mtlumby2d Chapter 195 Competition
Chapter 195 Competition
"Well, your servants will follow the orders of the Eighteenth Prince and do their best." The three of them saluted in unison and responded solemnly.
The Mongolian princes who were watching the scene sneered: What's the point of going all out? Are you just a supporting actor?
Tsk tsk, still shocked...
Given the huge gap between the two sides, these three weakling firearms soldiers were obviously just there to eat!
It's too easy to be abused.
Yin Xuan didn't care what the crickets were saying. He just smiled and said to the three skinny soldiers of the Firearms Battalion, "Do your best. If you succeed, it will bring honor to this prince. I will reward you with 100 taels of silver and bring you to my side to promote you."
As soon as these words were spoken, the three men became excited as if they were injected with chicken blood.
One hundred taels of silver was almost enough for their two-year salary. Not to mention the chance to be appreciated by the prince and promoted by him.
We must fight, even with our last breath!
Hey.
The Mongolian princes and nobles laughed: I didn’t realize that this guy is so good at manipulating people’s hearts.
Are you hoping that there will be brave men who can take risks if you receive a huge reward?
Tsk tsk.
What a pity, the gap is there, even if those few tried their best, it would be like an ant trying to shake a tree!
Yin Xuan, who was the subject of all kinds of discussion and speculation, looked focused and took the game very seriously. In fact...
[Hey, isn't it just a win or loss at a certain time and place? What's there to worry about! If you win, it's a crushing victory, a crushing victory of technology over primitive things. It shocked Kangxi and his father and other nobles, and made them braver after knowing shame. From then on, they were obsessed with developing hot weapons, which shocked the world.]
[Lost?]
[After losing, I will learn from my shame and then be brave. After returning to Beijing, I will throw a tantrum and live in the Ministry of War, dragging Dai Zi to study. I will not stop until I can make yellow gunpowder, and my goal is to avenge my previous humiliation.]
Kangxi, the princes, and Princess Kejing: ...
For a moment, I felt so complicated that I didn't know whether I should still hope that he would win.
But one thing is certain: this kid is determined and persistent in improving the Qing Dynasty's firearms, and he will not give up until he achieves his goal.
He was persistent, and the three selected soldiers from the Firearms Battalion were even more persistent.
For the reward and for the future.
They were all prepared to withstand the recoil even if it meant gritting their teeth, reload ammunition quickly, and shoot as many times, as far, and as accurately as possible.
After receiving the musket that Lord Dai had sent over 800 miles in a hurry, he discovered that the high-end self-ignition design was completely different from the standard matchlock guns in their firearms battalion. It did not require ignition, nor did it require frequent refilling of ammunition.
This pipa-like magazine can hold twenty-eight bullets at a time.
After trying it out, I found that it was not much heavier than the ones they used daily. After firing the gun, the numbness in my arm and even shoulder was alleviated a lot.
Yeah!
Good baby.
No wonder Lord Dai couldn’t wait for so many days and hurriedly ordered someone to send it to the emperor.
Far away in Beijing, Dai Zi, who was actually forced to do something, said: ...It's just one word: unfair. I will only say it once. I hope you don't make me express it with action this time.
In order to allow everyone to see the process and results of the game more intuitively, Kangxi actually did as Yinzhen suggested.
He ordered people to place two targets side by side.
One side shoots arrows, the other side shoots guns. At the same distance, see who has a longer range, higher accuracy, and greater lethality.
At the beginning there was not much difference.
After all, they are carefully selected people with good shooting skills and are famous archers.
His eyes were sharp and his arm strength was amazing.
Within a hundred steps, he could pull the bowstring to a full moon, and shoot the arrow into the center of the target, or even penetrate the leather target, leaving a huge hole on it.
This drew thunderous applause and cheers from the audience.
It is said that if the Qing Dynasty had more brave Baturus like this, there would be no worries about not being able to travel around the world and make a name for itself outside the country.
You said that the guy with the repeating musket also fired continuously and hit the target continuously, leaving black holes on the bull's eye, so he might not be a sharpshooter?
No, no, no, that’s not how it’s calculated.
First of all, the Qing Dynasty started with horse riding and archery, which was its core skill and foundation.
Firearms and the like are just icing on the cake.
There is no longer any reason to lose sight of the important and pursue the trivial.
And what do bows and arrows cost? What do firearms cost?
Since the two weapons have similar ranges and power, why bother to sacrifice the basics and use firearms that are so expensive and difficult to control?
Well, the competition hasn't even ended yet, but their persuasion has already begun.
Yinzhen frowned, fearing that Kangxi would be persuaded like this.
[Well, I'm not just worrying about it, it's his great grandson who did it! Originally, muskets were easier to use than bows and arrows, and easier to carry. Later, many cavalrymen were trained to use muskets. As a result, Emperor Qianlong was furious and severely stopped this behavior.]
[My goodness, foreign countries have already widely used flintlock rifles, but our country is still mixing bows and arrows with matchlock rifles. The loss is too great to even think about.]
[And everyone who knows knows that Kangxi is Qianlong’s role model and an upgraded version of him. If he has this idea, it’s hard to say whether Kangxi’s father…]
cough cough.
Kangxi, who didn't want to be criticized again, coughed lightly and refuted righteously: "Ridiculous! Since we have agreed to compete, we must complete it and compare the specific advantages and disadvantages. How can we give up halfway?"
"I am reckless, but..."
Kangxi waved his hand and said, "You don't need to say more. Just watch the competition carefully. I have tried this musket myself and feel that it is much better than before. It may bring many surprises."
As soon as he gave the order, the surroundings suddenly became quiet.
Everyone refocused on the game.
As we all know, archery is a technical job as well as a physical job.
Within a hundred steps, within a few arrows. The three brave Baturus were still able to do it with ease, and every arrow hit the bull's eye and pierced it directly.
Beyond a hundred steps, the accuracy and strength gradually lose momentum.
At first, the bullet could hit the center of the target, but it couldn't penetrate it. As it got farther and farther away from the center of the target, the force became weaker and weaker, and it even fell to the ground as soon as it touched the target.
At this moment, they were already three hundred and twenty steps away from the target.
A true archer.
Every time an arrow was shot, many people cheered and applauded.
In contrast to them, the muskets were deserted at first, until they could accurately hit the center of the bull's eye and pierce through the center of the bull's eye from two hundred and fifty steps away, and then they gradually attracted attention.
Then three hundred steps, three hundred and twenty steps, three hundred and fifty steps, four hundred steps, four hundred steps...
As the target was moved farther and farther away, although the accuracy was reduced due to the limited vision due to the long distance, the lethality did not change much and it was still able to penetrate the target.
Everyone was stunned: What kind of granular gunpowder is this, and how could it be so powerful?
That chain-musket thing has such a long range?
The gap of a hundred steps was enough to horrify the Mongolian princes who had been shouting that archery was the basis and that the Eight Banners cavalry was invincible. They could not believe it and even went to check the targets themselves and shoot in person.
I’m afraid that the emperor loves his youngest son and would order people to cheat to save his son’s reputation.
After the inspection, everyone was silent.