Slowly closing the book, Zhu Ming finally took the time to finish "Wuzong Essentials".

To be honest, it was a lot.

Marching, encampment, flags, drums and trumpets...... It's clearly written, and it's a nanny-style tutorial.

The most useful thing for Zhu Ming was the military information on the northern and southern frontiers of the Great Song Dynasty and the barbarians of Fanbang. Where there is a delivery shop, where there is a walled fort, where there are mountains and rivers, what is the direction, how much is the distance, all are clearly marked.

Including the entire Shaanxi mountains, rivers, forts, villages, towns, shops!

The famous "Pingrong Wanquan Array", Zhu Ming also studied it carefully. With his poor military qualities, he came up with a pertinent assessment: the formation is good, but it is not practical.

The formations recorded in this book, on the contrary, are quite useful.

The Eight Formations, also known as the Li Jing Formation, are set up in corresponding battle formations according to different terrain and enemy conditions, and the size of the troops is about 10,000 people.

The name of each formation is also quite vivid, and as the name suggests, "牝緝線線" is like the female genitals. The two wings are protruding, the middle is concave, and it is surrounded on three sides to devour the enemy's front army.

The "Peony Formation" resembles the genitals of males, also known as the Sharp Formation, which is used to break through the enemy's formation.

The Eight Array Diagram is not so mysterious, it just uses geometric principles to make changes, creating opportunities for local battlefields to fight more and less.

The last part of "The General Essentials of the Martial Arts" is particularly nonsense, dedicated to the method of "six divination".

When to send troops, when to fight, these all require divination.

Even if the enemy sends an envoy, he can tell whether the messenger is telling the truth or a lie through divination......

There are also three gunpowder recipes recorded in the book, namely cannon gunpowder, poison smoke ball gunpowder, and tribulus terrestris fireball gunpowder.

The first two are launched by catapults, which cannot produce explosive effects, and can only be killed by high-temperature combustion or toxic smoke, and the instantaneous temperature of the fireball can reach 1300 degrees.

The Tribulus Fireball is a city defense weapon that is thrown by grabbing a rope, a bit like a grenade. But it also can't explode, relying on the raised thistle terrestris, and the high temperature to burn to kill the besieging enemy.

……

On the back hill of the iron-smelting field, the three tiger squatting cannons are neatly arranged.

There were also large pits dug behind each gun, into which the gunner, after ignition, jumped into them. Because Zhu Ming didn't know how much gunpowder to fill, in case the gunpowder was filled too much, it was easy to explode.

"Bai Sheng, you go and order medicine. Immediately after ignition, jump into the pit. Zhu Ming said.

Bai Sheng stepped forward with a big grin with a torch.

Igniting the gunpowder, he glanced twice before jumping into the pit.

"Bang!"

There was a muffled sound in the chamber of the cannon, and the stone projectile flew a few meters before falling to the ground, dripping and rolling out for some distance.

This launch used commercially available gunpowder.

The gunpowder formula used in the war in the Northern Song Dynasty, because too many combustibles were added, the highest nitrate ratio was only 50.19%, and this gunpowder ratio could not explode at all.

On the contrary, it is the folk firecracker gunpowder, and the proportion of nitrate is higher.

Zhu Ming scratched his head and ordered: "Clean up the chamber, reload the ammunition, and add more gunpowder." ”

Soon, the second launch, with a range of less than ten meters......

Zhu Ming muttered: "It seems that the gunpowder formula is not good, change my granular gunpowder." ”

The previous powder gunpowder was bought commercially.

This time, the granular gunpowder was made by Zhu Ming.

The process is very simple, first grinding charcoal, then adding sulfur and then saltpeter. Then add water, the water content is about 5%, more and less can also be. It is then milled with a wooden stick, ground evenly and wrapped in linen, squeezed with a weight, and then crushed to the desired granularity.

The above process is extremely safe and will not explode due to the high water content. Next, it can be dried with warm air, and the water content can be used when the water content is reduced to less than 1%, and the combustion efficiency is twice that of powder gunpowder.

