In the winter of the third year of Yonghe, in October, Yichou, sent Yu Shi Yu to Liangzhou, and awarded Zhang Chonghua to serve in the middle, the governor of the capital, the governor of Longyou, the military of Guanzhong, the general, the history of the Liangzhou assassin, and the Duke of Xiping. Pass through Liangzhou Nanzheng, stay for one day, and go to Liangzhou by Wudu.

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First of all, Zeng Hua formulated a set of weights and measures, which were completely refined. According to the set he was familiar with, Zeng Hua turned four feet into one meter (similar to the current one meter, when one foot = 0.245 meters), and then the bottom of the meter was decimeter, centimeter, and millimeter according to the decimal system. Then create a one-cubic meter container, which can be divided into 1000 cubic decimeters, and one cubic decimeter is also a liter, which can be divided into 1000 cubic millimeters, and one cubic centimeter is one milliliter. Filling a cubic decimeter with "pure water" results in a kilogram of weight, which is also a kilogram. It can be divided into 100 grams, 10 grams and grams. The force of a kilogram of weight suspended vertically in the air is a jun. These are all metric, which are only used in the factory, and they are called metric.

Zeng Hua also stipulated that one mile is 500 meters, one zhang is 2.5 meters, one foot is 0.25 meters, one inch is 0.25 decimeters, and one is divided into 0.25 centimeters; two catties are one kilogram, one tael is 50 grams; one stone is 100,000 milliliters, one hue is 50,000 milliliters, one bucket is 5,000 milliliters, one liter is 500 milliliters, and one is 50 milliliters.

Finally, two sets of rulers, containers, and weights were made from gold, silver, and copper alloys as metric and municipal standards.

With these foundations, Zeng Hua drew the graphics one by one according to the appearance of those sharp weapons in his memory, and asked the craftsmen to build them according to the drawings, and Zeng Hua also set a rule, after the new weapons are made, they must ask the veterans with rich combat experience and "countless kills" to try it, let them talk about the quality of the weapon, and then modify it in combination with everyone's opinions, and finally finalize it. Originally, this weapon was for them.

The Pu knife based on the "Song Dynasty hand knife" (different from the Pu knife of later generations). The blade is arced, seventy-five centimeters long (finally no need to convert), thick back single edge, sharp front and back oblique, short-handled handguard, one-handed knife, can be chopped and stabbed, equipped with knife hands and other infantry.

Based on the Qi family knife, the Yanling knife (different from the Yanling knife of later generations) was created, also called the waist knife. The curvature of the blade increases, the width of the blade decreases, and it is eighty centimeters long, and the tip of the knife is not sharp, but has a small arc, which is extremely sharp. Short-handled gauntlets, one-handed knives, equipped with crossbowmen and shieldmen, were the most common configuration of the Liangzhou army's infantry.

The long-headed knife, which was not very practical, was discarded, and a new horizontal knife was designed. The blade is one meter long, and the knife is similar to the Yanling knife, but not only the blade is long, but the handle is also long, with 30 centimeters, you can hold the knife in both hands, and the knife is more ferocious, and it is equipped with non-commissioned officers and above such as flag bearers.

Mo Dao still wants it, but it has been slightly improved according to the requirements of the Mo Dao hands, plus the material technology has kept up, it is more sharp and ferocious, and it is equipped with the Mo Dao team in every box.

The Divine Arm Crossbow is to be made. Zeng Hua made great improvements to the existing crossbow, not only changing the bow arm to a simple compound type of topwood and horns (which is different from the standard compound bow making), but also thickened and became more powerful. Then add a device in front of the crossbow, as long as the soldier points the crossbow downward, he can step on a cover in front of the crossbow with his foot, and then he can wind it with both hands. Zeng Hua was not satisfied, he also used the crossbow eccentric wheel device he saw on the Internet before, anyway, there are simple lathes, complex components can't be made, and it's not difficult to get a wooden eccentric pulley.

Such a powerful crossbow can shoot four hundred and fifty meters. At that time, as soon as the test shot was fired, two layers of heavy armor were worn 50 meters in a row, and Liu Jin, Zhang Qu, and Xu Dang, who came to ask for "new weapons", were immediately stunned.

There is also the longbow, which Zeng Hua borrowed from the craftsmanship of the English longbow that he knew. Start by making a special bracket made of hardwood, with one end upright, digging a groove to support the bow, and the other end trying to be fixed vertically to the ground. The sides are carved from top to bottom with 8-10 chord grooves at an equal distance of four centimeters, of which the first chord groove is twenty centimeters away from the head of the bracket.

