At this time, the Tang Empire held large-scale artillery exercises in order to show off its muscles and let the vassal countries understand the strength and invincibility of the Tang Empire. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

In order to create a better experience, not only was a 10-storey luxury concrete viewing platform specially built, but also a sufficient number of telescopes were prepared.

In addition, on each table of the viewing platform, there are also a lot of delicious snacks and wines, and of course, tea, which can be enjoyed by the envoys of various countries if they are hungry or thirsty.

After all the envoys from various countries were in place, the preparations for the exercise officially began, and I saw 2,000 infantry of the Longwu Army, making various materials and playing the role of enemy dummies and horses, placing them in the position of when, and then slowly retreating, and then arranging the next position.

"Wow, a lot of scarecrows, and wooden figures, papier-mâché horses, and stone dummies."

"Are these targets? Give the artillery a target. ”

"Datang is rich, and it has prepared thousands of well-made targets, so it's okay to draw a circle."

The envoys picked up their binoculars and saw clearly that the small black dots in the distance were dummies and horses, and it was obvious that they could guess that these were reserved for artillery as targets.

They have already learned the general situation of the artillery from the mouths of the officials of the Tang Dynasty, and understand that the artillery can shoot at targets beyond a thousand steps, but for all this, they can only get it through their own imagination, and they cannot form an intuitive impression.

"Everyone, the sand table is here."

Li An arrived late, and brought a dozen subordinates carrying a huge sand table.

This sand table was made by Ang Lee for a long time, divided into nine large pieces, and after being pieced together, a huge sand table model was formed.

These nine small pieces, each of which is three feet square, are all combined to form a big guy with a length and width of nearly one zhang.

On this sand table, there are various terrains, all of which are made according to a fixed scale, reflecting the terrain of the exercise ground in front of you.

In addition to the terrain, there are also a large number of well-made models on this sand table, with rows of artillery, cavalry, infantry, and target areas full of enemy troops, and even the ten-story viewing platform is on the sand table.

Through this sand table, you can see all the places of the exercise ground very intuitively, so that it is more convenient to understand the situation of the entire exercise ground.

"Sand table, this is the sand table? What a wonderful thing! ”

"The whole exercise ground is in full view, and it is much clearer than the map."

"Datang is Datang, and he can actually think of making such a wonderful thing."

After Ang Lee launched the sand table, all the envoys from various countries gathered and pointed around, full of endless respect for Datang.

"Li Shilang, what is this sand table for? Tell us all about it. ”

A Datang official asked.

Li An nodded with a smile, and said: "Everyone, please see, now all the places in the entire exercise ground are shrunk in this small area, so, you only need to command this sand table, you can control the entire exercise field, today, our exercise process is like this, there are eight artillery brigades here, will first carry out continuous shooting to the first area, in order to annihilate the first area of the thousand enemy troops, and then quickly adjust the muzzle, annihilate the second area in the distance, annihilate the two thousand enemy troops there, and finally, the cavalry and infantry launched a charge, Occupy all areas 1 and 2 and capture the remnants of the enemy. ”

Listening to Ang Lee's explanation, and looking at the sand table and model in front of them, everyone's minds quickly formed a clear drill step, and they were even able to imagine the scenes in various drills.

"The order goes down, the drill begins immediately, and you all go back and take your seats."

Ang Lee gave the order loudly.

"Knock Knock Knock ......"

With the beating of war drums, heralding the beginning of the exercise, the envoys of various countries returned to their seats, picked up the binoculars in their hands, and prepared to watch the artillery exercise of the Tang Empire.

A few miles away from the viewing platform, eight artillery brigades, in the order of establishment, were arranged in neat rows, with 400 cannons and more than 2,000 artillery officers and men, standing there majestically.

After hearing the rumbling war drums, the officers and men of the artillery brigade knew that the exercise was about to begin, so they immediately began to prepare according to the steps of the previous day's rehearsal.

The 1st Artillery Brigade began to prepare first, and after the shells of the 1st Artillery Brigade were stuffed into the artillery, the 2nd Artillery Brigade began to prepare, and so on, all the way up to the 8th Artillery Brigade.

Such a continuous operation can maintain a continuous fire strike, create an uninterrupted rumble of artillery, and thus impress the envoys of various countries.

