The six-dimensional pictures of emperors of all dynasties were exposed, and the ancestors panicked

Chapter 559 The Differences between Beheading in the Ming Dynasty and the Han and Tang Dynasties
【Since Zhu Di's death, the Ming Dynasty has been completely on the defensive in its battles against the grasslands. 】

[Even if there were battles, they were basically fought in the Hetao area within the Ming Dynasty. ]

[Whether the grassland tribe wins or loses, as long as they have finished looting, they can return to the base camp to rest. 】

[This time, the Ming army actually crossed the Yinshan Mountains, destroyed the royal court, and killed the queen. For the Ming Dynasty, which had been on the defensive for a long time, this was a remarkable achievement.]

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{The Ming Dynasty's record always seems strange.}
{Wang Zhi and Wang Yue achieved an unprecedented victory that shocked the government and the public, but in reality they only beheaded more than 400 people.}
{In the previous battle of Red Salt Pond, the number of beheadings was even less.}
{At other times, when fighting against the Mongolian cavalry, beheading more than 100 people was considered a great achievement.}
{Although the number of enemies killed is generally higher than the number of beheadings, even if the number of beheadings is tripled or quadrupled to estimate the number of enemies killed, it is only about one or two thousand, which is not too much.}
{Look at the Han Dynasty again. Every major victory resulted in the beheading of more than 10,000 or even tens of thousands of people. They would often make long-distance raids of thousands of miles to attack the main force of the Xiongnu cavalry.}
{Even in the middle of the Eastern Han Dynasty, when the power of foreign relatives and the politics of aristocratic families were very serious, foreign wars continued to achieve brilliant victories.}
｛Dou Xian, a relative of the emperor in the middle of the Eastern Han Dynasty, led his army to attack the Xiongnu, marched 3,000 miles beyond the border, beheaded 13,000 people, and returned with an inscription on a stone tablet at Yanran.｝
{One year later, he continued his expedition, marched 5,000 miles beyond the Great Wall, defeated the Xiongnu, and beheaded more than 5,000 people.}
{From this perspective, the combat effectiveness of the Ming Dynasty army at this time was far inferior to that of the middle period of the Eastern Han Dynasty.}
{That is because during the Spring and Autumn Period, the Warring States Period, the Qin and Han Dynasties, China had a strong martial spirit and was brave enough to fight foreign enemies.}
{Later, due to various reasons, such as mixed race, erosion of Confucian culture, enslavement by the authoritarian regime... they gradually became weak and vulnerable, and even more afraid of death.}
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Great Qin.

After Ying Zheng finished telling the history of Fu Hao, he looked at these scenes in the sky.

"What kind of nonsense is this?"

Xiao He sat upright and said softly:
"In fact, I discovered it a long time ago."

"It seems that all the descendants of later generations are quite familiar with the great way, but they don't study the shortcuts very deeply."

Liu Bang propped up his legs and supported his chin.

"It is unlikely that the military system will be independent of the country's internal economic system and remain clean or corrupt."

"Looking at the history of the imperial court, a corrupt and inefficient court would have a weak military force."

"The military in a politically clear era has stronger combat effectiveness."

"But when using this indicator to compare across dynasties, special care must be taken."

"In addition to the efficiency of the imperial court and economic strength, the factors that affect military success or failure also include differences in the technical level of weapons and equipment."

Meng Tian nodded in agreement and said:

"What Liu Dianke said makes sense."

"In different periods, the level of weapons production and the degree of superiority over the weapons technology level of surrounding nations vary greatly."

"During the Spring and Autumn Period, all countries maintained peace and expelled the enemy."

"But after Wu and Yue became the hegemon, the weapons of the vassal states became more sophisticated, and the enemy was no longer their opponent. The vassal states became their rivals."

"The time, scale, and scope invested in the battlefield are getting bigger and bigger."

"The factor of weapons and equipment is very important."

Feng Quji twirled his beard and looked at the sky.

"Looking at the course of history, the weapons and equipment of our Qin and Han dynasties were far ahead of those of the Xiongnu and other Hu peoples."

"But by the Song and Ming dynasties, this technological advantage had basically disappeared."

