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Chapter 634

Of course, Zhao Bing insisted on using the triangular bayonet not because he did not consider the current situation, but blindly believed in the "legends" related to the previous life, so he insisted on it blindly. Speaking of which, the triangular bayonet was not an invention of modern people. In "Mao Shi. Feng. Pok Axe", it was recorded in "Mao Shi. Feng. Pok Axe": "Breaking my axe, but also lacking my diang (sounds strange). Zhou Gong went east to expedition, and the four countries were ruthless." "Breaking weapons and blades are like chisels, which are equivalent to the current flat-headed triangular military spears. "Mao Shi. Qin Feng. Xiaorong": "Breaking spears and turtles", "Breaking spears and turtles" is the three corner spears, which is the originator of the Chinese triangular military spears.

It is true that the triangular military spear also has many advantages. The saber is designed to kill people and has sufficient lethality. In addition to weight, center of gravity, curve, and sharpness, what is particularly important is the severity of the wound and the difficulty of pulling it out after being stabbed. They all achieve the same purpose through various designs with different details. Therefore, the body shape with a narrow front and a wide back, the blood groove on the side of the blade, and the serration at the root of the blade all exist for this.

As one of the most powerful sabers, the triangular prick is also due to its structure. In addition to bleeding, the blood groove is more important to facilitate the next action. If there is no blood groove, because the blood pressure and muscles contract violently, the prick will be wrapped in the human body. In this way, it will be difficult to pull out the prick. After the prick enters the human body, the blood is discharged with the three blood grooves. When the muscles contract, it cannot be close to the bayonet surface and "sucked" the bayonet, so that the bayonet can be pulled out from the human body and carried out the next action.

In addition, the wounds pierced by the triangular spear are generally square holes, and the wounds cannot be squeezed against each other to achieve certain hemostatic and healing effects. Moreover, such wounds cannot be bandaged and stopped during emergency treatment. During assassination, the bayonet stabbed into the opponent's body and rotated the blade body as expected, which will cause large-scale damage to blood vessels and tissues. At the same time, the air is quickly introduced through the blood groove, forming air plugs in the body to block the blood vessels. Therefore, only about two inches of pierced into any part of the human body can kill the enemy immediately. Therefore, the mortality rate of triangular spear is very high.

In addition, Zhao Bing had read relevant historical materials about the weapons and equipment of the ancients in his previous life. One of the posts analyzed the armor of the equipment from the perspective of modern science, which now seems to be close to reality. Modern researchers once discovered the remains of many victims after the war through archaeology of the ancient battlefield. Some of the dead did not have any trauma caused by chopping or spear stabs. It was speculated that they were either deaths caused by internal organs or bones, and there was evidence that they were all wearing heavy armor.

It is speculated that pure iron armor is only protective against bows or crossbows during the charge, especially cavalry charges, but the protection of spears and swords only plays a surface protection role so that it cannot directly pierce the armor it is wearing. However, the force of the heavy strike weapon held by the enemy is completely transmitted through the iron armor, which eventually causes damage to the internal organs or bones of the body and dies.

Although the surface protection of the Mongolian animal skins and iron armors was somewhat different from pure iron armors. However, he had a major feature, that is, when he was hit by a powerful external force, as long as the opponent did not directly contact the armor by stabbing or picking, most of the forces generated by ordinary chopping and sweeping were slowed down by the inner leather armor in the iron armor, so that it protected the holder from internal injuries. It showed that the protection ability of the iron mixed armor in the animal skins was better than that of all iron armors in actual combat.

Therefore, the attacking weapons have an advantage over the attacking weapons against the Mongols, which is also the reason why the Song army re-selected the spear. Of course, this does not mean that the triangular spear has no disadvantages. It can only be used for assassination, at least to lose the possibility of multi-purpose. Another reason why Zhao Bing chose was that the structural strength just now was not strong enough. Making the bayonet into a triangular shape is conducive to increasing the strength, and it is less likely to be damaged than making it into a sword shape. It is worth giving up some functions in terms of cost and killing effect.

However, Zhao Bing also knew that there were real difficulties in making triangular bayonets in this era, and they had to be made into shape little by little by little by manpower. In modern times, triangular bayonets are usually used to make extrusion, and then secondary processing and heat treatment are carried out. However, Zhao Bing now knows that he cannot make a hydraulic press with sufficient strength, but he still thought of a feasible solution.

In order to obtain the materials for making muskets, Zhao Bing understood that the current steelmaking methods must be improved. At present, only three technologies can be implemented in steel smelting, which can meet the needs of at least two hundred years. These three technologies are: stirring iron smelting, which directly uses pig iron to smelify, castings are produced; crucible steel smelting, which is used to make knives.

