After Mo Daobing left the scene, many soldiers placed the dummies in the distance closer to Mingde Gate.
Li Yuanji introduced on the city wall: "The ones coming below are our Datang's latest musketry troops."
This musketeer team with only 600 people can be said to be one of the strongest combat forces in Datang.
All they were equipped with were the latest rifled flintlock muskets.
This kind of rifled flintlock gun has rifling added to the barrel, and the effective range reaches 200 meters.
Moreover, the accelerated loading method is also used. Linen cloth soaked in grease is used to wrap the projectile into the bore, which not only speeds up the loading speed, but also plays a role in air-holding. The accuracy is improved and the range is also increased.
It can be said that such a simple rifled flintlock gun is the embodiment of the most high-tech level of the Tang Dynasty.
The craftsmanship of gun barrels, gunpowder and projectiles are all the best that Datang can achieve now.
These six hundred people also walked to Mingde Gate with guns on their shoulders, then turned south and faced the dummies placed two hundred meters away.
"Prepare!"
One of the musketeers stepped out, holding a small flag high in his hand.
"put!"
Following his order, 100 of the 200 people in the front row were standing and 100 were squatting and fired at the same time. After the shooting was over, they immediately retreated to the back.
"Prepare!"
"put!"
The second two hundred musketeers began firing in the same manner, and then the third.
By the time the third 200-man musketeers finished shooting, the first 200-man team had loaded their ammunition and started shooting again.
The 600-man musketeers used this classic three-stage attack and fired continuously for two minutes.
The dummies placed two hundred meters away from them had long been beaten into sieves.
"I've known for a long time that the fire blunderbuss of the Tang Dynasty was powerful, but now I know it's so powerful!" An envoy on the city wall said with some fear.
"With such a dense attack, even the cavalry can't get in front of it!"
"No, it should be said that no soldier can stand in front of them!"
The Mo Dao soldiers just now were powerful enough, but now after seeing the three-stage shooting of these 600 musketeers, many envoys felt as if their hearts had sunk to the bottom of the sea, as if they were completely cold.
This is no longer what they are now
With the strength to resist, the six hundred musketeers kept shooting like this, even an army of tens of thousands could not rush in front of them.
If you don't get close to a weapon like a musket, you will always be beaten.
The only drawback seems to be that the smoke is a bit loud when shooting. Fortunately, these musketeers are the treasures of the Tang Dynasty. Each one wears a mask, which can not only isolate the smoke, but also play a certain defensive function.
"Long live the Tang Dynasty!"
After the shooting was completed, the musketeers shouted to Li Shimin.
"You have worked hard!"
"Serve the Tang Dynasty!"
The envoys from various countries and the people of the Tang Dynasty watched the Musketeers leave the field, and they all discussed that this should be the strongest combat force of the Tang Dynasty now.
The Tang Dynasty will only build more and more such muskets. When there are 5,000, 10,000, or 50,000 muskets, what will the Tang Dynasty be like? Invincible?
Just when everyone was thinking this, Li Yuanji shouted again: "The one who will appear on the stage will be my strongest army in the Tang Dynasty!"
"Xuanjia Cavalry?"
"It's Xuan Jiaqi who's coming!"
"Today I finally get to see the Xuanjia Cavalry!"
Hearing Li Yuanji shouting about the strongest regiment in the Tang Dynasty, everyone speculated whether it was the Xuanjia Cavalry.
Although the musketeers are powerful, they have no actual achievements.
The Xuanjia Cavalry began to conquer the north and south since before the founding of the Tang Dynasty, and made many military exploits.
Speaking of the strongest regiment in the Tang Dynasty, everyone thinks of the Black Armor Cavalry.
But what Li Yuanji said next denied their thoughts.
"The First Tank Corps of the Tang Dynasty!"
"Tank Corps? What is a tank?" After hearing Li Yuanji's words, everyone started talking.
The envoys on the city wall also looked at each other in confusion. They all had many spies in Chang'an, but they had never heard of such a thing as a tank.
And what kind of existence can be called the strongest army in the Tang Dynasty?
On the west side of the moat below Mingde Gate, there is a row of people covered with red cloth.
At the beginning, many people were guessing what it was. Now that they heard Li Yuanji talking about tanks, everyone looked over.
Sure enough, as soon as Li Yuanji finished speaking, all the red cloths were torn off.
"what is that?"
"Is it a steam locomotive?"
"Look at the smoke coming from behind, it must be a steam locomotive!"
"But why does this car have no wheels? Look under them!"
"Don't look down, look up, that long and thin tube, isn't it?"
"The Great Tang Dynasty Cannon! Is this tank the Tang Dynasty Divine Power Cannon that can move?"
The envoys were just shocked when they saw the Musketeers, but now they started shouting.
Li Shimin had used steam locomotives to pick them up and drop them off when they came to Chang'an, and he knew the speed of steam locomotives.
But if the speed of the steam locomotive is coupled with the powerful Tang Dynasty cannon on it...
"It's... too horrible!" An envoy squeezed out a few words tremblingly through his teeth.
But no matter what they thought, the steam tank that had been launched long ago began to accelerate, and the speed was getting faster and faster.
Behind the ten tanks lined up were a thousand musketeers.
The only difference from the original musketeers was that they used flintlock muskets, which were much simpler to build than flintlock rifled guns.
Although the range is not as long as rifled guns, and the accuracy is not as high as rifled guns, they cooperate with tanks in attacking.
Tanks have a range of more than one thousand meters, so they don't need such long range and accuracy. What they need is to hit enemies at close range.
Now the people of the Tang Dynasty also know why such a large open space was cleared in front of them. If not, this monster called a tank would not be able to move at all.
The tank drove to Mingde Gate and then turned south. Today, Cheng Zhijie was not standing on the hot air balloon, but on the tank in the middle.
He waved the command flag in his hand: "Datang Tank Corps, No. 1 advances tactics, charge!"
All the tanks began to gallop south, and then fired several shots in succession, launching an attack on the dummy corps to the south.
The armor of those dummy corps looks like the best light plate armor of the Tang Dynasty from a distance, but in fact they are all movie and television props.
Even if Datang had the strength to build so many light plate armors, they would be reluctant to use them like this.
It's just that the envoys on the city wall don't know it. They all feel their hearts bleeding and sigh at the same time, so what if such plate armor is so powerful?
In front of this monster called a tank, what's the difference between it and paper?
