Hong Tao didn't wear armor, he didn't even change his clothes, he just held a metal mask in his hand, which could be put on his head, and he could expose his face by lifting it upward, and after putting it down, he could only see his eyes through two thin slits, which was very weird.

"What does the colt wear?" Masks are not new, and many of the generals of the forbidden army like to wear masks to battle. On the one hand, it is to strengthen defenses, and on the other hand, it can also deter opponents.

But Hong Tao's face is a bit special, his expression is neither majestic nor hideous, how it looks like an animal's face, but with a human-like smile.

"It should be the face of a mouse, and the horse is even weird, and the minister has never heard of anyone wearing a mouse's face to kill the enemy." Wang Anshi's eyes were very good, and he had already recognized what the face on the mask was, and ridiculed it while explaining it to the emperor.

"Ridiculous! The forbidden army is waiting for such an unbearable thing...... Or, let him act quickly, if there is any discrepancy with what he said, he will be severely punished! Wang Anshiyi reminded the emperor that he finally understood that it was indeed a mouse face, and then slapped the armrest of the chair and went crazy again.

"Your Majesty is angry, the Tibetan people often make ghosts and gods into masks, and they look a little weirder. The minister thinks that rats are okay and should not be faulted, and he hopes that His Majesty will take back his life. ”

Wang Anshi and Sima Guang just watched the emperor get angry, and didn't say a word of consolation. It's not that they want to watch the horses being punished, but that they have already communicated with the emperor in advance.

No matter what the result of the exercise is today, there is only one result for the horses, and they will be punished far away! It's a pity that Wang Shao didn't know about this matter, and the old man was still trying to intercede for his life-saving benefactor.

"Zichun is a little restless, His Majesty has always rewarded and punished clearly, and will not dispose of meritorious officials at will. Look at how the colt exercises, do you know what the cylinder he is holding? ”

Let Wang Shao stir up like this, the privy envoy on the other side couldn't hold back, and planned to come over together to plead. Wang Anshi saw that the rehearsed drama was going to be a goof, so he hurriedly came forward to play a round, and took the opportunity to ask questions to cross the topic.

"I've never seen ......" Wang Shao didn't know that there were so many twists and turns here, and he was dumbfounded when he looked in the direction Wang Anshi pointed.

At this time, the horse was directing two forbidden soldiers to unload things from the ox cart, square and round, long and short, all of which were thick and thick cylinders. One of them had been held on the shoulder by the horse, and he still held a lit incense stick in his hand.

"Isn't it just a swarm of bees in there...... Yikes...... Hiss...... This and this ......" Wang Anshi is also guessing, since today's protagonist is called a swarm of bees, I think it should be this cylinder.

But before Wang Shao could answer, the cylinder on the horse's shoulder suddenly let out a screaming sound, followed by white smoke rushing out, so fast that it was impossible to see with the naked eye. In less than five seconds, no one was visible from the audience, and the pony was enveloped in a thick cloud of smoke.

"Your Majesty, this thing is a small swarm of bees, a total of twelve arrows, weighing no more than eight catties and two taels, by the bamboo for the gall, thin silk winding, two sheepskin sealing, and then covered with bone glue, drying can prevent rain and fog. After firing, you can also reload the arrows, and you can carry five corpses on the march with two regular soldiers from one auxiliary soldier. As long as there are enough arrows, you can fire from morning to night without interruption. ”

Before the smoke had cleared, a colt's loud explanation was heard inside, and then a man wearing a rat-faced mask slowly paced out of the smoke. There was smoke in the cylinder on his shoulder, and half of the mask was blackened.

At this time, everyone understood that the horse wore a mask not to deter the enemy, but to its own safety. If there is no mask to block it, the eldest princess may have to consider changing her husband to another one, who is willing to look at a burned ugly face all day long, which will damage the royal majesty.

The sound of the swarm of bees when it was launched was very scary, as if Zhu Bajie's second uncle-in-law was coming, there were flames and smoke, and there was a scream of varying heights. This is the only one, and if dozens or hundreds of them are launched at the same time, the scene is unimaginable.

