Hearing Li Xuan talk about handcuffs, and said that he wanted to equip the guards with handcuffs on a large scale, this made Zeng Ziyun a little surprised, he was not surprised that Li Xuan knew about handcuffs, nor was he surprised that Li Xuan let the guards be equipped with handcuffs, but surprised that Li Xuan actually wanted the guards to be equipped with handcuffs on a large scale.

Although firearms have been widely used as early as a hundred years ago, in today's Ming army, the proportion of firearms equipment has reached more than 10 percent, but it is only limited to this, this 10 percent ratio also includes most of the artillery, as for the 'handcuffs', that is, the often said individual muskets are actually only a small part.

The Ming army wanted to be equipped with individual muskets on a large scale, which was after the introduction of bird guns into China.

Therefore, it is not surprising that Li Xuan plans to equip the army with handcuffs, but Li Xuan said that it is a bit abnormal to let the army be equipped with a large number of handcuffs, which makes Zeng Ziyun feel that although the young puppet emperor in front of him has a little bit of intelligence, he is obviously too smart.

Firearms are powerful, but there are many restrictions on the use of firearms, not only limited by the weather, but also in addition to the heavy artillery, the power of the handcuffs used by individual soldiers is not very good to be honest, the three-eyed guns commonly used by the Ming army now, more often the Ming army is used as a mace, and it is much more reliable to directly hold the three-eyed guns to smash the enemy than to launch bullets.

Immediately, he said with a confident and even disdainful expression: "The handcuff can hurt the enemy a hundred steps away, but the enemy will not be able to ignite if he enters a hundred steps." Without the cooperation and protection of the infantry and cavalry, the fire guns alone would surely be defeated."

Speaking of this, Zeng Ziyun paused for a moment and said in a firm tone: "Even if the handcuff can hurt the enemy in a hundred steps, it is still far inferior to a strong bow!" ”

Hearing Zeng Ziyun's words, Li Xuan turned his head to look at him, and secretly said in his heart, this person has some ability and knows the shortcomings of firearms.

Li Xuan naturally knew that the firearms in these years were unreliable, but he didn't say that he wanted to equip those three-eyed guns and the like in the Ming army, what he really wanted was a mature arquebus, or even a flintlock pistol.

And even if he is equipped with flintlock pistols, he has never planned to make the army under his command all musket teams, and he will still train ordinary cold weapon troops to use together.

"It seems that General Zeng knows a lot about firearms, I don't know if I've ever heard of birds?" Li Xuan continued to pick up Zeng Ziyun's details.

Zeng Ziyun said: "Bird? In the past two years, I have heard that it is commonly used by the coastal pirates! ”

The bird gun, also known as the bird gun, was a standard musket mass-produced and equipped by the Ming army after the middle of the Ming Dynasty, and it was also the standard musket of the later Qing Dynasty.

But now it seems that Zeng Ziyun has only just heard of this kind of musket, and the Ming army has not yet introduced and equipped it on a large scale.

Li Xuan said: "I heard that the bird gun is light and powerful, and I want to make it made by craftsmen!" ”

Zeng Ziyun didn't show a disdainful tone at this time, but felt that this puppet emperor Li Xuan was still a little knowledgeable.

He had heard of the bird guns, which were rumored to be not only lightweight, but also powerful, far superior to the various types of handcuffs existing in the army, but he was curious, how was Li Xuan going to make them?

You must know that even the imperial court has not been able to master the manufacturing method of bird guns, and the thieves in the ravines and ravines of the pseudo-Tang Dynasty can actually make bird guns?

He didn't believe it!

It's just a thief, and it's a thief with only a thousand people, and it is estimated that there are not even a few blacksmiths in it, so they want to create a sharp weapon that the court can't make now?

I don't believe him if he is killed!

But not long after this thought came to him, he saw one of Li Xuan's personal guards walking up, and this person was still holding a strangely shaped iron rod in his hand.