"Boom, boom, boom......"

The flowering shells of the 1st Artillery Brigade fell first into the enemy group and shattered a large area of scarecrows with a violent explosion, causing an exclamation from the viewing platform.

Li Yanpet and Li Huaijie glanced at each other, and the dim sum in their hands involuntarily fell to the ground, they were all veterans of the battlefield, and the enemies they had personally killed could not be counted on both hands, but when they saw the huge power generated by the artillery cluster fire, they were still frightened.

"Boom, boom, boom......"

The artillery firing did not stop because of their shock, and the artillery brigades continued to carry out saturated fire strikes on the target area in accordance with the set exercise steps.

Each of the eight artillery brigades fired five rounds of fire shells, and then adjusted their muzzles to bombard targets farther away.

Four hundred artillery pieces, each with five shells, a total of 2,000 shells, fired at Area 1 with overwhelming momentum, blowing up more than 1,000 targets arranged in Area 1, and the ground was blown out of dense small craters, and dust and smoke drifted in the air.

After the 2,000 shells were fired, the eight artillery brigades quickly adjusted the angles of their guns and covered the No. 2 area with dense firepower, which had 4,000 shells of 10 rounds each.

While the cannon fire was rumbling, the envoys of the various countries on the viewing platform were not calm, and they talked to each other about the power of the artillery, and all of them were full of horror and fear.

What is being held now is an artillery exercise, and in the future, if an army encounters the artillery unit of the Tang Dynasty, it will inevitably end up being blown to pieces like a dummy on the exercise ground.

"Brother Huaijie, the power of this artillery is really huge, and it can shoot cannonballs a thousand steps away, if any army encounters the Tang artillery unit on the battlefield, it will be a disaster!"

Li Yanpet came to his senses and looked sideways at Li Huaijie beside him, his expression was full of shock and surprise.

Li Huaijie was using a fifty-fold telescope to observe the area that had been blown up by artillery, and when he heard Li Yanzhong's words, he hurriedly let go of the binoculars, looked sideways at Li Yanchong, and approved: "What Brother Yanpet said is that the firepower of this artillery is too powerful, and this artillery is enough to match 100,000 iron cavalry!" In the future, where can anyone beat the Tang Dynasty. ”

"Fortunately, the artillery is dragged by horses, and the speed of movement is not as fast as that of the cavalry, and if you can't beat it, you can only escape, and in case of a surprise attack from behind, you can also use cavalry to destroy these artillery."

Li Yanpet analyzed for a long time, and finally saw the weakness of the artillery, that is, the mobility is not as good as the cavalry, once it is approached by the cavalry, it loses the ability to resist.

"What Brother Yan Pet said is, however, these artillery pieces are all the treasures of the Tang Dynasty, how can they fight with the enemy alone, they must fight with the infantry cavalry, in this way, with the protection of the elite infantry cavalry of the Tang Dynasty, the iron cavalry cannot get close to these artillery at all, and they can only be beaten passively."

Li Huaijie also analyzed this situation, but quickly denied his own point of view, he believed that Datang would pay special attention to the artillery unit and would not let the artillery unit stay alone in a dangerous place.

In the exercise at this moment, 1,000 cavalry and 2,000 infantry are protected on both sides of the artillery unit, and in the future, large-scale operations will be carried out, and it is very likely that there will be more infantry to protect the artillery around, so it is very difficult to send elite cavalry to attack the artillery secretly.

While Li Huaijie and Li Yanpet carefully analyzed the combat strength of the Tang artillery, Li Yaer was fiddling with various binoculars and watching the lively scene in the exercise ground.

"Big brother, big brother, this telescope is very interesting, can you give me a few more?"

Li Ya'er had enough fun, ran to Li An, and asked for it.

"Naughty ghost, don't worry, as much as you want, the big brother will give you as much as you want."

Li An smiled slightly and readily agreed.

"Big brother, King Guichang also needs a lot of binoculars, you can also prepare more for her!"

Li Yaer helped Zhao Yufu ask for it.

"I know, the eldest brother can still treat King Guichang badly, let's eat snacks!"

Li An smiled and sent Li Ya'er away.

