"Your Majesty, since you don't want to give weapons to His Royal Highness King Qi, then it is better to do this, we can buy a batch of new firearms from His Royal Highness King Qi, and then see if these two firearms are really as invincible as Li Shi said." Li Ji suddenly stood up and said. The reason why he proposed to buy firearms was that he believed that those two firearms were really as powerful as Li Shi had described, and as long as Li Shimin saw the power of the two firearms with his own eyes, it would be much easier for him to agree to Li Su for a manufacturing method.

Li Shimin may not be able to see the implied meaning of Li Ji's words, but he is also very curious about the two weapons called muskets and artillery, and wants to see with his own eyes whether the weapons that make all the generals of the family so admired really have such extraordinary power?

Thinking of this, Li Shimin immediately spoke: "Okay, then let the household department allocate a sum of money and go to Dengzhou to discuss the purchase with Liulang!" ”

Hearing that Li Shimin's tone finally relaxed, Li Jing and Li Ji were finally relieved, although it would take a while to buy weapons, as long as His Majesty could see the power of the two weapons with his own eyes, and then agree to issue an order to ask King Qi for a manufacturing method, then it was all worth it.

However, just when Li Shimin was about to ask someone to draft the holy decree, suddenly a small yellow door rushed over, and when he saw Li Shimin, he immediately reported: "Your Majesty, His Royal Highness King Qi has sent someone back, and he is now asking for a meeting outside the palace gate." ”

When Li Shimin heard the news, he glanced at Li Jing, and then ordered: "Announce his audience!" ”

Xiao Huangmen agreed, turned around and galloped away. After a while, I saw a black and thin middle-aged man wearing a general's costume walking quickly. After seeing Li Shimin, he immediately gave a military salute and said: "The last general, Liu Renliang, long live my emperor!" ”

"Flat!" Li Shimin looked Liu Renliang up and down with some doubts. After a long while, he spoke, "Liu Renliang." I remember that when you went to Dengzhou with the King of Qi, you served as the lord of the palace, why did you become a military general now? ”

When Li Su went to Dengzhou to take office, he deliberately appointed Liu Renliang, who was unknown, to serve as the head of the palace, which made Li Shimin very surprised, so he also specially summoned the other party, and found that the other party had a square personality and worked seriously, which was indeed a manufacturable material. That's why I agreed, but I didn't expect to see each other again, but Liu Renliang changed from a civil servant to a military general, which is very rare.

Liu Renliang didn't expect His Majesty the Emperor to remember himself as a little person, and replied very excitedly: "Your Majesty, the last general originally served as the chief of the palace, but later His Highness needed to train a new army, which is different from other existing armies, although the last general has no experience in leading troops. But His Royal Highness King Qi just saw this point of the middle and late generals, and thought that in this way he would not be bound by previous experience, so he handed over the new army to the last general for training! ”

Hearing Liu Renliang say that he had trained a new army, Li Shimin's heart moved. Immediately spoke: "Is the new army you have trained a firearms battalion that shines on the battlefield of the Japanese Kingdom?" ”

"Your Highness, it's the Firearms Battalion!" Liu Renliang replied again.

Heard Liu Renliang's answer. Li Shimin glanced at Li Jing and the others next to him, and there was a hint of smugness in his eyes. Although Liu Renliang has not said the purpose of his visit this time, Li Shimin is so smart. Just from Liu Renliang's position, I guessed the reason why he came to see him.

In fact, Li Shimin guessed correctly, Liu Renliang did come to send him the manufacturing methods of muskets and artillery, and also brought a hundred soldiers from the firearms battalion, who will be responsible for demonstrating the power of these two new firearms for Li Shimin, and they will also stay in Chang'an for the time being afterwards to teach the tactics of the new firearms to the generals of the Tang Dynasty, so as not to make detours when they are groping.

After Li Shimin and Li Jing listened to Liu Renliang's intentions, they all showed excited looks, especially Li Shimin, who was more satisfied with his son in his heart, and did not hide almost anything from himself, which was the greatest filial piety. But then Li Shimin thought of Li Chengqian and Li Tai, who were also his sons, and the two of them did many dirty things behind their backs in order to compete for the throne. Now Li Su has opened up a large area of land overseas, but the two of them only know how to fight in the nest, this comparison makes Li Shimin's love for Li Su a little worse.

Liu Renliang came to demonstrate the power of new firearms, and during this period of time, Li Shimin and their ears are all about the two new firearms, so they have long been curious, and now I heard Liu Renliang say that he has brought a batch of muskets and artillery to Chang'an, and now it will be stopped in the palace of the king of Qi, as a result, Li Shimin immediately ordered all the new troops to bring muskets and artillery to the Perak Courtyard outside the city, where there is a special firearms demonstration field.

