This bow is the Divine Arm Bow, also known as the Divine Arm Crossbow.

Its appearance also comes from Xixia. Xixia's weapons were backward and in order to become stronger, we had to pay attention to the development of weapons. Weapons developed very quickly, including bows and arrows. Wang Yaochen once wrote to Zhao Zhen, saying that he would lead the iron cavalry to attack our army and use the bu Xiwang to force the injection, but the edge was unstoppable.

What we mainly talk about here is that the Western Xia is accustomed to tactics, cavalry attacking and disrupting the formation of the Song army. Later, the strong Qiang and Fan used strong bows to use the cavalry to break out of the gap, and laid arrows at the Song army, which was extremely lethal. This shows that the Western Xia bow and arrow technology has improved rapidly.

There were no regular crossbow soldiers. Until decades later, the famous Western Xia general Renduobaozhong assisted Luo Jie, but was defeated by Miao Lu. He forced the Huangshui River in front and refused to cross the river. Cha Ge held a crossbow and hit Miao Lu's deputy general. The Song army retreated, so he was spared. Therefore, Cha Ge proposed to Li Ganshun to build a powerful crossbow soldiers.

The powerful crossbow used by Brother Cai was not seized from the Song Dynasty, but was developed by Xixia himself. Otherwise, it would not have been possible that a powerful crossbow army would be established immediately after his suggestion. Forced by the powerful crossbow of the Song army, the research and development time was earlier and had been developing since Yuanhao. Because Hengshan has a lot of salt and iron tea, it is convenient for iron, and it is mostly handed over to some more loyal tribes in Hengshan to develop.

Lingling and Weimingshan defected to the Song Dynasty, which led to many tribes in Hengshan defecting to the Song Dynasty. One of the tribes was named Li Ding, who was not Wang Anshi's student Li Ding, but Li Ding, a native of Dangxiang, who also joined the army and joined the Song Dynasty. For them, the concept of family and country was very indifferent.

If the Song Dynasty had not been too weak, in the embarrassment of Xixia, it would be very likely that more than half of the Hengshan tribes would come to the scene without fighting. Of course, the two states of Yinxia are the old nests of Xixia and are still relatively loyal. This refers to the original Xixia tribes near Suizhou and Yanzhou Huanzhou.

Li Ding handed over his previous research results to the Song Dynasty, which was a crossbow, which looked like a bow. To be precise, it was the immature divine arm bow and the divine arm bow, and it also had mechanisms. But it was just a conception and could not be used in reality, otherwise the Xixia people would have used the divine arm bow long ago.

When the crossbow and the drawings arrived at the Ordnance Supervision Office, the officials looked so familiar. A small official finally remembered that this was one of the weapons Zheng Lang had drawn before, a giant crossbow. However, because Zheng Lang didn't know the structure of the mechanical structure, the drawings were not formed in the end. First, there were craftsmen working on research and development, but later they saw that the Arbitrage Supervision was no longer interested. Only one craftsman was still working hard to develop one after another, named Li Hong.

He handed over to Li Hong again, and Li Hong was also in trouble at this time, especially Ji Kuo, who happened to get Li Ding's drawings and physical objects to supplement some of his confusion. Soon, the Divine Arm Bow was finally developed successfully.

When the eunuch Zhang Ruoshui heard this, he came over and took the initiative to cooperate, paid money and made repeated improvements, and finally formed. The longest range could reach 240 steps (370 meters). Within such a long range, it still penetrated the elm, not half. But so far, the accuracy could not be controlled, and the effective range was actually only 120 steps, which was also an amazing distance, more than 180 meters!

The Song Dynasty had powerful weapons, such as the bed crossbow. It was gradually discharged from the army and had too many soldiers to fire, which was difficult to operate accurately. There were also trenchers with gunpowder bags, and the defects were still very large. In order to ensure its sealing, there must be a large amount of oil paper and linen outside, which accounted for one-third of the weight. The trenchers needed to operate, and the launch was slow and the firing rate was not very fast. If the enemy was smart, when they saw it coming and going up the ground, the lethality was immediately reduced. At first, it also played a role, but now it was more and more effective. It was good to use it to blow up the city walls. Later, there was a tiger squat cannon, but the cost was too expensive. Not only the cannon itself, but it was also expensive, and it was used on a large scale. It was really a cannon that fired ten thousand taels of gold. The expensive cost hindered its popularity. Of course, in terms of power, it was still the greatest, even if the divine arm bow was not as good as it.

