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Chapter 825 Correct Name

Fengguo is still using smoothbore guns, that is, guns without rifling, if you shoot at distant targets, naturally there is not too high accuracy, but shooting only about 100 meters of targets, it is still nine times out of ten. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

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With a loud bang, the cannonball that shot out of the chamber landed exactly in the center of the pigs, and after a few seconds, there was another loud bang, and the cannonball exploded, shaking up the dust on the ground as high as it was.

Even the people sitting in the stands felt the ground shake. When the smoke and dust in the air cleared, people looked at it again, and the more than ten big fat pigs had all fallen to the ground, some of them were not moving, and some were still convulsing, dying.

Dozens of students from the military martial arts hall rushed over, lifted a dead pig that had been shot in the head, ran back to the stands, and then seriously arranged a dozen big fat pigs in a row for everyone to see.

Many ministers involuntarily stood up, craned their necks, and looked down the stage.

Even Tang Ling stood up at this time, looked down for a moment, she couldn't see it very clearly, she said to the female officer beside her: "Let people lift up!"

The female officer answered and conveyed Tang Ling's order.

After a short time, two Praetorian Guards carried a dead pig and came to Tang Ling. The latter lowered his head and looked closely, the dead pig had been hit by more than a dozen lead bullets and shrapnel, and the horror was that the skin and flesh around the bullet site had been blackened. Hey, he

Tang Ling was secretly taken aback, and asked Shangguan Xiu on the side, "Ah Xiu, this cannonball is poisonous?"

Shangguan Xiu nodded, took a sample of a flowering bomb from Qin Chuan, and explained: "This kind of cannonball is called a flowering bomb, also called a pomegranate bomb, and inside it, there are hundreds of projectiles, each of which has been soaked in severe poison, in addition, the gunpowder is also mixed with poisons such as Heding Red, Broken Intestine Poison, Dove Poison and so on. ”

(Crane top red is a more obscure name for arsenic, and it has nothing to do with the red on the top of the red-crowned crane's head.) It's amazing how much mystery there is in a small cannonball.

Tang Ling and the ministers around him were all amazed, judging by the lethality of this flowering shell, the salvo of nine artillery pieces had reduced the number of students of the Lingwu Academy by more than 20 people, which was actually not much at all, but it seemed a little less.

Song Sheng's face became more and more gloomy, and he asked unconvinced: "What about the spirit spear shooter? In the chaos of the army, how can the spirit gun shooter kill the enemy commander so accurately?"

Shangguan Xiu had long been prepared to deal with all kinds of criticism. He smiled lightly and said, "At that time, the distance between the two sides was only two hundred paces, and in such a close situation, the spirit spear shooter could make no mistakes. As he spoke, he nodded to Qiu Tong again.

Qiu Tong explained, and it didn't take long for a student riding a war horse to appear on the east side of the arena, and a student armed with a metal musket appeared on the west side of the arena. The distance between the two students was seven or eight hundred paces.

Seeing this, Tang Ling and the ministers present couldn't help but hold their breath and look at the two people on the field intently.

The student on the horse, holding the reins in one hand and pulling an apple out of his bosom with the other, lifted the apple high in the air, then slammed the stirrups with both feet and ran quickly towards the north of the field. He had not gone far before he turned his horse's head and turned south again.

There was no pattern to be found in his horse, one to the north, the other to the south, and so on. Just when people were still secretly wondering what was going on, suddenly, they heard a gunshot, and an astonishing scene happened, the student who was riding a horse and galloping, the apple in his hand shattered in response, and the rotten flesh and juice splashed all over his hand, but his palm did not hurt in the slightest.

There is a distance of seven or eight hundred paces, and it is still in the case of high-speed and irregular running of war horses, what is even more unbelievable is that the target is just a small apple, but the spirit spear shooter has an incredible shot, which is incredible.

Seeing this, everyone present was dumbfounded, even Qiu Tong was stunned for a while before coming back to his senses. Shangguan Xiu saw everyone's stunned appearance, and said with a smile: "This is the lethality of the spirit spear shooter, on the battlefield, before you find out about his existence, you have already died under his gun." As he spoke, he looked at Song Sheng and asked with a smile, "Lord Song, do you still think that the master of the Spirit Martial Academy will be shot to death?"

Song Sheng's face was extremely difficult to see, and he couldn't answer.

Seven or eight hundred steps such a distance, all within the range of the spirit spear shooter, and there is no missing bullet, just now the students on both sides are less than two hundred steps, the spirit spear shooter on the side of the military martial arts hall to kill the main general on the side of the spirit martial arts academy, it is too easy.

Seeing that Song Sheng was speechless, Shangguan Xiu didn't bother to pay attention to him, he turned his gaze, looked around at the rest of the ministers, and said: "It is precisely because of the existence of the spirit spear shooter that on the battlefield now, the generals on both sides of the enemy and us will deliberately dress up as soldiers, at least in long-distance observation, they are no different from ordinary soldiers." The reason why the gendarmerie unified the uniforms, except for the different textures, the uniforms of the officers and soldiers were exactly the same, and the colors and styles were exactly the same, it was precisely because of the consideration of avoiding the enemy's spirit marksmen. ”

"I see!" Shangguan Xiu explained, and people finally understood why the gendarmerie was so strange, not only in a strange style, but also in the same dress regardless of the generals and soldiers, if they were not carefully separated, they could not see the difference between the generals and ordinary soldiers.

