Chapter 414: Your Majesty is talking about a parabola?
After class, Li Jing was closely following Li Yuanji, and there seemed to be only one thought left in his mind, he wanted to figure out what to do to win.
"Pharmacist, you're really a fan of the authorities!" Li Yuanji sighed helplessly, and secretly said that this thing is obviously very smart, why is he so confused about this matter?
"The minister is ignorant, I don't know what His Majesty is referring to......?" Li Jing was still in a state of bewilderment.
"Didn't Eldest Sun Wuji already tell you the answer?" Li Yuanji showed a bitter smile.
The eldest grandson Wuji gave Li Jing such a moving lesson in Tubo, and told Li Jing with practical actions that the Tang army was not invincible, even Tubo, which occupied an absolute disadvantage, had the ability to force Li Jing to withdraw his troops, and even almost trapped them.
Isn't that the solution?
Li Jing was stunned suddenly, as if someone in a dream had woken up.
"That's right! Exchange space for time, and use distance to make up if you are not strong, so that the enemy can drag the battle line as long as possible, and there will always be mistakes in the long supply line. Li Jing slapped his thigh violently, and the haze in his heart instantly dissipated.
Su Dingfang arranged 20,000 people to serve as logistics supply troops, but is this arrangement really safe?
If it weren't for the pressure from all sides, if Changsun Wuji hadn't lost the trust of the Tubo people, he could have set up suspicious troops, or retreated strategically, and then sent heavy troops to attack the supply lines in the rear.
As long as the walls can be cleared, as long as they can sneak attack the logistics supply line, every time they succeed, the Tang army will encounter more difficulties.
A war is not a day or two that can decide the outcome of the war, and for the whole situation, what is a small loss?
Soldiers, every inch of land must be fought.
It's an attitude, but it's also the most foolish option, and if you can, why can't you choose to get the biggest win at the least cost?
If he didn't storm Zhenbei City in order to save Du Ruhui, but chose to clear the field with a strong wall, and then retreated, continued to ambush some ambush soldiers to stay in Fengzhou, and took the opportunity to sneak attack Li Yuanji's baggage team, would the battle situation be the same as history?
It will definitely not be the same, once there is a problem with logistics and supply, in the vast desert, tens of thousands of people can only starve to death.
He gave up a state, but that state was not really lost, but it was able to swallow tens of thousands of enemy troops without a single soldier, compared with the two, Li Jing also realized that he was indeed impulsive at the beginning, and in order to rescue Du Ruhui, he had almost lost his mind.
"Hey......" Li Jing sighed with annoyance, both self-blame and remorse.
But remorse and chagrin do not bring about any change, Li Jing is no longer annoyed by Li Shimin's failure, but is annoyed by his own failure.
As a general, no matter what camp you are in now, you will regret your past failures.
Especially now that I know that if I had chosen another way, the result would have been a different ending, not to mention that kind of feeling.
Around the entire military school, this military school is a concept proposed by Li Yuanji, and the general design is also done in accordance with Li Yuanji's requirements, but from the beginning to the present, it is the first time he has come here to observe the Tang Dynasty up close, and even the first military school in the world.
In fact, it's just like that, it's not much better than those clubs, and it's not even as formal as the clubs.
But because of some experience, this military school is still a little better than the academy.
Thinking that the military academy in later generations would also recruit students from the society, Li Yuanji also thought of this possibility.
At present, the scope of personnel selection in the military is still relatively narrow, and no matter who wants to develop in the army, there is only one way to go.
Although the identities are different, the starting point of the two will not be the same, but from one to ten thousand, it is still the same.
Enter the army, walk out of the recruit barracks, go down to the army, go to the battlefield, make meritorious contributions, be promoted, and then go up step by step, step by step.
There is no one who is willing to join the army in the real culture, which also leads to the low level of education in the army, which is only slightly better than that of the people.
If you decide to follow the old path, there is nothing wrong with this model, at least those who can come up are those who have been affirmed on the battlefield and have some achievements.
But history has proved that this method is not advisable, and when a large number of advanced equipment is installed, the importance of culture will be revealed.
Artillerymen need to calculate the trajectory of the shells, and then adjust their shooting elements, so that their shells can accurately fall on a certain area and a certain point, so as to achieve accurate shooting and use the least number of shells to complete the set task.
This kind of talent can't go into battle to kill the enemy, and even a random soldier can overthrow him, but if he is placed in the position of artillery, he can mobilize an artillery piece, or even an artillery group, to carry out accurate bombing of the target area, and use artillery shells that can only bombard one area before to bombard two areas, or even three areas.
Isn't that important? Of course not.
