But their fiery and eager eyes clearly told Li Yong that they couldn't wait at all, and Li Yong greeted Su Dingfang helplessly.

"Go, bring me my musket."

And then the musket? What is the musket that can make Li Yong admire? Xue Rengui rushed over with a musket and handed it over to Li Yong, and some of the people didn't come back to their senses, that is the musket that Li Yong admires? If you think how shocking they were when they first saw the artillery, the sharp shape! That huge body! At first glance, it is mighty and extraordinary, and the musket that Li Yong admires more than artillery is like this? How does it look like a burning stick?

"This is the musket?"

Li Er looked at the stick in Li Yong's hand and asked.

"Why does your musket look like a burning stick?"

Cheng Yanjin asked in wonder, Li Chengqian, Li Tai and others were also very suspicious, this looks like a stick, and it is a stick with a unique shape, how to use such a stick? Did you go to the battlefield and beat someone? Li Er, Li Jing, Cheng Yanjin, Xu Shiji and others know that according to Li Yong, the musket should be a long-range weapon, the question is, no matter how you look at it, such a stick can't shoot far, what power can it have?

"The range is more than 100 steps, and the data is too specific to be tested yet......"

Before Li Yong could finish speaking, Li Er had already lost his voice and shouted.

"What? The range is more than a hundred steps? ”

The others were also shocked and disbelieving, such a burning stick, can shoot more than a hundred paces so far? How can it be?

"It can't be!"

"Can you shoot more than a hundred paces with this burning stick? What about blowing? ”

"Li Yong, is it really fake?"

Li Chengqian and Li Tai looked at their father and the other generals in shock, feeling a little inexplicable, after all, none of them had ever seen the power of the musket, Li Chengqian couldn't help but ask.

"Father, it's just over a hundred steps, what's so shocking about this? The guards in the palace can shoot a hundred steps through Yang, and there are many more. ”

Du Ruhan explained with a smile.

"His Royal Highness the Prince, the guards in the palace are all carefully selected military masters, so His Highness thinks that shooting a hundred steps away is nothing, in fact, the archers in the army can generally shoot sixty or seventy steps away, and after sixty or seventy steps, there is no accuracy, and there is no lethality."

Li Chengqian and Li Tai were shocked at this time, only a bow and arrow could shoot sixty or seventy paces, and a musket could shoot a hundred paces away? That's too strong, isn't it? They finally understood why their father and the generals were so shocked, and Li Yong then laughed.

"The power is also much greater than that of bows and arrows, and some people on the battlefield can continue to endure their injuries and continue to kill the enemy after being hit by an arrow, but if they are hit by a musket, they will lose their combat effectiveness if they don't die."

Farther than a bow and arrow, more powerful than a bow and arrow, Cheng Yanjin said with a shocked face.

"This stick doesn't look good, but it's so strong? This is a bit unreasonable! ”

Everyone nodded in unison, this is really strong, it is farther than a bow and arrow, and it is more powerful, so won't the bow and arrow be eliminated in the future? Li Er looked at Li Yong's burning stick, a trace of fire flashed in his eyes, no wonder Li Yong admires the musket so much, this thing can also be called an artifact, although compared with the divine arm bow, the range is still average, but this can't be compared like this, all bows and arrows require strength, and the strength required for muskets is almost zero, Li Yong continued.

"And the musket is easy to use and easy to train, and it only takes a month or two to train a qualified musketeer."

Hiss~ Li Er and the others couldn't help but gasp when they heard it, and were shocked by Li Yong's words again, it only takes a month or two to train a qualified musketeer? What does this mean? This means that at a critical time, large-scale conscription can be carried out, and a large army can be pulled out in a very short time, Li Yong said with a smile.

"However, the musket also has its drawbacks, and there is still a lot of room for improvement."

Hearing that the musket still has shortcomings, Li Er and the others breathed a sigh of relief inexplicably, the musket that Li Yong said just now is too scary, the range is long, and the power is great, hearing Li Yong say that there are shortcomings, not only did they not feel disappointed, but they felt that it was real, Li Er asked with a smile.

"What's the downside?"

Li Yong explained.

"The first is that the head is not accurate, this is an unrifled musket, so the bullets fired cannot be as accurate as a bow and arrow, aiming at people in the distance, whether you can hit it depends on luck, there is a high probability that you can't hit, there will be no marksman at all."

Li Chengqian and a number of civil servants couldn't help but talk about it when they heard this.

