Chapter 515

Under the review platform, the six guards of the whole army stood proudly under the platform, one by one looking at Li Shimin on the review platform with excited eyes.

At the moment, Datang is not just weak during the founding of the people's Republic of China. In recent years, Datang's national strength has increased, and it has defeated the grassland overlord East Turk, and the momentum of the whole military has reached the peak.

For Tuyuhun, many officers and men of the Tang Dynasty did not pay attention to it at all. This western expedition, from generals to soldiers, was full of confidence in winning.

Looking at the strong soldiers, Li Shimin said with great pride: "Tuyuhun has repeatedly violated the border and committed a lot of blood debts in our Datang. I don't want to repent. Now I have a teacher of benevolence and righteousness to get justice for our Datang people."

"Get justice, get justice!" tens of thousands of soldiers shouted in unison.

Li Shimin nodded with satisfaction and shouted, "you can go out in three days. I will win the western expedition."

"Datang will win, Datang will win!" all the officers and men shouted in unison, with great momentum.

A group of generals also nodded one after another. In particular, the Macedonian square array and divine arm crossbow combined with the three-stage attack added three points of confidence to the generals.

No one found that under the subtle influence of Mohism, the balance of victory in this war has quietly shifted to Datang.

However, as the initiator, Merton didn't feel much pride. Instead, he calmly prepared for the martial arts performance of the fire monitor.

In the west mountain valley.

Green grass sprouts have just emerged. The whole valley is particularly comfortable with green mountains and clear water. However, in this beautiful scenery, a section of the city wall suddenly appears in front of everyone.

"This is the wall you want to build."

Li Jing looked at the wall in front of him curiously. At the beginning, Merton borrowed from him. It happened that Qin Huaiyu and the three were not disciplined and were very stingy. He took advantage of the situation to dial the centurion team led by Qin Huaiyu. Who could have thought that such a high wall would be built in a short time.

"The wall is two feet high and one foot wide. The time is limited. The boy has only built two hundred steps." Merton regretted.

Li Shimin blushed and waited for Merton. The two foot high wall was comparable to the wall of the county city. The boy built 200 steps and didn't know how much it cost.

Cheng Yaojin smacked his tongue and said, "I'm afraid even the catapult can't open such a high wall. How can I hear that this is built by my smelly boy brick by brick!"

Li Jing immediately looked embarrassed, looked up at the sky and didn't answer at all.

Merton quickly changed the topic and said, "brother Cheng's selfless help will be repaid by nephew another day. Today, I invite you to see the power of ballistics."

"This is Zu Mingjun, Weichen's classmate. He created ballistics," Merton said, pointing to Zu Mingjun waiting.

"Cao min, Zu Mingjun, see the emperor and all the ministers." Zu Mingjun said in fear. He couldn't help but look at Merton gratefully. If Merton hadn't strongly invited him to the fireware prison, he wouldn't have the opportunity to show it in front of Li Shimin.

"The descendants of the ancestral family are really knowledgeable!" Li Shimin praised.

"The late scholar didn't dare to lose the reputation of his ancestors." Zu Mingjun blushed.

Li Shimin nodded and said, "let's start! Let me see what magic is in the arithmetic that can be praised by both Mohist and ancestral families."

"Yes!" Zu Mingjun took a deep breath, bowed back and began to adjust the angle.

Merton pointed to a dummy beside a crenel on the wall and said, "tell your majesty, your majesty, please see, if this is the commander of the enemy, 300 steps away from the catapult, you can accurately hit and behead by using ballistics."

"Beheading action?" Li Shimin's brilliance flashed. Although he heard this word for the first time, he immediately understood its meaning. He once led the elite Xuanjia army to break into hundreds of miles a day and capture Dou Jiande. It is not beheading action, that is, the so-called thief first and the king first.

A group of generals were also thoughtful, and Li Jing moved in his heart. This beheading action may be included in his military books.

"Shoot!" Zu Mingjun calculated the trajectory, and a huge stone egg suddenly flew out. In full view of the public, he accurately hit the dummy on the city wall.

"So accurate?" Li Shimin said in surprise.

Other generals also immediately brightened their eyes. Such an accurate strike can be said to be unique. In the past, the catapult was almost blind, and it was all luck.

Hou Junji waved his hand and said indifferently, "what's the use of a single shot in accuracy? As long as the general opposite is not stupid, he will be able to hide in the past. It's not that he uses a few more catapults and bombards at the same time, he will hit one hit."

Many generals also agree. Although these generals are in high positions, most of them are reckless. They don't like these fine things and don't want to spend more effort in this regard. For them, it's nothing more than sending a few stone eggs.

Merton was not surprised, but ordered the hundred cavalry soldiers to replace the stone egg with a black iron pimple.

"I don't know if the enemy can hide this time." Merton said confidently.

"Gunpowder weapon!"

Everyone was shocked and immediately knew that this was the gunpowder weapon of the firearm prison. The explosion in the back mountain of xuandu temple was terrible. Although Li Shimin ordered to block the news, as a general of the Tang Dynasty, he naturally heard about the situation at that time.

"Your majesty!" Cheng Yaojin couldn't help but get close to Li Shimin's guard.

"No harm!" Li Shimin waved.

"Don't panic, generals. Even the most dangerous things will be very safe as long as they follow the rules." Merton Lang said.

Li Shimin nodded. He had seen the memorial of the fire monitor. Merton had already explained the steps of fire prevention to him one by one in the memorial. He was not worried at all, because he really couldn't think of the possibility of accidents.

Merton took out the fire fold from his arms and carefully lit the long lead of the gunpowder.

"Shoot again!" Zu Mingjun shouted suddenly.

Almost along the last track, the gunpowder bullet with a spark hit the position of the dummy again.

"Sure enough, it's very accurate!" they hit twice in a row, and they immediately paid more attention to ballistics.

However, this did not end. In the sight of everyone, with a loud noise, huge flames burst out on the city wall, and a thick black smoke rose into the air.

"This!"

The generals were suddenly cold all over. They couldn't help thinking in another position. They couldn't think of anyone who could survive under the power of destroying the sky and the earth. If they were in the position of dummies, they might never be spared.

"This is the gunpowder weapon!"

Li Shimin stared at the soaring flame with his eyes and was shocked. I'm afraid such a weapon would subvert his previous understanding of war.

Li Jing's face was moved for the first time. This time, his military book was not repaired. I'm afraid it will really be rewritten.

"From then on, I'm afraid that no matter how high the martial arts are, it's like paper paste in the face of such powerful weapons." a group of generals handed down with courage and martial arts lamented. Since ancient times, peerless generals have been among thousands of troops, and going to the head level is like looking for things. From now on, I'm afraid this phenomenon will be difficult to appear again.

"This is the age of gunpowder," Morton said proudly as the smoke dissipated.