Time Travel: I am the idle king Li Shen and Li Shimin in the Tang Dynasty

From ancient times to the present, air superiority has always been the key to victory in wars, and in ancient times hot air balloons were an unsolvable artifact.

Seeing the thick smoke billowing from the other side, the general of the Tang Dynasty once again refreshed his understanding of war.

Such power cannot be resisted by large numbers of people. If the enemy also has such weapons in the future, what use will these generals have?

"Report to the general that the pontoon bridge is ready."

"Well, let's start building the bridge. Pay attention to the people who fall on it. Don't burn the bridge too." Li Ji nodded and ordered.

The soldiers of the Tang Dynasty began to slowly build the bridge, and they were always careful about the burning people jumping down from above. Through the flag, Li Shen had already ordered the hot air balloon to stop throwing kerosene bombs.

Watching the fire slowly diminishing, Li Ji decisively ordered an attack. The [-]-strong army began to cross the river. However, when the soldiers gathered their strength and prepared for a big fight,

The soldiers who rushed up the river embankment found that there was no living person except dead bodies, and there were still some unextinguished flames all over the ground.

"General, the enemy seems to have escaped." Qiu Xiaozhong came over to report to Li Ji.

Li Ji stood on the river embankment and looked at the scorched earth, with mixed feelings in his heart.

"Send the order and the army speeds up to Xuantu City. Try to get to Xuantu City before dark."

"Yes"

Things went so smoothly. The side of Xincheng was almost the same as here. After a burning, the resisting soldiers surrendered one after another.

The two groups continued to move towards their respective target cities.

In the evening, Li Ji's army arrived at Xuantu. Li Ji ordered to set up camp and bury pots to make rice. The hot air balloon took off with some light to check the defense situation of Xuantu City.

In the commander's tent at night, Li Shen took out the results of hot air balloon observations.

"There are about two thousand people here, and there are three to four thousand people here. The first thing we will attack tomorrow is the archery tower. There should be thousands of archers here.

The entire city has only 2 defenders. They should be local defenders and their combat effectiveness should not be very strong. I estimate that we can capture Xuantu City tomorrow.

If they resist fiercely, I will order them all to be burned. "

All people and things that hinder Li Shen from returning to Chang'an must be eliminated.

Looking at Li Shen who was a little excited, he didn't understand why Li Shen was so keen on attacking the city. Now that he had crossed the river,

As long as they besiege this city, they will starve to death.

"Your Highness King Ji, how should we deal with the other three cities?" Li Ji asked.

"Let's take down Xuantu first. Those three cities are all private organizations and lack food and clothing. Can we not even defeat such an opponent?"

"What King Ji said makes sense. Now that we have hot air balloons, there is nothing we can't conquer." Qibi Heli said.

"Okay, then we will attack Xuantu City tomorrow." Li Chengqian was also confident.

Li Shen was very satisfied with Li Chengqian's performance and catered to his wishes. Not to mention the hot weather in summer, there were also mosquitoes.

How could Li Shen endure such an inhuman life?

On the second day, Li Ji arranged for [-] troops to come to the city early. This time Li Ji did not plan to attack the city gate, but the main gate.

The 13 cavalry brought by Li Chengqian were divided into two groups to follow Zhang Liang, and then returned to Li Ji.

Li Ji ordered [-] cavalry to disperse and guard the three gates of the city. If any Goguryeo soldiers escaped, a signal would be sent immediately to stop them, and Li Ji would rush to reinforce them.

"His Royal Highness Prince Ji, it's up to you." After everything was prepared, Li Ji came to Li Shen and said.

Li Shen waved his hand behind, and three hot air balloons took off. The Goguryeo soldiers who fled back had already told the generals guarding the city about the three flying balls in Datang.

So when he saw the three balls rising into the air, the general guarding the city immediately ordered to avoid them and arranged for a strong crossbow to be set up. Although he couldn't shoot from the distance, it could at least serve as an intimidation effect.

There is nothing fancy about the hot air balloon tactics. It is just like a bomber. It flies over the enemy's head and drops the bomb before leaving.

Then the ground troops followed with such a simple tactic.

When the hot air balloon flew over the city wall, Goguryeo also fired several powerful crossbows, but Mao didn't even touch it.

Immediately afterwards, a large kerosene bomb was thrown down from above, the size of a wine jar, and it splashed in all directions after landing.

Although Goguryeo's generals were prepared, the air raid itself was unsolvable.

If you evade, then attack the city below and set up a ladder truck. If you defend the city wall, then throw kerosene bombs from the top.

There is no barrier on the city wall, and there is no place to hide.

When the imperialists helped the country of the universe cross the [-]th parallel, they used a large number of incendiary bombs, and the ancestors suffered heavy losses.

There was a sea of ​​fire on the city wall. According to experience, this fire can burn for about two quarters of an hour. Li Ji took advantage of this time to push the siege equipment forward and stopped two or three meters away from the city wall, ready to attack the city.

The flames gradually became smaller as time went by. Just when Li Ji was about to order an attack on the city, Xuan Tu's gate slowly opened.

"Cavalry is ready." Li Ji immediately ordered. It seems that the other party wants to defeat them to the death.

But who would have expected that all the embarrassed Goguryeo soldiers came out of the city gate. They walked out of the city gate with their hands raised in the air.

Only through translators did we know that these people surrendered.

This made Li Ji, who was preparing to kill everyone, somewhat uncomfortable.

However, Li Ji could only send troops to receive Xuan Tu and take custody of the prisoners.

Xuantu City was captured without a single soldier, and more than 2 Goguryeo soldiers were captured.

Li Ji asked carefully and found out that their general accidentally fell off the city wall and died while avoiding kerosene bombs.

This left Li Ji speechless.

"General Li, leave 2 troops here to enter the city, occupy important locations and city walls, appease the people, and remember the rules for entering the city. The remaining [-] troops will quickly reinforce General Zhang Liang." Li Chengqian ordered immediately after seeing that the overall situation was decided.

"Follow the order."

Afterwards, Qibi Heli led 2 troops to Guiduan City.

"Tenth brother, I really didn't expect that things would go so smoothly. The former Sui Dynasty's million-strong army conquered Goguryeo three times but failed.

We only have [-] armies and have achieved such feats. God has blessed us, the Tang Dynasty. "Li Chengqian stood on the city wall and looked at the busy soldiers and couldn't help but sigh.

"Brother, in fact, the strength of a country's force is only one aspect. What craftsmen do, I call it industry, and industry is the foundation of a country.

To do things well in advance, you must sharpen your tools first. The development of industry will make the people of Tang Dynasty rich, and I call this economy.

The strength of a country includes three major elements: military, industry, and economy.

These three elements complement each other, echo each other, and are indispensable.

The army cannot do without money, nor can it do without weapons, armor and siege equipment, just like my balloon. This is the development of industry.

The same goes for industry. If you don’t have money, how can you do research? Without the protection of the military, the things you make will be taken away.

The same is true for the economy. The military protects money, and things developed by industry can drive the economy.

So brother, you must remember that scholars, farmers, industry and commerce have nothing to do with our royal family. "

(The above is my personal opinion. If you have any different opinions, please leave them on the public screen, but do not leave them in the comment area.

Because there are different opinions, if you have the time, you might as well go and massage your feet to make yourself comfortable and call it a night. )