"If we ignore this factor, we can only judge the advantages and disadvantages of the internal economic systems of the Qin and Han dynasties and the Song and Ming dynasties based on the success or failure of foreign military operations."

"That's what happens on the sky."

"And such a conclusion is biased."

Ying Zheng nodded, then looked at Liu Bang:

"Since you have the advantage in weapons and equipment, why are you still surrounded?"

Liu Bang:......

Are you asking the wrong person, Your Majesty?

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The period of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty
Liu Che leaned against the couch, looked at the sky and smiled.

"Zi Xu, do you think that the Han Dynasty defeated the Xiongnu only by virtue of its martial spirit?"

Huo Qubing looked at the sky and laughed:

"Spirit alone is useless."

“To transform spirit into real objects.”

"And weapons alone are useless."

"You must rely on weapons to increase your spirit."

"We have the will to make progress and we have excellent equipment."

"Only when the two are combined can the world prevail."

"Otherwise, when Maodun besieged the Xiongnu at Baideng, he would not have been helpless in watching the 300,000-man army."

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Datang.

"Were the soldiers of the Ming Dynasty more afraid of death than those of the Han Dynasty? I don't quite believe it."

Li Shimin looked at the sparkling lake.

The white robe was blown by the wind.

"Even if there is a difference, it won't be the difference of the order of magnitude of killing tens of thousands or hundreds in a battle."

"During the Qin and Han dynasties, metallurgical technology was already extremely advanced."

"The Records of the Grand Historian records that people in the Western Regions "did not know how to cast iron tools."

"In the third year of Jianzhao, General Chen Tang traveled over 3,000 miles to capture and kill the Xiongnu Chanyu, achieving unparalleled feat."

"Later, the Han Dynasty fought against the army of the Wusun Kingdom. The battle was intense. Emperor Cheng of Han asked Chen Tang for advice on whether he should send troops to support the country."

"Chen Tang said: "Five Hu soldiers can defeat one Han soldier. Why? Their weapons are simple and blunt, and their bows and crossbows are not good."

"Now I hear that you have acquired some of the skills of the Han Dynasty, but it is still three times the value of one."

Li Shimin looked at Li Chengqian who was deep in thought and said slowly:
"During the Qin and Han dynasties, the northwestern ethnic groups, including the Xiongnu, had very few metal weapons of poor quality."

"During the reign of Emperor Wu of Han, the salt and iron monopoly system was established."

"Employ skilled craftsmen from all over the country to engage in steel smelting."

"The highly centralized steel smelting system ensures that most of the steel production capacity is used to equip the military. Further improve smelting technology."

"At this point, the arrows of the Han army had either copper or iron arrowheads, while the arrows of the Xiongnu cavalry rarely had metal arrowheads."

"They mainly relied on arrows sharpened from wood or bamboo, which were difficult to penetrate the leather armor of the Han army." "Not to mention that some of the Han army also had iron armor, which the Xiongnu arrows could not penetrate, and the swords could not cut into."

"On the contrary, the iron arrows of the Han army could easily penetrate the leather armor of the Xiongnu."

"At the same time, the key parts of the Han army's crossbows were also made of copper or iron, and their accuracy and range were far beyond what the Xiongnu could match."

"The movements of crossbows during the Qin and Han dynasties were not only made of metal, but also interchangeable between different crossbow frames."

"The blades of the Han army's swords are made of steel, while the Xiongnu's swords are generally made of very low-quality iron. If the two come into contact, the Xiongnu's swords will break."

"Just think about it, in this situation, some of the Han army wore iron armor, and most of them carried arrows with metal arrowheads, crossbows with metal movements, and long swords made of tempered steel, and roamed the desert."

"It's just like today when I led three thousand black armored soldiers to fight in the Battle of Muye."

"In just one day, I can overthrow the Shang Dynasty."

"Smart! The generation gap in weapons can offset the advantage in numbers."

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Song Dynasty Xiaozong Period
"oops!"

Zhao Shen suddenly realized something and slapped his thigh!
"I see! The Jurchen tribes during Wanyan Aguda's time were very backward, but in order to deal with the Liao, the Song Dynasty sent people to teach the Jurchens metallurgy, siege and other related technologies."