The Divine Arm Bow is not as powerful as the Tiger Squat Cannon, but its advantage lies in its simplicity in operation, which can be operated by one person, and its cost is much cheaper than the Tiger Squat Cannon, and it is lighter in weight and easy to carry. In other words, its practicality is no less than that of the Tiger Squat Cannon. If the two complement each other, the Song Dynasty army is more likely to win on the battlefield.

After confirming that the research was successful, Zhang Ruoshui took it to Xifu and presented it to Zheng Lang for treasure.

Zheng Lang looked at it, and his eyes also had a light of joy.

Through this, it is even more proved that we cannot underestimate the wisdom of the ancients. If we want to imitate it later, it is not successful. But in the Song Dynasty, we have not been able to succeed. Not only did we succeed, there are three improved versions later. Han Shizhong improved it, so that its range reached the legendary 360 steps (580 meters), doubled and half, called the defeated enemy bow. During the Zhao Xu Dynasty, the horse-yellow crossbow appeared again, which was the reduced version of the divine arm crossbow. It used its mechanism, but it was reduced, sacrificing the range and shooting force for the rate of fire. His crossbow did not fire a single arrow.

This crossbow has already fired three arrows. In order to defend the city, the Southern Song Dynasty launched a more powerful divine arm bow, which was sacrificed for firing speed. The divine arm bow shot three arrows, and the divine force bow could only shoot one arrow. It shot slowly, but it shot a marble head arrow, which is the super-large crossbow used to reduce the bed crossbow. When it hits the enemy, it can penetrate all the armor and continue to fly forward. As for the enemy's body, a large hole will appear, and then fall down. Not only will the enemy wearing armor be penetrated, if it hits a horse, it will also pierce a big hole into the abdomen.

He said, "Eunuch Zhang, you and Li Ding and Li Hong have made great contributions to the court."

Another surprise is that the Divine Arm Bow was produced by oneself, but it has not been developed. Now that a Qiang Chief and a craftsman develop it means that he is not omnipotent. It is a good thing. If a person is omnipotent, it may not be a good thing. If one person is omnipotent, it may not be a good thing. If one or two people instigate him, once the national crisis is over, even Zhao Xu will also become a little afraid of himself. Or this is what I said, "The moon is full and the water is full."

Zheng Lang thought of another false proposition: If Genghis Khan's army encounters European longbow soldiers, it will be a very good situation?

Seeing the divine arm bow in front of him, Zheng Lang had the answer in his heart. Now it is the preliminary divine arm bow, and there are still some flaws. First of all, it has very strict requirements on arm strength. At least it requires soldiers to reach two stones and three dou to pull it away. However, in the later years of the Northern Song Dynasty, after many transformations, the strength of one stone and four dou can be pulled away. In other words, ordinary slightly stronger soldiers can use it. The arm strength requirements are not higher than the longbow, with a longer range, and a stronger shooting force. The European longbow soldiers who were defeated by the Yuan Meng in the Song Dynasty would also defeat the Yuan Meng in the European longbow.

After all, in this era, cavalry is still a true symbol of invincibility.

Putting aside these unnecessary thoughts, Zheng Lang took it to the palace and presented it to Zhao Xu.

When he went to the battlefield to command, Zhao Xu might not understand it, but he still knew the significance of this powerful bow. He immediately summoned the ministers of the two governments and two systems, and then placed iron armor outside seventy steps to let the guards shoot. He did not expect that it would be great if 240 steps were 70 steps. The range of 100 meters was already far from that of ordinary Song crossbows.

But after shooting several arrows in a row, none of them hit the target. Zhang Ruoshui said: "Your Majesty, let me come, this is different from the method of shooting on ordinary crossbows."

Zhao Xu is correct.

After Zhang Ruoshui aimed at the target seventy steps away, he kicked the crossbow string with his foot. The first arrow was released and the second arrow hit the target.

