Guo Ziyi seems young There is a certain reason, this guy has a very good mentality, no matter how much trouble he encounters, no matter how much grievance he encounters, he can face it very calmly, even if Mount Tai is overwhelming, he can not change his face, he is a person with an excellent mentality.

Of course, Guo Ziyi is also an old slippery head, but it is a mellow kind of slippery, not treacherous slippery, although he is smooth like a loach, but he will never perfunctory others, he will do a good job with quality and quantity, and will never disappoint, whether it is leading troops to fight, or being an official in the court, he can do very well, he will not offend people easily, even if this person is very harmful to the Tang Dynasty, he will not offend, and he will admit if he is wronged, history has also proved this, And this has the advantage that he can die a very happy life, unlike other ministers and generals, who are either belittled or die.

Seeing that Guo Ziyi, who was full of smiles, was walking towards him, Ang Lee always felt that this thing was holding back something, otherwise he wouldn't be so tired of laughing, and Ang Lee was covered with goosebumps when he saw it.

"Hehe, Li Shilang, long time no see! Lao Guo misses it very much. ”

Guo Ziyi said again, the attitude is not ordinary sweet, and those who don't know still think they have a relationship?

"When did General Guo return to the capital, and have you seen Your Majesty?"

Ang Lee asked.

"I just arrived in the capital yesterday, I have already seen Your Majesty, and I also saw the telegraph machine in the main hall, Your Majesty is sending a telegram to the palace people of Huaqing Palace, asking the palace people to send the green vegetables raised next to the hot springs into the palace, that thing is really amazing! Huaqing Palace was so far away, and the news was directly transmitted, which was really amazing. ”

Guo Ziyi said, his eyes were shining, and it could be seen that this thing had not yet recovered from his excitement, and his excited expression was full of desire, he was here to rob.

"Your Majesty personally said to me that if we put one in Shuofang, then we can contact the imperial court at any time, how good it is! It's convenient and fast, and it saves a lot of time compared to taking a car back. ”

Guo Ziyi continued, her expression still excited.

Li An nodded proudly and didn't say anything.

Guo Ziyi only paused for a moment, and then continued: "Li Shilang, such a good transmitter, give us Shuo Fang!" We monitor the northern steppes and need to be in touch with the imperial court in a timely manner. ”

Knowing that Guo Ziyi would have such a request, Li An shook his head helplessly: "General Guo, this is a major project of the imperial court, where did I do it, now there are only two for Your Majesty, and there are new ones below, then it will also be arranged by Your Majesty, Shuofang is too far away, and the wires need to be very long, or it is more appropriate to allocate them to you Shuofang after the wireless telegraph comes out in the future." ”

Guo Ziyi frowned and said: "How can it be the same as what Your Majesty said, have you discussed it, such a good machine, but it can't be given to us Shuo Fang immediately, I am really anxious!" Ay! Forget it, since Li Shilang can't be the master, then let's not mention this matter for the time being, Lao Guo came this time, there is one more thing to discuss with Li Shilang, and I hope Li Shilang won't laugh at me. ”

Saying that, Guo Ziyi was a little embarrassed.

Li An suddenly felt a little strange, frowned and asked, "Lao Guo can just say anything about it, what else is there to be embarrassed about?" ”

Guo Ziyi took out a drawing from his arms and put it in front of Li An, which immediately surprised Li An.

This drawing is quite neat, it looks like a burning stick, but this is the reaction of ordinary people when they see this painting, but Ang Lee can see different things from this burning stick, this is the most primitive gun pattern, and Guo Ziyi actually showed this to himself, can anyone else have the idea of inventing firearms.

Li An is the only outsider in the Tang Dynasty, could it be that someone else has come, or rather, it was the old man Guo in front of him who drew this drawing, this old man would have such great ability.