"Lord Guogong, I'm waiting to be taught!"

Shangguan Xiu smiled and said: "The gendarmerie and the military hall have just been established, and there are indeed many deficiencies. His words sounded polite, but to put it mildly, he brushed aside the fault of the gendarmerie escorting the robbery of the official silver.

The military martial arts hall shined in the exercise, and with zero casualties, it completely annihilated 500 students of the Lingwu Academy, and the gendarmerie directly opposite the military martial arts hall naturally had enough confidence and a stiff waist.

The ministers present all realized that after this exercise, the military martial arts hall would not be banned in any case, but would be quickly spread to the whole country, and the possibility of the gendarmerie being banned became very small.

"Yes, Lord Guogong, although the gendarmerie existed some time ago, it cannot be presumptuous, let alone deny the necessity of the existence of the gendarmerie because of this!"

Ministers, every word you say, and I say a word, most of them are on the side of the gendarmerie. Qiu Yi was happy to see it, and he also said a lot of compliments, Cai Xiao was speechless from beginning to end, but he always had a smile on his face, and did not show the slightest dissatisfaction.

Only Song Sheng's dissatisfaction is the most obvious. His eyes were about to erupt into fire as he stared at Shangguan Xiu, and he gritted his teeth secretly, his fists clenched tightly in the cuffs of his official robe.

Shangguan Xiu naturally did not ignore Song Sheng's hatred for himself, he sneered in his heart, Song Sheng did not intend to let him go, and he also did not intend to let go of Song Sheng.

Compared with the scheming and cunning Cai Xiao, Song Sheng is a mad dog that bites randomly, he can't do anything about Cai Xiao for the time being, but he is still very sure of dealing with Song Sheng.

Tang Ling was extremely satisfied with the performance of the Junwutang, looking at Shangguan Xiu's eyes were also shining, showing appreciation, she said with a smile: "Today, the performance of the Junwutang is not only for the Junwutang, but also for the name of firearms, from now on, our country should attach importance to the development and application of firearms, and should also fully support the development and application of firearms, what do you think Aiqing?"

The ministers bowed down one after another and said, "Your Majesty Shengming!"

This exercise ended in the great victory of the Military Martial Hall, and when Tang Ling returned to the palace, there were no accidents along the way, and a series of countermeasures prepared by the Shura Hall in advance were also in vain.

On the way back to the city, Yuan Mu and Qin Chuan's faces were ugly, but the two of them boasted about Haikou in front of His Majesty, but now Cai Xiao didn't do anything, and the two of them committed the crime of bullying the king.

Shangguan Xiu noticed the unnatural expressions of the two of them, he deliberately called the two of them to his approach, and asked with a smile, "But are you worried about Your Majesty's reproach?"

Yuan Mu looked bitter, shook his head and sighed: "Brother Xiu, it's too simple for me to think of Cai Xiao!"

Shangguan Xiu nodded sympathetically, not only did Ah Mu and Lao Qin think about Cai Xiao simply, but he also thought about Cai Xiao simply.

The Cai family has been prosperous for hundreds of years, and has always been known for being good at playing with power, with flourishing branches and deep-rooted power, touching every field and corner, how can it be so easy to deal with Cai Xiao?

He was relieved: "Even if Cai Xiao didn't take action this time and let us pounce, do you think Your Majesty doesn't know about the ghost ideas that Cai Xiao is fighting behind his back? ”

Shura Hall has not yet dug up all the underground vaults of the Cai family, and if you think about it carefully, it is indeed too hasty to bring down Cai Xiao now.

Yuan Mu and Qin Chuan breathed a sigh of relief when they heard this, Qin Chuan's brows twisted into a pimple, and he muttered: "The point is, we don't know what the problem is, who is reporting to Cai Xiao!"

After a pause, he changed his words and said in a deep voice: "The problem is likely to be Tian Caidie's body, Brother Xiu, I will let her take her back to the hall now." ”

Shangguan Xiu nodded, there were many things, and he also wanted to ask Tian Caidie in person. While they were talking, Xin Jiyao and Jun Qihan chased after them, and the two of them came to Shangguan Xiu, arched their hands with a smile, and said, "Lord Shangguan, it was really a wonderful exercise just now!"

Seeing that Xin and Jun took the initiative to talk to Shangguan Xiu, Yuan Mu and Qin Chuan retreated to the side with interest. The two of them abide by their duties, unless it is instructed by Shangguan Xiu, they do not interfere in affairs outside the Shura Hall.

Shangguan Xiu smiled and asked, "What do the two generals think of the students of our army's martial arts?"

"More elite than the regular Central Army. Xin Jiyao's words turned sharply, and said meaningfully: "It's just that what surprises me is that until now, the ministers of the Wind Country are still arguing about Lingwu and firearms, the Wind Country has fought three national wars with Haotian and Besa Kingdom, after these three national wars, the Minister of the Wind Country still can't recognize the reality, and also thinks that Lingwu is irreplaceable, the decay of the officials of the Wind Country, and the obsolescence of their thinking make people feel incredible, in this environment, Lord Shangguan can still lead the army to win battles on the front line, which is really admirable!"

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