Li Shimin's face became more and more stinky.

Although the Tang Dynasty has the name of martial arts, there are Tibetans in the west and Turks in the north, all of which are like episkeletons.

Tubo can still excuse himself, after all, no one can expect the climate change, and its monarch is more obscure, and its country has the heart of a jackal and a fox.

But this Eastern Turk was smashed by him for real play.

was forced to advance and retreat by the Turks, and it became a hundred years of trouble to return to the old land.

As a result, Li Jing also easily sorted out the situation after the north:

"Destroy the Turks, Xue Yantuo is Xing, destroy Xue Yantuo, and cause the Turkic thieves to sit big, and the northern border trouble has not been extinguished."

And Li Jing also sighed:

"Pei Xingjian, how difficult it is ......"

I didn't understand why the light curtain was specifically mentioned at that time, and the logistics were guaranteed.

Now it seems that the vast majority of these 300,000 troops dared to pursue the Turks on two legs.

Attacking the cavalry with an infantry army, the Turks would naturally give full play to the mobility advantage of the cavalry army and raid the baggage team behind them.

The quality of the soldiers was uneven, the horses were insufficient, the baggage was in short supply, and the grain routes were constantly threatened, but in the end they were still able to win a big victory.

In this way, it seems that Pei Xingjian's military strategy talent can also be called amazing.

Anyone who is familiar with the military formation can think of it for the first time, so a smile climbed up the corner of Su Dingfang's mouth, and Li Shiyun was really a little uncertain:

Could it be that I'm really one of the best?

Letting go of the obsession with the Turks in his heart, Li Shimin praised it in eight classics:

"This Tang Fengsui is quite innovative!"

For Li Shimin, it is an innovation that belongs to Datang, which is very important!

Looking at the beacon text and construction example on the light curtain, Li Jing also praised it:

"The place where the fireworks are fired can be called Jedi, and there is dry food and water, so that even if the soldiers are raided when they are on duty, they can hold on to the rope ladder."

"1,800 beacons, one flint and five people, so it is less than 10,000 people, and then 10,000 horses are guarded, and they move to ask for the enemy."

"This benevolent wish is also a quick-witted person."

At this point, Du Ruhui has also seen a little way:

Raising an army of 300,000 did not help, but only allowed the Turks to rebel and plunder every year.

However, more than 1,000 beacons can firmly lock the Turks in the north of the desert, and cannot enter the south of the desert.

From the opening of the Tang Dynasty to the Zhenguan period, there were many fierce generals, and they made great achievements.

But these shining stars all have Zhang Wansui's silent contribution.

For everyone in the Ganlu Palace, Tang Fengsui was just proud enough.

After all, the Tang Dynasty is now gearing up, and it is the one who beats people, not the one who is beaten.

But the improved communication tower from the beacon surprised everyone again.

"This is changed from Fengsui?"

Fang Xuanling couldn't help but ask, and then confirmed:

"Indeed, it was rebuilt from a beacon, and it was built every few miles, and it was built to transmit signals to one another."

"This wooden rocker arm communicates, and it is interpreted by a code book, like a secret language of a battlefield flag, and it is combined with a beacon to use it."

"It's just ......" Fang Xuanling looked at the winding Fanbang characters on the light curtain, and also felt a little scratching:

"If it is a Chinese script, how should it be conveyed?"

Li Shimin had already stood up, and couldn't help but imagine, if there was such a thing from Chang'an to the Western Regions, what would it be like?

Du Ruhui seems to see a clear vein, from Han Fengsui to Tang Fengsui, and then to this later generation of communication towers, with techniques and knowledge to continuously improve, and make its effectiveness better and better, is this a kind of "science" that later generations said?

And this invisible but real context of improvement reminded Du Ruhui of the words of "Zhou Yi":

"If you are poor, you will change, and if you change, you will be able to do it for a long time."

