In the Chongzheng Palace, hundreds of officials gathered together, and Wang Dexing in the middle brought more than a dozen people to arrange a wooden soldier formation on a huge sand table.

Since Du Zhongxiao raised troops to the north, the successive victories were too magical. first repelled Yelu Chongyuan, killed the Khitan soldier Emperor Yelu Zongzhen, and forced away Yelu Renxian's army of more than 100,000. These big victories are already the most important in the founding of the Great Song Dynasty, but I didn't expect to send troops to the party and easily demolish the party fortress in the area of Quye River. Then the first battle destroyed the Black Mountain Supervision Division, and then fought so that the Dangxiang army did not dare to leave Helan Mountain, and the third battle destroyed the White Horse Supervision Division, killing and capturing more than 60,000 people of the Dangxiang army. Many officials feel that it will not be difficult to give Du Zhongxiao a few more months to destroy the party.

Such a record, the gods block and kill the gods, and the Buddhas block and kill the Buddhas, it is like a myth.

After entering the palace and facing the king, when Wang Dexing first started to set up the sand table, everyone was still watching according to the official rank, and it was orderly. It didn't take long for officials to rush forward. The imperial history officials who corrected the order went to the front by themselves, and no one cared about them, and finally they crowded closer and closer, and became officials tightly surrounding the sand table. Only the emperor and no one dared to go, Zhao Zhen was high above and had an unobstructed view.

Han Qi collected all the wooden figures that he could collect, and asked Wang Dexing to try his best to put out the formation of the Hue Ferry battle, which took extra time. In the end, Wang Dexing sweated on his forehead. Turning around, he arched his hand to Zhao Zhen, who was high above: "Your Majesty, this is about the case when the Japanese army is arrayed." ”

Zhao Zhen nodded, and said to Han Qi and Shi Quanbin on the side: "How was the battle that day, the two of you and these soldiers will repeat it, and the hundred officials will watch it." In the first battle of Hezhou, Du Taibao used 30,000 soldiers, 60,000 troops of the southern rejection of the party's burial and relocation of the Linggong army, and 60,000 troops of the White Horse Supervision Army Division in the west. The party built the Great Wall in Helan Mountain to defend it, killed and captured 60,000 soldiers and horses of the White Horse Prison Division, and the eunuch of the prison army fled alone with Baozhong. In this battle, Du Taibao can be compared with the famous marshals of the ancients, and the Chengben Dynasty has not won a great victory since the founding of the country. The battle of the day was staged in the palace, and the hundred officials knew the might of the dynasty. ”

Du Zhongxiao's inspector is the inspector Taibao, and there are three levels of inspector Taifu, Taiwei, and Taishi, except for the good call, there is no use. The title of inspector is generally used by the people to raise face, and it is rarely called so among officials. This is mostly the case for Ling Gong, Taiwei, Situ, Shaobao, and so on. The emperor, empress and empress dowager are different, in order to show respect for officials, they will be called this way, instead of calling them by their first names, and become a specific name for some officials. After it became a common practice, officials could not be called so, but the people could, and they did not actually understand the real position. Du Zhongxiao's military exploits are too big, and the actual reward is not large, so he can only earn some such benefits.

Shi Quanbin was very excited, and together with Han Qi, he held the wat and took the order, and stood beside Wang Dexing.

Han Qi said: "Today's demonstration is mainly artillery, to see how artillery is used in the army." Du Jingluo once said that on the battlefield, artillery is the king of soldiers, and artillery is the most important thing in the layout of the army and the battle between the two armies. ”

Hearing Han Qi say this, Shi Quanbin hurriedly said: "In today's sand table, it is a battle against the White Horse Supervisor Army Division on that day, there are not many artillery, and the heavy artillery is given to Dou Shunqing's department. On that day, Yang Wenguang's headquarters did not have heavy artillery, and the largest was only five horses, which was regarded as a light field battle. ”

Hearing this, the officials were in an uproar. The most impressive thing about firearms is artillery, and the field combat ability of the Song army has always been criticized, but I didn't expect that there was no heavy artillery in the first battle of Hue Du, it was a real field battle, and it was even more powerful.

