"Let's look at the initial era of thermal weapons first."

After the immortal master finished speaking, everyone looked around at the scenery.

Here is an endless grassland.

To be more precise, it is a grassland that has completely turned into a battlefield.

The wind blows and the grass is low, and the sound is cold and chilling.

"Here is..."

"Suddenly losing temperature!"

Old Zhu Di's eyes lit up, and he recognized it after just one glance. This was the main battlefield of his second northern expedition to Mongolia, the decisive battle with the Oara army!

Both Zhu Laosi and Xiao Zhusi’s eyes lit up.

Lao Zhu also looked slightly condensed, and suddenly became interested. He didn't expect that eating melons could eat his own Ming army.

"Grandpa, I see you!"

Yongle Xiao Zhu smiled and walked to a big maroon horse. Sitting on this horse was none other than Zhu Di, who was born in the twelfth year of Yongle. He was wearing armor and holding a sword, so he looked so mighty.

"Not bad, it has a bit of our attitude."

Lao Zhu nodded.

Old Zhu Di smiled quickly.

"Not as good as dad, not as good as dad."

"Charge!"

Suddenly, Xiao Zhusi shouted, with a bit of excitement in his words.

In an instant, the sound of horse hooves rumbled loudly.

Everyone's eyes were directed towards the Mongolian heavy cavalry that was charging swiftly and fiercely.

…………(beginning)…………

On the top of the hillside, tens of thousands of Mongolian cavalry then swooped towards the main force of the Ming army.

However, the Ming army's formation did not move at all.

When the Mongolian cavalry was at a certain distance from the Ming army, the Shenji campfire at the front fired a volley.

The charge of the cavalry, which was unstoppable just a second ago, fell to the ground in a large area after several rounds of volleys from the Shenji Battalion.

The remaining Mongolian cavalry, in panic, attacked the left and right wings at extremely fast speeds and began to attack the left and right wings of the Ming army.

The left and right wings of the Ming army soon fell into panic.

However, after the Shenji battalion was divided into left and right sides to rush for reinforcements, as the sound of Huo Tong sounded, the cavalry took advantage of the momentum to pursue the battle. The Mongolian cavalry that charged at the left and right wings of the Ming army was instantly defeated, and the entire front was defeated.

…………(stop)…………

The entire battlefield is played by accelerating and jumping to focus.

When the scene stopped, there was a feeling of nostalgia in Lao Zhu Di's eyes.

At this moment, seven years have passed.

Compared to sitting on the Dragon Throne in the Forbidden City, he still likes the feeling of galloping across the battlefield with his sword across his horse and his horse across the sword.

‘Northern Expedition!’

‘When I go back this time, I must march north!’

Old Zhu Di made up his mind.

"What do you see from this?"

Ji Boying glanced at the people who had all stood up and asked in one sentence.

"Confronting the Mongolian cavalry head-on with positional warfare, the power of firearms can be seen at a glance."

Emperor Zhengde Zhu Houzhao said extremely excitedly.

Among the sixteen emperors of the Ming Dynasty, except for Lao Zhu and Zhu Di, no one could compare with Emperor Wuzong Zhu Houzhao in terms of knowledge and command of troops and control of the battlefield.

After Zhu Di, Zhu Houzhao was also the only emperor of the Ming Dynasty who personally led an army to fight against the Mongols.

As for Zhu Zhanji's personal expedition to counter the rebellion, first of all, he did not fight Mongolia. Secondly, it was not actually a big battle. The technical content was not high and it was not on the same level as Zhengde's Yingzhou victory.

"At this time, the Ming Dynasty was at the top of the world in terms of the power of firearms and firearms tactics."

"If we vigorously develop firearms for a hundred years, the Ming Dynasty will continue to occupy the top of the world's firearms, and northern Mongolia will no longer be a scourge."

This group of Tartars on the northern grasslands are proud to be the descendants of Genghis Khan's golden family. What they rely on are their horses and the swift and fierce cavalry.

The firearms only need to be developed to the point where they can be easily fired continuously, and coupled with some portable light artillery, it will be enough to completely defeat these Mongolian cavalry.

Under the suppression of powerful firepower, there is no possibility for the Jianzhou Jurchens to rise in the future.

Therefore, from the beginning, Ming Dynasty set the wrong direction.

We should not always keep our eyes on the north, but on the boundless sea.

Ji Boying continued.

"However, when the Ming Dynasty fell, the firearms of the Ming Dynasty were not much improved."

The focus is mainly on these emperors in the mid-Ming Dynasty.

In the final analysis, since the mid-Ming Dynasty, the national level has no longer cared about the combat effectiveness of the army. This is a restriction in thinking. If you don’t join the Age of Discovery, you will never know the changes in the world.

Lao Zhu took a deep breath and glanced at his descendants.

"After you go back, you must follow the instructions of the immortal master and vigorously develop Tiangongyuan. If anyone dares to cut corners, I will hit you on the head with a stick!"

Holding the mace tightly in his hand, Lao Zhu caused 10,000 points of deterrence damage to all the emperors and princes.

"Yes, Father!"

"My grandson will obey the emperor's orders!"

"Follow the will of Grandpa Taizu!"

"………………"

Each of these emperors was busy saluting.

After such a period of time in class, they all knew the temperament of this great grandfather.

That's definitely the one who does what he says. He will hit you when he says it will be hit. There is no ambiguity at all.

"Master Immortal, this is the era of hot weapons, so what is the era of mechanization?"

Zhengde Emperor Zhu Houzhao looked excited.

Old Zhu Di, Zhu Laosi and Xiao Zhusi, these three militants also have expectations in their eyes.

Their intuition told them that it was something beyond their imagination.

"Brother, what is the way of fighting in the mechanized era?"

Ji Boying glanced at Lao Zhu, then glanced at the group of emperors and princes, and even glanced at the courtiers standing in a circle outside. The eyes of these people were equally divided between doubts and expectations.

"Next, hold your breath."

"What you are about to see is a positional battle in which both sides invested more than two million troops and cost one million casualties. It is known in history as the Meat Grinder of Verdun and is also the beginning of mechanized warfare."

The words fell.

Lao Zhu was stunned and subconsciously spoke.

"Impossible!"

Old Zhu Di continued.

"Absolutely impossible!"

Zhu Laosi frowned even more.

"Master Immortal, I don't believe it."

Ji Boying was not angry at what Lao Zhu and his son said.

Only with a spirit of doubt can we make progress.

Looking at the other emperors and princes, although none of them spoke, they generally had the same view as Lao Zhu and others.

Including those in the outer circle, such as Wang Yangming, Yu Qian and other ministers who know the military, their eyes are also full of disbelief.

"What about you?"

Ji Boying looked at Zhengde Zhu Houzhao.

"Master Immortal, this..."

Zhengde Zhu Houzhao smiled and rubbed his hands.

"Actually, I don't really believe it either."
To be continued...