As in the past, after the store opened, Li Daming just looked at the shop for a while, and then handed over the business to the guy, and when he arrived at the back house, he saw Wang Huaxing sitting in the courtyard reading a book.

"Brother Xiru, look at your kung fu that you can't let go, if you take the martial arts test, I'm afraid it's too much of a loss, depending on the brother, it's better to abandon martial arts and follow the literature, maybe when the time comes, I can still have a champion brother."

Listening to Li Daming's joke, Wang Huaxing just laughed, and then shook his head.

"Brother Li doesn't know, this bit of ink in the little brother's stomach is at most a martial arts examination, so it can make up, as for the rest, the younger brother didn't even think about it."

Then the two chatted there, Wang Huaxing is a native of Xianyang, and the two of them met by chance, after they got acquainted, Li Daming took the initiative to invite him to live in, after all, the most difficult thing to find in Xi'an today is the house. Now, there are many scholars in this Xi'an city who are like him, and they ask people to guide the articles, after all, many of the people who withdrew to Xi'an with the imperial court are in the northwest This place is extremely difficult to find talents in the world, and the local scholars will naturally not miss the opportunity to get to know these Shilin leaders, even if their population is inferior, it will not prevent them from pointing out articles.

When the two of them chatted there, at first they were just talking about some ordinary things, chatting and chatting, but they talked about the current situation, and Li Daming at most echoed it.

"Brother Li, Xiru, what are you talking about?"

After entering the hospital, seeing the two people chatting happily, Mingzhu asked with a smile.

"It's Brother Mingzhu, you came just in time, I'm a businessman, this kind of military affairs, I still have to talk about the two of you......"

Seeing that there was a young man standing behind Mingzhu, with pockmarks on his face, and looking at the appearance of being almost ten years old, Wenwen stood quietly beside Mingzhu, Li Daming asked hurriedly.

"This young master came with Mingzhu?"

After ascending the throne as the emperor, Xuan Ye, although he can no longer go in and out of the city at will like in the past, but because he has not yet been in the government, he can always go out of the palace. Xuan Ye, who had a sulky stomach in Aobai, after finishing the class, changed out of his dragon robe and dressed as a son, and then went out of the palace with Mingzhu and others to wander outside the palace to distract himself. I heard that Mingzhu had a sworn brother who opened a shop in this city, so he offered to take a look here.

Mingzhu saw Li Daming asking, so he said with a smile.

"This is Ai Gongzi, who is also on an errand in the palace, and this one came out to hang out, and he happened to pass by here, so he went to sit with his brother!"

Xuan Ye waved his hand at Li Daming, and then smiled.

"I've heard Mingzhu mention Brother Li a long time ago, and I'm very disturbed today, so I ask Brother Li to forgive me."

Li Daming saw that although he was young, he behaved steadily and generously, and saw that Mingzhu was very respectful to him, so he naturally didn't dare to slack off, so he hurriedly said.

"Ai Gongzi, please take a seat."

Originally, Mingzhu wanted the master to sit on the top, but Xuan Ye waved his hand, sat down directly next to Cuigu and sat on the stone bench next to the stone table, and then said.

"We have been in for a long time, and we have only heard Brother Wang raise his arguments, saying that the so-called defeat of the Qing Dynasty by firearms is just an excuse, so it makes the younger brother very curious, and I ask Brother Wang to continue."

Everyone returned to their seats and waited for tea. Wang Huaxing said.

"Okay, I'll continue the topic of Fang Cai, just now I said what most of the people in Xi'an City say, Daming firearms are sharp, and they are not human enemies, so there is today's defeat, in fact, these are just excuses."

Xuan Ye asked with a smile.

"Oh, why is it just an excuse?"

Taking a sip of tea, Wang Huaxing smiled.

"Those who are afraid of China are also firearms! Chongzhen's eight-year "Illustrated Description of Weapons" still has this statement, how can this Chinese firearm be sharp and a temporary thing? ”

Mingzhu couldn't help but change color when he heard Wang Huaxing mention "Yidi". He turned his face to look at the emperor, and when he saw that the emperor was listening intently and did not react, he was relieved.

"The Daming firearms are sharp and for a while, why can he not be afraid of its firearms in the Qing Dynasty, starting from Manchuria, but today he can't block the Daming firearms, and today's defeat is all in firearms?"

"Why is that?"

Xuan Ye looked at Wang Huaxing and asked urgently, the reason why he was so eager was because now the whole dynasty said how sharp the Daming firearms were, how they were beyond the power of manpower, and even the reason why the Shenji Battalion was practiced was to be able to fight with the Da Ming in firearms, but no one had ever told him why the Qing Dynasty was not afraid of firearms back then.

The corners of Wang Huaxing's lips raised slightly, and then said.

"Let's talk about back then, the Ming Dynasty also had firearms, and when the Qing Dynasty was in Manchuria, how did they restrain the Ming army's firearms!"

Picking up the cup of tea that Li Daming had just poured for him, seeing that everyone's eyes were on him, Wang Huaxing looked a little proud, and couldn't help but sell Guanzi.

"Although he is not a flag man, but after coming to Xi'an, he has also come into contact with many flag people, including many veterans who had been killed by the Ming army in Liaodong back then.

