Dragon map of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 1566 The war in the second year of Taiwu has begun!
Coming out of Nanshan, on the way back to Daming Palace, Mu Jing was a little quiet, sitting in the carriage, calmed down, and thought about some problems.

Coming to Nanshan today, I still gained a lot.

First, the development of artillery is still relatively good.

Although the smelting technology has not fully met the standards, there are many problems in research and development and mass production, but at present, there is still progress, and coke fuel has replaced charcoal fuel, and the iron-making technology has improved a lot .

If the Xu family's technology is added, it will not be a big problem if you want to reach the standard line of mass production of the second-generation artillery, and the time will not be very long.

The second generation of artillery can be researched, which means that the combat effectiveness of the artillery army will increase exponentially. The first generation is just a crude product, and the second generation is considered a semi-mature weapon.

Once configured, it is not something to scare people, but a terrifying thing that can really dominate the battlefield.

However, Mu Jing felt very happy that the second-generation artillery could be formed in such a short period of time, because the power of research began to swell.

He established the Hongdu Institute of Science and Technology at the beginning. In the eyes of many people, gathering a group of heretics who have been eliminated by the times and not recognized by Confucianism and Taoism has no effect at all.

However, the seeds of technology sprouted here.

Today, the power of Hongdu Institute of Science and Technology is gradually maturing, and it has even begun to exert its power to shake the times. He is very satisfied with this, and if it continues like this, ten years, 20 years, 30 years...

This era is feudal and backward, and even compared to the future development, it is a desolation of blood and blood.

Changing this era has become his obsession.

But the difference is 2000 years.

He also has some lack of confidence.

Now the strength shown by the Academy of Science and Technology has given him back some confidence. Perhaps he will be able to see a different world in his lifetime.

As for muskets.

The firearm technology must be more detailed. In a short period of time, there will definitely not be much effect, but at least there must be progress.

Mu Jing only needs to think that in history, gunpowder was invented in the land of China, but it was introduced to the west, allowing the western powers to produce guns from gunpowder, changing the way of war from then on, and returning to invade the eastern land after becoming strong, and enslaving the descendants of Yan and Huang.

He was particularly angry.

The anger suppressed in my heart is more of a kind of unwillingness, a kind of helplessness that I don't want to admit that I personally sent the weapon to the enemy.

Therefore, since he has opened up a new era of war, he should not be timid. Cannons can come out, and muskets can also be released in advance.

The war of cold weapons will withdraw from this era sooner or later.

Artillery has too many flaws. It has great lethality, but it is a shortcoming no matter from the perspective of movement or carrying, and it is suitable for large-scale lethality, and it is useless in small-scale battles.

Because cannons can't kill mosquitoes.

The musket is the most important weapon to change the way of warfare, and the musket you master is the first hand in future wars.

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After returning from Nanshan, Mu Jing locked himself in the study of Jingping Palace for two days. During this time, he didn't see outsiders, it was for retreat.

Retreat, in a quiet environment, try to relax yourself, and strengthen some memories of previous lives.

In the era of the information explosion, when everything can be found on the Internet, even if you have never eaten pork, you have seen pigs run, so you have some impressions of weapons.

Then, relying on these memories, he started to write and draw, and gathered some thoughts on artillery and guns into a proposal.

Then someone sent it to Ma Su.

He doesn't know if it's useful, and all he can provide is technical support in the direction of concepts. The real manufacturing technology can only rely on those technicians to test again and again.

In terms of research, this is the only thing he can do. Technology is not his forte, and can only be produced step by step by these people who cross the river by feeling the stones.

And he didn't put so much thought into it.

Entering February, the temperature began to warm up, and likewise, the war was unfolding, even if the rhythm in Daming was not war, but sitting in Mujing's seat, he had to look at the whole world.

The battle of Guandu was imminent. It seemed that Cao Cao had a lot of cards, but Yuan Shao couldn't sit still.

If he can defeat Cao Cao, maybe Hebei may not just disappear like this. If he goes south, he will not only be able to enter Yanzhou, but also establish a relationship with the imperial court. Even if Hebei is taken by Liu Bei, he will still have a way to settle down. place.

