Chapter 498 Discussion

After the water puppet boat, two more painting boats drove over, with a high swing on the boat, and a few sergeants with a playful face on the stern climbed the pole, and the left and right military courtyards waited for the command of the drum and flute.

There is another person below, stepping on the swing and starting to kick up.

The water puppet show, the melon-eating masses on the water's edge can't really see it, this is different.

Not only is the swing swinging, but the two poles hanging on the swing and the climbing sergeant, and even the painted boat, are swinging, as the swing swings higher and higher, the swing amplitude is getting bigger and bigger, and the sergeants on the pole have to play all kinds of tricks, and the exclamations of everyone by the pool are also getting bigger and bigger with the swing.

When the swing was about to reach the level of the highest point, the sergeant who was swinging on the swing let go and threw a parabola with a somersault in the midst of the loud shouts of the crowd, throwing himself into the water like the second half of an ambush cannonball, and splashing the boss's water.

This is called "Water Swing", and everyone was shocked before, but now they cheered in unison: "Okay-"

After the water show, 20 small dragon boats rowed over, and there were more than 50 scarlet-clothed sergeants on each side, each setting up a gong and gong.

At the bow of each ship is a military academy, which is the rank of tiger wing commander, waving the flag to attract and commanding the advance in a loud voice.

After the small dragon boat, there were ten tiger-headed boats, on which there was a man in brocade clothes, holding a small flag on the bow of the boat, and the rest were wearing short green clothes and long headscarves, neatly dancing the wooden tree.

This group of people is a special group of people, equivalent to temporary workers in the army, called "people unloading pedestrians".

In the same way, there is also a matching military band, which is two flying fish boats, the color paintings are golden, extremely exquisite, there are more than 50 people in variegated costumes on the boat, and there are small variegated flags and umbrellas in between, dancing left and right, beating small gongs, drums and cymbals.

There are also two loach boats on the side, which can only be rowed by one person, and they are small boats carved from single wood.

Su You can't help but have some regrets, the wind is good in March, he should bring the Meishan sail sampan, and gallop quickly on Jinming Pond, which is absolutely cheering and brilliant.

He forgot that he was now in the government, and if he really dared to do that, the bullet medals of the imperial history would be at least three feet high tomorrow.

The small boats competed in the Aowu, the tiger head boat threw out the rope, dragged the big dragon boat out, and its small dragon boat competed to be the first to turn and dance, welcome the guide, and go to the water palace.

The big dragon boat is about thirty or forty zhang long, three or four zhang wide, the head and tail scales, all carved gold ornaments, all kinds of wooden components, all finely carved, extremely exquisite.

The two sides of the big ship stretch out of the wooden frame, called "sharp board", and the two sides are lined with ten poles, similar to wooden baskets.

The sharp plate is several feet deep, and large silver ingots are densely stacked on the bottom as ballast, which is royal and stylish.

On the dragon boat, there are floors and platforms, thresholds, thrones, and dragon water screens.

After entering the deep water area, the dragon head master danced the red flag, left and right water sheds, and arranged six oars, as if flying.

The dragon boat came to the water temple and docked to the side.

Between the water hall and the fairy bridge, the sergeants inserted red flags into the water, marking the distance and the distance.

Su You couldn't help but itch his hands when he saw this, raised his hand, stretched out his thumb and index finger, and began to look at it with one eye.

There was a cough behind him, Su You turned around, but it was Zhao Ji who came over with Wang Anshi, Sima Guang, and Zeng Gongliang.

The cough was a reminder from Wang Anshi, and he smiled at Su You and said, "Mingrun, be careful about the loss of etiquette before the saint, what are you doing?" ”

Su You hurriedly withdrew his hand: "Your Majesty, Bachelor, this is a technique of sighting, which can roughly estimate the distance and location of the red flag." ”

Zhao Ji said "oh": "Tell me?" Where are the red flags located? ”

Su You said: "Your Majesty, the nearest first row of red flags is two hundred meters away, the farthest row, one thousand five hundred meters away, and the distance between the red flags is thirty meters. Well, if the waterway attacks head-on, with the red flag to assist in positioning, on the second floor of the Linshui Hall and here, ten ballistae will be deployed up and down, and at the speed of those ships just now, they can all be wiped out. ”

Then he saw that the sparrows in the hall were silent, and they all looked at him like monsters.

Su You was a little confused: "Your Majesty, I, what did I mean wrong?" ”

Zhao Ji said to Wang Zhongzheng: "Go to the Tiger Wing Army to inquire about the location of the red flag, whether it is as Su You said." ”

After speaking, he glared at Su You fiercely, waved his hand and said to the officer, "Continue." Then board the dragon ship.

