At the beginning of the dynasties, there was abundant martial virtue.

The martial arts of the Ming Dynasty have added an extra fire.

The military science and technology of the Ming Dynasty was very developed, and the emperor attached great importance to the research and development and manufacturing of firearms, believing that it was a long skill to resist the enemy.

At this time in the early Ming Dynasty, the firearms equipped in the Ming army were the most advanced in the world at this time.

But for Zhu Yunxi, these things are completely a bunch of old antiques.

Some of the old firearms don't even know military fans like him.

The firearm commonly used by the infantry army is similar to the assault rifle invented in the Southern Song Dynasty, which is the same as bamboo.

In the Song Dynasty, the lethality of the firecrackers was limited, but by the Yuan Dynasty it was strengthened, and the army began to be equipped with metal firearms that fired iron projectiles with a caliber of more than 20 mm.

The Yuan Dynasty gave birth to the earliest artillery in China, and the establishment of the "Gunner Army" and the "Gunner Wanhu Mansion" appeared.

At the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Yuanzhang attached great importance to the development of firecrackers, intensified the research of firecrackers, and invented the Hongwu series of firecrackers.

According to the caliber, it is divided into three types.

One is a straight cylindrical firecracker, which is straight and can be operated by one person;

One is a large bowl, which is short and thick, the barrel is bowl-shaped, and the medicine chamber is bulging for projectile.

There is also a kind of giant large gun, which is a firearm loaded on ships and castle towers, also commonly known as small artillery.

As the main light firearm of the Ming army, the straight-barreled firearm used by a single person was equipped with more than 90,000 pieces.

It was well cast and exquisitely designed, and compared with the guns of the Yuan Dynasty, the gunpowder required was greatly reduced.

Zhu Yunxi picked up one in disgust and looked at it, unable to bear to look at it directly.

It is about forty centimeters long and three centimeters in diameter.

When the army exercises, it is like holding a burning stick and a big smoking gun.

"How far is the range?"

The general banner of the firearm replied: "It can shoot a hundred paces away, and the farthest is one hundred and twenty steps." ”

Take one foot for the step, take the two feet is the step, as the saying goes, five feet is the step, the Ming Dynasty's step is about one meter five.

One hundred and twenty steps, that is, one hundred and eighty meters......

Of course, this is the range, not the effective killing range.

Zhu Yunxi asked the general flag to test fire at the scarecrow in armor.

Outcome......

After watching the demonstration, Zhu Yunxi switched directly and left.

I can't bear to look at it directly.

The lethality looks good, the accuracy is too poor!

Compared with the hit rate of the national football team.

And it takes a lot of time to reload, like an old lady crossing the street.

The generals of the Ming Dynasty were also aware of this problem, so they adopted the tactics of three stages to make up for the shortcomings of the equipment.

When Mu Ying pacified Yunnan, he felt that the gunpowder loading speed was too slow, and improved the tactical shooting method, which was called the three-stage attack.

In this exercise, Zhu Yunxi personally witnessed the Ming army's three-stage attack tactics.

Three soldiers in a group, with the gunners at the front firing first.

He then retreated to the rear of the line to concentrate on reloading his ammunition, and the second soldier stepped forward to open fire.

The trio alternated between reloading and firing, tripling the efficiency.

"If you cooperate with the line formation, the firearms of the Ming army will exert their maximum power."

Zhu Yunxi was thoughtful and attracted the founding prince Chang Sheng.

"Second uncle, how many firearms are there in a hundred households?"

The guard station is an important military establishment of the Ming Dynasty, which is found all over the country, and hundreds of households are stationed in military strongholds and counties.

One guard was numbered 5,600 people, divided into 5,000 households.

A 1,000-household office, with a full staffing of 1,120 people, and 100 households.

Li Qianhu's Hongtang Shouyu Thousand Households is a special establishment, with two or three thousand households under its jurisdiction.

The number of guards is scarce, and most of them are in important places near the capital division.

One hundred households, one hundred and twelve people.

There are two general flags under the 100 households, each of which has jurisdiction over 50 people, 10 small flags, and 10 people under each small banner.

Chang Sheng replied: "The Ministry of War stipulates that all soldiers have 100 households, 10 guns, 20 swords, 30 bows and arrows, and 40 guns. ”

"Only ten firecrackers?" Zhu Yunxi was a little disappointed.

According to the ten firecrackers in every 100 people, there are eight guards in the Zhongdu Guard, and one guards the Thousand Households, with a total of nearly 50,000 horses.

At most, there are only more than 5,000 firearms.

"It's time to form the Divine Machine Battalion!"

