Ten chances to avoid extinction
1, Jiajing era, Xia Yan, the minister of the Ministry of War, argued for the recovery of Hetao, but was framed by treacherous court official Yan Song for colluding with Mongolia with the intention of rebellion, and was unjustly killed by Emperor Jiajing!
Comments: The Ming Dynasty insisted on the system of civilian leading troops. Ministry of War ministers are mostly corrupt scholars who know nothing about soldiers. It is difficult for Xia Yan to have such a strategic vision. At that time, Mongolia was divided and attacked each other. Tatar Khan surrendered voluntarily and gave Hetao grassland as a gift. The Ming Dynasty was really the first fool in the world to throw this big cake out of the door.
In fact, an important reason why the war against Manchu was not good in the late Ming Dynasty was that the Hetao grassland producing horses was in the hands of Mongols, which caused a shortage of horses in the Ming Dynasty, and it was difficult for the Ming army, mainly infantry, to resist the impact of Manchu cavalry. Moreover, Manchu often attacked Beijing through Mongolian-controlled areas.
If the Hetao grassland is in the hands of the Ming Dynasty, it can not only provide a large number of horses for the army, but also build a high-quality cavalry team; We can also base ourselves on the Hetao grassland to curb the Manchu expansion to the Mongolian grassland, which is really an important chess piece to restrict the Manchu. Unfortunately, the Ming dynasty was busy with infighting and abandoned important strategic locations.
After Zhang's death, his New Deal measures were completely abolished, and Zhang's family was also convicted!
Comments: At the end of the Ming Dynasty, the national fiscal revenue was only 22 million, plus? Liaoxiang? Only about 30 million, civil unrest. With the huge social productivity of the Ming Dynasty, it is a big mistake to make the national treasury unable to make ends meet. The biggest drawback of taxation in the Ming Dynasty was that the poorest people paid the most taxes.
How can the people not resist this absurd tax method? In essence, Zhang's whipping method is to tax according to personal property, balance the gap between the rich and the poor, measure land at the same time, curb land merger and ease social contradictions. During Zhang's ten years in power, the national fiscal revenue was above 80 million every year, which exceeded the highest level in the prosperous period of Kanggan.
When Wanli was nine years old, the national grain stock was sufficient, even if there was no harvest for ten years, it was enough to spend, which was beyond the rule of Wenjing in the Han Dynasty.
Unfortunately, Emperor Wanli was a black sheep. When Zhang Yi died, he went against the rules, abolished all whipping methods and changed taxes to fish for exhaustion, which caused a series of civil unrest in Suzhou, Shandong Province. At the end of the Ming Dynasty, the national treasury was empty and there were many uprisings. This is the curse. If the Ming dynasty can follow Zhang's fiscal policy, it can at least ensure the internal stability of the country, and the Ming dynasty can use enough manpower and material resources to deal with the invasion of the Qing dynasty. With such a strong national strength, why worry?
3. In the Battle of Salhu, the Fourth Route Army of the Ming Dynasty was completely annihilated, and Manchu rose.
Comments: Until today, people still don't understand that100,000 to 60,000 are all famous players. Why can't they beat Nurhachi's 60 thousand jurchen?
In fact, the Ming dynasty was doomed to failure from the beginning of the war, with empty treasury, no pay, low morale of soldiers (caused by emperor Wanli's tax policy) and stupid idea of marching in all directions. Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty attacked the Huns for the first time, and it was also a four-way invasion. As a result, Xiongnu fought one by one, and Li Guang was wiped out. From then on, I didn't dare to divide my troops and fight again. I really won a battle. Fighting nomads is the most taboo. The enemy is in the dark and I am in the light. In addition, the terrain is unfamiliar. Once attacked by the enemy, it is not far away.
If the four armies of the Ming Dynasty meet in one place, the Qing Dynasty will harass the Ming army at most, and it will be difficult to concentrate superior forces to fight annihilation. In this way, even if the battle is futile, it will not be defeated. It was Levin who came up with the absurd idea of invading Route 4. This man has no virtue and incompetence, and he can become a big official only by buttering up eunuchs.
In the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression and Aid Korea, he rushed to the rear and fled to the front, thus ruining the Ulsan War in vain and letting Shimadzu Hiroshi escape the eyes of the Ming army. It happened that Emperor Wanli healed the scar and forgot the pain, and activated this pustule in such a great battle. Sun Chengzong, the minister of the Ministry of War at that time, once questioned this tactic, but unfortunately it was not adopted. In fact, even if the soldiers are divided into four ways, there is no chance of winning. As long as proper publicity, mutual echo, careful use, and a good soldier give the order, women can really be killed.
