Li Shimin left the palace in plain clothes and rode straight to the military aircraft workshop with a group of escorts. After arriving at the military aircraft workshop, he went straight into the firearms workshop.

There was a large space behind the firearms workshop, which was used to test the power of various firearms, and the fifty people were practicing, and they were summoned by Xia Hongsheng, and they took back their muskets and stood in a queue.

"Virtuous son-in-law, what they have in their hands is a musket?" Li Shimin saw the things in their hands and asked.

Xia Hongsheng nodded and said, "Not bad." Father-in-law, please see, this is a newly developed firearm, a musket. When the musket is used, the projectile can be loaded from the front end, and then the trigger is pulled and the flint ignites the cartridge behind the projectile, and the projectile is shot out. ”

"How far can you shoot?" Li Shimin asked.

"If we talk about the range, it can reach more than 200 paces away, but if we talk about the effective range, it will be about 140 paces." Xia Hongsheng said: "In addition, the speed of loading ammunition is not fast, although it is inferior to a bow and crossbow, but it is extremely powerful. ”

"How powerful is it?" Li Shimin was very curious.

"One is a cold weapon, the other is a firearm, and the power is incomparable." Xia Hongsheng said: "One hundred and forty steps away, if you are hit by a musket, no matter where it hits, it will cause irreparable trauma and completely lose your combat capability. ”

After speaking, Xia Hongsheng turned his head sideways and said to a person next to him: "Go and move a sheep." ”

The man took the order, and soon appeared in everyone's field of vision with a sheep, which was one hundred and forty meters away.

"You, out of the ranks! Demonstrate the power of muskets for His Majesty. Xia Hongsheng casually pointed to a person and shouted.

"The last general obeys!" The soldier came out with his rifle in his hand, stood at the front of the line, quickly felt for the projectile to feed from the muzzle into the chamber, then raised the musket and pulled down the bolt, aimed it at the sheep, and pressed the trigger.

I only heard the sound of "pop", and in the eyes of everyone, the sheep in the distance suddenly burst open, and at the same time, as if it was suddenly hit by something, it immediately flew backwards, but in the process of flying backwards, it turned into a sky of minced meat, spilling a blur of flesh and blood on the ground.

"Shhh ——" Li Shimin's eyes widened, such a bloody scene, Rao He couldn't help but gasp.

Soon, Li Shimin raised his feet and walked there.

Everyone hurriedly followed Li Shimin over, and when they got closer, they saw a piece of meat in one place, and a sheep that had just been completely broken into several pieces.

"God, if this hits a person's body......" Li Shimin looked at the few pieces of minced meat on the ground, and couldn't help but exclaim: "The power of this musket is really not comparable to a bow and crossbow!" ”

Seeing that Li Shimin seemed to be unsatisfied, Xia Hongsheng turned his head again and said to the person next to him: "Go and release the sheep." ”

The man saluted, turned and ran away.

"Musket line!" Xia Hongsheng shouted at the fifty soldiers.

I saw that the fifty men quickly staggered into three columns, and the people in the first column half knelt down, and all raised their muskets in their hands.

"Your Majesty, this is a battle to meet the enemy." Xia Hongsheng said to Li Shimin: "If the opposite side is attacking and our side is defending, then use this line formation to meet the enemy with a three-stage attack, and when the enemy army enters the effective range, you can design together." ”

"Why stand in line?" Li Shimin frowned and asked.

The Tang Army fought and mostly used military formations, but this kind of line formation was not very useful, so there was this question.

"At the moment, the musket has a short range, a slow reload, and is not as accurate as a crossbow, which can only be compensated for by intensive fire. Standing in a line formation can effectively form a barrage, suppress the enemy's fire instantly and explosively, and cause maximum damage in a very short time. After all, with the speed of the cavalry and the current speed of ammunition reloading, maybe the cavalry will be in front of you after a dozen or so projectiles. This kind of line pair can form a barrage in a short period of time to cause maximum damage. Xia Hongsheng explained: "Moreover, the musket is too powerful, and the chamber is long, if you stand in a military formation, it will inevitably cause an accident and accidentally hurt the soldiers in front." Stretching out into a line formation can minimize this kind of accidental injury. ”

Li Shimin nodded, but frowned again, and asked: "Fang Caixian's son-in-law said, this kind of musket has a short range and slow reloading, so if it is close to the cavalry after a few hits, won't it be slaughtered?!" ”

"Nope." Xia Hongsheng shook his head and said, "Father-in-law, even if he is close, he is not slaughtered by others."

As he spoke, he saw a large flock of sheep suddenly appear in the distance and gallop towards this direction.

"It's like a cavalry rushing forward." Xia Hongsheng said to Li Shimin.

I saw that the fifty people were waiting for the battle, and immediately completed the loading, raised their hands and aimed at the sheep on the opposite side, waiting for the sheep to enter the effective range.

Soon, the sheep were running a hundred meters away.

"Shoot!" I only heard a shout, followed by a deafening "pop" sound, and in an instant, I saw that pieces of blood quickly appeared among the sheep on the opposite side, and immediately a piece of flesh and blood flew sideways.

It was close and there were many sheep, but there were only fifty people here. Therefore, after three rounds of shooting, although there were no more sheep on the opposite side, most of the remaining sheep were frightened and did not dare to run this way. But the sheep were still a little startled and ran to this side.

"Father-in-law, let's say these are the cavalry that rushed to the front." Xia Hongsheng said quickly, and then shouted at the fifty people: "Get on the bayonet!" ”

I could only hear the sound of brushing, but I saw that the fifty people felt a straight blade more than two feet long from their waists, and the place where the original handle was a long ring-shaped tube. There was a "click" sound again, and the fifty soldiers put the barrel directly on the barrel and stuck it on the barrel. In this way, in front of the already extremely long barrel, a bayonet more than two feet long was added, and it looked like a long spear.

At this time, the mad sheep had already rushed over, and I saw that the soldiers used the spears turned into muskets, and stabbed them to death on the ground with a few brushes.

"Wonderful! Wonderful! When Li Shimin saw this, he couldn't understand it, and even clapped his hands excitedly and shouted: "Far away can cause a lot of casualties to the enemy in a short time with the power of the musket, and startle the war horse." When the enemy saw this scene of minced meat flying, they must have been terrified in their hearts and did not dare to rush forward. Even if you have the courage to rush forward, you can't drive the startled horse. Even if a BMW rushes forward without fear of gunfire, the person with the musket can instantly turn into a pikeman to intercept and kill! Turn around and run away, but you might as well keep shooting. This thing is really the nemesis of cavalry! ”

Li Shimin immediately saw the great use of the musket, and was excited for a while: "Okay! All right! This thing is not only done, but also a big weapon in my Tang Army! Well, this thing should be kept strictly secret, and the degree of secrecy should be on the same level as artillery! Also, the craftsmen of the firearms workshop have developed this thing and made great contributions to the country, and I will reward it heavily! ”