The topic went round and round, and was brought back to the original point by Jiang Xinghuo.

"Heavy industry, what do you mean? Why can aliens be no longer a threat? ”

Zhu Di asked with a slight frown.

He vaguely realized that this was a very critical issue, critical enough to make the military strength of the Ming Dynasty change dramatically.

In fact, Zhu Di is not unable to understand that firearms and artillery may completely change the mode of war in the future, but the glory of the past makes him unable to give up the concept of "cavalry supremacy".

In particular, this concept helped him to go through four years of bloody battles, and to use high-level cavalry detours again and again to determine the ownership of the throne.

But when Jiang Xinghuo said that "less than 100 casualties" meant "five dead".

Zhu Di had to pay attention to the role played by guns and artillery in the future era.

"Heavy industry is the industry of manufacturing industry."

"Including the iron and steel industry, smelting industry, machinery, fuel, chemical and other industries, to provide raw materials, fuel, technical equipment for light industry."

"And light industry is the textiles and ceramics we talked about before, in addition to papermaking, printing, furniture and so on."

Jiang Xinghuo paused, and then said: "And the most important core of heavy industry for a country is the manufacture of military weapons. ”

"After all, Your Majesty, you also know that you can't even grow a knife in the field."

"And once the heavy industry system is established, it is possible to produce a steady stream of life-harvesting weapons in batches, which are exactly the same when they leave the factory, but at a very low cost."

Hearing this, Zhu Di realized the deep meaning of Jiang Xinghuo more keenly.

That is, the power of firearms and artillery comes not only from themselves, but also from the so-called "heavy industry system" that produces weapons cheaply and mass-produced.

And Zhu Di seems to understand why he can make the aliens in the grasslands and deep mountains honest.

In any case, the time required to train a cavalryman who is skilled in archers and horses can be calculated in years, more than ten years.

The firecracker who pulls the trigger only needs to recruit some recruits for a little training, and even the arm strength required by the crossbowman can be ignored.

After all, the formation composed of firearms is a platoon of guns, which does not require much accuracy, it all depends on probability to shoot, and it does not take much effort to pull the trigger.

Therefore, the two are not at the same level at all in terms of cost alone.

What restricts the power of the firecrackers is nothing more than the performance of the firecrackers themselves and the cost-effectiveness of making firecrackers.

The heavy industry system can solve the shortcomings of the current Ming Dynasty's reliance on craftsmen to rub firearms with low cost performance and low quality control.

Thinking of this, Zhu Di couldn't help but ask a question.

"Then Daming, should we develop light industry or heavy industry first? I listened to Mr. Jiang's meaning, it seems that starting from the textile industry is the easiest. ”

"Not bad!"

Jiang Xinghuo said: "From the textile industry, which can absorb a large number of people and is extremely practical and can be called a daily necessities, it is indeed the safest and easiest to start taking the route of light industry." ”

"But this does not mean that Daming does not develop heavy industry, and the two are not contradictory."

Jiang Xinghuo said: "Light industry can be mainly handed over to the people, but heavy industry, Daming needs to hold it in his own hands." ”

Although Jiang Xinghuo didn't light it through, who is Zhu Di? The Emperor's Heart Technique almost subconsciously understood Jiang Xinghuo's meaning.

The ability to make knife handles must be held in your own hands to feel at ease.

"So what will the future war look like? Why did Yingge Lan and Fa Lang Xi, relying on the hands of the fire, form a hollow phalanx, so that the Mongolian elite could not advance an inch? ”

Zhu Di showed considerable interest in the issue of this kind of military transformation.

As for what the country under the rule of the Jurchens would become, and why it would be invaded by Yinggelan and Fa Langxi, both of them had a tacit understanding and did not mention it.

It's not just that there are some things that Jiang Xinghuo can't say.

Even Zhu Di guessed the answer to the question.

After all, before this, Jiang Xinghuo once said that the development of industry will inevitably require the origin of raw materials and the dumping market of commodities.

And this process must not be called very benevolent.

Of course, Zhu Di at this time will definitely change this ending.

Not to mention the Jianzhou Jurchen, that is, the Haixi Jurchen and the savage Jurchen, the Ming Dynasty had the means to set up a national policy to exterminate their species and reclaim their land through a long period of time.

After all, if the population of the Ming Dynasty grows too much in the future, it is also a good way to immigrate outside Shanhaiguan.

And as long as the army is dispatched regularly to clean up, and with the reward order issued by the people, within a hundred years, I am afraid that the Jurchens in the mountains will be completely cleaned.

Faced with Zhu Di's question, Jiang Xinghuo also got up from the chair, simply squatted on the ground, and drew a picture.

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At the same time, Jiang Xinghuo not only gave the schematic diagram, but also gave the formula for calculating the number of people in the hollow phalanx.

The total number of people in the hollow square = the number of people on each side of the outermost layer x the number of layers x 2 + (the number of people on each side of the outermost layer - the number of layers x 2) x the number of layers x 2

Zhu Di is the most dazzling and brilliant general with military talent in this era, Jiang Xinghuo drew this hollow phalanx, and he almost understood it at a glance.

