() When the monarchs and ministers of Wu Yue were in a panic, Li Zhongyi and Ma Guangda each led 40,000 soldiers and horses and gathered under the city of Xifu Prefecture.

After the army set up the formation, Li Zhongyi sat on the command car, holding a monocular in his hand.

In the camera, the officers and soldiers of Wu Yueguo defending the city showed fear on their faces one by one, obviously they were terrified!

Li Zhongyi couldn't help but smile slightly, turned his head to Wang Danhua and said, "As Mr. said, the soldiers of Wu Yueguo are not to worry!" ”

Wang Danhua stared at the monocular in Li Zhongyi's hand, as if An hadn't heard Li Zhongyi's words.

Li Zhongyi raised the corners of his mouth, stretched out his hand and handed the monocular to Wang Danhua, and said with a smile: "Please enjoy it, sir, and see how effective this thing is?" ”

Wang Danhua took the monoculars, followed Li Zhongyi's example, squinted his left eye, and opened his right eye wide, but unexpectedly, in the camera, the banner erected by Wu Yueguo at the head of the city seemed to be in front of him, and he was immediately stunned!

Li Zhongyi deliberately didn't squeak, and when Wang Danhua woke up, Li Yongtang of the artillery army had already sent someone to report: Everything is ready, just wait for the order to fire!

"Sir, how is this?" Li Zhongyi asked Wang Danhua with a smile, Wang Danhua shook his head and sighed, "What a powerful artifact!" ”

Li Zhongyi smiled faintly and said: "This thing has spread all over the army, and the generals above the battalion commander have one each." ”

After Wang Danhua heard this, he was even more shocked, if it was really as Li Zhongyi said, then the enemy army was ten miles away, and his every move was already under control.

"No wonder people often say that your army, Your Majesty, is invincible and invincible, with the help of such an artifact, how can Wu Yueguo be an opponent?" Wang Danhua's words made Li Zhongyi happy.

Obviously, Wang Danhua misunderstood, thinking that Li Jiajun relied on a telescope to win all battles.

As everyone knows, the weapons of the Li Jiajun's main battle today are actually large and small bronze artillery.

In front of the 12-pounder bronze cannon, let alone the city wall of Hangzhou, the western capital, even the most powerful fortress in the Middle Ages is destined to be unmatched.

Li Zhongyi has reason to believe that after Wang Danhua sees the power of the artillery with his own eyes, he is afraid that he will sigh even more, right?

Wang Danhua took a deep breath, and finally calmed down his excitement, not long ago, he had already helped Li Zhongyi find the entrance to the Qian family, the lord of Wu Yue, for emergency refuge.

Originally, Wang Danhua thought that relying on the secret tunnel, the Li family army only needed to set up a siege frame in front of the two armies.

Who would have thought that Li Zhongyi obviously had other plans, and the authentic money was only used as a surprise soldier. The biggest purpose is to use bronze cannons to blast the city wall to show the outstanding military power and deter the small ones from making trouble.

"Someone, go and tell Li Yongtang to break through the city gate of Hangzhou in a dignified manner, so that the officials and people of the entire Wuyue Kingdom know that our army can be invincible in the world by relying on its prosperous military might." Li Zhongyi glanced at the stunned Wang Danhua, and then gave the order for a general attack.

After receiving the order to launch an attack, Li Yongtang immediately personally participated in the work of starting the correction and tried to find the right angle for shooting.

The first shell of the "...... bombardment" came out with a loud bang, and immediately opened the prelude to the general attack on Hangzhou.

The moment the "......boom" 12-pounder cannon was launched, the entire cannon body slid backwards violently, and white smoke came out of the muzzle, and a huge projectile was seen, which was quickly discharged, carrying the magic power of destroying heaven and earth, and smashed viciously into the tall Hangzhou city wall.

The city of Hangzhou has been nearly a hundred years old and has never experienced the baptism of war.

However, under the leadership of Wu Yueqian's family, Hangzhou, Xifu, has undergone a total of five large-scale repairs, with an average of one repair every 20 years, which can be described as extremely frequent.

However, just when the officers and soldiers in the city were a little dazed, the first projectile had already smashed into the city wall.

"Ah......h

"Mom......"

"What's going on?"

"What happened?"

The city was in chaos, and the defenders did not know what was happening, and no one, including the guards, had ever seen the power of the artillery.

"Boom ......"

"Boom ......"

"Boom ......"

The 12-pound bronze artillery was successfully fired one after another, and the blue bricks covering the rammed earth on the city wall of Hangzhou were smashed and fell under the wall.

The defenders of the city were staggered and unable to gain a foothold.

"......Boom" A huge projectile hit the mouth of the arrow battlement, and the smashed masonry immediately splashed everywhere, and the battlement, which was originally used to protect everyone, became the culprit who took his life.

The rumbling of cannons continued, and gradually, there were very few defenders in the city who could stand.

At the critical moment, I don't know who shouted, "There is a ghost...... the man threw down his weapon and ran away with his head in his hands.

Good guy, someone has a bad head, and the morale that has fallen to the bottom is even more collapsed.

The defenders threw away their weapons in the same way, turned around and ran wildly, shouting to themselves, "Defeated, defeated......"

Li Zhongyi put down the monocular in his hand, and secretly sighed in his heart, the soldiers of Jiangnan are really weak chickens who live up to their reputation!

It's just a single artillery bombardment, and the defenders in the city can't bear it anymore, so they run away with their heads in their hands, and this kind of combat effectiveness is not ordinarily bad!

