In the era of the Three Kingdoms, learning is still in the stage of teaching by word and deed, the most common teacher is the elders of the family, if it is in a rich area, you can enter the county and township schools to learn a little word, most of them are to read a "Analects", "The Book of Filial Piety", the family has conditions, may go out to study, the vast majority of people will not have this opportunity, in the era of illiteracy, people who really have the strength to study are a minority after all.

For martial artists, the way to learn is narrower, although the ancients said that generals are out of the army, but the opportunity to really grow from an ordinary soldier to a senior general is still too few, where there are many wars, the mortality rate is high, and you will probably die in battle before you climb up. Where there are few wars, there are few opportunities for training, and there are few opportunities for meritorious service, and when the beard is gray, at most a junior officer.

Therefore, the growth path of a martial artist is usually the education of the elders in the family, and the elders can take the juniors with them, teach them by word and deed, and gradually give him the opportunity to practice, help him get on the horse, and send him a ride. Like the Wei Ba brothers, they have been by their father Wei Yan's side since they were children, and they have been exposed to it step by step, and the chance of success is the greatest.

If the elders of the family like Fu Xing and Zhang Wei have died in battle, it will be difficult. The elders can leave them the title, but they cannot pass on their experience in leading the troops to them, which forces them to explore and learn from practice. The efficiency of such learning can be imagined, if there is no one to guide you, unless you are talented and intelligent, you can draw inferences from others, and the chance of becoming a talent is very small.

Wei Ba is not a qualified teacher, he can't teach these people to become talents, and tactical deduction is just a game after all, not a substitute for the real battlefield, but everyone thinks together and argues with each other, after all, it is much better than a person behind closed doors. In the future, it can be verified on the actual battlefield to speed up their growth.

What's more, they are all young people of similar age. Communicating with each other is also a need for communication. For Fu Xing and others, in addition to exchanging feelings. It will also be of great benefit to them to have a basic and objective understanding of the war situation in the near future, and to make speeches when they participate in military meetings in the future. As a small lieutenant, they didn't have many channels to learn more details other than the subordinates they led. There is often a lack of detailed understanding of the entire battle situation, and through the basic parameters provided by Wei Ba, they can understand more about the situation. In particular, the deployment of the enemy's forces and logistical supply at the strategic level.

These are all informal channels, and grasping some news that ordinary people cannot grasp is also a kind of discourse power, and it is also a manifestation of superiority. As a member of the army, although Wei Ba's official position is not high, he has advantages that Fu Xing and others cannot reach.

After burning the green bamboo, I finished the tired money. Fu Xing and the others were still in good spirits, and pulled Wei Ba to continue drinking. Wei Ba was really tired, but it was not easy to drive them away, so he had to sit and watch, ready to take a nap. I didn't expect the eyelids to close before they could close. Feng Jin came over with a wine glass, tugged at Wei Ba's sleeve, and said with a smile: "Join the army, talk on the side." ”

Wei Ba didn't know why, so he had to stand up and follow Feng Jin out of the tent.

Outside, the dark sky shimmered with stars, reflecting the piles of bonfires on the ground. Today is Chinese New Year's Eve, Wu Yi specially prepared wine and meat, let the soldiers celebrate the New Year, and lifted the curfew, so although it is past midnight, many people have not rested and are keeping watch around the fire.

Feng Jin pulled Wei Ba and walked to a fire, and when Dun Wu, who was roasting the fire, saw it, he immediately arranged for the soldiers to disperse and go around to be on guard.

"Join the army, I heard that you have been preparing war equipment in the baggage battalion these days?"

Wei Ba smiled and nodded: "Wenju, this place is not a public court, so you don't need to be so polite." You are Zhong Jian's brother, so treat me as a brother. ”

Feng Jin smiled: "Okay, I'll take care of it." Ziyu, I know that you are good at machinery, and the offensive and defensive tools you want to prepare are very exquisite. I shouldn't have worried. However, for the sake of prudence, I still want to ask, do you have a warship? ”

"Warships?" Wei Ba suddenly sobered up. He knew that Feng Jin's father, Feng Xi, was good at water warfare, and when Liu Bei was on the Eastern Expedition, Feng Xi was a leading general and had a respected status, which had a great relationship with his proficiency in water warfare. Although Feng Jin lost his father at a young age, he knew more about water warfare than ordinary people. When he asked about warships, he was not simply asking if there were ships. Wei Ba pondered for a moment, nodded and said, "There are some warships, but there are not many of them, and the size is also small. ”

Feng Jin was not surprised, he pointed to the Han River not far away: "Xiangyang, Fancheng, Han River are lined up." In the event of a major war, they can support each other through pontoon bridges erected on the Han River. This is true for both advance and retreat. The importance of this pontoon bridge can be imagined. Therefore, in order to protect this pontoon bridge, the Wei army will inevitably arrange large and small warships upstream and downstream to prevent the enemy from destroying this pontoon bridge, and at the same time set up bow and crossbow positions on the shore to shoot from the shore. Without a strong enough sailor to break through their resistance, it would be difficult for us to approach the pontoon, let alone destroy it. ”

Feng Jin said as he drew a schematic diagram on the ground. Wei Ba stared at the schematic diagram, frowning slightly. Feng Jin also expected what he said, but he was not familiar with water warfare, and his only experience was to block Sima Shi in Danshui. That is still to take advantage of his unpreparedness, if Sima Shi is prepared and drives on the opposite bank, he will not be able to achieve such a good result.

