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Immortal Master Chapter 38: Gunpowder Weapons

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    I¡¯m adding more updates for the leader of Daosheng Yi, and by the way, I made a bet with the Eastern Emperor of Heaven. There will be only one leader in the fifth update. Everyone is looking forward to it Wen Fei smiled and said: "In your opinion, who will lose and who will win in this battle between Yelu Yanxi and the Jurchens?  " Ma Zhi smiled bitterly and said: "I naturally thought that the Liao Kingdom would win, but when Father Shang said this to Minister Ouyang last time, I was confused. There were 20,000 Jurchens and 700,000 in the Liao Dynasty. I couldn't help it.  I can¡¯t imagine how the Jurchens could win!¡± Wen Fei laughed. If it were before, he would naturally not be able to figure it out.  But I personally led him in this Northern Song Dynasty for so long, and even led troops to fight in battle.  Heavenly Master Wen Da now understands why the Battle of Guandu, the Battle of Feishui, or the Battle of Mutual Answering Post will take place in a few months.  The reason why these wars with a huge disparity in military strength between the two sides is that the smaller the number wins, the larger the number. The reason is simple, under ancient conditions.  It is incredibly difficult to organize a major battle involving hundreds of thousands of people.  It can be said that the command system has no way of commanding such a large force.  In this era where communication is basically based on shouting, it is extremely difficult to pass an order from the commander's mouth and let the entire army know it.  I don¡¯t know how many messengers are needed, riding fast horses, to notify the troops one by one and deliver orders.  You must know that it is impossible for hundreds of thousands of troops to gather together. Just to set up camp will stretch for hundreds of miles.  Although the number of the opposite side is small, they are elite soldiers, commanded well, and can use their fingers like an arm.  This is like a guy who is flexible and punches powerfully, and a guy who is huge, slow in movement and slow in reaction.  Same thing with a fight between half-paralyzed giants.  In addition, Yelu Yanxi is unpopular, and the country is already in turmoil.  The internal rebellion made this huge army even more chaotic.  Under such circumstances, defeating the battle is simply too easy.  "Killkillkill," seeing Wen Fei, the father-in-law, walking by, the trained soldiers worked even harder.  Wen Fei could not help but nod.  It can be seen that the morale of this team has not been affected too much by the breakup and reorganization.  After this winter's training, I think by next year, the army will have passed the running-in period and will be ready to send troops by then.  "Hey what are these soldiers training for?" Ma Zhi curiously pointed to a corner of the playground.  I saw rows of soldiers standing behind the white line drawn with lime.  One by one, they threw the stones in their hands vigorously.  "Oh, those are bombardiers!" Wen Fei laughed.  These soldiers were the ones looking for soldiers with extremely strong arms. They threw grenades in unison on the battlefield.  After the Battle of Fang La, Wen Fei discovered that those ordinary weapons that were originally inconspicuous actually had the most practical value.  Even if Wen Fei can be in modern time and space.  Arms were obtained continuously.  But if you want to equip an army of 100,000 people, plus the consumption of bullets in all aspects, the money required is astronomical.  And the most important thing is that it is much more difficult to train soldiers who use hot weapons than soldiers who use cold weapons.  So Wen Fei found that some local methods are much easier to use.  For example, when he was conquering Fangla, Wen Fei discovered the effect of throwing hundreds of homemade grenades during the battle.  It seemed much louder than hundreds of guns firing in unison.  And the shell of this kind of homemade grenade is very simple to make in a hardware factory.  Although it is definitely not as powerful as modern grenades, it is better in quantity and cheaper.  In a real war, weapons that are powerful enough, cheap, and simple to make are the way to go.     so.  Wen Fei simply decided that, except for his own personal guards, no other troops would be equipped with modern weapons.  When training, naturally use stones of the same weight instead.  Under Wen Fei's order.  Baskets of grenades were brought up.  These grenade shells were all processed in Wenfei's own factory, but the gunpowder inside was filled in the time and space of the Northern Song Dynasty.  Under the demonstration of several soldiers, these grenades were thrown thirty or forty steps away, and exploded with a bang. The projectile body was broken into dozens of pieces according to the pre-engraved fragments. The iron sand inside was  It exploded several steps away and raised a cloud of dust.  Ma Zhi immediately took a breath of cold air. You must know that ancient military formations were almost all densely packed.  If such a grenade were dropped, at least two or three people would fall.  No better than the skirmishers of modern time and space.  "How is it? Not bad, right?" Wen Fei smiled.  This is just one of the weapons he prepared for this unit, and there are many more that have not been shown.  "Thank you so much, Father Shang, for trusting me so much. I am deeply grateful" Tears welled up as he spoke.  Ma Zhi only??These powerful weapons are military secrets. In his opinion, this grenade is stronger than the God Arm Crossbow.  Wen Fei trusted him so much that he was not at all wary of him, a surrendered minister of the Liao Kingdom.  Naturally, he was filled with gratitude!  "But in Wen Fei's view, there really is no secret.  And judging from the history of the proposal, this Ma Zhi was planning for the Song Dynasty wholeheartedly!  Wen Fei waved his hand and said with a smile: "It's just a trivial matter!" Ma Zhi asked: "Father Shang, is this grenade filled with gunpowder?" Wen Fei nodded. After the grenade exploded, the smell of saltpeter that filled the air was simply overwhelming.  It couldn't be clearer.  "Why is gunpowder so powerful?" Ma Zhi was a little surprised.  In fact, China itself has never come up with a truly correct gunpowder formula.  The gunpowder formula from the Song Dynasty was, rather, smoke-producing gunpowder, used as poison gas bombs.  Wen Fei smiled and said: "Liang Si, if you are curious, you can come with me later to see how the gunpowder is made!" Hearing this, Ma Zhi was suddenly startled and hurriedly bent down and said: "Exit  The official was just curious for a moment, not intentionally prying into such military and national secrets!" Wen Fei shook his hand and said, "It doesn't matter! The official will be there when the time comes" Ma Zhi saw that Wen Fei really didn't mean to blame him.  Only then did I feel relieved.  At the same time, I kept reminding myself that I must be more careful in the future.  Don't break the taboo.  At the same time, I am extremely grateful for Wen Fei¡¯s trust.  Even military secrets such as gunpowder were willing to be seen by him as a surrender.  But little did he know that Wen Fei had his own ideas!  After visiting the school grounds, Wen Fei took Ma Zhi out of the city.  Now that the weather is getting colder, the wheat in the fields is lush and green.  The large piece of land connected here is all land under the name of Master Wen Da, but this year it is planted with improved wheat varieties brought from modern time and space.  Just by looking at the dense wheat seedlings, you can know how gratifying the yield will be when harvested in summer.  The yield per mu of these lands can reach at least 700 to 800 kilograms, which is almost double that of the Northern Song Dynasty.  It is a pity that these improved wheat varieties have no way to promote them.  Modern crops require fertilizers that were simply impossible to obtain in the Northern Song Dynasty.  Wen Fei can still transport dozens or hundreds of tons of chemical fertilizers by air from modern times.  If it were to be supplied to the whole country, it would be a foolish dream.  And neither farmyard manure nor the soil fertilizers used in rural areas can guarantee fertility.  This eliminates the possibility of large-scale popularization.  Wen Fei is now considering whether to try to plant some high-yield crops such as potatoes, sweet potatoes, pumpkins and corn next year.  Although the Song Dynasty was not short of food, no one would have too much food.  And the most important thing is that the original basis of no shortage of food in the Northern Song Dynasty was based on the fact that those poor and backward areas were not included in the territory and were not held back.  With the recovery of Qinghai, Ningxia and other northwest regions, and after the recovery of the north, the original Hebei and Shanxi provinces were gradually recovered.  The yield per acre of these relatively barren lands is much less than in the south.  Wen Fei discovered it when he was researching information in modern time and space.  The gap between north and south in later generations began to widen during the Song Dynasty.  During the Han and Tang Dynasties, the north was wealthier than the south.  After the late Tang Dynasty and the Song Dynasty, the two sides gradually turned upside down.  In the Southern Song Dynasty, it completely overwhelmed the north.  The biggest reason is that with the introduction of second-grade rice, the yield per mu in the south has begun to far exceed that in the north.  The economic center of gravity began to move southward, and in later generations, the gap between the north and the south became wider.  Before we even got close to the place, we had already encountered several batches of sentries.  It seems that this place is very tightly guarded.  Ma Zhi was thinking.  After a pause, Ma Zhi said: "Actually, there were people in Liao who were experimenting with making gunpowder!" "Oh?" Wen Fei was very interested and asked, "How?" Ma Zhi smiled bitterly: "There were people in Liao back then.  I was interested in this gunpowder, and later I heard that the Xixia people tried to produce gunpowder, but somehow it caused an explosion, and the entire experiment was destroyed. From then on, I never dared to use this gunpowder again.  , and even invited monks to recite Buddhist scriptures for seven days and seven nights to transcend! After Daliao found out about this, they gave up their thoughts" "Earthquake?  Wen Fei's heart skipped a beat. It's not that exaggerated, right?  This catastrophe actually even caused an earthquake.  Wen Fei thought of the demon-conquering pestles in the hands of the monks he met at the mule and horse gathering.  It was simply a primitive musket.  I think these Xixia guys have always had a soft spot for gunpowder  No wonder they experimented with gunpowder.  Just by looking at the big noise, we can actually know that Xixia may have found the right formula.  The carriage arrived at the foot of a small rocky mountain. The rocky mountain here has greatly changed its appearance.  The originally bare stone mountain was now covered with buildings and surrounded by an entire courtyard wall.  There are so many sentry posts that it seems that even birds can't fly in.  It seems that although the gunpowder experiment failed that time, it encountered a disaster.  But Wen Fei did not give up this place completely, and even built this place into a fortress.
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