"Woo Woo Woo ~ " With rows and rows of musket salvos, the targets in front of them were quickly beaten, although Cao Wei who was watching next to him was surprised by the big scene, but he was still shocked by the destructive power caused by the musket salvo, and he also obviously found that the penetration of the musket is obviously stronger than the crossbow and bow arrows, in other words, at the same distance, a soldier in armor may not be afraid of the shooting of the bow and arrow, but it is absolutely unable to block the shooting of the musket.

Who has the best chance of survival on the battlefield? It is not the person with the best martial arts, nor the person with the greatest strength, nor the person with the fastest speed, but those who wear armor and protect the best, in other words, the survival rate of generals is much higher than that of ordinary soldiers, because the armor on the general's body is better.

However, Li Zhang's musket battalion completely broke the general's protective advantage, under the salvo of the musket, as long as it is within the range, the difference between wearing armor and not is not very big, this is not Cao Wei's conjecture, but Li Zhang, in order to let him better see the effect of the musket, especially put a few pieces of Song army's standard armor on several targets, which have now been beaten into tatters.

"Stop!" With the order of Huyan Shouxin, the drummer next to him immediately stopped, and the soldiers also put away their guns and stood up, the musket is different from other weapons, it will make a huge sound when fired, and it will emit dense black smoke, so if the sound of the command is too small to be heard at all, the command flag may also be covered by black smoke, so it is more reliable to use the sound of drums as the command.

As the gunfire stopped, Cao Wei also stepped forward to check again, especially the armor, which he looked at carefully, and found that the armor had almost no protective power, and the lead shot had hit the target inside, of course, it could not be said that there was no at all, and some of them just hit the heart goggles and other thick places, the lead shot was still impenetrable, but the ordinary armor leaf could not block the shot of the lead shot.

"What a sharp firearm!" After checking it, Cao Wei couldn't help but praise again, now he finally understood why a mere musket battalion was so important, and even Liu E personally gave him an order to take care of the experience of the musket battalion in the northwest.

Hearing Cao Wei's praise, Li Zhang, Hu Yan Shouxin and others also showed smug expressions, and being praised by a battlefield veteran like Cao Wei shows that their previous efforts have not been in vain, and after getting Cao Wei's attention, their experience in the northwest will be smoother.

After admiring, Cao Wei immediately pulled Li Zhang and Hu Yan to keep his word, and then picked up a musket and asked them to explain the principle of the musket to themselves, Li Zhang did not hide his secrets, and said everything he could say, not only the advantages of the musket, but also the shortcomings of the musket were not concealed, such as the limited use in bad weather, the maintenance is also very complicated, etc., Cao Wei also listened very carefully.

In the end, it was almost dark, Cao Wei came to his senses, and said to Li Zhang at the moment: "The matter of the musket camp is very important, so let's go and appease the yamen tomorrow, and let's talk about the next thing in detail!" ”

Li Zhang immediately nodded and agreed, originally he still wanted to keep Cao Wei for dinner, but Cao Wei didn't stay, because he still wanted to take advantage of the fact that there was still some time today, first go to appease the Yamen to complete the handover, speaking of which, he used to be the pacification envoy of Huanqing Road, and now the official has been reinstated, and many people in the city are his old subordinates, so the handover is much easier than others.

Early the next morning, Li Zhang, Hu Yan Shouxin, and Qin Huaizhi came to the Yamen to pacify the envoy as promised, and Cao Wei also met him in person, and then the two discussed the matters of the musket battalion, according to the arrangement of Liu E's holy decree, Li Zhang handed over the post of commander of the musket battalion, and Huyan Shouxin took over the musket battalion with full authority, Qin Huaizhi still served as the supervisor, and Li Zhang entered the pacification envoy Yamen to join the army, mainly responsible for the logistics and scheduling of the musket battalion.

After the post was arranged, Cao Wei also immediately began to arrange the experience of the musket battalion to the front, Gyeongju City is considered the rear of the northwest, and ordinary wars cannot be fought here, for example, in recent times, several tribes on the border are not very honest, and they have taken the initiative to provoke the border army several times, Cao Wei is also ready to pick a few tribes to fight, and then it is the opportunity for the musket battalion to shoot.

For these specific military deployments, Li Zhang couldn't interject at all, and he was very wise to know that this was not his strength, so he had been sitting quietly listening to their discussions, and only when he needed the cooperation of logistics, he would join in, and the scheduling of logistics was not troublesome, the common materials such as clothing and food of the musket battalion were provided by Gyeongju, and the materials related to muskets were transported from the capital, and when they came, the army transporting these materials was already on the way.

The transfer of the army is a very systematic project, and now Cao Wei has just taken office, although many of the people in the city are his old subordinates, but there are still some changes, plus the musket battalion also needs to cooperate with other troops, so the musket battalion still needs to wait patiently for a while before being transferred to the battlefield.