Feng Jin's words gave him a wake-up call. If the Wei army's pontoon bridge across the Han River could not be cut off, the only way to attack Xiangyang was to attack by land. If there is no strong enough sailor to escort it, Jihua, who uses ships to transport grain, will run aground, and the difficulty of transporting grain and grass will be further increased.

The efficiency of transporting grain by ship is far from being comparable to that of land transportation.

Wei Ba pondered for a while: "What is Brother Wenju's plan?" ”

Feng Jin laughed softly, with a little bitterness in his smile. "Although I have brought 500 soldiers, I have never experienced any real war, let alone water warfare, so what good plan can I have. However, my father handed down a few drawings of ideas for improving the warship. Whether I've tried it or not, whether it can be used, I don't know. Ziyu is good at machinery, and I think you may understand the pros and cons better than I do. ”

As Feng Jin spoke, he took out a silk book from his arms and carefully spread it out. Wei Ba took a look at the firelight, and saw that it was a long and narrow warship, different from ordinary warships, the ship was covered with a layer of plates, which looked similar to the bottom of the ship, except that there were two rows of holes on it, as many as twenty or thirty.

"What is this?"

"This is my father's improved Mengchong, covered with thick wooden planks, these are holes for archery, and in close combat, you can stab with a spear." Feng Jin explained, and Wei Ba quickly understood that this was actually the prototype of an armored ship, but before it could land on the battlefield, its inventor was killed in battle, and then it was put on the shelf, probably not knowing which insect ate it later. Because in the history of the Three Kingdoms, it seems that such a warship has never been heard.

Wei Ba was very surprised, Zhuge Liang was a rare ancient politician and military man who paid special attention to the Jishu reform of the military jishu faction, and the crossbows, armor and wooden oxen and flowing horses he built were all artifacts that were passed down as good stories in later generations, but the armored ship of weishenme had never been seen? Is it because he died too early to have a chance to use it, or because he doesn't know at all.

Wei Ba couldn't guess the details of history, but when this design sketch came to him, he couldn't let it go. He carefully wiped his hands clean, bowed down, and took a closer look at the model. It was not only like looking at the picture seriously, but also like expressing his respect for this picture and its designer, which made Feng Jin's heart warm.

"Wonderful, it's just wonderful." The more Wei Ba looked at it, the more exquisite he felt, and he was full of praise. Feng Jin also smiled with satisfaction. After a long time, Wei Ba straightened up, pounded his waist with his fists, and asked, "Wenju, can you lend me this picture for study?" ”

"Absolutely." Feng Jin folded the picture and sent it to Wei Ba's hands with both hands: "I brought it here today, just to ask Ziyu to take a look." ”

"That's great." Wei Ba took it carefully, as if holding a baby. He thought for a moment and said, "Wen Jin, I'm going to build a model first, try it, and if it's available, then start transforming a warship." I hope you can participate in the whole process, firstly, to help me, and secondly, when I try the ship in the future, I also need a master like you who is familiar with water warfare. ”

Feng Jin was overjoyed, and hurriedly bowed: "It's an honor, I can't ask for it." ”

Wei Ba also smiled, reached out and patted Feng Jin's shoulder, looked at each other and smiled. Since the Feng family was born in water warfare, there were still some people in the family who were familiar with water warfare, and it was naturally better for them to drive this new ship than the freshly trained sailors. Besides, Feng Jin showed him this picture, naturally hoping to exchange a certain amount of benefits, and if he didn't give Feng Jin any benefits, how could Feng Jin follow him with all his heart.

Wei Ba had snatched a building ship from Sima Shi before, and in order to repair that building ship, he had done some research on the warships of this era, and he had a rough idea in his heart. But shipbuilding is a very complex project, far from being able to do it with a temporary workshop, so Wei Ba can build a model according to this sketch, but it is not easy to really build a new armored ship, the most haode way is to refit and use a building ship to convert the ship.

There is no established sailor in Hanzhong, and the only building ship in Zhuyang is Wu Yi's ship, which is just a two-story building ship, which is one size smaller than the building ship that Wei Ba robbed. It's just that Wei Ba has no other choice now, after spending two days of hard work, making a model, and doing some shiyan, he had to take the model to see Wu Yi to see if he could bring his ship over and transform it into an armored warship.

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Thank you very much, it was easy to get into the top six again, but the gap is very small, and it could fall back at any time. As Song Gu Shuyou said, they have already fought to this point, and they can't give up easily, and they must fight hard to achieve better results than last month. Haha, with your support, Lao Zhuang is now full of energy.

Ask for a commuter pass! (To be continued.) )