Chapter 322: Tang Dynasty Armament

Li Chen decided that one day, when he would be able to show his strength, he would change this situation. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 infoThere should be at least a Ministry of Education. Really attach importance to education. It's not just about cultivating bureaucratic talents.

The extent to which this is going depends on the situation at the time. Compulsory education for all? That is impossible, absolutely impossible, the productivity has not reached that point, and you want to run compulsory education for all? Unless you don't need to raise officials, you don't need to raise the army.

First of all, it is necessary to restore at least the situation during the Tianbao period. The most prosperous stage of official learning in the Tang Dynasty was during the Kaiyuan period. The imperial court is very complete from the central government to the local government, although the number is not large, but even in a lower county, there are as many as 20 officials. In the states and counties a little higher, there are naturally more school places.

And after arriving at Tianbao... The imperial court doesn't talk about running schools, and even salaries may not be paid. Therefore, first of all, he had to try to restore the pomp and circumstance of the Kaiyuan period, and then he went further to try to improve the literacy rate, and how to inherit culture and knowledge without literacy.

Just literacy and writing, arithmetic? Is it possible to have an education for a three-year period? Li Chen couldn't help but think about it. This shows how wise and successful it is to build a large number of orphans to educate the whole population, at least from the beginning of teaching these children.

Well, there are many ways to slowly experiment from there, such as how to make older children master writing skills as soon as possible, and these can be used on adults.

For example, in the future, the school should not only provide talents for officials, but also talents for work, craftsmen. Provide business talents, and even military personnel, and train officers at all levels. In fact, he hasn't completely figured out what to teach these things, but the initial thing is to experiment slowly.

In this kind of imagination, Li Chen arrived at the door of the ordnance superintendent, and the young superintendent of ordnance and the young man had already received the notice in advance and were waiting at the door. Compared with the other prisons, the composition of the weapons prison is a little thinner. These two officials are the two highest commanders of the Ordnance Supervisor.

The young eunuch is the fourth grade, and the young man is the seventh grade, but other than that, there is no more... The composition is really less pitiful, compared to the other? The Shaofu Eunuch is from the third grade, and then there is a young eunuch, from the fourth grade, there are two of them, and then the Shaofu Cheng is four, also from the fourth grade.

And then there are two people who are so poor that they will be the master of the same level as Shaocheng, from the fourth grade. There are also two records under it, from the nine products. Comparing the two, it can be seen that this ordnance supervisor is unpopular, so the two of them came out to greet the young eunuch and the young man, and they both looked like bitter gourd faces.

'Your Majesty is greeted. "Let's be flat, don't be polite, take me to visit the Ordnance Prison." The two of them were sincerely frightened, and first guided Li Chen into the ordnance prison.

'Your Majesty, this ordnance supervisor is divided into two places, the first is the crossbow workshop that His Majesty saw, and the other is the Jiafang office. The young superintendent of weapons pointed to the two people and introduced, "This is the crossbow order." This is the crossbow workshop Shaocheng. ’

'Crossbow and Armor? Where is the Mo knife forged? I've long wanted to see how the Modao is made. When he came to the Ordnance Prison, the first thing Li Chen wanted to see was the Mo Dao, which was too famous. Every time he saw Tang wear novels and Mo Dao Array appeared, he was very excited, everyone was broken, how powerful the weapons were, and it almost became a symbol of the Tang Dynasty's achievements.

'Back to Your Majesty, this is it. The Crossbow Workshop Department is not only responsible for the creation of bows and crossbows, but also for the creation of spears and blades. ''In that case, take a handful from each of you.'' The young eunuch promised, went down, and after a while, two people sent two weapons, which were blocked by the guards, and after taking them, they were handed to Li Chen.

Li Chen took a big knife casually, but he thought in his mind that this kind of Mo knife actually did not have a special workshop, and it was mixed in the crossbow workshop, which showed that the Tang Dynasty army had to be formed, and the long-range firepower was probably no worse than that of the Song Dynasty.

To be honest, Li Chen really hasn't studied it, and the Tang army has to be formed. However, a separate building department was set up by the Crossbow Fang Department, and the Mo Dao and the like were all mixed in it, and it can be seen that the long-range firepower of the Tang army must be very strong. In the past, I only noticed the Mo knife, but I ignored the degree of long-range firepower in the Tang Dynasty.

Is this Modao? Li Chen gently waved the big knife in his hand, the handle was extremely long, even the blade at the front end was very long, almost the same length as the handle, and the overall length was a little higher than him.

'Your Majesty, the Mo knife is not customized, and the shape is different from place to place. The young warden replied, 'The blade used in the northern feudal towns is shorter. ’

Li Chen nodded while listening, and waved his hand to let the surrounding crowd get out of the way, gently waving this long knife, it felt good, but it was too long. It's also fortunate that others are tall and big, otherwise it's really hard to wield.

With a snort, Li Chen took a knife and slashed directly at the empty armor in front of him. The sword flashed, and even the armor belt stake was split in half. The onlookers cheered and praised Li Chen's bravery, "It's so powerful, it's a pity." Li Chen looked at the snow and sighed.

