Imperial Master of the Ming Dynasty

The news of Jiang Xinghuo's return to Beijing was very secret, and not many people knew about it.

However, compared with the last time Jiang Xinghuo returned to Beijing, the situation in Beijing was completely different.

If it was still a pool of stagnant water last time, now it is like a raging fire cooking oil, with quarrels everywhere.

Among the civil servants, the conflict between supporters of the reform faction in Beijing and conservative officials has reached the point of becoming tense. Impeachment memorials are constantly being delivered to the cabinet. It only takes one trigger for a full-scale conflict to break out.

In the academic circle, represented by the supervisors of the Imperial College, they are also divided into different camps and quarrel over whether they should carefully guard the boundaries of Cheng-Zhu Neo-Confucianism, or follow the footsteps of "a generation of Confucianism" Jiang Xinghuo and make bold theoretical breakthroughs .

The Imperial College students who created the hot-air balloon with "bold assumptions, careful verification, and practice can produce true knowledge" certainly support following this new cutting-edge theory to explore new ideas for the long-frozen Cheng-Zhu Neo-Confucianism. direction.

However, there are also many people who cling to the saying that "to study things" requires "to study the mind" first, and point out that Jiang Xinghuo's theoretical breakthrough of "contradictions to solve Tai Chi" is actually a false breakthrough and is wrong.

Well, in Jiang Xinghuo's previous life, many people must not understand that "investigate things first and examine the heart". Isn't this just talking about right and wrong regardless of facts? Put aside objectivity and talk about subjectivity?

But there was no way, this was the early Ming Dynasty, and the "Gexin" link in Cheng-Zhu Neo-Confucianism's theory of things could not be bypassed.

Jiang Xinghuo actually talked about this issue when he was a substitute for other teachers in his previous life. Many students' answers at that time were quite interesting. One of the more mainstream opinions is that this is because science in ancient times was underdeveloped and people were struggling to explore and understand the world. At times, we usually fall into the trap of subjective idealism and overemphasize the spiritual power of people. Logically speaking, this is not surprising.

This argument, right? Right or wrong.

There is another most important and critical factor here, that is, college students do not understand what Cheng-Zhu Neo-Confucianism is used for.

You don’t really think that most people study Cheng-Zhu Neo-Confucianism. The imperial court used Cheng-Zhu Neo-Confucianism as the standard textbook and examination questions for the purpose of allowing Confucian scholars to “establish their minds for the heaven and the earth, establish their lives for the people, inherit their unique knowledge for the saints, and "There will always be peace for all eternity", right?

No way?

This thing is for the sake of feudal rule. What happened to Zhu Xi's interpretation of the "Four Books"? The "Four Books" are clearly there, so why do we need people to "explain" them?

To put it bluntly, Zhu Xi took some words out of context from the ancient Confucian classics to explain and combine them together, which helped the current [Confucianism] construct a set of "kings, kings, ministers, fathers, sons, sons" "Social ethics system

When Yao Guangxiao gave Jiang Xinghuo special training before, concepts such as "Jiyi" and "Jing" were all sewn together by Zhu Xi, as was "Gewu" and "Gexin".

"Gewu" is to use the human mind to understand the principles of all things. Therefore, only when the principles of a thing are understood in the heart, then we can draw parallels and draw parallels, and the principles of all things will be clear in the heart. It can be seen that the key to investigating the principles of things lies in "Knowing the mind". Only when a person first understands his own original intention and understands the original intention of why he is a human being, then the principle of all things will be understood in his heart. If he does not understand the original intention and reason of why he is a human being, he cannot invent his original intention. When it comes to cultivating your heart, no matter how many principles you apply, it will not help.

Therefore, the key to the Gexin in the Theory of Confucianism is that the Gexin requires Confucian students to conduct pure introspection and pursue their original minds, so that they can follow the ethical and moral norms of [Confucianism], which is equivalent to a self-warning mechanism cultivated from childhood.

The theories Jiang Xinghuo published in public before did not touch on this aspect. Naturally, some supervisors who have been instilled with "Ge Xin" since childhood felt that in Jiang Xinghuo's theory, although the method of "Ge Wu" is clearly explained, there are still some problems. Incompleteness.

The civil servants were quarreling over the reform and the observance of the ancestral laws, the Imperial College supervisors were quarreling over whether it was necessary to study things, and the military officials were also quarreling.

Yes, it was rare that the Fifth Army Commander-in-Chief did not take action, but only had a quarrel.