Then choose a good piece of topwood, do a good bow, tie the ends with a rope in the relaxed state of the bow back, put the center of the bow back on the groove of the bracket, evenly force, slowly pull the string, hang it in the first chord groove, and the bow back is slightly bent. At this time, it is necessary to carefully check whether the curve of the arch is smooth and even, mark the areas that are too stiff, and trim and fine-tune the bow back after relaxation until you are satisfied. Then pull the rope apart, gradually increase the opening and hang the groove downward, and keep trimming the bow back until a satisfactory and uniform arc is formed. Every three or four chord grooves are added, and the rope can be tightened. This process should not be rushed, especially before each increase in the opening, let the bow back "rest" a column of incense (the time standard is not easy to set, and we will talk about it later), so that the internal force (internal stress) can be released, so as to avoid damage to the wood. Don't tighten too much each time, it's best to tighten two centimeters at a time. When a suitable standard full bow opening is reached, the bow is tamed.

Then combined with the production process of the Chinese composite bow, the deer tendon or cow tendon is used to make tough silk, which is densely and orderly wound around the bow body, and then the leather glue boiled from cowhide, pig skin and other animal skins is coated with it, and finally it is lacquered and air-dried. The bowstring is woven from deer tendons, soaked in fish gelatin (made from fish tissue, especially the skin of the palate and fish fat) for a period of time, then air-dried and wound around the bow horns, straightened and reinforced with fish gelatin.

The longbow thus produced has a long moon-shaped shape, which is different from the usual mountain-shaped bow. The bow is one meter six high, and is paired with eight decimeter-long arrows. Zeng Hua tried it, and felt that the strength was about the same as the British longbow with a height of more than 1.8 meters that he had played with before, but it was worse than the strength of the current standard refined Chinese compound bow. But it's so simple to make, using an assembly line, ten skilled craftsmen can make thirty qualified longbows a day (an amateur can make a similar longbow a day). And a qualified composite bow is very complicated to make, and under the current production process and existing material conditions, it can only be made for months, or even years, especially for generals.

In terms of arrows, Zeng Hua also used his brains, the crossbow arrows of the divine arm are fifty centimeters, the general heavy wooden arrow body, and the iron feather tail; The arrow of the longbow is 80 centimeters, the tail of the goose or the tail of the chicken, the body of the arrow is made of heavy and elastic topwood, and at the moment when the pine string is shot, it will be the same as the English longbow arrow, the body of the arrow will bounce up, bend slightly, and no longer contact with the bow arm, reducing friction.

The arrows of the arrows are the same, and they belong to the standard system. Three-edged spikes, equal in length on each side, four centimeters long (all the way to the triangular spire), with a blood groove on each side of the point. Cast in a mold with pig iron, the blades are carefully sharpened by craftsmen.

Zeng Hua is now very grateful to his archery instructor, it is his training concept that to shoot arrows well, you must first understand the bow and arrow itself, so that Zeng Hua has a deep understanding of the bow and crossbow, which makes the transformation of the bow and crossbow handy, and creates a world-famous weapon that has made many enemies fearful.

Other weapons were also "designed" by Zeng Hua one by one, and in the end, Zeng Hua actually designed a special sabre for cavalry based on the saber wielded by the Cossack cavalry in the movie's memory.

Relying on these inventions and designs, Zeng Hua was amazed by the craftsmen as a celestial man, and his heart that had been "crushed" elsewhere was restored.

With these sharp weapons, Zeng Hua began to make changes to the equipment of the Liangzhou army under him. He and several of his generals summed up the experience gained in previous wars, and then summarized the characteristics of the current wars, and then Zeng Hua determined the official establishment of the Liangzhou Army based on his understanding of the military establishment of the Tang, Song, Ming and foreign ancient countries.

With the team as the basic combat unit, a swordsman, holding a small round shield with a simple sword, wearing infantry armor (the armor is divided into front and back pieces, the chest and vest are nailed with iron armor, the shoulders are linked with buckles, the shoulders are covered with animal skin patterns, and the belt hangs down with two large knee skirts, on which are stacked with several rows of square leather armor pieces. ）； The two shield-bearers, wearing infantry armor, with turtle shields, slender spears and goose feathers, they are a sentry. two archers, with longbows, fifty arrows, and with a sword at the waist, and wearing leather armor; Four god arm crossbowmen, with god arm crossbows, with thirty arrows, and with a goose feather waist knife, wearing leather armor, a total of two whistles. The rest of the standard-bearers and trumpeters are the same as the non-commissioned officers, all equipped with horizontal knives, and wear chain mail connected by iron chains, which are closely linked to each other, and conjugated to form a garment-shaped chain mail.

