industrial lord

Chapter 282
The generals of the Janissaries in the Ghazi Imperial Army camp left the emperor's tent. Fatih sat alone on the carpet, resting his hands on the low table and resting his chin on the low table, quietly thinking about some issues.

Hakan was sitting on the mazar not far away, and the most important task now was to protect the safety of the emperor.

Fatih suddenly said: "Hakan, who is right between the Musketeers and the Swords?"

Hakan instantly became embarrassed, and did not answer for a while.

Since the use of fire powder in the army, the conflict between the musketeers who advocated the use of new weapons, mainly new nobles, and the swordsmen, who are dominated by traditional old nobles, began.

The Musketeers believe that muskets and artillery using fire powder are easy to train and powerful, and can kill enemies at a long distance to avoid damage in close combat, and can replace infantry.

The Sword School believes that the method of the ancestors is always reasonable. The reloading speed of muskets is slow, and they are afraid of rain or even strong winds. Without fire powder, they are useless. Therefore, they are not suitable for the army and can only be used for hunting.

When the first emperor was alive, he supported the Musketeers for political purposes, and the Imperial Guard formed a Musketeer Army.

This army originally wanted to go to Constantbul to fight with real swords and guns to see the effect, but no one expected that they would be wiped out in a flood, and even the former emperor was pissed to death.

What follows is a complicated political struggle. Hakan carefully hides, how far away is he?

Seeing that Hakan didn't answer, Fatih changed the subject: "Do you think muskets have a future?"

If it is a technical question, Hakan can still answer: "We still know too little about guns, only some weapons bought from the market and captured from the Kush Kingdom are too far from those used by the Wessen Army."

"Although the air guns of the Wessen Army do not use fire powder, they also use the expanding gas to push the projectiles to fly, which is the same principle as our muskets."

"At that time, the Imperial Guards fought against the Wessen Army. I asked some people who had participated in the battle that day, and found that we were not as fast as the other side in terms of the rate of fire of the guns."

"Richard Nall was carrying a very odd gun that night, with multiple barrels, I think to increase the rate of fire."

"It can be seen from this that, in the view of the Wesson Army, the development direction of guns and cannons is to increase the shooting speed and fire more projectiles in a shorter time."

"As far as I personally suggest, muskets and cannons can replace crossbows and catapults."

Fatih did not express his position immediately after listening. As an emperor, a few words would be over-interpreted by others, especially this kind of major issue involving the struggle between the two factions.

He asked Hakan again: "Do you think we can produce guns like the one used by the Wesson Army? After all, it is a problem that fire powder is afraid of water."

Hakan replied with some pride: "I have seen the jet cans of the Wessen state air gun. It is not a problem to optimize the magic circle to increase the power. I am good at this."

But he became helpless in the next moment: "But the terrible thing about the air guns in Wessen State is that every part of them is exactly the same. If there are ten air guns with different broken parts, they can be used for a meal. Good parts make nine good guns, instead of waiting for craftsmen to make new parts one by one."

"And the spray tank, although the magic circle on it is not perfect, but I don't know how they made it so cheap."

"If we want to make our own air guns and equip the army on a large scale, it will cost a lot of money. We might as well find a way to buy them from them."

Fatih was a little surprised and asked Hakan: "The cost gap is so big?"

"Yes." Hakan replied, "When I was in Constantbul, I asked many businessmen in Wessen State. There are many magicians working in the factories there, and the products produced are fast and good."

Fatih sat there in silence, and said after a long time: "After this battle is over, you will accompany me to Wessen State to have a look."

Hakan immediately trembled, and hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, this is impossible!"

The emperor's travel is not a trivial matter, and it sounds like he is going to visit in a low service, or go to such a far place, whether it is personal safety or domestic politics, there may be problems.

If something goes wrong, Hakan feels that he is the one to take the blame, and maybe he will really run away with a bucket.

But Fatih didn't mean to discuss with Hakan, but an order.

"What time is it?" Fatih asked. "When will Amir arrive?"

At this time, the carriage carrying Prince Amir had entered Frederick's field of vision, and the child's cries could be vaguely heard.

But the first support team sent by the Ghazi Empire arrived. There was a large group of two or three hundred people in the dark under the moonlight. Among them were three or five knights wearing breastplates and chain mail, and a dozen of them only had chain mail. cavalry, and the rest were infantry and archers with spears.

This team was going to ambush nearby. The leading officer rushed over with his men on horseback when he heard the people in the carriage say that there was only one pursuer.

Frederick spotted the man giving orders, and clamped the horse's belly with his legs, and a current flowed into the horse's body. The timid war horse turned into a lively one, and its speed increased by a notch.

The opponent's cavalry hadn't deployed yet, but Frederick had already reached the front, and the fishing rod with the added tip turned into a lance, and before the opponent could react, he pierced his throat with a single shot.

As soon as he succeeded in the blow, he immediately turned the head of the spear and stabbed a knight next to him to death with the same shot.

At this time, two knights rushed up screaming and brandishing sabers. Frederick held a gun in one hand and drew a sword in the other. In a short while, he stabbed one to death and decapitated the other.

He charged past the enemy cavalry, leaving a few more corpses behind, and charged at the infantry.

Before the infantrymen had time to set up their positions, they saw that the lord and the knight lord were easily killed like chickens just now, their morale plummeted, and they lost the courage to continue fighting.

Frederick just slashed and killed for a while, and the other party fled in all directions.

He looked at the other officer's horse. It was a war horse with unicorn blood. It could be sold for hundreds of florins in the north, so he changed horses and collected some spare weapons along the way.

It's just that this first-class war horse didn't like its new owner at first, but after two slaps on the head, it became obedient.

Seeing that the carriage was about to disappear into the moonlight, Frederick immediately ran after it.

After chasing for a while, seeing that they were getting closer, a group of heavy infantry with super long guns appeared in front of them.

After they heard the yelling of the carriage, they began to line up, and the leading officer led a dozen cavalrymen around the bushes and rushed up from the flanks.

The speed of the horse was affected in the bushes, Frederick took down the bow and arrow, set up the bow and aimed at the person whose armor reflected the most brilliant light and shot.

The first arrow was bounced off by the invisible shield half a meter away from the opponent's body, and a small fireball was attached to the second arrow, glowing red, like a bolide in the dark night.

The opponent stretched out his lance at the right time to aim at the shaft of the arrow and was about to knock it down. Unexpectedly, the ordinary-looking enchanted fireball on the arrow suddenly exploded, and the sky and the earth seemed to be filled with flames.

The sticky fire elemental flames poured out like water, and a dozen cavalrymen and their horses became torches in a short while.

The group of heavy infantry with ultra-long guns that blocked the road panicked a little, and then an arrow with two halos flew over their heads.

After the two rings of light elements collided, a violent explosion occurred, and the heavy infantry was immediately staggered, and many people fainted.

Frederick patted his horse forward, and the people who stepped on the ground rushed forward.

(End of this chapter)