Isn't the war book of the Cold Weapon period necessarily not suitable for combat in the Hot Weapon Period? This is not true, if it involves the military book of the army arrangement, it is indeed not very suitable, but there is another type of military book in the era of cold weapons that can be used in ancient and modern times.

This kind of military book is a work that expounds military theory in the words of later generations, and this kind of military book is not confined to weapons, but focuses on describing theoretical knowledge such as strategy and tactics, military management thinking, and war problems, so that people can understand war from the ideological level, plan strategies, and formulate tactics.

The representative work of this kind of military book is "The Art of War", which can be said to be the concentrated embodiment of the essence of ancient military theory and military thought, and many of its words are regarded as classic quotations necessary for warfare, and have been respected by famous generals of all dynasties.

For example: know each other and know yourself, and you will not be defeated in a hundred battles; Knowing oneself without knowing the other, one wins and one loses; If you don't know who you are, you will lose every battle.

Another example: Therefore, the army is attacked, the second is the enemy, the second is the army, and the next is the siege.

Another example: Therefore, a hundred battles are won, and the good of the non-good is also good; The soldiers who surrender without a fight, and the good ones are also good.

It is natural to study this kind of military masterpiece, and whether it is cold weapon combat or hot weapon combat, it can be used as the core idea to guide operations.

There are many other works of military theory like this, and although they are not as comprehensive as The Art of War, they are also very representative.

For example, "Wu Zi's Art of War", the main proposition is to combine politics and military, to cultivate Ming Wende internally, and to prepare for war externally, both must be equally important, not to be abandoned, "Wu Zi's Art of War" author Wu Qi is also a famous military strategist in the Warring States Period, and "Sun Tzu's Art of War" author Sun Wu is called "Sun Wu", "Wu Zi's Art of War" and "Sun Tzu's Art of War" are also called "Sun Wu's Art of War", which shows its importance in the field of art of war.

There are also "Liutao", the ancestor of the military power and strategy, the representative work of the military law system "Wei Xuanzi", the originator of military regulations "Sima Law", and so on are all rare military theoretical works.

Sun Yuanhua found a lot of military books, in addition to military theory, there are also actual combat classes, but most of the introductions are cold weapons and formations, and there are few hot weapon combat methods.

This is not surprising, after all, the appearance of thermal weapons has not been very long, the real sense of the application in the battle is from the Ming Dynasty, and at the beginning it was not the dominant weapon on the battlefield, until the Chongzheng Dynasty, the Ming army abandoned most of the cold weapons, and turned to hot weapons, such a short time, it is naturally unrealistic to summarize and compile a lot of military books.

Of course, this does not mean that there are no military books that introduce thermal weapons warfare, and Qi Jiguang, a famous anti-Japanese general, has written two military books, "A New Book of Discipline and Effectiveness" and "A Record of Military Training," both of which have methods for the application of thermal weapons, which are of great reference value.

In the fifth year of Chongzheng, Zhu Cijiong ordered Lu Xiangsheng and Qin Liangyu and other generals to jointly compile the "Infantry Drill Code", which is a classic work that introduces the combat methods of thermal weapons.

In the end, Sun Yuanhua, Lu Xiangsheng, Sun Chuanting, Qin Liangyu and others selected a total of eight military books as the tutorial of the Ming Army Military Academy, and played Emperor Chen, asking the emperor to decide.

This time, Zhu Cijiong did not immediately approve it, not that he was not satisfied with these military documents, but mainly because there were too few military books they selected, and to be precise, there were too few military books that introduced the methods of thermal weapons warfare.

For this reason, Zhu Cijiong specially summoned Sun Yuanhua, Lu Xiangsheng and others to discuss and solve the problem of insufficient military books.

So, another imperial meeting was held, and there were not many participants, including Sun Yuanhua, Lu Xiangsheng, Sun Chuanting, Qin Liangyu and Cao Wenzhao, and the location was selected in the Qianqing Palace, Zhu Cijiong's private study.

