In the first year of the Great Song Dynasty, on the sixth day of the first month, early in the morning, the air was cold, and it was the best time of the day.

Zhao Hong lay on the table, frowning and writing on the desk.

"To study the history of a country, you must know its original nation. At the beginning of the establishment of a country, it always takes one nation as the main body, and then gradually absorbs the other nationalities, which is an unchanging truth through the ages. And the earliest ethnic group that established China was the "Han ......"

This is the textbook of "Geography" compiled by Zhao Hong, and the content of which is indispensable to the scholars of the court. And the slogan articles from a high position need to be written by Zhao Hong himself.

For an ancient country with thousands of years of civilization, geography is history, history is geography, and every place it talks about must be closely related to history.

"The four counties of Hexi, namely Wuwei County, Zhangye County, Jiuquan County, and Dunhuang County. In the second year of the Han Yuan hunt, the Xiongnu Kun evil king killed the king of Hugh and slaughtered the Han Dynasty, and the Han Dynasty placed Jiuquan, Wuwei, Zhangye, and Dunhuang four counties in its hometown. Because it is located in the west of the upper reaches of the Yellow River, it is geographically self-contained, so it is called the four counties of Hexi. In addition to setting up the four counties of Hexi, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty added Yangguan and Yumen Pass to the west of Dunhuang, and there were "four counties, according to the two passes", which was called ......"

The four counties of Hexi, the Hexi Corridor, the west gate of the Central Plains Dynasty, and the famous holy land of horse breeding. The Great Song River came to an abrupt end in taking the border, falling short, and the "alliance on the sea" was untimely, which is regrettable.

If he can occupy the land west of the river, he may be able to solve the natural shortage of cavalry in the Great Song Dynasty and be tactically invincible.

With war horses, there are cavalry. The Great Song Dynasty had a population of 60 or 70 million, and the people were still martial, and there was no shortage of soldiers. Compared with the nomadic peoples of the north, the population advantage is huge.

He never believed that the Mongolian iron cavalry was invincible in the world, and the continuous death of the Great Song Dynasty was the foundation.

Man will conquer the sky! The Great Song Dynasty of 60 or 70 million is no match for the northern nomads with a population of one million, how sad is it?

The demise of the Great Song Dynasty, the kings of the two Song dynasties, and the scholars and doctors with wide robes and big sleeves are all indispensable.

"The sixteen states of Yanyun, with a dangerous geographical location, are a place where soldiers of all dynasties must fight, and the Central Plains Dynasty is a natural barrier to resist the invasion of northern nomads. One husband is the pass, and ten thousand people are not ......"

Combined with the drafts of the scholars, Zhao Hong continued to write.

For him, it seems that it is not difficult to gather the wisdom of all the scholars and make a "high, big, and high" polish.

"In the first year of Tianfu of the Later Jin Dynasty, Emperor Shi Jingjiao of the Later Jin Dynasty opposed the Tang Dynasty and sought help from the Khitan. The Khitan sent troops to support its establishment of the Later Jin Dynasty, and Liao Taizong and Shi Jingjiao were about father and son. In the third year of Tianfu, Shi Jingjiao ceded the sixteen states of Yanyun to the Khitan in accordance with the requirements of the Khitan, so that the territory of the Liao State expanded to the Great Wall, and the Central Plains dynasties could not completely recover it in the future. The loss of the sixteen states of Yanyun made the Great Song Dynasty feel the threat of the Khitan and Jin kingdoms, which lasted for more than 160 years......"

The sixteen states of Yanyun have not been restored in the last two Song dynasties in history. In his time, can it be taken back?

This deputy map, the south of the Yangtze River, Sichuan, the Central Plains, the two rivers, and the desert of the Western Regions, should be drawn one by one.

Geography is history, and those overseas terra nullius, or terra nullius, seem to be going to be made up overseas.

Some people may be skeptical, but as time goes by, the warships of the Great Song Dynasty will dominate the world, and they will understand the vastness of the world and know their erudition.

Learned!

Zhao Hong couldn't help but smile.

"Your Majesty, General Tian and General Li have arrived."

Dong Songchen reported softly and pulled Zhao Hong back to reality.

Tian Yi and Li Tang came in and saluted Zhao Hong.

"Those instructors, how are they trained?"

The Jinling Lecture Hall is scheduled to open in March, and it is impossible to count on only a few people, Tian Yi and Li Tang.