The stirring method mainly involves stirring the molten pig iron on the furnace bed of the reflector. The agitator constantly rotates and stirs the molten pig iron, and passes the decarbonization of the circulating air in the furnace until it becomes forged cooked iron. In this process, metals and raw coals as fuel are avoided from contacting each other, and even blowing equipment is not needed.

The disadvantage of the agitating method is that sand and gravel must be used at the bottom of the agitating furnace. The combination of silica and iron oxide in the sand and gravel is easy to form slag with too strong acidity, so that it cannot absorb the phosphorus contained in pig iron refined with ordinary phosphorus-containing iron ore. Since the sand layer corroded by acidic slag needs to be repaired, the iron furnace will reduce its production, resulting in considerable losses. Using cast iron base plates instead of the sand layer can solve this problem.

After making the iron, the next step was to make the iron slats. Zhao Bing used a hydraulic forging hammer. Although he could only forge two thousand kilograms of iron bars in a day, it was an amazing invention in this era. After listening to Zhou Xiang's complaints, he also realized that this guy who could always try to complete his explanation was really in trouble.

Under the pressure, Zhao Bing really came up with a way to use groove rolls for the first forming. This original rolling mill is not technically difficult for the moment. This thing appeared in Europe in the 15th and 6th century, but it was mainly used for coin making at that time. Now it is enough to change the cylindrical rolls into groove rolls. In this way, bayonet blanks can be rolled directly, and of course, replacing the mold can also roll the barrel-like blanks, and this efficiency is countless times higher than that of water conservancy forging hammers.

After hearing His Majesty come up with a solution, Zhou Xiang immediately pestered His Majesty and drew the drawings. He immediately asked the craftsmen in the Imperial Supervisor to make a model, and then went back to trial production immediately, and promised Zhao Bing that he would make the rolling mill even if the Spring Festival was not there to ensure that it could be put into production on time...

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Zhou Xiang did not plan to pass the New Year, but Zhao Bing, as the head of the Song Dynasty, had to leave the necessary procedures. He first welcomed the Empress Dowager in Yazhou for the New Year, but the festivals arranged every day were endless, worshiping the heaven, the earth, the ancestors, the gods, and the ghosts. He refused a little, let alone other ministers, even the Empress Dowagers would cry and scold them. Fortunately, these things were controlled by all the ministers, and he would just follow the shouts of the ritual officials, and someone would write the sacrificial texts and other things, and he would just read them according to the script and then he would be overwhelmed.

However, these ceremonies are often long and boring. With the time on the way, it takes most of the day to go out. Zhao Bing not only has to deal with urgent matters, but also has to focus on the war in the north, and take time to write textbooks, supervise the preparations for the establishment of the new army, and review the relevant materials they collected and compiled. In this way, every day, they have to hold the papers and read them while eating. It would be nice to have two hours a day in bed. Often, they would sniff on the soft couch when they were sleeping. In the morning, Su Lan would be called out, and they would change clothes and wash in a daze. At least they would have to board the bus to attend the event after having a meal.

It was December 27th today. After Zhao Bing participated in the suburbs, he returned to the palace. It was already Shen Shi. It was already dark. After he arrived at the Tanbo Pavilion, he immediately changed his crown clothes and went to the side hall to process the official documents. He took the battle report of the North and carefully read it. The enemy soldiers who suffered heavy losses after the defeat were as expected, and the temporary sign troops collapsed immediately under the devastating attack of the North and the North.

The vanguard led by Zhao Mengjin carried naval warships upstream to capture Nanliu City, Yulinzhou Prefecture, and seized Tianmen Pass. Jiang Jin led his troops along the northward flow into Rongzhou. Going north can threaten Deqing Prefecture, and going south can detour to surround Gaozhou, Huazhou and Leizhou, cutting off the enemy's escape route. Now the army is moving in and rest, punishing evil, pacifying the army and calming the people, and cleaning up the treasury of the prefectures and counties. Wen Tianxiang asked His Majesty whether to continue to attack north or collect the states south.

Nanliucheng connects to the Leizhou Peninsula in the south and Qinzhou in the west, leading to the sea route. It has been a key military base in history. Since ancient times, it has been an important transportation hub and commercial center in southeastern Guizhou. It is known as the "Lingnan Metropolis". Nanliu River was navigated during the Qin Dynasty and was a major transportation route from the Central Plains to the south and Jiaozhi. During the Western Han Dynasty, the trade route was opened. You can go south from the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River to the Xiangjiang River, enter Lingqu, turn the Li River through Guijiang to Wuzhou, then go to Tengzhou through Xijiang River, go south to Tengzhou, go south along the North River to the North River, then go south from Tianmen Pass to Yulin, and finally go south along the South River to the Beibu Gulf.