Zhao Zhen said: "In the field battle, it is really not easy to meet the enemy head-on with 10,000 troops, and another 10,000 troops to surround the enemy's rear and annihilate 60,000 soldiers and horses. ”

Di Qing, who was standing on the side, nodded. He has fought with the party for many years, and knows that the field ability of the party is actually stronger than that of the Song army, and this kind of record on Hequ Road is indeed beyond the reach of other Song troops. Since there are firearms in the army, Di Qing has also been in contact with them, and knows the power, but he can't think of a way to integrate guns and cannons and form a military formation, and today he can open his eyes.

Han Qi and the others quieted down and said to Wang Dexing: "You set your mind and perform the battle of the day for Your Majesty and the hundred officials." ”

Wang Dexing promised. ordered the people who cooperated with him, and strictly followed the steps of the day to protect their loyalty, and attacked the Song army on the opposite side.

On that day, there were 2,000 people in a row, and Wang Dexing replaced them with fifty wooden figures, and used the organs next to him to control the march towards the Red Army wooden people.

Shi Quanbin saw it and hurriedly said: "Wait! There is a matter of telling the officials and the officials. The first battle of the day was a heavy cavalry, not an infantry on a sand table. Halfway through the advance, he was beaten by our artillery fire and did not dare to move forward, returned to the military formation, changed his cavalry to foot, and then re-entered the battle. ”

Zhao Zhen said: "Why do you want to change from riding to step? Wouldn't the cavalry be faster? ”

Shi Quanbin praised the wat: "Official, although the cavalry is fast, the mount is inhuman after all. Solid bullets are fine, but when our army replaces them with flowering bullets, they will immediately fail. First, the flowering bomb exploded on the ground, and the fragments hit the horse's belly, and the horse lost too much. There was a loud noise during the bombing of the next one, and many horses were frightened by this, and the army was in disarray. It was because our army had artillery to defend it, and the party did not dare to attack with cavalry. ”

Zhao Zhen nodded and motioned for Wang Dexing to continue. The hundred officials on the side suddenly realized that there was still this statement.

Wang Dexing and his assistant manipulated the organs and commanded the first military formation to move forward. The mini cannons on the opposite side emitted puffs of smoke, signaling that the stones of the shells had fallen into the military formation, and many people fell. Halfway through the march, the party's second formation struck out. By the time the first army formation was formed, the red wooden men were connected, and only half of the number remained.

Pang Ji on the side said to Han Qi: "Captain, half of the men and horses were lost before receiving the troops, was it the same that day?" ”

Han Qishou: "That's true. Xianggong, if the artillery is used well, it has such great power! ”

Pang Ji nodded, his face solemn. This kind of scene is different from when Wen Yanbo attacked Wang Ze of Beizhou, when he used artillery, he only broke through the city wall, and did not show such a huge lethality. When the power reaches this point, the weight is different.

Hundreds of officials talked about it, although the villain on the sand table had some games, no one dared to treat it as a game. This battle is really like this, before the two armies meet, half of the men and horses are knocked out by artillery fire, how can this kind of battle be fought? Tens of thousands of lives, but it's not a game.

When all the several military formations arrived at the opposite side under artillery fire, Wang Dexing crossed his hands to Han Qi and said, "Captain, you can only play here." ”

Han Qi turned to Zhao Zhen and said, "Your Majesty, artillery is just the overall situation, and this sand table can be performed." There was really no way for the musketeers to do so. The musket was too powerful to be demonstrated in the temple. If you want to see how the musket is against the enemy, you have to choose somewhere else. ”

When it was scheduled for today's schedule, Han Qi originally chose a time to demonstrate the musket formation. After Zhao Zhen changed to a sand table demonstration, he immediately went to the back garden, and the selected soldiers took the wooden men to demonstrate how the musketeers fought when the two armies met.

Zhao Zhenkou edict, hundreds of officials out of the Chongzheng Palace, to the back garden, to watch the Hequ Road army demonstration of musket combat.

