Lin'an Never Night

Chapter 750: Shining with Power (Additional chapter for the leader of the Mi Chong Alliance who failed a grade)

Yang Yuan chose this time to take them out of the city and go to the suburban camp to review the regiment training troops who had marched all the way from Tongchuan Prefecture. This was mainly because when they arrived, it would be almost night, and the sound and light effects of firearms would look even more thrilling.

It was impossible to keep secret the firearms that Yang Yuan developed and put into use.

As long as he uses it, someone will definitely know.

Even if he doesn't use it, closed manufacturing and closed drills can't keep the news blocked forever.

What's more, Yang Yuan had no ambition to rebel.

He had kept it secret before, on the one hand to avoid alerting the Wu family army in advance, and on the other hand because he was worried about the constraints of the conservatives in the court.

Now, it's almost time for it to appear on the battlefield, so it's time for it to be unveiled to the public.

Before deciding to let the Longzhou gentry take a look at his firearms, Yang Yuan secretly reported the relevant information to the court.

However, whether in this exercise or in the news reported to the court, Yang Yuan concealed the existence of the artillery.

At the same time, the muskets reported and currently used in drills are also different.

The 1.0 version of the musket displayed this time is not the firearm that Xiao Qianyue's team has optimized to version 3.1.

When Marshal Fu left the city, he was accompanied by a large entourage of carriages and processions. All the powerful men in Longzhou also followed him in carriages and on horses.

It is already summer, but the scorching sun is no longer as strong and the climate is still comfortable.

When they arrived at the wilderness that had been designated in advance, Yang Yuan got out of the car wearing a military uniform and a sun hat.

He changed to a strong black horse and led the Longzhou warlords who had also changed horses to gallop towards the low mountain.

Gan Quan came hurriedly with several militia officers. He saluted the commander from his horse and led the way to the reviewing stand.

This is a relatively flat area on a low hill.

Gan Quan clasped his fists and said, "Commander Fu, bullets can't reach this far, so you can watch from here without worry."

Yang Yuan nodded: "Go ahead, let me see how your drill turned out."

Gan Quan responded loudly, turned his horse's head, and led several officers to gallop down the mountain.

Several powerful men in Longzhou exchanged glances silently, with some surprise on their faces.

It's only two arrows' distance from the training area at the foot of the mountain to here.

The commander of the militia said, if we stand here, we won’t be accidentally hit by bullets?
What kind of weapon is this? Does it have such a long range? A new type of crossbow?

In their opinion, there are powerful long-range weapons that can shoot much farther than ordinary bows and crossbows, such as the crossbow.

However, that kind of large crossbow is too heavy and is usually fixed on the top of the city wall.

Even if General Yang Fu made some improvements to it, he would not make it as light as an ordinary crossbow while maintaining the power of a bed crossbow, right?

In fact, the range of the firearms equipped by this regiment during training was not that far.

However, all is fair in war, so why not exaggerate a little?

The first batch was a demonstration of grenadiers under the command of Ganquan.

Dozens of soldiers walked side by side to the audition area.

They all wore a special sling around their waist.

Two leather belts with a leather bag in the middle and a fist-sized stone in the bag.

With the help of this simple tool, the throwing distance can reach between thirty and sixty feet, which is no less than that of a bow and arrow.

If one person throws it, it won't be very useful, but if a group of people throw it, its lethality will be quite amazing.

This weapon is simple to make and inexpensive. It is a common weapon in the army and a must-have for local militias.

However, the weapons thrown by this regiment during training were not stones, but grenades.

As they threw grenades one after another, huge explosions sounded and clouds of smoke and dust rose up.
All the powerful men of Longzhou on the reviewing stand were stunned with astonishment.

They...had seen gunpowder weapons, but had never imagined that their power had reached such a level.

Yang Yuan took out an unloaded grenade at the right time and introduced it with a smile.

"Look at the cracks on it. Once it explodes, iron pieces will fly in all directions. The power of one explosion is equivalent to ten people throwing rocks at the same time."

He placed the grenade on a table that had been set up in advance and let them pick it up and examine it.

"The craftsmen planned to stuff nails and porcelain pieces inside. Once it exploded, it would be like a violent storm, penetrating every hole. No one within ten steps would be spared."

When the powerful people heard this, their faces suddenly changed.

Yang Yuan said: "Its power is not limited to this, everyone has seen this huge explosion effect.

Just think about it, people are frightened when they hear or see it, so what would happen if a charging horse were hit?"

At this time, the grenadiers had retreated, and a group of soldiers were driving several pigs and sheep towards a certain area.

Yang Yuan said: "I named the weapon just now a hand grenade. Everyone, look at this one, I name it a land mine."

I saw a pig being driven to run, and suddenly there was a huge explosion underneath it.

The pig was blown into the air, fell heavily to the ground, twitched a few times, and then stopped moving.

Afterwards, other pigs and sheep also began to step on the mines, and one sheep was even blown to pieces in the air.

Several Longzhou heroes trembled all over when they saw it.

Yang Yuan said calmly: "The hand grenade just now can be used in encounters. And this kind of mine can be buried underground in advance around your own camp in the direction you don't want the enemy to attack.

It can also be buried in advance in the direction of the enemy cavalry charge on the battlefield where the two sides are about to fight a decisive battle.

I would like to ask you, whether it is the Jin people or the Xixia, how can their cavalry show off their power in front of my troops? "

As Yang Yuan was speaking, a drumbeat sounded.

The dense and rhythmic drum beats were designed by Yang Yuan himself.

The third platoon was training and they came out with muskets on their shoulders.

