In fact, Wu Zheng was even more shocked, Qi Jiguang's new book of Ji Xiao, the 3,000 new troops recruited in Yiwu compiled and trained, its form of formation has been similar to the infantry squad of later generations, the establishment of the squad, a total of 12 people, one team leader, one shield soldier, one vine shield, two wolf soldiers, four pikemen, one palladium soldier, and one firearms soldier. During the battle, the team commander holds the flag in his left hand and the knife in his right hand, and stands in front of the right side of the squad to direct the battle. The remaining eleven men were divided into two columns, separated by one person, and the front and back were displaced, with the two shield soldiers in the front, the wolf soldiers in the second, the pikemen again, the palladium soldiers in the fifth column, and the firearms soldiers in the last, shooting at the enemy between the two columns.

This tactical guiding ideology is comparable to that of the infantry squad of later generations.

Zhang Guowei smiled bitterly: "Qi Shaobao's training army was already the most powerful elite of the Ming Dynasty at that time, when Qi Shaobao completely abandoned the original guard establishment and old combat rules of the Ming army, and newly created the establishment and tactics based on the Mandarin Duck Array. But the problem is that from the Wanli Dynasty to the Chongzhen Dynasty, the imperial court simply did not have more silver to form more new armies. And the first assistant Zhang Juzheng died of illness, and Qi Shaobao, who lost the support of Zhang Juzheng and Yu Dayou, was also unable to return to heaven. ”

Wu Zheng agreed with this, in the last years of Chongzhen, the annual income of the imperial court was only four or five million taels a year, and these silver were estimated to be almost the same as thousands of Beijing officials, and even the army's salary and silver were not enough to distribute, and it was really difficult for a strong man to train a new army. But everyone in him X knows that when the Dashun army entered the capital, Liu Zongmin copied 70 million taels from the official palace in half a month.

The Ming Dynasty circulated and hoarded the most silver since the Tang Dynasty.

This is also the reason for the low price of silver in the Ming Dynasty, and the huge trade surplus has made foreign silver frantically influx.

So much so that the ratio of silver and gold reached eight to one, and at the lowest time, it even reached six to one, while in the Tang and Song dynasties, this ratio was generally maintained at ten to one, or even twelve to one.

The price comparison of copper coins is even more exaggerated, the so-called consistent, in the Tang and Song dynasties, it was basically 800 to 1,200 wen for one tael of silver, the so-called consistent thousand wen.

But in the Ming Dynasty, it became 400 wen for one tael, how cheap is the price of silver?

Wu Zheng's hand was trembling, he waved his hand and said, "The military book is left, I will think about it for three days behind closed doors, and no one is allowed to disturb me...... Xiao Anzi, arrange for the Qi family to eat and stay, and make a decision in three days. ”

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I have to say that these two sets of books gave Wu Zheng great confidence.

It is not entirely the methods and experiences of training and managing the army and the manufacture and use of firearms that are involved in the military book, which have a subversive view of Wu Zheng.

Rather, it gave Wu Zheng confidence.

When Wu Zheng returned to Hangzhou this time, he had the desire to organize and train a new army and improve the firepower of musketeers and self-defense weapons.

It's just that what I think about is only to improve and reorganize.

Yes, Wu Zheng's later generations' understanding of military and special weapons can almost subvert this era, but it is only cognition.

Because even if we knew that we could build an atomic bomb in a few hundred years, we would not be able to build it in this era.

Even if you know that breech guns can dominate the entire future battlefield, you can't ignite the black powder in the breech barrel with a collision without the presence of mine mercury.

Advanced R&D may work, but it involves countless processes, and the so-called involvement affects the whole body.

The most important thing is that this requires a lot of manpower and material resources, as well as what Wu Zheng lacks the most - time.

The Tatars have completed the occupation of Fujian and Guangdong, the remnants of the Northwest Great Western Army have retreated to Sichuan, and the Yongli Dynasty has withdrawn while fighting, turning to ...... in the direction of Yunnan.

In two years at most, no more than three years, the Qing court will be able to turn its main force around and deal with the Yixing Dynasty, which is only a land of thirteen prefectures.

Therefore, Wu Zheng can only use the existing weapons and manpower to make the greatest improvements, instead of inexplicably investing a huge amount of manpower and financial resources in research and development.

The birth of any new weapon requires research and development, trial production, actual combat improvement, and then finalization and mass production, and then improvement until maturity.

It was too time-consuming, and in fact, for the last soldier to actually use it, a powerful musket was often far inferior to a steel knife that could be used handily.

That's the reality.

Therefore, the purpose of Wu Zheng's return this time is to retrain the musketeers, train them to truly master musket shooting and engage in white-knuckle combat with the enemy after shooting, and at the same time, develop grenades (wooden-handled grenades) with low technical bottlenecks to complete bayonet fighting, bomb throwing, musket shooting, artillery support, and near, medium and long-range firepower throwing.

Thus increasing the output of firepower.

But now, inspired and helped by these two military books, Wu Zheng wants more.

Because many things can already be found in the war book, and there are drawings and even dimensions marked.

These weapons could have been made in the Jiajing Dynasty seventy or eighty years ago.

It's just that the imperial court didn't really continue to develop and use it, and it was buried.

For example, landmines, such as water mines, such as the thirteen-tube repeating gun imitated and improved by Qi Daokun, and even the "fire dragon out of the water" that made Wu Zheng stunned, this is the prototype of the two-stage rocket, the first-stage rocket is tied to the outside of the paper paste tube, and there is a second-stage rocket in the dragon's mouth, which increases the range to hit the enemy ship after being shot, and is used for water attacks, and the range can reach three to four miles.

There's nothing you can't do, only the unthinkable.

Only from these two sets of books did Wu Zheng feel the incomparably powerful wisdom of his predecessors.

It is so powerful that future generations can only pick up people's teeth.

Wu Zheng began to organize his plan, and he decided to use the prototype of the weapon in the book to develop and update the weapon.

At the same time, there was a plan to form a prototype army similar to that of later generations.

Methods and means will be outdated, but ideas will not be outdated, just like Sun Tzu's Art of War, until a thousand years later, it is still respected by military strategists.

It is true that many of the training methods in the military book are not suitable, but the reward and punishment system, training the army, training courage, training the ears and eyes, training the hands and feet, training the camp and formation, and so on, are worthy of reference, and can even be copied.

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Three dates are full.

The first thing Wu Zheng did when he came out of the customs was to summon Qi Daokun.

"How sure is Uncle Qi about the manufacture of firearms recorded in the war book?"

Qi Daokun replied: "In the past 20 years, Xiaomin has copied them one by one. As long as there are enough manpower and financial resources, Xiaomin can imitate all of them for the prince. ”

Wu Zheng shook his head and said, "You don't have to copy them all, this king only needs three of them." ”

Spreading out the drawings he had drawn, Wu argued: "First, mines." Divide contact line thunder and trampling mine, what the uncle practiced three days ago should be stepping on thunder, right? ”

"Yes." Qi Daokun's eyes were attracted by the drawings drawn by Wu Zheng.

"The second, throwing grenades. It shouldn't be difficult to make these in the hands of an uncle. But the third thing, I'm afraid it will take the uncle to use his brains. ”