"Fuhuo Crossbow?" Ye Zier leaned over to look at Tong Huacheng and asked, "What do you think this newly built weapon in Huaidong is?"
In the information Tong Huacheng sent to Yanjing in the past, there was a mention of Fuhuo Nu. Ye Jier was on the sickbed and had to deal with a lot of official duties every day. He did not deliberately consider what Tong Huacheng mentioned in many previous special reports.
What exactly is the Fuhuo Crossbow? It just instructs the Western Temple Superintendent to step up intelligence infiltration. □:□Piaotian Literature Network□Net□
At this time, hearing Tong Huacheng's solemn mention of the matter, Yejier also cheered up and asked Tong Huacheng if he had any more detailed information about Fuhuo Nu.
"How can you believe the story of gods and ghosts?" Ye Jilorong frowned, but he was a little disapproving, and said, "Maybe it is a trick carried out by the Huaidong Military Intelligence Department? In addition, Huaidong Ordnance Supervision Organization is huge, including shipping, engineering, etc.
The departments of Zao and Jizao are also intertwined with it. It is normal for three or five new words to pop up. Where did the supervisor of the West Temple intercept the secret letter? "
Previously, the West Temple Superintendent had only recently reported the news about Fuhuo Nu to Yanjing. Ye Jiluorong and Fan Wenlan had never heard of it in Luoyang.
"The few secret letters intercepted by the secret agents who sneaked into the Southern Dynasty and risked their lives are all written by the Huaidong Army commander to the brigade and camp..." Tong Huacheng replied.
Ye Jiluorong didn't take it seriously at first, but after hearing what Tong Huacheng said, his expression became solemn.
Since the garrison is not concentrated in one place, there is still the possibility of interception of the text conveyed by the Huaidong Army's town division to the brigade and camp.
If the "Fuhuo Crossbow" appears in the text sent by the town division to the brigade and camp, even if this new type of war weapon has not reached the point of large-scale deployment, it has reached the point where the Huaidong Army brigade and camp first-level generals should have a general understanding and understanding of it.
The point of knowing.
"The alchemy forbidden in the Chen Dynasty is called "fire-proofing," said Fan Wenlan, who has extensive knowledge. He heard the mention of "fire-proofing crossbow" for the first time and asked in confusion, "while the Southern Dynasty promoted new learning and made craftsmanship
, Alchemy and other miscellaneous studies were merged into the study of objects, maybe the Fuhuo Crossbow is related to Alchemy?"
"It is true as Mr. Fan said," Tong Huacheng said, "Judging from the information collected so far, Fuhuo Nu is indeed very involved in the forbidden alchemy of the Chen Dynasty. Among the information collected three years ago, there are
When it came to the story of Brisulfan, the Western Temple Superintendent thought it was some kind of cipher text used by Huaidong and tried to decipher it, but it only appeared once and could not be deciphered. It was also because the slave had recently browsed through the previous information and accidentally connected it...
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Through different informants and through different channels, the intelligence collected from Jianghuai is intricate and fragmented. It is an extremely difficult task to process this intelligence and summarize it into useful information-Fuhuo Brisulfan may be used for
The unintentional leakage of a certain Huaidong craftsman was just an isolated case. There was no pattern to be found, and naturally there was no way to figure out any clues.
However, the information collected by the West Temple Supervisor confirmed two points. The Fuhuo Crossbow may have been secretly developed by Huaidong three years ago;
should be generally known.
Everyone in the dormitory looked solemn.
"Have you summoned Mr. Wu Mancheng to inquire?" Although Fan Wenlan is erudite and knowledgeable, he is not deeply involved in miscellaneous craftsmanship. Of course, there are masters such as Jiang Yue, Ge Siyu, Song Shixian and others in the Chongxue Hall of the Southern Dynasties.
A great figure, Beiyan also had Wu Mancheng, a great general and craftsman.
The emphasis on military skills can be traced back to Mozi's "Fei Gong" chapter in the pre-Qin period.