The imperial palace of the Song Dynasty was not large, and it was not easy to select an open space where the musket could be demonstrated, and many flowers and trees were temporarily cut down. The place to watch is a verandah, and a hundred paces ahead is a selected open space, where more than 500 soldiers from the river meandering road are waiting.

Under the verandah, there were dense armor soldiers, all of them in bright armor. This is a real gun, not a joke, and it is for safety to watch from a hundred steps away. Dense array of armor soldiers, to prevent accidents, the palace guards can not be trusted by these soldiers from the river meander.

Han Qi walked out of the verandah and ordered the commander Peng Yuan and He Chengzhou to line up separately, and said, "In front of the Holy Lord and the hundred officials, you must be cautious and not make any mistakes. If you do a good job this time, you will be rewarded! If you don't do well, you will be severely punished afterwards! ”

Peng Yuan and He Chengzhou sang a promise together, and each arranged a military formation.

Shi Quanbin stood beside Zhao Zhen and said in a low voice: "Official, the musket battle is not comparable just now, the gunfire is loud, and the momentum is terrifying!" ”

Zhao Zhen nodded: "Understood." This time you went to Hequ Road, you also worked hard. ”

Shi Quanbin hurriedly said: "The little one works for the official family, how dare he call it hard?" It's just that I keep in mind the official teachings and make some meager contributions. ”

Zhao Zhen smiled: "When I come back this time, I will stay in the capital, there are many things to do here." ”

Shi Quanbin couldn't help but be overjoyed: "Everything is according to the orders of the official!" ”

As an internal servant, Shi Quanbin has made a lot of credit on Hequ Road this time, which is enough to boast for a lifetime. The credit is good, there is no need for hard work, and he will return to Beijing as soon as he has made enough military merit, which is exactly what Shi Quanbin wants. By the emperor's side, these credits of oneself will soon become official positions and rewards.

Seeing Han Qi in the open space waving to him, Shi Quanbin said, "The official family has issued an edict, and Taiwei Han is ready over there." ”

Zhao Zhen said: "Then let's start." ”

Shi Quanbin got the order and said loudly to Han Qi in the distance: "The official family has an edict, the Taiwei can start!" As he spoke, he made a gesture.

Han Qi turned around, took a whistle and put it in his mouth, and said, "Take my whistle as an order!" As soon as the whistle blows, you will demonstrate offense and defense! ”

Peng Yuan and He Chengzhou sang the promise together. He also took out the order post and put it in his mouth, and ordered his own soldiers around him to prepare to beat the drum.

The two sides lined up. On one side were the two hundred musketeers led by Peng Yuan, twenty people in a row, three in a row, in a zigzag shape. On the other side was He Chengzhou's 300 infantry, each with a big wooden man in front of him, and the soldiers were hiding behind the wooden man, and the important parts of his body were also wearing iron armor.

As soon as Han Qi's whistle sounded, He Chengzhou immediately took three hundred soldiers, each pushing a big wooden man, and marched to Peng Yuan's headquarters in front at the speed of an army formation. These wooden figures have wheels underneath, and the soldiers they choose are tall and not too difficult to push. The difficulty of He Chengzhou's department is not to push the wooden man, but to keep the formation neat all the time during the march. The general forbidden army really can't do this target.

He Chengzhou's department was about fifty steps in front of him, and as soon as Peng Yuan's whistle sounded, the first row of musketeers in the front military formation raised their guns and aimed.

Shi Quanbin said to Zhao Zhen: "Official, the training in the army is to shoot the enemy thirty steps before the battle. Now about fifty paces away, one is to raise the gun to aim, and the other is to prepare for the enemy's sudden rush. ”

Zhao Zhen nodded: "Let you go to the Du Taibao Department to watch the army, you are attentive." ”

On the side, Pang Ji, Liang Shi, Liu Xin, Di Qing, Wang Yaochen and Sun Wei and other officials of the two governments, as well as Wang Gongchen, Zeng Gongliang, Zhao Yi and several other Hanlin scholars, heard that Shi Quanbin was an expert, and hurriedly leaned over to listen to his explanation.