Lu Chen's test artillery gave the soldiers great confidence. In their opinion, with such a terrifying weapon, there is no need to be afraid of the barbarian cavalry.
At this time, Mu Changtian and others also understood why Lu Chen planned to introduce the barbarian cavalry into the Wanning River Valley from the beginning.
Only when all the barbarian cavalry are gathered together can this weapon of mass destruction play its greatest role.
At that time, the barbarian cavalry will not be able to fight back from the mountains on both sides of the Wanning River Valley. At this time, Lu Chen put down the artillery shells in his hand, and then said to Mu Jingwu: "Captain Mu, the artillery battalion will be handed over to you and Su Wei in the future."
Hearing that Lu Chen actually handed over such an important weapon of mass destruction to him, Mu Jingwu was extremely excited for a moment.
He immediately said to Lu Chen, "Your Highness, I will not let you down. I will make the soldiers in the artillery battalion familiar with how to operate this thing as soon as possible!"
Lu Chen then handed the howitzer operating manual in his hand to Mu Jingwu, "This is the instruction manual for the howitzer. I will give you about fifty training shells. You will arrange it and try to make every soldier in the artillery battalion understand how to operate this thing before the barbarian cavalry arrives."
Mu Jingwu said, "Yes, Your Highness!"
As soon as he finished speaking, Mu Jingwu took the howitzer manual from Lu Chen and began to read it.
Lu Chen thought to himself that there must be a certain threshold for using howitzers, but as long as the soldiers are familiar with the operation of howitzers, even if the soldiers can't read the firing table...
Thinking of this, Lu Chen was stunned for a moment, then turned his head and said to Li Feng: "General Li, transfer a group of archers from your barracks to the artillery battalion, and the main operation of the howitzers will be handed over to the archers in the future."
Lu Chen just thought about it, not being able to read the firing table is indeed a big problem for the soldiers, but archers know how to adjust the angle when shooting arrows. If you hand over the howitzer to them, even if they can't read the firing table, they will know how to adjust the shooting angle.
As for the new recruits, let them do the logistics, such as carrying artillery shells, loading artillery shells, etc. Let the new recruits do it.
Li Feng said: "Yes, Your Highness."
Lu Chen continued: "General Li, you go and gather the archers now. It happens that I am in the artillery battalion today. If you have any questions about the howitzer, you can ask me."
"Yes, Your Highness."
Li Feng turned around quickly, then rode away from the artillery battalion on horseback and went to another barracks to mobilize archers.
Lu Chen spent the next whole day with the soldiers in the artillery camp.
Lu Chen also found that it was indeed similar to what he thought. Archers were easier to understand the shooting angle of the howitzer than ordinary soldiers.
In just one afternoon, the archers brought by Li Feng basically understood how to shoot, and some archers could even understand the shooting table in Lu Chen's hand.
This made Lu Chen feel relieved. It seemed that the ancients were not as stupid as he imagined. At first, he was worried that the soldiers would not know how to use the howitzer because they could not understand the shooting table. Now it seems that he was overthinking.
They just didn't know the principle of the howitzer, but they could still learn how to use it quickly.
In the evening, Lu Chen asked several soldiers who learned faster to operate the howitzer themselves, and the result made him very satisfied.
Although the soldier did not let the shells fall to the designated position, the deviation was about a few meters, but the killing range of his howitzer was 15 to 30 meters. Once the barbarian cavalry entered the Wanning River Valley, it was no exaggeration to say that they could hit it with their eyes closed. This little error was nothing.
After the soldiers finished the test firing, Lu Chen rode back to the palace.
At this time, Mu Changtian and others stood on the mountain, looking at the big pits left by the test howitzers in the distance, and remained silent for a long time.
After a long while, Mu Changtian asked: "General Li, where did the prince get this mysterious weapon? You have followed the prince since he came to Great Xia, so you should know something about it, right?"
Li Feng said: "I don't know either."
Mu Changtian smiled and said, "General Li, I am no longer the Duke of Mu. We are on the same level now. You don't have to call me your subordinate all the time."
"If the prince knew about this, I'm afraid he would think too much."
When Li Feng was in the Huben Army, he was indeed a subordinate of Mu Changtian, but now he is no longer in the capital, and Mu Changtian is no longer the Duke of Mu. Li Feng himself has been reused by Lu Chen. If he still thinks that he is a subordinate of Mu Changtian, wouldn't he be suspected of forming cliques?
Mu Changtian still has some political awareness.
As a monarch, no one wants his subordinates to get too close. If subordinates get too close, it will make the monarch feel a sense of crisis.
Li Feng instantly understood what Mu Changtian meant, and he immediately changed his words and said, "I understand, General Mu."
At this point, Li Feng continued, "I don't know where the prince's weapons came from, but I once saw the prince take out a mysterious weapon out of thin air. The weapon is similar to a howitzer, but smaller, can be held in the hand, and can also shoot something like a cannonball."
"The prince once used that weapon to directly kill a ninth-grade warrior. I heard that the master of the Blood Moon Tower was also killed instantly by that weapon last time."
Hearing Li Feng's words, Mu Changtian and Mu Jingwu fell into silence.
Instantly kill ninth-grade warriors and masters!
The mysterious weapons in the hands of the Northern King are so terrifying?
Mu Changtian suddenly thought of something at this time, so he asked, "Wait, you just said that the Northern King took out weapons out of thin air?"
Li Feng said, "Yes."
This...
Mu Changtian and his son Mu Jingwu looked at each other.
Mu Jingwu said, "Dad, could it be that the prince is... an immortal..."
Mu Jingwu did not say the word "human" because the news was too explosive.
Mu Changtian said directly: "I don't know if he is an immortal, but I am sure that there is absolutely no such weapon in this world!"
Li Feng said at this time: "In fact, there have been rumors in the military camp that the prince is an immortal. Some people also say that the prince is blessed by the gods and is the son of destiny. Those weapons are given to the prince by the gods."
Hearing Li Feng's words, Mu Changtian frowned slightly, "This is not a good thing for the prince."
Now Emperor Xia is still alive, and he is still young and strong. As a result, some people say that the King of the North is the son of destiny. If the King of the North is the son of destiny, then what is Emperor Xia?
However, it is not wrong to say that the King of the North is the son of destiny.
If he didn't have any immortal fate, he would not be able to take out such a terrifying mysterious weapon.
Mu Changtian looked at Mu Jingwu and said, "Jingwu, the prince has handed such an important weapon to you. This shows that he values our Mu family. You must not disappoint the prince's expectations!"
Mu Jingwu said, "Don't worry, I will make sure that the soldiers of the artillery battalion will fully learn to use the howitzers before the barbarians arrive."
After hearing Mu Jingwu's answer, Mu Changtian also left the artillery battalion with peace of mind.
They all tacitly agreed that Lu Chen was an immortal, or had a destiny with immortality.
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