When Li Shimin and Li Jing, a group of veterans, arrived together, the new army had already been prepared, 20 artillery pieces were lined up, and the swarthy muzzles of the guns pointed obliquely at the sky.

Li Xiaogong, who had just arrived, stepped forward to touch these artillery, although his face was a little thin, but his eyes were bright, as if he wanted to see at a glance how these artillerymen killed the enemy.

Originally, Li Xiaogong did not go with Li Jing to persuade Li Shimin, mainly because he was Li Su's cousin, and he had the closest relationship with Li Su, so although he also coveted the power of the two new firearms, it was not good to go with Li Jing and them to persuade Li Shimin to ask Li Su for it, otherwise it would be too unkind, but when he heard that Li Su sent Liu Renliang to demonstrate firearms, he immediately rode a horse and ran over.

Originally, according to the original history, Li Xiaogong should have died of illness this year, but the current Li Xiaogong is different from history, he is now one of the vice presidents of the military academy, and he usually has a lot of things to do, and he is no longer at home all day long like in history, and he is the kind of person who is busier and more energetic, so in recent years, his body has become more and more robust, and there are even some signs of fortune, but at the beginning of this year, he had a serious illness, fortunately, after Sun Simiao's diagnosis and treatment, plus his body is relatively strong, That's why I carried it, but it was much thinner than before.

Seeing Li Xiaogong groping up and down to study the artillery, Li Jing, who was also the vice principal of the military academy, looked at the musketeers lined up in three rows next to him with bright eyes, only to see him walk over and look at the clothes of the musketeers, and then look at the musket like a steel pipe, and at the same time said to one of the soldiers: "Show me the weapon in your hand!" ”

As the head of the Tang Dynasty generals, Li Su ordered a soldier to show him the weapon, which was naturally nothing, but what everyone didn't expect was that the ordinary soldier stood there carrying a musket as if he hadn't heard Li Jing's words at all, looking ahead with his eyes unblinking, without the slightest reaction.

Seeing this situation, Li Jing was stunned for a moment, then immediately reacted, laughed at the moment, patted the other party's shoulder and said, "Not bad!" Not bad! After speaking, he turned his head to Liu Ren next to him: "General Liu, you order them to give me a weapon in their hands, so that the old man can take a good look!" ”

Although Li Jing is the head of the generals of the Tang Dynasty, Liu Renliang is the highest commander of the firearms battalion, so his words and soldiers don't have to pay attention to it, everything only obeys Liu Renliang's orders.

Although the above seems simple, the army that can do this can undoubtedly be called elite, so Li Jing patted the other party's shoulder and admired, and at the same time looked at Liu Renliang, a military general who became a monk halfway, after all, many military generals in the Tang Dynasty could not train the army in their hands like this, but a civilian official did it, no wonder the firearms battalion shined on the battlefield of the Japanese Kingdom.

Liu Renliang was also very satisfied when he saw the performance of his soldiers, but he didn't take the gun from the soldier's hand, but took out a new musket from a box next to him, and then handed it to Li Jing and said: "Qi Wei Gong, the soldiers of the firearms battalion regard the musket in their hands as their own lives, unless they die in battle, they will not be handed over to others, but here are the prepared muskets, please Wei Gong and the old generals to check it!" ”

Hearing Liu Renliang's words, Li Jing and a group of veterans couldn't help but think a little more highly of him, and even Li Shimin showed a look of appreciation, and at the same time secretly praised his son Li Su in his heart for employing people, this Liu Renliang Yunwen Yunwu will definitely be a pillar in the future.

Then everyone stepped forward one after another, picked up the musket in the box and looked at it, but unfortunately they didn't know the use of the musket at all, but the more they looked at it, the more confused they became, but Li Xiaogong, who had been studying artillery, seemed to see a little way, took out a solid bullet from the box next to him, and put it on the muzzle of the gun to compare. In fact, he also had a flash of inspiration, and suddenly found that this cannon seemed to be similar to the principle of fireworks set off during the New Year, but this thing used the power of gunpowder to knock out the iron ball in his hand.

Li Shimin and they couldn't understand it, so Liu Renliang naturally wanted to explain it to everyone, but he started with the principle of artillery, and finally talked about muskets. In fact, whether it is a musket or an artillery, the principle is the same, and even the musket can basically be regarded as a miniature version of the artillery, but its ignition method is more advanced.

"Your Majesty, please step back with the generals, and the last general will start with the musket." Liu Renliang bowed down and said to Li Shimin. After he finished explaining the firing principle of muskets and artillery, Li Shimin and the old generals immediately couldn't wait to watch the demonstration of real guns and live ammunition, and Liu Renliang was also shocked, and the next thing was the performance time for him and his soldiers, but for safety, he did not forget to let Li Shimin retreat. (To be continued.) )