Range and stability are the fundamental reason that determines the value of a musket.

If this musket is really as mentioned just now, then this musket is undoubtedly a big killing weapon. In the future, wars can cause huge casualties to the enemy.

Not only that, muskets are thermal weapons. Compared with cold weapons, the most direct sense of heat weapons is the erosion and horror of wounds.

This is something that cold weapons cannot achieve.

Just imagine, if a person is shot by an arrow and a person is hit by a musket, the terrifying effect is simply not on the same level.

Such a gap can further shake the enemy's morale and give the enemy a greater blow.

"Go and try it."

There is a way that is to hear the ears as false, and to see the eyes as true.

Zhang Jiuyan ordered people to set up a wooden board outside the training ground seventy steps and put on armor outside.

"Brother, let me try it."

Seeing that Zhang Jiuyan was going to test the musket himself, Liu Zongmin was worried about the explosion and advised him.

Gao Jie was also on the side and said he would give him a try.

Zhang Jiuyan smiled slightly and said, "This is the weapon I have equipped for the soldiers. If I don't even dare to use it myself, how can I hope others can use it with confidence?"

Liu Zongmin and Gao Jie knew Zhang Jiuyan's personality and stopped persuading him and nervously stepped aside.

Zhang Jiuyan lit the lead of the musket, closed one eye, and aimed the dummy seventy steps away with the musket.

Sizzy,,

The leads began to burn, and Zhang Jiuyan couldn't help but feel excited and his hands held the musket tightly.

Not only Zhang Jiuyan was excited, but also the dragon scale sharp men were curious, looking at Zhang Jiuyan excitedly, waiting to see the power of the musket.

During this period, Zhang Jiuyan has been in the daily training of Dragon Scale Sharpmen?                                                                                                                    

The purpose is also very clear? That is, the musket will be used as a daily routine and most important weapon. In addition, it is a spear.

How to use muskets and spears? Nowadays, it is the most important content in daily training of Dragon Scale Sharp.

Now watching Zhang Jiuyan experiment with muskets? Where can they not be excited or curious?

A dull sound of "boom"? The musket ammunition flew out quickly? A burst of white smoke also soared into the air, making Zhang Jiuyan's eyes fascinated.

Before Zhang Jiuyan could wave his hand, he drove away Bai Yan, and then? Then, he heard a thunderous thunderclap.

Zhang Jiuyan instinctively stepped forward a few steps? Through Baiyan, he saw that the wooden dummy was already broken and his armor was scattered everywhere.

As for the wooden board, there were wood chips flying everywhere and there was still heat on it.

Seeing that the musket was so powerful? Everyone was shocked and thought that if it was not said to hit people, they would definitely not survive even if they hit cows.

Zhang Jiuyan was very satisfied with the effect? ​​He said to Li Changyou: "Very good, am I very satisfied? He passed on me? The craftsman's workshop master rewarded silver for two taels each? You five taels, and the apprentice's chores will do one tael."

"General Xie."

Li Changyou was very happy, and his heart was at ease, and he was sincerely grateful to Zhang Jiuyan.

Then, Zhang Jiuyan turned around and said to the Dragon Scale Sharpmen: "Did you see it? This will be a great weapon to defeat the enemy in the future.

Compared to bows and arrows, this power is more than ten times stronger. You must train well and strive to master the skills of using muskets as soon as possible. Do you understand?"

"clear."

The Dragon Scale Sharpies agreed loudly one by one, inexplicably excited and were ready to send the musket out as soon as possible so that they could try their skills.

Here, we encouraged to continue to build more muskets, and then, Zhang Jiuyan asked Zhou Chongwen about war horses again.

Zhang Jiuyan’s goal is to train a cavalry team of one thousand people.

Once this scale is achieved, there are few rivals in the entire Shaanxi.

But ideals are full, reality is skinny.

It is not so easy to pull up a cavalry team of one thousand people. It is really so easy, and others have already done it.

If you need cavalry, the most prominent problem is where the horse comes from? Where does the money for raising cavalry come from?

Mizhi is located in the northwest and has had a horse farm since ancient times. Li Zicheng has raised horses for people.

So in Mizhi, horses are still uncommon.

But it is not uncommon, but they all have masters. To be more precise, they are all from the court and are raised by the elites on the Nine Borders.

It’s not Zhang Jiuyan’s turn to make a decision on these horses.

Another point is that raising cavalry is particularly expensive.

With the treatment of cavalry and infantry in this era, it can be said that raising a cavalry is almost the expense of raising twenty infantry. Do you think this cavalry is not expensive?

After Zhang Jiuyan weighed the pros and cons, he finally discussed it with Yang Ai, Liu Zongmin, Gao Jie, Zhou Chongwen and others.

They all think that Zhang Jiuyan has only 2,000 soldiers under him. If the cavalry accounts for half of them, it would be too many and too expensive.

Besides, infantry also has the advantage of infantry. In places with many mountain roads, small roads, and lakes, these cavalry are not as useful as infantry.

Therefore, cavalry and infantry have their own strengths. With their current strength, it is better to appropriately reduce the number of cavalry.

Zhang Jiuyan followed suit and finally decided to set the cavalry team at 500.

As for buying a horse, Zhang Jiuyan also entrusts Zhou Chongwen to do it.

However, Zhou Chongwen still encountered difficulties because he had the money in his hand but could not buy a horse.

Horse breeders cannot sell them, and they cannot explain them to the government after selling them.

The horse farm cannot be sold, and it is impossible to explain it to the court if it is sold.

There were still three hundred horses shortages, and Zhang Jiuyan couldn't help but frown. This thing could not be bought even if there was money, so it was really difficult to deal with.

With a sudden inspiration, Zhang Jiuyan suddenly had an idea.

Not daring to be negligent, Zhang Jiuyan called Liu Zongmin and whispered to him. Liu Zongmin nodded and agreed, and then went down to handle it.

The next day, Zhang Jiuyan rode a horse to Mizhi horse farm and said that he wanted to choose a good horse for his friends.

The head official of the horse farm was Cao Qing. When he learned that Zhang Jiuyan was coming, he also warmly welcomed him.

After all, Zhang Jiuyan is a dignified general of Mizhi Qianhu, so he still has the face to buy a horse.

After some selection, Zhang Jiuyan took a fancy to a horse. Cao Qing smiled with a pleasing smile and said:

"The general has such a good horse. This horse is a good horse that is not even a thousand. If an ordinary person wants it, no matter how much gold and silver you have, you cannot get it.

But the general is different. Since the general has taken a fancy to him, there is no reason why the subordinates do not give up their favor."

"Hahaha,,,"

Zhang Jiuyan was very happy and laughed loudly. Then, he looked afraid that Cao Qing would go back on his word, so he quickly asked him about the price.

Cao Qing said: "The general likes it, and the subordinates dare not ask for more money. The general will give him one hundred and eighty taels, which is considered as a half-buying and half-getting gift for the subordinates."
Chapter completed!