Although the Western Army can fight, most of the military discipline of the Western Army is actually not very good, and Zhong Hao has a deep understanding of this point from the road. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

Yang Wenguang can also be regarded as a famous general in the Western Army, and he is also quite good at leading troops. And the ones he took to the south as a pioneer this time were all the elites of the Zhenxi Army and the Baojing Army, but along the way, there were not many things that the soldiers of the vanguard army stole chickens and dogs.

Yang Wenguang also turned a blind eye to these things, as long as those soldiers and men didn't do too serious things to commit adultery, they just let him and others pass.

Although the Western Army contributed the most to the Great Song Dynasty, its equipment and treatment have always been the worst of the three major parts of the Great Song Dynasty Forbidden Army. If you want them to fight hard, there is no guarantee of the best treatment, which makes it difficult to be too harsh on them.

However, when Zhong Hao and Yang Huaiyu followed Yang Wenguang and under the leadership of Di Yong, they stepped into the camp of the Bashui camp near the water, they were surprised to find that there was a solemn atmosphere here, which was not at all like the Western army on weekdays.

The Bashui camp is not only meticulous in setting up horses and ditches outside the wall, but also in the military tents in the camp, which are set up in accordance with the gossip direction and rules. Although there were many sergeants in the battalion, none of them made any noise, but they all marched forward and formed their own troops in an orderly manner, and never encroached on the galloping road for the cavalry to enter and exit.

Just this point shows Di Qing's ability to lead the troops. can make these unruly Guan Long big men all become honest children who abide by military discipline, and they will never be able to do it without two brushes.

Zhong Hao felt that walking in this camp was like walking on thin ice, dignified and tiring, and before he reached the tent of the commander of the Chinese army, Zhong Hao's awe of Marshal Di Qingdi was already like the water of the Yellow River, gushing endlessly.

Although the two places of Linfu belong to the Hedong Road and do not belong to the Shaanxi Fourth Road, they are located in the west of the river and are at the forefront of the war with the Western Xia, so they also belong to the establishment of the Western Army.

Among all the southbound western armies that were pointed out by Di Qing, Yang Wenguang's headquarters was the farthest away from Jingzhaofu, and he wanted to be the vanguard to go south in advance, so he deliberately accelerated the speed of the march when Yang Wenguang was on the road.

However, although Yang Wenguang's headquarters was the farthest away, it was not the latest, because Zhong Hao found that there were still many open spaces in this Bashui camp, which should be reserved for the other troops of the Western Army who were gathering one after another.

When there was still some distance from the handsome tent, Yang Wenguang had already dismounted, and Zhong Hao and Yang Huaiyu were also busy dismounting.

The three of them followed Di Yong into the account to meet Di Qing.

As soon as the three of them entered the tent, Zhong Hao saw a middle-aged general with a black green scarf on his head, a half-worn black Shu brocade robe waist, a lion swallowing belt, a long shoulder, a sword eyebrow, and a masculine beauty all over his body, standing in front of the handsome case, looking at them.

This middle-aged general is seven points similar to Di Yong, and is naturally the famous Marshal Di Qingdi, the famous god of war of the Great Song Dynasty.

Yang Wenguang saw Di Qing and hurriedly gave a standard military salute, and said loudly: "The last general will see the marshal." ”

Zhong Hao and Yang Huaiyu were also busy saluting Yang Wenguang.

"Haha, hurry up and excuse me", Di Qing's voice was as hearty as this autumn sky: "Lao Yang, I can be regarded as looking forward to you, sit down!" ”

Di Qing and Yang Wenguang are very familiar with each other, and their friendship is also very good. When Fan Zhongyan was in charge of the military administration in the northwest, Yang Wenguang and Di Qing served under him together, and they were the two generals that Fan Zhongyan relied on the most.

Yang Wenguang is older than Di Qing, and he has been leading troops longer than Di Qing, and he was born in the famous Yang family, Di Qing still respects him a lot, and he also knows his ability very well, otherwise he would not have been the vanguard of the southward army.

Yang Wenguang also admired Di Qing's ability very much, and always claimed that he was inferior to Di Qing in front of Zhong Hao. On the way to the Bashui camp, Yang Wenguang once said to Zhong Hao and Yang Huaiyu: Di Qing can be regarded as a handsome talent, but he can only be regarded as a general. It is precisely because Di Qing himself has such extraordinary skills that he was able to grow from a matching army to a general in the battle with Western Xia.

"Marshal Xie", Yang Wenguang sat down on a chair next to him. Although Di Qing still calls Yang Wenguang Lao Yang as before. But now that there is a difference between respect and inferiority, and there is a difference between the upper and lower levels, Yang Wenguang naturally does not call Di Qing's expression as he used to, so he still respectfully calls Di Qing a marshal.

Yang Huaiyu and Zhong Hao are juniors, and their positions are not high, so they are naturally not qualified to sit, so they can only stand aside.

"This time I will teach you Lao Yang the pioneer task of going south, you must play the majesty of our Western Army!"

