"Brother, what is this Verdun?"
"Is it the name of a weapon?"
Lao Zhu looked at the unfamiliar term on the rice paper and asked the question that everyone else wanted to ask.
Desert Storm, they can still understand the literal meaning, a storm in the desert.
But this Verdun.
Fan, Er, and Deng can be understood separately, but together they are incomprehensible.
Ji Boying glanced at Lao Zhu and shook his head slightly.
"Immortal Master, since they are not the names of weapons, do these two terms have anything to do with the development of weapons?"
Old Zhu Di took a deep breath and asked.
As an emperor who is good at fighting, and has personally experienced the powerful combat power brought by firearms, Lao Zhu Di has always been very concerned about weapons.
After all, the Shenji Battalion, the world's first purely firearms unit, was founded by Old Zhu Di.
"I've only heard of Versailles, but I don't know if it has anything to do with Verdun."
The Zhengde Emperor Zhu Houzhao, who was proficient in six foreign languages, smiled at this time.
Of course, in Zhu Houzhao's time, the Versailles Palace of Gallic Rooster had not yet been established, so he should have learned this from other translations.
"I've heard it too!"
Zhu Houzhao, a young man from Hongzhi Time and Space who had not fully grown yet and was buried in the crowd, also got out and spoke repeatedly, for fear that others did not know that he also knew.
Everyone's eyes were directed towards the two conspicuous bags, one large and one small.
"No need to ask questions, the Immortal Master will explain it himself. Please stay quiet and listen to the Immortal Master's teachings."
Abiao stood up, glanced at the others, and said something.
Then he sat upright in his seat and straightened his posture. This is what a good student should look like in class.
The other emperors and princes also shut up immediately, even though A Biao was not their direct ancestor.
But after all, A Biao's seniority is there, he has the great ancestor to protect him, his academic performance is there, and the immortal master is there to protect him. If he offends A Biao, he will not be able to escape a mace and a copy of the book.
There are people above, so I won’t accept it.
The courtiers on both sides of the main hall, such as Liu Bowen and others, were all staring in the direction of the podium, waiting for the immortal master's words.
Of course, as the established chief ministers of the cabinet and the emperor's confidential secretaries, while attending lectures, they must also take notes for their bosses for review after class.
As for Zhang Juzheng, who just entered school, after half a cup of tea, he has begun to accept this outrageous fact.
After all, he is known as the most famous official in the Ming Dynasty, and he still has the ability to quickly adapt to new environments.
And since his boss hasn’t enrolled yet, he doesn’t need to take notes.
'It seems that it is indeed not a dream. I have arrived at an incredible place. '
'The person who ordered everyone just now should be Emperor Gao, the founder of the Ming Dynasty. In addition, there are many people with similar faces, and the seats are arranged in order...'
Zhang Juzheng carefully observed the layout of the tables and chairs and everyone. He had a rough idea of the identity of this group of people. The more he analyzed it, the more frightened he became.
Take a deep breath.
Then, Zhang Juzheng did not think deeply about what all this was about. He couldn't figure it out anyway, so he decided to listen to the lecture of the immortal master on the mahogany podium first.
'World Arms Development. '
'I really haven't thought about this issue before. '
Not only did Zhang Juzheng never think about it, in fact, state ministers before modern times rarely focused their attention on the development of military weapons.
In their view, cultivating a good general is the most important thing.
As for weapons, they are nothing more than knives, halberds, axes and axes. You just need to sharpen your knives quickly.
For example, in Zhang Juzheng's mind, Qi Jiguang is the new military star he will focus on cultivating in the future.
When Yan Song fell, the entire Yan Party was liquidated, and Hu Zongxian was naturally one of them. As Hu Zongxian's direct general, Qi Jiguang should have suffered along with Hu Zongxian.
It was Zhang Juzheng who approached Xu Jie and took action to save Qi Jiguang. Not only did he not liquidate Qi Jiguang, but he also promoted Qi Jiguang.
Of course, the relationship between Zhang Juzheng and Qi Jiguang was not as pure as later generations imagined. There was definitely mutual appreciation, but more of it was the transfer of interests.
If nothing else, the pile of snowflake silver that General Qi gave to handsome guy Zhang could at least fill a large pickup truck.