"Back to Your Majesty, knife skills, bayonet skills, and grenadiers are all easy to say, that is, queue practice, and artillery should be slower."

Tian Yi hurriedly stepped forward to report.

The queue is too boring, and the artillery needs to crawl again and again, and it takes time.

"Will it be done by the end of February? Do you want to postpone the artillery course a bit? ”

Zhao Hong asked hesitantly.

If the lecture hall and the water master school can't open in March, I'm afraid it will be postponed.

"Back to Your Majesty, that's not necessary. The minister has already selected some clever ones, and only trains artillery and platoons, and does not care about the rest of the training. There should be no problem at the end of February. ”

Tian Yi's words made Zhao Hong nod with satisfaction.

There is a dictatorship in the art industry, and training in batches in this way can save a lot of time.

Although the martial arts hall seemed to be in a hurry, there was no way, and he didn't want to wait any longer. He was not worried about the teaching of Wutang, and the good foundation laid by the Great Song Dynasty martial arts allowed him to concentrate on the teaching of firearms.

Although the upper echelons of the Great Song Dynasty were mediocre, the civil officials loved money, and the generals were afraid of death, the lower ranks were brave and brave, and the folk martial arts were not bad, so they were almost united in the army.

And if you want to work together, you have to rely on the batches of officers trained by the Wutang Shui Shi School to do it.

The quality of the army is in the officers, and the officers determine the lower limit of the army. This is also the original intention of his founding of the Lecture Hall and the Sailor School.

"Is the training of officers based on the textbooks that have been written?"

Zhao Hong was a little apprehensive.

In fact, the compilation of teaching materials is not complicated, mainly platoon walking, bayonet and firearms training.

Platoon training is not complicated, there are only a few moves in the bayonet technique, and the grenadier technique is only a few strokes to run and throw.

The most important thing is artillery drill, loading ammunition, ranging, aiming and other steps, which seem simple, but in fact it is not easy.

"Your Majesty, there are rulers on the artillery, and you can know the amount of charge of the artillery, in case there is too much charge and the cannon will explode. The artillery has a crosshair and a door, as well as a plumb sinker, a gauge plate, a gauge and so on to estimate the distance. We also practice and improve the drill procedures. I just think that some of them are too wasteful of gunpowder. ”

Tian Yi said, still a little embarrassed.

"That's the attitude to do things! In major military affairs, we must grasp the word "serious", and we must not be sloppy! Don't even worry about ammunition! ”

Zhao Hong said seriously.

Only by continuous improvement can the artillery exert greater power.

Zhao Hong stood up and walked down.

"Lead the way, I'm going to Yujin Garden!"

At the beginning of the new year, it is time to take a look at the results of the officers' training.

On the teaching field, the officers flattened their guns, stabbed violently, and shouted angrily, more than ten people walked in unison, and the heads of the guns shook, although there were a few people, they were murderous, which dazzled Zhao Hong.

After only one month of training, these officers were already elite, and they were very different from what he had seen for the first time in Yujin Garden.

If more than 1,000 people were trained in the lecture hall, and then distributed to the army, and one by one they were copied, wouldn't it be invincible?

The bayonet was red, giving courage to the trained soldiers and sharpening their will. This is also the reason why Zhao Hong listed "spear art" as a major skill that soldiers must master in the future, and let the officers train and teach it in the lecture hall in the future.

The sword and shield bearers held shields, swung knives and slashed, dragons and tigers leaped, shouting and killing thunder, Zhao Hong nodded again and again.

The folk practice of martial arts in the Southern Song Dynasty became a practice, and there were many masters in the army who knew how to use swords and guns, and there was no shortage of masters in the forbidden army who were masters of the gold gun class and the silver gun class. The sword and shield hand use both the sword and the shield, and the pikemen can already compete. It's just that the ten thousand armies confronted each other from the two armies, and the pikemen followed one after another, which could better reflect the courage of the soldiers and the lethality was greater.

The tall and strong grenadiers ran and threw their arms sideways, throwing them like thunderbolts, landing around the target.

Zhao Hong's heart couldn't help but tighten, and he quickly stabilized his body.

If hundreds of earth-shattering thunderbolts were smashed out and bombarded indiscriminately, even the invincible Mongolian Iron Cavalry would be blown into pulp.

"Your Majesty, this is a training bomb."

Li Tang hurriedly explained on the side.

"Grenadier drills, no live-fire training?"