But the light is not scary, this is not fireworks, you have to be able to kill people to be considered a good weapon. In the end, how powerful is the swarm, and soon there are forbidden soldiers who carry the results back on their shoulders and show them to the emperor in person.

Four of the twenty target sheep were hit by arrows, two of which were already hopeless, and the rockets pierced directly through the armor and body. The injuries of the two outer two were not light, due to the angle of the arrow, the arrow did not penetrate the body directly, but shattered the armor and formed an incision on the surface of the body, which can be a ruler long.

In addition, the projectile did not burn out when it hit the target, and a large burn was formed around the wound, even the belt hair was burned, and the meat was probably cooked. In addition to the strong smell of gunpowder, there was also a strong smell of roast mutton.

The probability of a one-fifth hit was not high, but the damage caused was quite powerful, and the emperor did not say good or bad, but turned his gaze to the horse in the audience, intending to hear what he had to say.

"Your Majesty, there is still a nest of hornets here, and Rong Chen will judge after the demonstration." Hong Tao did not give any explanation for the first round of shooting, but waved at the forbidden army next to the ox cart.

This time it was a big guy who was lifted down, which could be more than two meters long, surrounded by thickness, hexagonal, and there was a lookout mountain on the barrel. After putting it on the ground and padding the angle with soil, Hong Tao simply rode on it, and involuntarily lit the fuse again.

This time, the smoke, flames, and whistling sound were several times higher than just now, but fortunately, a gentle breeze blew from the surface of the lake, and the smoke slowly dissipated, otherwise it would not be easy for the people on the stage to find where the colt was.

When the Praetorian soldiers lifted the target of the arrow again, the scene immediately became a little bloody. Seventeen of the thirty-two heavy arrows about the height of a man and the thickness of a thumb hit the target, with a hit rate of more than 50% and an astonishing lethality.

Because these heavy arrows are not loaded with armor-piercing cones in front, but arrows like small crescent shovels. All the wounds that were hit were very large, and the soft tissues, bones, blood vessels, and tendons in them were all severed.

It's best not to pray that the arrow doesn't hit the body, and the consequences of it passing by will be even more tragic. The nail piece will be easily shattered and flying, and the body will be directly cut by the arrow.

One cow suffered such a wound, the wound from the shoulder blade to the hind leg, more than an inch deep, the flesh was turned over, and the blood gushed out.

If you change to an adult, you might as well shoot an arrow to death, so you can have a good time. This kind of injury is so far incurable, and after a moment of wailing, he still lost too much blood and died.

This type of arrow is also found in the Forbidden Army, but it is rarely used because it does not penetrate enough to armored targets, and can only be used against unarmored targets, or is used to cut ropes.

However, there is one type of military that often uses this type of arrow, and that is the Water Tiger Wing. When they fought on the water, firing crescent arrows from bed crossbows to cut the sail lines of enemy ships was one of the main means of attack.

Hong Tao got inspiration from it, and then used pure steel to create a harder and sharper crescent arrow and mounted it on a heavy rocket.

If you use a single soldier to operate a bow and crossbow to fire this kind of heavy arrow, it is really useless due to the lack of potential energy, and it can neither shoot far nor penetrate through. But after changing to chemical energy, there is no such problem, not to mention a steel armor piece more than 1 mm thick, even if it is 3 mm, it is useless.

Hong Tao once experimented that if he was directly hit by a hornet's heavy crescent arrow within 300 meters, even if the body could barely be penetrated with a 5 mm thick steel plate, the human body would not be able to withstand such a large impact.

It's similar to the result of a high-speed cyclist suddenly hitting a cloth handlebar on the head, either with an internal organ injury or a broken bone. Anyway, none of the cattle and sheep used for the experiment were spared, and it was no better for people to come.

"The bigger the smoke, the more powerful it is, weird!" This is Wang Shao's evaluation, he is too lazy to study the lethality and hit rate, this is not obvious, whoever stands opposite this thing will tremble.

Sometimes the more you don't aim and shoot, the more terrible it gets, because you don't even have a good choice of how to dodge. Some of these rockets will be projectile after launch, some will fly straight, but there are also those that twist and turn, and run around the ground, who knows which direction they will come from in the end, and it is not safe to have a shield.