Chapter 1498

When the cost of a musket is close to swords and crossbows, when the range, rate of fire, and power of a musket exceeds that of a breeze, large-scale replacement of gunpowder weapons will become an irreversible trend.

Over the past few years, Wang Yang has been repeatedly improving the metallurgical technology and machine tool technology of the Song Dynasty, causing the quality and quantity of steel in the Song Dynasty to continue to climb to new peaks one after another.

With the advancement of machine tool technology and the refinement of machine tools, it has changed from the initial only a few functions to almost all processes that can be solved by machine tools.

As the manufacturing of machine tools becomes more and more sophisticated, fine processing has become a possibility. This is the basis for the Song Dynasty to produce excellent rotor muskets.

Nowadays, the musket workshop, with 500 craftsmen and nearly 100 machine tools, has increased the monthly output of rotary muskets to 250.

This is why Wang Yang dared to increase the number of musketeers to two battalions. As long as he could be recognized by the military and then gained the approval of the emperor, he believed that in the near future, musketeers might become another elite new soldier in the Song Dynasty like the imperial artillery.

After entering the palace and meeting the emperor, Wang Yang reported to the emperor that the training of the Song Dynasty's muslan cavalry had come to an end for a while and was preparing to conduct military exercises.

"Of course there is no problem, so how about starting military exercises tomorrow?" Emperor Zhao Xu said happily.

"Your Majesty, the military exercises of this musket cavalry should not be hasty. If your Majesty agrees, please prepare for a few days so that your Majesty can have a more intuitive understanding of the powerful combat power and mobility of this new army."

"What preparation are you going to do?" Emperor Zhao Xu asked curiously.

"I am going to use hot air balloons in the military exercise. I ask Your Majesty and his colleagues to inspect the military exercises in the air. At a height of a hundred feet, the movements of all parties in the military exercises will become extremely intuitive."

"Hey, it's not bad, you have a good idea. How many days will it take? After climbing the sky in Huanglongze last time and looking at the beautiful mountains of our Song Dynasty, I have never been there again." Emperor Zhao Xu's eyes lit up and praised him.

"That's a good time. Now I heard that the towns in Liaodong are hanging hot air balloons in the sky for reconnaissance of enemy situations. But I have not had the chance to try it out yet. I just took this opportunity to experience it." Cao Shi and others couldn't help but feel it happily.

Soon, the emperor made a decision and three days later, he began this extraordinary military exercise.

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A hundred miles north of Bianliang in Tokyo, a large area of ​​gentle fields north of Guoqiao Town on the west side of Fengqiu, within a radius of twenty miles, had been banned by the imperial guards of the Song Dynasty.

At this moment, on this plain where war horses can gallop, thousands of Song Dynasty imperial guards slowly drove up, and their bright red clothes made them look particularly eye-catching in the already rich autumn season.

About five miles away from them was a cavalry team wearing blue cloaks. You should know that since the founding of the Song Dynasty, it has been red, and the clothes of the soldiers have been red.

However, the cavalry team wearing blue hood that appeared here today was the first experimental musket cavalry of the Song Dynasty who compiled the training manual and even participated in the command and training.

On a high ground not far away, at this moment, several huge spheres that had already begun to slowly expand were slowly rising.

The spacing between each hot air balloon is about 100 steps, which is to prevent sudden strong winds and avoid terrible accidents caused by hot air balloons.

There are dozens of civil and military ministers who came here today, but only half of them have the courage and are willing to board the hot air balloon to enjoy this military exercise.

Wang Yang didn't force it. After all, not everyone would be as fearful as himself. Ministers who had found various reasons and were unwilling to climb the hot air balloon could only stay on the ground to enjoy the military exercises.

"Your Majesty, the hot air balloon has been inflated and can take off at any time." With a shout, Emperor Zhao Xu held the ring firmly and nodded reservedly. "Take off!"

With this command, under the busyness of the ground personnel, the hot air balloon slowly shook and began to slowly rise towards the sky...

As the first hot air balloon rose into the air, the emperor Zhao Xu in the hanging basket and five important officials of the Song Dynasty took a deep breath. Although the rise was not fast, as the height changed, everyone's eyes became wider and wider, and soon, the entire plain was included in the sight.

And the two armies, who were unable to see the whole picture on the ground, gradually turned into two settlements the size of ants.

"Okay, so good. I didn't expect that standing on this sky and looking down, there was such a wonderful thing. Appreciating military exercises like this is indeed much more intuitive than being on the ground." Cao Shi and Wang Hou muttered in secret.

"...I don't know what kind of demon moth Wang Yang is making, what kind of muslan cavalry, isn't the cavalry just cavalry? Do these cavalry need to put the spears in their hands into the fire before they go into battle? "The other hanging basket was a group of old party bosses.

They had no good feelings for Wang Yang. When they complained, it was definitely like the water of the Yellow River coming from the sky, with endless waves.

In another hot air balloon, there was a group of new party officials gathering around Zhang Dun, looking around curiously.

"I really didn't expect that I had never practiced immortality or worshiped Buddha in my life, and I could have the chance to ascend to heaven..." An old man in his early sixties sighed with emotion.

Zhang Dun's eyes kept falling on the cavalry group wearing a blue coat, pursing his lips tightly without saying a word.

Some people around him complained about Wang Yang, but this behavior of only daring to complain about Wang Yang in a low voice but not even fart when facing him seems to have long become a habitual behavior of the old and new parties when facing Wang Yang.

However, after listening too much and reading too much, Zhang Dun felt not only helplessness in his heart, but also a kind of contempt for those new party members.

Look at these people, after returning to the court, what is the use of one or two besides making jokes? How much difference can the ability to do work and those old parties be?

The reason why they are willing to become the new party is that they are not determined to change the Song Dynasty and make the Song Dynasty more prosperous and stronger, but they just hope to overthrow the old party, then take control of the power of the court, and gain more selfish interests...

Thinking of this, standing at a height of nearly a hundred feet and facing the bitter wind really made Zhang Dun feel a sense of bleakness and loneliness that the world is so big, but there is no one who is alone.
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