Therefore, the battle at Guandu is very important.

It is impossible for Mujing not to care.

"Cao Cao went north, and Yuan Shao also arrived at Yuan Jun's barracks on the north bank of the Yellow River three days ago. Has the war started?"

Sitting in a war room of the Privy Council, Mu Jing looked at the battle report sent back from the north in his hand, his eyes flickered slightly, and thoughts arose in his mind one by one.

"It's just that Zhou Jun crossed the river too smoothly, didn't he have any resistance at all?"

"What kind of medicine is sold in Cao Cao's gourd?"

"Other forces are easy to analyze, what about the white horse!"

Mujing's thoughts were restless, but his expression was calm, and his gaze quietly fell on a sand table topographic map placed in the war room.

"Wei Jun on the white horse, what's going on?"

Mu Jing asked in a low voice.

"The white horse was withdrawn two days ago!" Chen Gongtai replied, "The current whereabouts are unknown, but it should be on the south bank of the Yellow River!"

"Nan'an?" A sneer sneered slightly at the corner of Mujing's mouth.

"Your Majesty, I don't think the white horse is important!" Xi Zhicai stood beside him, and said solemnly: "If I were Guo Fengxiao, I would let the white horse go!"

"And then?" Mu Jing asked.

"Leading the king into the urn!" Xi Zhicai pointed to the sand table and said: "What Cao Mengde wants is a decisive battle, an absolute advantage to defeat Yuan Benchu, and the sneak attack will become meaningless, even if one or two troops are destroyed. He can't win this war, so he can only force Yuan Benchu ​​to gather his troops. At that time, it will be a tug-of-war. Cao Mengde can't fight a tug-of-war. If Liu Bei takes the lead, he will suffer a lot, so he must open up the battle in an upright manner Only then can Yuan Shao be forced to fight him to the death!"

"It's true!"

Mu Jing smiled: "But no matter whether it is Cao Cao or Yuan Shao, they are all heroes in the world. This kind of people are the last ones who can do what people want. If their minds are so simple, it will be much easier to deal with them!"

"Ok!"

Xi Zhicai nodded: "I also think so. Although I can guess the possibility of [-]% to [-]%, but even if there is a [-]% change, I dare not draw conclusions on them. The war has not started yet. Both sides are restraining their forces, how to fight, we deduce it out of thin air, it is very difficult to deduce it, the only way is to get more news from the front line!"

Deduction of a war must be rigorous, and more news is needed to analyze it before it can be done.

"Gongtai, what do you mean?" Mu Jing looked at Chen Gong.

After Chen Gong walked from helplessness to returning to his heart, his affiliation and recognition of Daming is increasing day by day. As the minister in charge of the staff department, he is also the pillar of the Privy Council.

As for Chen Gong's character, Mu Jing also found out a lot, he was tricky and hard to decide, he lacked a bit of judgment, but his analytical ability was one of the best.

"Your Majesty, I believe that no matter how Cao Cao wants to fight, he should ask Yuan Shao if he is willing!" Chen Gong thought for a while and said, "Yuan Benchu's current thoughts should be a little disturbed and contradictory. , but can't let go of too many fetters, to fight with one's back, hesitate, that's a big taboo!"

"Ok!"

Mu Jing thinks that his analysis is penetrating. If Yuan Shao is really determined to fight to the death, then there will be no minor disturbances in Guandu at this time, and it will not be the advance and retreat of the Wei army, but the Zhou army will control the advance and retreat.

Now it is obvious that Yuan Shao wants to fight, but he hesitates a bit. This will be a fatal threat to him. Once Cao Cao is sure of this idea, he will want to retreat when the time comes, and he will not be able to retreat.

"Yuan Shao seems to be hopeless!" Mu Jing sighed: "If he loses, Hebei will be divided up. Instead, the three princes will increase their strength and work together. When the time comes, we will You have to face the threat!"

Cao Cao did not pacify Hebei, and did not dare to harass those in the Southwest, even if they crossed the border by half a point, they did not dare, because once they provoke the Ming army to counterattack, it would implicate them in the war.

