Ding Yan soon came to Zhang Yue.

Compared with the time when he was enthroned by Zhang Yue last year, Ding Yan is now truly outstanding!

Ding Yan now has a series of dazzling titles. Cheng Anjun, the young mansion, will serve as the chief of the office, the grandson guest, and the chief of the Xinfeng Workshop!

Even his disciples and disciples have become successful one after another. Almost everyone has obtained official positions in the Shaofu, and some even have become guests of the grandson Liu Jin.

And these are things that he could not get even after struggling in Chang'an for a hundred years - the recognition, praise, and recognition of the mainstream and the government.

Therefore, even if Zhang Yue was not here, Ding Suan was full of energy and studied the things in the book that Zhang Yue left.

It really made him study a lot.

Therefore, when Ding Shang saw Zhang Yue, he began to perform his merits: "General, you have been away from Beijing for the past few days, Xiaguan and Workshop Garden, Shaofu master, have been working day and night to improve the hydraulic forging hammer. Now, we have made a forging hammer with a thousand pounds..."

When Zhang Yue heard this, he immediately laughed so hard that he couldn't stop laughing.

Before leaving Beijing, the second-generation hydraulic forging hammer seemed to have a maximum output of only 400 jin.

Now it has more than doubled, reaching a thousand pounds of power!

And this means that the era of mass production of breastplate, plate armor and bright light armor has begun.

At the same time, the production speed of weapons and arrows will be greatly improved, and the cost and losses will be greatly reduced!

"Thank you for your hard work!" Zhang Yue smiled and scooped a bottle of wine for the other party, saying, "This time I returned to Beijing, I talked with the Imperial Academy's priest Mr. Dong. During this period, I proposed that from among the abilities of all craftsmen, I would like to choose a virtuous and honest elder, enter the Imperial Academy as a professor, and teach the Imperial Academy the skills of the Imperial Academy, to match the ways of the previous kings, Mr. Dong agreed very much..."

When Ding Suang heard this, he immediately couldn't trust himself!

Imperial College…

That was the highest institution of learning in the Han Empire!

As long as you can enter it, it is equivalent to gilding!

Not to mention, this professor's qualification means he has the opportunity to spread some Mohist ideas and influence the future talents of those empires!

So, Ding Yan immediately patted his chest and said to Zhang Yue: "Let the general raise his love and enter the Imperial Academy. Yan is willing to carry grass and tie a ring in this life and leave the general with a cow and horse!"

In this kind of thing, no matter how humble you are, it must be 213!

Because this is something that is hard to come by, and it requires the right time, place, people and a complete range of things.

Zhang Yue helped Ding Yan up and said, "Ding Gongyan is so serious. Gong is in Xinfeng and leads his disciples to benefit the world. He deserves this honor!"

Ding Yan was moved and immediately swore: "Shang Yan's life, I am willing to let the general go and let the ox and horse drive him!"

"Mr. Ming doesn't have to do this..." Zhang Yue smiled and said, "Of course, there is something in front of him that Ming Gong needs to do his best..."

"General Dan, please give me instructions!"

"The hydraulic hammer, I hope Ming Gong can install it as soon as possible, the more the number, the better!" Zhang Yue said softly: "The war is about to begin, and the demand for ordnance will increase. The armor produced in the workshop garden will directly determine the outcome of the war!"

"Please rest assured, General, Yan will do his best to urge the upper and lower levels to make enough hydraulic hammers as soon as possible!" Ding Yan promised immediately.

"Then I'll bother Ming Gong!" Zhang Yue raised the wine jar and said toast.

The situation is still unclear on the two fronts of Lingju and Luntai, led by Li Guangli.

But for Zhang Yue, it is necessary to prepare early.

Moreover, be prepared for both hands.

Whether Li Guang wins or fails, he must have a plan.

The victory means that the competitive pressure in the future will increase greatly!

The two permanent generals of the Han Dynasty would play a game, just like the general system and the cavalry general system.

The emperor is likely to assign a war zone to Zhang Yue and Li Guangli, each responsible for one.

Whoever gets the battle zone first will have the advantage.

If Li Guangli is unfortunate and fails to win or even suffers a loss, his status and resources of General Ershi will be immediately lost!

This is just the second. The key is that the situation in Hexi may fall into turmoil.

By that time, Zhang Yue's army must play the role of the Dinghai Shen Needle.

And equipment is a very important advantage!

