PFC Chapter 197: Checking the results of military preparations
Chapter 197: Checking the results of military preparations
Li Shimin seemed to have thought of something.
At this time, Li Chengqian said: "Come here, let Su Dingfang and Xue Rengui lead the archers over."
Li Shimin was stunned: "You want to compare the shooting speed of flintlock rifles and crossbowmen?"
Li Chengqian nodded: "Yes, although the flintlock rifle is a powerful weapon that changed the battlefield pattern, it is still not as good as the automatic rifles and machine guns of later generations.
Long-range weapons such as bows and crossbows still have strong power in the Tang Dynasty..."
At this point, Li Chengqian paused for a moment and continued, "I think we can make the archers into cavalry, as a mobile force to cover the central army or a quick response force to pursue the enemy.
The flintlock muskets serve as the center, cooperating with the sword and shield soldiers, spearmen and even the Modao team to face the enemy head-on! ! "
Li Shimin stroked his beard and said, "That makes sense. I have also tried shooting with those compound bows. Although their power is small, their range far exceeds the standard one-stone bow of the Tang Dynasty. They can greatly save the archer's physical strength.
Even some archers who were previously eliminated can be capable of taking on important tasks after a little training!"
Soon, Xue Rengui and Su Dingfang arrived at the scene with 1000 archers.
These 1000 archers are divided into 500 compound archers and 500 compound crossbowmen.
They were all elite archers selected from the Chang'an garrison, and after rigorous background checks, they were all from good families without any aristocratic family background.
They all had sharp eyes and strong arms, with swords slung over their waists and bows and crossbows in their hands. Led by Su Dingfang and Xue Rengui, they came running while exercising.
"One two one, one two one, one two one..."
Li Shimin nodded with satisfaction: "The training methods of later generations are still very useful, but they are a bit expensive!"
Li Chengqian said with a smile: "If you want to train elite soldiers, you must be willing to invest in food. If they don't eat well and have enough food, how can they work hard for you?"
Li Shimin was speechless and said, "Is it a food problem? It's the military pay. You raised the military pay three times. Can the court bear it?"
Li Chengqian retorted: "Aren't the copper materials we brought back enough for you to squander? Besides, we also have coin stamping equipment and a secret recipe to reduce the copper content in copper coins. Money is no longer a problem."
"It's easy for you to say. There is a lot of copper material, but it will eventually run out. What do you want to do after it's gone?"
Li Chengqian replied: "Rob, Goguryeo, Japan, the Western Regions, and the aristocratic families, why do you keep so many elite troops? Aren't they used to make money and expand territory?
Besides, we have a map of mineral resources all over the world. You can just send people to mine. The copper mines that have not been discovered in the Tang Dynasty alone are enough to multiply the Tang Dynasty's finances several times over. There is no such thing as a lack of money."
Li Shimin was stunned and wanted to argue.
But if you think about it carefully, it is really the case.
Then he asked, "Mining also requires manpower, as well as transporting ore and smelting copper and silver ores."
Li Chengqian chuckled: "So if you want to expand abroad and capture slaves, Goguryeo and Japan already have them ready."
Li Shimin was stunned again: "You kid, you didn't plan it a long time ago!"
Li Chengqian said disdainfully: "Why do we need to plan this? It was arranged this way, okay? Otherwise, why would we keep those prisoners?
It would be a waste to kill him directly. It would be better to contribute to the construction of the Tang Dynasty. You don't have to pay him, and he eats less. I won't feel bad if he dies of exhaustion, right?"
Li Shimin laughed loudly after hearing this: "You are amazing! As you said, it is a waste to kill these prisoners directly..."
At this time, Su Dingfang and Xue Rengui had already arrived close, and the 1000 archers behind them had also lined up.
"Your Highness, Your Majesty!!"
Su Dingfang was older and more experienced than Xue Rengui. He stood up and said, "1000 archers have been assembled. Your Majesty and Your Highness, please review them!"
Li Shimin quickly stepped forward and helped the two men up enthusiastically: "Thank you for your hard work in training the troops, my dear ministers."
Hard work!
Still love you! ?
Cheng Yaojin on the side curled his lips wildly: "I have never heard His Majesty call me beloved minister!"
Yuchi Gong came over and smiled softly, "Then do you want His Majesty to call you Aiqing?"
Cheng Yaojin was stunned, then immediately came to his senses: "Forget it, Zhijie and Old Cheng sound more friendly."
Yuchi Gong said speechlessly: "You..."
After showing some harmony between the emperor and his subjects, the emperor and the crown prince began to review the training results of the composite crossbowmen.
1000 archers were divided into two phalanxes and began their performance under the command of Su Dingfang and Xue Rengui.
500 compound archers were divided into five teams and were the first to draw their bows and arrows!
Whoosh whoosh! !
Chop chop chop...
Whoosh whoosh whoosh...
After five consecutive hits, the straw men in front turned into hedgehogs! !
The arrow was so powerful that it penetrated deeply into the straw man.
The key is the state of the archers when shooting arrows, which does not require any effort at all.
Li Shimin nodded: "Its firing rate is faster than a flintlock rifle, and its power is not bad either, not bad."
Next came the compound crossbowman performance.
Whoosh whoosh whoosh...
After five consecutive hits, the straw man formation in front was shot to pieces.
Li Shimin was shocked: "The power of this compound crossbow!!"
Li Chengqian stepped forward and said, "The power of the compound crossbow is slightly stronger than that of the compound bow, but the firing speed is slower!"
Li Shimin nodded: "Yes, and this compound crossbow is relatively troublesome to load arrows, it seems not suitable for horseback shooting, but it can be used as a firepower supplement for flintlock rifles to meet the enemy head-on!"
"That's right..."
After the two exchanged some details of their experience, Li Shimin looked at Xue Rengui and Su Dingfang and said, "Immediately expand the training of composite archers. After one month, each of them must train 10,000 qualified archers and crossbowmen to accompany the army to attack Goguryeo!!"
One month later, we set out to attack Goguryeo!!
Su Dingfang and Xue Rengui's eyes lit up!
Their chance has finally come!
As for the number of parts of the compound bow and compound crossbow, there are not many, only about 30,000 sets of each.
This is still a lot that cannot be collected in one day, otherwise Mr. Jiang and Mr. Zhu would probably give you 100,000 sets each!
Afterwards, Li Shimin and Li Chengqian came to the armor processing workshop on the other side, which was in charge of Hou Junji.
Because there are ready-made stainless steel coils and matching cutting tools, you only need to cut the steel coils into corresponding armor pieces and then drill holes, and then string them together to make a set of finished armor.
Therefore, the production speed was very fast. In just twenty days, more than 3,000 sets of finished armor were produced.
That's three thousand sets, plus Li Shimin's original three thousand Black Armored Army and the batch of armor he had obtained from the aristocratic families before.
The Tang Dynasty is now able to arm a heavily armored army of 7,000 men.
Whether it is the heavy armored cavalry or the Modao heavy armored infantry, they are the absolute force that has the final say on the battlefield in the era of cold weapons!