In this way, the formation is carried out to the tun, and then to the battalion, and each battalion is formed a horizontal knife team, more than 100 people, select brave warriors, wear chain mail, and are equipped with a horizontal knife and a wild goose knife. At this point, the establishment of the Liangzhou Army was finally perfected.

In just a few months, Zeng Hua first laid the foundation for Liangzhou's "industry". The most important thing is that under the influence and encouragement of Zeng Hua, these craftsmen sparks of wisdom are bursting around, and new inventions and discoveries are emerging one after another. And under the generous remuneration, these craftsmen are almost crazy, especially after Zeng Hua realized the division of labor assembly line in the armor room, bow and arrow room, and the equipment room, the craftsmen not only found that their skills were more exquisite (of course, they only did the same for a long time), but they also did more work, and of course they were paid more. For a while, swords, guns, armor were piled up, and strong crossbows and longbows were piled up in the warehouse, which soon allowed the Liangzhou army to start changing its equipment according to the new formation. However, due to the limitation of raw material mining, the production progress of the factory slowly slowed down, and began to move to further technological innovation and creation. There are few people to open mines! Zeng Hua regretted that he was too reckless, and killed the rebellious thousands of wealthy clans in a hurry, and he should have been sent to mine.

On the other hand, Zeng Hua finally made the most optimized and basic organization for his infantry army, which later became famous all over the world. Later, although there were some changes, most of them were made on this basis.

After a busy few months, Zeng Huawei laid a new starting point for his future take-off.

Time passed in a hurry, and the winter of the third year of Yonghe was coming soon, when Zeng Hua was studying "high, new, and sharp" long-range weapons such as bed ballistas and stone cannon carts with the craftsmen, Nanzheng came, saying that there was a VIP coming, and he wanted to assassinate Lord Shi and return to Nanzheng quickly.

Zeng Hua quickly whipped up his horse and soon rushed back to Nanzheng, only to learn on the way that it was the imperial court that sent Yu Shi Yu to Liangzhou to read the reward, passing through Nanzheng.

Yu Gui is about 30 years old, and he is a son of a famous family in Sizhou, Jiangyou, and he crossed the river when his father was born. He prides himself on being handsome and different. But he is also a person who knows the importance of facts, which is not the same as ordinary celebrities and officials. Danyang Yin Liu Yi is his friend and role model. This time I went to Liangzhou to announce the edict, and I must pass through Liangzhou. Liu Yi asked him to bring a personal letter to his "disciple" Zeng Hua, and asked him to take a look at Hanzhong in Liangzhou. And Sima Yu, the king of Huiji, also quietly instructed him before leaving, asking him to take a good look in Liangzhou, so as to evaluate the ability of this new Liangzhou assassin.

Yu Gui entered Shangyong County in Liangzhou from Xincheng County in Jingzhou, and suddenly felt different. Zeng Hua's Juntian tax system is showing its amazing power. The people who have been allocated the fields are planting winter wheat as if they were desperate, tidying up the sills, spinning and weaving hemp, and they are very busy, and there is a thriving scene.

Now is not the time of spring plowing and autumn harvest, the people are not very busy in the field, and they have a lot of free time, but most of them gather in the township office, and they have heard storytellers tell stories; Or be called together by the county lieutenant for training.

The storytellers are all specially invited by the Liangzhou Assassin's Mansion, and they all belong to the management of an institution called Interview Guan Fengcao in the Assassin's Mansion. They are people who know a few words, but they can speak well. After interviewing Guan Feng Cao and going through "training", he learned a large number of "new books" compiled by the department, and was assigned by the Cao department to tour the counties and counties to "perform". They all have a "cadre establishment" and enjoy the county-level salary. While telling the new book infused with "Tsang's thoughts" to the local people in the way that the people love to tell stories, he listened to the discussions of the people in various places, observed the daily life of the people, and reported it to the interviewer Guan Fengcao. According to Zeng Hua's words, these storytellers are not only the mouthpieces of the Liangzhou Assassin Mansion, but also the ears and eyes of the Assassin Mansion.

