Chapter 473: War Machine
(Maopu Chinese) The military situation of the Liao army in the eastern section of the Yanshan Mountain Range has been sent back to Kaifeng, and the emperor and the Privy Council military ministers know about it.
Moreover, Liao, a large northern country, if it is not destroyed, will always be a major problem for the Great Song Dynasty.
From day to night, the Privy Councillors of War and Aircraft discussed the war in the North in the Privy Council.
Everyone was expressing their opinions, and the emperor sat high, watching the ministers and students discuss the aftermath of the war.
Suddenly, outside the court, there was the sound of grunting wheels coming from a distance, and soon after, the overseer of the ordnance superintendent was seen pulling a large wooden box from outside the hall in an ox cart.
When the ox cart arrived outside the hall, it was carried in by two soldiers of the forbidden army.
"Your Majesty, this is a modified artillery/cannon."
Not only Zhao Kuangyin, but also the ministers and generals who had seen the previous generation of fire/artillery that day were also eagerly looking forward to it, and in addition, they also discussed the size of the fire/artillery.
Zhao Kuangyin nodded, and then the guards in front of the overseer ordered the palace to move a box from the car outside.
The eyes of all the ministers and students were fixed on the box, and they had heard of or some of them had seen the artillery/artillery.
The chest was being opened little by little, and Goodheart was already looking at the area.
When the box was opened, I saw that the inside was tightly stuffed with straw.
It seems to be looking forward to it even more.
The straw was removed, and only a tube-like object appeared.
The ordnance supervisor replied, "Your Majesty, this is a fire/gun developed by the ordnance supervisor over many years!" ”
Zhao Kuangyin couldn't wait to get down from the dragon seat, and then came to the wooden box, he wanted to know how powerful this thing was.
These objects were shiny and shiny, and Zhao Kuangyin felt that these seemed to be the things held by the officials of the honor guard.
The appearance of these ordnance is very strange, but the number is only about 30, and it is said that this is the new superintendent of the ordnance superintendent, and the name is: fire/gun.
It's just that the ignition device has been improved, and the open flame point lead is more convenient, but the range lethality of the musket is no different from before. So it's still only equipped, because it's far less practical than a bow or crossbow.
"Oh? Since this thing was made by the Ordnance Warden, could you let the ministers see its power? At this time, Zhao Pu was out of the ranks, as the privy councillor, he also had some expectations for this thing, and he had heard about it countless times from Zhao Dezhao, the king of Wei.
"Cluck-"
These guns/guns were tried by the guards of the temple before they were presented, and they were very skilled in handling them.
The swarthy brass pipes were already aimed at the roosters.
They all took a breath of cold air, and although the hall was warm like spring at the moment, the two trembling and tense expressions were still extremely tense.
When the two guards pulled one after the other, they heard a popping sound in the air.
There were a lot of people who staggered back or covered their chests to witness this.
After one or two gunshots, a large pool of chicken blood splattered near the stake in the distance.
It's scary to look at.
Because it's so miserable and inhumane.
And war has always been inhumane, a graveyard of blood.
"Do you feel cruel?" Emperor Zhao Kuangyin suddenly asked.
"The most dead!" Zhao Pu replied to himself, he knew the determination of today's son, and he was born in troubled times and had a lot of experiences, and death was a very ordinary trivial matter.
"That's reducing deaths." These words were discussed by Zhao Pu and Zhao Kuangyin in advance, and using a rooster as a test is also a wake-up call to some people.
Looking at the two monarchs and ministers, Zhao Dezhao in the distance smiled heartily, it is true that war is cruel, and the machine that ended the war is even more cruel, even stained with blood.
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