After receiving Emperor Yongle's imperial edict to "go to the Fifth Military Governor's Mansion before returning to Beijing to introduce the details of firearms and military ranks to the noble ministers before entering the palace," Jiang Xinghuo, who had just returned to Beijing, hurried over. When he stepped into the meeting hall of the Fifth Army Governor's Mansion, he saw this scene.

After Jiang Xinghuo was slightly surprised at first, he quickly understood what Emperor Yongle meant.

This is some kind of suggestive political statement.

Obviously the storm that rolled up in the temple was already so terrifying, but when Jiang Xinghuo returned to the capital, Emperor Yongle did not rush to summon him, and did not even ask him to discuss countermeasures with the prime minister in black, but asked him to go first. At the Fifth Army Commander's Office, go and talk to the generals about firearms tactics and the military rank system.

Zhu Di actually just wanted to tell him one thing.

The handle of the knife is still in my hand, don't panic.

Yes, although the storm caused by the conservative faction was so terrifying, and the operations of Chen Ying Jigang's two pig teammates were really unreliable, Zhu Di still calmed down and gave Jiang Xinghuo the greatest support he could.

As long as the army is in hand, the worst result is a mass killing, but the reform can still be implemented. This is a guarantee.

As for how Jiang Xinghuo handles it, whether it's ugly or beautiful, that's Jiang Xinghuo's ability.

After thinking about this, Jiang Xinghuo, who was in a hurry, also calmed down.

I don't know if the generals didn't regard him as the vice principal of the military academy as an outsider, or they were so noisy that they didn't care about anyone coming in. Jiang Xinghuo and Liu Sheng were sitting in the back, and they were still arguing.

Qiu Fu, the old commander with a higher theoretical status (the leader of the heroes of Jingnan), although he still serves as the left governor of the Chinese Army Commandery, he also serves as the principal of the Ming Dynasty Royal Military Academy, and he enjoys this upcoming career. For Tianxia's position, he usually works in Yanziji and rarely comes back to the city.

Therefore, those who are now in charge of the daily military affairs of the Fifth Army Governor's Mansion are the Zuo Army Governor Fu Zuo and Cheng Guogong Zhu Neng, who have just returned from Jiangnan with a military observation group. They are equivalent to the top leaders of the Fifth Army Governor's Mansion.

As for Wei Guogong Xu Huizu, he was performing his duties as Zhu Neng's deputy, that is, the second-in-command of the Fifth Army Governor's Mansion. Well, Emperor Yongle did not like to see Xu Huizu. In fact, Xu Huizu was just a decoration in the Fifth Army Governor's Mansion, and he was about to We are about to go north with Zhu Gaoxu.

The authority of Xu Huizu's second-in-command will be handed over to those who are about to return to China - Fengtian Fuyun Tuicheng Xuanli Military Minister, Tejin Guanglu Doctor, Zuo Zhuguo, Prince Taishi, Cao Guogong, and the head of the hundred officials, Li Jinglong.

Well, Li Jinglong's status as the leader of hundreds of officials only exists in the ranks of the upper court.

The generals quarreled mainly on three issues.

They are respectively the organization, personnel, authority, and strength of the military governor's office in Beijing's left-behind army; the performance evaluation of the firearms unit after actual combat testing and the next application of firearms tactics; and the military rank evaluation system of Ming army generals.

Of these three topics, the last two are related to Jiang Xinghuo, which is why he was invited.

The first question is that after Li Zhigang's suggestion and Jiang Xinghuo's mention in prison, Zhu Di made up his mind last year to build Beijing well.

Therefore, after the Peking Prefecture was changed to Beijing Shuntian Prefecture, the relevant imperial edict was officially issued in the first year of Yongle.

There are the Governor's Office of the Left Behind Army in Beijing (Military), the Ministry of Administrative Affairs in Beijing (Government Affairs), and the Imperial College in Beijing (Education). The others have nothing to do with the Governor's Office of the Fifth Army. They are mainly the newly established Governor's Office of the Left Behind Army in Beijing. There is one more Governor. The house is equivalent to a new piece of fat.

After the march, the military governor's office appointed left and right governors. This was a routine operation. Moreover, Wei Guogong Xu Huizu was transferred to the left governor to continue to be the mascot, and Zhenyuan Marquis Gu Cheng was appointed as the right governor to actually preside over military affairs. These were all things arranged by Emperor Yongle, and there was nothing to argue about. of.

