Chapter 382 The perfection and improvement of the Divine Arm Bow!
As Zhu Gaojie continued to issue orders, the Ming Dynasty's court and people suddenly became shaken.
The ministers who stood on Zhu Gaojie's side supported him unswervingly. After all, Zhu Gaojie was the legitimate prince of the Ming Dynasty, and he was about to succeed to the throne. In addition, he had previously conquered the east and west, and his record in Liaodong was quite dazzling, even the Japanese state.
They were all defeated by him, so naturally they would fully support such a prince.
As for the ministers who opposed Zhu Gaojie, because Zhu Gaojiao used his power to suppress others and forcibly suppressed the situation in the court, they did not dare to object openly, but privately they began to connect with each other, and with the aristocratic families who had long been dissatisfied with Zhu Gaojiao.
They hit it off immediately and were ready to join forces to give Zhu Gaojie some color.
To put it in the words of an important court official, if Zhu Gaojie did not take us seriously when he was the prince, how can we be better off when he ascends the throne and takes charge of the Ming Dynasty?
I'm afraid not all of them will be killed by him like chickens!
Zhu Gaojie's series of actions in the south seriously damaged the interests of the aristocratic families, and also caused great harm to the originally high-status Confucian scholars, that is, those scholars of the Ming Dynasty.
Even Yan Shenggong, the leading scholar in the world, was very dissatisfied with Zhu Gaojie. After all, their signboard was there, and every dynasty and generation had not been polite to them, but Zhu Gaojie did not regard Saint Kong as a saint at all.
Instead, he was thinking about how to get more money and food from Duke Yansheng's house.
After all, Yan Shenggong's lineage has been in charge of Tianwen Sect for a long time, and the land and property in the house have long been unknown. There are even loan lenders, and the family wealth is extremely rich...
Faced with such a strange political situation, Zhu Gaojie didn't seem to take it to heart at all. Instead, he ran to the military camp outside the city all day long, and later even lived directly in the military camp.
In his opinion, the most important thing at the moment is to seize the time to use Yue Fei's skills to train the army, instead of being held back by these embarrassing things in the court.
Otherwise, he will be like those prey entangled in a spider's web, sinking deeper and deeper and becoming more and more sleepy.
Only by first firmly grasping the army and then training it into elite soldiers like Yue Fei's Bei Wei Army can he stabilize the situation.
Only a military victory can allow him to completely stabilize the situation in the government!
Therefore, recently, Zhu Gaojie left the affairs of the court to Yang Rong and Xia Yuanji, while he concentrated his energy on the military camp outside the city, and even moved all the skilled craftsmen from the Ministry of Industry there.
"It's still a little bit boring."
Zhu Gaojie took the freshly made Divine Arm Bow and fired a few rounds before looking at the targets brought over by the soldiers and frowning slightly.
I don’t know why, but the Divine Arm Bow developed by the Ministry of Industry based on the drawings is still far from what Yue Fei said in terms of power, accuracy and range.
The original Divine Arm Bow can penetrate iron armor at a distance of 300 steps. It only takes one breath to re-string, and the machine spring can support up to twelve shots. It is actually a powerful large crossbow.
In Zhu Gaojie's view, this divine arm bow can be called the pinnacle of individual weapons in the cold weapon era. Its range is as high as two to three hundred meters, and its muzzle speed is estimated to be fifty or sixty meters. It has extremely strong penetrating power and can be said to be armor-breaking.
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But what he has in his hands now can only be regarded as relatively powerful crossbow arrows at best, and they are far from the power of the divine arm bow mentioned by Yue Fei.
"I think the string material is not good enough, and there are some problems with the crossbow machine, so your divine arm bow is not powerful enough."
Yue Fei also gave it a try in the past few days. He pondered and said:
"This one is only half as good as the God's Arm Bow at most. It should be enough for general use, but if you want to use this thing to sweep the Tatars, I'm afraid it's still a little difficult."
After all, the Tatars are very good at cavalry and archery, and the cavalry is even more ferocious. If the Ming army cannot block them with long-range weapons, it would be a daydream to defeat the cavalry with infantry alone.
Zhu Gaojie weighed the divine arm bow in his hand, shook his head and said:
"Since we are all preparing to destroy the Tatars, we must make complete preparations."
"If we don't get the God's Arm Bow, we can't just rely on the long-handled heavy axe. Although the army is still strong now, the Tatars have been fighting on the grassland for a long time, so they are not weak and can be bullied."
Although Zhu Gaojie despised these nomadic aliens strategically, he valued them tactically.
After all, the Tatars are different from the dwarf soldiers of Korea or Japan. These foreigners on horseback are not only good at riding and shooting, they come and go like the wind, but also all the people are soldiers. They are very ferocious. Many Central Plains dynasties are in their hands.
Suffered a big loss.
I must not be like the "Baozong" of the Ming Dynasty and end up with a name that will be laughed at forever in the history books of future generations...
Although the Song Dynasty was relatively timid at the time, it had amazing financial resources. Although it was defeated by the Jin Kingdom, it never lacked materials for making weapons.
However, the Ming Dynasty was only a few decades old, the people were in decline, and the Jing Dynasty had not passed for many years, so the court was still lacking in financial resources.
Take the materials used to imitate the god's arm bow, for example, the beef tendons used to make the crossbow strings, as well as the wood and glue used to make the crossbow machine. The skilled craftsmen from the Ministry of Works said that the Ministry of Household Affairs has tried their best to
But what was delivered was still somewhat unsatisfactory.
Thinking of this, Zhu Gaojie shook his head.
In his mind, this time to fight against the Tatars, not only should the army be equipped with divine arm bows, but also preferably with crossbows that can fire continuously. Otherwise, the infantry will suffer a lot when encountering the Tatar cavalry's stray fire.
"I'll go back and talk to the Ministry of Finance, and by the way, I'll ask Jin Yiwei to speed up too."
Zhu Gaojie looked at the soldiers who were hard at work training formation not far away, and talked with Yue Fei in his mind:
"If we arrest a few more corrupt officials and raid their homes a few more times, I don't believe we won't be able to get money..."
Yue Fei's expression did not change. He was Yue Wumu who was famous in China, but he was not an able minister like Xiao He, so he did not say much about Zhu Gaojie's thoughts.
"Now is the time when the army needs strict training. Against cavalry, military formations are also very important."
"You'll be very busy next."
Zhu Gaojie also sighed slightly when he heard this.
The old man is seriously ill, there are undercurrents in the court, and aristocratic families from all over the country are holding back their bad feelings. Foreign invaders are also invading, and they want to take a bite of the Ming Dynasty. It is really difficult for him to be the prince...
However, the current situation has not reached the most dangerous scene, so Zhu Gaojie only sighed with emotion, and his expression became firm again.
No matter the internal and external troubles, now is just a chance to cut through the mess quickly!