"That's why the Jurchens quickly grew stronger, destroyed the Liao Kingdom, and established the Jin Empire!"

"All this is because of teaching them weapons technology!"

Yue Fei looked at the emperor, seeming to want to say something but stopping himself.

Finally, he said cruelly:

"Your Majesty, facing the same enemy, the apprentice with a much smaller population was able to quickly destroy the Liao Kingdom, while the master was defeated. Can you use technology as an excuse?"

"In the first battle between the Jin and Liao kingdoms, the Jin army had only 37,000 men, and they completely wiped out the Liao army of 20,000 men."

"Can the equipment of the Song Dynasty be worse than that of the Jurchens when they rose up to destroy the Liao Dynasty?"

"When the Hu people mastered metallurgical technology and established a political system."

"It is understandable that our Song Dynasty cannot reproduce the glory of the Han and Tang Dynasties."

"But at least it should be able to completely recover and firmly defend the Central Plains like the Ming Dynasty did."

"With superior logistics and advanced weapons, and food production and population that were tens or even hundreds of times greater than their opponents, they still lost the war."

"Apart from the corruption and incompetence of the imperial court, what other explanation could there be?"

Zhao Shen blushed when he heard this.

In the end, I could only sigh helplessly.

"Pengju, you are right."

"The Ming Dynasty was established for more than a hundred years, and it was able to easily defeat the Jianzhou Jurchens and cross the Yinshan Mountains to kill the Tatar queen."

"Unlike our Great Song and Southern Song."

"From the founding of the country to its demise, it was constantly attacked by the Liao, Western Xia, Jin and Mongolian empires."

"Compared with the previous dynasties, our Song Dynasty army cannot match the Han and Tang dynasties."

"Compared with later generations, it cannot compare to the Ming Dynasty."

"Compared with their contemporaries, they are no match for the Jurchen army."

"Then there must be something wrong with the system itself."

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Ming Dynasty Yongle Period
Zhu Di found it troublesome even to take a look at it.

The Han Dynasty always maintained a leading position in weapons, ensuring its overwhelming advantage on the battlefield for hundreds of years.

After a slow process of learning, by the Tang Dynasty, the nomadic cavalry had already caused great military pressure on the Han area.

By the Song Dynasty, the Jin and Mongolian cavalry were fully equipped with high-quality arrows, armor, and swords. Even Emperor Taizong of Tang's Black Armor Army could not match them in cavalry equipment.

It was because of this that Temujin was able to sweep across the world.

It was basically impossible for the Ming Dynasty to reproduce the glorious record of the Han Dynasty against the Huns.

He led an expedition to the remnants of the Mongols, and each time he did so he led an army of more than 300,000.

It is not because the Ming Dynasty was less advanced than the Han Dynasty, but because the soldiers of the Ming Dynasty lacked the courage of the soldiers of the Han Dynasty.

The opponent's equipment has been upgraded!
Originally it was iron armor beating flesh men, now it is iron armor beating iron armor.

Zhu Di looked up to the sky and sighed.

How can I say this?

He looked at Zhu Gaochi.

I only care about my own little piece of land every day. The weapons of those people outside are no longer inferior to those of others! Otherwise, why would I set up the Shenji Battalion?

He looked at Zhu Zhanji again.

Although this child retreated to the battlefield, he smelted steel and raised war horses, and he knew to leave a family foundation for future troubles. But the son he gave birth to was a piece of shit.

And now...

Zhu Di looked at the sky and sighed again.

It is amazing to achieve such a record with tens of thousands of people.

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【The victory of the surprise attack on Weininghai had another special meaning for the Ming Dynasty. 】

[That is, when Zhu Qizhen was captured by the Oirat Mongols, he was imprisoned in Weining Lake.]

[This battle was equivalent to Emperor Wu of Han washing away the shame of Baideng. ]

【Therefore, Zhu Jianshen was particularly happy and made an exception to confer the title of "Weining Earl" on Wang Yue, making the title hereditary.】

【Wang Yue also became the second person in Ming Dynasty history to be granted a title as a civil official.】

(End of this chapter)