The Shenji Battalion was created by Zhu Di in the fifth year of Yongle, and it shouldered the heavy task of "guarding the Beijing division internally and preparing for the war outside".

The Shenji Battalion is different from the garrison of the guard station, in charge of the training of firearms and the officers and men of the accompanying escort horse team, and its highest establishment level is the battalion, which is a strategic mobile force under the direct command of the emperor.

Zhu Yunxi has the idea of the Shenji Battalion, but before that, he needs to build more advanced firearms!

He thought about it, let's make the arquebus first!

Arquebuses are a milestone in the history of firearms.

Now the Ming army uses a straight-barreled musket similar to a large smoking gun, and the arquebus is the prototype of the rifle, which has led the trend for hundreds of years.

The emergence of arquebuses made human warfare gradually enter the era of hot weapons from cold weapons.

Although Zhu Yunxi didn't look down on the arquebus, an early musket, if it was equipped on a large scale in the Ming army, it would be at least a hundred years ahead of the world!

Use it first, then change the flintlock pistol later.

The structure of the arquebus, for Zhu Yunxi, is two words: simple!

As for the production of firearms, ready-made technologies and factories.

The types of gunpowder and the proportion of preparation, and the processing technology of firearms in the Ming Dynasty have been quite skilled.

There are ordnance bureaus in various places, which are used to produce hot and cold weapons.

"Where have the people gone?"

Retracting his thoughts, Zhu Yunxi blinked his eyes and found that his second uncle Chang Sheng had run away.

Chang Sheng stood not far away, touching a halberd with an intoxicated face, and laughing with several generals next to him.

Zhu Yunxi walked over and heard a military general patting his horse and saying, "Grandpa Guo, this is your newly built halberd, right?" Can it be named? ”

"Name..... Let's call it Fang Tian's Halberd! ”

Chang Sheng clapped the board, brandished the halberd, and the muscles on his body were bulging, attracting a group of people to applaud.

“......”

Halberd?

Zhu Yunxi smiled: "In these years, there are still people who use this antique?" ”

Chang Sheng said: "A few months ago, I met an old gentleman surnamed Luo, who said that I looked like Lu Bu, and Lu Bu used the Fang Tian Painting Halberd. ”

An old gentleman with the surname Luo?

Luo Guanzhong?

"By the way, Mr. Luo told me about Lu Buyuan's halberd."

Chang Sheng laughed and said, "When I look at it, isn't this me?" ”

As he spoke, he plunged the halberd into the ground and ordered the longbow to be fetched.

Chang Sheng retreated to a hundred paces away and performed a halberd shooting on the spot.

"His Royal Highness King Wu, look at my arrow!"

Zhu Yunxi's eyes widened, looking forward to the legendary hundred steps through Yang.

At a distance of one hundred and fifty meters, the halberd is like a chopstick on the opposite side.

The arm was full of strength, and with a bang, Chang Sheng drew his bow and shot an arrow at the halberd.

"Did you win?"

The soldiers on the other side of the halberd did not reply.

Chang Sheng laughed: "I knew I was hit, let me shoot another arrow!" ”

Zhu Yunxi: "......"

"Whew!"

Arrows as afterimages.

"Hit!"

The soldier on the opposite side shouted excitedly, ran around the big teaching field, and loudly propagandized.

The generals were shocked, and they all came to praise the power of the founding father!

Someone said: "With this archery technique, the Jiafang Tian painting halberd, coupled with the wind-chasing black horse of the grandfather of the country, I am afraid that Lu Bu thousands of years ago is far less brave than the founding father!" ”

Chang Sheng smiled and waved his hand: "Fang Tian's painting halberd is also taken out on weekdays to make a appearance, and if it really goes to the battlefield, you have to use the tiger head Zhan golden gun!" ”

The tiger's head is a weapon that often meets spring.

Chasing the wind and the black horse is a car that often meets spring.

When Chang Yuchun led the cavalry of the Ming army to dominate the world, he rode a black horse chasing the wind, and rushed to kill the enemy with a tiger's head and a golden spear in his hand!

And Xu Da, riding a lion skull, is a golden gun.

Weapons can be handed down, but war horses cannot, and their lifespan is limited.

Chang Sheng can only choose a high-grade jet-black war horse and name it the Wind Chasing Black Horse to continue the inheritance.

I remember when I first came to Fengyang, Zhu Yunxi saw Chang Sheng riding a war horse and holding a spear, which was really like that.

Shenji Battalion, 3,000 Battalion, 5 Army Battalions.

The three major battalions of the Jingshi of the Yongle Dynasty seem to have a clue.

Zhu Yunxi was overjoyed and hurriedly ran back to draw.

Make an arquebus!