"Ladies and gentlemen, you don't have to worry too much! Although this thing is very powerful, it is too close to attack and can only be used to attack cities. If it is used for field battles, then I am afraid that a team of light cavalry can be sent to sneak attack them, so don't be too afraid! Li Shimin said.

I have to say that Li Shimin is very good at being a man, and he didn't cheer when he saw this scene, but he didn't forget to comfort these heroes who fought the world with him. And those veterans were also relieved when they heard this, after all, this is only used for siege cities, and if it is used for field battles, I am afraid that it will not be able to fight at all. Once used in the field, his slow firing speed and very close range were enough to kill them. Therefore, you can't use this flying thunder cannon in the field, which makes everyone feel a lot more relieved.

But Jingwen immediately added fuel to the fire again and said: "We also have field artillery!" ”

"What? Can cannons still be used in field battles? Li Shimin asked.

"Your Majesty, it's another kind of cannon, a cannon specially used for field battles!" Jingwen said.

"Take me to see it!" Li Shimin said.

Originally, Li Shimin was also surprised by this flying thunder cannon that could break the city wall of Chang'an City, but now there is a cannon used for field battles, which of course makes him extremely happy. If the cannon can be used in field battles, then the combat effectiveness of Datang will increase very much in the future. And this is also the political family, although Li Shimin is a general, but he is indeed a political family. Li Shimin doesn't care about any generals who are outdated, he just cares if the Tang army is strong enough.

Soon Jingwen also led everyone to the bronze cannon, and then said: "Your Majesty, this is a cannon that can fight in the field, please watch it!" ”

Soon, the gunpowder technicians loaded the bronze cannon with gunpowder and solid shells, and aimed it directly at the distance. And you can see clearly that in the distance are some pigs and sheep and other animals. They were tied up, and then apparently they were targeted.

"Your Majesty, wait for your subordinates to invite you to eat broth once!" Jingwen smiled sinisterly.

"Bump!"

The sound of cannonballs being fired rang out, and the pigs and sheep in the distance were quickly beaten into a miserable appearance. Many pigs and sheep were killed on the spot, and many were hit by the rebound of the shells, and they were all miserable, and they just couldn't survive.

And when those generals saw this scene, they were obviously extremely cold. Because they are also estimating what will happen to them if this power hits them. I'm afraid that even if you wear heavy armor, you won't be able to resist a direct hit from this cannon. I'm even afraid that I will die in the rebound. No one can underestimate this kind of power, after all, this time this cannon solid bullet pierced through more than a dozen rows of pigs and sheep at a time, which is enough to show the power.

"Your Majesty, this solid bullet can deal with the soldiers who have assembled into a phalanx. Once the enemy has assembled into a phalanx, then we can use this solid bullet to penetrate the enemy's phalanx, so that we can completely scatter the enemy's phalanx and be unable to fight. In the past, we used heavy cavalry to break the formation, but the heavy cavalry training was expensive, and every time the heavy cavalry was dispatched, the people ate the horses. The cost is not necessarily less than this cannon. And this cannon can use a lot of shells at once, and at that time any dense formation will not be able to withstand such shells! Therefore, the method of gathering infantry into a formation to attack together in the past no longer works. Jingwen said.

And Li Shimin also nodded, he knew that under the power of this kind of cannonball. Even in a dense formation, it can't be resisted. Although this cannon is made of bronze, it seems to be expensive at first glance. But if you want to use other means to break the formation, the cost is higher. Because the training of heavy cavalry was very expensive, and horses were also very expensive. A heavy cavalry does not necessarily cost less than a bronze cannon. Moreover, a heavy cavalry can only be used by one person, and this copper cannon can fire many shells, so on the whole, the cost of heavy cavalry is still higher than that of a qualified bronze cannon.

But. Li Jing quickly saw it and said, "Then we can line up our troops in a horizontal row, and don't place too many troops." We can attack in a horizontal line, so that the penetration ability of this shell is very poor, isn't it? Even if it penetrates, it won't be able to kill too many enemies! ”

Li Jing really deserves to be a veteran, and he quickly thought of a way to crack this solid bullet. That is to say, the thickness of the team is made thinner, so that this solid bullet with strong penetration power cannot kill too many enemies, so that he can ensure that most of the troops rush to the front line to fight the enemy. So, this cannon doesn't look as big as it seems.

But Jingwen said: "General Li, don't worry! Watch us perform next! ”

"Get on the shotgun!" Jingwen said.

The so-called shotgun is a small steel ball, and then put them in the same beaten paper shell. Once the shell is fired, it will be burned immediately, and then the small steel balls inside the shell will be fired. However, this small steel ball is not very powerful, and it is mainly used to kill and injure the enemy's living force. This kind of shotgun has a short range and low power, and does not pose much threat to fixed fortifications, but it can be fatal to ordinary infantry with poor defense capabilities.

Soon rows of pigs and sheep were placed again in the distance, but this time horizontally, so that a horizontal queue could be displayed. The gunpowder technicians then proceeded to load the shotgun into the chamber so that it was ready to fire.

"Ready, launch!" Jingwen shouted.

"Bump!"

Tiny shotguns were shot out one after another, and they rushed to the herd of pigs and sheep hundreds of meters away. When the shotgun landed, it fell like raindrops, kicking up a slight cloud of smoke and dust on the ground. But no one dared to underestimate the power of these shotguns, because those pigs and sheep also began to bleed, because these were obviously the effects of shotguns. And the pigs and sheep died on the ground, apparently using their lives to prove the power of the shotgun.

"Your Majesty, you see, every cannon fired once is enough to cause dozens of casualties among the enemy. And if there are dozens of artillery pieces, that one shot is enough to cause hundreds or even thousands of casualties, so it seems that the enemy can withstand several shots? Jingwen asked. (To be continued......)