Chapter 180: The Beacon Rises at the End of the Year (14)
What is the ability of the Great Qin Empire's 'Flying Feather Guard' to actually send information to the morning and evening! This was also due to the construction of complete communication facilities at that time. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info
Since the Shang and Zhou dynasties, successive kings have continuously expanded their territories through continuous external expansion, and with the continuous expansion of their territories, the ensuing management problems and defense problems have been exposed one by one, including how to detect the incoming enemy in time and guard against the invasion of foreign enemies, which has become a social problem that all kings need to solve urgently.
With the expansion of the land area and the continuous flow of people, the transmission and transportation of information have been pushed to a crucial position, and social needs are driving technological innovation.
Officially-led post stations, beacon fires, ciphers, letters, flags, and flying pigeon biography came into being. All kinds of communication facilities are adapted to local conditions to ensure the fastest transmission of information.
For example, the method of transmitting information by Beacon, as a primitive means of sound and light communication, served in ancient military warfare. At the beginning of the founding of the Zhou Dynasty, from the border to the national capital and the border defense line, important locations were selected to build beacons.
Every night warning, the defender lights the firewood and grass in the cage and holds it high, relying on the light of the fire to transmit information to the nearby beacon tower, called "Feng", and the daytime warning ignites the grass accumulated on the platform, and uses smoke to show urgency, called "Sui".
The Zhou Dynasty stipulated: The princes of the Son of Heaven must immediately lead troops to the rescue and jointly resist the enemy. The story of the princes of the Fenghuo Opera of King You of Zhou shows that the Western Zhou Dynasty at that time already had a complete set of information transmission mechanisms.
As for the transmission of other information, the official post stations have raised a large number of horses, and the messengers who deliver the letters are also government officials, and in the event of an emergency, they can use the method of changing people and horses to continuously transmit information to the outside world, including 300 miles, 500 miles, and 800 miles.
But these methods are not suitable for the Bashu region with high mountains and dense forests, as explained earlier, the reason why the Qin State did not attack Bashu for a long time was not because of its own benevolence, but because this road was too dangerous.
Later generations have written poems that testify:
'Oh, it's dangerous!
The difficulty of Shu Road is difficult to go to the blue sky!
Silkworms and fish, how dazed is the founding of the country!
He is 48,000 years old, and he is not populated with Qinsai.
There is a bird road in Xidang Taibai, which can cross the top of Emei.
The earth collapsed and the mountain destroyed the strong man to death, and then the ladder stone stacks were hooked together.
There is a high standard of six dragons returning to the sun, and there is a return to the river with a wave and a reversal.
The flight of the yellow crane is not yet passable, and the ape wants to spend his sorrow and climb.
The green mud is a panpan, and a hundred steps and nine folds linger on the rocks.
He sat on his back and sighed with his hands.
Q: When will you return to the West? The road is daunting and the rock is unclimbable.
But when I saw the ancient trees of the Sad Bird, the male and the female flew around the forest.
I also heard Zigui crying the night moon, and I was sad about the empty mountain.
The difficulty of Shu Road is difficult to go to the blue sky, so that people listen to this withered face!
Even the peaks go to the sky and do not exceed the feet, and the dead pines hang upside down against the cliffs.
The flying turbulent waterfall is noisy, and the cliff turns to the stone and thunder.
The same is true of the danger, and the people who have come from afar are not here!
The Sword Pavilion is majestic and Cui Wei, one husband is the pass, and ten thousand people are not open.
Guards or bandits, turned into wolves and jackals.
Avoid tigers in the morning and long snakes in the evening; Grinding teeth and sucking blood, killing people like numbness.
Although Jincheng is cloudy, it is better to return home early.
The difficulty of Shu Road, it is difficult to go to the blue sky, and look sideways to the west!
After the Qin State occupied Bashu, in order to be able to control Bashu in a timely and effective manner, it paid special attention to the wind and grass of Bashu, and under this background, a complete channel for information analysis, transmission and transshipment was established.
In addition to the methods listed above, Qin's 'Flying Feather Guard' also opened up a unique method of information transmission in the lofty mountains of Bashu.
Crossbow Transmission Method. With the technical support of the Mo family's Xiangfu faction, the Qin State used local materials, relying on the abundant tall trees in the mountains, regardless of the cost, to build a huge crossbow machine.
The design of the crossbow machine is exquisite, and several large bows are fixed together, and the combined force of several large bows is used together through the transmission of pulleys.
The arrows are also made of hard wood as the shaft and the iron sheet as the feather, which is known as "one gun and three swords and arrows". As a result, the entire crossbow machine is very cumbersome, and often a single launch requires dozens of people to exert force at the same time, and it is necessary to use cattle and horses to operate.
On the ever-changing battlefield, it is naturally extremely difficult for such a bulky crossbow machine to survive, but in the land of Bashu, where the mountains are high and the forests are dense, such a bulky weapon has a unique advantage.
As the saying goes, Wangshan is tired of horses, don't look between these two mountains, people can hear each other's words, but it is indeed not a simple matter to send letters to each other. In the transmission of military information, secrecy is the first thing to recommend.
