"The whole army is ready!" With Liu Renliang's order, the musketeer, who was still like a wood carving just now, seemed to come to life all of a sudden, and the musket on his shoulder was suddenly in his hand, the gunpowder and bullets had already been loaded, and the loose mouth was also plugged with medicated paper, which could not only be more sealed, but also prevent the bullet from slipping out of the muzzle.

The musketeers in the first row raised their guns and aimed, the second and third rows were ready, and directly in front of them lay rows of wooden men in armor. With Liu Renliang's order, more than 30 soldiers in the first platoon fired at the same time, and then retreated to the last to reload the ammunition, and when the soldiers in the first two platoons finished shooting, they had already finished loading and raised their guns forward to shoot again.

This three-stage shooting method makes the gunfire continuous, and the front is an uninterrupted barrage, and the wooden people dozens of steps away are hitting sawdust, even if it is a strong armor, it will be pierced by a small projectile.

Li Shimin and others in the back held binoculars, observing the effect of musket shooting from a distance, when they saw those heavy armor being easily shot through, they all felt a trace of coolness, if they had encountered this kind of weapon on the battlefield back then, it is estimated that they would have been beaten into a sieve long ago.

The 100 musketeers fought more than a dozen rounds in total, during which the muskets were too hot, and the soldiers used the cool water they carried with them to cool the barrels, but even so, the rate of fire was not affected much. This made Li Shimin and his surprise to find that this kind of musket not only has stronger penetrating power than bows and arrows, but also does not take a break every few rounds of arrows like archers, so to speak, as long as the musket is not damaged. Musketeers can shoot almost from the beginning of the battle to the end of the battle.

Seeing this benefit of muskets, veterans such as Li Shimin and Li Jing all had their eyes lit up. At the same time, he began to caress the musket in his hand uncontrollably, and his face had a very ambiguous expression. It looks like a pervert caressing the smooth skin of a peerless beauty, which makes people shudder.

"Good! Good! Good! With such a sharp weapon to help, what else do I have to fear? As soon as the shooting demonstration of the musket stopped, Li Shimin immediately laughed and stepped forward and said, and at the same time praised Liu Renliang and the musketeers, as for Li Jing, the veterans, they immediately surrounded Liu Renliang and asked about various matters that need to be paid attention to in the practical use of the musket.

finally calmed down everyone's excited mood, and Li Shimin stepped forward with the veterans again. A closer look at the firing effect of the musket revealed that the first row of the wooden men in those rows suffered the most damage, not only was the armor beaten into a sieve, but even some of the wooden men were pierced. Although the damage received by the second row is not as good as that of the first row, as long as it is hit, the armor is generally pierced.

In addition, Li Shimin and the others also understand that this is still a wooden man who will not fall down after being shot, if it is placed on a real battlefield. No matter how many enemies come in, as long as the musket has enough firepower, then the enemy can be shot layer by layer. The only thing to worry about is that the range of muskets is now about the same as that of bows and arrows. Therefore, the musketeers on the battlefield are not completely safe, and they must also be protected by other armies, after all, if these musketeers who are not good at close combat are entangled by the enemy. Then it is likely that there will be huge casualties.

After watching the demonstration of the musket, Li Shimin and the others couldn't wait to watch the demonstration of the artillery. As a result, the hundred musketeers immediately acted as gunners again and began to reload ammunition. Although there were only ten real gunners among them, others had also learned how to operate the artillery, and although it may not be possible to do it in actual combat, it was not difficult to demonstrate it.

When twenty artillery pieces fired at the city wall in the distance together, the overwhelming momentum made everyone have a sense of blood boiling, especially Li Shimin, a veteran of the battlefield, and saw the value of artillery at a glance, although the real lethality of this artillery is not very strong, but the deterrent power is incomparable.

Coupled with the roar of the artillery like thunder, it has already won the enemy's will before it is seen, so when the two armies clash, the artillery is likely to decide the outcome of a war. In addition, the power of artillery in attacking fortifications is also extremely strong, the city wall used for demonstration quickly collapsed from the middle under the attack of twenty guns, although this wall is not comparable to the real city wall of the city, but it is also very strong, I did not expect to be so easily collapsed by artillery.

After seeing the extraordinary power of the muskets of the artillery, Li Shimin and the others were overjoyed, not only rewarded Liu Renliang and all the soldiers of the firearms battalion on the spot, but also immediately summoned several craftsmen who came with them, and also gave them a lot of money, and at the same time ordered them to stay in this thunderbolt courtyard, and all the materials in the courtyard were temporarily dispatched by them, and when the muskets and artillery were manufactured, he would be rewarded.

