Qiang Qin

Dardanelles.

The ocean currents from the Mediterranean Sea and the Black Sea meet here, and under the action of warm and cold ocean currents, this place becomes a natural fishing ground where fishing boats gather.

In the remote southeast corner of the fishing ground, Troy Bay is like a crescent moon, quietly facing the Mediterranean Sea with a half-opened chest. In the center of the bay, ships of the Great Qin Navy are undergoing inspection tours.

Black battle flag!

The mighty army!

A neat line of geese.

When bursts of passionate war drums sounded, the shouts of Daqin soldiers and tsunamis erupted in the center of the bay.

"Da Qin, Da Qin, and the old Qin, strengthen our country;——Qin has sharp men, who will fight for the hegemony!" The difference between the two words "Zhuang" and "zhuang" shows completely different meanings.

All is ready except for the opportunity.

On August [-]th, the night of the full moon, after a long five-month rest, the Daqin Fleet finally set sail again. The flag is like the sickle of death, which makes people dare not look up.

On the tallest flagship in the center of the fleet, Admiral Gan Yong stood at the bow of the ship with a serious expression. The slightly undulating waves made the ship shake back and forth. It's nothing at all?

Hu Zhe and Lei Bei are the deputy generals of Gan Yong, and Luan Bu is the general of the rear army, responsible for guarding the Troy lair. This kind of equipment makes the Qin Navy even more powerful. In terms of experience, Hu Zhe is rich enough, and in terms of bravery, Lei Bei has been proved by facts. Calm calculation.Luan Bu, who was born as a cloth dealer, was the most conscientious, and as the main general, Gan Yong stood alone for a long time and won Li Yuan's trust.

Place the couch crossbow on the deck of the ship.

This is a bold idea put forward by Gan Yong, Lei Bei and other generals of the Qin State Navy. Maritime warfare is no better than land, and there are many restrictions, such as the sea environment of the battlefield, the tonnage of the ships, the water combat skills of the soldiers, and even the wind at that time. The existence of these factors, such as wind direction, made the outcome of the naval battle more unpredictable.

Under such circumstances, the Qin State Navy wanted to take the initiative in the battle.Relying on science and technology to create power and improving existing weapons, especially long-range strike weapons, is the most feasible strategy.After the couch crossbow is equipped, the Qin State Navy can use the couch crossbow's powerful long-range strike capability to inflict heavy damage on the enemy before the opponent launches an attack. This is the Qin army's preemptive strategy.

Just imagine.When two fleets meet, one side tries to get closer to close combat, while the other side distances itself.Launching a large crossbow as thick as an arm at a distance that the opponent can't hit, and no matter how accurate this kind of crossbow is, the deterrent power of just piercing through the air is already chilling.

"Haha, this guy. If it is placed on the bow, as long as those Roman ships are shot, they will not fall apart!" Seeing the power of the couch crossbow with their own eyes, these veteran soldiers were overjoyed.

Clash at sea.The distance between the ships on both sides was only a hundred feet.For ordinary machine crossbows, this is the limit of range, but for couch crossbows that are three times as big.is the proper distance.With the addition of the crossbow, the Qin army can compete with the Roman fleet in the open sea without worrying about being suppressed by the tall Romans in close combat.

One veteran is worth ten recruits.For both sides in a naval battle, naval soldiers are more valuable than those on land.

Don't look at Gan Yong's troops defeating Greer, but this victory is only temporary. If they fail in the next battle, the spirit of the soldiers of the Qin army will be lost, and it will not take decades to restore the vitality of a fleet. It is impossible, just like the Carthaginian fleet, after being defeated by the Romans, it never stood up again.

Therefore, every veteran who has experienced the baptism of naval battles is a precious asset to the Qin Navy, a new force that has not been established for a long time and lacks foundation.

The battle against Rome is imminent.

The war machine of Daqin was also started rumblingly, and the military craftsmen went all out to make new technological achievements one after another be applied. After the original "artillery" of the couch crossbow, the craftsmen of Qin Guobing had new ideas .

