Chapter Twenty-Seven

Wang Mingzhi wanted to ask for more details, but Gan Tang said to the others: "This is a huge system project, which cannot be clearly explained in a few words, and it cannot be realized without one or two decades of preparation." Empty talk misleads the country, but hard work prospers the country. Such a change can not be rushed, it must be taken step by step, but the practical problem in front of us now is how to resist the invasion of foreign races, but the problem of social change, if a few elders can trust me, we can also do some preliminary preparations while resisting the invasion of Yan, these two things, one urgent and one slow, can be done at the same time, this is not contradictory, but has the effect of promoting each other. ”

"What an empty talk misleads the country, but hard work prospers the country! Xiao Gantang is not weak ancestor Ganluo, his ancestor Ganluo was twelve years old in the Qin State to worship the prime minister, I think Tang'er can withstand the pressure of government affairs after two years, but also to worship the prime minister. When Chai Heng heard this, he secretly thought to himself, it is not unacceptable to have such a strategy for governing the country, although the imperial power has been greatly weakened, but who can guarantee that his descendants will not have one or two losers, if his descendants are not filial piety and lose this great river and mountain, is it not the result of the bloody slaughter of his descendants by the latecomers like Qin Shi Huang. His character is not as obsessed with power as his father. If you can do nothing, you will be relaxed.

Gan Fu said: "Tang'er is right, the change cannot be achieved overnight, and now the civil strife in Yan has given us a chance to breathe, don't think that the world is too peaceful, the ambition of the wolf son of Yan, when it has added a wound, will definitely show its fangs to us, and when it pounces again, it will only be more fierce than the last time." ”

"Since the beginning of historical records, the struggle between the Central Plains and the grasslands has never been broken, either the west wind overwhelms the east wind, or the east wind overwhelms the west wind. Those who are not of my race will have different hearts. Due to the bitter cold of the northern grasslands, people live hard, creating the resolute character of the steppe nomads, who are struggling on the verge of death at birth, eating the weak and worshipping the strong. However, the Central Plains people are peaceful, and there is a big gap between their individual comprehensive physical fitness and that of the grassland people. If you want to fight with the steppe people, you can only rely on overall strength and advanced tactical equipment. Only when the Central Plains Dynasty is strong can peace be brought, and if the Central Plains Dynasty is weak, there will be steppe invasions. King Kang of Zhou conquered the 'ghost side' and brought peace to the Great Zhou for two hundred years. In 1926, the Yellow Emperor invaded the Zhou Dynasty and died in the Western Zhou Dynasty. ”

"During the Warring States Period, starting from the Zhao Wuling King Hufu cavalry shooting, the three kingdoms of Qin, Zhao and Yan of the Seven Heroes of the Warring States Period had an overwhelming advantage over the Yiqu, Xiongnu and Donghu of the northern grasslands, if the powerful Qin State and the Zhao State could suppress the grassland tribes and still make sense, then the weak Yan State could also suppress the powerful Donghu in the north, do the elders know what the reason is?"

"It's iron, the Central Plains countries are applying iron-forged weapons to war, and the superiority of iron weapons compared to copper weapons doesn't need me to express it!"

"And the smelting of iron tools by the grassland tribes for the backwardness of the Central Plains tribes, so that the Central Plains tribes suppressed the grassland tribes for hundreds of years, and when the cavalry of the Great Qin Empire invented the saddle stirrup in the Qin State, and in the middle of the Han Dynasty, the Han Empire applied the divine arm bow to the war against the Xiongnu."