Just when Li Shimin was very excited to get the musket and artillery, in the East Palace of Chang'an City, Li Chengqian, who was the crown prince, grabbed the vase next to him, and then slammed it to the ground, resulting in a splash of broken porcelain. Seeing Li Chengqian's anger, the other people sitting in the hall glanced at each other, with a hint of helplessness in their eyes.

"Prince, although King Wei has been greatly rewarded, he has always been favored by His Majesty, and now he has repaired the Kuodi Chronicles, so he should be rewarded heavily, so His Highness doesn't need to be too angry about this!" A middle-aged man in his thirties sitting at the head below said, this person is wearing a royal robe, and he is also a prince's dress, but he is older than Li Chengqian, the prince, so the other party is naturally not Li Shimin's son, in fact, his name is Li Yuanchang, Li Shimin's seventh brother, and he is now the king of Han.

Li Yuanchang is Li Chengqian's uncle and an important figure in the prince's line, usually Li Chengqian is very polite to Li Yuanchang, so there are some things that others can't say, but Li Yuanchang can say it.

And Li Chengqian, who was full of anger, heard his uncle's words, and immediately turned into a look full of grievances and said: "Seventh uncle, the reward is even counted, but the state has etiquette and law, and everything must be done according to the rules, but just because Li Tai repaired this book, he has been rewarded one after another, and the monthly consumption has also increased greatly, and the specifications are higher than that of me, the prince, what is this partiality?" ”

The more Li Chengqian spoke, the angrier he became, and finally slammed the table with his fist. In fact, it's no wonder he was angry, Li Tai was ordered to repair a geography book describing the territory and political regions during the Tang Zhenguan period, called the Kuo Di Zhi, originally this book was completed two years later, but Li Tai felt the threat of Li Su, and ordered someone to step up the compilation, and finally completed it last month, and was rewarded by Li Shimin, which was also normal, but Li Shimin was really a little partial to Li Tai, and the reward was not over, and it also increased the monthly consumption of the Wei Palace, which was higher than the prince's East Palace, which made Li Chengqian naturally angry and hateful.

"Your Highness, it's useless to be angry now, and Your Majesty's favor for King Wei is not a day or two, the most important thing now is how to deal with this aggressiveness of King Wei?" At this moment, a purple-robed minister who was only sitting at the head of Li Yuanchang said, although this person was wearing an official uniform, but his appearance was extremely powerful, the tip of his nose was slightly curved, and he looked very urban, if Li Su was here, he would definitely recognize that the other party was Hou Junji, who was currently the secretary of the ministry.

Seeing Hou Junji's persuasion, one of Li Chengqian's henchmen, Du He, the son of the late Tang Dynasty Prime Minister Du Ruhui, also spoke: "Hou Shangshu is right, after this incident, the Wei Wang party will definitely be in great momentum, if we don't fight back, it will definitely make the other party more arrogant. ”

As soon as Du He's words came out, he immediately attracted a resonance from the people present, and those who were a little shallow had begun to scold King Wei for no one in the party, and the few people who did not speak were also gloomy, although Li Chengqian was the crown prince of the Tang Dynasty, but the King of Wei relied on His Majesty's favor to entangle the henchmen to oppose them, especially after the most favored King of Qi Li Su withdrew from the battle for the throne, there was no one in Chang'an City to compete with Li Tai for favor, which led to the momentum of the King of Wei, and even the people of the prince's family had to let each other score three points.

However, although these princelings in the palace were noisy and shouting, there was no good way in the end, after all, the power of the Wei Wang Party all came from His Majesty's favor for the King of Wei, and the only way to solve the current situation was to make the prince more favored than the King of Wei, but unfortunately this was not something they could change at all.

Listening to the noise of the people below, Li Chengqian only felt a headache, and finally simply let everyone disperse, leaving only Li Yuanchang, Du He and Hou Junji.

The four of them came to Li Chengqian's study, and then sat down separately, and it was Li Yuanchang who took the lead and said: "Your Highness, now that the King of Wei is getting more and more powerful, the prince, you have been forced into a desperate situation, we only have one last way left, please make a decision as soon as possible, prince!" ”

As soon as Li Yuanchang's words came out, Li Chengqian's body couldn't help but tremble, and his face became extremely pale, and after a while, he said in a hoarse voice: "Uncle Huang, we haven't reached that point yet, everything has to be discussed in the long run!" ”

And Hou Junji next to him also frowned and said: "His Royal Highness the King of Han, what the prince said is right, although the King of Wei is powerful now, there are very few ministers in the court who support him, so as long as His Royal Highness the Crown Prince does not make any big mistakes, His Majesty will not have any excuse to mention the abolition of the establishment, so the most important thing now is that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince must calm down and must not be rash!" (To be continued.) )