Lord of the House - v12 Chapter 58

“Fu Fire Crossbow?” Ye Jier leaned over to look at Tong Huacheng and asked, “What do you think this new weapon made by Huaidong is?”

In the information that Tong Huacheng sent to Yanjing in the past, it was mentioned that the Fuhuo crossbow, Ye Jier was on the sickbed and had to deal with a lot of official business every day, and he did not deliberately think about what Tong Huacheng mentioned in many previous specials. What the **** is the Fu Fire Crossbow, just instructing the West Temple Supervisor to step up intelligence infiltration.

At this time, listening to Tong Huacheng’s serious mention of the matter again, Ye Jier also cheered up and asked Tong Huacheng if he had more detailed information about Fu Huo Nuo.

“How can you believe what the gods and ghosts say?” Ye Jiluorong frowned, but said with disapproval, “Perhaps it was a trick by the Huaidong Military Intelligence Department? Besides, the Huaidong Ordnance Supervision has a huge organization, ship administration, engineering, etc. The divisions of Zao and Ji-zao are also intertwined with each other, and it is normal to have three or five new words. Where did the Western Temple Supervisor cut the secret letter?

Previously, the news about Fu Huo Nuo was only reported to Yanjing in secret by Xisi Jian only recently, and Ye Jiluorong and Fan Wenlan had never heard of it in Luoyang.

“The secret letters intercepted by those who sneaked into the Southern Dynasties and risked their own death are all written texts sent by the Huaidong army commander to the brigade…” Tong Huacheng replied.

Ye Jiluorong didn’t take it seriously, but when Tong Huacheng said this, his expression became solemn.

Since the garrisoned troops are not concentrated in one place, there is still the possibility of interception of the texts conveyed by the Huaidong Army Town Division to the brigade camp.

If the “Fu Fire Crossbow” appeared in the text sent by the town division to the brigade, even if this new type of warfare did not reach the point of large-scale installation, it would still be a first-level general of the Huaidong Army brigade and battalion. the point of knowing.

“The alchemy technique banned in the Chen Dynasty is called “Fuhuo”, Fan Wenlan has a wide range of knowledge, he heard the expression “Fuhuo crossbow” for the first time, and asked doubtfully, “The Southern Dynasty introduced a new study and made the work of art. , alchemy and other miscellaneous sciences are merged into the study of objects, and the fire crossbow may be related to alchemy?”

“It’s exactly as Master Fan said,” Tong Huacheng said. “As far as the information I’ve collected, it is true that the Fuhuo Nuo has a lot to do with the alchemy technique banned by the Chen Dynasty. In the information collected three years ago, there are Fuhuo Brimstone said that at that time, the West Temple Supervisor thought it was some kind of cipher text used by Huaidong, and tried to decipher it, but it only appeared once, and it was impossible to decipher it. “

Through different eye lines and through different channels, the information collected from Jianghuai is tangled and fragmented. It is a very difficult task to process this information and summarize it into useful information. The unintentional leak of a certain Huaidong craftsman only appeared in an isolated case. There was no pattern to be found, and naturally there was no way to find out any clues.

Only the information collected by the Western Temple Supervisor confirmed two points. The Fuhuo crossbow may have been secretly developed in Huaidong three years ago. At this time, even if the Huaidong Army did not have a large-scale outfit, the Fuhuo crossbow had already reached the first-level general of the brigade. should be generally known.

Everyone in the dormitory looked solemn.

“Did you call Mr. Wu Mancheng and Mr. Wu to inquire?” Although Fan Wenlan was erudite and knowledgeable, he did not know much about miscellaneous arts and craftsmanship. Of course, there are master-level figures such as Jiang Yue, Ge Siyu, Song Shixian, etc. in the Chongxue Museum of the Southern Dynasty, and Wu Mancheng, a general in Beiyan.

The heavy art of the military can be traced back to the chapter “Fei Attack” by Mozi in the pre-Qin period.

In the early years, the East Hu tribes were only fishing and hunting tribes. They had to take out a large amount of fur, horses, pearls and jade, etc., before they could get a small amount of salt and iron materials. Swords, armor and bows were extremely scarce. Raised an army, so after walking out of Ulun Mountain, he attached great importance to craftsmanship.

This policy has been developed into Yejier’s hands, and it has reached “no matter what Han Hu or craftsman has a skill, they can be subordinate to officials”; when it comes to attaching importance to craftsmanship and miscellaneous studies, the Yan Hu, who established the nationality and the country with martial arts, actually has a comparison Huaidong has a longer tradition.

No matter how much attention is paid, the innovation of war weapons is quite slow; the tactical innovation related to war weapons is even more lagging behind – Beiyan, who specializes in armor and engineering affairs, will be the master craftsman, and the main work is , Or to make more sophisticated armor, only the Huaidong Army developed by Lin Bie is a different child.

Before the Huaidong Army, the hegemony among 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 beginning of the Huaidong Army, large-scale shipbuilding, large-scale development of naval divisions, and the development of the battlefield from land to sea, almost fundamentally changed the traditional form of warfare.

After Beiyan occupied the northern land, nearly one-third of the resources were invested in offshore defense, which was unimaginable in the past.

Although the rock-throwing crossbow, bed crossbow and other weapons have long existed, the large-scale use of the rock-throwing crossbow in the attack and defense of the city, and the large-scale incorporation of the lathe and the crossbow into the field battle were the first of the Huaidong Army. In addition to the larger, stronger and faster warships that made the Huaidong Navy invincible to dominate the East China Sea, newer, lighter and more powerful weapons such as scorpion crossbows, heavy catapults, and oil tanks are also part of the Huaidong Army. The invention was first put into use.