"Until the late period of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, the Central Plains regime gradually lost its equipment advantage over the grassland tribes, resulting in the Jin Dynasty only living in the south of the Yangtze River. This situation lasted for about three hundred and fifty years, until the time of Taizong of the Tang Dynasty, my Central Plains Dynasty once again gained an advantage in the war against the grassland tribes, this time it was the Tang Dynasty craftsmen who improved two kinds of weapons, due to the maturity of the Central Plains' iron smelting technology, the knife of the cavalry weapon was changed from a straight knife to a scimitar, and the scimitar was more labor-saving than a straight knife when chopping, making up for the lack of strength of the Central Plains tribes

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The second is the invention of the sharp weapon "Mo knife" for riding on foot. By the time of the Tang Dynasty's demise, the grassland tribes had once again caught up with the weapons of the country, and since then, the Central Plains tribes have never had an advantage over the grassland tribes, and even the wise and martial Xia Taizu can only maintain an invincible situation with the grassland tribes. ”

"The Central Plains Dynasty's natural disadvantage in physical fitness to the grassland tribes cannot be changed, if it can't achieve an advantage in equipment, once it encounters natural disasters and man-made disasters, it will bring war disasters to the people of the Central Plains."

"From the beginning of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty to the present for thousands of years, although Confucianism cannot be blamed for the suffering of the war suffered by the people of the Central Plains, Confucianism has an unshirkable responsibility. Dong Zhongshu, the great Confucian during the period of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, 'deposed a hundred schools of thought and respected Confucianism alone' policy was a nightmare for all the people of the Central Plains, especially the demise of the Mo family, who was good at manufacturing! The fatal mistakes of Confucianism have two points that have brought war pain to the people of the Central Plains: first, the policy of ignoring the people; The policy of ignoring the people has caused ordinary people to lose their sense of honor and responsibility for the country and the nation, and their loyalty and filial piety can only play a great role in scholars and doctors, but not in ordinary people who cannot read a single word. The second is to push the social status of craftsmen and craftsmen to the lowest. It restricted the innovation of weapons and equipment, so that the Central Plains Dynasty lost its advantage over foreign races in war equipment. ”

"If we can invent a weapon that allows a weak person to fight against a person with a strong body and strong martial arts without falling behind, will it be able to solve the physical disadvantage of the Central Plains and the grassland people? So as to completely solve the threat from the steppe? ”

"How is this possible!" Deng Yu exclaimed.

And everyone else thinks that Gantang is not whimsical.

Gan Tang smiled: "Hearing is false, seeing is believing." We'll see. ”

Wang Mingzhi said: "Where did the King of Xiangyang ask for hundreds of craftsmen from His Majesty, is he making some powerful weapons?" ”

Gan Tang said: "I hope you keep it a secret, I think you will be able to achieve something soon." When the results are available, I'll take you to take a look. ”

Gan Tang knew that the crown prince and Wang Mingzhi were both strong main battle factions in the imperial court, and took this opportunity to reveal a little secret of weapon improvement to the prince and Wang Mingzhi, in order to get the support of the prince and the prime minister Wang Mingzhi. Use part of the resources of the imperial court to speed up the research and development of firearms.

"The research and development of weapons is not an overnight thing, and the main problem that needs to be solved urgently in Daxia now is how to solve the problem of the Jiangbei displaced people and the formation of the Jiangbei rebel army."

"In fact, these two problems are actually one problem, and my method can only solve half of them, and the remaining half needs His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and Prime Minister Wang Cheng to persuade the court to solve it."

"Let's hear it, as long as there is a good way, Prime Minister Wang Cheng and I will go all out to fight for the imperial court." Chai Heng Road.

"As I said just now, with similar equipment, the Great Xia soldiers were obviously at a disadvantage in the fight with the grassland army. Although now due to the problem of the Khan throne in the Yan State, most of the steppe armies returned to the north to conduct a civil war. Most of the people who fought against the righteous army in the Central Plains were the Yan Han army, but the Yan Han army was superior to the Yi army in all conditions such as weapons and equipment, and in the case of the same number of people, it was often the Yan Han army that won. How many Han troops were there in the Yan Kingdom north of the Yangtze River? More than two million! And how many rebels are there? The combined number of rebels was less than 200,000. The Han army of the Yan State was ten times larger than the rebel army. Moreover, the various units of the rebel army were not subordinate to each other, and they were far apart. Without a unified command, the enemy and the enemy met and fought duels with the enemy in a row. When the rebels encounter an attack and can't support each other, so undefeated, is there any reason for heaven? ”