Tianmen Mountain and Longgouling stand opposite each other. The peaks are towering. When it reaches Tianmen Pass, it tightens and narrows to Tianmen Pass, forming a key pass, also known as Guimen Pass, which is an important transportation route in ancient and modern times. As long as this pass is controlled, it will block the enemy's path toward the south and block the enemy's reinforcements from Jinghu. In this way, the Song army will take the lead. As long as Tianmen Pass is not lost, they can withdraw their troops calmly.

Although the situation seemed to be very good, according to the information from the Bureau of Affairs, Li Heng of Guangdong Xuanwei Office had mobilized heavy troops to Deqing Prefecture, and gathered heavy troops in Wuzhou to prevent the Song army from continuing north. After Ali Hague fled to Qinzhou, he immediately asked Zhennan Prince's Mansion to send reinforcements and apologize to Dadu. At the same time, the troops of Liuzhou, Xiangzhou, Pennzhou, Yongzhou and Qinzhou were rectified in Guizhou and wanted to regain Yulinzhou. But when Kublai Khan heard the news, he was furious and seized the title of Ali Hague, and ordered him to temporarily take the post of Left Chief to suppress the Song army that went deep into Guangxi. He informed Yunnan Xuanwei Office to send troops to reinforce and ordered Liangjiang Xuanwei Office to recruit 50,000 troops to restore the lost territory.

Zhao Bing knew that they were waiting for his orders and did not care about rest. He asked to summon Lu Xiufu, Liu Fu, Ying Jieyan and Liu Shiyong to discuss the meeting. However, he did not let go of the time. He took the official documents sent by the Secretariat to read. The first one was the "trivial matters" of the Ministry of Rites for the New Year's Day celebration, the menu of banquets, etc. He read them all at a glance. Anyway, there are common rules, and he followed them every year.

There are also those prisoners who have completed the inspection. In this battle, more than 40,000 enemies were captured, countless armor and 6,000 war horses were seized, but there were not many property. Thinking about it, they were here to grab money and grain, so how could they bring so much property? Liu Fu, who was in charge of this, thought that the craftsmen among the prisoners could be selected and organized into the capital as a courtyard, some of the others were organized into the baggage army, some were sent to the salt field, and the remaining old and weak were sent to the Yazhou military farm.

Zhao Bing saw that they were all arranged according to the old rules of the General's Mansion. He wanted to check it out, but suddenly he thought of something and revised it two more. He ordered all the enemy generals above the centurion of the prisoners to behead them, leaving no one to avoid using their original influence to cause trouble. After all, the army is fighting outside, and the number of left-behind soldiers is similar to that of the prisoners. It is always troublesome to cause trouble. It is better to kill his leader and eliminate future troubles.

Secondly, Zhao Bing ordered the She soldiers and Han soldiers who were captured and unwilling to go back were temporarily organized into a first army. The reason why he arranged this was because Guangnan was the last occupied area and the old dynasty had not yet fallen. The She soldiers gave strong support when they moved to the southeast, especially during the bloody night in Quanzhou, they had dispatched tens of thousands of brave men, so they should be treated differently. In addition, the She people are a trekking nation, hunting and farming in the mountains for generations, and the people are strong and martial. According to the current saying, they are born mountain infantry. In addition, I heard in the previous life that the wolf soldiers in Guangxi were so powerful that they were the world. It was more meaningful to use for themselves than to let them plow the fields and dry salt.

After the instructions were completed, Zhao Bing received another list of meritorious and fallen soldiers who should be rewarded and pensioned during the defense battle, which was counted by the Ministry of War. Zhao Bing immediately checked it after reading it, and ordered the General Office and the Ministry of Revenue to review it as soon as possible and issue funds without delay. Then there were some tribute gifts sent by the prefectures. He looked at it quickly and placed it aside, ordering it to the Empress Dowager's Palace for him to deal with it.

After the memorial was approved, Zhao Bing did not have time to rest, and several prime ministers who came in response to the imperial edict also arrived. He could only cheer up and discuss the next action of the Northern Army. From the war report, it can be seen that Wen Tianxiang was very optimistic about the situation and wanted to conduct a tentative attack in the northeast. After reading the notice from the Bureau of Affairs, Lu Xiufu and others believed that the next step should be cautious and not to advance rashly, but to complete the roundabout annihilation of Gao, Hua, Lei and other states as soon as possible to avoid being surrounded and annihilated by the enemy. Regarding Wen Tianxiang's suggestions, they thought they could try it, but they should be vigilant. Once they found that there was a danger of being trapped, they would retreat immediately...

"Official family, don't be too busy, take a break soon!" After agreeing on various matters, Zhao Bing left, he had to eat dinner. Seeing that His Majesty was drowsy, Su Lan stepped forward and said.
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