There was no shortage of good generals in the Ming Dynasty. Xiong Tingbi and Sun Chengzong were both generals with both civil and military skills, but Emperor Wanli didn't use them. As a result, Nurhachi decided to fight Kun in the first world war, and since then, he has been fighting against each other.
Arrears of pay, absurd tactics and improper employment, even if the Ming Dynasty made one of the three mistakes, the battle would never fail. It's a pity that the Manchu Dynasty will not rise.
4. At the end of the Apocalypse and the beginning of Chongzhen, Manchu invaded Korea twice, and North Korea turned to the Ming Dynasty for help, but the Ming Emperor ignored it and prohibited Liaodong troops from rescuing North Korea.
Korea perished and became a vassal of the Manchu Dynasty.
Comments: Everyone said that Emperor Wanli was confused. Judging from this incident, Emperor Apocalypse and Emperor Chongzhen are even more stupid.
No matter how confused the Emperor Wanli was, he knew that China, a Korean, had lost his lips and teeth. He just spent seven years knocking down the little devil.
Some people say that the Ming emperor had backbone. Look at these two guys. Is it a backbone? If you lose Korea, you lose China. Your grandfather Wanli knows, how can you not understand as a grandson? In the Qing Dynasty, nearly100000 people were used to attack Korea, which was basically all their possessions. No fewer than 200,000 Liaodong troops stationed in Ningjin defense line, either copying its lair or cutting off its rear road in Yalu River, both of which can kill Manchu.
At that time, North Korea was still fighting tenaciously, which almost plunged Manchu into a quagmire. It's a pity that the Ming dynasty watched the fire from the other side and watched the demise of friendly countries. Of course, at that time, the Ming Dynasty had just passed the battle of Ningyuan and needed to consolidate its defense line. Even if the Liaodong army was not fully prepared, there were 2 million troops in the Ming Dynasty, Shandong and Jiangsu, and the navy of the Ming Dynasty. With the navigation ability of Ming warships, it should be no problem to rescue North Korea. In the case of Liaodong Army sticking to Ningjin defense line, the navy mobilized land and water elites from all over the country to help North Korea, and the navy cut off the posterior route of 100,000 troops of the Qing army through Yalu River. Even if we can't win all the victories, North Korea will not perish!
Losing a North Korea is a trivial matter, but the inaction of the Ming Dynasty is completely chilling. Before the Korean War, most Mongolian tribes were still on the side of the Ming Dynasty. After the Korean War, almost all of them went to Manchu. As a result, after the Manchu Dynasty, they invaded the Central Plains from Mongolia several times, and the Ming Dynasty could not find the north. More seriously, North Korea's rich resources supported the Qing Dynasty. If North Korea had not fallen, the Ming Dynasty would have had a base to recover Liaodong. Losing North Korea is like losing an arm.
5. At the end of the apocalypse, Yuan Chonghuan made peace with Manchu, was framed by eunuchs and forced to dismiss, and the peace talks broke down.
Comments: There were A Qin stews in the Song Dynasty. From then on, China people regarded peace as a tiger. It seems that talking about peace is a betrayal.
In fact, negotiation is a neutral word. The key is to see under what conditions and terms.
Emperor Gaozu had a close relationship with Xiongnu, and Emperor Taizong and Turks were called the Union of Water. From the treaty itself, it is humiliating to the country, but it is these treaties that have won China time to recuperate and prepare for war. Save your strength, and finally get the victory of Liang Wudi's counterattack against Xiongnu and the outstanding achievement of Emperor Taizong's extermination of Turks. Unfortunately, Ming Chengzu was short-sighted, and when he heard Taiping, he flew into a rage, as if Taiping was Wanli's land that betrayed his ancestors. In fact, it was harmful to the Ming Dynasty to make peace with Manchu at that time.
At that time, the domestic political affairs of the Ming Dynasty were corrupt, and there were many famines in Guanzhong. The Ming army suddenly rose from Guanzhong and was transferred to Liaodong, and both fronts were too busy. The Ming dynasty needed enough time to rectify its internal affairs and appease the people to resume production. Why not give in for a while and accumulate strength?
Moreover, at that time, the Manchu did not dare to think about the Central Plains. One did not dare to call the princess to kiss the Ming Dynasty, and the other did not dare to call the emperor. The treaty does not even dare to mention independence. It only hoped that the Ming emperor would give it a title, which happened to be the level of Wang Ping, a vassal of the Ming Dynasty. This kind of treaty neither wastes money nor hurts face, and the loss is much less than that of the Han Dynasty.
