Bang! Bang! Bang!
Following a burst of explosions as dense as fried beans, the doll array a hundred steps away suddenly flew into pieces, and the dolls made of plants and trees were 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 fire gunners who had just finished shooting all retreated to make room for combat.
Gunfire rang out again.
Wave after wave, one team after another, the fire gunners moved forward in an orderly manner, and the projectiles containing powerful lethality quickly destroyed all 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 field, 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 no exaggeration.
Because these gunmen holding new weapons are not elite Hanhai Army 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 out the gap in levels. Martial Artist, which was below the fifth level, could not withstand the siege of ordinary fire gun players.
And if it were to be replaced with a special heavy-duty firecracker, fifth-tier Martial Sect would also have to kneel down!
With the same number of people, a team of newly trained gunmen faced off against a team of elite Hanhai Army. The former had 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 Martial Artist, who has limited talent, such a gap is really disappointing!
Shangguan Wuji is sighing for them.
At the same time, Hanhai Army Commander's confidence in Princess Qingyun's ability to seize the throne has increased a bit.
He said to Wang Chen next to him, "Grand Tutor Wang, this Divine Machine Battalion will definitely be an invincible master!"
Under the arrangement of Wang Chen, a large number of newly recruited soldiers were organized into artillerymen and gunmen, and then expanded and organized on this basis to form a powerful Divine Machine Battalion.
Military Manufacturing Camp, which originally belonged to the Hanhai Army, was also included in Divine Machine Battalion.
At present, including the auxiliary troops, the number of Divine Machine Battalion has exceeded 5,000.
However, according to Wang Chen's plan, the scale of Divine Machine Battalion will be expanded more than ten times, as the main force of the New Hanhai Army 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.
Divine Machine Battalion relies on cannons. Without these new weapons, there would be no combat effectiveness.
Wang Chen smiled.
He can understand the mood of Shangguan Wuji. After all, the latter also started from the lowest level Martial Artist and spent countless efforts and resources to reach his current level of strength.
The artillery and muskets are cheating!
"Lord Grand Tutor!"
At this moment, a guard hurried over and reported, "A-Five Prospecting Team just sent someone to bring back the news. They discovered a 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 yellowish color, that is, sulfur, is quite rare. Wang Chen previously collected the entire Hanhai City, which only weighed 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 A-Five 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 Liuhuang that can be collected on the mountainside and at the foot of the mountain.
After understanding the situation, Wang Chen immediately mobilized a group of miners and went to mine the flowing yellow ore under the protection of three thousand Hanhai Army.
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 eastward into the West Sea and captured the county town.
The process of the capture of West Sea prefecture city can be said to be lackluster. Divine Machine Battalion deployed thirty cannons against the city wall and bombarded the city wall for three rounds before a white flag was erected in the city.
Not challenging at all!
At this point, the two counties Hanhai Commandery and West Sea were under the banner of Princess Qingyun, and the banner of reestablishing the Great Liang orthodoxy was officially launched.
Become a member of the "anti-Jing" force.
At this time, it was only three months since Prince Jing ascended the throne, and the territory of Great Liang was already full of wars.
After Emperor Yuanjing usurped the throne, the first major thing he did was to form a brotherly alliance with Great Qi and cede the three northern counties to Great Qi, the "big brother", in exchange for the latter's support for him.
At the same time, Emperor Yuanjing attacked his relatives again, confiscating the homes of princes, princes, and princes and imprisoning them.
Great Liang Dynasty is in an uproar!
Emperor Yuanjing's perverse act aroused fierce opposition from the whole court. He was already in an unfair position, and he bowed down to take the feuding Great 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 Great Liang counties rebelled one after another. Rebel Faction, who saw the opportunity, rose up and swept several counties in the south.
Today's Great Liang has fallen into a situation where princes are competing for hegemony.
Among them, Princess Qingyun is not the only force that carries the banner of Great Liang's orthodoxy, and their influence is also greater than hers.
Although Hanhai Prefecture and West Sea Prefecture have vast territories, they both belong to border counties. They have a small population and limited potential. In everyone's opinion, they cannot make any waves.
After the news spread that Princess Qingyun raised the banner of anti-Jing, most people also scoffed.
Because there is no precedent for Great Liang to have Empress ascend the throne, even if everyone wants to succeed, they will not seek refuge with a female figure like Princess Qingyun.
In fact, the most favored rebel king at present is Prince Ming Liang Mingrui. Prince Great Liang is of high seniority 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 Yuanjing once tried to recruit Liang Mingrui into Great Ye, but Prince Ming directly rebelled and sent troops to occupy two counties adjacent to Feng Prefecture. His power expanded rapidly, making people all over the world look at him!
After Prince Ming showed his ambition to conquer the world, heroes from all walks of life came to vote for him, further increasing his prestige.
There is no doubt that if Princess Qingyun wants to move into Great Liang, his first opponent is Emperor Yuanjing, followed by Prince Ming!
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