As soon as he heard that he had learned it from his Lao Ding, Xuan Ye asked eagerly.

"Oh, how did they restrain firearms back then? ……”

"In fact, it is also simple, nothing more than a car, the so-called car is also called a shield car or a brand car, as the name suggests, is to use thick wood to cover a layer of cowhide, a layer of iron, to make a mobile fortification, this kind of shield car not only the size of the bricks and stones can not be destroyed, the bullet can not penetrate, so, the Eight Banners Army in the battle, will let the infantry and cavalry hide behind this kind of shield car, to gradually advance, and so close to a certain distance, and then use archers to cover the cavalry charge, so that the Ming army is defeated and defeated."

Hearing this, Mingzhu almost didn't laugh, he is a flag man, so he naturally knows what a chariot is, and he can even be said to be very familiar with it. When Emperor Taizu raised his troops, every 100 people in the Niu Lu were equipped with four chariots, which were operated by 30 soldiers, accounting for 30%, which shows its status. In the war between Manchuria and Ming, the chariot has always been the key to determining the outcome of the war. I don't know how many times the Qing army relied on the chariot to approach the Ming army's car camp, and fired guns and bows and arrows at the Ming army at close range to defeat the Ming army. It is precisely because of the pivotal position of the chariot that the Manchurian army even set a military order that "if there is no chariot in the face of the enemy, do not go to war", and some generals were even punished for not carrying chariots in battle. With the help of the chariot, Manchuria remained undefeated in the wars of the Ming Dynasty.

"Oh......"

As soon as he heard him mention the car, Xuan Ye immediately said with some disappointment.

"I have heard of the car, but today's Ming army guns can not only break heavy armor, but also break the car, and its firearms are sharp, which is really beyond the reach of the birds back then."

The chariot is indeed the key to the defeat of the Ming army in the Qing Dynasty, and even in order to prevent the Han people from learning its secrets, after entering the customs, in the face of the Ming army without birds and artillery, the Qing army naturally does not need to use it, and in order to make the "country and mountains eternal", for reasons of secrecy, the chariot that had been extremely critical in the Ming and Qing wars was erased as much as possible in the historical books.

After the Ming army seized Jiangnan, some people in Beijing also proposed to use chariots to resist, but after shooting with the Ming army's guns obtained through various channels, they dispelled this idea.

"Brother Xiru doesn't know, this car can indeed block the Ming army firearms back then, but today's Ming army firearms are different from the past, do you know, how much did the Ming army's bird bullets weigh back then? How much does the Ming Army's bird bullet weigh today? ”

Mingzhu's rhetorical question made Wang Huaxing look at him, and then shook his head.

Seeing him shake his head, Mingzhu said.

"At that time, the Ming army used the bird gun bullet weighed three dollars, the bullet light medicine was less, and naturally could not penetrate the heavy armor and the car, so I used the car and heavy armor in the Qing Dynasty to break the Ming army, and today's Ming army firearms, not only replace the fire rope with stone hair, and its bullet weighs eight dollars, the bullet is heavy, and the double heavy armor can be broken in two hundred steps, even if it is blocked by the car, it can also penetrate the board, and then create the soldiers behind the board!"

Everyone listened attentively, but Wang Huaxing was just silent. After explaining, Mingzhu smiled.

"Xiru only hears about the car, but he doesn't know that today's Ming weapons are completely different from the past, so naturally he can no longer resist with the car."

Wang Huaxing nodded thoughtfully, and then said.

"Then why can't you thicken the board?"

The shield on the chariot is made of thick wooden planks covered with cowhide and iron sheets, and the chariot made of this way is "small bricks and stones that do not move, and large bricks and stones that roll down, and firewood that is thrown without burning", but this chariot always has to be pushed by manpower, if you want to resist firearms, you must thicken it to more than one foot thick, and then it is not possible to push it by manpower, so that the shield cart is naturally useless. ”

Mingzhu had a smile on his face, and in addition to explaining, he deliberately added.

"Besides, after Emperor Taizu got the firearms offered by King Sanshun, I cast a red-clothed cannon in the Qing Dynasty, although the shield car was sharp, but it was a little clumsy, and it was far less than the red-clothed cannon, so today I will make a stone and hair gun (1), and practice the god machine battalion, it is precisely to restrain firearms with firearms."

Mingzhu's answer is a decision made by the Manchu Qing Dynasty after suffering from firearms, and now there are firearms workshops outside Xi'an, where craftsmen cast artillery, make firearms, and even buy Ming military firearms through various channels, although the number of firearms in the Qing Dynasty is far from being comparable with the Ming army, but at least let the Manchus see a glimmer of hope. After all, in the past, in the face of the firearms of the Ming army, they often only had the share of being beaten passively, but now they at least have the strength to fight.

"Well, it should be so, since the Ming army's firearms are very sharp, they should naturally be imitated, but it's just ......"

After a slight pause, Wang Huaxing asked rhetorically.

"The Ming army has hundreds of thousands of firecrackers, how many firecrackers did the Qing Dynasty have? Attacking each other's strengths is not the way to use soldiers? ”

(1) The flintlock pistol was called in the Qing Dynasty.

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