What's more, once the treaty is concluded, the Manchu and Ming Dynasties can enter the stalemate stage, and the Ming Dynasty has sufficient time and national strength to recover Liaodong, but the population and national strength of the Manchu Dynasty can't drag down the Ming Dynasty anyway. As long as Ming Chengzu has the determination to recover the mountains and rivers, it is only a matter of time before Jurchen dies. It happened that Ming Chengzu was ridiculously generous and loyal, because he would rather die than surrender.
Since then, the Li Zicheng Uprising, the Ming army's internal troubles and foreign invasion, fighting on two fronts, eventually led to the end of the country's demise.
6. When the Qing army arrived in Beijing for the first time, Huang Taiji tricked Chongzhen into killing Yuan Chonghuan, and the Ming Dynasty destroyed the Great Wall.
Since then, Manchu invaded Beijing several times through Mongolia, which dealt a heavy blow to the Ming Dynasty.
Comments: In the whole incident, the Ming Dynasty made two big mistakes. The first is to kill Yuan Chonghuan.
This is what all fools understand. At that time, people all over the country knew that General Yuan had been wronged, but only Beijingers and Emperor Chongzhen thought that General Yuan should be killed.
At that time, General Yuan rushed thousands of miles to stop the Qing army, so that the attack of the Qing army was stopped. Although the battle was beautiful, General Yuan himself admitted that blocking the Qing army's100000 troops with 9000 cavalry was gambling, and he was really lucky to win. After that, he persisted and waited for reinforcements. Being excluded from the city, the Qing Dynasty burned and looted around Beijing to vent their anger, so the people in Beijing put their sufferings on Yuan Chonghuan.
The ignorance of ordinary people is understandable, but Chongzhen's ignorance of soldiers is absurd. It is a truth that people with brains understand that they should stick to the aid, but Chongzhen does not understand. Killing General Yuan chilled the hearts of 200,000 soldiers and civilians in Liaodong. Finally, he was killed in the food market because of such muddy water. Who else can serve such a court? After the death of General Yuan, many of his men surrendered to the Qing Dynasty. Although Zu Dashou didn't give advice to the Qing Dynasty until his death, his troops became the pioneers of the Qing Dynasty's destruction of Ming Dynasty, and Kong Youde and others even made him king and marquis. Since then, the Ming army mutineers have increased day by day, and the Liaodong defense line has become increasingly weak.
The second is a tactical mistake. In fact, 130,000 people in the Qing Dynasty went deep alone, which was a taboo for military strategists. The pass along the Great Wall is still in the hands of the Ming Dynasty.
If the Ming dynasty can hold a long-term stalemate with the enemy outside the capital, and then concentrate several times the enemy's forces to block the Great Wall Pass (which is not difficult for the Ming dynasty) and surround it, the Manchu130,000 army will surely perish; Even if Huang taiji can get away with it, Manchu will be weakened. (Russia used this method to deal with Napoleon)
If the Ming Dynasty had been bolder, it would have mobilized the mainland military forces to save the capital, while Zu Dashou led Liaodong soldiers to attack the Manchu lair in the north, led the Manchu main force to Huiyuan, and then intercepted halfway (that is, the method of besieging Wei to save Zhao), which would have plunged into the Manchu heart, and the Manchu would have died in World War I.
Unfortunately, Emperor Chongzhen didn't know loyalty and treachery inside and military affairs outside. He only needs to repel Manchu, which is a great opportunity to kill Manchu in vain.
7. At the end of the Ming Dynasty, there was a drought in Guanzhong for eight years, and there were many civil strife. Zhang, Li Zicheng's uprising led to chaos.
The Ming Dynasty once won the victory of counterinsurgency, recovered Zhang, defeated Li Zicheng and gained temporary stability.
However, natural disasters continued, and the Ming Dynasty did not take any measures to provide relief, which led to the rebirth of the people's rebellion, the resurgence of Li Zicheng, and finally the demise of the Ming Dynasty.
Comments: It was really lucky that the Ming Dynasty was able to quell the first uprising in Li Zicheng on two fronts. This is a great opportunity for the revival of the Ming Dynasty.
Some people say that the Ming Dynasty perished because of natural disasters, but a closer look at history shows that there were similar disasters in Guanzhong during the Han and Tang Dynasties.