Then Du Ruhui added his own opinions:

"If you are poor, you will be poor, and if you are poor, you will be poor, and you will be poor for a long time."

"The law that remains unchanged through the ages is the only way to change."

Yan Lide was quite pragmatic, and the first thing he noticed was the words of the telescope, after all, the transparent glass given to Guozijian was the board he patted.

Looking at its small tube shape, Yan Lide felt that a clear research direction appeared in front of him.

[During the Li Zhi period, the Tang Army became unable to fight, and one of the manifestations was the lack of generals.

Su Dingfang, Li Shixian, Liu Renliang, Pei Xingjian, Xue Rengui, can basically be regarded as Erfeng's political legacy.

These veterans were promoted by Li Zhi, but they were not discovered by Li Zhi.

But if you look at history, you will find that martial arts began in the Li Zhi period, then there will naturally be a question:

Couldn't the martial arts of the Tang Dynasty select a talent?

Regarding this issue, Wei Yuanzhong, who suggested to Li Zhi to open the horse ban, also scolded, and he did not scold martial arts, but the entire imperial examination.

The selection of literati only depends on whether the rhetoric is gorgeous, and does not examine the school's national affairs and governing measures, and the selection is only some rhetoric!

The selection of military generals only depends on the strength of horseback riding and archery, and does not test the military strategy and marching method, and the selection is only some stupid big men!

Wei Yuanzhong is right, looking at the martial arts assessment items in the Tang Dynasty, for example:

Lu Bu went to Bineng High School, and Zhuge Liang participated in with mediocre grades.

There are seven items in the martial arts assessment, which are long stacks, mounted archery, horse pistols, rifle shooting, material appearance, speech, and weightlifting, and at least five items need to be scored to be selected for the highest grade.

Among them, the long stack is a fixed target, and there are three targets in the far, medium and near directions, and each target has a number of rings, which are scored separately.

A few other items can be understood literally, but what about the assessment of military strategy? No.

Therefore, for the martial arts of the Tang Dynasty, even the Song Dynasty could come up and say a few words about the Tang Dynasty.

Ouyang Xiu's evaluation of Tang Wuju when he repaired the "New Tang Book" was: It is not worth mentioning.

Li Zhi should also understand the problem of martial arts, but it may be due to various considerations.

Li Zhi praised Wei Yuanzhong's suggestion for the imperial examination, and then did not adopt it.

In the end, it was not until the Kaiyuan period that Xuanzong once again filled this loophole and reformed the martial arts.

As a result, the Tang Dynasty Wuju harvested the only talent seedling of the Tang Dynasty: Guo Ziyi. 】

"This Xuanzong really deserves to be a half-born Mingjun."

Fa Zheng feels that what the later generations said is quite reasonable, and these measures can indeed be called the master.

But the more this is the case, the more divided I feel, how can such a wise person be ...... in his old age?

"This Li Zhi is comfortable."

Zhang Fei felt that he understood:

"This emperor spends his father's money, marries his father's daughter-in-law, and his descendants will make up for the disasters left behind."

"It's really comfortable."

Liu Bei couldn't cry or laugh, although he felt that something seemed wrong, but what the third brother said seemed to be right, so he could only admonish:

"The third brother can't be so rude in words."

Immediately, Liu Bei said with a smile:

"This Tang Dynasty's martial arts, the military advisor can have a high school grasp."

Kong Ming saw that the light curtain was teasing him, and now the lord also asked with a smile, the more polite he was at the moment, and waved his feather fan and said:

"If you can bring a crossbow to participate in the lift, Liangbi will be high school!"

Chengdu Mansion suddenly laughed.

It takes strength to open a bow, and Kong Ming is busy with government affairs, although he has exercised on time, there is still a gap in strength compared to the fierce general.

Zhang Fei said happily:

"Then if I come, won't there be a title?"

Fa Zheng crossed his fingers to help Zhang Fei calculate:

"Weightlifting, foot shooting, and carbines, these three Wing De generals should be good."