The reason why the generals quarreled was because the governors Tongzhi (from the first rank) and the governor Qianshi (the second rank) in the governor's office of the rear army in Beijing had no quota!

Yes, the meaning of no quota is that as long as you have the ability to squeeze in, those who originally had a low official position and have been wasting their time in the same place for many years and have sufficient qualifications can immediately take advantage of this opportunity to be promoted. And the Beijing Remaining Army Governor's Mansion is in charge of He commanded the military affairs of the Northern Zhili and Liaodong Dudus, and the Daning Dudu commanded the Military Affairs Department. He had considerable power, so the generals were all trying to get a piece of the pie.

"Wei Guogong, what do you mean by this? The Governor's Mansion of the Beijing Left Behind Army is in charge of sixty-one guards, not just one guard!"

After being rejected again, Jingan Hou Wang Zhong directly asked loudly.

And his sworn brother, Li Yuan, the Marquis of Anping, who was also from the Weizhou clan, said it unabashedly.

"It doesn't work this way, that doesn't work either. Didn't your official position become the private property of your Duke of Wei before you took office?"

It just so happened that whether he was conquering Annan or Japan, or continuing to work in the military academy, cooperation with the Ming military was indispensable, and Jiang Xinghuo was happy to recognize his face first.

Before that, except for Li Jinglong, Zhu Neng, Chen Xuan, Liu Sheng and others, he knew almost nothing about the rest of General Hou Bo.

This is undoubtedly a very inappropriate thing for Jiang Xinghuo's current status. You can avoid having much contact with them on weekdays to avoid suspicion, but you have to know their names, their backgrounds, and which factions they belong to. Bar.

Otherwise, it would be so embarrassing to say "so and so" when we meet.

Fortunately, Liu Sheng was very knowledgeable about this area. Liu Sheng gave Jiang Xinghuo a brief introduction. It happened that the generals were so noisy that their faces were red and the noise completely covered up the whispers. Even if a few noticed Yes, seeing that Liu Sheng was introducing him to the Imperial Master, he didn’t say anything.

After Liu Sheng's introduction, Jiang Xinghuo learned that Li Yuan and Wang Zhong were capable generals at the top of Qiu Fu Mountain in the Ming Dynasty's military circles. They had been from the dragon for a long time and had sufficient military exploits. They had no intention of coercing Xu Huizu, a defeated general.

In the first month of last year, when the Yan army launched a strategic counterattack, the Dezhou camp sent Ge Jin to lead more than 10,000 infantry and cavalry to cross the Hutuo River when the river was frozen. Under the critical situation, Li Yuanli issued a military order and only led 800 light cavalry to attack the enemy. It was difficult to deploy the troops, so Ge ​​Jin tied his war horses in the woods and dismounted the entire army to fight on foot. Li Yuan first feigned defeat and pulled the main force of the southern army far away. Then he sent someone to untie Ge Jin's horses, causing the horses to counterattack Ge Jin. The troops charged forward at the same time and achieved astonishing results of beheading 4,000 people and capturing 1,000 horses. It was also the first great victory for the Yan army in the fourth year of Jianwen.

At that time, it was Xu Huizu who was sitting in the same position in the Governor's Mansion of the Fifth Army and planned the Southern Army's actions for Emperor Jianwen. Of course, in addition to this, both sides also had enemies. Xu Huizu even went up to fight the follow-up battle in person and killed him at Qimei Mountain Li Bin, a general of the Yan army who was also from the Weizhou clan.

Li Bin was as close as brothers to Li Yuan and Wang Zhong during his lifetime. If he had not died in the hands of Xu Huizu, he would probably have been an earl. It is precisely for this reason that the two of them never dealt with Xu Huizu in the Fifth Army Governor's Mansion.

Just as Xu Huizu was about to say something, Cheng Guogong Zhu Neng coughed violently.

"Cough cough cough" Zhu Neng's face turned an unhealthy red color and his eyes were closed tightly, as if he would faint at any time.

The status of Duke Cheng Guo was not trivial, and he held an even greater weight in Emperor Yongle's heart, so upon seeing this, the generals who had been arguing just now stopped immediately.

Zhu Neng stood holding the table for a while before he recovered. He looked around at the generals and said only two words.

"Shut up."

Li Yuan, who had almost rolled up his sleeves just now, suddenly fell silent.

If compared with the Hongwu Dynasty, then the status of Zhang Yu and Zhu Neng is similar to that of Xu Da and Chang Yuchun, and Yao Guangxiao is similar to Liu Bowen.