Quickly, there was a sizzling sound in Yanhe Hall.

Its shooting range is 240 steps now, and now it is only 70 steps. How powerful will it be when it hits it? The armor shown is not bad. On the contrary, they are all the best armors in the Song Dynasty, but after hitting an arrow, they still tried hard to drill in until they were halfway through, and they almost pierced both sides of the armor. Of course, if this arrow was shot on the enemy, the gods of Daluo were probably sad. They shot several arrows one by one.

However, Zhang Ruoshui was an eunuch. After shooting a few arrows, he stopped and kept wiping his sweat and was out of strength.

Everyone did not laugh and looked at the arrow clusters deeply stuck in the armor. Zheng Lang walked up to explain again that the secret of the precision combination of the bow string was the principle of the precision combination of the pulley set in later generations. Through this bracket, the soldier could pull out a strong bow several times his arm strength, and it could be improved again. That is, if you want to pull out the divine arm bow now, a strong man must be able to pull it out, including Zhang Ruoshui, although he is a eunuch, is quite big. If you improve it, even an ordinary strong man can pull it out.

Zheng Lang may not be able to make it without participating, but he understood the principle of saving effort and sent the relevant schematic diagram to Li Hong for further improvement. He did not seek to defeat the enemy's bow or the Divine Power Bow. Now the Song Dynasty is still in a crisis in the Song Dynasty, and what he is seeking is the Ma Huang bow, which should be less technically difficult.

The martial arts of the world are only fast and cannot be broken.

The same is true for crossbows. Not only does it require a range, but it also requires a faster. The faster the battle, the more lethal it is.

I took down Xiaoguan himself, otherwise there would be a battle in the twelfth lunar month.

The masters of Xixia are crazier than the other.

In summer, the madness began.

These sharp weapons can be pushed out one by one, and at least before they are temporarily unmoved, they can play a better defensive role.

Zheng Lang also said that another one is conducive to confidentiality. This copper machine can be destroyed when it is critical. Once the machine is destroyed, even if the divine arm bow is obtained, it may be a strong bow that even Xue Rengui cannot pull, and it has no effect at all.

Zhao Xu was delighted and rewarded Li Ding and Li Hong. Then he asked Zheng Lang: "How is the place in Huazhou?"

It refers to the Huazhou Steel Supervision. With the attack weapons, the defense armor is still the original armor. Although it is strong, it is too clumsy. Zheng Lang replied: "Your Majesty, it can be used to produce standard armor, but there are still some shortcomings that need to be improved and cannot be produced and replaced on a large scale for the time being."

"I am not in a hurry. The finances have not improved. Even if I want to produce on a large scale, it is most likely not possible."

"Here." Zheng Lang replied, and after he went back, he wrote a quick letter to Sima Guang.

Sima Guang led hundreds of officials to check the hidden fields, but unlike the practice after the autumn of the previous year, he did not measure it on a large scale, but sent people to notify first-class households in each prefecture and county, and collect them when they see it. He handed over the number of hidden fields himself to save some unhappy things from everyone. That is to say, you all want to do it, I am everyone.

Hundreds of officials were staring at each other, and in helplessness, each large household took the initiative to tell more than 10,000 hectares of hidden land. If it were a state, Sima Guang was satisfied, and the eight states were all eight states with a relatively concentrated number of hidden land. Sima Guang was very dissatisfied. On New Year's Day, officials were sent to inform the local government that people should be sensible and not force me to learn the rules. He was frightened and handed over nearly 10,000 hectares of hidden land.

Sima Guang reported the situation to Zheng Lang.

Zheng Lang was not too polite and replied a quick letter. He didn't want to measure all the hidden fields in the world one by one. Even if he checked the hidden fields in the eighty most dangerous state prefectures last year, he might not be able to measure all the hidden fields one by one. At most, he would be able to achieve the best results. But at least he had to have one degree.

