Chapter 80: Demonstration of the Musket
Zhao Rui ran happily in front, Zhao Gong was surprised to find that his speed could not catch up with Zhao Rui in the back, and Fang Hongbin behind Zhao Gong was even more surprised, he couldn't imagine that a person's physical fitness would be so good!
"Lord Yan! Come on! ”
Zhao Rui ran past Yan Shu's side and said again, this is the second lap that Zhao Rui has surpassed Yan Shu.
Yan Shu still wanted to say two words to save face, but the rapid breathing in his chest made it difficult for him to breathe, let alone say anything.
The playground was about 300 meters, and the group ran a total of 17 laps.
"Ah...... Ha...... But it's over...... Whew......"
Yan Shu was sweating profusely, feeling that his waist couldn't straighten up, holding two extremely heavy legs, and was about to sit next to him for a while, but Zhao Rui was giving out the training project in high spirits.
"300 push-ups below, fast, whoever finishes it can rest!"
The soldiers didn't understand what push-ups were like, but seeing that Zhao Gong had already done them, they followed suit.
Many people have never done this action before, but after doing dozens of them, their chests swelled, but seeing that the people around them are still doing it, they still grit their teeth and insist.
No way......
Yan Shu watched everyone's movements and felt that his heart was about to be cold.
Just as Yan Shu came over to follow everyone to do it, Zhao Rui looked at his prostration, and said kindly: "Lord Yan, you don't have to train with the soldiers, if you are tired, go to the house and lie down for a while!" ”
Zhao Rui's words were really kind, mainly looking at Yan Shu's thin physique, but he was worried that his forcible practice would damage his body.
But these words changed in Yan Shu's ears, hum! He must be training alone, so that he can win the hearts and minds of the army! How could I let him get his way?
"No...... Whew...... I can do it, don't stop me! ”
Ignoring Zhao Rui, who was doing push-ups, he went to the other side and followed suit, but just after doing four or five, he fell to the ground with a thud.
"Commander Zhao, Lord Yan seems to have fainted!"
This is not persuaded......
Zhao Rui was helpless for a while, but he still sped up, and after doing 300 push-ups, he carried Yan Shu to the house and lay down.
Zhao Rui had just gone out, and it turned out that Jia Yidao came in a sedan chair.
"Welcome to the Grand Master!" Zhao Rui immediately stepped forward to say hello.
Jia Yidao smiled and waved his hand, got off the sedan chair and entered the school with Zhao Rui, watching the soldiers sweating and training seriously, Jia Yidao couldn't help but nod approvingly.
"Huh? What about the Yanshu people? ”
Jia Yidao looked left and right, but couldn't find Yan Shu's figure.
"Oh, Lord Yan is too tired, go to sleep in the house!"
Zhao Rui understood that Yan Shu was Jia Yidao's eyeliner, so he didn't have to help him say anything good.
Sure enough, Jia Yidao's face was full of anger when he heard it.
"Bastard! You two go and call Yan Shu up! How can there be a reason for soldiers to train and the commander to sleep! ”
"Yes!"
The two guards beside Jia Yidao listened to the order and hurriedly entered the house.
Not long after, two people lifted him out with Yan Shu's left and right arms.
"Master, I'm ...... I can't walk! It hurts so much in my legs! ”
When Jia Yidao saw Yan Shu's miserable appearance, he couldn't help asking, "How did you get like this?" ”
"Subordinate...... It's just running along......" Yan Shu was ashamed, buried his head and whispered.
"Humph! Yan Shu, you've disappointed me so much! ”
Jia Yidao flicked his sleeves and ignored him, and the two guards threw him on the yellow earth, Yan Shu seemed to be paralyzed, and sat on the ground grinning, trying to get up and hurt.
"Commander Zhao, I've always heard people talk about how powerful your musket is, but I've never seen it yet, why don't you show me today?"
Zhao Rui knew that Jia Yidao would definitely come to see the musket, after all, it was better to be famous than to meet, and Zhao Rui had already prepared to show Jia Yidao a good show.
"Zhao Gong! Get on target! ”
Zhao Gong got the order, ran into the house, and actually took out a huge watermelon, then ran to a distance, and put the watermelon on a flat big bluestone next to the fence of the school field.
"Zhao Tong, can you hit it at such a distance?" Jia Yidao looked at it, the distance close to 80 zhang, is it too far?
The soldiers below are also discussing, and they don't believe that Zhao Rui can accurately hit this watermelon.
In the Song Dynasty, one zhang is equivalent to more than three meters in modern times, and 80 zhang is more than 240 meters, which is difficult to achieve the range of bows and arrows, even if the Mongols are called Jebe marksmen, they have to use special bows and arrows to achieve an effective range of nearly 200 meters, but at this distance, the accuracy is still up for debate.
Zhao Rui asked for a gun, smiled at Jia Yidao and said, "My lord, be careful!" ”
Raising the gun and aiming, Zhao Rui's eyes became very focused for a moment, and the soldiers had never seen the power of the new musket, and they were all watching with bated breath.
"Boom!"
A crisp sound scared Jia Yidao, who was too close, into a clever one.
The watermelon on the other end burst with a sound, and the soup splashed and shattered into many small pieces.