In the early years, the Donghu tribes were just fishing and hunting tribes. They had to spend a lot of furs, horses, pearls, jade and other items in exchange for a small amount of salt and iron supplies. Swords, armor, bows and weapons were even more scarce. The emperor of Beiyan had to rely on sixteen sets of armor to survive.
He raised an army, so after leaving the Wulun Mountains, he attached great importance to craftsmanship.
This policy has developed into the hands of Ye Jier, and it has reached the point where "no matter Han or Hu, craftsmen with special skills can be subordinated to officials"; when it comes to Yanhu who attach great importance to craftsmanship and miscellaneous knowledge, use force to establish a clan and a country, there is actually a difference
A longer tradition in Huaidong.
No matter how much attention is paid to it, the innovation of war weapons is quite slow; the innovation of tactics related to war weapons is even lagging behind - Beiyan specializes in armor, and the general of manufacturing affairs is the master craftsman, whose main job is
, or in terms of more sophisticated armor, only the Huaidong Army developed by Lin Fu was an alien.
Before the Huaidong Army, the hegemony between mainland forces was mainly concentrated on land; even after the rise of the East China Sea bandit forces, the development of naval forces in Dengzhou, Mingzhou and other places was mainly based on land defense. Only from the Huaihe River
Beginning with the Eastern Army, it built large-scale sea ships, developed the navy on a large scale, and developed the battlefield from land to sea, almost fundamentally changing the traditional form of warfare.
After Beiyan occupied the Northern Territory, almost one-third of its resources were devoted to offshore defense, which was unimaginable in the past.
Although war weapons such as catapult crossbows and crossbows have long existed, the Huaidong Army pioneered the large-scale use of catapult crossbows in city attack and defense, and the large-scale integration of lathe crossbows into infantry formations for use in field battles. In addition to larger,
Stronger and faster warships enabled the Huaidong Navy to dominate the East China Sea. In addition to the scorpion crossbow, heavy trebuchet crossbow, pyrotechnics and other new weapons that were lighter and more powerful, the Huaidong Army was the first to invent and put them into use.
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A large factor in the Huaidong Army's many military victories came from this. Including the final battle of Miaotan Ridge in the Jingxiang Battle, the Huaidong Army was able to win by surprise and captured tens of thousands of Beiyan soldiers and horses in Xiangyang City, encircling and annihilating them.
To a large extent, it also relies on the craftsmanship of suspension bridge construction.
Focusing on the development of new war equipment, the Huaidong Army has ordnance, shipping, engineering, and weapon manufacturing supervisors; at a deeper level, it is rooted in the new learning and new policies that Lin Fu has been vigorously promoting since the rise of Jianghuai.
superior.
A powerful enemy is always the most powerful driving force for one's own progress; this applies especially to Beiyan.
After the Battle of Jingxiang, although many of the princes and ministers of Beiyan did not take it seriously and remained stubborn, in addition to Ye Ji'er, there were also a number of enlightened and pragmatic generals who realized that Huaidong's strategic advantage came from
where.
Under Ye Jier's impetus, Bei Yan also conducted larger-scale and more in-depth research, imitating the new learning and new policies of the Southern Dynasty - this was also the time when Bei Yan had just founded the country, the country was still on the rise, and the officials and generals were pragmatic.
A manifestation of a progressive spirit.
The representative figure of Beiyan New School was Wu Mancheng, the general master who was in charge of the general department and one of the twelve officials.
Wu Mancheng and Fan Wenlan are both Han Chinese from Liaodong. Their ancestors committed crimes in their early years and were exiled to Liaodong by the imperial court to reclaim wasteland. They married a Hu girl. They lived in Liaodong for a long time and were already Huhua by blood. Qiuye was responsible for the rebellion, and the Su family was confiscated and exterminated. Jing Jing
The northern army collapsed without a fight and withdrew from Liaodong. The Han people in Liaodong were abandoned and could only attach themselves to Donghu. Therefore, the Han people in Liaodong had the deepest sense of identification with Donghu. After Donghu settled in the north and established his capital in the Central Plains, the Han officials in Liaodong were the most loyal.
