Emperor Ming Fengyunlu

Volume 2 Rampant Qilu

Chapter 3 Wake up at the right time to learn new knowledge

Section 9: Heterogeneity

After listening to Sun Yuanhua's words, everyone was shocked, and their desire for well-equipped firearms became more urgent, and they began to talk in whispers. Liu Yunwei also sighed: "If my Hanwei battalion can really be like the Qi family's army, fighting in the south and in the north, and being invincible, then I will be willing to die!" ”

Seeing Liu Yunwei say such words, everyone was comforted. Sun Yuanhua also said with a smile: "Don't be anxious Liu Qian, in my opinion, our Hanwei Battalion is already a first-class strong army in the National Dynasty, although there is still a slight gap compared to the Qi family's army, but it is not much different." In my opinion, as long as Liu Qian strictly trains his soldiers according to the training method of the Qi family's army, and then equips them with well-equipped firearms, the Hanwei battalion may not be able to become Liu's army in time. ”

Liu Yunwei nodded and said, "Thanks to Mr. Sun's good words." It's just that we are not very familiar with firearms, and even if we are equipped with a large number of sophisticated firearms in the battalion in the future, we can only get half the result if we train them. Therefore, I have a reluctant request to ask Mr. Sun to deign to stay in the Hanwei camp and help me train the soldiers to become familiar with firearms and change the tactics of warfare. ”

"Haha." Sun Yuanhua laughed when he heard this, and said: "I understand President Liu Qian's hospitality, but it is really inconvenient for me to stay, because I still have some things to deal with, and I will go north to Beijing in the near future to find my mentor, Mr. Xu Guangqi." ”

Liu Yunwei wanted to persuade again, but saw Sun Yuanhua wave his hand, signaling everyone to be calm, and then said: "Mr. Liu Qian, it's not that I insist on not appreciating it, but I don't have the ability." I think my Sun Yuanhua has been going south and north for nearly ten years, and in the early years, he also strongly advocated the promotion of firearms in the Ming army, and advocated that the imperial court imitate the Qi family army to form a new army on a large scale, but ...... Alas! In the end, I still didn't achieve anything, so it's not that Sun doesn't appreciate it, but that he doesn't have the ability. ”

With Sun Yuanhua's long sigh, Liu Yunwei and the others were also secretly surprised: "It turns out that this Mr. Sun has also vigorously advocated the popularization of firearms in the army?" ”

Lu Ying asked with some curiosity: "Mr. Sun, the power of this firearm will not be unknown to those adults in the court, why didn't you succeed when you ran back then?" Is it because the imperial court does not agree? ”

Sun Yuanhua shook his head, paused for a while, as if he was recalling the experience of that time, and then said slowly: "The current dynasty is already in the twilight, and the DPRK and China clearly know the terrifying combat power of the Qi family's army, and they know that the formation of a new army can enhance the military strength, but they just don't implement it, why?" After all, it's not because of profit! ”

Everyone was shocked, they didn't understand what Sun Yuanhua meant by "interests", only Liu Yunwei seemed to have thought of something, his face changed, and he looked a little helpless and sad.

Sun Yuanhua continued: "Back then, I traveled back and forth between the military department, the local governor, and the general soldiers of various towns, and told the achievements and prestige of the Qi family's army to those high-ranking adults. At the beginning, they really admired the Qi family army, but as soon as I proposed to let them pay money and send people to imitate the Qi family army to form a new army, they turned their faces one by one and didn't recognize people, all of them shirked in every way, and even turned their faces directly! ”

Lu Ying asked tentatively, "Is it because of the money?" ”

Sun Yuanhua said: "There is a part of the reason for money and food, but it is not all. Although it takes a lot of money and food to train the new army, this makes the vast majority of civilian officials retreat, and it is an eternal truth that civilian officials love money; Another important reason is conformism! These people were mainly military generals and local governors. Because the current battalions of the national dynasty are mainly based on swords and guns, supplemented by firearms, and the generals are also accustomed to this way of fighting, they want to make them completely change, which they are unwilling to do in any case. However, no one seriously thinks about it, the current battalion of the dynasty is no longer the war battalion of the early years, it is no longer the army of the Ming tiger and wolf that fought all over the world in the past, how many battalions can be as strong as the Hanwei battalion? There aren't few! But they are still unwilling to change, even if they are about to collapse and defeat repeatedly, they don't think about why? What to do! ”

The more Sun Yuanhua spoke, the more angry he became, and in the end he was so angry that his face was red and he yelled again and again.

Sun Yuanhua's words also touched Liu Yunwei and others greatly, now the Ming Dynasty's armament is no longer the level of the early and middle years of the founding of the country, if you don't think about change, once it comes to the time when it is difficult to return, won't the world be in chaos? And now there is still an enterprising Jiannu in Liaodong who is eyeing the tiger, if one day the country is in trouble, Jiannu will suddenly make trouble, wouldn't it be to stage the tragedy of the Mengyuan invasion and the chaos of China again!

