs, and tuns of our Han army, but why?" ”
"Returning to Your Majesty, the establishment of this division, brigade, regiment, battalion and company is ancient, but I have introduced the "three-three system", which means that there are three brigades under a division, and three regiments under a brigade, and so on, all the way to the squad level. ”
"This is easy to manage and command in wartime, and the positions of different levels have also stimulated the motivation of the soldiers, and there are many benefits, and I am ready to promote it to all the armies of the Han Dynasty in the future!"
Liu Xie was young, but he didn't think about it deeply, "The ability to command the war, Lu Aiqing is the first person in my Han Dynasty, you say that there are benefits, then there are benefits." Since it is good, Aiqing will let it go, I support you! ”
Lu Bu nodded, this little emperor is not very old, but he is smart and sensible!
After reviewing the phalanx of the infantry brigades, the next phalanx was the phalanx of the engineer regiment and the teaching regiment.
Lu Bu stopped the car and called Pei Yuanshao, the commander of the engineering regiment, over.
This Pei Yuanshao went to finish studying at the Shaling Military Academy, but he fell in love with the way of the engineer, and would rather be the commander of the engineer regiment.
"Pei Yuanshao, is the salute I asked you to prepare ready?"
"Report to the general, the engineer regiment is ready, please instruct!"
"Okay, then you can do it, pay attention to safety!"
"Yes!" Pei Yuanshao ran back to the phalanx of the engineer regiment, only to see a group of sappers move out some wooden boxes and squat on the ground to get busy.
Quickly assembled three black cylinders with brackets, Lu Bu looked at these three objects, and had a sense of traversal.
The salute invented by Ma Jun is simply a retro version of the eighty-two mortar, and this thing sent him over, there is really reincarnation in the dark!
Liu Xie had never seen this novelty, "Aiqing, what is this?" ”
"Your Majesty, this is a salute, it can make a loud noise, you can just cover your ears for a while, but the real wonderful place can only be shown to you in the evening."
Lu Bu also knew that although this salute had a very avant-garde appearance, it was actually very rough in workmanship and could not be used as a cannon at all.
I only told Ma Jun the principle of mortars a few times, this is because Lu Bu always feels that he has black powder, if he can only make a detonator, make an explosive, and make a blast, he is really unwilling!
Ma Jun followed the principles he said and the sketches he drew to make such a thing.
The casting technology is backward, the quality of the body tube is extremely poor, it must be fixed and reinforced with an iron hoop, and the solid cannonball can be fired, and the charge cannot be too large, otherwise it is easy to explode.
With the technology of this era, you can't make shells from the roots, and you can make some simple salutes, salutes, and you need to clean the chamber in time after firing once.
This solid cannonball has a very short range, and it is perfect for a salute, just right to distinguish it from the same sound of trumpets and war drums.
However, in any case, this is a huge breakthrough in technology, casting at any time, the continuous improvement of smelting technology, the continuous improvement of gunpowder quality, and the emergence of artillery is already a matter of time sooner or later.
Everything was ready, Pei Yuanshao raised his hand to Lu Bu to signal OK!
Lu Bu said to Liu Xie: "Your Majesty, please cover your ears, the trick is coming!" ”
Liu Xie listened to Lu Bu's words and covered his ears, Lu Bu raised his hand to signal, Pei Yuanshao turned around and gave an order to the three gunners, "Single round loading, sequential firing, release!" ”
The three gunners took turns putting the salute into the salute, "Boom! "Boom!" "Boom!"
Three loud bangs resounded throughout Chang'an City, because it was daytime and the sun was abundant, so it was impossible to see the three light clusters blooming in the air, but this earth-shattering loud noise and the pervasive gunpowder smoke had already made everyone dumbfounded.
Lu Bu patted Liu Xie's shoulder, and the eunuch next to him was still in a state of being bombed, and he hadn't reacted to Lu Bu's disrespectful action.
Liu Xie put down his hands covering his ears and shook his head vigorously, and now there is still a little buzzing in his ears!
"Lu Aiqing, the movement of your salute is really loud, louder than the thunder of thunder on a rainy day!"
"Your Majesty, wait until the evening, and then give you a more wonderful performance! After we finish the review, can we go into the city? ”
"Yes, yes, it's time to enter the city, this civil and military officials and the people of the city have been waiting for a long time, Aiqing will ride into the city with me!"
Lu Bu repeatedly refused, and finally Lu Bu rode a horse and followed the royal car into the city.
All the troops participating in the parade marched through the city in the parade to show the demeanor and military appearance of the Bingzhou army.
The state army lined up neatly, followed behind the emperor's car, and entered Chang'an City with their heads held high under the welcome of the people of Chang'an!
The army marched into Chang'an City in unison along the east-west galloping road, lined up in a neat phalanx.
From the Bacheng Gate in the east, as soon as you enter Chang'an City, you can see a tall palace wall on the left, and a canal flowing from east to west on the right.
Lu Bu saw that this Chang'an City was still prosperous and majestic, and he knew that many of these buildings were rebuilt over the years after Liu Xiu established the Eastern Han Dynasty.
In the late years of the Western Han Dynasty and the period of Wang Mang, the old Chang'an City suffered many wars, destroying most of it, and even the population of the entire Guanzhong area was reduced by half.
Although the Eastern Han Dynasty built the capital of Luoyang, with Chang'an as the accompanying capital, but the ancestral mausoleum, the Taimiao ancestral hall is still here, the emperors of the past dynasties often visit the west to worship, so Chang'an City has also been constantly rebuilt, and finally restored a little bit of the old scene.
The people of Chang'an have also seen many armies of the Han Dynasty over the years, such as Zhang Wen's Central Forbidden Army, the Wuhuan Cavalry of Youzhou, Dong Zhuo's Xiliang Cavalry, the county soldiers of the Sanfu region, and even the Western Regions Cavalry of the Western Regions.
However, it is the first time to see an army with neat uniforms, uniform movements, neat queues, and no one smiling like the Bingzhou Army.
Especially the chariot general Lu Bu, the legendary god of war of the Han Dynasty, his heroic deeds are like myths, and everyone is familiar with them.
This is inseparable from Li Su's vigorous publicity, and the storyteller of the restaurant and tea shop has long compiled Lu Bu's story into a book and widely praised it.
Lu Bu rode a red rabbit horse, silver helmet, silver armor and white cloak, and was suave, although Lu Bu had grown a beard for many years in order to appear mature, but it was still difficult to hide his heroic spirit!
And Zhang Liao, Zhao Yun, Zhang Xiu, and Ma Chao, who followed behind Lu Bu, were also white horses and silver armor, handsome and chic.
These four were later called the "Four Horses of Bingzhou" by later generations, presumably because of the handsomeness, and these four all made spears, both civil and military, and I don't know if it was a coincidence.
There are so many handsome guys, they are simply thousands of girls and young women who have swept Chang'an City, and I don't know how many people secretly promise to dream back at midnight!
In the end, the car stopped in front of the door of Weiyang Palace, and Emperor Liu Xie of the Han Dynasty held a banquet in the front hall of Weiyang Palace to celebrate Lu Bu's achievements!
Lu Bu asked the emperor to enter the palace first and arrange his subordinates to participate in the entrance ceremony.
In the end, except for the three brigades of the Guard Brigade and the 1st Honor Division, which were stationed in Chang'an City, all other troops were stationed in the Baling Battalion outside Chang'an City.
The ministries take a short break because there is still a lot to be done.
(End of chapter)