Warrior in Turbulent Han Dynasty Chapter 593: Wheels of War
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Zhou Xian couldn't get up early in the morning, Tian Gang, Meng Mengliang, Guo Shao had already gone to Jinxiang Temple.
When the sun rose, Li Chuyun and other generals said goodbye in the study, first bend down and walk a few steps, then turn around and go out. The **** Cao Tai opened a dossier decorated with silk, rubbed his finger over the words on it, carefully read it, and whispered next to Guo Shao: "Your Majesty, Hakka Provincial Envoy and Military Commander Zan Jurun, you should be here now. Waiting outside the hall to be summoned."
"Xuan." Guo Shao said immediately.
Every morning, I am busy, and I will be more free after lunch. Once back to Tokyo, it was like this almost every day. Guo Shao didn't feel tired either. This kind of work and rest made him feel at ease...because he knew that his major task had not yet been done: regaining lost ground, uniting the world, and firmly governing. ∴wán∴∴ロ巴，¤.︽↘.↘
Guo Shao is not sure how to realize the dream in his heart. But as long as he tries his best every day and spends his time and energy on it, he will not panic or regret. This is a long march, not a period of enthusiasm and determination, but a long and persistent trek!
Guo Shao started as a guard, and he has walked halfway through this step now, and because of the unrepeatable opportunity, there is no reason to stop halfway; he is dead for the great cause he claimed. There are too many people, it is impossible to give up.
He sat in front of the imperial case, watching little by little the records of all aspects of the Liao Kingdom presented by the minister. Guo Shao has never been very accustomed to this kind of semi-literal articles written vertically without punctuation, reading very slowly and very laboriously, but this is nothing, it just takes a little more time.
"The minister Zan Jurun sees his Majesty, my emperor has no boundaries." A minister in front of him knelt down before the case.
"Flat body." Guo Shao raised his head and said. His eyes are bright, but his expression is calm.
Zan Jurun got up, held a memorial in both hands, and waited for the **** to come over to take it, and said, "Your Majesty, the military inspector has cast a total of 327 Longxiao Cannons from last year to this year. More than two hundred have been During the attack on Jinyang, the cannon body was broken and invalid, and the rest would be broken after a short period of time. The military inspectors suggested that the gun should be rebuilt with military expenses to prepare for the need. But the minister believed that the Long Xiao Cannon was not durable. , The method of casting must be improved."
Guo Shao nodded and said that one of the advantages of artillery is that it is durable. The dry method like this is really less durable than the catapult; the catapult is easily damaged after a battle, but it can be used again after repairs. The cast iron artillery barrels were broken and could only be scrapped... As for the reason, it must be a matter of material.
The problem is that Guo Shao doesn't know much about metallurgy. He has previously studied the organization of metal materials such as austenite, but he is not very proficient.
Zan Jurun said: "The minister has ordered the Beiyuan Workshop to use bronze to test the Long Xiao Cannon, and we will try again after the casting is completed. Weichen's proposal is to stop the construction of the cannon in the Bianshui Workshop area and wait for the new cannon to be tested."
After hearing this, Guo Shao said immediately: "Just follow the request of Ambassador Zan."
He immediately picked up the writing brush and calculated it on the paper. According to Long Xiaocan’s previous weight of 600 jin, it may be slightly heavier after using bronze (copper heat dissipation is better, and the barrel will be thicker and longer), 100 Cannon requires 60,000 jin of copper.
Guo Shao first thought of copper materials because he knew that China lacked copper mines, especially in ancient times, because they could only mine open-pit mines. What order of magnitude is sixty thousand catties, and will it cause difficulties?
At this time, the copper coins weighed between one coin and two coins. Six thousand catties of copper are equivalent to six million coins, which is only six thousand coins. Although there is a shortage of copper at this time, the court has made millions of coins, and the copper consumed by the bronze guns is not the bulk.
With Guo Shao's calculations, the copper material is no longer mentioned at the moment, and the officials will definitely think of a solution.
Zan Jurun took out a piece of wood and presented it: "This is something made by the craftsmen of Beiyuan according to your majesty's will."
Guo Shao took the wooden thing from the eunuch, which was a matchlock mechanism. At that time, he briefly described Zan Jurun's intention to set fire to the matchstick. Unexpectedly, they made the model so soon. Sure enough, the officials would be very active in handling things that the emperor personally asked about.
Some things are not driven by the will or needs of those in power, and technological progress will be very slow. There hasn't been much essential progress in technology for thousands of years.
Guo Shao took the model in his hand, and quickly found a place similar to the trigger, and squeezed it with his fingers. The wooden strip with the rope on it immediately pressed down, touching the upper part of the wooden pole; and the trigger was very good. Flexibility, once put it back to its original position.
"Huh!" Guo Shao immediately made a pleasantly surprised voice.
Zan Jurun was even more pleased.
Guo Shao took it in his hand and pondered it. This mechanism mainly has two connecting points and two zigzag wooden bars. The tail of the lower wooden bar is a trigger, which can be rotatably connected to the rivet in the middle; the head is connected with the upper bending mechanism of the fire rope, and the connecting part can be rotated. Fixed riveting between the upper and lower wooden bars.