It's really powerful, no wonder it can make a name for Datang. However..., there are just too many shortcomings. It's a pity, but he'll probably reduce the number of weapons he has to assemble in the future.

First of all, the Modao is difficult to build. Such a long blade is easy to break without high technology and good iron support. Secondly, it is not that people who are tall and skilled in martial arts are not good at it, and the above two points greatly limit the play of Mo Dao.

Li Chen remembered that although the Tang Dynasty's Mo knife was famous, it was like a big war, with a maximum of 5,000 people. You could say that 5,000 men is enough, enough to fight on the battlefield again. But Li Chen didn't believe that such a strong class of troops, if it weren't for the above two restrictions, those generals wouldn't want to expand him to 50,000.

'It's still a spear that works. After waving it twice, Li Chen shook his head. He was simulating how the Modao restrained the cavalry, in addition to using the Modao, there was also a simulated spear. Seriously, the Mo Knife is really not much better than a spear, or even worse.

First of all, if you go down with a knife, you will be crushed to pieces, but ... That's a lot of work. It's really too hard to do this, even if a soldier is strong, how many knives can he wield? On the other hand, it is easier to pierce through the spear.

A knife that breaks people and horses is death, cutting off his head is also death, and stabbing him to death is also death. On the battlefield, of course, it is easier to choose.

Secondly, with a single sword, everyone is broken. Please, horses are very expensive, you can take his horse with a shot of a dead knight, and you have nothing but horse meat. In the end, the spear is easier to build and train, both than the Mo knife.

Of course, the spear is not without its drawbacks. The spear formation is easier to break through than the Mo Dao formation. Although the two sides will also be in a hurry after being close, but once the spear is close, it is almost helpless. In the novel, the spear array can fight the world, in addition to dealing with the wild boar skin at the end of the Ming Dynasty, it can probably only be used to fight the homeless.

The best example of this is probably the Greek phalanx of spears, which was later replaced by the Roman phalanx. Think about it, the Macedonian kind of Greek phalanx with a large shield and spear, against the Romans' big shield and short blade, you can know who will have the upper hand.

'These are all Mo knives?' But it was the young superintendent of the ordnance who saw that Li Chen liked to play with the Mo knife, and took out a lot of types and styles of Mo knives.

There are quite a lot of types, and the styles are different from place to place. This is a three-pointed, two-edged knife. It's not... It's kind of like a pheasant. Li Chen picked up these different kinds of Demo knives, which were rare to look at.

It seems that this Mo knife is a general term for long-handled knives, as long as it is a long handle and there is a blade at the front end, it is a Mo knife. Therefore, different places and generals, due to different habits, will have various ways of doing things.

However, this thing weighs no more than fifty pounds. ', three-pointed and two-edged, quite famous, in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Ji Ling, the general of Yuan Shu, used this. The length is not long, and the end of the cutting edge is gradually enlarged obliquely from the shank to the tip, and then the tip of the knife is retracted. The blades are cut on both sides, and the middle is slightly thicker, so that it is very convenient to stab or chop immediately, but how can this weigh fifty catties.

Li Chen thought about it, this Mo knife weighed, it seemed to be fifty catties. But whether it's this or any other, it's not as heavy as this.

"Back to Your Majesty, this Mo knife weighs about fifteen catties", fifteen catties, converted to modern weights and measures, it is about ten catties. It's a bit light for Li Chen, but it's just right for ordinary soldiers. I think this is also suitable for Li, fifty catties, but it is only thirty kilograms, who can continue to wield these thirty catties for several hours until this battle is over? It's too heavy... Fifty pounds and fifteen pounds, how did they record it in the first place?

Replacing the Mo knife, Li Chen took the horse lance, which was also long, but it was much heavier than the Mo knife, Li Chen waved it a few times, then stopped, looking curiously.

It's not ordinary, it's one and a half times his height, and it's not easy to swing on flat ground. However, this was originally intended to be used for horse warfare, not for people to play on the flat ground.

With another snort, Li Chen stabbed the horse lance into the armor, and it was really powerful, and he pierced the armor in one fell swoop, Li Chen pretended to be proud to accept the cheers of everyone, but he was thinking in his heart, no wonder this thing was gradually eliminated later.

Like the Mo knife, it is troublesome to build, and it is also troublesome to use. This lance, from the appearance of the senses, is not only a sword and a long stick together. The end of the blade is somewhat similar to a gourd, the tip of the blade is smoothed down, and then close to the shank of the blade, forming a gourd-shaped. Then at the end of the stick, that is, at the end of the blade, there are especially cylinders thicker than the lance, which are uneven and uneven.

Li Chen didn't ask much, what is the effect of this thing, probably guessing, first of all, the baffle, lest the entire end of the blade be pierced too deep and it is difficult to pull it out. Secondly, this design also plays a role in the weapon, such a long blade body, or used in horse warfare, eighty percent is very good at breaking. The blade is broken, so you can only rely on this thick cylinder to set it up as a stick to smash it...

'Went to the Ordnance Prison?' At this time, **** Wu heard the report of the people below, and the faint gentleman went to the ordnance superintendent, "What did he do when he went to the ordnance superintendent?" **** Wu Xin's friend is not good. immediately got up and went to the **** to report. (To be continued.) )