But in the next moment, Zhu Di's words made Jiang Xinghuo stunned.

"We also have this in Daming, it's just that the cavalry is in the middle, and the four corners are empty for the cavalry to attack."

That said, the hollow phalanx is really not a high-end tactic.

After all, since ancient times, Huaxia has liked to play formations.

From the simplest square/circle array, to the long-term snake array that was the favorite of the principals of later generations, to the complex fish scale array, the sharp arrow array, the crane wing array, the glaive array, the goose walking array, the yoke array and even Zhuge Liang's eight arrays, Zhao Kuangyin is tired of the trick array.

As long as it is a formation that can be put out theoretically, it has been studied a long time ago.

Moreover, the hollow phalanx, in the near future, the Ming Dynasty general soldier Wang Minghe's "Ascending the Altar Must Be Investigated", the trilateral governor Ye Mengxiong's "Decisive Victory Program" will be clearly recorded, it is the Ming Dynasty border army mixed infantry and cavalry commonly used formation.

This is Jiang Xinghuo, and he is not omniscient and omnipotent.

However, at this time, there was no need for Jiang Xinghuo, who was embarrassed for a moment, to explain more, Zhu Di instead deduced the formation in detail according to the formula given by Jiang Xinghuo.

Not only that, but he probably felt that Jiang Xinghuo's painting was too rough and not detailed enough, so Zhu Di began to draw by himself.

Looking at the emperor in a dragon robe squatting on the ground, gesturing with a serious attitude of counting ants as a child, Jiang Xinghuo not only sighed, but also specialized in art.

Zhu Di suddenly turned around and asked a question: "What does the fire hammer rely on to defend himself?" ”

"A slender dagger on top of a firebolt." Jiang Xinghuo replied casually.

A moment passed.

"Oh, Mr. Jiang is really clever, he actually said so, I see! I see! Zhu Di stroked his palms and laughed.

Jiang Xinghuo asked with a straight face, "So, you understand?" ”

Although Jiang Xinghuo didn't understand what Zhu Di understood, at this time, it was right to ask.

"Of course! Thank you, Mr. Jiang, for your advice. ”

Zhu Di grabbed Jiang Xinghuo's sleeve with great interest and pointed him out the newly painted formation.

Looking at the dense array in front of him and constructed with some kind of geometric beauty, Jiang Xinghuo felt a little dizzy.

"The original hollow phalanx was built with pikemen as the core, the archers and cavalry were behind the spears, and although the range of the infantry bow was slightly longer than that of the cavalry bow, the effective projectile level of the ordinary army was a hundred paces, which led to the fact that once the cavalry decided to attack the hollow phalanx, then our archer troops, the long-range projection ability was not enough. The reason couldn't be simpler, if there were more archers, then the pikemen would not be able to protect them. ”

"And if the firecracker can add a slender dagger to the firecracker, it is equivalent to combining the spear and the firecracker, and then there is no need for the hollow phalanx to keep the archers, no, no, the archers, replaced with more portable artillery?"

Zhu Di slapped his thigh fiercely.

"Mr. Jiang's improved hollow phalanx is really wonderful!"

Jiang Xinghuo: "."

Zhu Di continued: "Artillery, completely solve the problem of the ratio of archers and pikemen in the traditional hollow phalanx, in the past, it was useless to have fewer archers, and more pikemen could not protect it, and artillery can replace the projectile of bows and arrows, and it does not need too many numbers!" ”

"In this way, the firecrackers can not only rely on the firecrackers to defend against the enemy from a distance, but also incarnate pikemen to form a spear formation melee combat, the artillery in the center is more powerful than the archers, and with a certain number of cavalry to scout and reconnoitre, shield the battlefield, and attack and harvest, this is simply a perfect formation!"

Next, there are words that Jiang Xinghuo can't understand, such as "four sentinels and three columns" and "one or two words to change formation".

If you have read "Ji Xiao's New Book" and "Kaiyuan Diagram", Jiang Xinghuo may still be able to understand part of it, but only with his military knowledge and understanding, if you want to discuss it with Zhu Di, it is still a little far behind.

Therefore, seeing Zhu Di completely immersed in his own military world.

Jiang Xinghuo simply didn't speak and pretended to be a master.

And in Zhu Di's eyes, this formation full of geometric beauty is so wonderful in his opinion that he is quite reluctant.

After a long time, Jiang Xinghuo was tired of standing, and Zhu Di raised his head and said.

"Yingge Lan and Fa Langxi relied on this set of things to invade my Huaxia, right?"

Zhu Di is not worried that the future ending will appear again, history has been changed from the moment he heard Jiang Xinghuo's lecture.

As the world's No. 1 general, Zhu Di is more concerned about the transformation of the future war model, and what is the root cause of this transmutation.

As long as this military transformation is deeply understood.

Then Zhu Di will naturally return the suffering suffered by Huaxia in another time and space to the current Yingge Lan and Fa Langxi.

Daming's industrial products will also lack a dumping market in the future, isn't it a coincidence?

(End of chapter)