Yu Gui saw the people gathered around the storyteller, crowded with people, and couldn't help but stop and listen for a long time.

I saw that the people sometimes applauded Zhao Zilong of "The Legend of the Three Kingdoms" and Chang Hanpo seven in and seven out, and sometimes they were unsuccessful for the Northern Expedition of a certain dynasty in "The Legend of the Heroes" to recover their homeland, and shouted "Cross the river!" in Henan! River! He gritted his teeth and pounded his chest. Seeing such a scene, Yu Gui couldn't help but feel a pang in his heart.

A few days later, when he arrived in Weiyang County, Yu Gui saw the local county lieutenant beckoning the villagers to train with bamboo spears and wooden knives, only to hear the man in a cloth robe and leather armor say loudly: "Give Lao Tzu more training, and learn how the heroes of the Three Kingdoms Legend do!" That's what a man should do! Do we have one less egg than they do? ”

As soon as the words of the county lieutenant fell, hundreds of militiamen below sang in unison: "The generals of the Three Kingdoms are brave, Zhao Zilong is the first to be recommended, the hero of Changsaka Slope, the battle retreats thousands of generals, kills and retreats millions of soldiers, and the arms of Adou are peaceful." There is also Zhang Yide, in front of the Dangyang Bridge, etc., seven chirps clicked and sounded, the bridge collapsed two or three holes, and the river was flattened, scaring away the millions of soldiers of Cao Ying. Yun Chang is fine in martial arts, warm wine and Huaxiong, and Meng De shows his majesty. Five levels and six generals, the sister-in-law is looking for the emperor's brother, and the horse travels thousands of miles with a single sword. ”

Although the voice was not very neat, it was also bold and rough, and Yu Gui was stunned for a moment.

Within two days, as soon as Yu Gui and his entourage came to the east gate of Xicheng, they saw an army of about 1,000 people, marching out of the east gate of Xicheng and heading east along the avenue. Before he could come over, he heard the officer in front of him make a move, and the flag-bearer waving the flag, and the neatly marching team suddenly roared a neat song:

"A soldier is bold,

It's destined that we're not afraid of anything,

This military ration has eaten it,

When I was full, I went home,

Hi! I was full of food and killed my home.

One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight!

Let the Hu people be slashed with swords and guns,

If you're dead, you'll just turn into mud!

Twenty years later, another hero!

The turtle grandson and Hugh boasted,

Compare one to one on the battlefield and kill Hu,

Hi! Whoever is a bad seed is going to fuck him!

One-two-three-four, five-six-seven-eight. ”

The singing was sung by thousands of sergeants at the top of their voices, which was quite earth-shattering, majestic and generous. Yu Gui listened carefully to the lyrics again, on the surface it was vulgar, but in fact it was murderous and arrogant, and he couldn't help but be dumbfounded when he heard Yu Gui, a celebrity.

The neat and rhythmic marching sergeants held their heads high, walked past Yu Gui, didn't look at his envoy guard of honor, and walked away, turning the faces of the more than 100 Jiankang soldiers who accompanied the escort white, but they didn't dare to attack at all, only dared to stuff in their hearts, and glared at Shi Guochuan, the accompanying Shangyong county magistrate.

Shangyong Changshi Guo Chuan smiled awkwardly, and arched his hand to Yu Gui: "Lord Yu forgives me!" These people are reckless and vulgar, and you have a lot of adults, so you don't need to be like them. ”

Yu Gui looked at the backs of the soldiers who were far away, and when he heard Guo Chuan's words, he suddenly came back to his senses, shook his hand and said, "It's okay!" Anyway! Which troop is this? Who is leading the charge? ”

Guo Chuan hurriedly replied: "This is the Third Army of the Liangzhou Army stationed in Xicheng, and the leader is the Wulie General Xu Dang Xu Dingshan!" ”

Yu Gui was stunned: "Is it Xu Dingshan, the third building owner of the former Changshui Army?" ”

"It's him!"

"What a tiger general! In Jiankang, I heard that the army in Liangzhou was not ordinary to ordinary people, and when I saw it today, it was really a heroic army! Yu Gui sighed.

When Guo Chuan heard Yu Gui like this, he couldn't help but secretly wipe the sweat on his forehead, these Liangzhou troops were brave and fierce under Zeng Hua's training, but they were all unruly, except for Zeng Hua and his own army commander, no one was a bird!