The eight prefectures are the harsh hidden fields that Zheng Lang deliberately selected, and now ranks among the top 20. The area is among the 20 prefectures, and the area of ​​the two prefectures is slightly smaller. If the number of land acres during the reign of Zhenzong and the newly reclaimed arable land in the eight prefectures has reached at least nearly 100,000 hectares, the actual number of hidden fields may be close to 200,000 hectares, and at least 150,000 hectares. You asked them to take the initiative to explain, and only gave more than 27,000 hectares. How can I explain to the people of the world and to the hidden fields in the eighty prefectures last year?

Find out quickly, and wait for you to find out, and announce the accounts of the three companies.

The world was in full swing for two reforms, and the second reform was about to end. Before the end, the accounts of the three companies were announced to let everyone see the results. Hundreds of officials were appointed, and the two attacked each other, and the opposition would be reduced.

But those who mobilize the troops cannot only hand over one-tenth of the hidden field. How could Zheng Lang bear it?

I said in a vague way, "With both soft and hard, who doesn't want to be a good person, can you succeed? Last year's inventory, which has some deterrence. If it weren't for last year's inventory, if you asked them to take the initiative to explain, you might not even be able to explain it to thousands of acres. I don't want to cause trouble, but at least you have to find out half of the hidden fields."

Having said that, it's already very heavy.

After receiving the letter, Sima Guang had no way to send officials to measure the land. As he found out the hidden fields of more than a dozen households, he distributed them one by one, including the share deeds, all of which were handed over to the bank for auction. It seemed to be thrilling, but in fact there were many stories in the middle. Especially the dozen households dealing with were all wealthy families with thin backgrounds.

Officials began to check for many vacancies, but there were more officials. They wanted to get a poor job. They all understood that Si Guang probably didn't like to be too radical, but if he did not do anything, he would inevitably be eliminated. In addition, Sima Guang began to implement severe punishment measures, and some wealthy families were afraid and told them to have more than 20,000 hectares of hidden land.

The number seems to be quite large, but half of Zheng Lang is still very far away.

Sima Guang then asked the officials to investigate again and sent officials to inform the following. This was the last chance. If he was not satisfied and did not give him face, he would not give you face. The scope of this punishment was wider, with more than 30 households, and there were two families of officials, one of which had children who had passed the Jinshi and served as the magistrate in Jiangnan. However, his family's hidden land was confiscated and redistributed. Seeing that more and more families were punished, the major households did not dare to sit and see.

Under the pressure, he explained 40,000 hectares of hidden fields one after another, nearly 90,000 hectares in front and behind. Sima Guang stopped.

In fact, Zheng Lang asked Sima Guang to go down to investigate the hidden field. The first thing was to not want to make the noise too much. After all, there was a third reform that had not been implemented. If all the powerful and powerful turned against each other, even Zhao Xu might not have saved himself. In fact, if it did not have the reputation of the past and the big black hole in the national finances, it would be announced again. At this time, Zheng Lang would also face the dilemma of Lu Yijian's implementation of tea government reform. Secondly, Sima Guang tried to try it. If there were no severe measures, could it be done well.

But on the other hand, Sima Guang is also using this inventory of hidden fields, as if trying to influence himself.

The fundamental reason is that Sima Guang may be disgusted with hidden fields, but he is even more disgusted with redistribution of all cultivated land to households below fourth grade. The hidden fields are not good, and the reallocation is even worse. It is the lowest-level strategy of using violence to fight violence. At least for the wealthy families, this strategy cannot be used.

The hidden field forced out more than 90,000 hectares, and it was possible to explain it. The movement was not big. It seemed that Sima Guang did it perfectly this time. But Zheng Lang was smiling bitterly. The number was explained, and there was not much controversy. However, what was the effect of the shock?

But Zheng Lang was not angry either.

In history, when the reforms have changed to the end, relatives, friends, fathers and sons, and brothers may not become enemies, but there are many oppositions. For example, the Wang Anshi brothers and the Su brothers.

As a moderate, it is so easy to choose from?

If you please both sides, you will often end up not please both sides.

So he silently observed Sima Guang's approach.

There are too many affairs, such as Xixia's envoy.

During the Zizhiping period, Li Liangzuo made unreasonable troubles and repeatedly invaded the Song Dynasty, which made the Song Dynasty's economy worse due to its difficulties. Li Bingchang succeeded to the throne, and the Song Dynasty did not enthrone the title. He was also the ruler of the Western Xia, but many tribes in the Western Xia belonged to the doves.

