Slowly closing the book, Zhu Ming finally took the time to finish reading "Wuzong Zongyao".
To be honest, I gained a lot.
Marching, setting up camp, command flags, drums and bugles...it's written clearly, it can be called a nanny-style tutorial.
What was most useful to Ju Ming was the military information on the northern and southern borders of the Song Dynasty and the barbarians. Where there were delivery shops, where there were forts, where there were mountains and rivers, what the directions were, and how far away they were, all were clearly marked.
Including the mountains, rivers, forts, villages, towns and shops throughout Shaanxi!
Ju Ming also carefully studied the famous "Pingrong and Ten Thousand Formations". With his poor military literacy, he came to a fair evaluation: the formation is very good, but not practical.
The formations recorded in this book are actually the "Eight Formation Diagrams" which are quite useful.
The Eight Formation is also called the Li Jing Formation. According to different terrains and enemy situations, corresponding battle formations are set up. The troop size is about 10,000 people.
The name of each formation is also quite vivid. As the name suggests, "Female Formation" is like a female's genitals. The two wings are protruding and the middle is concave. It surrounds and devours the enemy's front troops on three sides. "Martial Arts General" also classifies Queyue Formation as a female formation.
variant.
The "Male Formation" resembles a male's genitals, also called a sharp formation, which is used to break through enemy formations.
The Eight Formation Diagram is not that mysterious. It just uses geometric principles to make changes and create local battlefields to create opportunities for more enemies to defeat fewer enemies.
The last part of "Wu Jing Zong Yao" is particularly nonsense, specifically describing the method of "Liu Ren Divination".
When to send troops and when to fight, these all require divination.
Even if the enemy sends a messenger, you can use divination to determine whether the messenger is telling the truth or a lie...
The book also records three types of gunpowder formulas, namely artillery powder, poison smoke ball gunpowder, and tribulus fireball gunpowder.
The first two are launched from catapults and cannot produce explosive effects. They can only cause damage through high-temperature combustion or poisonous smoke. The instantaneous temperature of the fireball can reach 1,300 degrees.
Tribulus fireballs are weapons for defending the city. They can be thrown by grabbing a rope, a bit like a grenade. However, they cannot explode either. They rely on the protruding iron caltrops and high-temperature combustion to kill the siege enemies.
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On the back hill of the iron smelting yard, three squatting tiger cannons are arranged neatly.
There is a large pit dug behind each artillery piece. After the gunner lit the gun, he immediately jumped into the pit. Because Ju Ming did not know how much gunpowder to fill, if too much gunpowder was filled, the chamber would easily explode.
"Bai Sheng, go and order some medicine. After lighting it, jump into the pit immediately." Zhu Ming said.
Bai Sheng stepped forward carelessly, holding a torch.
After lighting the gunpowder, he glanced twice before jumping into the pit.
"boom!"
There was a muffled sound in the barrel of the gun, and the stone bullet flew a few meters before falling to the ground, and then rolled some distance away.
For this launch, gunpowder purchased from the market was used.
The gunpowder formula used in war in the Northern Song Dynasty added too many combustion-supporting substances, and the highest nitrate ratio was only 50.19%. This gunpowder ratio could not explode at all.
On the contrary, folk firecracker gunpowder has a higher nitrate ratio.
Zhu Ming scratched his head and ordered: "Clean the barrel of the cannon, reload it, and add more gunpowder."
Soon, the second launch was launched, with a range of less than ten meters...
Ju Ming muttered: "It seems that the gunpowder formula is not working. Please replace it with my granular gunpowder."
The powdered gunpowder before was purchased from the market.
The granular gunpowder this time was homemade by Ju Ming.
The production process is very simple. First grind the charcoal, then add sulfur, then add saltpeter. Then add water, the water content is about 5%, more or less is OK. Then grind it with a wooden stick, grind it evenly, and wrap it with linen cloth.
The heavy objects are pressed and then crushed into the required particle size.
