Xiao Yuan was a little surprised by Gu Zhongchen's straightforwardness, but he simply took over the conversation and said: "Since Lord Gu wants to persuade his brother to surrender, then naturally let me see something worth watching, such as how many soldiers and horses under Lord Gu are?" ”

Gu Zhongchen's smile did not decrease: "I don't dare to persuade him to surrender, Gu has just admired General Ti Xiao, and it is not worth it for General Ti Xiao, so he pointed out a way out, as for the soldiers and ......horses, he raised three fingers, "It's not much, it's just three thousand." ”

Xiao Yuan was slightly stunned, he knew that the statement of persuasion or life was just a beautiful word, but the other party's military strength was really the same as in the intelligence, only three thousand?

Gu Zhongchen smiled again: "Three thousand or thirty thousand, I didn't invite General Xiao to come here, but I didn't ask you to see my big Song Erlang." ”

Xiao Yuan's heart moved, and he asked, "Oh? So what should I look at next? ”

Gu Zhongchen clapped his hands and said, "Come on, bring it over." ”

Not far away, a sergeant came running quickly, carrying a small cannon in his hand, stood outside the pavilion, and put the small cannon on the ground.

Xiao Yuan looked back and couldn't help but be stunned for a moment, this small cannon was very small, the barrel was only less than three feet, about the thickness of the bowl mouth, but the muzzle was trumpet-shaped, and the specifications and shapes were very different from the cannons he usually saw.

Gu Zhongchen said: "What Gu wants to show General Xiao is this." ”

"This?" Xiao Yuan frowned, he really didn't understand what was so good about this.

At this time, Jin Kepo on the side suddenly interjected: "General Xiao, do you remember the place I asked you to see just now?" ”

Xiao Yuan was even more puzzled, and thought about it carefully, the place where Jin Kepo pointed out was a river on one side and a dirt slope on the other, the road surface was quite smooth, nothing strange, the only estimate that could be said was to change from wide to narrow, and then pointed to a place, it was a forest, and I didn't know what to do.

"Forget it, don't think about it so much, I'll show you something real." Jin Kepo said with a smile and said to the sergeant who came out with a cannon, "Let's shoot." ”

"Yes!" The sergeant answered, adjusted the position of the cannon, and then pursed his lips to make a whistle, and dozens of sergeants rushed in the distance, each carrying a log about half a man high on his shoulder, and when he came close, he poked the wood to the ground neatly and neatly, and then took out a wooden hammer from his back waist and slammed it.

One end of the wood has been sharpened, and it is easily inserted into the ground, and in a few hammers the wood is driven into the ground, and in a moment all the wood has been nailed, and it is arranged horizontally and vertically.

Xiao Yuan's face became solemn at this time, he had already guessed something, but he hadn't confirmed it at the end, so he didn't make a sound, just watched quietly, but his heart was uneasy.

The sergeant who nailed the wood saluted the pavilion and then turned and walked away in unison, when the first sergeant crouched down beside the cannon and shouted, "Ready!" ”

The muzzle of the cannon was aimed at the piece of wood, and then the sergeant shouted again: "Release!" ”

He had already prepared a fire medium in his hand, and towards the fuse that emerged from the back end of the barrel, a burst of sparks flashed, and the muzzle of the cannon burst out with a burst of fire, boom, Xiao Yuan only felt as if his brain had been hammered, and his ears were buzzing, and he finally stabilized his mind and looked at it again, and suddenly gasped.

I saw that the piece of wood nailed to the ground was already scattered at this time, some were broken by the waist, and some were completely beaten off the ground, even the row of wood in the back was actually full of holes on the whole tree, dense and scary.

Xiao Yuan was already stunned, he was a smart person, so he completely understood the truth at the first time.

Think about it, the shells fired by this kind of cannon are not solid iron bullets like ordinary city defense guns, he saw very clearly just now, this cannon is loaded with steel balls, so the front row of the wood is interrupted or even broken, and the back row is not spared, this power is really amazingly tight.

The second is the weight of this artillery, whether it is the city defense artillery, or the field artillery when the two armies are facing each other, they are all dead and heavy and need people to push the horse, and the mobility is very low, but what about this artillery? As long as a person can carry it with him, it doesn't take much effort at all.

Especially the place that Jin Kepo specially pointed out to him earlier, until this time he finally figured out that the terrain was wide at the back and narrow at the front, and if a row of such artillery suddenly appeared in front of the army when it marched there, the rear would not even have time to retreat, and then there was a forest in front of it, and the other party could shuttle through the forest with a cannon, and even if he wanted to attack, it would be impossible for the army to rush up in the forest, and the other party could calm down and turn around from time to time to get a few cannons.

Thinking about the time when Jin Kepo smiled and lit there, it was actually a threat, thinking about this, Xiao Yuan suddenly had a cold sweat on his forehead.

Jin Kepo walked up to him, patted him on the shoulder, and said with a smile: "Look, let's say it's to show you a way out, didn't lie to you?" ”

"You ......" Xiao Yuan didn't know what to say, only smiled bitterly.

Gu Zhongchen waved his hand to the sergeant who fired the cannon at this time, the sergeant nodded, blew the whistle again, and a group of people trotted in the distance, looking at about fifty people, each carrying the exact same kind of cannon in their hands, and stood still after coming to the side, standing in line.

Xiao Yuan is completely ambushed now, fifty such artillery, if he sets up an ambush in the place just now, even if he has 50,000 horses on his side, it will not be used, and if he wants to attack Liulin Town, that place is the only way to go, unless he takes a long detour, and then walks another seventy or eighty miles, but people can carry this cannon at hand, and they can also change places to block it.

Thinking about the power of the artillery just now, he shuddered, not much, just the fifty-one artillery pieces in front of him, I don't know how many people died on the terrain that couldn't be avoided, not to mention that there were only three thousand people in Liulin Town, even if it was only three hundred, it was enough.

Fifty and one sergeant stood together, holding a swarthy and cold cannon in their hands, their expressions solemn and proud, exuding a kind of confidence that no one in the world could match.

With a plop, Xiao Yuan sat back on the stool, shook his head with a wry smile and said, "I understand, I will go back and persuade my brother in the next place, and I will not commit this place." ”

Gu Zhongchen smiled and shook his head: "Wrong, it's not up to the general to decide whether to commit it or not, Gu Mou has already said that sooner or later there will be a military order to come to the Wushu, and the general will be ordered to attack here, whether it is ordered to be defeated or not, but the fight will still come." ”

Xiao Yuan's face was ugly for a while, and after thinking about it, he gritted his teeth and said, "Then we will simply feint and attack, and I hope that Lord Gu will not really fight against us." ”

Gu Zhongchen said: "It's wrong again, you say fake fighting, fake fighting, how can Wushu spare you?" Are you a fake Tianluo under him? ”

Xiao Yuan actually knew it, but he didn't know what to do, so he said angrily: "Then my brother and I will run away, and this Lao Shizi's battle will not be fought." ”

Gu Zhongchen suddenly laughed: "It's still wrong, even if the general escapes, but there are brothers and sisters in your army who have a good relationship with the general, can you escape together?" And can you make sure that the vultures can't find you? ”

Xiao Yuan was annoyed for a while, after all, he was still a little younger, he couldn't calm down, and raised his head sharply and said, "This doesn't work, that doesn't work, what can I do?" ”

Gu Zhongchen looked at his angry appearance, and smiled again: "Two words, easy to do." ”