"Marshal, rest assured, the last general will not fall into the prestige of our Western Army. Although those Nanban look arrogant, they are actually just some local chickens and dogs, and once our western army arrives, they will definitely be able to break through and make them fall apart! Although Nong Zhigao's army defeated the troops led by his cousin Yang Jin, in Yang Wenguang's eyes, those southern barbarian armies were not a strong army, but the Great Song troops in Lingnan were too inferior.

"If those southern barbarians dare to face our Western Army, they will definitely not be able to fight. However, the terrain of Lingnan is complex, the waterways are vertical and horizontal, but there are few places suitable for cavalry combat, coupled with the poisonous miasma everywhere in the south, and the military spirit is thick, if the enemy does not fight with us head-on, but guerrilla entanglement, I am afraid that it will also be a big trouble, Lao Yang, you must not be careless! ”

"Marshal rest assured, this point will be cared for, in a word, the end will be 'strategically to despise the enemy, tactically to attach importance to the enemy'!

When Di Qing heard this, his eyes couldn't help but light up, and he said to Yang Wenguang: "This sentence is too reasonable!" Lao Yang, you can, this level is getting higher and higher! ”

"Haha, Marshal Rongyu, this is what I, the marching Sima, said, but I didn't come up with it myself!" As he spoke, Yang Wenguang pointed to Zhong Hao, who was standing beside him.

Di Qing threw a few appreciative glances at Zhong Hao, nodded at him and said, "Not bad!" ”

Zhong Hao hurriedly saluted: "The marshal has praised it!" ”

Di Qing and Yang Wenguang have known each other for more than ten years, although Yang Wenguang has always adhered to the duties of his subordinates, but Di Qing is quite kind.

During the conversation between the two, Yang Wenguang told Di Qing about the fried noodles invented by Zhong Hao, and asked him to take a closer look, is there any need for the army to prepare some? !

Fried noodles, which were used as field rations for the volunteers in the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, played a major role in ensuring the combat effectiveness of the volunteers, and also made it widely promoted. Zhong Hao also liked to eat it in his later life, adding some sugar to the fried noodles and mixing them with some water, and the taste was still very good.

In the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, because the volunteers did not have air supremacy, it was easy for the US army to light a fire and cook in the field to become a bombing target for the US military, so fried noodles, a ready-to-eat field ration, became the first choice for the volunteers to solve the food problem.

Of course, this time the army going south will not encounter the problem of being bombed, but Yang Wenguang feels that fried noodles, which can be eaten immediately, taste good, and are not easy to deteriorate, still have great advantages, especially saving the trouble of burying the pot for cooking, which can save the soldiers a lot of effort.

At least this speculation is still very effective for Yang Wenguang's vanguard cavalry troops. This vanguard cavalry unit requires high mobility, so it is naturally impossible to carry too much baggage, and with this fried noodles, it is relatively easy to solve the problem of eating.

If you fight with Western Xia in the future, when you encounter cavalry chasing or escaping, it is also good to have this fried noodles as food to replenish energy.

During the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, the fried noodles eaten in the volunteers were just wheat mixed with a small amount of corn or sorghum, fried and ground with a little salt. Long-term use can easily cause multivitamin deficiency, resulting in symptoms such as ulceration at the corners of the mouth and night blindness. In order to avoid these problems, Zhong Hao improved this fried noodles as field rations.

Zhong Hao asked people to add some lard, dried meat, dried vegetables, salt, etc. to the wheat and grind it together. After making it, Zhong Hao tasted it and thought it tasted good, and this kind of fried noodles with lard, jerky, dried vegetables, salt, etc., could provide enough calories and vitamins for the soldiers.

Zhong Hao was completely satisfied with the test before telling Yang Wenguang.

When Yang Wenguang's department came to the Bashui camp this time, they all ate this kind of fried noodles on the way to the camp, and only when they camped at night, they buried the pot and cooked. The response of the soldiers of Yang Wenguang's department is still very good, the taste is good, and it can save a lot of time on the road.

Di Qing listened to Yang Wenguang's words, and immediately asked people to go to Yang Wenguang's army to get some ready-made fried noodles to see. Di Qing knew that Yang Wenguang was a stable person, and he would definitely not be untargeted, and he must have thought it was good, so he would mention this fried noodles.

Di Qing is still very concerned about this kind of thing that concerns the vital interests of the soldiers.

After the fried noodles were brought, Di Qing personally mixed some and tasted them. After tasting it, he nodded and said, "It tastes good, and if it is a pursuit battle or a battle close to the outside world, this fried noodles can play a great role." At that time, it was inconvenient to carry too much baggage, and this fried noodles could allow the soldiers to temporarily break away from the baggage team and chase the enemy lightly. I'll talk to Jingzhao Mansion and let them make some. If you go south to quell the rebellion, you can bring this fried noodles and chase the enemy lightly, which is still very useful! ”

Yang Wenguang was very happy to see that Di Qing was quite appreciative of this fried noodles, and by the way, he told Di Qing about the creation of this method by Zhong Hao. Then Yang Wenguang took out the treasure given to him by Zhong Hao from his arms and pulled it, and said with a smile: "Marshal, look at this thing again, this is also invented by my marching Sima, this thing can be used to see the weak things in the distance, and it should be useful when marching and fighting!" ”

Di Qing was very curious and took the copper pipe handed over by Yang Wenguang and played with it. "What is this? These two sides are inlaid with crystals...... "Di Qing is still knowledgeable."