Thinking of this, Liu Yunwei slapped the case abruptly and said: "Mr. Sun's words are like a slap in the face, before Yunwei did not have an intuitive understanding of the current situation of the country's armaments, but now after listening to Mr. Sun's words, he feels that the dynasty is now in danger." If there is any great change, the dynasty may collapse like a century-old dead tree! ”

"Mr. Liu Qian said it thoroughly!" Sun Yuanhua continued: "It is precisely when I see these that I will spare no effort to advocate the training mode of the Qi family army and advocate the implementation of firearms in the battalion. However, I have also seen the faces of others, endured the white eyes of others, and even been regarded as an anomaly since then. ”

Liu Yunwei also sighed and said, "It seems that it is not easy to follow the example of the Qi family army to promote firearms in the army." ”

Sun Yuanhua smiled bitterly and said: "Yes, people like Liu Qian and me, first, there is no one in the court, no power, no power, and people are soft-spoken; Second, no one has no money, no money to build firearms, no one knows how to build firearms. If we want to build an invincible army of tigers and wolves like Qi Shaobao, I'm afraid it's even more difficult than ascending to the sky. ”

Liu Yunwei was inevitably a little depressed when he heard this, and everyone sighed one after another, and the atmosphere in the tent was a little dull for a while.

After a while, Wen Poyu asked, "Mr. Sun, is it so difficult for us to imitate the Qi family's army to train a new army?" Is there really no other way? ”

Sun Yuanhua said: "If you want to do this, I think you need to solve several difficulties: one is money and food, you must know that the salary and treatment of the Qi family army are the first in the whole army, and in addition, building firearms and using firearms also require a lot of money and food support; The second point is talent, which refers not only to craftsmen who can make firearms, but also to generals who know how to use firearms to fight; The third point is the issue of the establishment of the battalion, the form of firearms combat is completely different from the form of sword and gun combat, so the organization of the soldiers and men should also be adjusted accordingly in order to adapt to the new form of combat. Finally, I have to ask Mr. Liu Qian and all of you, are you mentally ready to change? ”

Liu Yunwei and the others were silent again when they heard this, and Sun Yuanhua's words woke everyone up, everyone was too optimistic before, thinking that as long as they found a craftsman who could make firearms, as long as they returned to Sichuan, there would be a steady stream of sophisticated firearms transported to the Hanwei camp. It was completely unaware that there were still these key issues that had not been resolved.

Liu Yunwei thought for a while and asked, "Mr. Sun, can't I ask for some assistance?" For example, ask for help from some big people in the court, or borrow some money and food on credit from wealthy families? ”

Sun Yuanhua shook his head and said, "Mr. Liu Qian, I have tried all the methods you said before, but I have not succeeded until today, and it is useless. ”

Liu Yunwei asked with some disappointment, "Why is this happening?" ”

Sun Yuanhua smiled bitterly and said: "Because in the eyes of most people, Mr. Liu Qian and Mr. Sun are both unsociable existences, and they are both outliers!" Who would help an outlier? ”

"Alien?" Liu Yunwei said with some annoyance when he heard this: "Could it be that if you want to change and serve the country, you will become an outlier?" That's what those civil and military ministers who shout every day to be loyal to the monarch and serve the country think? They don't want to be angry themselves, and they even drag others back, what is the truth about this! ”

Sun Yuanhua sighed and said: "In the court, these are the most common truths, what adult would sit back and watch others achieve merits and leave a name in history?" Pull others off the horse to get on top yourself. ”

"It seems that we are still too young to think too much about the matter of being equipped with firearms." Liu Yunwei's mood was very low at this time, and he said: "It seems that this matter still needs to be considered in the long run." ”

Lu Ying, Wu Xing and several others were also full of sadness, and everyone did not expect that it would be so difficult to equip them with firearms and enhance their combat strength. So everyone sat down and fell silent.

After a while, Sun Yuanhua seemed to suddenly think of something, and said to Liu Yunwei: "By the way, Mr. Liu Qian, although I can't help much in terms of money and food, I can help with this talent and training soldiers." ”

Liu Yunwei was overjoyed when he heard this, and hurriedly asked, "Mr. Sun is willing to stay?" ”

"Haha, that's not it." Sun Yuanhua said with a smile: "That's the case, I know that there are two military books, one of which can help Liu Qian teach relevant firearms talents, and the other can help Liu Qian to train the Qi family's army like a tiger and wolf army!" ”

Everyone was overjoyed when they heard this, and they all hurriedly asked, "What kind of military books are Mr. Sun talking about?" ”

Sun Yuanhua looked at the eager crowd and said, "What I am talking about are Qi Shaobao's two posthumous works, "The New Book of Discipline and Effectiveness" and "The Actual Record of Military Training". With these two military books, the Hanwei battalion can be built into the second Qi family army! ”

Everyone was thrilled to hear this!