On the podium.
Ji Boying lost with one hand behind him.
Faced with doubts in everyone's eyes, he spoke calmly.
"The development of weapons can be divided into four stages."
After he finished speaking, all the emperors straightened their backs and frowned, not missing a single word.
Especially Jiajing Immortal, he listened very carefully in class this time.
He always kept in mind what his master said to him: if he extends his country to five hundred years, he can obtain the method of immortality.
For this reason, the Jiajing Immortal has made up his mind to catch up with Hongwu and crush Yongle in terms of performance, becoming the first man to reach the top of 500.
"The age of cold weapons, the age of hot weapons, the age of mechanization, and the age of information."
Ji Boying just said these words.
The expressions of the emperor and princes who were still listening attentively changed instantly, and their eyes were full of question marks.
They wanted to listen carefully, and they did listen carefully, but they couldn't understand it at all!
They can understand that in the Cold Weapon Age, they would use knives to chop each other. The current Ming Dynasty is actually in the Cold Weapon Age.
And Hot Weapon can barely understand, after all, the Ming Dynasty has had firearms for many years.
But what is mechanization? What is informatization?
"Master Immortal, what does mechanization mean?"
Emperor Xuande took the lead and couldn't bear it any longer and asked.
His question just left his mouth.
Tianshun Black Hua Zhu Qizhen, who had a bandaged wound on his shoulder (the Zhang brothers were stabbed with a gold dagger), glanced at Emperor Xuande and spoke out rarely.
"I think it should be a variant of the firearm similar to the Mo family's mechanism technique."
This sentence came out.
Everyone's eyes lit up.
If you explain it from this perspective, you can understand this mechanization!
Suddenly, other people looked at Tianshun Bao Sect with a different look. They did not expect that this mad batch had such understanding.
The orthodox Baozong, who had been buried on the table from beginning to end, and whose head was not completely swollen, subconsciously looked at himself in Tianshun Time and Space, and couldn't help but wonder, could becoming a crazy person increase his IQ?
Facing the surprised looks of everyone, Tianshun Zhu Qizhen looked calm, without sadness or joy, like a Buddha.
The philosophy of mind and the Buddhist philosophy of hidden mind are all about understanding the state of mind. In fact, there are many similarities between the two. The blackening Zhu Qizhen is obviously influenced by the philosophy of mind, and his mind is as still as water.
"Yeah, that's a good answer."
On the podium, Ji Boying was also very surprised.
He also didn't expect that the black Zhu Qizhen could answer such questions.
"Then Master Immortal, what is informatization?"
Xiao Zhusi asked immediately.
If they can barely understand mechanization based on the Mohist machine skills, then they really can't understand a word of informationization.
"Do not worry."
Ji Boying swept across the crowd.
"Let's take a look one by one."
As Ji Boying finished speaking.
In an instant, the surrounding scene changed instantly.
Lao Zhu, who was sitting on the side of the podium, immediately stood up.
When entering the illusion, it is still more comfortable to stand and watch what is coming. The same is true for other emperors and princes.
These are the results of many practices.
The ministers on both sides had all experienced the illusion before, and had no special reaction to the change of scenery. Only Zhang Juzheng was so shocked that he almost jumped up from his chair, but Zhang Cong next to him gave him a silent gesture. Just calm down.
"I won't explain too much about the cold weapon era."
"Let's look at the initial era of thermal weapons first."
After the immortal master finished speaking, everyone looked around at the scenery.
Here is an endless grassland.
To be more precise, it is a grassland that has completely turned into a battlefield.
The wind blows and the grass is low, and the sound is cold and chilling.
"here it is…"
"Suddenly hypothermic!"
Old Zhu Di's eyes lit up, and he recognized it after just one glance. This was the main battlefield of his second northern expedition to Mongolia, the decisive battle with the Oara army!
Both Zhu Laosi and Xiao Zhusi's eyes lit up.
Lao Zhu also looked slightly condensed, and suddenly became interested. He didn't expect that eating melons could eat his own Ming army.
"Grandpa, I see you!"