"No matter how far you hit, no matter how powerful it is, what's the use of not being on the right head?"

"That's right, the head is not good, you can't hit people, no matter how powerful it is, it's useless!"

If it is really in vain, then how can Li Yong respect the musket so much? Li Er raised his eyebrows and asked.

"Volley?"

Li Yong nodded.

"Yes, salvo, musket is not good at the target, but compared to people who are proficient in archery, in long-distance combat, most archers are not good at the head, so in fact, it is almost the same, they all rely on salvo."

Cheng Yanjin and other generals immediately understood that muskets are not accurate in individual combat, but they can be used in salvos, and they will be stronger than bows and arrows.

"Another disadvantage is that it takes time to reload the musket, which is not as fast as the archer picking up the arrow and shooting the arrow, and the advantage is that you don't have to waste arm strength and can continue to shoot."

Li Yong explained, after listening to it, everyone had a general impression of the musket, the range is long, the power is great, but the accuracy is poor, and it takes time to reload, but after listening to it a hundred times, it is better to see it with your own eyes, Li Er looked forward to it.

"Hurry up and try it to see if it's as long range and powerful as you said."

"The minister has a musket in his hand, and he can't fire a salvo, so the effect can't be truly shown, so it's better to wait another month, and after a month, the minister will let the soldiers of the Shenji Battalion give the saint a good performance......

Before he finished speaking, Li Yong keenly saw that Li Er's hand was raised, forget it, forget it, let you monkey anxious soil buns see the world, Li Yong waved his hand and said.

"Su Dingfang, a hundred steps away, let the soldiers put dozens of targets, and put them densely."

Su Dingfang immediately agreed to go, and the others were all stunned, dozens of targets? Why put dozens of targets? Li Er couldn't help asking.

"Put dozens of targets? Is the musket so bad? ”

This is not just a difference in accuracy, this is simply no accuracy, Li Yong said confidently.

"It's not that the accuracy of the musket is so bad, it's that the accuracy of the minister is so bad."

Poof~ Cheng Biting Jin and the others couldn't help but laugh, Li Yong said confidently,

"What are you laughing at? The musket was just made, and I didn't practice it, so isn't it normal to have no accurate head? ”

In fact, Li Yong has practiced many times, although it is not as good as the rear-loading rifle of the Xishan Battalion, so the musket is simple and backward, but it is also very fresh for people who have never touched the gun, in fact, Li Yong's marksmanship is good, but he can't show it, because his opportunity is to hide and catch big fish, but after all, it is a bird, people have misses, horses have stumbled, Li Yong thinks it is better to be stable, dozens of targets are densely packed together, it looks extremely eye-catching, Li Yong feels that this is stable, Li Er looked at the dozens of targets in the distance and said with a smile.

"That's what you can shoot with your eyes closed."

With his archery skills, he can indeed shoot with his eyes closed, but that refers to the bow and arrow, Li Yong ignored him, but began to load the musket seriously, so people's eyes were focused on Li Yong's hand, to see how he loaded the musket, looking at Li Yong's movements, Li Jing and the others couldn't help frowning slightly, loading is indeed very laborious, you must know that every moment on the battlefield is precious, and it is possible to decide the outcome of the battle.

"It's loaded, I'm going to test the gun."

Cheng Yanjin asked in confusion.

"Don't you need to ignite? Isn't it called a musket? ”

"I put flint in it to shoot sparks so I don't have to ignite them, and I can use them even in the rain."

Li Yong explained while aiming, Li Er couldn't help nodding in approval when he heard it, I have to say that Li Yong's brain is really good, and he actually used flint instead of ignition, in fact, Li Yong didn't want to make a musket at once at first, but then he thought about it, he was already a rear-loading rifle, and the musket had no rifling and no yellow gunpowder, and the power was only worse than roaring at the sky, so he took out the musket, bang~ A loud sound was accompanied by a burst of smoke, This sound is far worse than that of artillery, so everyone is not surprised, as for smoke, firearms, isn't it normal to produce smoke? The main concern of everyone is range and power.

"Hit~"

Li Yong shouted loudly, isn't it normal to be hit? However, everyone was still excited in their hearts, a hundred steps, it really hit! It has nothing to do with arm strength, anyone with a musket can hit as far.

"Let's go, let's see."

Li Er couldn't wait to walk towards the target, and a group of people walked towards the target, came to the target that was hit, and looked carefully.

"Strong, too strong, a hundred paces away to hit the target like this, this power is not a little bit stronger than an ordinary bow and arrow."