At this moment, some of the envoys of various countries are eating snacks, some are watching the situation of the exercise ground with binoculars, some are surrounding the sand table, and some are studying the sand table, of course, some are purely watching the excitement, just like Li Ya'er.

Six thousand rounds of flowering shells are worth a lot of money, and Li An feels distressed when they are shot out in one go, but this is the emperor's order to show the strong strength of the Tang Empire, so even if it costs a lot, it is worth it.

After all the shells were fired, the 1,000 cavalry of the Dragon Army, and the 2,000 infantry, immediately shouted and charged towards the target areas 1 and 2 in order to occupy these two areas, and at the same time, the artillery unit immediately tied the tail of the artillery to the horses and followed the infantry to charge.

"Oooh oh ......"

After the infantry cavalry occupied the position, they all cheered, and at this point, the curtain had come down on the large-scale artillery exercise, and the spectators on the viewing platform entered the stage of heated discussion, and had a great discussion on the large-scale exercise of the Tang Dynasty artillery.

"Everyone, please listen to me."

Li An interrupted the envoys, and said loudly: "Datang has always hoped to have friendly exchanges with all countries, exchange with each other, since you are loyal to the Tang Dynasty, the Tang Dynasty will definitely protect you, in the future, if someone dares to attack the cities of your country, the Tang Empire will not sit idly by, I Datang will use fierce artillery fire to tell the invaders, invading the Tang Dynasty, is to declare war on the Tang Empire, and those who commit the Tang Dynasty will be punished even if they are far away." ”

"Those who commit the power of the Tang Dynasty will be punished even if they are far away."

"Those who commit the power of the Tang Dynasty will be punished even if they are far away."

"Those who commit the power of the Tang Dynasty will be punished even if they are far away."

Dozens of Datang officials and more than 100 Datang officers and soldiers began to shout in unison, shocking every envoy present, many envoys shouted along in order to express their loyalty, and even Li Yanzhong and Li Huaijie, who had always been conceited, had to shout slogans so as not to be seen by Datang officials and reach Li Longji's ears.

"Ladies and gentlemen, the artillery exercise has ended, and the participating soldiers and horses are returning to the camp.

Li An shouted loudly and glanced at his subordinates.

The subordinates immediately waved the red flag, and the lieutenant standing in the distance understood the flag with his glasses, and immediately ordered the ironclad artillery car to appear for the final performance of the exercise.

"Boom ......"

Soon, the iron-armored monster emitting black smoke appeared, and because it was too far away, only a small black dot could be seen, and many envoys immediately picked up the binoculars and looked into the distance.

"My dear, this ironclad cannon cart runs faster than a horse."

"Not only is it fast enough, but it's covered in iron armor, I'm afraid it's invulnerable!"

"Look, there's a cannon up there."

The envoys were all stunned.

"Boom, boom, boom......"

As it moved quickly, the ironclad gun truck fired a flowering shell straight ahead, sending a cloud of smoke and dust into the air.

In fact, the ironclad artillery truck currently developed by Li An cannot be effectively aimed while traveling, but there is no problem in firing the cannon, anyway, it is just to show its power, not to hit the target, as long as the cannonball can hit the land thousands of steps ahead.

"It's really a cannon!"

"If you don't have artillery, how can you call it an ironclad artillery car?"

"It's amazing, if this iron lump appears on the battlefield, I'm afraid no one will be able to defeat it!"

Not only were the envoys of various countries surprised, but even many Datang officials also exclaimed, it has been several days since the ironclad artillery car was successfully developed, but this is the first time it has been publicly displayed, and many Datang officials have also seen it for the first time.

While advancing rapidly, the ironclad artillery truck kept firing shells straight ahead, and at the same time, it also smashed and flattened the obstacles deliberately set up on the way, so as to demonstrate its strong combat strength in all directions.

Surprised, frightened, sluggish, all kinds of strange different expressions, hung on the faces of the envoys of various countries, the artillery exercise just now, has already shocked the envoys of various countries, but the appearance of this ironclad artillery car at this moment made the envoys feel deep fear.

The dim sum in the hands of Li Huaijie and Li Yanpet fell to the ground again, but they themselves didn't know it, and looked at the ironclad gun car that was galloping quickly in the distance.