Zhao Hong subconsciously breathed a sigh of relief, and his face softened a lot.

The earth-shattering thunder did not explode. It turned out to be just a practice bomb filled with sand.

If this is an indiscriminate bombardment, the lethality is really unimaginable.

"Back to Your Majesty, ten times of drilling, only one live ammunition. The main thing is the fear of wasting gunpowder and projectiles. ”

Tian Yi said with an embarrassed smile.

"Nonsense! These officers will be instructors of the martial arts hall in the future, and they have not trained well, so how can they teach others? Let them train with live ammunition. I don't believe it, dozens of grenadiers can still train the Great Song Dynasty! Don't forget, be careful, press ...... Manuals to come. Firearms, this guy, if you don't get it right, you'll die! ”

At the same time as Zhao Hong's lecture, he was serious.

"There are no rules, don't always put the manual on yourself. All the drill manuals were given to each officer. Whether it's bayonet or firearms drill, everything has to be done according to the manual. ”

This guy is saving ammunition for himself, and he will live better than a woman.

"Yes, yes, Your Majesty taught you."

When Tian Yi nodded and bowed, Zhao Hong looked at the hot training scene and muttered to himself.

"A soldier with five earth-shattering thunders, 10,000 people is 50,000, those Mongolian iron horsemen who dominate the world, can they resist it? Lecture Hall, Sailor School, Jinling School, Compulsory Education, Iron Factory, Weapons Manufacturing Division, Jingjie Law ......"

Zhao Hong's eyes seemed to be full of expectation.

The sound of "Pengpeng" artillery came, and Zhao Hong couldn't help but feel refreshed.

"Let's go and see the gunners' drills!"

The truth is only within the firing range of artillery. Artillery is the treasure of the town store in the army, and it is also the treasure pimple in his heart.

Even, trump his love for long legs.

"Is this a short-barreled artillery?"

Several stubby guns are placed on the gun carriage, which is extremely large and amazing.

"Your Majesty, this is the short-barreled cannon that has just been made, the cannon weighs 1,500 catties, the cannon is 4 feet long, the gun chamber is 6 and a half inches, and the cannonball is 25 catties. But ......"

Zheng Tu on the side hesitated for a moment, and then continued under Zhao Hong's gaze:

"Your Majesty, the short-barreled artillery has a short body and a small charge, but it has a short firing range, only about 150 steps, and the accuracy of the shooting is also poor."

"150 steps, that's good! This kind of artillery is used on warships, not foot soldiers! ”

Zhao Hong said categorically, and continued to ask:

"How soon can artillery equip a warship?"

The firing range is short, the shooting accuracy is poor, the sea operations are all at close range, and the flaws are not obvious. And the large-caliber shells it fires are full of lethality, and this is the most important thing.

"Your Majesty, casting cannons and loading cannons, I'm afraid it will take February or March at the earliest."

Zheng Tu's words made Zhao Hong feel a little relieved.

Whether it is the Jinling Lecture Hall or the Sailor Academy, there must be a sailor warship equipped with artillery as a training equipment for the trainees. In particular, the cadets of the Sailors Department should be familiar with it as early as possible.

First of all, the queue physical training, and if you do the math, you can actually prepare it in May and June.

"Your Majesty, the minister looks at the real Duke Hu Gong, and he seems to be a little depressed."

Tian Yi followed closely and whispered.

Zhao Hong couldn't help but be stunned. He stopped, turned his head, and looked at Tian Yi.

"Every time the minister goes to the household department to ask for money, although the truth is approved, he seems to be reluctant in his heart. Although Hu Xianggong is enthusiastic, he seems to be too tactful and empty-headed. ”

Tian Yi's words made Zhao Hong laugh softly.

Tian Yi was kindly reminding him that he was worried about the road he would take in the future.

There are many smart people in this world, and there are some things that they see better than they can see.

"Now is a world of chaos and great controversy, and the set of science is too out of place. If the Great Song Dynasty wants to survive, what is needed is martial spirit, and what is lacking is iron-blooded spirit. If you still talk about it, the Great Song Dynasty will really be wiped out! ”

Zhao Hong looked at the hot training ground in front of him, his eyes were cold.

He never maliciously speculates on people's hearts, but some ministers can't keep up with the situation, can't keep up with the pace of the times, are complacent, don't know how to keep pace with the times, and even hinder the wheel of the times, he can only idle them, or ruthlessly kick them away.