Section 1061 The strong crossbow knows arithmetic
"Don't worry...... "Zhi Du raised his eyes and looked at the Huns who were coming from afar. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć ļ½ļ½ļ½ļ½
The reason why the word 'go' is used is because they are really slow.
The distance of more than ten miles was at least half an hour, and they were now at least ten miles away from the Han army.
This is also the biggest drawback when driving away cannon fodder.
The cannon fodder is certainly not willing to rush to death.
If you can drag it out, you can slow it down.
Both combat determination and enthusiasm are about zero.
Under normal circumstances, cannon fodder tactics are almost impossible to produce results.
But......
In the present, when the Huns drove the dense crowd of slaves from the left and right flanks, approaching the Han army camp.
Many people are nervous and their muscles are exposed, and even in such a cold winter, sweat is constantly flowing on their foreheads.
Zhi Du looked at those nervous people, he knew very well that these people had just never seen blood and had no experience.
As long as they can see blood once and win a battle, then everyone can become a good warrior.
"Han Zhen ......" Zhi Du looked at the strong crossbow captain standing on his left side, and asked: "I heard that the strong crossbow captain of the Xiliu Battalion, Wang Fengzhi, and Cheng Duwei of He Hu Benwei, collected the "Huaiyin Art of War" and "Jiujiang Minutes", and edited a book of wars called "Strong Crossbow Minutes" based on arithmetic, but is there such a thing?" ā
"Yui!" Han Zhen said respectfully: "Captain Wang has also been commended by His Majesty for participating in the editing of this book, and he has been moved to the captain of the arsenal!" ā
If it is now, what is the most enthusiastic thing about the military nobles and princes of the Han family?
Of course, there is no better way to write a book.
Since the advent of white paper, engraving printing has been introduced.
Publishing a book is a popular thing in Chang'an.
Regardless of whether they have goods in their stomachs or not, they have to write a book and print hundreds of sets to hold X.
Many people even took out their ancestral military books and published them.
This is normal.
In China, the Taishang is virtuous, followed by meritorious service, and once again by speech.
Not to mention, today's son is very supportive and encouraging his courtiers to write books.
The imperial court itself had a large-scale plan to write books.
For example, the "New Agricultural Book" published two years ago is now a must-read for Han officials, and even a designated reading in Gantang, alongside poetry books, and the priority is still above "Hong Fan" and "Shang Junshu".
It can be called a guiding textbook for government administration.
Among these waves of writings, the most popular is the military book.
In the past, the works of soldiers belonged to the skill of slaying dragons, and they would not be shown to others.
Like "Liutao", "Taigong Art of War", "Sun Tzu's Art of War" and "Sun Bin Art of War" are only known by their names, but not by their texts.
Even the lieges may not be able to take a look.
However, when today's son ascended the throne, he regarded these military books as cabbage.
He printed and published all the classics of these sages, and there were tens of thousands of sets of them in one printing.
Then, Shaofu sold them in a big way.
As long as you have a rank of public or above, or a military position above Sima level, a civil service of more than 600 stones, or a scholar who has entered the second round of examinations, you can buy a copy and read it at home.
In an instant, the art of war was rotten.
Almost all the nobles with military merits are the art of war with a whole cabinet in their hands.
A peerless military book like "Yijin Jing", which was once comparable to the martial arts novel, flew into the homes of ordinary people overnight.
And among the Han army, there were also many people who wrote books to invite merit.
For example, inside the Yulinwei and Hubenwei of the Son of Heaven's personal guard, the officers at the level of Sima Lieutenant usually have nothing to do, so they like to get together to discuss and deduce the methods of using soldiers, and then write them out in a booklet.
Some of these pamphlets are only circulated and read internally, and are only suitable for Yu Linwei and Hu Benwei to use and learn.
For example, the famous "Cuirassier", now no one has seen it at all, except for the cuirassier officer - and even if he did, many people could not understand it.