A group of people who were highly valued by Ye Jier actually included such outstanding talents as Fan Wenlan and Wu Mancheng.
Wu Mancheng was proficient in craftsmanship, craftsmanship, calendaring and other studies. He can be said to be the master of Beiyan's miscellaneous craftsmanship skills. New Huaidong war weapons such as scorpion crossbows and heavy sling crossbows were witnessed by Wu Mancheng on the battlefield in Chengdu.
After the generals dictated it, he successfully copied it; Yejier also regarded him as a national treasure.
Half an hour later, Wu Mancheng, who was sleeping, was summoned into the palace in a sedan chair. The cup of tea on the way was enough for him to regain his consciousness. When he was summoned into the bedroom, Ye Jier leaned over the desk and asked: "Is it because of Mancheng?"
See, there is a connection between the Fire-Burning Brisulfan and the Fire-Burning Crossbow. Can the former pill technique be used for war weapons?"
Wu Mancheng sat down and thought for a long time, and said with uncertainty: "There is an artist in the Chen Dynasty palace who is good at performing fire-breathing plays and is favored. It seems to have something to do with Fu Yannu..."
"What is the flamethrowing show?" Ye Jiluo sat there for half the night, becoming a little impatient.
"According to the records of theatergoers, the crushed fire elixir was used as medicine, filled into bamboo tubes to set off fireworks; it was used on the battlefield, to scare horses, and to send messages." Wu Mancheng said.
"If that's the case, it doesn't matter." Fan Wenlan thought it was a guilty conscience and sighed.
"If it was just a matter of frightening the horse and summoning the message, the Huaidong Army would not take it so seriously." Ye Ji'er shook his head. The information about the Fuhuo Nu was intercepted in a text sent by the Huaidong Army's town division to the brigade and camp level.
Relevant information only appeared once by chance.
This does not mean that the Fuhuo Nu is unimportant. The reason why it only appeared once in the past intelligence collection can only show that Huaidong's confidentiality level for the Fuhuo Nu is very high, which makes the West Temple Supervisor unable to obtain it from more channels.
Relevant information.
Ye Ji'er thought for a while and said to Wu Wenman and Tong Huacheng: "Commander, please try out the actual object of the flame spray as soon as possible; the supervisor of the West Temple needs to send someone to find out what the Fuhuo Crossbow is at all costs."
Why did the Huaidong Army attach so much importance to this thing? After you returned to Dengzhou, tell Na He Xiongqi: Although the Huaidong Army has no plans to build large-scale warships, it should not be taken lightly. If necessary, the Huaidong Army can requisition merchant ships to replenish the water supply.
The division, sea defense line and Dengzhou Navy must especially strengthen their combat training and must not be negligent..."
"When Na He Xiongqi built the sea-locking defense line, many people scolded him for wasting national funds. At this time, it seems that Na He Xiongqi still had far-sightedness." Ye Jiluorong laughed when he thought of the sea-locking defense line.
Although the scale of shipbuilding controlled by Huaidong is nearly ten times that of Beiyan, shipbuilding yards such as Chongzhou, Mingzhou, and Jiangning are still focused on building merchant ships and have not stopped large-scale transformation of warships. The only shipbuilding yards in Huaidong
The warship construction plan, including the two Lin Zhengjun-class warships to be built starting from August, only maintains the normal replacement of old warships of the Huaidong Navy.
From the intelligence collected so far, it does not appear that Huaidong will not have plans to expand its navy on a large scale in the next year or the next year. This also reflects the success of the sea-locking defense line from the side. The Huaidong Navy, which dominates the East China Sea, does not have any plans.
The ambition to forcibly tear through the sea defense line and invade the hinterland of Yanji.g!. @ya