At this moment, Wang Danhua's right hand holding the monocular trembled slightly.

It's unbelievable, the Li Jiajun's brigade hasn't launched an attack yet, and the defenders of Wu Yue Kingdom in the city have already rushed to flee to the city, which is really shameful!

"Emperor, Emperor, what is the bombardment of the city?" Wang Danhua endured and endured, and couldn't help but ask Li Zhongyi.

Li Zhongyi explained with a smile: "That kind of thing is called artillery, and it is a god-sent weapon for attacking cities and killing people!" ”

"Alas, what a powerful killing weapon!" Wang Danhua couldn't stop shaking his head and sighing, and Ma Guangda on the side secretly felt funny.

In today's Li Jiajun, the power of the artillery army is already a well-known fact. Even the recruits who have just entered the camp will be pulled out collectively to watch the scene of artillery firing before the end of the recruit period.

The purpose is to avoid the artillery not scaring the enemy, but scaring their own recruits!

Dozens of 12-pounder guns were aimed at the city gate together, and as long as one shot hit the city gate, it was equivalent to breaking the city.

According to previous experiments, the shells of the 12-pounder cannon were so heavy that only one shell was needed to destroy the city gates, even if the city gates were latched or the jack gates were dropped, the effect was roughly the same.

In Li Zhongyi's words, the appearance of artillery ended the era of prestige of famous generals defending the city, and this statement is indeed true!

After an earth-shattering loud bang of "boom ......", Wang Danhua suddenly found that the originally thick and solid Hangzhou city wall had collapsed a large part.

"Nourish...... It's so powerful, it's really powerful......" Wang Danhua's hair stood on end in shock, and after thinking about it carefully, fortunately, Qin Hanzheng sent him to contact him in advance and handed over the secret tunnel.

Otherwise, Li Zhongyi actually won Hangzhou City, just like taking a bag, Qin Hanzheng and his Wang Danhua have not made any contributions, what else is there to talk about in the future?

Li Zhongyi raised the order flag in his hand high, and loudly issued the order for the general attack: "Charge the body and enter Hangzhou City!" ”

"Didi Da Di Da ......" dozens of trumpeters sounded the loud trumpet almost at the same time, and for a while, the shouting of killing was earth-shattering and deafening.

After the order, Li Zhongyi ordered someone to open the tea tray and invite Wang Danhua to drink Maojian green tea together.

Wang Danhua drank half a pot of tea, then relieved his spirits and asked Li Zhongyi in a low voice: "I don't know...... Your Majesty, what do you plan to do with the Qian family? ”

Li Zhongyi, who was already holding the victory ticket, raised the tea cup in his hand, put it in front of his nose, sniffed it gently, and then said with a smile: "The lord of the defeated army, it is useless to kill it, and I am afraid that it will become a trouble, I don't know why the prince taught me?" ”

Wang Danhua never expected that Li Zhongyi would play Tai Chi lightly, not only did not show his attitude, but kicked the ball into Wang Danhua's own arms.

"In the opinion of the following ministers, the money is not enough, and the defeat is not enough. It is better to be confined to Kaifeng, and not to return to the homeland. Wang Danhua thought about it carefully, and finally decided to fight for some rights and interests for money.

According to Qin Hanzheng's idea, it was originally enough to spare the lives of the Qian family, but Wang Danhua increased his weight to move to Kaifeng City.

Li Zhongyi nodded and said with a smile: "Since this is the case, then I will worship Wang Qing as the Shaoqing of Honglu Temple, and hand over the Qian family to you." ”

Wang Danhua was originally clothed, he never dreamed that Li Zhongyi would be very generous, and he would be a Shaoqing of the fifth grade as soon as he made a move.

"Thank the emperor for his grace!" Wang Danhua is not a person who is indifferent to fame and fortune, since Li Zhongyi has given him a high-ranking official, he naturally has no reason not to be unpunished.

After the courtesy of the monarch and the minister, Wang Danhua no longer dared to sit opposite Li Zhongyi, so he hurriedly got up and wanted to move to the side.

Li Zhongyi waved his hand and said with a smile: "The prince has great talents, why should he stick to small things? ”

Having said that, Wang Danhua didn't dare to disobey the etiquette after all, and reluctantly sat on Li Zhongyi's left hand side.

Whether it is a monarch or a subordinate, the basic etiquette of the monarch and the minister is still necessary to observe, and Li Zhongyi has no difficulty for Wang Danhua.

"Prince, do you know how many unscrupulous rich families there are in Hangzhou?" Now that the title of the monarch and minister has been decided, Li Zhongyi also honestly and unceremoniously began to get to the bottom of it.

Wang Danhua couldn't help but gasp, it is rumored that Li Zhongyi is a famous emperor who is very greedy for money, and now it seems that it is really true!

"Back to the emperor, the minister's family has lived in Hangzhou for generations, but he also knows the details of some wealthy and wealthy families...... "Since Wang Danhua has completely taken refuge in Li Zhongyi, he naturally has no reason to hide it for others, so he simply poured beans into a bamboo tube and completely betrayed the dignitaries and nobles in Hangzhou to Li Zhongyi.

With the guidance of the leading party Wang Danhua, Li Zhongyi suddenly realized that there were as many as 10,000 families in the entire city of Hangzhou.

"Come on, come on, thank you for the prince's careful advice, replace the wine with tea, and dry it!" Li Zhongyi's heart is particularly comfortable, the more wealthy households in Hangzhou, the huge deficit in this expedition can finally be filled.