In the era of Tang Gaozong, Guanzhong suffered from drought for ten years in a row, and it was the worst in four years. Therefore, Tang Gaozong adopted the advice of Prime Minister Pei Yan, decisively stopped fighting against the West Turkistan in the third year of the Guanzhong drought, deployed 100,000 troops to build water conservancy projects, and tried his best to help the victims. In the next seven years, although the drought raged, there was a miracle of disaster-free years in Guanzhong.
Later, the Tang Dynasty stabilized the mainland, sent troops to the western regions, destroyed the western Turks, and extended its influence to the Pamirs.
Later, in the second year of Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty, a once-in-a-century locust plague appeared in Guanzhong. In addition, officials' tyrannical extortion, natural disasters and man-made disasters aroused people's resistance.
Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty ordered Yao Chong, the prime minister, to preside over the extermination of locusts, killed 42 corrupt officials to quell public anger, and made various princes and ministers pay salaries privately to help the victims, thus turning the situation around in one fell swoop.
This is the later kaiyuan flourishing age. It can be seen that natural disasters are not terrible, but the planning of people is important. The natural disasters of the Ming dynasty can be said to be seven man-made disasters. Officials were insatiable, extorted money, and the country raised taxes blindly regardless of the famine, which eventually led to the people's uprising. If decisive measures are taken after the first uprising in Li Zicheng was put down in the Ming Dynasty, the bureaucracy and taxes will be rectified, and money and grain from the south of the Yangtze River will be mobilized to help the disaster-stricken areas. (There was the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal in the Ming Dynasty, so it should not be difficult to do so.) Make great efforts to control the Yellow River (with the technology and manpower of the Ming Dynasty, it is not difficult to do so) to stabilize people's hearts and appease them. Then there is absolutely no soil for insurrection in Li Zicheng, and the scene of peasant army conquering Beijing will never be staged.
Unfortunately, in dealing with natural disasters, Emperor Chongzhen was not even as weak as Tang Gaozong in the Tang Dynasty.
8. Songshan Campaign in Ming and Qing Dynasties, Ming army130,000, Qing army10,000. General Hong Chengchou formulated a step-by-step strategic policy, relying on superior firearms defense, blocking the Qing army layer by layer and almost dragging it down. Unfortunately, the confused Emperor Chongzhen was overjoyed and directed blindly. He wrote four letters in a row to force Hong Chengchou to go to war, and Hong Chengchou wept bitterly, knowing that he would still attack. The result was defeat and capture. This battle was the biggest decisive battle between Ming and Qing Dynasties. From then on, the Ming Dynasty lost its fortress outside the customs, and Shanhaiguan became the front line.
The Qing dynasty mastered the strategic initiative to attack the Ming dynasty in an all-round way.
Comments: This campaign is the largest decisive battle between Ming and Qing Dynasties, which is almost related to the life and death of Manchu. When the Ming dynasty won, it declined, and when the Qing dynasty won, it could no longer stand outside the customs. The 100,000 Eight Banners soldiers were almost the troops of the Qing Dynasty, and the Ming Dynasty did its best. It should be said that the war developed in a direction favorable to the Ming Dynasty from the beginning.
Although Hong Chengchou has no integrity, its military capability is still very strong, even worse than that of Yuan Chonghuan. What's more, his side is the Ningjin defense line left by General Yuan, equipped with a large number of sophisticated firearms. If we fight hard, Manchu will inevitably suffer. Zu Dashou's defection added a fresh force to the Ming Dynasty and shook the whole line of Manchu.
In terms of military strength, the Ming dynasty was 130 thousand and 100 thousand, but the field ability of the Ming army was weaker than that of the Manchu Eight Banners. What's more, such a large-scale corps is ostensibly fighting for military strength, but in fact it is fighting for money, food, logistics and even comprehensive national strength. The national strength of the Qing Dynasty was weak, so a quick victory was the only choice, and the stalemate strategy formulated by Hong Chengchou was the best tactic for the Ming army to foster strengths and avoid weaknesses. Just give General Hong another month, and Manchu will be completely dragged down. His strategy is about to succeed. Unfortunately, Emperor Chongzhen can't wait for this month. In all fairness, compared with the inaction of the Ming government in Ningyuan War, Chongzhen still attached great importance to this war, but it is a pity that he attached great importance to it.
Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty was familiar with the military since childhood and had a complete understanding of the Xiongnu, so he personally formulated a general plan to attack the Xiongnu.