The above process is extremely safe and will not explode due to its high water content. Then just blow it dry with warm air. It can be used if the water content drops below 1%. The combustion efficiency is twice that of powdered gunpowder.
Zhang Boring and Li Bao stood beside Ju Ming and saw Bai Sheng jumping into the pit again. They didn't take it seriously.
"boom!"
There was a loud noise, and both of them were shocked and stared dumbfounded as the stone bullets flew out.
The Tiger Crouching Cannon was too light in weight. Even though there was a bracket inserted into the soil, the cannon body was still overturned by the back force.
Ju Ming shouted: "Measure the distance."
Liu Shiren took people to measure the impact point of the cannonball, and soon ran back and said: "Twenty feet four feet (about 63 meters)."
"Add more gunpowder and try again." Ju Ming said.
The three squatting tiger cannons come in rotation.
Continuously increasing the amount of gunpowder filling, the impact point distance soon exceeded 100 meters. This is still a stone bullet. If it is replaced by a lead bullet, the range should be longer.
However, the usual method of using the Tiger Crouching Cannon is to first load many small shotgun shells, and then press a large shell to increase the air tightness.
Ju Ming tried this several times. Recently, small stone shotshells only hit more than 40 meters, and the longest distance was more than 60 meters. The impact point of large stone bullets dropped to more than 80 meters.
The above are all just firing stone projectiles.
Qi Jiguang's triple array, the remote output is like this:
Waiting for orders at 160 meters, about a little over 100 meters away, the gunner fires a salvo, and then goes back to reload ammunition.
Within 96 meters, sixty tiger crouching cannons were waiting to fire, instantly firing 60 large stone bullets and 1,800 to 6,000 small shotshells (the size and quantity of the shotshells were different, and instead of using stones, iron bullets or lead bullets were used).
Depending on the enemy's situation, rocket vehicles and general cannons will supplement the firepower. The rocket vehicles can fire hundreds of rockets instantly, and the general cannons can fire thousands of canisters.
The gunner who returned has almost finished loading his ammunition and can make up for the second round of shooting.
This is only the firepower of the forward. If the enemy attacks the flanks, there will be gunmen and archers behind. At that time, the forward and rear rows of infantry in three stacks will form a crossfire to attack the enemy on the flanks.
The complete version of the three-tiered formation has a strength of more than 40,000 troops and a width of 10 miles when lined up.
It is extremely difficult to complete this formation. In addition to a large number of muskets and artillery, it is also necessary to equip enough grassroots officers. That is, the team leaders of the Yuanyang Formation. They are the core of the three-fold formation and can deal with all kinds of
In emergencies, even if the cavalry rushes in front of them, they can still fight in close combat.
Ju Ming experimented with more than twenty cannons and consumed all the granular gunpowder he made.
Zhang Bor was already stunned: "Such a sharp weapon should be presented to the imperial court!"
Ju Ming pretended to sigh: "I'm afraid that after dedicating it to the imperial court, it will turn out to be a disaster."
"How do you say that?" Li Bao asked.
Ju Ming explained: "The danger of the Song Dynasty is not external but internal. Corruption is rampant both inside and outside the court, and the people are brutally abused. If you offer this cannon to an official, he will be overjoyed. He will order more cannons to be built, and treacherous ministers will take advantage of the opportunity."
Fishing for profit. Especially in the iron smelting yard on Jingdong Road, the traitor will definitely collect a large amount of wrought iron to make cannon bodies, cannon shells, and gunpowder under the guise of making cannons. They will also be listed as monopoly items, and the tax amount will be greatly increased."
Zhang Boring said: "It's not that serious, right?"
"It's more serious than this," Ju Ming said. "I have a sharp weapon and a murderous intention. If I can defeat Xixia by chance, I will attack the Liao Kingdom again. Regardless of whether we win or not, can the people of the world hold on?"
This is not alarmist, Song Huizong would really do this.
After the officers and soldiers destroyed Fang La, the country was already riddled with holes, and logically it should rest and recover.
