The leader was killed so quickly, and the rest of the people also lost their fighting spirit, either kneeling down and surrendering or scattering, and those who tried to flee were chased and put down by Shanhui, and none of the ambush team of more than 50 people ran back to the county seat.

Xia Fan walked over to Li and picked up the weapon that Ueno had left behind.

He was surprised to find that it was actually a magnificently shaped musket.

"What kind of Dingxi is this?" said Li, wiping the blood from his hands.

"Handguns, similar to a small bow and crossbow. Xia Fan checked the firearms and confirmed his judgment - there were no magazines and runners, and they were still in a simple front-loading form. The lighter has appeared, and it can be activated with a single pull of the trigger, but it is only a shot. In other words, the musket can only be used in a last-ditch fight, and cannot be used as a normal weapon.

He crouched down again and fumbled around the dead warrior for a while, finding a small packet of buckshot and a bag of what resembled gunpowder.

Obviously, the existence of qi has not hindered the exploration and study of natural phenomena by people in the world, and perhaps it has accelerated a little.

At least he had never seen a similar weapon in the hands of the guards of Gaoshan County or Jinxia City.

In addition, Xia Fan also turned out a few short daggers, a bag of medicine bags, two rune papers and a waist card. With that musket, if you really get entangled with Ueno for a long time, I'm afraid it's really much more difficult to deal with than the evil one.

"Lord Xia, what are you going to do with these people?" asked Nagi Qing, who had shocked the audience, walking over with a bloody long knife.

More than 50 people died in less than half an hour, and the 20 or so people who were alive had completely lost their will to fight, and there was only fear in their eyes.

Especially when they looked at the wolf-like mountains.

"Have you asked about your identity?"

"Yes, they are not from Dongsheng Kingdom, but the thugs of the Donghai Gang recruited by the Wang family. They only said that they were going to kill one person, but they didn't tell them that they were dealing with the Privy Council. ”

In other words, except for the Ueno samurai who led the team, everyone else was a rabble.

Is this the royal family's underestimation of the enemy?

No, I'm afraid Wang Yi'an didn't figure out the situation himself - if he could immediately receive the news of Ning Wanjun's meeting with the evil horse witch, it would only mean that there were ghosts around the princess.

Perhaps he thought that a samurai who was good at battle and more than fifty thugs was enough to encircle and suppress a monk who could only do shocks.

And from the point of view of common sense, his judgment really can't be wrong.

Where did ordinary people think that the primer needed for seismic techniques has changed from a rare thing like lightning striking wood to a copper wire pendant that is readily available?

It's just that after the failure of this move, the other party should be more vigilant.

Xia Fan quickly sorted out the situation in his mind, "Tie up all those who are still alive, and hand them over to Li Xing to take back to Jinxia City early tomorrow morning." ”

This group of people saw Shanhui's tengu form, and they couldn't be thrown to the Fenghua County government to take care of, in case Yang Zhi County here was also linked to the Wang family, then it is estimated that the rumors of the new promotion of the Ministry of Orders will be all over the streets the next day.

Of course, he could also cut down the surrenderers and shut them up completely, but he always found it difficult to say this kind of order to kill prisoners in order to save trouble.

Now that he is in a high position, a single thought can take people's lives, and even affect the people of a place, because of this, Xia Fan feels that he should be more cautious in making judgments.

"What about the dead?"

"I'll notify the government and let them clean up the scene. ”

It has only been less than a week since he took office, and the Wang family dared to send someone to besiege and kill the government, which is very likely to be instructed by the Privy Council - after all, on the surface, he belongs to the princess faction, and has not yet directly threatened the status of the Wang family.

Xia Fan had a vague premonition in his heart that the moment when the two sides completely tore their faces would not be too far away.

......

Back in Jinxia City, he immediately placed the musket in front of Ning Wanjun.

"Does Qiguo have this thing?"

"Isn't this a sleeve cannon? Ning Wanjun picked up the gun with great interest, and compared it to a shooting posture - obviously she had seen this thing, "Where did you get it?"

Xia Fan recounted his trip to Fenghua County, "Judging from the handle pattern, it doesn't look like the style of Qiguo." ”

"It's true, as far as I know, the Ministry of Industry doesn't make this thing. ”

"Why, this is the key to the age of firearms!"

If the senior management has not heard of it, it will be fine, but listening to the tone of the other party, the senior management not only knows, but also does not pay much attention to it. This means that in the development of firearms, Qiguo has lagged behind others.

"The era of firearms?" Ning Wanjun raised her eyebrows, "It's just a cannon in your sleeve, is it as important as you said?" The power is small, the shot is slow, and it may not be able to hit people within ten meters, let alone the alchemist." The army has studied that this weapon is flashy, and the materials consumed are not as good as using it to cast cannons. ”

"Wait, cast cannon?" Xia Fan asked, "What cannon?"

"Technology from the Far West. It's almost that big, and the principle is much the same as that of a sleeve cannon. The princess stretched out her hand and gestured, and in Xia Fan's eyes, she turned the other party sideways, which was basically close to the size she described, "Although it is also slow, if you hit, at least you will be killed or injured." ”

Emotional gunpowder weapons have begun to emerge in this world.

"There are also equipment in the Qiguo Army?"

"This is a military plane," Ning Wanjun glanced at him, "but it doesn't hurt to tell you." There were few similar equipment in the border army, and only a small amount of the Holy Imperial Forest Army was equipped with it. It has too many shortcomings, it consumes iron and copper, and its weight is extremely heavy, making it completely unsuitable for fast movement in the wild. What's more, iron cannons are easily restrained by always, especially Lijutsu, Xunjutsu, and Kanjutsu. If it weren't for the insistence of someone in the Ministry of Industry on wanting to improve, it would have been eliminated long ago. ”

"Oh? Xia Fan said curiously.

"Why, this thing is not ordinary?" the princess sensed his concern, and couldn't help but get serious, "Some detachment techniques can detonate saltpeter powder at a long distance, allowing it to kill opponents who are wielding cannons, and Sunjutsu can change the direction of the wind to make iron cannons lose their alignment—a trick that is often used against archers." As for Kanjutsu, there are even more, creating dense fog, illusions, and illusions can limit the enemy's long-range attacks, forcing them to fight in close quarters. The above tactics have been tested in actual combat, and they are not my own utopian dreams. ”

Xia Fan suddenly had a general idea in his heart, it turned out that the Qiguo army had already put it into actual combat, but the performance of this kind of artillery was not satisfactory, so it was not popularized.

This is indeed information that only the third princess can grasp.

If he hadn't cooperated with Ning Wanjun, I'm afraid it would be a long time before he came into contact with the relevant information.

It is precisely because he has seen the development of firearms that Xia Fan has a completely different view of this point of view - just like the train was not as good as the carriage when it first came out, but the products of the era will eventually surpass the times, the seemingly bulky artillery can be upgraded to a field gun after adding a gun carriage and wheels, and the musket is engraved rifling, and the spherical bullet is changed to a Mini bullet, the shooting accuracy will be greatly improved, these improvements often come from a novel idea, and there is no technical hard requirement, so it may be a long time, or it may appear in decades.

If the technology mastered by Qiguo came from the Far West, what stage has the birthplace progressed now?

Master Zhang of the Privy Council may have said something right.

Fangshi should always give priority to improving its strength.

He had to be prepared in advance.

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