But once Cao Cao pacified Hebei and the princes formed an alliance, they would have only one enemy left.

In the southwest, Mu's Daming.

At that time, the border will not be peaceful, even if they do not attack in an all-round way, they will provoke locally.

"Tap Tat Tat!!!!!!"

Heavy footsteps came from the stairs, and a burly man rushed into the war room.

"His Majesty!"

The person who came was the head of the Privy Council, Privy Envoy Huang Zhong, he walked in, and quickly came in front of Mu Jing.

"What is it that you are so anxious about?" Mu Jing asked calmly.

"Xiliang has changed!"

Huang Zhong handed over a secret memorial: "The Huns have really come!"

"I can't wait!"

Mu Jing glanced at the secret music, and then handed it to Xi Zhicai and Chen Gong to read, but there was a stern smile on the corner of his mouth: "They are sure that our elite is not in Xiliang, right?"

"This should be!"

Xi Zhicai looked at Mi Zuo and said: "Although we dispatched Pang Xi to lead the cavalry to Xiliang, and established a cavalry army on the basis of the original cavalry battalion to prevent the Huns from entering Xiliang, but although the cavalry army has formed an army, its combat effectiveness is low. Insufficient, whether it is in terms of individual combat, riding training, or coordination, they are all far behind. At this time, the Xiongnu suddenly came in. No matter how you look at it, it means some force to fight!"

"It can only be that the situation of our cavalry army has been spread. They can't wait to force the cavalry army to fight, hoping to beat the remnants of the cavalry army before forming combat effectiveness!"

After Chen Gong's analysis, he became a little angry: "Who is so wicked?"

"It's the enemy anyway!"

Xi Zhicai pouted.

The Ming Dynasty has too many enemies. Whether it is Cao Cao, Yuan Shao, Sun Ce, or Liu Bei, they all have the motivation to do this. Even though the borders are heavily guarded, the Ming Dynasty is not closed, so some internal inquiries can still be made. At that time, it will be passed on to the Xiongnu, and the Xiongnu must speed up their pace when they go south to plunder.

But Mujing thought in his heart that it was either Cao Cao or Liu Bei.

Suspect Liu Bei more than doubt Cao Cao.

A real villain is more trustworthy than a hypocrite. Although Liu Huangshu is already an emperor's uncle, he is definitely an unscrupulous person.

"It doesn't matter who it is!"

Mu Jing said indifferently: "We are in this state, we can't hide it, so we have to prepare for others to leak it out. The most important thing at the moment is whether to deploy troops or not?"

He sighed: "Given the cavalry army three months, I think there is no problem in this battle, but now..."

He couldn't help shaking his head: "In terms of combat effectiveness, the cavalry army is still inferior to the Huns' cavalry, and their strength is also far behind. If there is a real fight, I'm afraid the cavalry army will be destroyed!"

His eyes narrowed, and his gaze became serious: "To be honest, I am not afraid of losing Xizhou and Liangzhou. There are many barren lands in Xizhou and Liangzhou. As long as the people are moved south, even if the land is lost , It doesn’t matter, why lost it, we can get it back at the worst, but the cavalry army is the only cavalry in our Ming army. We will suffer a lot!"

"Your Majesty is right!"

Xi Zhicai recognized it.

"Avoiding the war?" Huang Zhong frowned, cupped his hands and said, "Your Majesty, I don't agree with it. I think that the elites have been fought, not trained. Can the cavalry army form combat effectiveness? Maybe let the Huns cavalry hone it before they can do it." get!"

"Han Sheng, have you thought about how many casualties you will have to pay?" Mu Jing looked at Huang Zhong, did Huang Zhong become as firm as a mountain because of his position as a privy envoy?

"Think about it!"

Huang Zhong smiled bitterly: "But in terms of the overall situation, we do need elite cavalry, and they must be elite, so that we can be ready for the future to rule the world!"

In the war room, there was a bit of silence.

Whether it is Xi Zhicai or Chen Gongtai, at this moment, they all agree with Huang Zhong's words. Xiliang's war is only a local war, and the Liangzhou cavalry can't stand firm when they come, and they will retreat sooner or later.