If dozens of people shouted at the same time across the valley, the value of this information must be debatable, the mountains are high and dense, the slopes are steep, and it is obviously impractical to ride a fast horse to deliver a message. As a result, there is only one path left to choose from.
Starting from the top of the mountain on your own side, going down the slope to the bottom of the mountain, and then climbing from the bottom of the mountain to the other mountain, it is easy to say, but in fact it takes a lot of time, so a few hours have passed.
Besides, there is not only one mountain in Bashu, so if it is consumed, the timeliness of the information will be greatly reduced, and perhaps by the time it is delivered to the destination, it will already be a day of tomorrow.
Although the speed of transmission of information is excellent, it cannot convey accurate information, let alone letters.
The method of passing the crossbow can be well filled, the drawbacks, don't look at the huge size of the bed crossbow, but the shooting distance, very amazing, can be above a thousand steps, according to the distance of one step and one meter five, the distance of 1,500 meters, naturally is not a problem.
After the crossbow launches the arrows, the huge energy can propel the arrows at high speed, and the arrows running at high speed rely on the huge force to be directly embedded in the information receiving area of the next station.
The thick arrows are cleverly hollowed out, and the silk book full of words is stuffed inside, and then sealed with iron feathers, and then marked along the way, so that the safety of the information can be ensured, and it can also be known where the information is coming from and where it is going.
The 'Flying Feather Guard' screened out the most suitable area between the mountains and mountains and set up a crossbow machine.
Between the two mountains, the crossbow machine is relied on to transmit information, and when there is information that needs to be transmitted, the other party will light the beacon fire first, and the next station will do a good job of receiving it, and at the same time prepare to launch the work, waiting for the other party's arrows to arrive.
Once you've checked that it's correct, light a beacon to alert the next stop, get ready to launch, and then make a special sign code on top of the arrow, and so on! The information can be passed on accurately.
The arrow moves in a straight line, the information is delivered accurately, and the speed of the arrow is naturally incomparable to the horse! Relying on such a rapid speed, the information can be transmitted to thousands of mountains in the shortest time, and when the mountains are out, they can be replaced by fast horses and gallop.
In this way, from Xianyang in the Qin State to Bashu, it is not difficult for the information to arrive in the morning and evening.
"In that case, then I have to ask the Queen Mother!" King Qin Wu Yingdang opened his mouth and said.
"King! This 'Flying Feather Guard' was originally from Daqin, and it was not her alone, and the concubine thought that the king still followed the example of the previous king and held the 'Flying Feather Guard' in his own hands, which was the safest! Do you think that's the truth? "Mrs. Wei tried her best to pinch King Qin Wu.
I hope that King Qin Wu Yingdang will be able to take back the 'Flying Feather Guard', according to Yingdang's nature, after taking it back, it is naturally impossible to personally command, and when the time comes, it can only be handed over to his own management.
King Wu of Qin then said:
"Don't be reckless before the time comes! I thought that the 'Flying Feather Guard' was still somewhat useful in the hands of the Queen Mother! When I need it, I'll take it back. ”
Seeing that Yingdang did not agree, Mrs. Wei immediately asked:
"In that case, what should we do next?"
"This is the end of it! It's better to ask the ministers to plan first, and then make plans. If this Du Yu is really reversed, he still needs someone to clean it up. "It's a matter of military affairs, and King Yingdang of Qin Wu also wants to hear what the ministers mean.
Although the war has not yet taken place, the curtain has already begun on the planning of the plan.
"In that case, the concubines will go down and invite the ministers over, but I don't know which ministers the king wants to come?" Mrs. Wei Guo heard that King Yingdang of Qin Wu arranged this, so she naturally asked a lot of questions.
The news is not true, any wind and grass, will bring unexpected impact, if it is on the main hall, the ministers plan, it is difficult to ensure that the information is not leaked back, Bashu is really reversed or forgivable.
But in the end, if the news is proved to be wrong, it is estimated that for the Qin State, it will inevitably exacerbate the estrangement between the Qin State and the Bashu, which is regarded as a sibling for the Qin State, that is the minister of the humerus, if this contradiction is taken advantage of by the Eastern countries, it is difficult to guarantee that there will be no chaos.
As soon as the rear of the Qin State was in chaos, the fruits of decades of foreign expansion would also be wiped out. At the beginning of Qin's annexation of Bashu, the eastern states did not realize the seriousness of the problem.
When the poor and weak Qin State, because of the abundant materials of Bashu, became stronger and stronger, in foreign wars, there was already room for maneuver.
Only then did the eastern countries regret their short-sightedness that day. As the saying goes, if you are not afraid of thieves stealing, you are afraid of thieves, don't look at the combat effectiveness of these eastern countries is not as good as that of Qin.
However, this ability to stir people's hearts is closely related to cultural accomplishment, although the civilization of ritual music has lost the most glorious scene, but it is used to brainwash the barbarians, and it still has great cultural potential.
"I think, it's better to let Gan Mao, Ren Wei, Wu Huo and Meng Shuo come first, what does the queen think?" King Wu of Qin stood up and said.
"Militaristic events! Why don't you invite the prime minister to come and plan together? Mrs. Wei Guo suggested.
King Yingdang of Qin Wu fell into deep thought about whether to invite Zhu Liji! (To be continued.) )