Seeing Li An looking at himself suspiciously, Guo Ziyi smiled awkwardly and said: "I just said, let Li Shilang not laugh at me, this picture was painted by me blindly, and it can't get into Li Shilang's eyes, but I still have to show Li Shilang, this is what I decided after thinking about it for a long time, and I don't know if it can be realized." ”

Obviously, Guo Ziyi had this idea, but because he didn't have the ability to conduct research and development, and he couldn't figure out whether the power of this thing could meet his expectations after it was made, if it couldn't meet his expectations, it would be meaningless, but if it could meet his expectations, it would be perfect, he naturally couldn't handle this matter himself, and Ang Lee was the leader of the R&D center, so he naturally wanted to ask Ang Lee.

For the original gun pattern drawn by Guo Ziyi, Li An naturally understood it at a glance, Lao Guo's idea is completely from artillery, that is, the artillery is reduced, and the gun carriage and gun wheel are removed, so as to look like a burning fire kun, this idea is also quite conventional, and there is not much creativity, however, in the era of the Tang Dynasty, it is already very good to have such an idea, and Li An must praise Old Man Guo.

"General Guo has a lot of ideas! Why did you suddenly think of this thing? ”

Li An asked curiously.

Guo Ziyi said: "The artillery hits far away, and the power is also very great, but the biggest problem is that it is not too convenient to move, especially the cavalry troops, if they carry artillery, the speed will be greatly limited, so Lao Guo thought of making the artillery smaller, small enough to allow soldiers to use it in their hands, but it is not clear how powerful it can be after making it small, whether it can be more powerful than the Fuyuan crossbow, if it can be higher than the lethality of the Fuyuan crossbow, that is, it can be used, if the power is too small, then it cannot be used." ”

Said I looked at Ang Lee very much with great anticipation.

For the power of firearms, Li An knows better than anyone else, and has secretly manufactured a few, but the firearm drawings drawn by Guo Ziyi are the most primitive firearms, if the firearms are manufactured according to his ideas, the power will not be very great, and it will be very troublesome to use, and it is a problem whether the weapons can be overcooled, after all, the earliest guns are called bird guns, and their power and reliability are far inferior to the firearms of later generations, and it is not uncommon for the troops with bird guns to be unable to beat the big sword and spear.

In addition, the firearms of the bird gun, the technical requirements are still quite high, if the intensity of the soldier's training is not enough, the battle will be nervous and panicked, the requirements for tactics are also very high, such as the three-stage strike is the most basic tactic, if you can not invent the tactics of the three-stage strike, the power of the firearms of the bird gun can not be well played, when encountering the enemy cavalry, it is very likely to be defeated, so that they suffer extremely painful losses.

Although Li An very much agrees with Old Man Guo's idea, Old Man Guo obviously did not take into account the problem of later use and tactics, which cannot be blamed on him, at this moment, the weapon has not yet been designed, the power and reliability are not clear, and he cannot conceive of the problem of future tactics, and the strength of the Tang Empire has far surpassed that of other countries, no matter whether the tactics are advanced enough or not, there seems to be no reason to defeat the battle.

Li An looked at Guo Ziyi with an expectant look in front of him, and he didn't know what to say, more advanced rifles have been secretly manufactured, and the backward arquebuses are naturally no problem, but Li An took into account the concealment and danger of firearms, and was worried that after the large-scale popularization, it would make assassination easier.

But since Old Man Guo has already made a request, Ang Lee must answer his question, and he can't pretend not to hear it! At least give him an explanation.

In addition, Ang Lee is about to have no confidence to block the birth of firearms, at this moment, Guo Ziyi can think of inventing firearms, so can't other people think of it? The question of how long guns can be kept as a weapon a secret is a question.

"Lao Guo! In addition to artillery, Datang also has ironclad artillery carts, which can run faster than horses, is it necessary to invent this thing? ”

Li An said.

"Li Shilang has not led soldiers for many years, and has forgotten the hardships of the soldiers, the more weapons are naturally more practical and the better, although the ironclad artillery car is very powerful, but after all, the number is limited, and it will cost a lot of military expenses to dispatch once, and the most used in patrolling and chasing horse thieves in peacetime is cavalry, each cavalry is equipped with spears and hard crossbows, but if there are more powerful weapons, it will be more able to deter horse thieves, and the sacrifice of the soldiers will be much less."

