With a roaring sound and white smoke rising, the corners of Lu Zhan's mouth rose slightly and clapped his hands.

"General Chen, what do you think of the power of this musket?" Lu Zhan pointed to the battered target in the distance.

Although he had long heard that Lu Zhan was researching new weapons, Chen Zhuang still felt that the battle on the battlefield was the speed of the sword, and the confrontation between the two armies was the training and equipment of both sides in addition to strategy.

Close hand-to-hand combat is the king, Chen Zhuang, who thought like this, said: "This musket is indeed a battlefield weapon at a distance, but once the enemy approaches, these soldiers are no different from fish on the chopping board."

It can be seen that Chen Zhuang is still not very interested in this new weapon. Yes, the emergence of a new thing is definitely not taken seriously. Especially this weapon capable of changing the mode of warfare.

"In addition to barbed wire, I have a new invention here, and the bayonet is also a layer of security for the chamber of the gun. And as long as the firepower is strong enough, the enemy will not be able to rush in front of him. As he spoke, Lu Zhan pointed to the soldiers with muskets and said.

"The lord also saw it just now, even if it is the charging speed of the infantry, this musket will fire about three or four volleys."

Chen Zhuang did have some truth in what he said, as long as the infantry charged in front of the musketeers, they could start a one-sided massacre.

This problem has indeed troubled many military scientists, Mu Ying in the early Ming Dynasty created a shooting technique such as a three-stage strike, and the West also proposed a kneeling shooting method.

"Brothers, let General Chen take a look at what I taught you earlier!"

After Lu Zhan's order, the soldiers holding muskets in the first row opened fire on their knees, and the second row also started firing, and after the shooting was completed, the soldiers in the second row also knelt down to reload the gunpowder, and the third row continued to fire when the second row began to reload.

With the sound of the whistle, a neat firing sound resounded through half of the villa.

The near-non-stop firing formed an airtight barrage that would be smashed into a sieve unless the opponent was wearing several layers of armor.

Chen Zhuang couldn't say a word after seeing such a scene, and only said such a sentence after being silent for a long time.

"With this sharp weapon, why worry about big things, wonderful, wonderful."

Seeing Chen Zhuangdu, he opened his mouth and admired, and then asked people to pull out the artillery.

"This is the artillery you talked about earlier? It looks like it's just a large musket, but can it really be used to siege cities? ”

Lu Zhan smiled bitterly, this Chen Zhuang is really a curious person.

After seeing Lu Zhan wave his hand, the artillery began to fill, and with a deafening sound, a rock in the distance was smashed and torn apart.

Chen Zhuang, who was shocked by the sound, came back to his senses for a long time, and secretly praised Lu Zhan in his heart that he was indeed a ghost talent, why didn't he see this ability when he was in the Lu family before.

"It's a pity that there are only three pieces of this artillery that can be used now, and there are only more than 800 muskets. Lu Zhan looked at these black iron pipes, revealing the mood of looking at a beautiful woman.

"Anyway, has the main general who will go out on this expedition been chosen?" Chen Zhuang straightened his waist as he spoke, looking like a proud big rooster.

Although Chen Zhuang didn't say it, his body action had already shown his attitude, "It's really not you who is in command this time." ”

Chen Zhuang became anxious when he heard this, "Who else can fight in place of me, and it is difficult for these generals under me to take charge alone." ”

Lu Zhan stretched out his hand and pointed at himself, the mobile troops that Yanzhou can mobilize at the moment are only more than 15,000 people, and if he had placed his coffin on this expedition, he would have lost all of them.

"I'll take command of the expedition this time, and you will be my deputy this time."

After seeing his lord's speech, Chen Zhuang had no choice but to accept it, after all, the reason given by Lu Zhan was indeed reasonable, and only Lu Zhan could play with this new weapon.

"It's finally time to expand the territory, after this pottery is down," Duan Xiaohan, who was standing next to Lu Zhan, spoke.

This Song Kingdom is Duan Xiaohan's enemy, and this Dingtao is Duan Xiaohan's sad place. Now it is by landing exhibition, and after conquering Dingtao, it can be announced that everyone in Dingtao, the Duan family is back.

Lu Zhan also saw the glint in Duan Xiaohan's eyes, and sure enough, the power of hatred was huge.

"Spring will start next month, although the weather is still a little cold. From today onwards, let's prepare to mobilize troops, horses, and food and grass. When the Son of Heaven's crusade document comes out, let's start immediately, and take it by surprise first. ”

When war was declared, it immediately launched a military operation and dealt a severe blow to these Song troops.

After Lu Zhan returned to the official office, he immediately arranged the assembly of troops and the arrangement of materials, and the transfer of materials, although all this was carried out in secret, but whether it was the direction of the capital or the Yanzhou side, the intention of mobilizing grain, grass, soldiers and horses as soon as spring began was too obvious.

However, it is not clear whether the direction of the move is the Jin State Zhijia or the Song State, but it is obvious that it is going to take action against a nearby vassal state recently.

"It seems that Tang Liyi also wants to fish in troubled waters, what do you think, Miss Luo." Lu Zhan put down the letter written by Tang Liyi to Lin Jie in his hand.

Lin Jie handed over the letter to Luo Yuechan immediately after receiving Tang Liyi's letter, and Luo Yuechan presented it to Lu Zhan in person after a brief browsing. The letter said that Lin Jie should pay attention to who it was

"The Yinu family thinks it's better to wait a few days until the army is assembled, and then write back to Tang Liyi, saying that they want to do something against the Song Kingdom."

"That's right, if the wrong information is passed to Tang Liyi, then Lin Jie will be exposed, and such a hole card should be saved for the critical time of life and death." Lu Zhan also felt that Luo Yuechan's words were reasonable, and although it might be a loss to himself to give a slightly late piece of information, as long as Lin Jie's identity had not been discovered, it would be much more cost-effective.

"Then when will I reply to Tang Liyi?" Lin Jie looked at Lu Zhan calmly.

The army will be raised in a month, so if you remove the time for the carrier pigeons to fly and the time for Tang Liyi to mobilize manpower.

"Ten days later, I wrote back to Tang Liyi and said that we were going to do something to the Song Kingdom." Lu Zhan thought for a while and said.

I don't know if this Tang Liyi will inform Song Guo to prepare early or take advantage of the fire to rob Song Guo, all this is unknown. However, there is never a perfect choice in life, since you want to keep Lin Jie, a double agent, then it is inevitable to exchange some things.

"Okay, I'll go and tell the person who contacted me that this information blockade is too strict, so I can only try to see if I can get the information." Lin Jie stepped back and said to the person who connected with him.

After making preparations, Lu Zhan said that he was ill and sneaked to the military camp to prepare to go to the border between Song and Yanzhou.