After the practice of the Battle of Mobei, Zhang Yue gained a lot of experience and thoughts.

In addition to tactics and strategies, he also studied the weapons and equipment of the Han army.

At present, the advantages of the Han cavalry over the Hun cavalry are mainly based on weapons and military source qualities, training and organization.

but……

The Huns also realized their shortcomings and were catching up.

Xu Yanzi once said that the Huns established a large number of smelting workshops in Zhaoxin City, which swam in the Yuwu River, and concentrated the craftsmen they trained and the craftsmen who were looted in the war. They smelted bronze and forged weapons day and night, and also had large-scale wrought iron smelting activities.

In addition, they also cultivated farms in the Western Regions and implemented the policy of cycling.

There was also a Chinese reform within the country. The nobles of the Shanyu Court had taught the Han military strategy and poetry since childhood.

In general, the Huns were slowly transitioning from slavery nomadic tribe alliance to semi-nova and semi-agricultural centralized states.

Although its weapons and equipment are still behind the Han family, they are slowly catching up.

Historically, during the Chen Tang era, the weapons and equipment level of the Huns was already in the same position as that of the Han family.

But at that time, the Hun Empire was already divided and no longer had the courage of the past.

In the age of cold weapons, that's it.

The advantages of weapons and equipment are easily flattened or even reversed!

In this case, to maintain advantages, we must make continuous progress and continuously launch newer and better equipment.

It is best to be equipment that cannot be manufactured by hand, or at least cannot be manufactured on a large scale!

In this regard, the water conservancy forging hammer system naturally has advantages!

Considering that the current water conservancy forging hammer system is one thousand jin, while the Han Dynasty made four jin stones, one stone was 120 jin, which was about 30 kilograms in later generations.

In other words, the power of a thousand pounds is about 750 kilograms.

Although such a power is still very small, it may not be as good as the biting power of some beasts in nature.

But the advantage lies in durability, frequent and durability.

In this way, it has already been able to produce and manufacture some weapons that were famous in later generations.

Zhang Yue thought about it, then took a pen, ink, paper and inkstone, and then drew a draft.

The first thing is the saber!

During the expedition in Mobei, Zhang Yue discovered that the weapons used by the Han cavalry, whether they were long-handled halberds, long spears, or short-blade swords, were actually not designed for cavalry.

They are all weapons that have come from the Warring States Period, and their specific shapes have only been slightly adjusted.

The experience of cavalry is really bad!

Not to mention the one next to you, the head of the long halberd is simply non-human to the cavalry!

Most people can't play with it at all, and the effect is also very poor. For most people, the long-salt weapon is like StarCraft 1, which requires various micro-operations, manual speed, and attention to operation. It can't be played at all.

A heavy halberd cavalry, without three to five years of training, cannot go to the battlefield at all, and if you go up, you will die!

As for sword weapons...

There are more frustrations!

The long halberd weapon at least has the advantage of long weapons and heavy weapons.

The various long and short swords carried by the Han army currently are simply a nightmare for the cavalry!

The iron sword commonly used by the Han army was developed from the warrior's sword in the Warring States Period. Its sword body is straight and its blade is narrow.

It is almost only suitable for infantry use. If it is used by cavalry, it can only stab directly, but cannot chop.

For Zhang Yue, the user experience can no longer be described as bad, it is simply extremely bad!

So, after he came back, he was determined to completely eliminate weapons with extremely poor user experience and were not suitable for cavalry use!

The weapon he chose to replace the long sword and the long halberd was the weapon that reached the pinnacle after countless people's improvements and practices in later generations - the saber!

Moreover, it was based on the Pla's 65-style saber as the starting point.

In place in one step, saves other room for improvement.

As long as it can be made, basically, this saber can be used to let the cavalry leave the stage of history.

Because this saber is really great!

Whether it is chopping, chopping, cutting, stabbing, or cutting, it is very powerful, and it is very aggressive and offensive!

Of course, the current technical conditions are impossible to completely copy the saber made by Pla in industrial machines.

However, as long as it can have 30% of its mass and half of its power, it will also be a qualitative change for the Han army!

After drawing the saber and its three-dimensional structure, Zhang Yue handed it to Ding Yan and said, "Ming Gong also asks Ming Gong to organize people to try this knife as soon as possible. After the trial is successful, I will test it personally. If there is no accident, I will immediately put it into large-scale production and manufacturing!"
To be continued...