"The emperor sent a handwritten letter, asking the king to serve as the vanguard officer of the front part of the expedition to the west. I wonder how you think this matter should be decided? Li Tai opened his mouth and asked everyone.

"My lord, the emperor's order has been inviolable since ancient times. Since it was the emperor who wrote a handwritten letter to the lord, the lord did not have the slightest reason to refuse. ”

"And the subordinates feel that the position of the pioneer officer of the front department is none other than the lord." Liu Renliang stood up and said to Li Tai.

"What Liu Xiang said is extremely true, and this king feels that this matter cannot be shirked. Otherwise, the relationship between the king and the emperor will be instigated by someone with a heart. Li Tai nodded and said.

"My lord, I don't know how many men and horses the lord is going to bring with him this time, and whether he will carry new weapons." Xu Liang opened his mouth and asked Li Tai.

"I'm afraid that after this battle, Datang will really change the sky, so we don't need to hide our strength anymore. The king is going to take 50,000 vanguard troops on this expedition, and all of them are wearing the latest weapons. ”

"And we will send an additional 50,000 logistics supply troops to ensure the logistics supply of our army." Li Tai said.

"The lord is wise, only by quelling these Fanbang alien races can the lord have time to clean up the rebellion of the Tang Dynasty." Liu Renliang said.

Li Tai nodded and said: "The generals listen to the order, and the generalissimo of the three armies, Luo Song, sits in Youzhou and commands all the soldiers and horses in Youzhou. In case there is any change in the alien races of the northern fanbang. ”

"Liu Renliang sits in Youzhou and is responsible for all government affairs. All political affairs in Youzhou are decided by Liu Renliang and there is no need to report to this king. ”

"Qin Huaiyu led the Tiewei army to march with the king, and Xu Liang was the military advisor with the army. Cheng Tieniu, Yu Chi Baolin, Yu Chi Baoqing, Luo Tong, Luo Huan, Hua Nan, Xu Tianda, Gao Kan listened to the army. ”

"Rwanda led 50,000 men and horses to be responsible for the supply of food and grass for the whole army. The rest of the generals stayed in Youzhou and obeyed the generalissimo of the three armies, Luo Song. ”

"Zou Fengchi, this king will give you five days to raise two million stones of grain and grass for this king. Five days later, when the king sent out his army, he would take it to Chang'an City. ”

The generals got up one after another to receive the order, and then went down to prepare according to Li Tai's arrangement. But Li Tai rushed directly to Tiangong Pavilion.

When Li Tai came to Tiangong Pavilion, everyone was nervously busy. For example, the focus of today's work is to develop a front-loading smoothbore musket.

However, this is only the initial stage, and no results have been studied. And Li Tailai's intention to come to Tiangong Pavilion was not to urge Gao Ping to speed up the progress of the front-loading smoothbore musket.

Rather, it was prepared for Gao Ping to supply a sufficient amount of black powder, with lead bullets from smoothbore guns. Because Li Tai exchanged one hundred and eight front-loading smoothbore muskets.

The armor-breaking army equipped to Luo Huan formed the armor-breaking army into the first musket battalion under Li Tai. Therefore, the amount of black powder and bullets required is naturally extremely large.

So even if Gao Ping had enough materials in his hands, it still took two days to prepare the share that Li Tai needed. and personally brought people to Li Tai's hands.

……

After preparing everything, Li Tai called Luo Huan to his study. And said to Luo Huan: "Senior brother, this king is going to equip the armor-breaking army with new weapons. ”

"You prepare, gather the armor-breaking army, and this king will train them. There are still three days left before the cavalry time, so the time is still very tight. ”

"My lord, the new weapon armor-piercing army has long been mastered. There should be no need for intensive training, and it can also be applied freely. Luo Huan said.

Li Tai took out a front-loading smoothbore musket from his side and threw it directly to Luo Huan. And he said, "You know what it is." ”

After Luo Huan read it again and again, he didn't understand why. So he opened his mouth and said to Li Tai: "Lord, although this is somewhat similar to a spear, the shape is too strange. ”

It turned out that Li Tai installed the three-edged military thorn of the king of cold weapons at the front end of this smoothbore musket. So it looks a little bit like a spear.

"This weapon is called a front-loading smoothbore musket, and it uses gunpowder to shoot lead bullets out and inflict fatal damage to the enemy." Then Li Tai explained the front-loading smoothbore musket to Luo Huan in detail.

After Luo Huan heard this, he couldn't help but have a golden light in his eyes. So he immediately went to gather the armor-breaking army, and according to Li Tai's explanation, the armor-breaking army was assembled at the special training ground.

This special training ground is a special training ground for Li Tai to test new weapons. Usually it is strictly guarded by a special person, and no one is allowed to enter without Li Tai's handwritten instructions.

Luo Huan took Li Tai's handwritten edict and led the armor-breaking army into the special training ground. Not long after, Li Tai also appeared in front of everyone.

Accompanying Li Tai into the special training ground were one hundred and eight rectangular wooden boxes. The wooden box contained the front-loading smoothbore musket.

Li Tai opened his mouth and said to the armor-breakers: "This is a new weapon that this king has prepared for you, and you have three days from now on to get acquainted with them. ”

"Three days later, the king will raise troops to Chang'an City and follow the emperor to conquer the Tibetan country. So there's not much time left for you. ”

"Please rest assured, my subordinates will definitely let all the brothers of the armor-breaking army master the use of this front-loading smoothbore musket within three days." Luo Huan opened his mouth and said to Li Tai.

Luo Huan is not blindly arrogant, but now he has reached the point where he knows the way to use this front-loading smoothbore musket.

Because Li Tai enabled the empowerment function in South China, he gave Luo Huan all the ways to use the front-loading smoothbore musket.

It's a pity that the armor-breaking army is only Li Tai's subordinate, not Li Tai's retainers. So you can't use this empowerment function at all, otherwise Li Tai wouldn't have to be so troublesome.

After Li Tai nodded, he ordered Luo Huan to demonstrate the use of the front-loading smoothbore musket for the armor-breaking army. Let all the armor-piercing troops understand the essentials of its operation.

Subsequently, the armor-breaking army began intense training, because Li Tai provided them with a sufficient amount of black powder and bullets, so the progress of the training was very effective.

This couldn't help but make Li Tai nod with satisfaction. Then he said to Luo Huan: "When I marched this time, I put this front-loading smoothbore musket into a wooden box. Remember not to use it lightly without the king's command. ”

"Please rest assured, my subordinates know what to do. Preserve the new weapons that let the enemy see and understand at a critical moment, and the armor-piercing army. Luo Huan said excitedly to Li Tai.

After Li Tai nodded reassuringly, he briefly explained a few words and left the special training ground. went back to his own Yanwang Mansion.

Because Li Tai still has one more thing to do now, that is, to exchange for some special weapons. Use them to equip your own Nakshatra Guard.

And the weapon that Li Tai wants to come up with this time is not just a front-loading smoothbore gun.