Yongle Xiao Zhu smiled and walked to a big maroon horse. Sitting on this horse was none other than Zhu Di, who had been in the twelfth year of Yongle. He was wearing armor and holding a sword, which looked very majestic.
"Yes, it has a bit of our attitude."
Lao Zhu nodded.
Old Zhu Di smiled quickly.
"Not as good as dad, not as good as dad."
"Charge!"
Suddenly, Xiao Zhusi shouted, with a bit of excitement in his words.
Suddenly, the sound of horse hooves rumbled loudly.
Everyone's eyes were looking at the Mongolian heavy cavalry that was charging swiftly and fiercely.
……………(beginning)…………
On the top of the hillside, tens of thousands of Mongolian cavalry then swooped towards the main force of the Ming army.
However, the Ming army's formation did not move at all.
When the Mongolian cavalry was at a certain distance from the Ming army, the Shenji campfire at the front fired a volley.
The charge of the cavalry, which was unstoppable just a second ago, fell to the ground in a large area under several rounds of volleys from the Shenji Battalion.
The remaining Mongolian cavalry, in panic, attacked the left and right wings of the Ming army at extremely fast speeds.
The left and right wings of the Ming army quickly fell into panic.
However, after the Shenji battalion was divided into left and right sides to rush for reinforcements, as the sound of Huo Tong sounded, the cavalry took advantage of the momentum to pursue the battle. The Mongolian cavalry that charged at the left and right wings of the Ming army was instantly defeated, and the entire front was defeated.
……………(end)…………
The entire battlefield is played by accelerating and jumping to focus.
When the scene stopped, there was a sense of nostalgia in Lao Zhu Di's eyes.
In a flash, seven years have passed.
Compared with sitting on the Dragon Throne in the Forbidden City, he still likes the feeling of galloping across the battlefield with a sword across the horse and a horse across the sword.
'Northern march! '
'When we go back this time, we must march north! '
Old Zhu Di made up his mind.
"What do you see from this?"
Ji Boying glanced at the people who had all stood up and asked in one sentence.
"Fighting the Mongolian cavalry head-on with positional warfare, the power of firearms can be seen at a glance."
Zhengde Emperor Zhu Houzhao said extremely excitedly.
Among the sixteen emperors of the Ming Dynasty, except for Lao Zhu and Zhu Di, no one could compare with Emperor Wuzong Zhu Houzhao in terms of knowledge and command of troops and control of the battlefield.
After Zhu Di, Zhu Houzhao was also the only emperor of the Ming Dynasty who personally led an army to fight against the Mongols.
As for Zhu Zhanji's personal expedition to counter the rebellion, first of all, it was not Mongolia. Secondly, it was not actually a big battle. The technical content was not high, and it was not on the same level as Zhengde's Yingzhou victory.
"At this time, the Ming Dynasty was at the top of the world in terms of the power of firearms and firearms tactics."
"If we vigorously develop firearms for a hundred years, the Ming Dynasty will continue to occupy the top of the world's firearms, and northern Mongolia will no longer be a scourge."
This group of Tartars on the northern grasslands are proud to be the descendants of Genghis Khan's golden family. What they rely on are their horses, and what they rely on are the swift and fierce cavalry.
The firearms only need to be developed to the point of easy continuous firing, coupled with some portable light artillery, which is enough to completely defeat these Mongolian cavalry.
Under the strong suppression of firepower, there is no possibility for the Jianzhou Jurchens to rise in the future.
Therefore, from the beginning, Ming Dynasty set the wrong direction.
Our eyes should not always be fixed on the north, but on the boundless sea.
Ji Boying continued.
"But when the Ming Dynasty fell, the Ming Dynasty's firearms were not very advanced."
His focus was mainly on these emperors in the mid-Ming Dynasty.
After all, since the mid-Ming Dynasty, the national level has no longer cared about the military's combat capabilities. This is a restriction in thinking. If you don't join the Age of Discovery, you will never know the changes in the world.
Lao Zhu took a deep breath and glanced at his descendants.
"After you go back, you must follow the instructions of the immortal master and vigorously develop Tiangongyuan. If anyone dares to cut corners, I will hit you on the head with a stick!"
Holding the mace tightly in his hand, Lao Zhu caused 10,000 points of deterrence damage to all the emperors and princes.