There are also some staff officers who may not be able to lead troops, but they have an unusual talent in making plans.
Some of the current soldiers are probably their original form, but a qualified member of the army is not so easy to cultivate, and the few are pitiful, often they can only be equipped with a certain number of soldiers around the commander, and then it is impossible to equip them at all.
And these people, if they follow those old paths, will inevitably be eliminated by time, or die on the battlefield, or retire with injuries.
In this world, there has never been a shortage of geniuses, and the geniuses that are really known to everyone are actually only a part of the very few hungry, Li Yuanji always believes that there are more geniuses buried in the people, buried in the sea of people, they are not incapable, but they do not have the right platform, the right opportunity to show themselves.
The best example is Liu Shan, a person who was not even sure of passing the imperial examination, but in his new position, he repeatedly made contributions, so that Li Yuanji, the emperor, had to admire.
Liu Shan met him, and he happened to chat with him for a while, so he had this opportunity, is there only one Liu Shan in the world?
"Pharmacist, what do you think is the effect if I select talents for military academies like the imperial examination?" There may be some problems with the quality of teaching in the early stage, but it doesn't matter, sooner or later you have to face this problem, as long as there is this idea, this is a hurdle that cannot be bypassed.
"That's wrong, isn't it?" Li Jing grinned, and secretly said that this emperor really dares to think about anything, and continued: "The lowest level of the military academy is the team leader, and the number is not large, to come here, everyone is here with military merits, and also has a certain amount of experience in leading troops, if you recruit those who have no experience in the army to come here, the imperial court has spent a lot of energy and materials to cultivate, let them become officers?" The following must not be convinced, let them go to be soldiers? So what is the significance of the court's actions? ”
Li Jing still didn't say a word, such a leader who has no experience in leading troops, not to mention that the soldiers under him are not convinced, even the generals who directly lead the troops do not dare to use them.
These people are real newborn calves who are not afraid of tigers, they think that they have studied in the military academy for so long, and they are officers, and they will inevitably have arrogance, and when the time comes, they will fight and give you a whimsical or something, it is a trivial matter for him to die alone, if he takes the whole team to die, the general must not be distressed to death?
Li Jing didn't say it explicitly, but he pointed out that these people were not suitable and not worthy of such training by the imperial court.
"These people will not appear in the position of leading soldiers, I feel that these people can be used in some special positions, and these special positions are irreparable by ordinary soldiers and generals, and they are also the biggest problem." Li Yuanji said.
"Special position?" Li Jing was stunned, a little unclear.
"Like joining the army! For example, artillery! Li Yuanji said that these two branches of the army, to be precise, it is acceptable to use military schools to train and join the army, but the words of artillery......
Of course, the artillery that Li Yuanji refers to is not ordinary artillery, but a technical branch of the army, which has nothing to do with artillery.
"It's okay to join the army, but there is a shortage in the army, and this kind of person is also very difficult to promote. As for the artillery ......" Li Jing lowered his brows slightly when he heard that it was these two arms.
"Is artillery now also called artillery? The Academy of Sciences is already working on the latest artillery, and it looks like you can't describe it, but you can imagine an enlarged version of the musket, with a range of at least a thousand steps, and more powerful, this kind of cannon can be operated by ordinary soldiers, but the accuracy cannot be mastered, and it requires professional personnel to control, and I am referring to this kind of people. Li Yuanji continued to explain.
In fact, the artillery has already come out, and even the musket is available, is it difficult to build an artillery?
It's just that the effect is very unsatisfactory, solid iron bullets, not enough to waste gunpowder, but you can also stuff some broken iron or something, but how to play that thing? Shotguns? Not to mention that if you can't beat the enemy, your own people will die and you can't die anymore.
Li Yuanji asked for the kind of shells that could explode when fired, and the shells used now could not be used, so the entire artillery was now stuck in the shells.
But no matter where it is, artillery will definitely appear, and it must not be like it is now, whether the artillery hits accurately or not depends on feeling.
Although it can be practiced with stones of the same weight, this mode is limited after all, and the trained artillery is even more uneven.
What Li Yuanji wants is the kind of future generations, an order to go down, each of them quickly prepares, and then open fire, whether the shooting is accurate, not to see the individual, but to see whether the data given by the staff officer is accurate, and a professional staff officer will rarely give a wrong outrageous parameter, even if it is wrong, after a round, it can be quickly repaired.
"Your Majesty is referring to the parabolic kind?" Li Jing's eyes lit up, if he didn't rely on manpower, then this method was indeed preferable, thinking of the parabola in the math textbook, he hurriedly asked.
"Exactly ......"