The Huaidong Army’s many military victories came from this. Including the Battle of Miaotan Ridge at the end of the Battle of Jingxiang, the Huaidong Army was able to win by surprise, intercepting tens of thousands of Beiyan soldiers and horses in Xiangyang City, and to a large extent also relied on the construction of suspension bridges.

The Huaidong Army focuses on the development of new types of warfare, and has supervisors in ordnance, shipbuilding, engineering, and machinery; at a deeper level, it is rooted in the foundation of new learning and new policies that Lin Fu has been vigorously promoting since the rise of Jianghuai. superior.

A strong enemy is always the most powerful driving force for one’s own progress; this is especially true for Beiyan.

After the battle of Jingxiang, although quite a few of the princes and ministers of Beiyan did not take it seriously and rested on their laurels, in addition to Yejier, there were also quite a number of enlightened and pragmatic officials who realized that Huaidong’s strategic advantage came from where.

Under the promotion of Yejier, Beiyan also conducted a larger and more in-depth study and imitated the new learning and new policies of the Southern Dynasties. This is also the case that Beiyan has just founded the country, and the national situation is still on the rise. The performance of the spirit of progress.

The representative of Beiyan Xinxue was Wu Mancheng, the general master who was in charge of the general master division and one of the twelve officials.

Wu Mancheng and Fan Wenlan are both Han people in Liaodong. Their ancestors committed crimes in their early years, and the court was exiled to Liaodong to reclaim wasteland. Qiuye conspired against the case, Sumen ransacked his family and exterminated his family, the Jingbei border army collapsed without a fight, and withdrew from Liaodong. The Han people in Liaodong were abandoned and could only follow Donghu. Therefore, the Han people in Liaodong had the deepest sense of identity with Donghu and lived in Donghu. After the Northern Land and the Central Plains, the Liaodong Han officials were the group most used by Ye Jier, including Fan Wenlan, Wu Mancheng and other contemporary talents.

Wu Mancheng is good at craftsmanship, craftsmanship, calendar and other studies. The new Huaidong weapons such as the scorpion crossbow and the heavy catapult, Wu Mancheng successfully imitated them after listening to the dictation of the generals who had seen them on the battlefield; Yezier also regarded them as national treasures.

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After half an hour, Wu Mancheng, who was sleeping, was summoned into the palace by a sedan chair. The tea on the way was enough time for him to clear his mind. When he was summoned into the bedroom, Ye Jier sat at the desk and asked, “Where is Mancheng? See, is there a connection between Fuhuo Brimstone and Fuhuo crossbow, and the former alchemy can be used for war weapons?”

Wu Mancheng sat down and thought about it for a long time, and said with uncertainty: “There is an artist in the Chen Dynasty Palace who is favored by the flame-throwing scene. It seems that it has something to do with Fu Yanxiu…”

“What is the flame-throwing show?” Ye Jiluo sat withered in the middle of the night, and was also a little impatient.

“According to the records of the audience, the fire pills were crushed as medicine, filled in bamboo tubes to set off fireworks; used in the battlefield, used to frighten horses and communicate news.” Wu Mancheng said.

“If that’s the case, it’s nothing.” Fan Wenlan took a deep breath and said with a sigh of relief.

“If it was just shocking horses and sending news~www.mtlnovel.com~ Huaidong Army wouldn’t be so serious.” Ye Zier shook his head. The information on Fu Huo Nuo was intercepted in the text sent by the Huaidong Army Town Division to the brigade level, and the relevant information had only appeared once by chance.

This does not mean that the fire crossbow is not important. The reason why it only appeared once in the past intelligence gathering can only show that Huaidong has a very high level of confidentiality for the fire crossbow, which makes it impossible for Xisi Supervisor to obtain it from more channels. relevant information.

Ye Zier thought for a while, and said to Wu Wenman and Tong Huacheng, “As soon as possible, I will try to produce a flame-throwing show and present it in real life; the Western Temple Supervisor needs to send people to spy on what the fire crossbow is at all costs. What makes the Huaidong Army attach so much importance to it? After you return to Dengzhou, tell Na Hexiongqi: Although the Huaidong Army has no plan to build a large warship, it should not be taken lightly. If necessary, the Huaidong Army can requisition merchant ships to replenish the water. Master, the Suohai Defense Line and the Dengzhou Naval Division should especially strengthen and combat training, and must not be negligent or negligent…”

“When He Xiongqi built the sea defense line, how many people called him a waste of national money. At this time, it seems that He Xiongqi still has foresight.” Ye Jiluorong still laughed when he thought of the sea defense line.

Although the scale of shipbuilding controlled by Huaidong is nearly ten times that of Beiyan, the shipyards in Chongzhou, Mingzhou, Jiangning, etc. are still mainly commercial ships, and they have not stopped to rebuild warships on a large scale. The only warship construction plan in Huaidong, including the two Lin Zhengjun-class warships built from August, is only to maintain the normal replacement of the Huaidong Navy warships.

From the information collected so far, it is impossible to see that Huaidong will not have plans to expand the navy on a large scale in the years to come. This also reflects the success of the sea defense line from the side, so that the Huaidong navy, which dominates the East China Sea, has not The ambition to forcibly break the sea defense line and invade the hinterland of Yanji. My QT room is open! More vulgar official QT room number [9167] Click to enter