Datang: Stop pretending, you are a peerless expert

Gao Bao made up his mind to attack Youzhou City by surprise, dispatching troops in the early morning and arriving at dawn.

He thought he had a plan, but was killed by Shenjiying and fled.

After running for more than 50 miles in a row, Gao Bao regained his senses.

"What happened just now? Why did it suddenly thunder?"

Gao Bao asked in surprise.

The generals around him didn't know, they had never seen muskets.

The spy replied: "General, this is a new type of weapon from the Tang Dynasty. General Gao was defeated by this weapon yesterday."

Gao Bao was surprised and said: "Datang has such a magical weapon, how can we stop it?"

The musket couldn't see the arrow, and died inexplicably, and the armor could be easily penetrated.

Gao Bao couldn't think of any good way to defend himself, and was completely helpless.

The Goguryeo generals sighed before they realized the horror of Datang.

Someone was unconvinced yesterday, saying that the cavalrymen who died in battle were too stupid.

No one dares to say that now.

"General, although this weapon is powerful, I don't think it can break through the city. We just need to stay behind closed doors and wait for Mo Zhili's support."

Said a veteran.

This person is a Goguryeo veteran who has been in Anshicheng for decades, and his name is Jin Wuhe.

He calmly analyzed the power of the musket just now.

This kind of thing is like a ballista, with strong penetrating power, high lethality, and invisible.

But the arrow is very small, just a bead, and such a thing cannot penetrate a solid city wall.

So as long as you hide in the city, you should be fine.

"Old General Jin is right, let's retreat."

Gao Bao retreated to Anshi City with the defeated generals.

The soldiers and common people in the city were mobilized, prepared wood fire oil defense tools, and waited for the Tang army to come to attack the city.

Not to mention that Gao Bao is going to defend the city.

Su Yu said that he would attack the city, and Li Shimin immediately prepared to attack.

The explosives were prepared by Lao Chen. This thing is too dangerous. Ordinary people might blow themselves up to death.

Li Shimin arranged infantry, cavalry, and trebuchets.

After the explosives shattered the city walls, ground operations were still required to capture the city.

Su Yu asked Lao Chen to prepare, and then went back to his room to sleep.

The soldiers in Youzhou City knew that following Su Yu would win the battle, so they rushed to go.

After one night, the sun rises.

Li Shimin organized the army outside the city.

It stands to reason that for such a battle, one should cook at Yinshi at the latest, and then set off with a half full meal.

But because of Su Yu, he didn't prepare to set off until dawn.

Look at the sun rising, Su Yu has not gotten up yet.

Li Shimin said to Old Chen: "Go and see this kid, he overslept again."

Lao Chen immediately entered the room, and sure enough Su Yu hadn't gotten up yet.

"Young master, you promised to attack the city today, get up quickly."

Old Chen took the clothes for Su Yu and put them on the bed, then went to fetch face water and came in.

Su Yu struggled to get up, shook his head and smiled, "I really shouldn't have promised Lao Li to come to Youzhou, I'm exhausted."

When I was in Sujiazhuang, I could sleep as long as I wanted.

Then Xue Ji and Princess Wu Ji waited for her to get up.

The two of them will also learn from Gong Gong and anger Bu Zhoushan.
That's what it means to wake up happily.

Old Chen said with a smile: "If you come here, you will be safe. If you destroy Goguryeo early, you can go back."

Su Yu washed his face, changed his clothes, and skipped breakfast.

When they arrived outside the city, everyone was waiting for Su Yu to leave.

Seeing Su Yu coming out, Li Shimin was overjoyed.

"My son-in-law, let's go."

Li Shimin led Su Yu's horse with a smile.

The road ahead is rough, and I can't take a carriage, I can only ride a horse.

Li Shimin felt sorry for the difficult journey, and felt ashamed of Su Yu.

Su Yu got on his horse, Li Shimin followed, Li Jing shouted and set off.

[-] Shenji Battalion, [-] infantry, [-] cavalry, a total of [-] troops.

[-] infantry and [-] crossbowmen were left to guard Youzhou City.

The [-]-strong army marched northward.

These roads are indeed difficult to walk, and Lao Chen told the army behind to be optimistic about their armaments.

At the place where the ambush was set up yesterday, the bodies of Goguryeo are still there, and many of them have been eaten by wild animals.

Seeing the corpses piled up like a mountain at the scene, Li Shimin was shocked.

The cavalrymen who were killed by muskets were stacked one upon another, and the corpses of people and horses were mixed together.

He has fought for decades and has never seen such a death.

"The power of muskets is terrifying."

Li Shimin said.

Li Jing said: "We couldn't believe it when we saw it yesterday, it was too scary."

"Weapons like muskets must never fall into the hands of the enemy, and the raw materials of gunpowder must be strictly controlled, especially saltpeter."

Li Shimin nodded and praised Li Jing for his thoughtfulness.

Continuing to the north, it was only in the afternoon that we arrived outside Anshi City.

I saw a flag was erected on the city, and many people were walking around the city.

Li Shimin looked at the Goguryeo soldiers on the city with a telescope.