After the matter was discussed, Cao Wei also deliberately left Li Zhang and them to have a meal with him, but during the meal, Cao Wei raised his wine glass again and smiled at Li Zhang: "Li Zhang, this time I can be reinstated so quickly, and it is also stained with your light, I will toast you!" ”

"Huh? Why did the general say this? Li Zhang couldn't help but be stunned when he heard this, Cao Wei said that he owed him a favor before, but he didn't expect to mention it again now, but Li Zhang couldn't figure out where he helped Cao Wei.

"Hahaha~, this matter is a long story, before Ding Wei hated me and refused to attach to him, so he degraded me again and again, and even wanted to kill me, fortunately I was clever to save the day, and then Ding Wei fell, although I was wronged, but in order to take care of the face of the court, it is impossible for me to be reinstated immediately, but you came to the northwest this time, the queen mother needs someone to take care of you, and it just so happens that I am more familiar with the northwest, so the queen mother specially ordered my official to be reinstated."

Cao Wei laughed and said at the moment, originally these words involved some unspoken rules in the officialdom, such as although he was suppressed by Ding Wei, the holy decree of degrading the official was nodded by Liu E, so in order to take care of her own face, Liu E could not immediately restore Cao Wei to her original position, but she attached great importance to Li Zhang, worried that he would encounter danger in the northwest and no one would take care of him, so she quickly promoted Cao Wei, who was experienced and capable.

Li Zhang also showed a sudden expression when he heard this, and he was even more grateful to Liu E at the moment, although Liu E was a little dissatisfied with him because he took Zhao Zhen to see Li Shunrong, but at least Liu E still cared about him, which made Li Zhang even feel guilty, because although he had feelings for Liu E, he was also calculating the other party.

"By the way, you have come here this time, and you have seen the party members?" At this time, Cao Wei suddenly asked again, and when he mentioned the party members, a little murderous aura flashed on his face, because the biggest source of chaos in the northwest now is the party members.

"In the past few days, I have seen some party merchants in the city, and I heard that the imperial court has also opened border markets on the border to make transactions with party members, but I think that party people are not trustworthy, and the court must be careful to guard against these villains who rebel and descend from time to time!" Li Zhang immediately nodded and replied, there are party members in Gyeongju City, all of them are fierce and vicious, of course, they are all honest in Gyeongju City, but if they go out of the city, they may immediately turn into robbers.

"Yes, when Brother Qin died, the most reassuring thing was the party members here, I have been paying attention to the movements of the party members in the past few years, I thought that after Li Jiqian's death, the party members would be more honest, but I didn't expect his son Li Deming to be more cunning, on the surface to our Song Dynasty, but in fact he is secretly developing forces!" Cao Wei also nodded when he heard Li Zhang's words, he was much better than those ministers in the court when he understood the party members.

"General, I have also heard that the party members are vicious, but in front of our musket battalion, any strong enemy is not to be worried!" Hu Yan Shouxin drank a few more glasses at this time, and shouted proudly at the moment.

However, Cao Wei heard this and smiled slightly: "It is a good thing for young people to have self-confidence, but excessive self-confidence will become arrogant, and the party will become my Great Song Dynasty's henchmen in the future, so I have long wanted to get rid of this threat in advance, in addition, I heard that Li Deming has a son named Li Yuanhao, although this son is not very old, but it is rumored that he is heroic and extraordinary, and he has great ambitions, if Li Deming dies in the future, Li Yuanhao's son will definitely refuse to surrender to my Great Song Dynasty, and then there will definitely be a resurgence of war!" ”、

When Cao Wei mentioned Li Yuanhao, his face also showed a worried look, speaking of which Li Yuanhao is very famous in the northwest, not only the party, even the Great Song Dynasty also heard that Li Deming has a heroic son, the history books record that Cao Wei has always wanted to see Li Yuanhao, so he secretly painted a portrait of Li Yuanhao, and as a result, he also shouted "true hero" at first sight, and later Li Yuanhao also rebelled immediately after Cao Wei's death, and no one in the northwest could become his opponent.

Li Zhang was also shocked when he heard this, on the one hand, he was amazed by Cao Wei's vision, and on the other hand, he was also worried about Li Yuanhao's affairs, he really wanted to solve him before Li Yuanhao rose, but he didn't know if he could find an opportunity?

Seeing Cao Wei praising Li Yuanhao so much, several young people on the case were a little dissatisfied, Hu Yan Shouxin usually looks very modest, but he is also a very proud person in his bones, plus he drank some wine today, which suddenly exposed his true nature, and Cao Wei's son Cao Mata, the two of them fought to clamore to personally arrest Li Yuanhao for drinking.

Cao Wei was very tolerant of young people, and did not get angry because of Huyan Shouxin and his son's clamour, but praised them for their ambition, but his attention at this time was more focused on Li Zhang, because compared to others, the youngest Li Zhang was the most calm, especially thinking that even the musket was presented by Li Zhang to the imperial court, which naturally made him more interested in Li Zhang.