Guo Ziyi opened his mouth and said his true thoughts, the reason why he was so eager to invent bird weapons was to deter the horse thieves who often appeared in the north, and to deal with these extremely mobile and small scale threats, the use of artillery is not at all, and the use of ironclad artillery vehicles is too wasteful, there is a feeling of anti-aircraft guns fighting mosquitoes, and the number of horse thieves is also relatively large, and there is no law in the activities, basically when he sees an opportunity, he rushes over to snatch it, and after grabbing the finances, he slips away. It is indeed a little inappropriate to use expensive ironclad artillery trucks to deal with these thieves, and there are not so many financial resources, prepare a sufficient number of artillery trucks, and even, under some special terrain conditions, the horses can travel smoothly, but the ironclad artillery vehicles are completely impassable, so that the heavy responsibility of chasing horse thieves all falls on the Tang cavalry.

The well-equipped elite border cavalry of the Tang Dynasty is naturally not afraid of horse thieves from the north, but because their weapons do not have too much generation difference, this leads to the fact that the Tang cavalry is easy to be injured by the pressing horse thieves when fighting against horse thieves, and the dead soldiers are a very common phenomenon, and even, if you encounter fierce and numerous horse thieves, the number of dead soldiers can reach dozens or hundreds, which will cause great losses to the Tang army, and will also make many Datang families lose their backbone.

As a general of the border army, Guo Ziyi saw that his soldiers often died, and his heart was naturally quite sad, any qualified general is like a soldier, and he regards his soldiers as his sons, and will try his best to let the soldiers under his command die less, and the measures that generals can take are generally very limited, after all, generals are also leaders of the imperial court, and many times only have the power to suggest and not the power to decide.

Guo Ziyi is better than ordinary generals, he not only strictly trains soldiers in peacetime, so that soldiers can master more combat skills, thereby reducing the probability of dying in battle, but also thought of inventing more advanced weapons, in the case of his own technology and ability is not enough, he can also lick his face to find Li An, and let Li An help to find a way.

Li An used to be a person who loved soldiers like children, and naturally hoped to help Guo Ziyi, so that the combat effectiveness of the Datang border army would be stronger, and it would be able to inflict greater blows on potential enemies, but firearms were a very dangerous weapon after all, in case a small number of Datang soldiers were killed by horse thieves because they were alone, then, these terrible weapons would fall into the hands of horse thieves, once a horse thief sneaked into the capital of Datang with firearms and looked for an opportunity to kill high-ranking officials of Datang, the success rate must be very high, and, once hit, The damage that can be caused is also very deadly, the guards of the Tang Dynasty may be able to defend against the attack of bows and arrows, but for more distant weapons, there is no more effective defensive measure, so that the high-ranking officials of the Tang Dynasty will no longer dare to show their faces in the open public, and even, when it comes to the Shangyuan Festival, the emperor does not dare to stand on the calyx tower and celebrate the festival with ordinary people, because there is a risk of being shot in the head.

Of course, this reason is Ang Lee's own concerns, if you consider it according to the development of the times, the development of firearms is naturally not wrong, you can't not invent more powerful weapons because you are worried, this will lead to the gradual decline of national strength, such as the pigtail dynasty in later generations of China, others are busy inventing more powerful guns and artillery, and the braid dynasty may be because of the fear that someone will rebel, but not to invent these powerful weapons, pursuing the strategy of closing the country, and ultimately leading to the consequences, Even if you are backward, you will be beaten, and the entire huge empire will not be bullied by foreign enemies.

Therefore, if you think about it according to this line of thought, it seems that it is correct to invent and use firearms in a timely manner, however, this situation occurred in the later generations when all countries were trying to develop weapons, so it would cause an empire to be greatly backward if it did not develop, so that it would be invaded, but in this era of the Tang Dynasty, gunpowder was only possessed by the Tang Empire, and the surrounding countries did not even have the most basic gunpowder, how could they invent a very powerful weapon like a firearm, and even if they were given a lot of time, It is also impossible to make a rifle with extremely high reliability, and only Ang Lee has the ability to make this.

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