Wu Ji, as a modern person, once worked weapons in order to take revenge and seek justice, and it was impossible for him to be so surprised, but what Wang Shao said was really beyond his expectations, so he would never have imagined that the Song Dynasty would study this kind of weapon.

Once such a weapon is successfully developed, it means that the pattern of warfare will change. Although, it is impossible to change like in later generations, after all, it is very rare to be able to create this kind of weapon in the Song Dynasty, even if it is a prototype, it is a shocking thing.

Seeing Wu Ji's surprised look in his eyes, Wang Shao couldn't help but smile, patted Wu Ji on the shoulder and said, "Don't be surprised, this weapon is very cumbersome and difficult to use on the battlefield." However, if there are some, if they are used to siege the city, it is really good, and it is much more useful than cave carts and goose carts. If the Liao State had created this weapon first, it would be difficult to say whether Xiongzhou would be able to keep it. ”

"If it was in the past, the Liao State would have built it first, and Xiongzhou would definitely not have been able to keep it. However, now it is different, no matter how much Liao builds, there is nothing that can be done. "Wu Ji knows how powerful this weapon is, but it can't be too powerful in the Song Dynasty.

If it weren't for him, the Liao State would have developed it first, and there would not have been any problems in conquering Xiongzhou City. However, when he came to the Song Dynasty, even if the Liao State made more of these weapons, it would not pose a threat to the Song Dynasty, because Wu Ji also wanted to make this kind of weapon, and the power would be much greater than that of the Liao State.

It's just that Wu Ji can't spare time for a while, and he can't find a good job that can make this kind of weapon. He had only seen some drawings of this kind of weapon, but he had never built it, and it was impossible for him to build it alone. The Song Dynasty made some achievements in the study of this weapon by concentrating the scientific and technological forces of the whole country.

"Huh!" Wang Shao smiled happily and said, "With your words, I am even more relieved." If Yeluhong chooses to forbear, he will be ready to attack Xiongzhou after this weapon is made. Once the Liao State takes Xiongzhou, Yelu Hongji will march into the Central Plains, and this battle will become bigger and bigger. It is impossible for the Great Song Dynasty to sit idly by and let Yelu Hongji complete the plan, and the Great Song Dynasty will take the lead. If the north can't fight, the Great Song Dynasty will concentrate its forces and take down the Western Xia first. After solving the Western Xia, the Great Song Yi could concentrate his forces and fight to the death with the Khitans. The second is that it can also threaten the land of Yanyun from the west, as long as the land of Yanyun is recovered, the Liao State will plummet, and the overall situation has been decided. ”

Although the Song Dynasty claimed to have unified China, it was actually far from completing the unification, and the Song Dynasty only occupied the core part of China. The sixteen states of Yanyun, the desert, the Northwest Plateau, the Western Regions, Nanzhao, Vietnam, and Liaodong, which belonged to the Central Plains in the Qin and Han dynasties, became overseas lands and were not included in the territory, and the Song Dynasty did not complete the great cause of unification.

Nanzhao and Vietnam were too small, and although they were outside the Song Dynasty, they did not dare to provoke the Song Dynasty and did not cause much trouble to the Song Dynasty. The main causes of trouble in the Song Dynasty were the Liao and Western Xia. The three kingdoms of Song, Liao, and Western Xia constitute the Song Dynasty's version of the "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", with three legs, mutual checks and balances, and mutual bargaining.

Among these three countries, the comprehensive national strength is the strongest, the richest and most vast land of the Song Dynasty, with a population of more than 100 million and countless wealth, which is really shocking, far surpassing the Tang Dynasty. However, its military strength has not been very good, and it has been pressed and beaten by Liao and Western Xia.

The overall strength of the Song Dynasty was the strongest, while the Liao State was the second, and the Western Xia was the weakest. Therefore, the Liao State and the Western Xia colluded with each other to deal with the Song Dynasty. In order to contain the Song Dynasty, the Liao State supported the Western Xia, and without the support of the Liao State, the Western Xia would not have been able to establish a state at all.