They lined up neatly, divided into three rows: front, middle and back, and the three-stage shooting officially began. In front of them, human-shaped targets were erected.

The sound of gunfire rang out one after another. When the shooting was over, someone rode over quickly, pulled out a few targets, and ran up the mountain.

Seeing the target, which was covered with scars and holes, as if it had smallpox, the powerful people in Longzhou were horrified.

By this time, it was completely dark, torches had been lit on the hillside, and only the shadows of some soldiers could be vaguely seen below the mountain.

Yang Yuan smiled and said, "The last weapon is 'Swarm of Bees'. You may want to take a look."

The powerful people of Longzhou enjoyed a magnificent "fireworks" that night.

Because it was completely dark, they could clearly see that a ball of strange colors suddenly burst out from the dark color.

The strange color dragged out gorgeous streams of light, circling and dancing, and pounced forward at all kinds of tricky angles.

There were six "swarms" in total, and the colorful jets they emitted seemed to cover the entire wilderness.

After the test launch, some of the fired rockets were picked up and brought up the mountain.

In the light of the torches, the powerful people in Longzhou saw that it was an arrow with the shaft burned black by gunpowder.

The sharp arrow tip at the front emitted a cold light under the firelight.

Yang Yuan's voice came from the side: "It takes two to three years to train an excellent soldier. It takes even longer to train an outstanding archer.

However, equipped with my firearms, even a newly formed regiment will only need three months at most to be able to go into battle and face the most powerful enemy. "

The powerful people in Longzhou then remembered that this... this was just a training group of soldiers!
It is not the regular army under Yang Yuan. What would Yang Yuan’s regular army look like?
In fact, these firearms certainly cannot achieve the effect that Yang Yuan described.

It is restricted by logistics, terrain, weather, and many other shortcomings.

However, it was enough to fool those who knew little about firearms.

Besides, what Yang Yuan showed was not all.

How to maximize the advantages of firearms and make up for their existing defects and shortcomings?
What kind of long-range and short-range firearms should each legion be equipped with? And how many firearms should be equipped?

With the financial and material resources of Yang Yuan's Tongchuan Prefecture's General Manager's Office, what is the upper limit of the amount of firearms that can be supported, which consume much more energy than cold weapons?
Given the current traffic conditions and supply delivery capabilities, how long can a troop be able to continue fighting with ammunition and supplies?
Yang Yuan did not mention these issues, and they would not have thought about them.

Today's review has dragged these powerful men into a new world that is completely unknown to them.

……

Yang Yuan did not say anything else to the powerful people in Longzhou. After taking them back to the city, there was another sumptuous dinner. Yang Yuan, who was slightly tipsy, went to Mei Zhen's yard.

Although there is no need to pay attention to a honeymoon, Meizhen is still a newlywed, so it is necessary to visit her often.

As soon as the newly married Mei Zhen welcomed Yang Yuan in, she smelled the smell of gunpowder on his clothes.

"Someone, prepare the bath immediately."

Mei Zhen covered her mouth with the back of her hand, her slender jade fingers like peeling an onion clenched into a fist, her snow-white palm was as white as warm and crystal clear mutton-fat jade.

She turned around and told the dowry maid, and Yang Yuan took her hand and said with a smile: "Mei'er, come with me."

When Mei Zhen heard this, her face immediately turned red.

She gently pushed Yang Yuan and said, "My husband, go first. I will follow soon."

When Yang Yuan entered the bathhouse, Mei Zhen immediately looked around and called softly, "Aunt, Aunt?"

Suddenly, a reply was heard from the silence, and Mei Zhen's tense expression relaxed.

Although it was not the first time, she still felt tired every time she served her husband.

Her husband taught her a secret technique, saying that it would not only be of great use in serving her husband, but could also prolong her life and keep her youthful forever.

But after all, I have only been practicing for a short time.

She also noticed that her younger sister seemed to have a special talent for defeating bad husbands.

So, as long as her sister-in-law is around, she will not be afraid.

When she is completely defeated, she can ask her aunt to save her.

……

The powerful people in Longzhou seemed to drink a lot at night, but after returning to the guesthouse, none of them were drunk.

Soon, they gathered in the room of Zeng Changqing, who had the most seniority and the most powerful background among them.

Whether or not to pledge allegiance to Yang Yuan, the governor and pacification envoy of Tongchuan Prefecture as a local tyrant in Longzhou, was their only topic of discussion tonight.

Once they surrender, it means that all the local tyrants in Longzhou who were originally close to the Wu family will surrender to the Yang family.

Do you want to agree?

After seeing the advantages of firearms used in Yang Yuantuan's military training, almost no one had any doubts about this.

But, to what extent?
What should I do if I provoke suppression from the Wu family?
What can they give to Yang Yuan, and what do they want to get from Yang Yuan?
This is a business, and when negotiating a business deal, you just ask for a sky-high price and pay it back on the spot.

What kind of promises do I need Yang Yuan to make? Should I let my nephews and nieces who have made achievements join the local government under Yang Yuan's rule?

They went through all aspects of military, economy, politics, culture and education, one by one, and stayed up all night.

Yang Yuan was not worried about this at all.

He knew that the emergence of this firearms unit would surely shock these inexperienced Longzhou tyrants.

However, we still have to wait and see what conditions they will put forward.

Tonight he just wanted to concentrate on defeating Fan Qing.

Yang Er has always been successful and there is no reason for him to fail.

He, Yang Yuan, refuses to accept!

However, ideals are beautiful, but reality is cruel, and Fan Qingqing has completely grasped him.

All it took was for the thousand-layer lotus to open and close, and if he wanted to be defeated, he would be defeated.

(End of this chapter)