Zhang Bo and Li Bao stood beside Zhu Ming, witnessing Bai Sheng jumping into the pit again, they didn't take it seriously.

"Boom!"

There was a loud bang, and both of them were shocked, and they watched in amazement as the stone bullet flew out.

Due to the light weight of the Tiger Squat Cannon, although there is a bracket inserted into the soil, the body of the cannon is still overturned by the rear frustration force.

Zhu Ming shouted: "Measure the distance." ”

Liu Shiren took people to measure the landing point of the shells, and soon ran back and said: "Twenty zhang and four feet (about 63 meters)." ”

"Add more gunpowder and try again." Zhu Ming said.

The three tiger squatting cannons came in turn.

The amount of gunpowder was constantly increased, and the landing distance soon exceeded 100 meters. This is still a stone bullet, and if it is replaced with buckshot, the range should be longer.

However, the usual method of the Tiger Squat Cannon is to first load many small shotguns, and then press a large bullet to increase the airtightness.

Zhu Ming tried this several times, but the small stone shotgun only hit more than 40 meters recently, and the farthest can hit more than 60 meters, and the landing point of the big stone bullet dropped to more than 80 meters.

All of the above are just stone projectiles.

Qi Jiguang's triadic array, the remote output is like this:

At 160 meters waiting for orders, about 100 meters away, the bird gunners fired a salvo and then retreated to reload their ammunition.

Within 96 meters, 60 tiger cannons were waiting to be fired, and 60 large stone bullets and 1,800 to 6,000 small shotguns were fired in an instant (the size of the shotguns was different, and the number of shotguns was different, and instead of stones, iron bullets or lead bullets were used).

Then, according to the situation of the enemy, the firepower is supplemented by rocket vehicles and general artillery. Rocket vehicles fired hundreds of rockets in an instant, firing thousands of shotguns from military artillery.

The returning Bird Gunner, which is almost finished, can make up for a second round of shots.

And that's just the firepower of the forwards, and if the enemy attacks around the flanks, there are also musketeers and archers behind them. At that time, the forward and rear three-fold infantry will form a crossfire attack on the flank.

The complete version of the three-fold array, with more than 40,000 troops, is 10 miles wide after being lined up.

It is extremely difficult to train this formation, and in addition to a large number of guns and artillery, it is necessary to equip enough junior officers. That is, the squad leader of the Mandarin Duck Formation, they are the core of the Triassment Formation, they can deal with all kinds of emergencies, even if they are rushed in front of the cavalry, they can still fight in close combat.

Zhu Ming experimented with more than 20 cannons and consumed the granular gunpowder he made.

Zhang Bo was already stunned: "Such a sharp weapon, it should be presented to the imperial court!" ”

Zhu Ming pretended to sigh: "I'm afraid that after I dedicate it to the imperial court, it will be a scourge." ”

"How do you say that?" Li Bao asked.

Zhu Ming explained: "The danger of the Great Song Dynasty is not on the outside but on the inside. Inside and outside the government, corruption is rampant and the people are brutalized. If this artillery is offered with the temperament of an official, it will be ecstatic. He will order more cannons to be built, and traitors will take advantage of the opportunity. Especially in the iron smelting yard on Jingdong Road, the traitors must have levied a large amount of wrought iron to make cannon bodies and shells under the guise of making cannons. There will also be gunpowder, which will also be classified as a monopoly, and the tax will be greatly increased. ”

Zhang Bo said: "It's not that serious, right? ”

"It's more serious than this," Zhu Ming said, "with a sharp weapon, the murderous intent arises." If he can defeat Western Xia by luck, he will attack Liao again. Whether it can win or not, can the people of the world hold on? ”

This is not alarmist, Song Huizong will really do this.

After the official army destroyed Fang La, the country was already in a state of devastation, and it stands to reason that it should recuperate.

At that time, it was impossible to fight a big war in the finances.

But Song Huizong was so happy that he forcibly raised taxes to gather the army, and went to recover Yanyun non-stop.