At the beginning of the Jing Dynasty, Zhang Yu, Qiu Fu, and Zhu Neng followed Zhu Di in rebellion. They were the original shareholders of the Yongle Group. They first captured the Nine Gates of Peking, and then helped Zhu Di win the throne through seven battles including Baigouhe. He has a good personality, he is broad-minded and dignified, he is able to compromise and convince others when doing things, and his speech is usually concise and concise.

Zhu Neng looked at the preliminary screening list reported by the generals of the Fifth Army Governor's Mansion. In fact, it was the result of the compromise between the various mountain factions within the Ming Army. He picked up his pen and drew circles one by one.

"On the side of the Commander-in-Chief of the Daning Capital, it is proposed that Zhang Guishen, Chen Posi, Zhou Guanbao, Yao Tang, Li Tuozhu, Chen Ju, and Sun Xiaoliu will all be the commander-in-chief of the Daning Capital; on the other side of the Commander-in-Chief of the Liaodong Capital, it is proposed that Zhang Sixiao, Guo Cheng, Liu Qing, Hao Ju, Zhao Quan, Ding Cheng, and Li Shun were all commanders of the Liaodong capital."

As soon as these words came out, the few Hou Bo who gathered on the other side did not hide the joy on their faces at all, they just celebrated with their hats.

"This is?"

"It's from Daning."

After another whisper from Liu Sheng, Jiang Xinghuo successfully figured out the second faction in the Ming army after the Weizhou faction.

The Daning Clan, from the Three Guards of King Ning and the Daning Capital Commandery Division, was among the first batch of large-scale factions to join the Yan Army system to participate in the Jingdong. In addition to the Yanshan Clique represented by Zhu Neng, Qiu Fu, etc. The second most powerful faction in the Yan army is the Yanshan Three Guards (the soldiers and horses of Zhu Di's direct lineage).

Since receiving the full support of the Daning troops and the Duoyan Guards, Zhu Di's mobile strength has reached 100,000, and he has the capital to maintain a strategic stalemate with the Southern Army.

The main representatives of the Daning clan are Ningyang Bo Chen Mao, the second son of the late Daning clan leader Chen Heng, as well as Wu Kangbo Xuli, Sien Hou Fangkuan, Guang Enbo Liu Cai and Chen Heng's status comparison Specially, he was the commander of the Peking capital before the Battle of Jingnan, and his relationship with Zhu Di was never clear. He was transferred to Daning by Emperor Jianwen, and later completely handed over the main force of the Daning army to Zhu Di. .

Chen Heng also commanded the Daning troops to defend the rear in the Battle of Baigouhe, and withstood Li Jinglong's heavy troops sent by Ping'an and Wu Jie to encircle the rear. This laid a solid foundation for Zhu Di to encircle and defeat Li Jinglong at the same time, and he himself was injured as a result. , reluctantly followed him south to Shandong. After hitting a wall at the foot of Jinan City, he died of his injuries when he returned to Beiping Mansion.

"The Biography of Chen Heng in the History of the Ming Dynasty" says: Heng and other commanders surrendered, and Cheng Zu pulled out all the troops and three guards of cavalry, and took King Ning to return, so he charged into the battle with three more guards. Chengzu conquered the world from the time he conquered Daning.

Zhu Di was able to become the emperor because of Chen Heng's great efforts. Therefore, Zhu Di has always been relatively conniving towards Ningyang Bo Chen Mao and the Daning Clan. In terms of soldiers, armor, food and salary, they are basically treated the same as those of his own direct soldiers. of.

Jiang Xinghuo said at a volume that only he and Liu Sheng could hear.

"Besides the Weizhou faction and the Daning faction, are there any other factions?"

"Yes, there are them all over there, surrendered by Youyan and even Hebei surrounding guards. There are more than a dozen of them. The group is not very powerful, and there is no leader. Normally, it is no different from the direct line, but at the critical moment, it is still different. of."

Jiang Xinghuo nodded. These generals were all from the so-called "Pianpi Schools". They may not necessarily have the courage, strategy, and wisdom to be called generals. If there was no Jingnan Campaign, they would probably be in Baihu. He worked hard to death in the positions of Qianhu and Qianhu, but once he encountered the situation, he could now be granted the title of Bo or Marquis, and take a top position in the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies.

Liu Sheng was whispering to him here, and Zhu Neng didn't stop there either, coughing and talking.