A new batch of bronze machine crossbows has also been distributed. The appearance of this new machine crossbow is slightly different from the previous bronze crossbow. filling.Although the single-shot machine crossbow is powerful, due to the limitation of reloading time, its power on the battlefield cannot be fully exerted.

The Wuhou Liannu, which was invented by Zhuge Liang during the Later Han Dynasty and the Three Kingdoms, appeared more than three hundred years in advance. This kind of crossbow, which is similar to the ancient "machine gun", is a major innovation in the history of crossbows. historical node.After being suppressed by the Tianlei Army for several years, the machine crossbow craftsmen made by Daqin Bing finally broke through.

a sea ship.

There is a certain number of people that can be loaded, especially in this era without machine power, the sailing of ships relies on human paddling in addition to uncertain sails. For this reason, the combat soldiers on each ship will not Too many, under equal conditions, the captain will of course choose soldiers with big waists and excellent melee combat capabilities.

The appearance of couch crossbows and continuous crossbows brought the power of machine crossbows to a higher level. The giant crossbows on the deck were sharp weapons for long-range strikes, and the application of continuous crossbows helped the navy solve the problem of insufficient combatants.

Taking the equipment of a sloop as an example, only five machine crossbowmen are needed to fire fifty crossbow bolts without a break. Generally, they will be arranged in a dense formation, and if they encounter continuous arrow rain at this time, it will be a dead end.

A series of new weapons have been put into the battlefield, which is evidence of the strength of the Great Qin State, and at the same time, it is also the return of Li Yuan's emphasis on scientific and technological research and development for many years.

Xianyang, Jinyang, and Hanzhong—on the basis of these three important military-building institutions of the Qin State, Xingyang City, located in the Kanto, has become the fourth military-building base of the Qin State.Compared with Xianyang and other places, Xingyang is close to the hinterland of the Central Plains, with superior geographical advantages and abundant human resources, so that the development of Xingyang Bingzhou has shown a momentum of rapid catch-up from the very beginning.

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mass migration of the population.

Continuous application of new technologies.

The pace of national integration has been accelerated.

Li Yuan single-handedly changed the short-lived dynasty of the Qin State. Now, under the positive and progressive national policy of the Great Qin, the oriental civilization is spreading to foreign countries with an unstoppable momentum.The feudal society lasted for more than two thousand years, and several dynasties rose and fell. The world and scholars all compare this cycle of ups and downs to the limitations of Eastern civilization, but they don't know that the root cause is the contradiction between resources and population.

The appearance of the new Qin changed the original historical process. The tragic situation of sharp population decline caused by the four-year struggle between Chu and Han did not happen. In the 50th year of the new calendar of the Great Qin Dynasty, that is, in 17 BC, according to the statistics of Fu Ji in the big country, the number of Fu Ji households in the original counties of Qin State reached 189. Ding has nearly 70 million people.

Among them, looking at the number of households alone can not only look at the increase of 20 households. If it is really calculated, the decrease in the number of people during the war at the end of the Qin Dynasty must be removed. A geometric eruption, and what is even more surprising is that this eruption did not cause substantial damage to the social structure of Qin.

As we all know, the increase in population will inevitably lead to a large consumption of wealth. If the amount of total wealth is constant, then according to the cyclical process of Chinese history, after more than ten years of stable development, a powerful country will have no income. It is inevitable that it will slowly enter a period of stagnation in development, and then there will be turmoil back and forth at the apex, and then a dynasty will begin to decline.

Today, the continuous expansion of the Great Qin Dynasty and the rich resources of the Eurasian continent just offset the sense of urgency brought about by the increase in population. A large number of immigrants moved westward, which eased domestic conflicts and kept them within a reasonable range. For ordinary people, although it is painful to leave their hometown, a new place is a new hope, and it is this hope that supports the Qin State like a rumbling tank, moving forward indomitably.

Note: The word on the bed is screened, so you can only change the couch, sweat, bed crossbow (to be continued...)