He slowly squeezed the trigger again and found that the lower wooden slat was riveted by the tail to push the upper wooden slat. The upper wooden bar is curved and pushed down like a chicken pecking rice; it touches the "fire door" position to achieve the purpose of ignition.
The lower wooden bar is pressed on a reed, so it is very flexible when it is buckled, and it can be restored to its original position when you let it go... The reed is not a spring, but it is actually very simple, it is a wrought iron metal similar to a "v" shape. The sheet, slight pressure will not deform the metal and can return to its original position.
Guo Shao observed and felt that the ancient craftsmen were very capable of doing this kind of mechanism. They don't understand "mechanical principles", but based on experience and craftsmanship alone, there are a large number of mechanisms in Qin Shihuang's mausoleum.
"Just forge the mechanism according to this model, and try to install fire guns." Guo Shao said immediately.
Zan Jurun worshipped: "The minister abides by the edict."
Anyway, the Beiyuan workshop area is used to test firearms. It will not consume too much resources to make a small amount of production. This mechanism looks like that at first glance, but Guo Shao guessed that there will be problems in actually making matchlock guns. Can gradually explore. Because in the past few years, he has tried to manufacture new armored weapons. According to experience, countless problems have appeared. Even the most backward equipment has too many specific difficulties from scratch; there is always a gap between actual operation and imagination.
Guo Shao left the model and looked up and said: "As soon as the military equipment supervisor has any progress, he will report it."
Zan Jurun after listening and praying: "The minister accepts the decree and worships retreat."
As soon as Zan Jurun left, the **** Cao Tai reminded Wang Pu and others to be summoned according to the arrangement, reminding Guo Shao to discuss the deployment of the "Bing Cao Si" to send undercover agents to Liao.
Since the beginning of last year, Cao Si sent a lot of spies to Liao as a businessman; this year, new progress has been made after the Battle of the Northern Han Dynasty. The spies who were originally involved in the Northern Han Dynasty, because the Northern Han Dynasty defeated some officials and fled to the Liao Country, a large number of Northern Han Dynasty's work also moved to the Liao Dynasty.
Guo Shao waited for Wang Pu to submit a new concrete plan. He picked up the model and played with it for a while, and then immersed himself in the whistling cannon vision Zan Jurun had just reported.
In contrast, Guo Shao has greater hopes for artillery battle.
The musket is not very useful in the near future. I remember that there was a dispute between the British longbow and the musket. At that time, the musket technology and tactics were relatively mature, and it still did not reach the point of completely winning the bow, otherwise it would not debate. It can be seen that the firecrackers will not fundamentally improve the combat effectiveness of an army.
But the artillery is different. The Howling Cannon played an important role in the attack on Jinyang. Guo Shao not only paid attention to the artillery casting technique, but also summarized the artillery battle tactics explored in actual combat...According to the idea of attacking Youyun Sixteen States, the rapid capture of Youzhou City is a crucial part. Guo Shao was there early Examine the feasibility of the upcoming war.
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In a few days, the Dragon Boat Festival is here. There are dragon boat races on the Bian River. There are many people in and out of Tokyo. There are many people in Tokyo. Guo Shao took the queen and concubines and civil and military officials to watch. The guards of honor guarded the mighty guards and enjoyed the festivals.
When he returned to the imperial city, Guo Shao watched the lantern dance on the Imperial Street on Xuande Gate.
The sound of gongs and drums, and people's cheering and noise, even on the high towers, are clearly audible, and the atmosphere permeates every corner of the city. In this situation, Tokyo is quite peaceful and prosperous.
Over the past ten years, there have been frequent wars in the world, and the burden of the people is still extremely heavy; but from Taizu Guo Wei to Chai Rong, Guo Shao, Da Zhou has been attacking the Quartet from the Central Plains, the war has hardly spread to the Central Plains, and the population has increased. .
Guo Shao watched the scene in front of him, while thinking: population is the foundation of the prosperity of all countries at this time.
In addition to the effects of war, climate is also a factor.
People in the city celebrated the festive season happily, but Guo Shao sat under a yellow umbrella, very quiet.
He had a whim, and vaguely felt a sign, an unfounded guess: It was the mid-tenth century that the world might have entered a period of good weather...The economic prosperity of the Song Dynasty and the Song Dynasty was difficult without the weather of agriculture. Achieved; even tribes on the grasslands from the East to the West have risen in turn, which is also a stage of population accumulation and growth, and even the Mongols have swept the world.
Any nomadic empire cannot be strong without a sufficient population. The grassland economy is very fragile. Any natural disaster may lead to a large reduction in herders and even the destruction of the entire tribe.
Guo Shao's gaze looks slightly to the north from the crowded imperial street. In the invisible place, the first rising and powerful Liao Kingdom threatens everything here; what’s worse, the Jin Dynasty first lost it. The national gate, now Ma Pingchuan, Hebei, open his chest to face the northern iron cavalry.
Can’t stop here! Missing the opportunity at this time will inevitably cause even greater troubles. The creatures and prosperous world in the world are inferior to the ants under the wheels of war.
At this moment, Guo Shao not only felt the pressure, but also a faint excitement in his heart. The possession of violence and power can really make people obsessed. He has been fighting for years and has invested too much enthusiasm for the war itself.