"Actually

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As long as you grasp the weaknesses of the opponent and adopt corresponding and reasonable tactics, it is not impossible to defeat the opponent. What is the enemy's weakness? It is the cruelty to the ordinary people, they were originally born poor people, in order to have a bite to eat, not to be starved to death, joined the army of the alien race, and the alien people have been together for a long time, cultivated and learned to burn, kill and loot. Ordinary people hate it to the core. That's exactly what we can take advantage of. ”

"They are not the regular army of Great Xia, and they have no responsibility to defend the territory, so why should they concentrate together and use the enemy as a target! They can be broken into pieces and integrated into the general public. From the masses, to the masses. Prevent the attack on the city, drown in the vast countryside, and make the enemy lose the target of the attack. ”

Wang Mingzhi: "Isn't this disbanded? Isn't this method a complete rebellion? And how to fight the invaders! ”

Gan Tang said with a smile: "Breaking up into pieces is not disbanding, my tactic is a new method of attacking the enemy, this tactic we will call him 'guerrilla warfare'." The essence of 'guerrilla warfare' is not to engage in a big battle with the enemy, but to use countless small battles instead of one big battle. 'Concentrate superior forces and destroy the enemy's living forces. Mobilize the masses, constantly strengthen the strength and number of the rebel army, and develop one more volunteer army, and the enemy will have one less soldier. The specific tactics can be summarized in four sentences. 'The enemy advances and I retreat, the enemy is stationed and disturbs me, the enemy is tired and I fight, and the enemy retreats and I pursue. When the enemy is stronger than us, we retreat to safety, and when the enemy is stationed, we harass the enemy and wears him out of repair. When the enemy is tired, quickly seize the fighter and destroy the enemy. When the enemy retreats, we have to pursue them. ”

"In the mountains, we have to learn to drill ravines and play hide and seek with the enemy. In the plains we can dig tunnels to hide ourselves, and in the countryside tunnels can be connected to each house, street, hole, and village. Holes, there can be chain holes, there can be holes under the holes, holes in holes, real holes, and fake holes. There are many traps in the cave, and there are many hidden exits. Even if the enemy finds the entrance to the tunnel, there will be no return. You can also dig traps and stumbling pits to hit the enemy on the path that the enemy must pass. Let the enemy fall into the sea of the masses. ”

"If this tactic wants to produce better results, the imperial court must give a large subsidy in materials, especially the supply of food, since it is to unite the masses, it cannot be taken from the mouth of the ordinary people at the beginning, and after connecting with the general public, I believe that the demand of the righteous army for the imperial court food will gradually decrease, and there is the standard weapon of the army of Great Xia 'crossbow', the crossbow This miniaturized long-range attack weapon is indispensable, I hope that the imperial court will consider the overall situation and equip the righteous army with this weapon on a large scale. In fact, for both Xia and Yan, the crossbow has no advantage over Great Xia. With the fall of the Great Xia capital, countless Great Xia craftsmen are making these Great Xia standard weapons for the Yan Kingdom. These weapons are no longer a secret. ”

"This kind of tactic has quite high requirements for military intelligence, and the rebels must attach great importance to the cultivation of secret agents, and they must establish a powerful information network around their own activities, and they must have insight into the enemy's every move, and they must arrange secret agents in every prefecture, county, and large town in the area occupied by the enemy, so as to grasp the enemy's next move at any time. In this way, you can be invincible in the confrontation with the enemy. ”

"However, the three main battlefields along the Yangtze River, Huaisi, Xiangfan, and Southern Sichuan must be fortified and cleared to take over the Yangtze River, but I guarantee that the displaced people who take over the Yangtze River will be sent to other places after a short stay and repair, and will not stay in the south of the Yangtze River for a long time. I have other arrangements. ”

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