Cheng Yanjin said.

"With this strength, it's absolutely no problem to hit a few dozen more steps, but I don't know how powerful it is after hitting dozens of steps, and how accurate is it?"

Xu Shiji thought about it and said, everyone is an expert in warfare, so they can naturally judge it at a glance.

"The power and range really don't have to be said, it's stronger than what Li Yong said, it's unexpected, it's not easy to judge this accuracy."

Li Er nodded in praise.

"Actually, it's quite accurate, I was aiming for this target, and it really hit..."

Li Yong said with a smile, Cheng Yanjin and the others couldn't help rolling their eyes when they heard it, believe you are a ghost, you kid is very bad, Xu Shiji said in a deep voice.

"After all, Li Yong has just come into contact with the musket, and being able to hit at least shows that the accuracy of the musket is not outrageous."

Li Jing also nodded and said.

"Lao Chen also thinks so, Li Yong has not been trained, and he can still hit these targets at a distance of a hundred steps, at least it is absolutely no problem to use it for salvo shooting."

"The minister felt that the biggest problem was reloading, it was too time-consuming, and if he faced the cavalry on the battlefield, he might not have time to fire a second salvo. If the enemy is infantry, there is still a place to play. ”

Li Er and the others couldn't help frowning when they heard this, this is indeed a big problem, but the enemies faced by the Tang Dynasty are all cavalry-based, which also restricts the use of muskets, however, Li Er thought of another point, when conquering Goguryeo, he may be able to use it, because there are not many cavalry in Goguryeo, and the range of muskets to attack the city also has a miraculous effect, I have to admit that both artillery and muskets are siege weapons, Cheng Yanjin said with a smile.

"So, the musket is not without merit, it can be used as a surprise soldier, and it is also very useful for siege."

Hou Jun said in a strange way.

"However, muskets still can't replace bows and arrows after all, reloading is too time-consuming, and on the battlefield, time is too critical."

Li Yong just listened quietly to all these discussions, with a smile on the corner of his mouth, as if he didn't care, Li Er turned his head and saw Li Yong playing with the musket in his hand with great interest, with a smile on his face, as if he hadn't heard everyone's discussion, everyone was talking here, how could Li Yong not hear it? Therefore, this kid is completely confident, Li Er raised his eyebrows and said with a smile.

"Look, this kid is smiling like a little fox, and if he has any other ideas, hurry up."

Only then did everyone notice the smile on the corner of Li Yong's mouth, and they immediately understood that the kid had been silent and was hiding from the side to watch the joke. Cheng Yanjin and the others suddenly shouted.

"I'll just say that this kid is very bad, and he even hid to the side to watch our jokes."

Li Yong said with a smile.

"You just missed a little, I'm not familiar with the musket, not only the accuracy is not good, but the loading is not familiar, so it seems that the loading is extremely slow, training the musket, reloading is also a very important item, after all, time is very precious on the battlefield."

Cheng Yanjin immediately shouted when he heard this.

"That's right, forget about this, Li Yong is not familiar with the musket, not only is the head not accurate, but the loading is also slow."

Li Er and the others couldn't help but nod when they heard this, what Li Yong said was indeed very reasonable, they really ignored this point just now, that is to say, the reloading speed of a skilled musketeer is not as slow as Li Yong just showed, Xu Shiji asked.

"Li Yong, if you are skilled, how much faster can you be?"

These words can be said to have asked everyone's hearts, Li Yong spread his hands and said.

"I don't know about this, no one is skilled yet, so I said, I'll show it to everyone in a month, and then there will be an accurate judgment."

Li Jing groaned.

"I carefully observed Li Yong's loading just now, and the time for proficiency has been shortened by at least half, compared to bows and arrows, it is still very time-consuming, but it can also be used, and it can complement each other with archers, and the specific usage needs to be thought through."

Li Er also nodded and said.

"The time is shortened by half, such a long range, such a great power, with a bow and arrow, it is a miracle soldier."

Li Chengqian, Li Tai, and a group of civil servants who didn't know much about warfare still seemed to understand what they didn't understand, but generals such as Li Jing had already begun to think about how to use muskets. The range, the power, is really exciting, but the reloading time is so long, it really makes people love and hate, seeing their serious thinking, Li Yong couldn't help laughing, this time everyone was clever, and immediately noticed the smile on the corner of Li Yong's mouth.

"Look, look, Li Yong is smiling again."