Chapter 490: The Legend of the Wooden Army (Part II)
"Report, Your Highness, General Li He is asking to see you outside the field!"
In the middle of the cold scene, I saw a sentry rushing over from the direction of the gate of the martial arts arena, saluting Li Xian and reporting loudly.
"Biography!"
As soon as he heard that Li He had arrived, Li Xian's brows furrowed slightly, but he didn't say anything, just raised his hand and calmly commanded.
"Yes!"
Li Xian had already given the order, the sentry did not dare to slack off, he hurriedly saluted, and left in a loud voice, and after a while, he saw Li He, who was dressed in neat armor, followed the sentry and hurried towards the queue, although his face was very solemn, but there was a faint sense of panic in his eyes - as the highest military commander of the mountain city, Li He naturally knew Li Xian's importance to this so-called "First Army Regiment", but he himself did not have the slightest good impression of this "wooden army". He really couldn't figure out that such a strange wooden stick army could be of great use, if the two didn't match, it would be fine, and this "wooden army" would stay in the backing city without dying, and it would be okay to monopolize the martial arts field in the south of the city, and the treatment was exactly the same as his own Hehuang army, all of them were paid soldiers, which made Li He a little tasteful, and he didn't give Xiao Sanlang small shoes to wear on weekdays, but most of them were dressed in a beautiful coat of business, even if Xiao Sanlang went to Li Xian's place to make a small report, Li He was not afraid, However, today's incident is obviously a bit big, but he was also caught by Li Xian, as soon as Li He got Agutai's report, his head immediately became a little bigger, but he didn't dare to hide and not see, so he could only come to the door to ask for guilt.
"The last general will see His Highness!"
As soon as he arrived in front of Li Xian, Li He hurriedly rushed forward and respectfully saluted.
"Hmm."
Regarding Li He's salute, Li Xian did not joke as casually as he did in the past, nor did he reprimand him for his ineffective command of the army, but just waved his hand with a flat face and motioned for him to stand aside.
"Your Highness!"
Seeing Li Xian's expression like this, the panic in Li He's heart couldn't help but deepen a little, but he didn't dare to say more, so he could only thank him in a proper manner and retreat to the position alongside Xiao Sanlang.
"Can anyone answer Lonely's question?"
was interrupted by Li He like this, although the previous cold scene was solved, but no one answered the question, but Li Xian didn't care, and asked loudly again.
"Report to Your Highness, the last general thinks that our regiment is an army of experiments!"
After Li Xian asked again, a company commander standing at the front of the queue finally couldn't help but stand up and replied loudly.
"Well, anything else?"
The nine company commanders are all from the Prince's Mansion Guards, Li Xianzi is very familiar with everything, and when he saw that it was Chen Shuangyong, the commander of the first company, who stood up, his tone slowed down a little, and he nodded encouragingly, but he did not rush to comment, but continued to ask.
"Back to His Royal Highness, the last general thinks that our regiment will definitely become a strong army in the army, and it will definitely live up to the reputation of the first!"
Although Chen Shuangyong was born in the Prince's Mansion Guard, he was far from being the core figure of the Prince's Mansion, and he didn't know much about the significance of the establishment of the first regiment, but he vaguely felt that there must be a deep meaning in it.
"Well answered, get in the ranks!"
Li Xianduo was a shrewd individual, and he could see at a glance that Chen Shuangyong's words were a little insincere, but he didn't take it to heart, because Li Xian knew very well that when these soldiers had not really realized the power of the musket, it was absolutely impossible to establish their true confidence in the military spirit, so he would not blame Chen Shuangyong, but only smiled and encouraged him, and then waved his hand and signaled Chen Shuangyong to return to the team.
"Yes!"
Being able to get Li Xianzhi's encouragement in public, Chen Shuangyong was extremely excited, so he hurriedly saluted, simply turned around neatly, and trotted back to the front of the queue, he didn't care about retreating, but Lu Sansheng couldn't stand it anymore, he wanted to retreat but didn't dare to retreat, he wanted to open his mouth to report, and he didn't know what to say, and the big red face that had just subsided was stunned and purple.
"Lift it up!"
Li Xian's eyes were very good, and he saw Chen Shuangyong's embarrassment, but he didn't pay attention to it, but waved his hand, and broke his throat, Liu Ziming and other guards carried a rectangular box from behind, and then opened the lid of the box, revealing the things inside, which were more than a dozen guns, the shape was exactly the same as the gun held by the soldiers of the first regiment, the difference was that the front of the gun was no longer wooden but a black and slender iron pipe.
"Buzz ......"
The soldiers of the first regiment have been training for more than three months with wooden guns, and they are no strangers to guns, and they are familiar with the performance, power and steps of use of guns from the "Infantry Drill Codex", but they have never seen with their own eyes what the so-called muskets are.
"Lu Sansheng!"
Li Xian didn't move the guns, nor did he stop the noise of the officers and soldiers, but nodded Lu Sansheng's name with a solemn face.
"Here!"
The box was next to Lu Sansheng, under such curiosity, Lu Sansheng unceremoniously came to the water to get the first month, just when he was looking at it, Leng Buding heard Li Xian's name, and he was startled, and he didn't dare to stare at the box, so he hurriedly stood up and replied loudly.
"Do you know what's in the box?"
Li Xian pointed to the musket in the box and asked quietly.
"If you go back to Your Highness, your subordinates know it, it's a musket!"
Lu Sansheng straightened his chest, and unconsciously tightened the fake gun in his hand, but his eyes secretly aimed at the real guy in the box.
