Chapter 8 Jin Yuce and Hu Qiaotang
"Curve plow?"
Zu Yan listened carefully to Xu You's explanation of the curved plow, and the detailed drawing styles of Ji Qinghe's paintings. His eyes shot out incredible light, leaving only saliva to dissect Xu You's head and study it carefully, saying, "I thought my husband was only interested in killing objects such as military weapons and weapons, but he didn't expect that even farm tools were so proficient." As he said that, he couldn't help but go around the house and said, "Since the Hanwu implemented the field method and the first two ox and three people's coupling plowing, it gradually evolved into the method of plowing walls of two ox and one person at the end of the Han Dynasty. This straight-rod long-rod plowing plowing tool has been used for hundreds of years. It has many disadvantages, such as inconvenient steering, difficulty in raising soil, and for people.
The demand for strength and animal strength directly leads to poor families or poor households who are not strong in farming and are unable to be self-sufficient by farming, and eventually gradually becomes tenants of the gentry and wealthy businessmen. Land annexation has become prosperous. But for hundreds of years, no plow can be replaced until tonight..." He paused, bowed his head and bowed, and said, "If you use the curved plow made by the husband, you can easily rotate and plough deeply. Not only does it have a balanced force, but also a stable control. It is simply a weapon of the country and a blessing for the people... The function of this plow is far greater than that of those extremely sharp swords, guns and armor. Just this thing, the husband can be called a saint and can be famous for the past generations!"
Xu You helped him up and shook his head and said, "I don't know how to create such a farm tool? A few years ago, I passed by the outskirts of Qiantang and met an old farmer. During the chat, I heard him talk about such a plow. I was busy with mundane affairs and never regarded it as a serious matter. If it weren't for the urgent need for ox farming, I would have almost forgotten! You really dare not be the one who said that Mr. You!"
Zu Yan has now figured out Xu You's temper. If this Lord is unwilling to admit it, it is useless to force him. He smiled and said, "No matter what, this is a great thing that benefits the country and the people. Langjun, I know you want to plan the overall situation, but can Quyuanli not be limited to our military farms? Or can it be implemented in Qiantang and Yangzhou first? When the situation stabilizes in the future, then consider facing the people of Jiangdong in the entire country?"
"That's natural!"
Xu You even sent papermaking technology without reservation, not to mention the production tool of Quyuan Plough, which is extremely advanced for agricultural society, said: "However, this is not something you and I can do. First solve the urgent need for military farming. I will talk about this matter to Feiqing, and then come forward from the governor's office. It can not only eliminate the suspicion of the people, but also avoid worries."
What is worrying about? Xu You didn't say anything clearly, and Zu Yan was not a fool. It was nothing more than the power tricks that attracted people's hearts and those who were superiors were afraid of. He nodded in agreement and led Xu You to the huge warehouse that could not be seen at a glance at Tiangongfang.
The Tiangongfang has almost never fired in the past few months. Hundreds of craftsmen from Yang, Jiang, Guang and other prefectures have been rushing to work day and night after the re-improved Su Tie Knife. This new military standard knife is different from the one given to Xu You. It has lengthened the handle and blade body, but it can be grasped with both hands. It is more than four feet long, like the Tang Heng Knife, but it is not very different. It is slightly wider and lighter, can chop and stab, and can slash. When fighting in close combat, it is extremely sharp, so it is named Sharp Knife.
Since the successful blast furnace steelmaking, various low-carbon, medium-carbon, and high-carbon steels can be made. In terms of metallurgy alone, they have been completely ahead of this era for many years. With Gu Yun's full support, the cost of the sharp knife has dropped to 700 meters, and it has initially had the possibility of large-scale assembly.
