After the gunfire started, the gunfire stopped, and the drum noise of the two armies stopped, Zhu Yuanzhang still stood for a long time, unharmed......

At a distance of three hundred feet, it was almost impossible to hit a human-sized target with five bird's guns. Unless you're so lucky that it's ridiculously good, it's not even fun to rub the other party's oily skin. This is not because the firecrackers are not accurate, nor is it because of factors such as wind direction and climate.

The real reason lies in the smoothbore gun technology used by the bird! The Ming army guns of this era, and even the guns of the whole world, used smoothbore gun technology, and the inside of the barrel was smooth. When the bullet is disarmed, because the smooth barrel and the bullet cannot fit very closely, the direction of the bullet is difficult to control when it is disarmed, and it can only be fired in a general direction, and cannot be accurately fired at a smaller target.

At this time, the world's most well-made firearms could only guarantee a certain hit rate at a distance of two hundred and forty feet, while the Ming army's ordinary bird-made guns were not well-made, they could only be regarded as home-made firearms, and the effective firing range was even shorter.

It was precisely because Zhu Yuanzhang knew all this that he dared to boldly stand at a distance of three hundred feet and let the soldiers on the opponent's arrow tower fire at him. Of course, there is still a certain risk in doing so, and if the opponent's gunner is ridiculously lucky, there is still a chance that the bullet will hit him.

If it was Zhu Yuanzhang, who had already achieved fame in the previous life, he would never be willing to risk his life, even if the other party had a 1 in 10,000 chance of hitting him, he would not stand here and let the other party shoot. But now the situation is different, the thieves in the cottage were demoralized by the fire guns and cannons of the Shenji Battalion, and he had to take risks to make the other party's fire guns bang so many times, using this method to say: There is nothing to be afraid of!

As a result, the enemy's luck was not ridiculously good, and the five bullets flew to an unknown place, and Zhu Yuanzhang was unharmed!

He laughed loudly and said loudly to the thieves behind him, "Did you see it? There's nothing to be afraid of! I'm just standing here, and they're not going to hit me! ”

"Coax!" Zhu Yuanzhang's army suddenly resounded with a roar, and the soldiers who had just retreated from the defeat of the No. 3 branch shouted out in surprise: "Wow, Zhu Bugling really didn't get hit!" ”

"At this distance, can't the firebolt hit anyone?"

"Ah, when I was guarding the No. 3 sub-village, it was almost this distance, and when I saw the officers and soldiers shooting at me, I was so frightened that I ran away, it turned out that I couldn't hit me at this distance, I ran a fart!"

"Could it be that those five gunners are too bad at marksmanship? What if you can hit it with a more powerful gun? ”

The soldiers were talking.

Zhu Yuanzhang frowned, he knew that now was a critical time to reverse morale, as long as he made the right judgment at this time, he could drive away the soldiers' fear of the Shenji Battalion in one fell swoop, which was very important for future battles. Because Zhu Yuanzhang's ambition is to seize the world, there will be many opportunities to fight with officers and soldiers in the future, and the artillery of fire control is two hurdles that cannot be bypassed, if we do not lay a good foundation at this time, and completely drive away the thieves' fear of firearms, we will have to suffer many defeats for this in the future.

He waved his hand and pointed at the soldiers behind him, "Who dares to stand beside me?" With me as a target for officers and soldiers? ”

"Coaxing" the defeated soldiers to the back almost at the same time, fortunately, no one retreated, just made a move to retreat, because they are now in the military formation, and they will retreat without an order, which will be dealt with by military law, so they are afraid to be afraid, but their steps do not move. But it could be seen from their expressions that they didn't have the courage to come up.

The strange silence lasted for about a few breaths, and a heroic voice suddenly sounded: "You cowards, afraid of a fart?" Zhu Bugling dares to go up and be a target, but you cowards don't dare! Damn, I'm going to show you. ”

A sturdy figure stepped out of the formation, and everyone looked at it, and it turned out to be the second king of Baishui. The so-called fierce general who rushed into battle, at such a time, played his due role!

Wang Er, carrying a two-stone bow on his back and a fine iron long stick in his hand, strode to Zhu Yuanzhang's side, and said with a smile: "Brother Zhu, those cowards don't dare to come, but I dare to come!" Ha ha! ”

Zhu Ba patted him on the shoulder, and the two laughed together.

At this time, the scene is very strange, the officers and soldiers are guarding the camp, the thieves are outside the formation, and in the open space between the two armies, there are two men laughing, looking at the bows and arrows around them as if they are nothing, this pride brings a strange atmosphere in the middle of the battlefield, and the morale of the thieves is slowly rising.

"This is our Bugs Zhu and Second Brother Wang!" The thieves couldn't help but sigh: "O great man of the world! ”

On the contrary, the morale of the officers and soldiers was demoralized, and they whispered: "What are the bandits doing?" ”

"What kind of trick did these two people laugh like this in front of the battle?"

"Why aren't they afraid at all?"

