Chapter 486: What is a Firearm?
After Wang Anshi changed the law, he reopened martial arts, and the imperial court came forward to publish the "Seven Books of the Martial Arts" for teaching, but look at the contents of the Seven Books of the Martial Arts, "The Art of War", "The Art of War", "The Art of War", "The Art of War", "The Law of Sima", "The Three Strategies", "The Captain of the Princess", "Li Weigong Asks the Right".
If you can familiarize yourself with these military books, you may be able to be a strategist who talks about soldiers on paper, as long as you are not in contact with actual combat, you will not find problems.
But when it's your turn to lead your troops into battle, you'll be dumbfounded, how do you maintain formation during the march? How to rest and camp at night? These tactical, detailed things are not something that the court is willing to reveal easily, if you learn this, what if someone rebels according to what is written in the book? Learn these details, and you'll be able to fight.
As soon as Wang Shao saw the name of this book, he immediately realized that this was a truly useful military book, especially for people like him who planned to go to the Northwest Frontier to make meritorious contributions; Nowadays, these secrets of training, marching, and camping are in the hands of a few people such as the Northwest Jiangmen.
Although he was born as a jinshi, he had read a lot of military books, and even managed to get some know-how, but he didn't have the opportunity to study systematically.
"Thank you, Chief." Wang Shao subconsciously glanced around, and didn't find that any outsider put it down, ready to flip through the book, but when he saw the author behind the title, he was stunned again, "Dare to ask Dao Chang, this Qi Jiguang is the famous general?" Please forgive Shao for being lonely and unheard, and he has never heard of it. ”
Qi Jiguang will not be born for hundreds of years, it is strange that you have heard of it, Shen Long smiled, "There is no hurry in this matter, Zichun should read the book first, and see if this book works." He didn't plan to reveal his origin to Wang Shao for the time being, only Wang Anshi's father and son knew about this matter.
If it is about actual military exploits, Qi Jiguang may not be as good as Xu Da, Chang Yuchun and other famous generals of the Ming Dynasty, but in terms of achievements in military theory, Qi Jiguang is definitely the first person after the Song Dynasty, and even if the Great Song Dynasty is counted, no one can surpass him, after all, "Wu Mu's Testament" is Jin Yong's fabrication, and there is no such thing in history.
So as soon as he decided to send a book to Wang Shao, Shen Long thought of Qi Jiguang, and between "The New Book of Discipline and Effectiveness" and "Record of Military Training", Shen Long chose the latter, "New Book of Discipline and Effectiveness" is a summary of Qi Jiguang's experience in training and governing the army during the Pingwa War on the southeast coast, and "Documentary of Military Training" is his experience when he defended Mongolia in Jizhen.
The main enemies of the Great Song Dynasty are the Western Xia and the Khitan, which are not sea bandits, comparing the content of these two books, or "Records of Military Training" is more suitable for Wang Shao.
"Come on, watch while drinking!" Shen Long took out a bottle of rice wine from Guyue Longshan from his sleeve, and then took out two wine bowls, and poured a glass for Wang Shao.
After thanking him, Wang Shao took a sip of the wine bowl, and before he had time to praise the good wine, he looked through the catalog, but saw that the catalog said that the first practice of martial arts, the second practice of courage, the third training of ears and eyes, the fourth training of hands and feet, the fifth training camp formation (field exercises), the sixth training camp formation (marching camp), the seventh training camp formation (camping), the eighth training camp formation (battle covenant), and the ninth training general; Attached is a miscellaneous collection of six volumes and six articles: General Theory of Chu Lian (upper and lower parts), the arrival of generals to Ren Baojian, the dictation of the altar, the solution of military weapons, and the solution of the chariot and cavalry battalion.
All of them are the secrets of the Great Song Dynasty, no, these are even more perfect than the experience summed up by the Northwest Breeder, the Yao Family, and the Zhe Family for several generations after going through bloody wars and paying countless lives; As for the generals of the Gao family and the Pan family in Kaifeng City, it is really hard to say whether their family's know-how has been lost.
The text of "Record of Military Training" is straightforward and accurate, and it doesn't take much effort to read, Shen Long chose a picture book, and each page has exquisite drawings to correspond to the text content, so that people can more intuitively understand Qi Jiguang's meaning, Wang Shao saw at once that the author of this book definitely has real materials.
"General thousand, general hundred, captain, captain, captain, this kind of military system is quite different from the Great Song Dynasty." Wang Shao didn't finish half of his words, of course he could see that this kind of military system was more conducive to command, but this kind of thing was not something that could be said casually, the place where the Great Song Dynasty led the troops and generals was carved into the bone marrow, if people heard him talk about the military system, I am afraid there would be no chance to lead the troops.
Since this Shen Daochang is familiar with the Yanai of Jiefu's bachelor's family, maybe he can hint at him and let Jiefu Xianggong preside over the reform of the military system, Wang Anshi's ambition to reform the law is a well-known thing, and Wang Shao also knows something.
"Archers, gunners, palladium-bearers, sword-wielding hands...... Such a combination was enough to make the cavalry dare not approach. Looking at the formation given by Qi Jiguang, and then comparing it with the schematic diagram next to it, Wang Shao quickly understood the benefits of these formations and the style of weapons, "Whether it is Khitan or Western Xia, when they encounter my Great Song infantry forming a battle formation, they don't dare to face it head-on, but now this formation is more flexible than my Great Song Dynasty's military formation, which can be large or small, offensive and defending......"
After admiring, Wang Shao had new doubts, "Dare to ask Dao Chief, what is the use of this gunner?" What kind of ordnance is the firearm? What is it for? "The originator of firearms, the musket, was not invented until the Southern Song Dynasty, and Wang Shao certainly didn't know what the firearm was for.
"Oh, this is an ordnance that is quite similar to the Divine Arm Bow, but the range is closer, only a hundred paces." In the Song Dynasty, one step was almost one and two meters, and the range of the Divine Arm Bow was as far as two hundred and forty steps, "However, the power of the fire gun is not weaker than the Divine Arm Bow at all, and it is much more labor-saving than the Divine Arm Bow, even if you shoot dozens of times in a row, you don't feel tired." ”
Whether it is a bow or an arrow, it is very laborious to pull the string and wind it, and the average soldier has no strength to open the bow after shooting a round, but the fire gun is different, which is also one of the important reasons why the musket replaces the bow and arrow.
"And the fire gun is easy to practice, if you want to become an archer, you have to work for several years, and the fire gun can be practiced in a few months." This is another plus.
"If the Great Song Dynasty has a magic weapon, why worry about the injustice of the party and the Khitan!" Wang Shao's eyes lit up and looked at Shen Long, "I don't know if Chang has such an artifact?" Can you let Shao know a thing or two? ”
"What's so hard about that?" Shen Long got up and called Wang Yan, "There is a ditch behind that is empty, just go there and let the two of you see the power of the firecracker, and as for the others, let them stay outside!" ”