With the finances at that time, it was simply impossible to fight another big war.
However, Emperor Huizong of the Song Dynasty was so happy about his success that he forcibly raised taxes to gather troops and went to recapture Yanyun without stopping.
That tax increase was like opening Pandora's box.
They are called economic system money and general system money, collectively known as "economic general system money". In fact, it is an excessive collection of additional taxes, which all walks of life have to pay, resulting in a collective increase in the prices of all goods on the market.
At first, it was only the economic and general envoys who ordered tax increases, and gradually spread to all levels of government departments.
Even the academic envoys went out of their way to raise taxes. The entire country's taxation was in complete chaos. The prices of daily necessities such as grain, wine, vinegar, salt, tea, and cloth increased to the point where the common people could not afford it.
Let alone Ju Ming offer a few squatting tiger cannons, even if he offers howitzers, he will still lose.
Quoting Tong Guan's own memorial: Seeing that it is too rough to eat, it has to be pounded and beaten to get only half of it, and more is far away...
The general meaning is that the food the soldiers eat is too poor to swallow. The military rations are only half enough and have not been shipped. The ordnance is also insufficient and must be recruited from Taiyuan, Daimyo, Kaide and other places. Armor and uniforms are not enough to build fortifications.
and defense supplies, but nothing has been obtained for the time being.
It was under such circumstances that Tong Guan led his army to recapture 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 the Liao Kingdom, bandits and bandits were everywhere, and refugees were everywhere. Tong Guan didn't even have enough military rations, so how could he recruit bandits and resettle the refugees?
To defeat Yan Yun is simply to take over the mess, and you have to continue to pour money into it.
Historically, the Song Dynasty bought Yanjing, threw the refugees into Shanxi and ignored them. Those refugees did not have enough to eat, so they all defected to the Jin Kingdom and helped the Jin soldiers capture the city of Shanxi.
In order to appease the newly occupied territory, he frantically sucked the blood of Hebei and Shandong, causing uprisings all over Hebei and Shandong. Zhang Wanxian was even able to gather hundreds of thousands of people to rebel.
Huizong and Tong Guan of the Song Dynasty made great achievements, and people all over the country paid for them.
After the Jin soldiers went south for the first time, why didn't Song Qinzong build a defense line? Because he had no money at all!
Ju Ming said: "Last spring, the imperial court had planned to attack Liao, but gave up because of the opposition of the ministers."
"Last year when we attacked Liao, what should we do with Xixia?" Zhang Bor thought he heard wrongly.
Ju Ming said amusedly: "How do I know?"
Tong Guan really planned to attack Liao last spring, and even started to mobilize troops, completely ignoring that the Xixia War was not over yet.
Even Emperor Huizong of the Song Dynasty found this matter unreliable and said that he would first send people to find out the truth before making a decision.
Li Bao asked: "The world is like this, how can we save the world? Does Mr. Xian have a way?"
Ju Ming shook his head and whispered: "We can't save it unless we change the emperor."
Zhang Bor and Li Bao were shocked and quickly looked to the left and right.
Ju Ming added: "I heard that the prince is calm and frugal, and he listens to advice. He may be able to turn things around."
Zhang Boring immediately relaxed his nervousness. He thought Ju Ming was going to rebel.
As long as there is no rebellion, just change the emperor. The people of the world have already had enough of this current man.
Li Bao muttered: "I don't know how long this Taojun Emperor can live. If he can live another twenty years, the people of the world will suffer."
Ju Ming smiled and said, "Who knows?"
(Some readers said that you can cast the cannon body and then punch out the air holes, saying that Lao Wang doesn’t understand anything. Brother, that chapter said that the furnace temperature is too low and the wrought iron cannot be cast, and what is forged is wrought iron. Pig iron cannons can
It is cast, but it is too heavy and inconvenient for field use. In addition, the Huang Shang in the previous chapter is wrong, Jianzhou Huang Shang is not the one who compiled Daozang.)