The officials above were talking, and Wang Kai below was anxious. When these artillery was built, they were to defend the city, and they had to facilitate transport from the volcanic army to Tanglong Town. The artillery was small and not very powerful. It was originally intended to suppress the siege equipment, how big could it be?

Zhang Weiji, who had been silent, saw everyone talking nonstop and said in a deep voice: "It's not too early, so let the soldiers show their skills first."

Today, Zhang Weiji came on behalf of the emperor, which was not as usual. Xia Shu said that, and ordered Wang Kai to command the soldiers and finish the performance in one go.

Wang Kai breathed out his breath, pulled out his waist knife, glanced at the muskets and gunners not far away, and whispered: "The soldiers obeyed the orders and fired the guns according to the order they had just ordered. Ten guns fired one shot, and five guns stopped!"

After saying that, the soldiers beside him beat the drums violently, and the sound of the drums shook the sky.

With the sound of drums, the musketeers in front of the row raised their guns together and shot at the wooden men fifty steps ahead. These wooden men were borrowed by the soldier Ning from the nearby military camp. The human-shaped targets used to practice arrows were densely arranged in front of the musketeers.

After the front row fired the gun, he retreated and exchanged positions with the second row, loaded gunpowder into the barrel, and fired in the second row. This was the three-stage shooting that Du Zhongxiao had taken out of his memory. He didn't know if the real three-stage shooting was like this, and the truth was always the same. This tactic is not new, and the crossbowmen in the army were the same at this time, but most of them did not exchange positions, but the difference between kneeling and standing posture.

After only two rounds of shooting, the musketman was filled with smoke, and he couldn't see clearly when standing on the stage. He just saw fire and sound in the black smoke, and the people on the stage knew that there was another round of shooting.

After the five rounds of muskets were fired, the cannons were filled out and another round of guns was fired.

The scene was very strange. When I watched on the stage, I saw a large area of ​​black smoke, and the fire lights were lit up from time to time, and a rumbling sound came from inside. The earth wall used for the test gun was quickly broken, and even the wooden men lined up together were beaten to pieces.

The civil servants were stunned, and some people had bad thoughts in their hearts and thought about them in the direction of magic. Fortunately, gunpowder is not uncommon in this era, and reason tells them that all this happened.

The generals who had once fought in battle were calm. The main force of the Song army's combat was the crossbowman, and the scene was even more spectacular, but the special effects of fireworks were missing. The stage was far away, and the effect of the musket was not visible, and most of their attention was on artillery.

Zhang Weiji is an eunuch. He has led troops outside many times and served as a commander. He has passed by more battle formations than most generals. He is the calmest person on the stage, and he is quietly watching the audience. The priest officials led by Xia Shu and Chen Zhizhong were shocked by the scene below.

The five rounds of artillery fire ended, and the drums stopped suddenly. Just as the officials breathed a sigh of relief, they suddenly started to sound slowly.

With the sound of drums, three rows of musketeers slowly advanced. When the drums stopped, they fired a volley. After loading, they continued to move forward with the sound of drums. It was not until about ten steps away from the wooden man and after a volley, they shouted, holding the bayonet, rushed to the wooden man, and inserted the bayonet into the wooden man.

At this time, the drums stopped completely, and the world was silent.

Xia Qian let out a long sigh: "So guns and cannons are fired like this? If a musket can be as good as a hard crossbow, it would be terrifying!"

The generals on the stage did not speak for a long time and were recalling the scene just now. The power of the crossbows when the Song army formed the formation was amazing. Generally, the main force was seven-point crossbowmen. When fighting, it was difficult for Dangxiang and Khitan to successfully rush forward. If it was just the scene in the front, the muskets were just simpler crossbowmen, and these people would not pay too much attention. In the end, they advanced while shooting, and finally the bayonets could fight directly, which was obvious from the crossbowmen. From long-range shooting to melee hand-to-hand combat, musketeers could switch seamlessly, which was not comparable to crossbowmen. When fighting with Dangxiang a few years ago, many archers did not carry swords and had no hand-to-hand combat ability, which caused a debate in the court.

Zhang Weiji said in a deep voice: "What is the musket? Let's go down and take a look."

After saying that, we should go to the audience first. The officials woke up like a dream, followed Zhang Weiji and walked towards the audience.

Wang Kai directed the musketeers to line up on the side, ran over quickly, and sang a promise to Zhang Weiji, Xia Shu, Chen Zhizhong and others.

Following Wang Kai, a group of officials walked towards the wooden man. At this time, the smoke in the field had not dissipated, the smell was choking, and many people started to cough.

As they got closer to the wooden man, everyone could see clearly that these wooden man was different. There were five wooden man in the first row, wearing iron armor, obviously imitating the enemy officer. Other wooden man looked like he was practicing arrows in the ordinary field.

Zhang Weiji led his men forward, looked carefully at the wooden man wearing iron armor, and said to Li Yonghe beside him: "Taiwei, these muskets and bullets are almost all penetrated through armor, and they penetrate deep into the wood, which is better than a strong crossbow."

Li Yonghe nodded: "No, it's really scary to be able to penetrate iron armor."

The officials separated and surrounded the wooden men and discussed. During this shooting, many wooden men were hit by countless lead bullets and wood chips on the ground. This can be seen at a glance. There is no need to doubt the power of the musket, but it is even stronger than a crossbow.

If it weren't for Warrior Ning's reminder, Du Zhongxiao and Wang Kai would ask the soldiers to fire the round cannons in this martial arts exercise, and they would be done with a few shots. In that case, these officials would probably just watch the fun and would not pay special attention to the power of muskets and cannons. With the reminder, Du Zhongxiao temporarily changed his strategy and asked the musketeers to practice a battlefield attack, and the effect would be completely different.

In fact, the Musketeers have never had actual combat, and these tactics are not familiar. However, when they fired the gun just now, smoke filled the gun, and the people on the stage couldn't see it clearly. They only saw the firelight flashing and the fighting was lively. If the team dispersed and the smoke was not so thick, they would find that these Musketeers were clumsy and made many mistakes, which was far from what they saw on the stage.

The officials watched the wooden man for a while, and finally completely put away their contempt and truly valued the firearm. Today they just saw the powerful power and had no chance to think deeply in other aspects. Only after in-depth discussion can they realize what this means.

Xia Feng looked at a few wooden men and said to Du Zhongxiao: "Since the musket is so sharp, wouldn't it be afraid of enemy cavalry coming to rush?"

Du Zhongxiao said: "That depends on artillery. The artillery is far away, and the muskets can fight in close combat, and then there will be infinite power in the battle."

Xia Sheng nodded. In fact, the most elite army of the Song army is not afraid of cavalry rushing hard, but that is a minority. A big problem facing the Song Dynasty now is that the imperial guards are too expensive and are not easy to use in the battle. Especially when it comes to Dangxiang, due to terrain restrictions, it is difficult for the imperial guards to capture the opportunity of large-scale head-on confrontation. In recent years, in the northwest, the border general has been calling for the reduction of imperial guards and the use of more foreign soldiers and archers. This is because the imperial guards are expensive and inapplicable, and are not as useful as local soldiers. However, there is very little such demand on Hebei Road.
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