There were not many people who truly fought against the Song Dynasty with a shady force. After the enthronement, Li Bingchang became more legitimate. In the first month, Xue Zongdao sent to ask for the title with a letter to the court. The court sent Han Zhen to Shaanxi, and for questioning for several years, he had been invading the border and did not pursue the offer. Xue Zongdao bowed his head to apologize, and Han Zhen ordered him to return first.

The most interesting scene appears.

The people of Xixia became honest and admitted their mistakes. The court had face. Many scholars and officials wrote letters asking the court to re-enthrone Li Bingchang so that the border could be peaceful and conducive to internal governance.

Zhao Xu agreed.

Then, Liu Hang-chi, the Henan supervisor, was appointed Li Bingchang as the king of the country.

When Liu Hang left the capital and saw that no one was stopping him, some scholars and officials felt regretful, thinking that this was too cheap in Xixia. Some people also advised him, not only Li Bingchang, but also the great chiefs of Xixia and some leaders. Guo Kui wrote to him: "Since he obeys the court, he should use great letters to spread the word, and it is not advisable to lure him for profit."

It is still unclear to say this. To put it bluntly, it is a matter of justice. Xixia has repeatedly betrayed the treaty and can never enthrone the king. Since we are forgiven, we should not take advantage of this little advantage, and we may not be able to take advantage of this little advantage, which has deteriorated the style of a great country.

Then no matter what happened in the future, the Song Dynasty also made mistakes first.

When used in military tactics, it means becoming a non-moral soldier.

In fact, in history, the Liang family sent minister Luo Chongjin to write a letter to say that the emperor will rule the world with filial piety, how can he lure ministers from small countries to rebel?

If this happens, Liang will not be honest. Without this happen, Liang will not be honest either. But the nature is somewhat different.

Zheng Lang couldn't help but finally handed over a secret memorial to Zhao Xu.

After reading it, Zhao Xu believed and doubted it, and then rejected the proposal and did not implement it.

Still don’t understand, the internal rush is more smart than the other, but when it comes to foreign countries, whether it is military or diplomatic, their IQ will drop by half immediately. Now, in the future, it will be strange. Sometimes Zheng Lang can’t help but wonder, is this destined to be a nation that only knows how to fight in the nest?

In March, Xixia sent another envoy.

This time the request was even more excessive. In the late years of Renzong, Di Qing sent troops to Xixia, mainly in the Hexi area of ​​Linfu Road. Nothing else, the two states of Linfu were alone overseas and were too thin. Only by taking down the land in Hexi can the two states of Linfu become slightly thicker.

In addition to the area west of Quye River, there are also areas in the junction of Hengshan in the northwest of Yanzhou and the junction of Hengshan, which originally included Tumen and Anyuan, were captured by the Western Xia one by one.

When Di Qing occupied Youzhou, he took back some of the occupied forts. But then Di Qing was seriously ill and only took back part of it. Some of them were still controlled by the Xixia people, including the Tumen. As soon as Di Qing died, the Great Wall in the northwest collapsed, and the court asked for peace and ignored it.

The Liang family sent an envoy to exchange Tumen for Suizhou.

The king and his ministers were stunned. A Tumen exchanged for Suizhou, which was as big as a big one? Zhao Xu looked at Zheng Lang with a surprised look.

Zheng Lang said slowly: "If it is changed, it is okay. The border between Xia and our dynasty was the Great Wall Ridge (northwest of Tumen, close to Hengshan), and to the north of the two villages, there were thirty-six forts. When Di Qing returned seriously ill, he only took back more than ten forts, and most of them were occupied by the Xia Kingdom. Please return them all to our dynasty, and our dynasty will return Suizhou to your country."

Everyone was speechless by the repeated unreasonable requests from Xixia, but after hearing Zheng Lang's words, they were stunned. There were thirty-six forts, but most of them were small forts. It seemed that there were a large number, but the actual area was less than one-fifth of Suizhou. No matter how you calculate it, this business is also a not-fair business.

It would be normal if it came from the mouth of a minister who was Gouhe, but why did it come from the mouth of Zheng Lang?
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