Daming: I, Yang Xian, really govern Yang!

Chapter 179 Kou can go, so can I
After listening to Zhu Di's story, Zhu Yuanzhang was overjoyed and said: "Fourth, is the Hongwu rifle you just mentioned as awesome as you said?"

Zhu Di said confidently: "It will only be more powerful than what I said. If my father doesn't believe it, you can witness it with your own eyes."

A trip to Yangzhou, before parting.

Yang Xian gave Zhu Di and Xu Da each a Hongwu rifle.

When Zhu Di entered the palace to meet the saint this time, he naturally brought him with him.

At this time, he asked the chamberlain waiting outside to bring in the Hongwu rifle and said, "Father, this is the latest firearm developed by Master Yang, the Hongwu rifle."

"Is this a firecracker?"

Zhu Yuanzhang reached out and took the rifle handed over by Zhu Di, with a puzzled look on his face.

The thing in front of him was completely different from the firecracker in his memory.

Compared with the gun, the so-called rifle in the hand obviously looks much more refined, but firearms are used for fighting and killing enemies. No matter how good-looking they are, they are just scrap metal if they are not practical.Although Zhu Di just talked about it, he had never seen it with his own eyes.

"How to use this Hongwu rifle?" Zhu Yuanzhang fiddled with it for a long time, but he didn't understand it.

"Father, let's go outside the palace and demonstrate." Zhu Di said with a smile.

After getting Zhu Yuanzhang's permission, Zhu Yuanzhang, Zhu Biao, and Zhu Di came to an open space on the school grounds in the palace.

And Zhu Di had already asked people to bring gunpowder and projectiles.

At a distance of 150 meters, a table was set up with a jar of imperial wine on the table.

Then Zhu Di began to fill the flame projectiles.

Xu Da and Zhu Di were both military wizards. At the Yangzhou Military Factory No. [-] shooting range, they quickly mastered the skills after trying a few times.

"Fourth brother, can you hit it from such a long distance?"

Zhu Di smiled and said: "Father, don't worry, Lord Yang said the effective range of the Hongwu rifle is 150 steps!"

"If you can hit the enemy's head, you can kill him directly with one blow!"

"I have only used it for a short time and am not that proficient, so I only moved it closer, about 100 steps."

The ancient meaning of one step is different from our modern meaning. In ancient times, it refers to the distance of standing at attention, taking a single step back, and then taking another step on the heel.

I just heard Zhu Di make such a long conversation in the hall, but it was far from as intuitive as it is now.

Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Biao beside him both took a breath of cold air.

The effective range of this Hongwu rifle is twice that of the fire gun!
How could this not surprise Zhu Yuanzhang and the others? If such a distance can still guarantee such lethality, it means that traditional bows and arrows will completely withdraw from the stage of history.

You must know that this is without careful study. If you look closely, although the range of the fire cannon can reach 100 meters, the distance that can really cause effective damage is only 50 meters at most. Only at this distance can the projectile penetrate the soldiers. Wearing leather armor.Therefore, the actual gap between flintlock guns and muskets is even greater than 2 times.

Moreover, Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Biao noticed that Zhu Di's reloading speed was obviously much faster than the gun.The most important thing is that as Zhu Di said before, one person can complete the operation, completely omitting the process of igniting the traditional fire gun.

Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Biaozheng were surprised.

Zhu Di had already finished loading, and began to take aim with bated breath, and then suddenly pulled the trigger!

Just a bang was heard, and a cloud of smoke came out of the gun!
The smell of gunpowder smoke quickly filled the air.

And the projectiles in the barrel roared out, passing through the cool air of early autumn!

Ouch!
In the astonished eyes of Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Biao, the wine jar 150 meters away exploded, and porcelain shards and jade liquid flew everywhere.

"Okay! Very good!" Zhu Yuanzhang was overjoyed, waved to Zhu Di and said. "Fourth brother, come on, give us a try too." You must know that Zhu Yuanzhang, like Zhu Di, is also a firearms fanatic.

In the original time and space, he was the first to lead the research and development of Daming firearms.

Zhu Di handed over the Hongwu rifle in his hand, and then gave some instructions on how to operate it.

Zhu Yuanzhang just read it once and thought he already knew it.

Then Zhu Yuanzhang ignored the dissuasion of his chamberlain and started to implement it directly.

Different from the firearms of later generations, in ancient times there was a risk of exploding the barrel of fire blunderbuss. As a rich man, Zhu Yuanzhang thought that doing so was putting his body in danger in the eyes of the chamberlains, so they discouraged him.

But in this world, there are only two people who can persuade Zhu Yuanzhang.

What Emperor Hongwu wanted to do could not be persuaded by these chamberlains. How could Zhu Chongba, who was killed in a sea of ​​swords and fire, be worried about such a trivial matter.

Moreover, it was not unusual among the Ming emperors to put themselves in danger.

Although Zhu Yuanzhang had not been on the battlefield for many years, his momentum returned as soon as he picked up the rifle.

Xu Da is the first divine general of the Ming Dynasty. That is because Zhu Yuanzhang, the monarch, is not included in the discussion.

Throughout Chinese history, even if all the emperors of the past dynasties were put together, Zhu Yuanzhang would never fall out of the top three in terms of military capabilities alone.

This is enough to know how powerful he is.

According to what Zhu Di had just taught, Zhu Yuanzhang learned and sold on the spot. After loading the gunpowder projectiles, he also took aim.

boom!
Another shot.

Zhu Biao and Zhu Di, after hearing the noise, stared straight at the jar of royal wine on the table in the distance.

But I waited and waited, but I didn't notice any changes in the jar of wine.

It was clear that the gunshot had just been heard, but the smell of gunpowder still lingered in the air.

After confirming again.

The two brothers then turned around and looked at their father with extremely strange eyes.

"Ahem!" Zhu Yuanzhang put away his rifle, coughed twice awkwardly, and then said. "A good gun, indeed a good gun."

"With such a magical weapon, Beiyuan has nothing to fear. If they dare to make any move again, we will directly take advantage of the opportunity and flatten the grassland."

"For thousands of years, the Tatars from the grassland have been invading south. It is also time for us Han people to go north. They can come to us, can't we go to them?"

"Kou can go, so can I!"

Zhu Yuanzhang was so arrogant that he handed the rifle in the hands of the attendants, and said: "Boss, you go to each military camp immediately to select a group of elites, and the fourth will lead them to Yangzhou to specialize in practicing this Hongwu rifle."

After Zhu Di heard that he could lead the team, his face showed joy and he immediately thanked him.

"Is Father going to form a new army?" Zhu Biao asked.

Zhu Yuanzhang nodded and said: "Yang Xian is right, the world will be dominated by firearms in the future. This new army will be the real main force of our Ming Dynasty, and the task of wiping out Mobei will fall on them in the future. ”

"Let's call this army the Shenji Battalion."

(End of this chapter)