After traveling through time, I became Han Zhang’s grandson?

Shenjiying, the name of an army.

One of the three major camps of the Ming Dynasty's imperial guard, it was a special force in the Ming Dynasty army that was specifically in charge of firearms, and it pioneered the world's firearms force.

The Qing Dynasty continued to use the military system of the Ming Dynasty, setting up a firearms battalion to guard the Forbidden City and the Three Seas, and also accompanying the emperor when he toured.

After the Opium War, the Qing government established the Shenjinying, commonly known as the Yangqiangtuan, which was an army equipped with foreign rifles and cannons.

This independent artillery unit structure was in the leading position in China and even in other countries in the world at that time.

It was about a century earlier than the Spanish musketeers (established in 1510), the first organized force in Europe, and is evidence that the early Ming Dynasty's firearms forces were ahead of the world.

But in this time and space, compared with the Shenjiying of the Ming Dynasty, Han registered this name nearly three hundred years earlier, and also completed the planning of a complete firearms unit in advance.

For the Shenjiying, Han Ming, together with Shen Kuo and other senior officials of the Military Equipment Bureau, worked for nearly twenty years before they were able to innovate and develop various types of firearms used in the Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties.

Especially the most famous red cannon in the Ming and Qing Dynasties. This originally imported product has now been selected based on the technology tree of the Song Dynasty.

When the first artillery shell was fired from the East City Experimental Workshop under the Military Equipment Inspectorate, half of the city of Bianliang was shaken.

This marked that the development of the history of firearms in the Song Dynasty had officially entered a new stage.

According to the later records of "The Veritable Records of Ming Taizu", the emergence of Song firearms effectively changed the offensive and defensive situation of the Central Plains dynasty against the foreign ethnic groups in the northern grasslands.

From the reign of Emperor Zhezong of Song to the establishment of the Ming Dynasty by Emperor Taizu of Ming, there were periods of chaos in the Central Plains dynasty, but the northern ethnic minorities never made any disturbances.

Zhu Yuanzhang, the first emperor of the Ming Dynasty, once said: "It was the development of firearms in the Song Dynasty that prevented the northern tribes from coming south to graze their horses, even though local factions arose and the central government lost control at the end of the Song Dynasty."

"And the Ming Dynasty did not repeat the situation of the Five Dynasties and the early Song Dynasty. Under such a relatively stable situation, it unified the country from south to north, ending the chaos at the end of the Song Dynasty!"

Even the last Ming emperor, Ming Modi, who actively promoted constitutional monarchy, once publicly stated at the International Conference: "Without the development of firearms in the Song Dynasty, the Ming Dynasty would have collapsed in the face of the great powers of the East and the West."

Sun Yat-sen, the father of modern revolutionaries and the founding father of the Republic of China, also praised the history of firearms in the Song Dynasty: "This is an epoch-making innovation. It is more powerful and earlier than the development of firearms in Western countries such as Europe and the United States."

"It was precisely because the Chinese mastered this weapon early on that they were able to resist the spread of Western colonialism in Asia during the chaos of the late Ming Dynasty."

As for the great man who founded the People's Republic of China, he believed that "compared to the imperialists mastering these technologies, only the peace-loving Chinese people can reasonably and fully utilize the value of these firearms."

Han Ming, Shen Kuo and others were revered by later generations as the "founders" and "pioneers" of the history of Chinese firearms, and their reputation has been passed down for thousands of years.

The other army was the Jingsai Army, which had also been planned and re-emerged. This heavyweight player even blinded the entire Song army at that time.

The Jingsai Army was an extremely powerful cavalry unit of the Song Dynasty in the early Northern Song Dynasty. It was founded during the reign of Emperor Taizong of Song, Zhao Guangyi, and had defeated the elite Khitan cavalry units in many battles against the Liao Dynasty.

In the early days of the Song Dynasty, there was a shortage of horses and it was impossible to form a large-scale cavalry corps.

Later, Emperor Taizong Zhao Guangyi obtained 40,000 horses during the Northern Expedition, so he personally supervised the construction of the strongest cavalry unit in the history of the Song Dynasty - the Jingsai Army.

The full force consisted of 3000 men, each with five horses. The knights were all from Yizhou in the northern borderland. They could shoot 200-jin bows and were extremely strong.

The horses were all good quality ones. From the soldiers to the war horses, all of them were wearing heavy armor. In addition to bows and arrows, all of them were equipped with hooked spears.

Although this cavalry was small in number, it had never been defeated in all the battles against the Khitans, and had repeatedly defeated the Tielin Army, the strongest ace army of the Liao Kingdom.

In the famous Battle of Tanghe (the first year of Emperor Taizong of Song's Duangong reign, 988), the Jingsai cavalry, as the vanguard of the Song army, fought bravely, first broke into the enemy formation and broke through the Liao army's formation, causing a great defeat for the Liao army.

The Song army pursued the enemy to Caohe River, beheaded 5,000 people and captured 10,000 horses.