There are also long-handled swords similar to Tang Modao and Song Zhaodao. The blade head is wide and the long-handled horn is shaped like a mountain character. Xu You called it a mountain knife. However, the horse army in the Southern Dynasty was not strong, and this type of *** was only equipped with 500 digits. It imitated the Song Dynasty's military armor and made 500 new armors, which were completely different from the two-level armor. It is equipped with a standard helmet, cloak, bracelet, golden-lacquered iron armor, robe belly, arm guard, leather belt, thigh armor, long boots,
The front and back pieces of the body armor are buckled, the shoulders are covered with animal skin patterns, and the belt is drooped with two large knee skirts, with several rows of square pieces of armor stacked on them. Of course, given the leapfrog development of steelmaking technology, the Bingren Armor is not as high as 60 kilograms as the Song Dynasty, and it has been reduced by nearly twice the weight, and its protective ability is even greater. The 500-strong infantry equipped with mountain knives and Bingren Armor can be trapped, rejected, and killed horses, which is enough to become a mainstay in local battlefields.
In addition to the Infantry Armor, he also prepared to build another Mingguang Armor, Shanwen Armor and leather Armor. In addition, the military armor for Chu State from the Governor's Office, the Governor's Office and Gu Lu, Zhu and Zhang, he planned to maintain the armor rate at about 70% to 80% when he raised an army, which is already greater than the armor rate of the Han Dynasty and the Tang Dynasty, and far better than the current armor rate of the north and south countries.
Xu You’s military management ideas are very simple. If the soldiers are not strong enough, then let the equipment be harder!
However, Tiangongfang mainly produces long spears. Array battles above scale, long spear arrays are much stronger than knife arrays. First, the distance of the spear is shorter than the distance of chopping, second, the fatality rate of the gun is stronger than that of the knife, and third, it facilitates the change of the queue formation and the ability to last long battle. Whether it is the Taibai Yin Meridian or the Wu Jing General, the most equipped spears in the Tang and Song dynasties were spears, but the spears had high requirements for the material of the gun rod and the gun head. Most of the time, the spears in the army were just wooden sticks with sharpened heads, and were mostly made of variegated light wood, which was easy to break. And suitable for gun rods, such as thick wood, oxen wood, black wood, tuft wood, sword ridge wood, etc., are limited by the regional environment, transportation conditions and quantity cost, and are not suitable for large-scale use. The most common ones in Yangzhou are bamboo.
Therefore, Xu You used the method of stooping bamboo and wood in later generations, using maple wood commonly found in the Yangtze River Basin as the core, with bamboo strips on the outside, and then wrapped with silk thread, leather belt or rattan skin. Finally, the outer layer was painted with raw paint. After tightly combining, it can achieve the effect of bent without folding. It has both stiffness and toughness, soft head, hard waist and thick tail. It can be called the composite gun rod of this era, and it is no worse than thick wood and beef tendon wood.
The spear head is three inches and three minutes long, weighs seven cents, has a high and thick middle ridge, and a thin two-edge edge. It is really possible to achieve only two heads, and it is sharp and retreating at a speed. Then install a rhino tail and paint it with red tassels to disturb the enemy's sight and prevent the enemy's blood from flowing to the gun rod, causing it to slip and not be firm.
Xu You grabbed a spear, pulled a spear, stabbed out like lightning, and then stopped abruptly. The tip of the spear trembled slightly like a snake's head, and the gun rod remained motionless. He couldn't help but be overjoyed and said, "Good gun!"
Zu Yan was the most powerful general in the world. After learning from Xu You's natural jade calculations, the weapons he created were not only practical but also had the beauty of mathematical curves. Whether it was the simple and elegant sharp sword, the mighty and powerful mountain sword, or the spear in Xu You's hand, they were all unforgettable.
"Please give me a name!"
Xu You gently brushed across the gun rod and said, "Since the maple wood is the core and the camp is going to be opened in Fenghu Lake, then we will be named after the maple gun!"
Maple spears were arranged in an array, sharp swords were blocked at close range, and mountain swords were wearing armor to break the enemy. In order to do things well, Xu You provided the best equipment and logistics support. Next, it depends on how Zuo Qi, Qi Xiao and others trained this group of fierce Wu people who were not subject to the constraints into victorious elite soldiers who were always like wolves and tigers.