Yang Wenguang motioned to Zhong Hao and asked him to answer. This is also to give him a chance to show his face in front of Di Shuai.

Zhong Hao saw Yang Wenguang signaling to him, and immediately replied: "Marshal Hui, this thing is called a clairvoyant mirror, and it is a gadget invented by the last general. ”

"How do you use it?"

"Put one end in front of you, and the other end in the direction you want to look, and you can see the faint things in the distance."

Di Qing listened, and immediately leaned one end of the monocular copper clairglass on his eyes, and then turned the other end towards the outside of the handsome tent: "Well, yes, you can really see people, uh...... But how did this man get smaller? After a pause, Di Qing continued: "This person is so close at such a distance, this person is so small, if you are farther away, can you still see people clearly?" This thing can really see in the distance! "It is worthy of being a marshal, this sharp thinking is indeed admirable!

Zhong Hao couldn't help but look at Di Qing's hand when he heard this, it turned out that he had taken it backwards, and he couldn't help but be a little speechless.

"Back to Marshal, this ...... This thing needs to be big head outward when looking at things. Zhong Hao was a little afraid that Di Qing would feel embarrassed, and his answer was a little awkward.

"Tell me ...... earlier?" Di Qing didn't mean to be embarrassed at all. He turned the clairvoyant mirror upside down, and saw the patrolman on the wall of the big camp, and he ran to his eyes at once, and saw it clearly, so that he almost trembled and dropped the clairvoyant mirror to the ground. Fortunately, his concentration is really strong, so he didn't subconsciously throw away this treasure.

"Good thing, this is definitely a treasure!" Di Qing couldn't put it down and played with the clairvoyant mirror, and then took it to look away.

Zhong Hao couldn't help but smile secretly in his heart when he saw Di Qing's obvious tremor just now, this was the first reaction of most people who had seen this clairvoyant mirror. There are very few things that can make Marshal Di, who does not change his face in the face of the impact of thousands of troops, tremble.

In fact, this monocular clairvoyant can adjust the focal length through the telescopic bobbin, Zhong Hao didn't say anything about it just now. He made a small calculation in order to make this clairvoyant mirror leave a deeper impression on Di Qing, and also let Di Qing leave some impressions on himself.

"Back to the marshal, this clairvoyant mirror can see things through a telescopic bobbin to adjust the focal length. If you want to see something close, you can shrink the bobbin appropriately so that you can see more clearly! ”

Hearing this, Di Qing put the tube of the clairvoyant mirror in his hand into some. Although he didn't quite understand the meaning of the focal length in Zhong Hao's mouth, his comprehension ability was still very strong, and he immediately understood the usage in Zhong Hao's mouth.

Sure enough, this time, looking at the patrol soldiers on the wall, it was no longer so big, and it became clearer.

Zhong Hao suddenly thought of making this clairvoyant mirror when he used a magnifying glass to view Shao Yong's landscape painting.

The principle of a telescope is actually not difficult, it is nothing more than the principle of imaging with two lenses. Zhong Hao remembers that he once learned in a junior high school physics textbook that if you want to get an upright magnified image, you need a convex lens for the objective lens and a concave lens for the eyepiece.

Since you can make this magnifying glass, it is naturally not too difficult to make this clairvoyant mirror, it is just a matter of spending more time and experimenting more.

Therefore, Zhong Hao and several old craftsmen in Jingqiang Village used glass to grind the lens of the convex and concave lens, and after repeated tests, they obtained the most ideal convex and concave lens curvature. Zhong Hao then asked the coppersmith in the weapon workshop to punch out the retractable mirror tube.

With this grinding lens and tube, Zhong Hao assembled the world's first telescope with his own hands.

However, there are a lot of impurities in the glass of this era, and the telescope made of this glass lens is a little unsatisfactory, and it can only be barely usable.

Zhong Hao then thought of transparent crystals, so he asked people to go to Bingzhou to get a batch of crystals, and then carefully polished the lens lenses, and sure enough, after they were installed, the clarity was much higher.

Now that the clairvoyant mirrors have been made, Zhong Hao feels that the glasses are not so difficult. We will definitely develop these glasses in the future.

These literati in the Great Song Dynasty could only rely on lighting to read and write at night, and many of them had very poor eyesight, and when the time came, these glasses would be very popular with these literati with poor eyesight. At that time, I will definitely be able to live in strange goods, and I will inevitably have one more way to make a fortune! (To be continued.) )