After entering Hanzhong and getting close to Chenggu, the situation was similar to Shangyong, and the Second Army of the Liangzhou Army under the rule of General Wu Yi Zhang Qu and Zhang Suiyuan was no better than the Third Army of Xicheng.

Soon, Yu Gui and his entourage arrived in Nanzheng City. When I just arrived at the East City Gate, I was meeting with Mao Muzhi, the Taishou of Hanzhong, and Shi Cheyin, the chief of the Liangzhou Thorn History, when I heard the sound of horses' hooves, and everyone turned their heads to see that several horsemen were speeding from the north. Rushing near, the horsemen turned over and dismounted, and one of the leaders hurried over under the escort of several people.

I saw that the person's green robe had turned into a black robe, his turban was crooked, his face was covered with dust, and he looked very haggard. Who is this? Yu Gui and the others wondered there, but when they saw the person walking straight over, no one dared to stop them, and they knew in their hearts that it should be a character, but they didn't know what it was.

"Your Excellency! The Imperial Envoy forgives your sins! I also received an urgent report today, and I hurried from Chuyang. Failing to meet it from afar is really a great sin! ”

Seeing that Yu Gui was stunned, Mao Muzhi next to him hurriedly introduced: "This is Lord Liangzhou Thorn Shi Zeng!" A few days ago, I went to Chuyang for an important matter, and today I received a message from the imperial envoy that there was something to meet, so I hurried here. ”

Yu Gui couldn't help but pay attention up and down, and inquired about the long-famous Zhenbei general and Liangzhou assassin history, and then smiled slightly, nodded and said: "It turns out that Zeng Liangzhou has important things to do, but Yu is abrupt, and it is really a sin and a sin to let Zeng go in such a hurry!" ”

The host and guest were polite, and then came to the Liangzhou Thorn Mansion together, and after changing and washing, Zeng Hua set up a banquet as usual, and invited Mao Muzhi, Che Yin and others to accompany him, and the host and guest drank and enjoyed each other until late at night.

Yu Gui stayed in Nanzheng for a day, handed over the letter entrusted by Liu Yi, and conveyed his message, and walked around Nanzheng City accompanied by Zeng Hua and others. In the evening, the Hanzhong Taishou set up a banquet to invite each other, and it was another feast.

On the third day, Yu Gui, who had the emperor's order, continued to drive, went west out of Nanzheng, passed through Chuyang, and went to Liangzhou by Qiuchi. Zeng Hua and others were sent ten miles outside the city, and a tun of people and horses were sent to escort them.

Looking back and seeing the figures of Zeng Hua and the others disappearing from sight, Yu Gui turned around and sighed secretly. And the cronies next to him leaned over and said softly: "My lord, I really don't understand, such a person can also be the assassin of Liangzhou?" ”

Yu Gui was stunned when he heard this, raised his head sharply and stared at Chang Sui, and his back was cold, and he asked tremblingly: "My lord, my lord!" What's wrong? ”

"Only those who are informalistic can achieve great things! Haven't you seen how the military and civilians of Liangzhou are doing all the way? Yu Gui reprimanded the nephew in a low voice, "In just a few months, the soldiers and civilians of Liangzhou have been turned into a group of tigers and wolves by Zeng Xuping. ”

Speaking of this, Yu Gui couldn't help but sigh and continued to say leisurely: "I now understand why Mr. Zhenchang values this disciple of his so much. It seems that whether we can return to our hometown in the future will depend on him. After listening to it, Chang Sui and the others didn't think so.

Yu Gui didn't say anything anymore, just looked up at the northeast, where there was his old country. I thought that I could get closer to Sizhou's hometown by asking for my life to go to the north, but now it seems that I can only see countless mountains, but I am still separated by thousands of mountains and rivers. The story of the death of the country and the hardships told by his father since he was a child is deeply imprinted in the minds of some children of the family such as Yu Gui, whose capital used to be in the Central Plains in the north, and their hometown is also there, rather than a corner of Jiangdong. When will I be able to fulfill my father's last wish, return to my homeland, and end the days of "the country is ruined"?

Yu Gui finally sighed deeply, turned his head and ordered to hurry, and soon left the border of Liangzhou, crossed Yangping Pass and entered the territory of Qiuchi.

Note: Bow-making, knife shape, and military preparation are all made of communicating with netizens and referring to the military establishment of the Tang and Song Dynasty on the Internet.