Soon, the little dragon boat divided into two teams, lined up in front of the water hall, facing east and west;

Tigerheads, flying fish and other ships are laid behind them, like two formations.

Suddenly, a military academy on the water shed in front of the water hall beckoned it with a red flag, and the dragon boats each sounded gongs and drums out of the formation, shouting to shake the sky, rowing and rotating, and finally became a big circle array.

Sima Guang also dragged behind, while introducing Su You: "This formation is called 'Xuanluo'. Mingrun, the annual Jin Mingchi martial arts, in the old man's opinion, is all labor and money, and it is undesirable. The old man of the water war is not very clear, and he can't advise if he wants to, these are really as you said, and they are useless against the soldiers? ”

The red flag in front of the water hall greeted again, and the fleet was divided into two, each becoming two circular formations, and the two teams of ships interspersed with each other, re-arranging the circular formation on the other party's previous position.

Sima Guang said: "The one just now is called 'Sea Eye', and the staggered one is called 'Jiaotou', which is indeed lively and beautiful, but Mingrun, do you think you can face the enemy?" ”

Su You was a little speechless, and inexplicably thought of the vaudeville military parade of a big neighbor of China in later generations: "Jun Shigong, to say that you can face the enemy, I'm afraid it's pure nonsense." War can only be learned in war. ”

"I have been in Weizhou, and the combat strength of the Western Army is far superior to that of Beijing. Even if the equipment and supplies are only one-tenth of the Beijing Forbidden Army, they are stronger than the Forbidden Army. ”

"Such as Hoarding An, Konghe, if you don't care about its identity as a van army, I dare to say that it is the most elite army in the Great Song Dynasty."

"How? These are all bought with blood, and they are the combat strength gained again and again after summing up lessons after battles, accumulating experience, and solving problems. ”

"Take the matter of gloves as an example, the first use of hemp was used to protect the hands and increase friction."

"Later, in use, I found that this kind of glove is too easy to consume, because of the durability of hemp, and that's it."

"So I changed it to a leather one, although it was a little more expensive, but in order to protect the soldiers, I gritted my teeth and went up."

"Later, everyone found that the first place where the gloves were broken was generally the first to appear on the index finger and thumb."

"Because these two positions are the places where the hand is on top of the hand when holding the knife, and the place where the string is drawn when the bow is opened, which belongs to the parts with the most friction."

"So I improved it again and thickened the skin in these two places."

"But here comes the problem again, these two places are the most frequently used, and after thickening, it is inconvenient to operate."

"And leather gloves are easy to cover sweat in summer, so after the third improvement, it has become the thumb now, the index finger is lined with leather, and the rest of the place is made of hemp, which not only saves production costs, but also increases comfort, and the sergeants praise each other."

"Another example is the crane shin crossbow, the length of the arrow was originally one foot, but now the arrow is gradually lengthened, and the arrow body is gradually shortened, the tail of the arrow changes from two to three, and the crossbow surface is opened with a ya-shaped guide."

"In addition, the crane shin rod can save half of the effort, and the pulley can extend the force range by double, so that the sergeant only needs to use the power of one stone and two buckets to pull out a strong crossbow with a crossbow force of four stones and eight buckets, and then cooperate with the stainless steel crossbow arrow, in order to pierce the Qingtang Qizi armor within seventy steps."

"There are also military uniforms, and military rations, and the rules for marching and arranging, and the regulations for stationing for food and lodging...... It can be said that every little change has one or even several lives in it. These will never be expected without going through the battle formation. ”

Sima Guang nodded: "In terms of down-to-earth and proficient practical talents, I am only optimistic about Mingrun." ”

Su You said with a smile: "Junshi is serious, but then again, is the drill training useful?" I think it's still useful. ”

After speaking, he pouted: "But it's not a drill for the purpose of earning attention, but a drill for the purpose of summarizing actual combat." ”

Sima Guang said: "Mingrun, I know that you seem to be peaceful, but in fact, your heart is the main attack, right?" ”

Su You said: "This is not a secret from the monarch, it is true, if the Great Song Dynasty can't get rid of the Western Xia, the two tumors of the Liao Kingdom, the first to die will only be the Great Song Dynasty." I don't know if Jun Shigong agrees with this? ”

Sima Guang was a little contradictory: "However, the national conditions are like this, and the country can't withstand the consumption of war......"

Su You said: "Yes, it is difficult, but Jun Shigong, if you don't attack, you can't do it." ”

Sima Guang was about to speak, but Su You said: "Jun Shigong, and listen to Mingrun." ”