These people are all cavalry, temporarily on the city wall to patrol.

"My son-in-law, look at the soldiers on the city, walking around, it looks like there are a lot of people."

Li Shimin said.

Su Yu smiled and said, "Isn't this your trick back then? When you rescued Sui Yang Emperor at Yanmen Pass, you purposely pulled up a big banner and pretended that there were a lot of troops."

"I also told Yun Dingxing to set up more flags and drums to make the army look good, so that dozens of miles of flags and flags will continue, and the night will be accompanied by drums and drums."

Li Shimin said with a smile: "This is a conspiracy between me and Yun Dingxing, you kid even knows this."

Before doing it differently, Li Shimin would definitely drop his jaw in shock.

Su Yu was able to repeat the exact words of the secret plan between himself and Yun Dingxing in the room.

Now Li Shimin has long been used to it.

Others have never seen it and are very surprised.

Cheng Yaojin asked: "Su Yu, the emperor was only 16 years old when he rescued people at Yanmen Pass, and you were only three years old at that time. How do you know what the emperor said to Yun Dingxing?"

The same goes for the other generals, it feels weird.

Su Yu said with a smile: "I counted, Lao Li also said these words to Yun Dingxing at that time, that's it."

The generals smiled perfunctorily, not believing it at all.

Li Shimin pointed to Anshicheng and said, "Look, they dug a deep ditch outside the city overnight, and we're afraid we won't be able to get through."

"If you want to blow up the city, you must put explosives under the city and then ignite it."

Li Shimin was worried.

The moat is so deep under the city wall, and the water from the mountain is drawn into the moat to form a moat.

Li Jing said: "According to the intelligence of the spies, there are still [-] soldiers in Anshi City, and we only have [-]."

"It's unrealistic to besiege the city. We can only break through and defeat them."

It's very simple, if you surround a thousand people with a hundred people, it's not funny.

Anshi City is so big, and there are more defenders than Datang, it is impossible to siege the city.

When Li Shimin and the generals were in trouble, Su Yu, Lao Chen, and Chen Yuan were laughing aside.

Li Shimin asked Su Yu: "My son-in-law, is there a way for you to behave like this?"

Su Yu motioned for Old Chen to come.

"Your Majesty, the young master had expected this to happen, and asked us to bring the big guys here."

Old Chen laughed.

"big guy?"

Li Shimin said in surprise.

"The emperor will know immediately."

Lao Chen went down to make arrangements.

On Anshi City, Gao Bao led his generals on patrol.

Li Shimin led his troops to the city, and the emperor's dragon flag was hung high.

Gao Bao knew that Li Shimin's imperial driver had personally conscripted.

"The emperor of the Tang Dynasty drove himself to conquer, and he is also a victorious teacher. His front is unstoppable."

The old general Jin Wuhe said.

The victorious soldiers have high morale and fight like wolves. Generally speaking, they will avoid such soldiers.

Gao Bao said: "Fortunately, the old general Jin was resourceful and dug the moat overnight. I think the Tang army is hesitating and dare not attack the city."

"The thunder crossbow in their hands may also break through the city wall."

Gao Bao didn't know the name of the musket, so he named it Lei Nu.

"That's right. The moat is more than ten meters wide and three meters deep. It's impossible for them to cross it."

"We just need to wait for Mo Zhili's reinforcements, and then we will spend it. As long as the mountain is covered by heavy snow, they will die."

Jin Wuhe said.

People in severe cold places know how hard it is to block mountains with heavy snow.

"Listen everyone, defend the city and don't fight."

Gao Bao strictly ordered his men not to speak out.

When Lao Chen went down to make arrangements, Li Shimin got a little impatient waiting.

Riding a white-hoofed crow, Li Shimin arrived at the city, pointed at Gao Bao with a whip and said, "I am the emperor of the Tang Dynasty. You do not obey the imperial court's order. Today I personally lead the army to fight against you. You still haven't opened the door to surrender."

Li Shimin knew that Gao Bao would not surrender, but there was something to be said about this kind of scene, otherwise it would not be like a siege.

Gao Bao laughed loudly on the city wall and said, "Li Shimin, I know you are powerful, if you have the ability, you can fly here."

The Goguryeo soldiers on the city laughed.

With a moat, they feel safe and impossible to breach.

Cheng Yaojin was furious, and slapped his horse and scolded him.

"Your nanny's leg, Gao Yanshou was captured alive by us, and you still dare to resist. Believe it or not, Grandpa Cheng arrested you and smashed you to pieces."

"If you have the guts, come out and challenge me one-on-one, and hang you up as your son."

Cheng Yaojin scolded so much that he spit all over the place.

Gao Bao laughed loudly on the city wall: "Cheng Yaojin, do you think I am Gao Yanshou?"

"Your yelling and cursing are useless to me, spitting, that's the way children fight."

Cheng Yaojin wanted to provoke Gao Bao, but he didn't expect him to ignore this, and instead made himself angry.

"His grandma's, I'm going to kill him."

Cheng Yaojin dragged his big ax to fight.

Yu Chigong grabbed Cheng Yaojin and said, "Cheng Zhijie, across the moat, what are you going up for?"

