Gui Yingcha knew that these penetrated iron plates should be the result of the Ming army narrowing the distance to fifty paces.

However, the power of this kind at a distance of fifty paces is also very amazing, which is far more than the bow and arrow.

However, since he couldn't see exactly how thick the iron plate was, he didn't know if the defense could be comparable to Jianyu's heavy armor, and if it could compare to Jianlu's heavy armor, it would be even more terrifying.

"Why has the power of the Ming Army's bird gun increased so much?"

Gui Yingcha was a little puzzled, and then his heart moved, as if he had noticed something, and immediately looked at the waist of the apocalypse.

Because he was a little far away from the Ming army musketeers who were rehearsing, he couldn't see it very clearly, but when he visited Tianqi before, he saw that Tianqi had two short guns hanging on his waist, one on the left and one on the right.

Sure enough, upon closer inspection, he noticed something wrong, the fire rope was missing, and there was a strange, more complex part on the bottom side of the barrel.

Then he saw a small stone sandwiched between it, and the small stone was now attached to a small piece of iron.

In an instant, it occurred to him that the stone should be flint.

"Is it flint for ignition?"

Although there seems to be only such an explanation, Gui Yingcha still can't believe it, can you light gunpowder with the little spark of flint?

Even if you can ignite it, I'm afraid you will have to hit it many times, and if you are in a fight, you must not die in a hurry.

Judging from the shooting situation of the Ming army just now, it is obviously not so unbearable, and every round of firing seems to have been successfully ignited, and even if there are failures, there should be very few.

I had never heard of this kind of musket in the Ming army before, and it seems that this is a new type of musket made by the Ming people.

"General Zhou, your progress is good, but it's still not enough, you must continue to strengthen the drill, and be sure to shoot as fast as possible."

Apocalypse said to Zhou Yuji seriously.

"Yes, hooray." Zhou Yuji hurriedly responded, and at this moment, he admired the apocalypse even more.

Through this period of live-fire practice, he can feel more and more the power of the flintlock pistol, which is not only the flintlock pistol itself is better than the bird gun, but also has a lot to do with this drill method and tactical arrangement.

And these are all taught by Banzai, how can this not be impressive?

Tianqi ordered to continue the exercise, then turned around and said to Gui Yingcha: "Your envoy, please." ”

"Yes, Your Majesty."

The entourage then walked towards Li Banghua's command camp.

As a veteran of the battlefield, Gui Yingcha quickly saw that the Ming Emperor was wearing a set of heavy armor.

Moreover, it has obviously been worn for a long time, but even so, it is still easy to move, where is this like an emperor hiding in the courtyard of the deep palace and fiddling with carpentry?

He didn't know that in order to adapt to this set of heavy armor, even in the palace, Tianqi often wore it, so he had already adapted to this weight, as long as he didn't wear it to go over mountains and mountains and go to war, so it would not be a problem to stop and go for a day.

In the tent, the Apocalypse is at the top of the throne, and the officials of the Ming Dynasty are sitting in the lower left in turn, and in order to show their attention to Gui Yingcha, he is arranged to be the first in the lower right, and the few people accompanying him sit next to him in turn.

After the two sides sat down, Gui Yingcha stood up, walked to the middle with a few people with him, knelt down on one knee and saluted: "The Mongolian envoy Gui Yingcha brings sincere greetings from the Mongolian Great Khan, and presents treasures to His Majesty the Ming Emperor to express the Mongolian Great Khan's highest respect for the Ming Emperor." ”

With that, he took out a piece of fur from his bosom, which listed a list of offerings.

A big Han general stepped forward to take it, and then handed it to the apocalypse, and the apocalypse just glanced at it casually, it was nothing more than some good horses, furs and the like.

Apocalypse said boldly: "Okay, thank you for the kindness of the Mongolian Great Khan." ”

"I have heard that Lin Dan Khan has lofty ambitions and has made it his mission to unify the Mongolian steppe and restore the glory of the Golden Family. I gave him a musket to use with me, wishing him speedy success. The other rewards will be drawn up after I return to the palace. ”

After that, he took out a short gun from his waist and put it on the table.

"Thank you, Your Majesty Emperor Ming." Gui Yingcha was not worried that the reward of the Ming Dynasty would be lower than what he had brought, and he himself was quite interested in this new musket of the Ming army.

The Han general was about to give the musket to Gui Yingcha, when the apocalypse suddenly said, "Slow." ”

After that, he grabbed the short gun again and explained: "This rifle is loaded with ammunition to prevent misfire, so it is better to shoot it." ”

As he spoke, he snapped the hammer down, and raised the musket diagonally upward.

With a "bang", Tianqi pulled the trigger without hesitation, and a transparent hole was instantly punched out of the top of the tent, and many people present trembled with fright, including Gui Yingcha, who was still kneeling on the ground.

"Okay, it's okay now." Apocalypse casually threw the short gun on the table.

The Han general then held his hands up, walked to Gui Yingcha and handed it over, Gui Yingcha hurriedly took it, the barrel was hot, the muzzle was still emitting a few wisps of green smoke, and the strong smell of gunpowder penetrated into the nose.

Apocalypse sent out the flintlock pistol at random, not out of the heat of the head, but had already thought about it in advance, including the shot just now.

Because he was not worried that if the samples were lost, they would be copied by the Mongols or even Jianyu.

Although the current gun manufacturing process is very crude and simple compared with later generations, it also requires a relatively developed production system.

Whether it is Mongolia or Houjin, it does not have such a system, and even if there is a sample, it cannot be made.

Just like the artillery produced by the Portuguese at the Bugarao Artillery Factory in Macau, it has been famous all over the world for many years, and many powerful countries in the world have purchased it, including the Ming Dynasty.

But for more than half a century, although it has been imitated, it has never been surpassed, this is still a mature casting system in the Ming Dynasty, like Mongolia and Houjin, even iron tools need to be imported, how to make these things?

Tianqi remembered that Huang Taiji had the ability to make guns comparable to those of the Ming Dynasty, and he had to wait until after Kong Youde surrendered, because Kong Youde brought a large number of craftsmen and ready-made artillery, which was equivalent to moving the military industrial system of the Ming Dynasty.

Now he will definitely not allow this kind of thing to happen, and if Jian Yu wants to make his own guns and cannons, he doesn't know when it will be, so he is not worried about some samples falling into the hands of Jian Yu at all.

Even the Jianyu were like this, and the Mongols were even worse.

Besides, it is impossible to prevent Jianlu from getting samples of flintlock pistols, how many muskets and artillery have been captured by Jianlu from the Ming army over the years, not to mention making them, they can't even use them well, mainly relying on the surrendered Han people.

Gui Yingcha carefully put away the short gun, and for a moment, he even had an illusion: "The emperor of the Ming Kingdom in front of him, could it be that the Ming Kingdom sent someone to pretend to be him?" ”

But this idea was quickly extinguished by himself as soon as he was born, and no empire would do such a stupid thing.

"Your Excellency, please take a seat."

Gui Yingcha came back to his senses and hurriedly said, "Thank you, Your Majesty the Emperor." ”

In his tone, he revealed a growing awe of the apocalypse.