Chongzhen didn't have the skill of Emperor Wu of Han Dynasty, but he just wanted to join in the fun. The four letters that Chongzhen forced Hong Chengchou to play were more hateful than the twelve gold medals that Yue Fei gave Li. After all, Yue Fei brought the army back completely, but the imperial edict of Chongzhen directly ruined the life of130,000 troops and the original good situation at the front.
Later generations called Hong Chengchou a traitor for glory. There is no denying that Hong Chengchou's later performance was indeed a traitor, but who thought that he was captured only at the last moment in this war, and who thought that an incompetent emperor like Chongzhen was worthy of martyrdom and loyalty for him! This, even Huang Zongxi, an old man of the Ming Dynasty, can't stand it. He also criticized all this rudely in "Review of Chongzhen Year". Looking back on this war, we get not only regrets and sighs, but also deep sorrow.
Because the fate of a dynasty or even a nation was rewritten by four letters from an idiot emperor.
9. After the fall of Beijing, Nanming was established, and soon the Qing army crossed the river and occupied Nanjing without bloodshed, and the small court of Nanming perished.
Comments: It is the same as the Southern Song Dynasty, except that the Southern Song Dynasty still lingered for decades, but Nanming soon perished. Song Gaozong, no matter how fatuous, was a little smarter than Emperor Hong Guang.
Song Gaozong also knew that the northern Han people who fled south were recruited, and Yuegujun was good at resisting the enemy. Emperor Hong Guang was only happy.
At that time, there were hundreds of thousands of troops along the Yangtze River in the Ming Dynasty, but an incompetent emperor and several traitors were enough to betray the country.
Undeniably, the resistance of Jiangnan people and officers and men is heroic. Jiading, Jiangyin and Yangzhou all dealt a great blow to the Manchu, making them vent their anger by killing the city.
But the emperor surrendered, leaderless, and the army fought in its own way. In the end, such resistance could only be broken by the Qing Dynasty. It would be very sad for the Qing Dynasty if Emperor Hong Guang had even a little blood of Song Gaozong, and if the Ming army could unite as one and rely on the natural barrier of the Yangtze River to defend its position. The worst result is to rule the river with Manchu. Even if the mountains and rivers can't be recovered, the Ming regime can still survive.
Today, some people say that Jiangnan people are cowardly and that Jiangnan was sold to Manchu. But from the historical reality, the resistance of the people in the south of the Yangtze River is still heroic. They showed the last blood and courage of China people. It can be said that although they were defeated, they were still glorious. People don't want to betray their country, and even most troops want to fight the war to the end. Traitors are emperors, ministers with high officials and high salaries, relatives and relatives who satisfy Gou 'an, and bookworms who read sage books and do dirty work.
Three thousand soldiers were disarmed, but none of them were men. A peach blossom fan has been sung for thousands of years. Some people say that Shakespeare's Hamlet is the greatest tragedy in the world, and I think Peach Blossom Fan is even worse. This drama profoundly reveals a truth: why did we die and why were we slaughtered?
10, after the establishment of the Li Yong regime, General Li Dingguo defeated the Qing army in Yunnan and Guizhou, killing two generals of the Qing army, and the troops of the Qing army in the southwest were almost lost.
A large number of Han Chinese troops in the Manchu area also responded to the uprising. Li Dingguo invited Emperor Li Yong to send troops to Sichuan to occupy Bashu and Hanzhong areas before the main force of the Qing army went south, thus invading the Central Plains. However, the emperor was worried that General Li would become the master of Gao Zhen, so he ordered him to rest in the same place and sent him to disperse his military forces. Who wants to send troops to rebel, Sun Kewang and Li Yong regimes will split? Although the rebellion finally subsided, Nanming was badly weakened, giving the Qing army time to gather troops. Soon, Wu Sangui invaded Yunnan, and the Li Yong regime perished.
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Comments: This is simply the best situation since the anti-Qing War, and it can be said that it is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to recover mountains and rivers. At that time, although there were millions of troops in Manchu, two-thirds of them were Han troops, and most of them were still on the sidelines, which didn't really play a role. Li Dingguo defeated Kong Youde and Rikan Wailan successively, and shot two kings, which can be said to be a devastating blow to the southwest forces of Manchu, and even made the morale of the Manchu-Han army greatly buoyant. Governor Huguang once said in the Manchu court that the Han army had been afraid to fight with Li Dingguo's department and asked the court to send the main force of the Eight Banners quickly. If the main force of the Qing army wants to reinforce, it will be impossible in a few months.
