Saying goodbye to his wife, concubines and children, Li Chao turned over the horse, and a group of soldiers and generals from the Li family followed him. When he turned around the horse at the fastest update, Li Chao felt a little uncomfortable when he saw Cui Yingying and the others running their eyes.

I miss them because I have been together for a long time.

After leaving the mansion, Li Chao first entered the palace and resigned to Li Shimin.

The young king and his minister didn't say much, everything was gone. Li Shimin, who had never drunk much, made an exception and drank a big bowl of wine, and Li Chao also drank the wine in the bowl.

Then he brought the Jieduan Qiqi from the palace with the flags given by Li Shimin.

At the east gate of Xiangyang City, I don’t know how many noble and bureaucrats’ families came here. They came here not to purchase or see off, but to see Li Chao leave.

When Li Chao finally rode out of the east gate and headed towards the dock, the group of people immediately rushed home and reported to the heads of the family that Li Chao had left.

"Li Chao finally left in shame."

When they heard the news that Li Chao finally left, the happiest person was the group of officials from the Censorate. They felt that Li Chao's departure was entirely their contribution. If they had not wanted to collectively impeach Li Chao, the emperor would have to give in and send Li Fan Shen away, otherwise the matter would not be so simple.

"Finally left."

In Xiangyang City, several censors were drinking in the mansion of a censor.

"It's a pity. If Your Majesty's order was one day later, we would be able to pull Li Chao off the horse. Now that Li Chao has gone to Hebei, it's still the Shangshu Ling and the subordinates of the Secretariat of the Central Secretariat."

"No hurry, when Li Chao goes to Hebei, this matter is not better. If you run away, the monk can't run away from the temple. If you ask me, let's let Li Chao go first, and we will impeach and abolish this new law first."

"Yes, let's first give this new law to harm the people and disrupt the government, and then clear Li Chao's bad-legged son Ma Zhou and other Li Dang."

I don’t know when there was a Li Party in the court.

The leader of the Li Party is naturally Li Chao, and there are some core figures, such as Ma Zhou, Wei Zheng, and Warrior. In fact, it is said that Ma Zhou is the party of Li Chao, and it is still the same, but Wei Zheng and others are also talking nonsense as Li Party.

The so-called Li Party is actually listed above with Li Chao's old subordinates, Li Chao's in-laws, etc. For example, Su Lie is Li Chao's eldest disciple, so naturally he cannot escape the Li Party, as well as Cheng Chumo and others, and of course, he is also Li Party.

For example, Wei Zheng, Cui Gan, Wu Shi, Sun Fujia and others are also called Li Dang because of their marriage with Li Chao. There are also Xu Jingzong, Cen Wenben and others who have done things under Li Chao, and those with close relationships are also called Li Dang.

Fortunately, these people are not stupid. They don’t call Qin Qiongcheng Yaojin Luo Shixin, Changsun Wuji Fang Xuanling and others Li Dian. Because if they really count this way, more than half of the important officials in the entire court would be considered Li Dian.

When these people were talking and planning behind their backs, Li Chao had already left Xiangyang City.

Boarded the boat at the east pier of Xiangyang City.

When Li Chao went to Youzhou, the route was not directly north, but took a boat at the east wharf of Xiangyang City, followed the Han River and went straight to the Yangtze River, then arrived in Yangzhou, and then went north to Youzhou along the Sui Grand Canal.

It seems to have taken a big turn, but because the waterway is convenient and easy, this route will actually be faster.

Li Chao went north and Li Shimin removed the newly formed Five Thousand Shenji Camp to Li Chao and asked him to take this firearm unit.

In fact, even Li Shimin didn't pay much attention to this newly formed army. Although the five thousand soldiers of the Shenji Battalion were all elite veterans selected from the government army. But after all, this is the first firearm unit. After being equipped with a new firearm, what tactics should this army use? These are still being explored.

This is true for the army. The emergence and use of each new weapon will inevitably bring tactical innovation.

The firearms unit is not as good as chariots, infantry, cavalry, etc. It is a new type of military service, and it is also different from crossbowmen and spearmen.

Anyway, no one among the generals in the court has found a suitable tactic to cooperate with this army.

Li Shimin also wanted to use Li Chao's hands to train this army on the battlefield so that they could find their own way of combat. If they could not find a suitable tactic, then there was actually no need to retain this Shenji Battalion alone.

There were 5,000 people, and Li Shimin was also generous. A new army, a Northern Imperial Army was drawn by 5,000 elite troops, and a Northern Imperial Army were handed over to Li Chao directly.

Shenji Camp, the firearm service branch, is considered a new soldier. Generally, generals don’t know how to use it because they don’t know much about firearms.

But for Li Chao, the Shenji Camp must not be regarded as an ordinary infantryman.

This should be a special firearm.

Even if the firearm technology of this era is not good, and it is impossible to make guns or cannons, it is okay to build some shot gunpowder tanks, get some thrown grenades, and then create landmines or something.

