Guan Yong and Hou Jun also went to see the excitement together, to their surprise, the camp of this escort is too strong, for weapons and armor, the Ministry of War usually sends officials from the headquarters to cooperate with the government soldiers to transport, and sometimes it is handed over to the official messenger to transport, and this time, the clothes are impressively from the left and right Yiwei Xiao cavalry battalion, that is the emperor's personal guard in the capital, one by one fresh clothes and angry armor, strict discipline, the leader of the people, or the Xiao cavalry captain, the equipment of the three carriages, actually used three teams of more than 100 Xiao cavalry transport.

It's such a big battle, and I don't know what it is, it's so grand.

Moving heavy boxes from the carriage, Hou Jun noticed that these boxes were not only sealed, but also painted with fire paint, which can be said to be double insurance, which seemed very careful, and Liu Yuan also checked them one by one before signing for them.

"General, these are the secret weapons you call them?" After waiting for the people from the Xiao Cavalry Battalion to leave, Hou Jun said with a surprised expression.

"That's right, go and get them to be moved back to the barracks, heavily guarded, and besides, get the people together." Liu Yuan smiled and said, "Don't you want to see this secret weapon?" Now is the time to open your eyes and get you to see and familiarize yourself with the power of the new weapon. ”

Guan Yong and Hou Jun agreed, and quickly asked someone to help move things, not only commanding on the side, but also helping to carry the goods, in fact, the Yangwei army under the battlefield, got along very well, there was no struggle and contradiction between each other, there were not so many rules, this was affected by the temperament of the main general, Liu Yuan has always been generous to the soldiers under his command, and he has won the love of the soldiers.

The two didn't expect that Liu Yuan did not test the secret weapon in the camp, but withdrew dozens of miles to the territory of Datang and found an inaccessible place, so that the secret weapon expected by the Yangwei army was displayed in front of the Yangwei army.

The seal is torn off, and the fire paint is opened. When the wooden box was opened, everyone was dumbfounded: what kind of weapon was this, long, round, not a knife, not a spear, not a mace, neither heavy nor sharp, and it really did not see what power it had.

Guan Yong picked up a stick casually, feeling a little fluttering, and after a few swings, it didn't feel smooth. I couldn't help but say with some disappointment: "General, this is what you call the secret weapon?" This is too ordinary, it is better to use a large blade. ”

"It's not easy, General, is this for another purpose?" Hou Jun thought much more comprehensively than Guan Yong.

Liu Yuan smiled. took the firearm in Guan Yong's hand and coughed dryly. Wait for the Yang Wei army to calm down. Only then did he say with a straight face: "Brothers, look at it, this is our new weapon, the fire gun, as the name suggests, the fire gun." It has to have fire, and it has to be used with gunpowder, so that its power can be highlighted, as for whether it is powerful or not. Ben will make a demonstration, and you will see the way of it. ”

After speaking, Liu Yuan pointed at Guan Yong and said, "Take off your armor." ”

"General, why do you want to be armored?" Guan Yong stammered a little.

Blindly refuting Liu Yuan just now, isn't this to drive himself out of the Yangwei Army?

"Didn't you say you didn't believe in its power? Now let you see, you don't have to take anything else, Ben will know that your armor is made by a famous craftsman, hard, lightweight, knives and guns can't enter, and the arrows can't be injured, it's the most suitable to use it as a test, okay, take it off quickly. ”

Although he felt a little inappropriate in his heart, Guan Yong still took off his armor very much, and he was now full of doubts in his heart, what was the power of that strange thing.

In the astonished eyes of everyone, Liu Yuan asked people to dig a wooden stake sixty paces away, and then hung up Guan Yong's armor, and at the same time as hanging the armor, Liu Yuan had already picked up a fire system to fill with gunpowder and iron pellets.

There is a little regret, although Liu Yuan has specified the direction, but also proposed to improve the method of ironmaking, but the time is too short, too hasty, the fire gun has not been much improved, Liu Yuan proposed the breech filling method, did not have time to apply, the current fire gun, but also the most primitive pre-filling method, said to be the fire gun, in fact, is an iron pipe, fortunately at this time the level of science and technology is still very low, even if such a thing is taken out, there is still a very big advantage.

Liu Yuan has tried to shoot many times in the military department, and it is not a technical job, but it has been filled in for a while.

"Look at it, look at the power of this secret weapon." After Liu Yuan finished speaking, he also deliberately glanced at Guan Yong and Hou Jun, meaning that they could see it clearly, so as not to say that their words were exaggerated.

In full view of everyone, Liu Yuan aimed at the armor at sixty paces, skillfully lit the fuse, and soon, there was a loud "bang", the fire pipe mouth flashed, and a lot of smoke with the smell of sulfur rose, followed by a "pop", sixty steps away The armor suddenly shook violently, fortunately, the person present served as a guard when the stone mountain was blown up, and he did not panic for a while.