"Yes, Father!"
"My grandson will obey the orders of Grandpa Huang!"
"Follow the will of Grandfather Taizu!"
"………………"
Each of these emperors was busy saluting.
After such a period of time in class, they all knew the temperament of this great grandfather.
That is definitely a person who does what he says. He will hit you when he says he will hit you. There is no ambiguity at all.
"Master Immortal, this is the era of hot weapons, so what is the era of mechanization?"
Zhengde Emperor Zhu Houzhao looked excited.
Old Zhu Di, Zhu Laosi and Xiao Zhusi, these three militants also had expectations in their eyes.
Their intuition told them that it was something beyond their imagination.
"Brother, what exactly is the way of fighting in the mechanized era?"
Ji Boying glanced at Lao Zhu, then glanced at the group of emperors and princes, and even glanced at the courtiers standing in a circle outside. The eyes of these people were equally divided between doubts and expectations.
"Next, hold your breath."
"What you are about to see is a positional battle in which both sides invested more than two million troops and cost one million casualties. It is known in history as the Meat Grinder of Verdun and is also the beginning of mechanized warfare."
The words fell.
Lao Zhu was stunned and subconsciously spoke.
"impossible!"
Old Zhu Di continued.
"Absolutely impossible!"
Zhu Laosi frowned even more.
"Master Immortal, I don't believe it."
Ji Boying was not angry at what Lao Zhu and his son said.
Only with a spirit of doubt can we make progress.
Looking at the other emperors and princes, although none of them spoke, they generally had the same view as Lao Zhu and others.
Including those in the outer circle, such as Wang Yangming, Yu Qian and other officials who knew the military, their eyes were also full of disbelief.
"And you?"
Ji Boying looked at Zhengde Zhu Houzhao.
"Master Immortal, this..."
Zhengde Zhu Houzhao smiled and rubbed his hands.
"Actually, I don't really believe it either."
The reason why he said this is because Zhu Houzhao judged based on his own factual experience.
First of all, the two million people were in a positional battle, not a surprise attack or encirclement and annihilation. It was a head-on confrontation between the two sides.
From Zhu Houzhao's point of view, this was very similar to the Yingzhou victory that he personally commanded. He subconsciously recalled that battle.
A total of more than 100,000 people from both sides fought wildly outside Yingzhou. From morning to night, the sky was dark and the ground was dark, and blood flowed into rivers. The scene was extremely bloody and tragic.
But even with such a haircut, when the casualties on both sides reached nearly 10,000, that is, when the battle losses reached more than 10%, the army began to be unable to hold on.
In the end, the little Mongolian prince could not bear the battle losses, and was afraid that the army would collapse, so he took the lead in withdrawing. This was the great victory in Yingzhou.
In fact, if the little prince did not withdraw first, Zhu Houzhao had already planned to withdraw, because he also felt that his army was approaching its limit and would collapse if he continued to fight.
After all, early retreat and the collapse of the army are two completely different concepts. One is defeat and the other is rout. The losses are completely at two levels.
"One or two casualties can bring the army to the brink of collapse, and the casualties can be as high as 50%..."
"too exaggerated."
Zhengde Zhu Houzhao truthfully stated his thoughts.
Ji Boying smiled slightly.
"This is the limitation of your thinking."
"When you sit in a well and look at the sky, you don't know how vast it is."
"The first thing you have to do is to open your eyes and take a good look at the sky above your head."
The words fell.
Everyone looked up subconsciously.
Also at this moment.
The surrounding scene changes rapidly.
Boom boom boom…!
The earth-shaking sound of artillery shelling fell into everyone's ears instantly.
Everyone looked shocked.
If the end of the world comes, the sky will be dark.
Countless streams of fire interacted in the sky, and a torrential rain of shells fell and exploded around everyone.
In the past, in cold weapon battlefields, the cruelest thing was to cut off the head, and the worst thing was to cut into pieces.
But at this moment, in the eyes of these emperors and princes, everything they could see was scattered pieces of meat.
One moment he was a complete human being, the next moment there were only a few hairs left.
What kind of hell is this hell on earth? !
"Believe it?"
(End of chapter)