No, it's not an iron rod, it's a slender iron pipe with a hollow core, and a curved wooden tray at the back, which looks very similar to the bird gun used by the rumored pirates, and if not a bird gun, then the object of this shape is most likely some kind of fire gun.

If he didn't dare to be too sure when he first saw this firecracker, then when he heard Li Xuan say, "What does General Zeng think of this bird?" ”

Hearing Li Xuan personally say that this musket was a bird gun, Zeng Ziyun's expression was slightly surprised, and he secretly said in his heart: "Where did these pseudo-Tang thieves get the bird guns?" ”

Li Xuan said to the guards beside him at this time: "You test shoot one or two, let our guests take a look!" ”

Immediately, the guards beside him were holding bird guns and loading them, maybe this person wanted to show one or two in Zeng Ziyun, and the loading action was extremely fast, but this person was obviously not skilled enough in business.

When it was reloading quickly, it was a continuous error, and when it made a mistake, it was a little nervous, so that it couldn't be loaded for half a day.

This made Li Xuan on the side look black!

Nima, this face is a bit embarrassing, and it is still a shame in front of Zeng Ziyun.

Li Xuan also wanted to show off the guards and bird guns in front of Zeng Ziyun to achieve the purpose of intimidating and winning over Zeng Ziyun, but now that his subordinates have made such a big basket, Li Xuan's face is a little unbearable.

I swore in my heart that when I turned back, I would punish this guard for not being allowed to eat dinner.

It doesn't matter if you make mistakes, but it's not okay to disgrace Lao Tzu.

However, although he thought so in his heart, he naturally did not show it, but showed a kind face and said: "Don't worry, take your time, there is more time!" ”

Maybe it was Li Xuan's comfort that had an effect, maybe it was after making a few mistakes in a row, this guard also found the trick, and after ten minutes, he finally loaded it.

At this time, Li Xuan, whose old face was about to hang up, finally breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, if this personal guard was not successful in reloading, he swore that it was definitely not as simple as punishing him for dinner, at least he would have to go without food for three days!

You can't reload even an arquebus in ten minutes, and you've been practicing privately for two days!

Seeing that Li Xuan nodded slightly, the guard opened the fire door cover, lit the fire rope, and then raised the gun with both hands, and the wooden support was against his shoulder.

As he pulled the trigger, everyone heard a loud bang, and a cloud of white smoke rose in front of them!

At the same time, a thick plank of wood was already punched out of the way 'ten paces away'!

Seeing that the bird gun was successfully fired, several people around Li Xuan shouted loudly in unison: "Good! ”

Li Xuan turned his head to look at Zeng Ziyun at this time: "General Zeng, this bird's power is acceptable!" ”

I have to say that Li Xuan's words are with a taste of showmanship, you must know that for this bird's gun, he has spent two or three months before and after, when he first organized and trained the guards, he just wanted to get an arquebus or even a flintlock pistol.

It's a pity that he is not an expert in ancient firearms, and he only knows a rough idea of modern muskets, and after spending a lot of drawings repeatedly, he turned over all the memories of modern muskets in his mind, so he came up with such an arquebus.

It took a few blacksmiths from Huang Zhushan to study it for several months before they were able to build such a prototype gun.

This successfully created an arquebus, naturally this arquebus can't be dusted, after a successful test a few days ago, he took it out today.

The main purpose is to show off in front of Zeng Ziyun, so that Zeng Ziyun, a captive, can see the advanced nature of their Tang Dynasty, so as to increase his identification with the Tang Dynasty.

Of course, it is impossible to make Zeng Ziyun surrender with just one musket, but it's okay, anyway, it's going to last forever, take your time, grind a little bit!

Based on Li Xuan's observation of Zeng Ziyun, he knew that this person was hard-mouthed, and he was still afraid of death in his heart, as long as he insisted on threatening and luring, after a long time, he was not afraid that he would not give in!