Cheng Yaojin was furious and shouted: "What are you afraid of? Let me swim over."

Li Shimin said disgustedly: "Lu Guogong, calm down."

Only then did Cheng Yaojin calm down, but he still scolded Gao Bao for being cowardly.

No matter how Cheng Yaojin yells and scolds, Gao Bao just doesn't fall for it.

Li Jing said: "The distance is too far, and the range of the musket is not enough."

"If you bring the Strongbow Battalion, maybe you can."

Li Shimin stretched his hands apart, gesturing to draw a bow and shoot an arrow.

After calculating the distance, Li Shimin shook his head and said, "I'm afraid it's not enough. If the arrow goes up, the power will decrease, and it's not enough to kill the enemy."

He is a master of archery, and his calculations are very accurate.

After a long time, Lao Chen led a group of strong soldiers from the Shenji Battalion to push several big chimneys over.

Seeing the big black chimney, Cheng Yaojin asked in surprise, "Su Yu, what have you done?"

Li Shimin saw the big chimney and asked, "Is this a big gun?"

The shape is a bit like a musket, but the size is too big.

Su Yu smiled and said, "It's not a big gun, it's a cannon."

"cannon?"

They had never seen it before, so they gathered around to watch the fun.

It's dark, long and big, and has a hard texture
"My son-in-law, is this made of fine steel?"

Chai Shao touched the cannon.

"Yes, it is made of the best iron. I brought a hundred doors here."

Su Yu said.

The soldiers pushed it up with a cart, installed it on a shelf, and pointed it at Anshicheng.

"Brother, do you want to smash the city wall with this?"

Li Shimin asked.

Su Yu said with a smile: "This cannon is more powerful, but it is a bit difficult to smash the city wall of An City with it, but it is no problem to blow down the city gate."

"When firing the cannon, send someone over to load the explosives and then detonate it."

The musket is not powerful enough to hit the city, but the cannon is enough.

What Su Yu wanted was to smash the city gates and create chaos.

Lao Chen set up the cannon, and the soldiers who were usually responsible for filling the gunpowder for the Musketeers were responsible for filling the cannon.

Li Shimin waited for the cannon to be loaded.

The gunpowder was poured in, and then a huge iron ball was stuffed in.

Cheng Yaojin exclaimed: "I'm so good, such a big bullet will smash people into pieces."

An iron ball as small as a musket can penetrate armor and kill a person.

Such a big iron ball, wouldn't it want to beat people into a pulp.

Li Jing watched the iron ball go in and swallowed.

This is so scary.

The same goes for gunpowder, a little is enough for muskets.

Adding gunpowder to the cannon seems to be free of money, so pour it in vigorously.

All gunpowder and iron balls are added.

Old Chen said, "My lord, it's alright."

Su Yu smiled slightly: "Come on, Lao Li, let me show you the power of cannons."

Su Yu nodded, and Lao Chen shouted: "Light it up! Fire it up!"

In Anshi City, Gao Bao watched as Lao Chen pulled the cannon over, set it up, poured gunpowder into it, and stuffed iron balls.

Gao Bao asked in a daze, "Old General Jin, what is this?"

Jin Wuhe squinted his eyes for a long time and said, "Chimney."

Gao Bao gasped and asked, "What are they doing with the chimney on the battlefield? Could it be that they want to smoke us to death?"

Jin Wuhe tore off a rag from his body and put it in the air to test the direction of the wind.

"That's right, the wind blows from the south to the north, and they just want to kill us."

Jin Wuhe is very sure.

Gao Bao scolded: "Shameless Tang Jun, who actually wanted to smoke us to death, shameless and despicable!"

Jin Wuhe said again: "However, with such a small chimney, the amount of smoke is not enough."

Gao Bao just finished scolding, when Jin Wuhe said this, he felt like a fool.

"Old General Jin, please finish speaking once you have something to say."

Gao Bao stopped scolding.

Hearing Gao Bao's yelling, Lao Chen smiled and said, "My lord, this general guarding the city is an idiot."

Su Yu covered her ears, shook her head and smiled.

This time everyone learned well.

Su Yu covered his ears, and the others followed suit.

The last time they saw explosives in Sujiazhuang, they didn't have time to cover their ears, and the sound of explosives made their tinnitus ringing for several days.

The fuse was ignited, and a hundred cannons were fired at the same time.

boom!boom!boom.
The sound of cannons shook the sky, and a hundred shells left the chamber and shot towards Anshi City.

For the first time, it was Gao Bao on the city wall.

The boom of the guns made Gao Bao startled.

Before he could react, the shells arrived.

The wall stack was hit, and the masonry was instantly shattered.

After smashing the wall stack, the shell continued to fly, hitting a soldier, and his head was smashed.

Bang bang bang.
There was a loud bang, and the city wall was smashed.

Not many soldiers were shot and killed, only more than 20, but the death conditions were extremely tragic.

There were a few who leaned against the wall, whose bodies were crushed and stuck to the wall.

The power of the cannon was too terrifying, and the defenders on the city wall were frightened and scattered.