Shen Xian Zi Fa Pai Che Chong (神仙自發排車銃)

Drawing of a Shen Xian Zi Fa Pai Che Chong, from 'Wu Bei Zhi (《武備志》)'.

Shen Xian Zi Fa Pai Che Chong (神仙自發排車銃, lit. 'Immortal's self-firing wheel gun'), also known as Shen Xian Zi Fa Pai Cha Chong (神仙自發排叉銃, lit. 'Immortal's self-firing fork gun') and Shen Huo Dao Chong (神火刀銃, lit. 'Divine fire bladed gun'), was a weapon that was very similar to Ping Guang Bu Zhan Sui Di Gun (平曠步戰隨地滾), but took the concept even further. The weapon was made of a hollowed tree log filled with gunpowder and came with multiple poisoned spikes, guns, flamethrowers, and poison smoke tubes. It also had a waterproofed fuse wired in such a way that the guns and flamethrowers would fire in succession (instead of firing everything at the same time).

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Qi Ji Guang's Che Ying (車營) — Part 2

Tactics

Drawing of a Pian Xiang Che, from 'Lian Bing Shi Ji (《練兵實紀》)'.

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Equipment of a Ming soldier — Equestrian training equipment and exercises

As most Chinese people lived a sedentary lifestyle, horsemanship skill did not come to them as naturally as it did with the nomadic Mongols. Ming cavalrymen had to undergo additional training in order to keep up with their nomadic adversaries, and they employed several simple training equipment to this end:

Cheng Zu Li Mu Jia (稱足力木架, lit. 'Foot strength training wooden frame')

Drawing of a Cheng Zu Li Mu Jia, from 'Bing Fa Bai Zhan Jing (《兵法百戰經》)'.

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