There is a clause in the alliance of the Yuanyuan, the Song Dynasty asked the Liao State to reduce its support for the Western Xia, and the Liao State Yang disobeyed the Yin, and agreed on the surface, but in fact it was still supporting the Western Xia. It was after the alliance of the Song Dynasty that the Song Dynasty transferred the most elite army to the west, transferred it to Shaanzhou, and used troops against the Western Xia for decades, with only one purpose, to destroy the Liao State, the Song Dynasty could not do it, so it would first fight the Western Xia, break the Western Xia, and then deal with the Liao State.

The reason why the Song Dynasty chose this strategy, in addition to the weakest Western Xia, also had a purpose, that is, to destroy the Western Xia, and threaten the sixteen states of Yanzhi from the west, so that it would be much easier to fight the sixteen states of Yanyun.

Not to mention, Western Xia had a large number of war horses, which were the most urgent strategic resources of the Song Dynasty. The Song Dynasty was seriously short of horses, and due to poor management, the "horse administration" that was originally successful in the Han and Tang dynasties became a harsh government for the people, and they could not raise good horses, so they could only rely on buying. If the Western Xia is destroyed, if you get these war horses, you can form a large number of cavalry, and you will have a way to deal with the cavalry of the Liao State.

It is based on these considerations that the Song Dynasty formulated the strategy of first Western Xia and then Liao, and has been implementing it for decades. It's just that the results are not obvious, and it was not until Wang Shao proposed the "Pingrong Policy" and achieved the Battle of Xihe that great progress was made.

"If you want to use troops against Western Xia, you need elite weapons, and the cutting blade is incomparable, it is a sharp weapon, and these 200,000 are just the first batch to equip Western soldiers. At that time, the combat power of the Western soldiers will be greatly improved, and it will be much easier to deal with the Western Xia army. Wang Shao smiled very happily, patted Wu Ji on the shoulder, and said: "Back then, after the Battle of Xihe, I wanted to make a sharp war knife in my hand, but I never succeeded. You've done it, and it's a lot of credit. ”

The Western Soldiers referred to the Song army in Shaanzhou, which was the most elite army of the Song Dynasty at that time.

"It's just a coincidence." Wu Ji is very humble.

"Coincidentally? But you are humble and do not take credit. The smile on Wang Shao's face was a little thicker: "Although the captive knife is good, it can't compare to your thunderbolt." I've tried the thunderbolt, and I've learned more about the situation of the Xiongzhou War, but I didn't say it, so I made it very. ”

After a slight pause, he said, "Thunderball, how many can you make?" ”

"This, it depends on the raw materials. This is no better than a captive knife, as long as there is iron ore and refined iron, it can be done. Wu Ji replied with a deep sigh.

"Otherwise, if you dedicate the formula of the thunderbolt to the imperial court, what kind of reward do you want, the official family will definitely give it to you." Wang Shao looked at Wu Ji with blazing eyes, looking forward to it.

The power of the thunderbolt bomb was fully verified in the Battle of Xiongzhou, and if Wu Ji offered the formula, it would be so exciting for the Song Dynasty. Song Shenzong was generous, if Wu Ji offered the formula, he would definitely get a rich reward.

"Brother Wang, it's not impossible to give it up, but do you dare to guarantee that it won't fall into the hands of the Khitans?" Wu Ji thought for a while, shook his head slightly, and said, "If you don't tell me that the Khitans once stole such a secret thing, I can give it up." However, if the Khitans were able to steal such a secret weapon, if I gave it, I think it would not be long before it would fall into the hands of the Khitans. At that time, don't talk about Xiongzhou, even the Central Plains will become Khitans. ”

If the thunderbolt formula falls into the hands of Liao, the consequences will be unimaginable, ten times more serious than the loss of Xiongzhou. If you really want that, don't talk about the Central Plains, I'm afraid that the entire Song Dynasty will perish.