In addition, Zheng Chenggong also contained the Qing army in Fujian at this time. Although there are natural disasters in Sichuan, it is much more convenient to enter Sichuan from Guizhou than from the Central Plains. If you occupy Hanzhong, Sichuan, you can win Qinchuan in 800 Li, and you can protect yourself by natural barrier when you retreat. If this strategy is successful, the Ming dynasty can be said to be in a dilemma, and there is great hope for the recovery of mountains and rivers. Compared with many bad emperors in the Ming Dynasty, Li Yong was relatively open-minded, and he showed his courage by accepting Li Dingguo's army of the Western Expedition.
But he inherited the suspicion of his ancestors, did not dare to entrust an important task, and even became a eunuch, so that Sun Kewang was regarded as scum.
This is really a repeat of the mistakes of the Ming Dynasty. There was no shortage of generals in the Ming Dynasty, but it was a pity that the emperor's incompetence and improper employment made this last chance lost in vain.
After that, Li Dingguo retreated to Myanmar, swallowed their anger and died in other countries. Li Yong was captured alive by Wu Sangui and strangled with a bowstring, and the Ming Dynasty perished.
From this perspective, it was not the Qing Dynasty that destroyed the Ming Dynasty, but we destroyed ourselves.
The four world firsts of Ming military.
As a leading dynasty in ancient China, the Ming Dynasty made great contributions to China and even the world civilization. But it has achieved four world firsts in military technology, but it is little known.
As early as16th century, various types of mines have become important weapons of the Ming navy. 1549 made? Underwater mines? It is the first mine in the world. In the mine, wooden cases are used as shells, and putty is stuck on them. The rope below is connected with the iron anchor to control the depth and manually control the firing. It is more than 200 years earlier than the manufacture and use of mines in the West. The first time-exploding mine was made by 1590? Underwater dragon king gun? . The mine uses cowhide as the shell, filled with black powder and incense as the fuse. Landmines are detonated regularly by the burning time of incense. The first trigger mine was 1637 made in the late Ming dynasty? Hunjianglong? Mine, direct contact with the ship will explode.
According to historical records, it was used by the Ming navy during the Anti-Japanese War and aided Korea during the Wanli period. Underwater mines? The sinking of a large Japanese warship in one fell swoop was the first time in human history that mines were used to achieve practical results, which was nearly three centuries earlier than the mine war in the Russo-Japanese War (1903- 1905).
/kloc-Invented by the Ming Dynasty in the 6th century? Fire dragon out of the water? It is a two-stage rocket used in water warfare. ? Fire dragon? The dragon body is made of a thin bamboo tube about 1.6 meters long, with a wooden faucet in front and a wooden dragon tail behind it. There are several rockets in the dragon body, and the leads are led out from the holes under the faucet. There are four rocket launchers in front of and behind the dragon. The front and rear rocket leads are twisted together. The bottom of the front rocket shell is connected with the lead from the faucet. When launching, first ignite the four lower parts of the dragon.
The gunpowder barrel pushes the fire dragon forward. After the gunpowder barrel burned, the magic rocket in the dragon ignited and flew out, shooting at the enemy. This kind of rocket applies the principle of parallel connection (four powder cartridges) and series connection (two-stage rocket relay). Used in water combat, it can fly for several kilometers on the water. When flying to an enemy ship, launch a rocket from the air interface and directly attack the other ship. This is the first large-scale long-range rocket weapon launched from a warship in human history. The originator of anti-ship missiles? . Therefore, the Ming navy became the first navy in the history of world war to equip and use anti-ship rockets.
Artisans in the Ming Dynasty designed and manufactured the earliest armored mine in human history, which was detonated by steel wheels pressing fire. The Ming army is widely equipped with this kind of mine, and it has been used many times in Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces to fight invading Japanese pirates. This is the first time in human history that a trigger mine that is not detonated manually is used in actual combat. It was not until18th century that similar weapons were used in the west.
Is the Ming army equipped? Crouching tiger hiding gun? . The gun is 2 feet long from beginning to end, and the head of the gun is set up by two iron claws. Looks like Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, majestic. Before firing, load hundreds of lead bullets or stones with a weight of 5, and then use a large lead bullet or stone with a weight of 30 to top it. When launching, large and small bullets Qi Fei went out, with amazing lethality. The artillery is light in weight and small in size, which is very suitable for cavalry to carry directly with war horses, thus giving birth to the riding and shooting artillery of the Ming army. This is also the first shot in human history, about 200 years ahead of the West.