"Good answer, will it be used?"
Looking at Lu Sansheng's eager look, Li Xian couldn't help but be amused, but he didn't embarrass him, he just asked with a smile.
"If you go back to Your Highness, your subordinates have learned it, but they haven't used it, so you should be able to use it!"
Lu Sansheng is obviously a clever person, and when he heard that Li Xian had the intention of letting him try the gun, he immediately became excited, his chest straightened, and he replied quite confidently.
"Want to use it?"
Seeing the excitement on Lu Sansheng's face that couldn't be concealed, Li Xian couldn't help but be surprised, so he asked with a smile.
"Yes! Dream it! ”
When Lu Sansheng heard this, he was happy, and replied neatly.
"Okay, I'll give you this opportunity, go, choose a gun, Ziming, prepare the target!"
Li Xian didn't tease Lu Sansheng anymore, and simply gave Lu Sansheng the opportunity to test the gun, this order, Lu Sansheng was so happy that he couldn't close his mouth, and he didn't even care about answering, so he went directly to the box, picked left and right, and chose it, as for Liu Ziming and others, they hurriedly stood several square wooden rakes at a distance of fifty steps away from the phalanx.
"The commanders of each company are out of line!"
After the target position was set up, Li Xian looked around at the officers and soldiers who were red with greed, smiled faintly, waved his hand, and gave an order.
"Chen Shuangyong, the commander of the first company!"
"The commander of the second company, Sang Mingming!"
"Li Siyi, the commander of the third company!"
……
The company commanders are all from the palace guards, and they have all seen the prototype of the musket with Li Xian in the research institute, but they have never witnessed the power of the musket, let alone used it with their own hands, and they were jealous of Lu Sansheng, who had the opportunity to use the real gun first.
"Gun inspection!"
Li Xian didn't talk nonsense, and gave the order straightforwardly.
"Yes!"
The company commanders responded in unison, and rushed to grab the box, and without saying anything, they squeezed Lu Sansheng, who was still changing guns, aside, and grabbed each other.
"Ziming, give them bullets!"
Li Xian didn't care about the gaffes of the company commanders, but just smiled and ordered.
"No!"
Liu Ziming has followed the research institute to play with guns a few times, and has seen the power of this kind of musket, but he can't get enough of it, at this time, seeing that the people of the first regiment can shoot, his heart is also very itchy, and he is thinking about how to play it again, Leng Buding heard Li Xian's name, and was immediately taken aback, and he didn't dare to slack off, so he hurriedly answered the promise loudly, commanded several personal guards to carry the ammunition box that had been prepared, and distributed the paper shell bullets in the box to the company commanders, and then came to Li Xian's side with a slanderous face. Although he didn't speak, he looked at Li Xian with longing in his eyes, looking pitiful.
"You kid, go get a gun!"
Seeing Liu Ziming's virtue, Li Xiandeng was angry and funny, but he didn't bother to talk nonsense with him, laughed and scolded, and gave Liu Ziming a chance to test the gun.
"Your Highness!"
As soon as Liu Ziming heard this, he was happy when he boarded, hurriedly thanked him, and rushed to the side of the box with a roar, picked up a musket, and happily ran to the side of the company commanders, pulled the bolt with ease, stuffed the paper bullets, raised the gun as his chest, and completed the shooting preparations in an instant.
"Shoot!"
Liu Ziming's movements are fast, and the movements of the company commanders are not slow, although they are not necessarily as sharp as Liu Ziming, but they are not much worse, without counting, the eleven shooters are already in place one by one, and the eleven rear-loading single-shot pistols have been aimed at the square target in front of them in unison, Li Xian saw this, and immediately issued a shooting order.
"Pong, Pong......"
With Li Xian's order, the shooters immediately began to shoot unceremoniously, shooting, loading, shooting, reloading and shooting, in the smoke of gunpowder, the bullets whistled, and the targets made of thick planks fifty paces away were beaten to pieces.
"Li He, how is this 'Wood Army' performing, huh?"
Li Xian didn't care about the shooting performance of the crowd, but slowly paced to Li He, who was dumbfounded, and asked meaningfully.
"Your Highness Shengming, the last general, the last general knows that he is wrong."
As soon as Li He heard this, he knew that Li Xian's words were hidden, and his face couldn't help but turn red, he lowered his head, and admitted his mistake.
"It's good to know that it's wrong, Lone won't punish you, and next time you dare to hide Lonely, be careful of your skin!"
Li Xian had no intention of punishing Li He, but in words, he was beaten by a good student.
"Yes, the Admiral remembers."
Li He was embarrassed to agree, his head lowered more and more, and he didn't dare to look up at Li Xian's eyes at all.
"Remember the question that Lone asked at the beginning? Answering Lonely, what is the significance of the first group? ”
At this time, the target had become debris all over the ground, and the shooting naturally stopped, Li Xian did not embarrass Li He anymore, strode to the front of the queue, raised his voice and shouted.
"A strong army, an army within an army!"
"An army within an army, an army within an army!"
……
All the soldiers were intoxicated with the power of the muskets at this time, and they didn't know who was the first to roar in the phalanx, which immediately caused everyone to shout wildly, and the momentum of the whole army suddenly rose to the peak.
"Well answered, the army within the army, you are now the first regiment, and in the future it will be the first army, the first army in the world, you are destined to be a magical legend, looking forward to that day!"
Seeing that everyone was like a rainbow, Li Xian laughed with satisfaction, raised his arms, and thousands of people responded in unison, faintly, the prototype of the military soul has begun to take shape, and it will one day grow into a towering tree......