That tax increase was like opening a Pandora's box.

The name is called the economic system money and the general system money, which are collectively called "the general system money". In fact, it is an overcharge of surcharges, which all walks of life have to pay, resulting in a collective increase in the price of all goods on the market.

At the beginning, it was only the economic envoy and the general envoy who ordered the tax increase, and gradually derived it to government departments at all levels.

Even the envoys who raised the school came out to raise taxes, and the taxes of the whole country were completely chaotic, and the prices of daily necessities such as grain, wine and vinegar, salt and tea, and cloth rose to the point that the common people could not bear them.

Not to mention that Zhu Ming sacrificed a few tiger squat cannons, even if he offered howitzers, he would have to lose.

Quoting Tong Guan's own recital: Seeing that it is too coarse to eat, only half of it is whirlwinded, and it is mostly in the distance......

Probably speaking, what the soldiers eat is so bad that it is difficult to swallow. Only half of the rations were enough, and they had not yet arrived. The ordnance was also insufficient, and it had to be requisitioned from Taiyuan, Daimyo, Kaide and other places. Armor and military uniforms are also insufficient. The construction of fortifications and the materials for guarding the palace have not been obtained for the time being.

It was in this situation that Tong Guan ran with a large army to recover Yanyun.

Let's just say that he won the battle by luck, how to deal with the new territory?

There was already a famine in Liao, thieves were everywhere, and people were everywhere. Tong Guan doesn't even have enough military rations, how can he recruit thieves and settle displaced people?

Knocking Yan Yun down is purely to take over the mess, and you have to continue to throw money into it.

Historically, the Great Song Dynasty bought Yanjing and threw the displaced people to Shanxi. Those homeless people couldn't have enough to eat, so they simply took refuge in the Jin State and helped the Jin soldiers capture the city of Shanxi.

In order to appease the new territory, frantically suck the blood of Hebei and Shandong, and cause uprisings everywhere in Hebei and Shandong, Zhang Wanxian was even able to gather hundreds of thousands of people to rebel.

Song Huizong and Tong Guan were so happy that the people of the whole country paid for them.

After the Jin soldiers went south for the first time, why didn't Song Qinzong build a defensive line? Because he has no money at all!

Zhu Ming said: "Last spring, the imperial court had planned to attack Liao, but it was abandoned because of the opposition of the ministers. ”

"Last year's attack on Liao, what did Western Xia do?" Zhang Bo thought his ears were wrong.

Zhu Ming said with a smile: "How do I know? ”

Tong Guan really planned to attack Liao last spring, and even began to transfer troops, completely ignoring the fact that the battle of Western Xia was not over.

Even Song Huizong felt that this matter was unreliable, saying that he would send someone to investigate the truth before making a decision.

Li Bao asked: "The world is like this, how to save the world?" Is there a way to be a husband? ”

Zhu Ming shook his head and whispered, "I can't save it, unless I change the emperor." ”

Zhang Bo and Li Bao were shocked and hurriedly looked left and right.

Zhu Ming added: "I heard that the prince is calm and thrifty, and he listens to advice, and may be able to turn things around." ”

Zhang Bo suddenly slowed down his nervousness, he thought that Zhu Ming was going to rebel.

As long as you don't rebel, you can change the emperor, and the people of the world have long been fed up with today's person.

Li Bao muttered: "I don't know how many days this Daojun Emperor can live." If you can live for another twenty years, the people of the world will suffer. ”

Zhu Ming smiled: "Who knows? ”

(Some readers said that the cannon body could be cast, and then the air holes could be removed, saying that Lao Wang didn't understand anything.) Big brother, that chapter said that the furnace temperature is too low, wrought iron cannot be cast, and the forging is wrought iron. Pig iron cannons can be cast, but they are too heavy and inconvenient for field battles. In addition, the Huang Shang in the previous chapter was wrong, and the Huang Sheng of Jianzhou was not the one who made up the Dao Zang. ）

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