Ooh!
Oh, my God!
All the soldiers rubbed their heads, they couldn't believe their eyes, such a distance can be so accurate, it's incredible!
"Quick, I've got to go check it out!"
Jia Yidao's two beards were trembling slightly, he couldn't hide the surprise in his heart, and walked over with Zhao Rui accompanied by two guards.
The watermelon burst, and the bluestone slab was in shambles.
Jia Yidao followed the direction of the shot, leaned over, and saw that the wooden fence behind the watermelon had also been shot through a big hole, and the bullet no longer knew where it had penetrated.
"Amazing, Zhao Tong, today I can be regarded as an eye-opener."
Jia Yidao stared at the round bullet holes on the wooden fence and couldn't close his mouth in surprise.
"In fact, the power of this gun is more than that, the effective range can reach 200 zhang."
Zhao Rui looked indifferent, picked up a piece of watermelon on the bluestone slab and nibbled on it.
Juicy and sweet, it tastes good!
Zhao Rui ate the "organic watermelon" of the Song Dynasty, and really felt that the taste was stronger than that of modern times.
"This ...... How many such muskets were there? ”
Jia Yidao's heart is already overturned, such a musket can be called a weapon of war, with it, where are you afraid of the Tartars attacking the city? All it takes is a salvo to kill and wound the Tartars who haven't had time to shoot their arrows!
"More than 2,000, enough to equip the musketeers!" Zhao Rui said while nibbling on a watermelon.
"Very good, very good, then hurry up and speed up the training, the current situation in Chuzhou is critical, maybe when will you let the musket army go out!"
Jia Yidao stared at the musket in Zhao Rui's hand, and felt that his eyes were really a little red.
Such a sharp weapon should never be in the hands of others!
But when Jia Yidao learned that the musket was bought from the Hu people who were going to the sea, he couldn't help but be silent, and now Zhao Rui can buy the musket again, and he knows how to use and train, so he can't move him for the time being.
However, such talents are the most difficult to control......
Jia Yidao squinted, thinking about how to effectively control Zhao Rui.
"Where are the other muskets, I don't think the soldiers are equipped with them?"
Jia Yidao turned around and looked at him and said.
"Oh, they're all at home, just arrived, and I'm going to bring them over tomorrow."
"I think this musket is very powerful, in case it goes off and hurts people, it's not good, wait until tomorrow to build an armory, and store it after training on weekdays, so as not to be dangerous." Jia Yidao's eyes lit up, and he thought of this good idea.
"Yes, Master."
Zhao Rui agreed, but he already understood a little in his heart, Taishi is here to restrict, when the time comes, the guns will be put away, and if he wants to use it, he can only beg Jia Yidao.
"Well, yes, yes, I'll go back first, you can continue to train the troops!"
Jia Yidao saw that Zhao Rui was not unhappy, and he was more satisfied, and left with a haha.
After Yan Shu, he felt better, and he didn't care about the training here, and hurriedly followed Jia Yidao's sedan chair.
Yan Shu looked back and saw that the school was far away, so he said sadly and angrily: "Taishi, it was that Zhao Rui who harmed me, he knew that I was a Wenchen, and he even used the method of a martial artist to practice, just now I fainted, and I still hope that Taishi Mingjian!" ”
"That's it! It's useless to say more! ”
Master Jia waved his hand and said coldly: "You go to find someone to build an armory now, when Zhao Rui comes with a musket tomorrow, you will lock up all the muskets, if Zhao Rui wants to use it, you don't give it to him!" ”
"Taishi is wise! I didn't think of that! ”
Yan Shu was overjoyed, and hurriedly patted Jia Yidao's ass.
All morning, the soldiers were doing strength training, all sweating, but none of them wanted to give up.
Some of them take Zhao Rui as a role model and train hard, and some are holding their breath, these things that can be done by Kunnu, the Han people will definitely do better!
Approaching noon, Zhao Rui went to take a look at the food in the kitchen.
This...... No!
A large vat of white rice, accompanied by green vegetable soup, how can such a simple food train elite soldiers.
Zhao Rui directly asked Yan Shu to talk to him about food.
Yan Shu was enjoying the shade in the shade, he rolled his eyelids, and said lazily: "I can't help this, and the military expenses are not issued by me, they will eat whatever their military department gives." ”
In fact, this is not to blame Yan Shu, the food is all the food agreed to be distributed by the Ministry of War, in this year, it is good to have a full meal, where will there be big fish and meat to serve.
The emperors of the Song Dynasty not only looked down on the warriors, but even guarded against these generals, lest they have the strength to make trouble after eating, so they can save money on food, and directly press it to a level where they can only eat enough.
There may be officials and eunuchs who take advantage of it, which is not something that Zhao Rui can control.
Seeing that it didn't work, Zhao Rui asked Zhao Gong to go out and buy a few fat pigs, spending his own money.
After buying it back, in front of all the soldiers, he directly killed the stew.
The soldiers themselves have a lot of training intensity, and they all need meat supplements, and they are all happy to see Zhao Rui privately pay for them to buy meat, and the school field is full of cheers.
Only Yan Shu sneered disdainfully in the shade, hehe! It's a means of solicitation again!