As for the "Minutes of Strong Crossbows" mentioned by Zhidu, it belongs to a type of modern art of war that is widely spread.
Basically, everyone who is trained in Wuyuan has something to learn.
Even, it has become a compulsory book for crossbow officers.
This book, starting from experience, combat examples, and the existing equipment of the Han army, uses mathematics as the warp and weft, and summarizes the long-range projection strike methods of the strong crossbow with formulas.
Theoretically, one can become a qualified crossbow officer as long as you read through the book.
So much so that an old officer who had been stationed on the Great Wall for more than ten years lamented after seeing this book: "I have been sleeping at night for more than ten years, not as thin as a piece of paper!" ā
So much so that more than a dozen veteran officers once jointly wrote to Prime Minister Zhou Yafu, requesting that this book be banned, or at least to be controlled within a certain range.
Otherwise, 'from now on, the strong crossbow will be reduced to technology'.
However, Zhou Yafu didn't pay attention to the wails of these people at all.
He even listed the "Minutes of the Strong Crossbow" as a collection of martial arts books, and recommended it to all martial arts students, saying, 'All martial artists must not ignore it'.
Zhi has heard of all of these.
He had even read the "Minutes of the Strong Crossbow", but he was not born in the crossbow army, so he lacked sensitivity to the examples and formulas given in the book.
But at this moment, Zhidu really wants to see the legendary ten thousand arrows at once.
He said to Han Zhen: "Ben Jiang once heard that the Son of Heaven praised the strong crossbow and said: The bow and crossbow can be math, and the gods are difficult to be!" I don't know if that's the case! ā
Han Zhen raised her head proudly and said, "That's Your Majesty's praise...... but the smug look between her eyebrows can no longer be hidden.
"So, Captain Han, how many generals in our army have studied the "Minutes of the Strong Crossbow" and can be regarded as the 'commander'?" Zhidu asked.
"General Huiyu......" Han Zhen bowed slightly, and replied: "According to the minutes: every piece of music, there must be a conductor, and the conductor is also a virtuous man in arithmetic!" In all battles, the commander first measures the distance between the enemy and us, and then the officer measures the wind speed, and then calculates the enemy's speed...... So all the arrows were fired in unison, and they were all overwhelmed by the enemy's formation! ā
"The last general is not talented, in the way of arithmetic, there is a slight gain, you can be a conductor!"
"Captain Han of Tiger Benwei is also a talent in arithmetic, and he can be a conductor!"
"Zhang Sima of the Ba Shang Army, quite good at arithmetic, can be a commanding ......"
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Han Zhen reported more than a dozen names in a row, which made Zhi secretly frightened.
In the past, in order to command a crossbow force of thousands of people, the main general had to be in the army, Shen Ke for more than ten years, accumulate experience, understand the performance of each type of crossbow machine, and then effectively guide the army to aim and strike the enemy in wartime.
Even so, many people, even if they have played with crossbow machines all their lives, often have the embarrassment of shooting arrows in a rain of arrows, but not hitting the enemy.
The crossbowmen of the Han family, therefore, were once reduced to a means of intercepting and delaying the enemy in front of the high-speed and mobile Hun cavalry.
It is no longer the Warring States period, the kind of strategic decisive battle arms.
However......
Now, there is no need to spend more than a decade or even a lifetime to accumulate experience.
It seems that as long as they are good at mathematics, quick reactions, and loud voices, they can command an army of thousands or even tens of thousands and deal a fatal blow to the enemy.
No wonder those veterans, those old ministers, are chattering about this.
If you encounter such a situation, I am afraid it will be difficult to calm your heart.
After all, I have worked hard all my life, but I can't withstand the arithmetic study of the younger generations for a year or two.
But......
Zhi is very clear that this is a historical necessity.
The times are progressing, and history is developing.
It is inevitable that something new and better will replace the old and decaying. (To be continued.) )