After busy all night, the Quyuan Plough was handed over to Zu Qi, and then Lu Bozhi and him were connected. Xu You no longer intervened. When the sky was light, although Xu You was not asleep, he was full of energy. He summoned He Ru and Zuo Qi and smiled and said, "Qiyi, you said that there were military tactics of thousands of enemies back then, but the law was not lightly taught. Now the time is ripe, so it should be taken out, right?"
He Ru also smiled and took out the bound military book from his arms, saying, "It's just a joke to not teach the law easily. I know that Qilang wants to ask, I have already written three volumes of "He Gong Jin Yu Ce". Please give Qilang and Feng Hu advice."
Zuo Qi hurriedly said, "How dare I? I have not yet learned about military tactics, so I am willing to listen to his teachings." He has always respected He Ru, and today he has been taught military tactics, and he treated them with respect as a teacher.
"He Gong's golden jade plan? Is it the old old Ling Gong's legacy?" Xu You stood up, his face was solemn, and took the volume with both hands. He Ru said: "Yes, this is the experience of my father's soldiers for decades. He had just been tempted and killed by the dog emperor in Jinling. He has formed his own family by combining the methods of many military wise men over the past thousands of years. I think that the strategies and tricks about military warfare from ancient times to the present are all during the period. If you learn and learn, you can settle a county, 50% of them, and you can set a state, and 70% of them in your heart. Then there will be no war in the Southern Dynasties, and there will be tens of them, and you can pacify the world!"
He Ru's father He Fangming was once known as the Great Wall of Chu. Shen Du, the current war god, was not as famous as He Zhengbei at that time. If it weren't for being afraid of An Zidao and harmed him, there might not have been the sudden escape from the third Northern Expedition. It would have been said that Wei would have lost both sides of the Yellow River and was forced to compete with Rouran for the desert.
Xu You opened the book and was surprised. The so-called He Gong's gold and jade strategy has thirty-six items, namely hard and soft, strange and right, attack and defense, opponent, virtual and real, and host and guest. Each of them contains six strategies. Outside the high-level view, it is also concise and concise. Most of them are quoted from the actual battle examples and insightful insights of Taigong, Sun Wu, Wu Qi, Wei Liaozi and others, and then use their lifelong experience to make comments and in-depth. Although it is different from the thirty-six strategies made by another time and space that are plausible and reliable, they are similar, and each has its own advantages.
"It's really a golden plan!"
After reading it deeply, Xu You was deeply impressed. Whether it was strategy or tactics, this volume of golden and jade strategy reached the level that was not inferior to the masters of military arts in history. He put down the volume and said, "Qiyi, I am going to choose a secluded place to set up a tiger seal hall in Xuanji Academy in Lingxiu Mountain. I will serve as the mountain chief, and you are the deputy of the mountain. Those who choose the best talents in the army will come to the hall to practice military arts. In addition to this volume of "He Gong Jinyu Ce", Sun Tzu, Wu Zi, Wei Liaozi, Six Strategies, and Three Strategies are all in the opening lecture."
Zuo Qiqi said: "Do you want to publicly preach the art of war?"
"good!"
Xu You understood what he meant. Since ancient times, even ordinary craftsmen have treasured their own skills and secretly passed on, let alone the military tactics that can influence the life and death of the country. He said: "I told Wang Shibi that the Supervision Department should strictly control the military laws and make everyone famous generals. But the Supervision Department alone cannot be achieved. Strictly enforcing military laws and loving soldiers as children, but it is only possible to become the foundation of famous generals. If you want to be like a tiger and be reborn, you have to rely on the Tiger Seal Hall to teach them the golden and jade strategy of thousands of enemies!"
(Tan Daoji's thirty-six strategies were from the Song Dynasty and the Southern Qi Dynasty. Especially the thirty-six strategies were widely circulated. Until the Ming and Qing Dynasties or even the Republic of China, some people wrote thirty-six strategies one after another, and then they were accidentally discovered in 1941 and became popular. In terms of true military strategy, the thirty-six strategies were pale in comparison, but in terms of specific tactics, they were quite powerful. After all, civilization is gradually developing, and their insights into war are also developing.)
Chapter completed!