"As for North Zhili, the list of sixteen guards including Yanshan Left and Right Front, Zhending, Tongzhou, Jizhou, Miyun, Shanhaiguan, Xuanfu, Shenwu Left and Right Front, Lulong, Funing, and Tianjin Right must be based on Wei Guogong's list. We will discuss the matter and submit it to His Majesty for approval."

Xu Huizu looked a little embarrassed.

On the surface, Zhu Neng left sixteen guards untouched for him, which was regarded as giving him face.

But as Wang Zhong, the Marquis of Jing'an, said, the Governor's Mansion of the rear army in Beijing was in charge of sixty-one guards!

The remaining forty-five guard positions were all assigned by these people to their relatives and friends.

How can Xu Huizu, the second-in-command of the Fifth Army Governor's Mansion, be qualified? In other words, he was about to become the nominal head of the governor's office of Beijing's left-behind army, but he was dismissed before he even took office. Is it necessary for him to go?

"The commander of the proposed capital is Gao Shi, the governor of the rear army governor's mansion, and Chen Gong is the governor's co-inspector." Zhu Neng was still talking, and Xu Huizu walked out without saying a word, and he was the last to leave without slamming the door. Decent.

Dozens of Hou Bo continued to shout loudly, as if Xu Huizu's departure had no impact on them at all.

Obviously, they were only afraid of Zhu Neng, not Xu Huizu, and Zhu Neng's prestige in the army was indeed high enough.

Jiang Xinghuo thought as he looked at Xu Huizu's lonely back.

"The dignified Duke of Wei, the eldest son of General Xu Da. Without the Battle of Jingnan, he would have been the number one military figure in the Ming Dynasty. Even Li Jinglong was half a step behind. Now, in just a few years, he has been ranked as the best in the Ming Dynasty. The hundreds or thousands of households who took a look at it were riding on them, and I was afraid that the gap was a bit big."

However, Jiang Xinghuo has no friendship with Xu Huizu. The biggest gain today is to understand the composition of various factions within the Ming Army. There are Yanshan Faction, Yuzhou Faction, Daning Faction, and Hebei Faction within the Yan Army. There are also many factions within the Southern Army. Liu Sheng After mentioning it, Jiang Xinghuo didn't remember much.

None of this matters, everything will be fine when Li Jinglong comes back.

"I don't know that what I asked Li Jinglong to do was not completed. I guess there are people in Japan who are willing to betray their own people for a little bit under the temptation of such huge benefits." Jiang Xinghuo thought again and again.

He was really wandering around in his chair. If it weren't for Zhu Di's imperial edict, and if it wasn't for the new firearms and military ranks, two things he mentioned himself, Jiang Xinghuo was actually not willing to get involved in the affairs of the Fifth Army Governor's Mansion.

Jiang Xinghuo still has a lot of things at hand. He will go to the palace later to report to Zhu Di on the counterinsurgency, flood control, and court affairs in Jiangnan. He will have to discuss countermeasures with the black prime minister Yao Guangxiao before going home and visiting the imperial prison. Look at Li Zhigang.

Similar to Jing Qing’s blood oath, this time a huge public opinion offensive was launched against the reform; but the difference is that unlike Jing Qing’s recklessness, this time it was obviously an organized and premeditated offensive, and it was launched directly in the At the temple level, even Li Zhigang was taken down, which had to arouse Jiang Xinghuo's high vigilance.

When Jiang Xinghuo was in a daze, Liu Sheng struck him with his elbow.

"Next, let the national teacher talk about the actual combat performance and firearm tactics theory of purely firearms troops in the Jiangnan counter-insurgency campaign, as well as military rank evaluation." Zhu Neng coughed and said.

"Then Jiang is more respectful than obedient."

After Jiang Xinghuo came to his senses, he didn't panic at all. He shook his clothes very naturally, stood up and came to Zhu Neng's position.

Zhu Neng was stunned and actually gave up his position to him, but Jiang Xinghuo looked around at the generals and did not speak directly.

You must know that although he is extremely talented and knowledgeable, he does not know everything.

In military science, Jiang Xinghuo knew some of the principles of firearms and some familiar firearms tactics, artillery geometry, "On War" and other modern political and military principles, but other matters such as profound ancient military strategies were beyond the threshold. He hasn't touched it yet. He is far inferior to Li Jinglong in this regard.

Therefore, he must make use of his strengths and avoid weaknesses. He will not talk about the ancient art of war if he can, and only talk about what he understands.

