Heavenly Dao Formula

The leader was killed so quickly, and the rest lost their fighting spirit. They either knelt down and surrendered or scattered like birds and beasts. Those who tried to escape were chased down by Shan Hui, and the ambush team of more than fifty people ran back to the capital of the county. No.

Xia Fan walked up to Li and picked up the weapon that Ueno Jiuji had dropped.

He was surprised to find that it was actually a gorgeous musket.

"What is this?" Li asked, wiping the blood off his hands.

"Handgun, similar to a small crossbow." Xia Fan checked the firearm and confirmed his judgment - there is no magazine and wheel, and it is still in a simple front-mounted form. The ignition device has appeared, and it can be activated by pulling the trigger, but it is only one shot. In other words, this musket can only be used for the last fight, and cannot be used as a normal weapon.

He squatted down and groped around the dead samurai for a while, and found a small bag of lead bullets and a bag of something like gunpowder.

Obviously, the existence of qi does not hinder the exploration and research of natural phenomena by people in the world, and may even speed up a little.

At least he had never seen similar weapons in the hands of guards in Gaoshan County or Jinxia City.

In addition, Xia Fan also found several short daggers, a bag of medicine bags, two talisman papers and a waist card. With that musket added, if he really fights with Ueno Jiuji, I'm afraid it will indeed be much more difficult to deal with than Xie Chong.

"Master Xia, what do you plan to do with these people?" Nagino, who shocked the audience, came over and asked with a bloody long knife.

More than fifty people died in less than half an hour, and the twenty or so people who were alive had completely lost their fighting spirit and only had fear in their eyes.

Especially when they looked at Shanhui who looked like a giant wolf.

"Have you asked about your identity?"

"Yes, they are not from Dongsheng Kingdom, but the Donghai Gang recruited by the Wang family. The superiors only said that they wanted to kill one person, but they didn't tell them that they were dealing with the Privy Council Command."

In other words, except for the Ueno samurai who led the team, everyone else was a mob.

Is this the Wang family underestimating the enemy?

No, I'm afraid Wang Yi'an didn't figure out the situation himself - if he could receive the news of the meeting between Ning Wanjun and the evil horse witch immediately, it could only mean that there was an inner ghost around the princess.

Maybe he thinks that a warrior who is good at battle and more than fifty thugs is enough to encircle and suppress an alchemist who only knows the shock technique.

From a common sense point of view, his judgment can't be wrong.

How can ordinary people expect that the introduction needed for the shock technique has changed from a rare thing like lightning strike wood to a copper wire pendant that is readily available?

It's just that after the failure this time, the opponent should be more vigilant.

Xia Fan quickly went through the situation in his mind, "Tie up those who are still alive, and hand them over to Li Xing to bring them back to Jinxia City tomorrow morning."

This group of people saw Shanhui's tengu form, so they couldn't leave it to the Fenghua County government. If the Yang Zhi County here also had a connection with the Wang family, it is estimated that the rumors that the new recruits in the Ministry of Command were engaged in hiding monsters would spread the next day. It's all over the street.

Of course, he could also chop up the surrenders and make them shut up completely, but he always found it difficult to say such an order to kill prisoners in order to save trouble.

Now that he is in a high position, a single thought can kill someone and even affect the people of a place. Because of this, Xia Fan feels that he should be more cautious in making judgments.

"What about the dead ones?"

"I will notify the government office and let them clean up the scene."

It has only been less than a week since he took office, and the Wang family dared to send people to encircle and kill a mansion. There is a high probability that this was ordered by the Privy Council—after all, on the surface, he belongs to the princess faction, and has not yet directly threatened the status of the Wang family. .

Xia Fan had a vague premonition in his heart that the moment when the two sides would completely tear each other apart would not be too far away.

...

Back in Jinxia City, he immediately put the musket in front of Ning Wanjun.

"Does Qiguo have this thing?"

"Isn't this a cannon in the sleeve?" Ning Wanjun picked up the gun with great interest, and made a shooting posture - obviously she had seen this thing before, "Where did you get it?"

Xia Fan recounted his trip to Fenghua County, "Judging from the pattern of the handle, it doesn't look like Qiguo's style."

"Indeed, as far as I know, the Ministry of Industry does not produce such things."

"Why, this is the key to entering the age of firearms!"

It would be fine if the higher-ups hadn't heard of it, but from the tone of the other party, the higher-ups not only knew about it, but didn't take it very seriously. This means that in the development of firearms, Qiguo has fallen behind others.

"The age of firearms?" Ning Wanjun raised his eyebrows, "It's just a cannon in the sleeve, is it as important as you said? The power is small, the shooting is slow, and it may not be able to hit people within twenty steps, let alone alchemists. The army has researched that this weapon is flashy, and the material consumed is not as good as casting a cannon."

"Wait, Cast Cannon?" Xia Fan asked, "What Cannon?"

"The technology passed down from the Far West. It's about the same size, and the principle is similar to the cannon in the sleeve." The princess stretched out her hand and gestured, and in Xia Fan's eyes, she turned the opponent sideways, and it was basically close to the size she described, " Although it is also slow, if it hits, at least it will be either dead or injured."

Emotional gunpowder weapons have already begun to emerge in this world.

"There are also equipment in Qiguo Army?"

"This is a military plane," Ning Wanjun glanced at him, "but it's okay to tell you. There are very few similar equipment in the frontier army, and only a small amount of it is equipped with the Royal Forest Army of the Holy Majesty. It has too many shortcomings, and it consumes iron and copper. The weight is extremely heavy, and it is not suitable for fast movement in the wild. More importantly, iron cannons are easily restrained by alchemy, especially Lishu, Sunjutsu and Kanshu. If it weren't for someone from the Ministry of Industry who insisted on improving it, it probably would have been was eliminated."

"Oh? I would like to hear the details." Xia Fan asked curiously.

"Why, this thing is actually not ordinary?" The princess sensed his concern, and couldn't help but get serious, "Some Lijutsu can detonate saltpeter powder at a long distance, so that it can in turn kill the opponent who uses the cannon; The direction of the wind, making the iron cannon lose its aim - this trick is often used when dealing with archers. As for the cannon technique, there are more, creating dense fog, illusions, and false images can limit the enemy's long-distance attacks and force them to attack. Fighting at close quarters. The above tactics have all been tested in actual combat, and they are not just my fantasy."

Xia Fan suddenly had a general idea in his mind. It turned out that the Qiguo army had already put it into actual combat, but the performance of this artillery was not satisfactory, so it was not popularized.

This is indeed information that only the third princess can grasp.

If he hadn't cooperated with Ning Wanjun, it might take a long time before he got access to relevant information.

Just because he has seen the development of firearms, Xia Fan has a completely different view on this point of view - just like when the train first came out, it can't compare with the carriage, but the products of the cross-age will eventually surpass the times. The seemingly cumbersome artillery is added After gun mounts and wheels can be upgraded to field guns, and muskets are engraved with rifling and spherical bullets are changed to miniature bullets, the shooting accuracy will be greatly improved. These improvements often come from a novel idea, and there is no technical difference Rigid requirements, so it can be very long, or it can appear between decades.

If the technology mastered by Qiguo came from the Far West, what stage has the origin of it developed now?

Master Zhang of the Privy Council may have said something correctly.

Alchemists should give priority to improving their strength at all times.

He has to prepare in advance.