Moreover, Xiliang is not a land of Hetao, the Hun cavalry will not be greedy, at most they just plunder, plunder food, plunder population, injuries are bound to be injured, but it will not affect the situation of Ming Dynasty.

Therefore, at this time, the increase of troops in the Ming army was a big deal.

Mu Jing was a little pensive, sometimes people in their positions had to make choices, and the choices were particularly cruel, because no matter how they chose, there would always be mistakes.

"What do you think of Pang Xi?" Mu Jing asked suddenly.

"Pang Xi is quite capable!"

Huang Zhong said first.

"This person is low-key, but whether it is martial arts or art of war, he is excellent, but his thoughts are too complicated. He is always worried that His Majesty will kill the King of Han, so he has been enduring it!"

Xi Zhicai said with a sneer: "He underestimated His Majesty's mind too much, but he has his own hands and feet and can't let go of his talents. Otherwise, even if this general is not as good as Zhang Ren, he will not be much inferior!"

"Pang Xi's ability in cavalry is not bad. The news from the cavalry army during this period of time confirms his talent in cavalry training and formation!"

Chen Gongtai dug out some news from the generals of the cavalry army, and then said.

"Since you all think that Pang Xi is capable!"

Mu Jing took a deep breath and said, "Then I believe Pang Xi once, Han Sheng!"

"exist!"

"Pass down my oral order and tell Pang Xi that in the battle of Xiliang, I will not increase the number of troops. The cavalry army will take full charge of this battle. If you win the battle, you will make meritorious deeds and protect the people of Xiliang. I will grant him the title of marquis. Don't be a Zhonglang general, come back and take care of yourself!"

"promise!"

Huang Zhong surrendered and took the lead.

"Have all the troops and horses withdrawn?" Mu Jing ignored the battle on the front line, whether it was the Guandu Battle or the Xiliang Battle, he only wanted the result and couldn't do much.

"Most of those who can be withdrawn from the front line have already been withdrawn!"

Huang Zhong replied: "Currently, most of them are stationed in Baidi Mountain Army Town and are resting. However, the morale of the army is a bit turbulent. It's not chaos. It's just that the imperial court's proposal to expand the army has made some people a little restless!"

"normal!"

Mu Jing smiled, but he didn't think it was a bad thing: "The expansion of the army must represent the needs of the officers. People who are self-motivated don't want to be valued!"

"Your Majesty, it is really necessary to double the army. Too much, I think, will drag down our current elite combat effectiveness, and it will be difficult to form combat effectiveness even in two or three years!"

Huang Zhong hesitated for a moment, wanting to persuade Mujing.

"I know!"

Mu Jing spread his hands and said, "But I need troops. Tell me, if I want to fight the princes of the Han Dynasty, is this enough troops?"

Huang Zhong was silent. Indeed, with this amount of troops, the resistance is great, and the attack will inevitably be difficult, because if you conquer a place, it doesn't mean that you just pass by, and you need some troops to guard it.

Moreover, the front line will get longer and longer. If there is not enough military support, it will delay the process of the road to reunification.

"His Majesty!"

Xi Zhicai said, "The Privy Council has actually discussed this matter. What we mean is that it is okay to expand the army, but don't disperse it all at once!"

"The new recruits are organized independently, so where does the combat power come from?" Mu Jing asked.

The representatives of the recruits had never been on the battlefield and had no battlefield experience. Even if they were recruited, they were just a group of young men. No matter how good the training was, they could not compare to the courage of the veterans, and their combat effectiveness would be very weak.

Since ancient times, if you want to train new troops, veterans lead recruits is the best process.

"Practice on the battlefield!"

Xi Zhicai said quietly.

"This is too much!" Mu Jing glanced at him: "Our Daming is not yet at the point of life and death, so there is no need to use such cruel methods to train soldiers!"

In battlefield training, nine out of ten will die, and only [-]% of those who come back will be regarded as trained elites.

This method is too cruel.

Only when it comes to life and death, will the young and strong be used as cannon fodder, and they will be soldiers if they are trained.

(End of this chapter)