Zhang Fei corrected: "Isn't it good? It must be on top! ”

Fa Zheng nodded:

"Leave aside the appearance."

"If the long stack is practiced, it should not be bad, except for riding and shooting, which needs to be practiced for a long time."

Zhang Fei also counted: "So there are four items, and only words are left, isn't that ......?"

Fa Zheng shook his head and smiled:

"These words, Yide only needs three words or two."

Zhang Fei nodded.

Fa Zheng's words turned, and he said a serious way:

"In just a few words, the examiner was furious and expelled Yide."

Zhang Fei was stunned, and the others in the palace laughed.

[The ups and downs of the Tang Army's combat power, there is another problem that is easy to be overlooked, that is, the crossbow.

In the era of cold weapons, crossbow machines have several labels:

Easy to use, powerful, difficult to maintain, and expensive to build.

Therefore, this thing is destined to be controlled by the government and built at the expense of the government.

Even in the era of the government soldiers, the crossbow was also a forbidden weapon for the government soldiers, and its status was the same as that of armor.

In the foreign wars of the Tang Dynasty, because the combat objects basically did not hold shields and rarely formed formations, the archers lacked the conditions to assemble and shoot.

In the same case of flat fire, the crossbow machine is more accurate and has a longer range than the bow, so it is more favored.

This is why Li Jing stipulated that crossbowmen could shoot arrows within a range of 150, and archers needed to shoot nearly 60 steps from the enemy, because the Tang army did not play group projectiles.

During the Gaozong period, the number of recruited soldiers continued to rise, but the combat effectiveness of the recruited soldiers was uneven, and they did not have the conditions for government soldiers to learn archery from an early age.

It stands to reason that in this case, more crossbow machines should be deployed so that the combat effectiveness of the Tang Army can be guaranteed.

But Gojong...... It's good not to give you a reduction, and don't even think about adding money.

Therefore, in the era of Gaozong, the quality of soldiers declined, and they were unwilling to spend money to make up for it from other places, and it is not surprising that the Tang army's combat strength became more and more stretched.

In this matter, it is still Xuanzong who can make a comparison.

During the Xuanzong period, the military system was basically in the early stage of collapse, and the main body of the army had become recruitment, and in this case, Xuanzong was quite willing to spend money on crossbow machines.

Wang Zhonghe's Yubiaochuan victory had a crossbow machine, and Xiao Song's Qiliancheng victory relied on a crossbowman team of 4,000 people.

The Jianghuai crossbowmen in the Kaiyuan period of Xuanzong became famous elite soldiers in the world.

Often as long as you talk about crossbows, you will inevitably be unable to bypass the divine arm bow of the Song Dynasty.

But seriously, it is never the power that restricts the crossbow machine, and the Tang Dynasty military strategists mentioned it when talking about crossbowmen: there are only one or two shots before the enemy.

That is, the problem of slow reloading, and the evolution of the crossbow machine is basically improved around this shortcoming.

The first is the belly crossbow, that is, the crossbow machine is used against the belly winding, and later evolved into a belt hook hanging on the waist to hook the crossbow string to exert force.

This is followed by the crossbow, that is, a pedal ring is installed at the front of the crossbow machine and the upper winding is stepped on, which is the case with the Divine Arm Bow.

Subsequently, the West used physics to solve this problem, inventing the winch crossbow and the lever crossbow (goat crossbow).

Later, after the appearance of steel crossbows, the West improved the self-pulling pressure bar crossbow on the basis of the goat crossbow, and pointed out the crossbow cavalry.

In terms of individual soldiers, the hand-cranked gear steel crossbow was invented, which is an absolute killer in terms of lethality.

In short, the Divine Arm Crossbow is the pinnacle of classical Chinese crossbow machines.

However, due to the limited development of science, it is far from being the pinnacle of crossbow machines. 】

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