Everyone understands that the emperor has not given instructions for a long time the tutorial of the Ming Army Military Academy, it must be that these military books are not in line with the emperor's wishes, and sure enough, at the beginning of the meeting, Zhu Cijiong asked: "Chuyang, are there any other military books about firearms combat?" “

When Sun Yuanhua heard this, he chuckled in his heart, he also knew that there were too few military books on firearms warfare, and the problem was not that he didn't want to find them, but that he really didn't have them.

He said in a panic: "The emperor forgives the sin, and Weichen has searched through the records of the military books of the past dynasties, but he really can't find a few military books about firearms warfare. “

When Zhu Cijiong heard this, he said lightly: "I can't blame you, firearms have not appeared for a long time, and they have been used as the main combat weapon for a shorter time, and it is normal to not be able to find relevant military books." “

Sun Yuanhua breathed a sigh of relief when he heard this, the so-called Qiao woman is difficult to cook without rice, there are only a few books of war, let him find more, it is impossible at all.

Zhu Cijiong changed his breath and continued: "However, now the Ming Dynasty's army and navy are basically all firearms, and the main weapons of the European continental powers are also firearms, and the development direction of weapons and equipment in the future is also based on firearms. “

When everyone heard this, they all looked ashamed, yes, all the firearms used on the battlefield are used now, but there are few military books that introduce firearms combat, so how can qualified officers be trained in this way.

Zhu Cijiong glanced around, and saw that everyone looked depressed, and couldn't help but encourage: "Don't be discouraged, this is actually a trivial matter." “

This is a trivial matter, the officers trained by the Ming Army Military Academy are the backbone of the future of the Ming Army, if not trained, it can be directly related to the combat power of the Ming Army, in the words of "The Art of War", "Soldiers, the major affairs of the country, the place of death and life, the way of survival, must not be ignored." This is a major event related to the life and death of the Ming Dynasty.

Zhu Cijiong didn't mean that the matter of officer training was a trivial matter, he then explained: "There are not enough military books, you can compile them, you are all battle-hardened generals, it shouldn't be difficult to compile one or two military books, right?" “

When everyone heard this, they all fell into deep thought.

For them, it is not difficult to compile a military book, their combat experience is not covered, and they are not uneducated reckless, like Lu Xiangsheng and Sun Chuanting are both from Jinshi, but the question is what is good to make up?

After half a salary, Lu Xiangsheng finally couldn't help but ask carefully: "Your Majesty, please forgive Weichen for being stupid, the things on this battlefield are complicated, and if you want to write them all, I am afraid that it will not be able to be written in a few years or even more than ten years, in this case, is it a little late?" “

When Zhu Cijiong heard this, he shook his head and said: "You don't have to write it all, you can write what you don't need, for example, now that the gunpowder weapons of the Ming Dynasty are emerging in an endless stream, I'm afraid few people can operate them all, this is a problem, you can compile a book "Firearms Basics" to introduce the performance, use and maintenance methods of these weapons, etc., so that all the trained officers will not be able to understand the use of various weapons." In addition, armored fighting vehicles will also become the main direction of development in the future, and there is no information about armored combat vehicles in all military books, you can compile a book "Armored Combat Vehicle Combat Methods" to introduce it. Also, now that muskets and artillery are constantly being innovated, can you improve the "Infantry Drill Codex" according to the actual situation, so that it will be about the same? “

When everyone heard this, they all nodded their heads, indeed, there is no need to write everything, many military books are complementary, as long as you write out what is lacking in them.

In the end, Zhu Cijiong consulted everyone's opinions and decided that Sun Yuanhua and Qin Liangyu would be responsible for compiling the "Basics of Firearms", and Sun Chuanting and Cao Wenzhao would be responsible for compiling the "Armored Combat Vehicle Warfare Method".

So far, the curriculum of the Daming Army Military Academy has been finalized, with a total of ten books, namely "The Art of War", "The Art of War", "Liutao", "Wei Zhenzi", "Sima Law", "Infantry Drill Code", "New Book of Discipline and Effectiveness", "Practical Record of Military Training", "Firearms Basics", "Armored Combat Vehicle Combat Methods", and five books each of military theory and firearms combat methods.