Liu Yuan was very satisfied with everyone's stunned reaction, nodded and said, "Captain Lieutenant Chi, take the armor back, and let everyone take a good look at the role of this secret weapon." ”

"Yes, General." Yu Chi Baoqing hurriedly responded, and quickly took back the armor that was hanging in the distance as a target.

After the armor was taken back, under Liu Yuan's signal, Yu Chi Baoqing raised it high, so that everyone present could see it clearly, and everyone gasped when they saw it: the best armor was pierced with a hole the size of a finger, and an iron ball was deeply embedded in the armor at the back, almost penetrating this armor at once.

Many people changed color on the spot, sixty steps away, and there is such power, even the five-stone strong bow does not have such power, this is too scary, Guan Yong is also scared, obviously, if someone wears this armor, then it is estimated that the life is gone.

"How about it" Liu Yuan patted Guan Yong on the shoulder and said: "As long as the ammunition is filled in advance and aimed, a three-year-old child can ignite and knock it down in one go, Ben will not lie." ”

"No, no, the general is really powerful."

Guan Yong can now be said to be a five-body throw to Liu Yuan, he didn't want to take it off just now, he was wearing what he asked him to test, but he was habitually obedient, and it was difficult to refute Liu Yuan's opinion, so he took off his armor, otherwise, his body was pierced at this time.

Wei Chi Baoqing said with a surprised face: "General, what are these, why are they so powerful?" ”

"Yes, General, this thing seems to use gunpowder, why is it so powerful?"

"It turns out that this is a secret weapon, which is also too powerful, and the armor of the Tubo people in front of it is like papier-mâché."

"Exactly, exactly"

Liu Yuan hadn't spoken yet, and everyone was already talking excitedly, staring at the fire gun in Liu Yuan's hand one by one, and stars were about to pop out of their eyes.

"This is a firearm" Liu Yuan said with a straight face: "This is the latest weapon that we have developed in Datang, because we are carrying out difficult tasks, so we give priority to equipping our powerful army, but it is not easy to build, so you must cherish it." ”

When everyone heard this, they hurriedly agreed.

Then, Liu Yuan began to serve as an instructor, instructing them how to fill gunpowder, how to aim, how to clean the gun, etc., the operation of the fire system is simple, it is all a hand, less than half an hour, the Yangwei army will have a hand, and train on the spot, for the quasi-head, Liu Yuan is not strict, after all, these guns are too simple, and the accuracy is far from being comparable with the guns of later generations, fortunately, it is now the era of cold weapons, relying on the tactics of the sea of people, when fighting, the person is rushing over, it is not an exaggeration to say, Even with your eyes closed, you can hit it.

The accuracy requirements are average, but Liu Yuan has very strict requirements for the queue, and adopts a relatively mature "three-stage attack" method, that is, a team shooting, a team of preparation, and a team of filling, so that an intensive and continuous firepower expenditure can be formed, and the power is amazing, which requires everyone to have proficient filling skills, and the tacit understanding between the three teams is also very important.

The Yangwei Army is a combat-gifted and disciplined force, and in just one day's work, they have mastered the use of firearms, and the queue is beginning to bear fruit.

However, Liu Yuan was not satisfied, sharpened his knife and cut wood, and continued to train the Yangwei army while arranging preparations for infiltrating Tibet.

Early the next morning, Liu Yuan took the Yangwei army to start training, mainly to improve the proficiency of filling gunpowder and queue shooting, while training, while immediately starting to solve the exposed problems, although these live ammunition shooting consumed a lot, but seeing that the Yangwei army was improving little by little, Liu Yuan was still very happy in his heart.

"General, are we still practicing fire at noon?" At lunchtime, Hou Jun asked a little strangely.

"No," Liu Yuan shook his head and said, "Let's practice horses at noon." ”

Guan Yong said in surprise: "Training? General, no, who can enter the mighty army, which is not a good horseman, it is not an exaggeration to say that subordinates can ride horses even with their eyes closed. ”

"For the Yangwei army, it is basic to shoot the enemy with a bow while riding a horse." Chen Feng on the side also echoed.

Because of his special skills, Chen Feng was also fortunate to be selected and followed Liu Yuan's side, in fact, like Tang Dashan, who is proficient in surviving in the wild, Zhou Fei, who runs the fastest, and others, Liu Yuan has left a place for them, which is called "one trick is fresh, eat all over the world", talents, there are not too many at any time.

Liu Yuan said lightly: "The first time you heard the sound of gunpowder explosion, many people were also frightened, people are like this, not to mention the beasts, we enter Tibet, horses are our most important means of transportation, have you thought about it, when the fire sounds, those horses are frightened and run, at that time, Tubo does not move, and their own people are in chaos, so we have to let the horses adapt to this sound, so as not to get tired." ”

This military department is also too nonsense, and it is good to keep it secret, but it is too late, and it is really a headache to send the fire to the hand when it is about to go to the battlefield.

Fortunately, Liu Yuan is not in a hurry now, because Liu Yuan is waiting for something, and such a thing has not yet arrived. (To be continued......)