As for the military rank system, it evolved from the joke between Jiang Xinghuo and Zhu Gaoxu. Although he had thought about it on the way and discussed it with Liu Sheng, it was still possible to be out of touch with the actual situation of the Ming army. Therefore, Jiang Xinghuo planned to Let’s talk about it later.

Seeing Jiang Xinghuo looking at them without saying a word, these rough warriors, most of whom were mid-level and low-level officers a few years ago, couldn't help but talk about it and seemed very impatient.

"Hurry up!"

"What are you talking about? Could it be that you haven't thought about it well?"

Some guys with more violent personalities even spoke rudely to Jiang Xinghuo.

"Stop talking nonsense." Zhu Neng frowned and scolded.

It’s not that Zhu Neng has a good relationship with Jiang Xinghuo, it’s just because Emperor Yongle wanted Jiang Xinghuo to come to the Fifth Army Governor’s Mansion to discuss these matters. Zhu Neng is a person who knows how to put the overall situation first, so naturally he will not let Jiang Xinghuo easily. I lost face in this matter.

"Isn't Principal Jiang unable to speak out?" Liu Sheng felt a hint of worry in his heart.

However, Liu Sheng's guess was soon proven wrong.

Jiang Xinghuo has never been afraid of speaking.

Jiang Xinghuo tapped the table with his fingers, sat down at the front seat, then picked up the pen and started writing.

While sketching lines on the paper, he said: "My national division will explain to you today the changes in military formations, offense and defense, and traditional warfare brought about by the new firearms, as well as the tactics and strategies of various new weapons... …”

As Jiang Xinghuo spoke, his eyes scanned the entire audience with sharp eyes, full of momentum and style.

He was already familiar with this set of things, but he just didn't know how to say it.

But now that he said it, it went very smoothly, and Jiang Xinghuo was sure that he would use it in the future.

After all, the Ming Dynasty's army lacked most generals, especially generals who understood military theory. People like Zhu Neng were talented and had to go through many difficulties and dangers to fight. And the Five Armies The ordinary Hou Bo in the Governor's Mansion actually had a slight disconnect with their status in military theory and actual command capabilities.

"When we were fighting the rebellion in Jiangnan, my master and Duke Cheng said that war is the continuation of the temple."

"What our division wants to tell you now is that the purpose of war is to destroy the enemy, and the destruction of the enemy must be achieved through a decisive battle with force and through battle. It is a method that is superior and more effective than all other means. So why? Will you emphasize the role of new firearms in such decisive battles?"

Jiang Xinghuo looked directly at Zhu Neng and asked, "Mr. Cheng Guo, how do you evaluate the Jiangnan counter-insurgency campaign?"

Zhu Neng looked calm and replied: "After being brainwashed by the White Lotus Sect, the enemy's will to fight is quite tenacious, but the actual combat effectiveness is not good. The battle damage ratio looks very beautiful, but in the Battle of Jingnan, if nothing else, just say The Marquis of Anping, Li Yuan, defeated tens of thousands of enemy troops with eight hundred elite cavalry, which was no less than the result of this battle."

Jiang Xinghuo was not surprised. In fact, although the counter-insurgency campaign was a complete victory, the members of the military observation group sent by the Fifth Army Governor's Mansion were not too shocked. This is because the losses in this battle were relatively high. It is not an exaggeration. In the era of cold weapons, elite soldiers can also fight through surprise attacks.

Moreover, the rank of opponents like the White Lotus Sect is too low, and the generals of the Fifth Army Governor's Mansion do not like them very much.

"Then Cheng Guogong believes that our army's artillery power, mobility, salvo straddle-fire tactics, barrage creep tactics, and air-artillery coordination tactics, what about it?"

Zhu Neng was silent for a moment and had to admit: "Artillery is very powerful, more powerful than trebuchets, and these new tactics are indeed unheard of and unseen before. However, I still think that a war with new firearms as its core cannot Replace the traditional model of warfare."

"This is it."

Jiang Xinghuo smiled and said: "New firearms cannot completely replace cold weapons now because their technology is not mature enough, their power is not powerful enough, and their rate of fire is not fast enough. But everyone here thinks that after thousands of years of development, now Can our crossbows be faster, our armor stronger, and our horses faster?"

Of course the generals knew that cold weapons could not go any further.

But they couldn't even imagine how high the thermal weapons could reach.

"Everyone, let go of those unnecessary obsessions and worries about past glory, because what our master is going to tell you next is about future wars."