At that time, it was called flint cannon and also called thunder cannon.

At this time, some people may be surprised. The Chinese dynasty obviously made flint cannons and fire blunderbuss so early, but why did it become worse and worse later on?

Because the actual effect of the flint cannon was so poor, it failed to attract the emperor's attention.

To put it simply, the early flint cannons had a lower range than bed crossbows, were not as accurate as bed crossbows, were more expensive than bed crossbows, and could easily explode and kill several soldiers.

After such a comparison, isn't the three-bow bed crossbow much better?

Of course, this decline process did not happen as quickly as it was said.

There is a long transition period in between.

There was even some improvement again for a while.

For example, Qi Jiguang's Crouching Tiger Cannon in the Ming Dynasty.

However, this failed to turn the tide, and the development of firearms in China was still declining.

After that, it was close to falling to the bottom, and it even gave people a feeling of regression...

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