"Hey!" Wang Shao was stunned for a long time, sighed, and said, "Brother Wu is extremely worried, those stupid people in the ordnance prison can leak such a secret thing, and what else can't be leaked. ”

Judging from the scientific and technological perspective of the time, the leakage of that weapon was tantamount to the leakage of nuclear secrets in modern times, which was very shocking. Even such a top-secret secret can be leaked, what else can the ordnance supervisor not leak?

"Perhaps, it is better to stay in the hands of Brother Wu than to fall into the hands of the ordnance supervisor." Wang Shao thought for a while, agreed with Wu Ji's statement, and said, "But, Brother Wu, you must keep this secret, and you must not leak it." ”

"I will." Of course, Wu Ji will not leak secrets, and he has already thought about it.

"If there's something you need my help with, just tell me. As long as you make thunderbolts, you just want gold, and I'll go to the official to get it for you. "Wang Shao is a happy person, and he has a big package.

Of course, his help was not gratuitous, and he immediately put forward the condition: "Of course, you have to make more thunderbolts, the more the better." If the Great Song Dynasty used troops against Western Xia, it would be able to use it. With Thunderbolt, it shouldn't be a problem to defeat Western Xia. ”

Thinking a little too optimistic, Wu Ji doesn't think so, no matter how good the thunderbolt is, it needs to be used by people, if it can't be used, it is no different from nothing.

The British invented the tank, but they couldn't use it, and the Germans were the first to study the theory of armored warfare, and they used blitzkrieg to defeat the Anglo-French army, isn't that it?

In the Iran-Iraq war, Ilang and Ibitke wasted so many modern weapons because they would not use them.

Wu Ji couldn't be clearer about the current situation of the Song army, corruption is rampant, morale is low, the morale of the army is unstable, and the tactical theory is very poor.

Of course, Wu Ji couldn't sweep Wang Shao's excitement, so he had to make fun a little: "With the thunderbolt, if there is another good general, I may be able to destroy the Western Xia." ”

"Haha!" This is said to Wang Shao's heart, he is the number one general of Song Shenzong, and the heavy task of destroying the Western Xia battle will inevitably fall on him. With his military talents, coupled with the assistance of thunderbolts, it is very likely that he will destroy Western Xia, and he can't help but be unhappy.

"Brother Wu, there is one thing that you don't know." Wang Shao squatted down and asked Wu Ji to squat opposite him, pull out his sword, draw it on the ground, and explain the situation in Western Xia to Wu Ji: "The northwest border of the Western Xia Kingdom is mountainous, easy to defend and difficult to attack. The Battle of Xihe, although it achieved good results, only blocked the expansion of Western Xia in the west. If you want to destroy the Western Xia, you must also lay down Hengshan, and only by taking Hengshan can you lock the Western Xia in the northwest. ”

He said on the side, a stroke, very clear, it seems that he knows the situation of Western Xia very well: "Only by capturing Hengshan, can the Great Song Dynasty use troops in the hinterland of Western Xia." Xixia is located in the northwest border, the terrain is complex, mountainous, easy to defend and difficult to attack, the road is not smooth, whether it is to march or transport grain, there are only a few mountain roads. Therefore, no amount of troops can be placed, so it is necessary to disperse the army. I have discussed with the official family, and I am ready to launch an attack on Western Xia from the two directions of Xihe Land and Hengshan at the same time, and the two armies will directly take Xingqing Mansion. ”

This is the top secret of the Song Dynasty, why did Wang Shao tell me? Wu Ji was surprised, did he mean...... I didn't finish my thoughts, I just listened to Wang Shao and said: "In this battle, Brother Wu, you can't run away, you have to take the time to learn more about the situation in Western Xia!" ”

(To be continued)