Following a burst of explosions as dense as fried beans, the doll formation a hundred steps away suddenly flew into pieces, and each doll made of vegetation was beaten to pieces.
"Beep~"
The next moment, the sound of a loud whistle reached the ears of everyone in the martial arts arena. A group of soldiers holding firecrackers quickly stepped forward, raising their weapons and aiming at the puppets in front of them.
The gunmen who had just finished shooting all retreated to make room for combat.
Gunfire rang out again.
Wave after wave, team after team of gunmen advanced in an orderly manner, and each projectile containing powerful lethality quickly destroyed the dense array of puppets.
In the end, only a few broken wooden poles were left.
At this moment, Shangguan Wuji, who was watching the drill next to the martial arts arena, shook his head with extremely complicated eyes.
Now he has clearly realized that the artillery and firecrackers "invented" by Wang Chen will greatly change the pattern of future wars.
If the enemy cannot adapt, he is destined to be crushed to pieces!
This is by no means an exaggeration.
Because these gunmen armed with new weapons are not elite Hanhai soldiers, but new recruits recruited just recently. Most of them are first and second level in strength, and there are even many ordinary people.
But the fire gun smoothed the gap in rank. Warriors below the fifth level simply couldn't withstand the siege of ordinary fire gunmen.
And if it were to be replaced by a specially made heavy fire gun, even the fifth-level martial arts master would have to kneel down!
With the same number of people, if a team of newly trained fire gunmen faced off against a team of elite Han navy, the former would have a greater chance of winning.
Once this kind of weapon becomes popular, will it still make sense for everyone to work hard to improve their cultivation strength in the future?
Especially for warriors with limited talents, such a gap is really disappointing!
Shangguan Wuji sighed for them.
At the same time, Commander Han's confidence in Princess Qingyun to seize the throne increased a bit.
He said to Wang Chen next to him: "Master Wang, this Shenji Battalion will definitely be an invincible division!"
Under Wang Chen's arrangement, a large number of newly recruited soldiers were organized into artillerymen and gunners, and then a powerful Shenji battalion was expanded and organized on this basis.
The military manufacturing camp originally affiliated with Han Haijun was also included in the Shenji Camp.
At present, including the auxiliary troops, the number of Shenji Battalion has exceeded 5,000.
But according to Wang Chen's plan, the scale of the Shenji Battalion will be expanded by more than ten times, becoming the main force of the Xinhan Navy sweeping the world!
At present, the main reason is that the manufacturing speed of weapons cannot keep up. The process of making a qualified fire gun is complicated and time-consuming. Even though Wang Chen has come up with the so-called "assembly line" manufacturing method, it cannot completely solve the problem of production capacity.
The Shenji Battalion relied on artillery and muskets. Without these new weapons, there would be no combat effectiveness.
Wang Chen smiled.
He could understand Shangguan Wuji's mood. After all, the latter started from the lowest level as a warrior and spent countless efforts and resources to reach his current level of strength.
The artillery and muskets are cheating!
"Master Taifu!"
At this time, a guard hurried over and reported: "The A-5 Prospecting Team just sent someone to bring back the news that they discovered a flowing yellow mine!"
Wang Chen's eyes suddenly lit up: "Where is the person? Where is he?"
Guns and cannons cannot be separated from gunpowder, otherwise they will be a pile of useless scrap iron. Among the three materials for making gunpowder, charcoal is the easiest to obtain. There is a method to make nitrate in the nitrate field, and you can also mine nitrate ore.
Only this liquid yellow, that is, sulfur, is quite rare. Wang Chen's previous collection of the entire Hanhai City only amounted to a few hundred kilograms.
Because Liuhuang is a medicinal material in this world, the usual dosage is very small, and it is impossible for merchants to stock up on large quantities.
In order to prepare enough gunpowder to support his plan, Wang Chen sent teams one after another to prospect and purchase.
Unexpectedly, in just half a month, good news came.
The Liuhuang Mine discovered by the Jiawu Prospecting Team is located in the mountains more than two hundred miles southwest of Hanhai City. There is an active volcano that spits out thick smoke and flames all year round. There are large areas of minerals available for collection on the mountainside and at the foot of the mountain.
Flow yellow.
After understanding the situation, Wang Chen immediately mobilized a group of miners and went to mine the flowing yellow ore under the escort of three thousand ships.
Then let other prospecting teams continue to search for saltpeter ore and new yellow ore.
The next month, Wang Chen personally led 3,000 Hanhai cavalry and 5,000 Shenji battalions, marched east to the West Sea and captured the county town.
The process of the capture of Xihai County City can be said to be lackluster. The Shenji Battalion deployed thirty cannons and fired three rounds at the city wall before a white flag was erected in the city.
Not challenging at all!
At this point, the two counties of Hanhai and Xihai came under the banner of Princess Qingyun, and the banner of reestablishing Daliang orthodoxy was officially launched.
Become a member of the "anti-scape" force.
At this time, it was only three months before King Jing ascended the throne, and war was already raging in Daliang.
After Emperor Yuan Jing usurped the throne, the first major thing he did was to form a brotherly alliance with Daqi and cede the three northern counties to Daqi, his "big brother", in exchange for the latter's support for him.
At the same time, Emperor Yuan Jing took action against his relatives and ransacked the homes of princes and princes and imprisoned them.
There was an uproar in Liang Dynasty!
Emperor Jing of the Yuan Dynasty's rebellious behavior aroused fierce opposition from everyone in the court. He was in an unfair position to begin with, and he bowed down to accept the feudal Qi as his brother. The cession of three counties was even more depressing.
So except for the seven counties in the Central Plains and the east, the other counties in Daliang rebelled one after another. Seeing the opportunity, the rebels rose up and swept through several counties in the south.
Today's Daliang has fallen into a situation where princes are fighting for hegemony.
Among them, Princess Qingyun is not the only force that carries the banner of Daliang Orthodoxy, and its influence is also greater than hers.
Although Hanhai County and Xihai County are vast in territory, they are both border counties with a small population and limited potential. In everyone's opinion, they cannot make any waves.
After the news spread that Princess Qingyun raised the anti-jing flag, most people also sneered at it.
Because there has never been a precedent for a queen to ascend the throne in Daliang, even if everyone wanted to succeed in becoming a queen, they would not seek refuge with a female figure like Princess Qingyun.
In fact, the most favored rebel king at present is undoubtedly Prince Ming Liang Mingrui. This Prince of Liang is very senior and can be regarded as the uncle of Princess Qingyun and Prince Jing. He is at the forefront of the royal family in terms of strength and popularity.
Emperor Jing of the Yuan Dynasty once tried to summon Liang Mingrui to Daye, but the Ming King directly rebelled and sent troops to occupy two adjacent counties. His power expanded rapidly, making the world look at him with suspicion!
After King Ming showed his ambition to conquer the world, heroes from all walks of life came to join him, further enhancing his prestige.
There is no doubt that if Princess Qingyun wants to move into Daliang, her first opponent is Emperor Yuan Jing, followed by Prince Ming!