What's more, the Rockets can do anything.

It is definitely not possible to stand alone, but it can definitely play a good role when used at critical moments.

In addition to bringing these five thousand soldiers of the Shenji Camp, Li Chao also brought some equipment, all of which were firearms and equipment obtained from the military equipment prison.

What are rockets, grenades, and many prepared black gunpowders.

The Shenji Camp without firearms is a firearm unit. However, the current Shenji Camp is not much different from ordinary infantry.

The weapons they mainly equipped were stair spears and horizontal swords, and everyone was equipped with bows. Some soldiers were equipped with swords and shields, as well as large shields, as well as Mo swords, and as well as heavy armor.

Anyway, this is an elite force drawn from various military branches, including archers, crossbowmen, gunners of stone throwing chariots, and even cavalry, heavy infantry, and Modaozhan.

After arriving at Shenji Camp, Beiya just added grenades to them, added some rockets to ordinary arrows, and then threw stone carts, and gunpowder tanks. After all, the original generals didn't know how to equip a firearm unit, or they didn't know what it was called a firearm unit.

Li Chao felt that the Shenji Camp and the firearms unit must at least one person and one raid gun, and then equipped with dozens of artillery pieces.

No matter how primitive and backward the cannons are, at least they must be there.

It's like a navy must have a boat, a cavalry must have a horse, an archer must have a bow, and a crossbowman must have a crossbow.

Firearms troops, without muskets and cannons, can they be called firearms troops?

However, it seems that building guns and cannons is not easy. Even the most backward and primitive storm is not easy.

A simple musket is actually simple.

It is said that the world's first bullet-firing rifle was invented in ancient China. It was invented by the Song army during the reign of Emperor Lizong of Song.

At the beginning, the giant bamboo tube was used as the gun body, and the gunpowder and bullets were loaded inside. After igniting the lead, the gunpowder erupted and the bullets were shot out.

It is said that this simple firearm has a long range and can reach more than 100 steps.

Li Chao expressed doubts about this range. By the end of the Ming Dynasty, muskets did not have such a long range. How could the bamboo guns in the Song Dynasty be so powerful?

After all, it is probably just like a large firecracker. Not to mention more than a hundred steps, it is good to be able to shoot at more than a dozen steps. After all, if you have more than a dozen steps, it is only twenty or thirty meters.

In fact, some historical records say that bullets are like the sound of cannons, and the slogans are more than a hundred steps. Later, some people said that the range is more than a hundred steps and the sound is more than a hundred steps, which can only mean that the sound is loud, not long.

In fact, when muskets were first used on the battlefield, they tied one or two bamboo tubes filled with gunpowder under the spear head. When the battle was held, they lit the gunpowder cartridge, first use the gunpowder cartridge to spray the enemy, burn the enemy with gunpowder flames, and then stabbed the gunpowder tip.

This tactic was quite popular when the Song Dynasty began to use muskets.

Although this kind of musket is just a flamethrow and does not even have bullets, it is still practical and simple to make. Each musketman has a long spear, then brings multiple gunpowder bamboo tubes, and then brings a fuse.

As soon as they fight, tie the gunpowder cartridge under the spearhead, use the gunpowder to shake the enemy first, and spray the enemy. When they are panicked, then find an opportunity to stab the spearhead.

Li Chao thinks this thing is a good application of gunpowder.

Later, the musket was equipped with bayonets, which could shoot from a long distance and fight in close combat. However, when the musket was first used, few people thought of installing a gunpowder cartridge under the spear tip.

Li Chao felt that although this was simple, the spearmen suddenly evolved into musketeers.

For these new musketeers, they had another skill when they were fighting. In addition to stabbing the spear, I could also spit fire.

It is not difficult to make an ignition cartridge. Just get some bamboo cartridges, add some gunpowder, plug the hole, and put the lead wires in. Then each soldier sends a fuse.

It's quite simple, but it instantly made a spearman evolve into a musketeer.

Of course, the musket was upgraded later, and the gun tip of the spear was directly removed and replaced with a piece of barrel made of steel or iron, with small holes on it to plug the leads.

Then stuff gunpowder and bullets into the barrel, such as lead, iron nails, and porcelain pieces.

During the battle, ignite the lead and then shoot at the enemy in front of you with a bang.

This is an upgraded version of the sudden musket, which is also very simple, with a short range and little power.

The barrel is short, afraid of wind and rain, and the muzzle cannot be facing downwards, but equally, this is a better way to use gunpowder, especially if it can shoot bullets,

Compared with bows and arrows, the range may be shorter and the accuracy is poor, but on the other hand, for a musket, it does not require strength to draw the bow or a good shooting technique. Any soldier, no matter the old or weak, can hold the fire.

Theoretically, as long as there are enough musketeers and a sufficiently close distance to rafting guns, they can still play a great role.

If you design a gun head that can be installed and removed on the musket barrel, then after firing the bullet, install the gun head and immediately turn it into a spear again.
Chapter completed!