"Our archers and commanders? How can you make these two guys laugh outside and shoot them! ”

Such arguments echoed among the soldiers, causing them to waver slightly.

Ma Rulong, a thousand households of the Shenji Battalion, also felt that the atmosphere of the officers and soldiers was wrong, and the so-called narrow road met the brave and the brave won, and it was indeed not a good thing for the enemy to make two people laugh at their own army in front of the battle. But at that distance, it is impossible to hit the firebolt, and even if the bow and arrow are shot, it loses its power, and people can block the arrow by raising the wooden shield and blocking it lightly.

He really wanted to order his soldiers to open the camp and rush out to break these two guys into pieces, but he was worried that the other party had some arrangements such as ambush plans, and after hesitating for a while, the sweat was about to flow down. I thought hard in my heart: If Mr. Du was here, what would he do?

"General Ma, please give the order for the soldiers to fire!" A military attache of 100 households shouted: "If you blast over, there will always be someone who can hit him." ”

"No! No more indiscriminate fire! Ma Rulong shook his head and said: "There is no point in shooting at this distance, it will only waste ammunition, unless they get a little closer......"

As soon as Ma Rulong's words fell, he saw Zhu Yuanzhang and Wang Er actually walking forward again.

Zhu Yuanzhang walked very slowly, and as he walked, he carefully estimated the distance, because he knew very well that if he walked into a distance of about two hundred feet, the probability of hitting him would be very high if he used a salvo of more than ten firearms on the opposite side, so he walked forward very carefully for more than ten meters and stood at a place of about two hundred and forty feet.

At this distance, the chances of being hit by a firebolt are still not high, but ...... Wang Er's bow can threaten the officers and soldiers above the arrow tower at this distance.

"Wang Er!" Zhu Yuanzhang smiled: "Let me see how your archery skills are?" ”

"Hah! I'm just going to shoot an arrow. Wang Er took off the big bow from his back with his backhand, knowing that his bow was completely different from the bow of an ordinary soldier. The bows of ordinary soldiers are all seven-bucket bows, but Wang Er's bow is a two-stone bow.

As we said earlier, one stone is equal to ten buckets, and the arm strength required to pull out a two-stone bow is about three times that of a seven-bucket bow. With this kind of string force, the maximum range of the arrows shot can reach 600 feet, of course, as with the problem of firearms, the maximum range is only a theoretical value, and it is impossible to have a hit rate. The more reliable hit distance of the Ershi bow is about 300 feet. For example, in the Three Kingdoms, the famous "Yuanmen Halberd", the arrow shot by Lu Bu was a hundred steps, which is about 300 feet.

Some friends who are not familiar with the ancient bow and arrow and fire gun technology simply think that the fire gun must be stronger than the bow and arrow, this view is wrong. At the time of the invention of the firebolt, although it was more powerful than the bow and arrow, it was inferior to the bow and arrow in range and hit rate. A strong, well-trained archer can shoot a firecracker down before it even comes into range. The reason why firecrackers can replace archers is mainly due to factors such as low training difficulty and fast formation of troops, not that firecrackers are necessarily stronger than bows and arrows, this must be remembered.

Wang Er pulled out the two-stone big bow, the string was like a full moon, aimed at a commander on the arrow tower, as his right hand was released, a strong arrow off the bowstring, like a black shuttle, across the long distance of two hundred and forty feet, straight to the arrow tower of the officers and soldiers.

"Oops!" The officers and soldiers on the arrow tower exclaimed in surprise and shrank their heads down at the same time.

With a whoosh, Wang Er's arrow grazed the scalp of an officer and soldier, and was inserted into the beam of the arrow tower with a "tuk", the tail feathers trembled slightly, and the aftermath lingered around the beam.

"It's a pity that I didn't shoot, hahaha!" Wang Er laughed, although he said pity in his mouth, there was no regret on his face, because ...... Shooting an arrow at an enemy face to face is unlikely to hit in the first place, and the enemy is not a wooden man, how can it be possible for you to shoot without dodging? In front of the two armies, bows and arrows generally had to be shot in pieces, or by using hidden arrows to hurt people, in order to shoot the enemy.

The purpose of Wang Er's arrow was not to shoot the enemy to death, but to force the enemy to make a dodge action, and that was enough!

Just now, the five gunners shot Zhu Bugs in a volley, but Zhu Bugs didn't dodge or dodge, and he didn't get shot even if he stood like this, and now Wang Er returned an arrow, but the enemy dodged it, and it was already clear who was high and who was low.

And this arrow has another use, several soldiers on the arrow tower were shot by this arrow, and at the same time, the arquebus on the bird gun was ignited again......

"Bang bang bang!" There were a few more light gunshots, two hundred and forty feet away is not far away, but it is not close, Zhu Yuanzhang's palms also pinched a handful of cold sweat, and said secretly in his heart: I hope my luck is not too bad, as long as my luck is not too bad at this distance, I should not be shot.

The gunfire stopped, and the luck of Zhu Yuanzhang and Wang Er was really not too bad, and both of them were unharmed! This round of firecrackers was still all missed.