When the victory report reached Kaifeng, the ministers congratulated each other. Emperor Taizong of Song issued an edict to commend the generals and give them generous rewards.

The Jingsai Army of the Northern Song Dynasty, the Tielin Army of the Liao Dynasty, the Iron Harriers of the Western Xia Dynasty, the Iron Pagoda of the Jurchens, and the Mongolian Heavy Armored Cavalry are known as the five great cavalry in the world.

However, with the failure of the Northern Expedition of the Song Dynasty and the signing of the Treaty of Chanyuan during the reign of Emperor Zhenzong, this strongest cavalry unit of the Song Dynasty gradually disappeared from the eyes of the world as time passed.

In order to commend the achievements of the Jingsai Army, the name of the Jingsai Army was restored during the reign of Emperor Renzong, and it became a ceremonial guard of the central imperial army, and no longer repeated its former achievements on the battlefield.

Whether in his past life or this life, Han Ming has a special feeling for the Jingsai Army. After all, this is a powerful cavalry that can resist, hold out, and even win on the front battlefield.

Compared with the Eight Banners Army of the Qing Dynasty, which was boasted by later generations as "less than ten thousand Eight Banners, but invincible if more than ten thousand", the Jingsai Army of the Song Dynasty was truly in a state of "less than ten thousand Jingsai, but invincible if more than ten thousand".

This cavalry unit was able to compete with the Liao Army's Tielin Army at its peak on the front battlefield. Its strength far exceeded its fame.

Originally in Han Ming's plan, the 'Second Five-Year Plan' launched during the Yuanfeng period was to provide support for the reconstruction of this army.

It includes a series of derivative tasks such as the selection of top cavalry, the breeding of top military horses, the full armor rate, and the development of special weapons.

In order to launch a northern expedition to recapture Yanyun, the existence of the Jingsai Army is indispensable.

When Emperor Shenzong launched the Northern Expedition in Yuanfeng, he relied on the powerful Song army after the military reform to fight against the Liao Kingdom. This time, both sides started from the same starting line and it was a evenly matched contest.

Your Liao army has the "Iron Forest Army" which is known as the best in the world, and my Song Dynasty also has the "Jingsai Army" which is known as the best cavalry.

After nearly ten years of hard work, the Jingsai Army finally caught up with the Northern Expedition that was destined to be recorded in history books.

Unfortunately, Han Ming kept the Jingsai Army and the Shenjiying, two powerful weapons against the Liao Kingdom, in his hands and did not use them.

When they heard Han's request that someone could withdraw the "artillery team" from the Shenji Battalion, they were very happy at first, but the warning in the second half of the sentence made them feel scared.

"Han Shuai, this is unnecessary, right?"

As the military supervisor of the Northern Expedition Army, Li Xian was specially brought in by Han Ming to gain military merit.

When he first heard the news, Li Xian burst into tears and was filled with gratitude. He not only knelt down to Han, but also erected a longevity archway for him in his own house. Han was like a father to him, even closer than his own father.

Originally, during this Northern Expedition, the young Emperor Zhezong and the entire central government did not want to arrange a military supervisor to control and supervise Han Ming. After all, it would be useless whether he was arranged or not.

However, according to the old system of the imperial court, the military supervisor could not be avoided, and Han Ming did not want people to talk too much, so he directly brought out his old acquaintance Li Xian as a shield.

Li Xian also knew that he just needed to be listed as a mascot and there was no need for him to participate in the military.

But when he heard that Han valued the artillery team so much and even wanted to punish the generals, he couldn't help but come forward to persuade him.

"Zi Fan, please don't plead for them. You know all about these people's morals."

"If we don't exercise restraint, we'll just push the artillery units directly to the front lines and sweep them all the way across."

"It's not easy for me to train a group of artillerymen. It's also not easy for Cun Zhong (Shen Kuo) and his men to work day and night to produce gunpowder and shells. We can't let them fire aimlessly!"

Han Ming's explanation made Li Xian nod slightly, but the generals below looked at each other, then smiled bitterly helplessly.

Can you blame them?

Who can say that artillery is so useful? One shot would make the city wall tremble. After a few more shots, the wall would collapse and the army could rush in directly without the need for ladders or other equipment to attack the city.

Such a time-saving, labor-saving and manpower-saving method, who wouldn’t want to use it to the fullest!

As a result, many artillerymen were trapped and hit by enemy stray arrows.

Especially when Wang Shao and other Western troops led the expedition to the Western Regions, when Yan Da and Wang En destroyed Dali, and when Guo Kui and Gu Tingye launched the Northern Expedition, these generals did a lot of such things.

The artillerymen of this era were similar to the pilots of later generations. There were not many people who could fire cannons, knew how to fire cannons, and fired them well, and training them was not easy.

As a result, the Song army generals killed them all in order to save trouble, which made Han Ming, Shen Kuo and others very distressed.

"Just this point, remember this, if anyone dares to take the easy way out, I will make it easy for you!!!"

Upon hearing this, the generals immediately became stern and clasped their fists in response: "Yes, we will obey General Han's orders!"