Duan Zhixuan put his mind at ease, raised his hand and ordered to continue the shelling.

"Boom! Rumble! Rumble! "The cannon began to sound in a steady stream.

This time it was not a siege, but a bombardment of flat fortifications. Shells kept falling on the positions on the opposite bank, blowing up the fortifications, the defenders, and the dirt that had been installed.

"Good!" Li Shimin held the binoculars and watched as a huge crater was blown out on the other side, and couldn't help but applaud loudly.

Almost everyone around him had a telescope, and they were all watching intently, and the shocked look on their faces never dissipated.

After all, it is a city wall during the siege, it is very hard, the cannonballs can't penetrate it, the bombing objects are limited, and the guards who are killed are also falling in the city, and the people under the city can't see clearly, and this is all soft ground by the river, and the cannonballs fly over and hit the ground, and every explosion will bring up a lot of soil, and the ground will form a big pit.

Many of the fortifications were made of wood, and those horses were also blown into the air, bringing a particularly huge impact on the perspective.

The Tang Dynasty soldiers are now accustomed to artillery fire, and they are very excited every time they see the bombing, all of them look around, looking around for the places that have been blown up by the shells, or looking at the muzzle, waiting for the shells to fly out, and then watching the explosion on the ground, just like the children of the New Year watching firecrackers, happy, excited, occasionally appease the war horses who are a little anxious, and they are used to hearing the bombardment, even the war horses have no panic at the beginning, only occasionally a little restless.

So the opposite is the defenders on the other side, under the artillery fire extended saturation bombardment, the smart have fled, and the frightened ones are lying on the ground, most of them have not seen the shelling, although Yuangai Suwen knows that the artillery fire is powerful, but this is to defend the river bank, considering that the artillery shells can't hit so far, he didn't tell the soldiers, after all, it sounds like a very incredible thing, easy to hit morale, cause panic.

I didn't think of loading it directly on the ship and firing, which caused the defenders to be at a loss without knowing anything, and many people thought that the punishment was coming, and kept kneeling and kowtowing.

As early as when the first shell landed, Yuangai Suwen fled downstream with his personal guards, and only stopped to think about the next step when he was far away from the battlefield.

After discussion, they all thought that this line could not be defended, and the domestic city did not need to be considered, once the river bank was lost, it was just a delay to defend the city.

After the discussion, Yuangai Suwen decided to leave one person to continue to delay on the riverbank, and the other person was taking one person to defend the inner city, and he retreated back to Pingxiang with the army.

After half an hour of saturation and artillery bombardment, there was no longer a standing figure on the opposite bank, and the boats in the river, together with the docking, cavalry, and infantry, began to cross the river in an orderly manner, and everything went according to order, without a single resistance.

The infantry cleared the battlefield under the leadership of the general, and the cavalry quickly dispersed on both sides to attack the defenders stationed along the coast.

But for the elite Tang cavalry, this kind of soldier is even less than an opponent, firstly, most of the elite have been killed, and secondly, Yuan Gai Suwen has withdrawn the large army.

After occupying the other side, the Tang soldiers quickly deployed, Li Jing let Li Ji lead the artillery to take the domestic city, the west of the river has been fully occupied, because of the clear field of Goguryeo's strong walls, it did not take much effort, went out to guard the retreat, and the army was all stationed in the domestic city.

Occupying the domestic city, not only can you return to the west of the river, but also return to the Tang Dynasty by waterway, so far, only two months, you have taken most of the territory of Goguryeo.

"Li Aiqing, how we march next, there is a plan." Stationed in the domestic city, Li Shimin was obviously in a good mood, and he was also a little anxious in his heart, wanting to take Goguryeo as soon as possible to show his merits.

"Qiqi Sheng, the minister is waiting for the scouts to explore the terrain, if it is not bad as expected, there will be a tough battle to be fought next." Li Jing replied respectfully.

The other generals who were originally smiling all quieted down and listened carefully to Li Jing's analysis.

"Yakushi, do you mean that Goguryeo is still dying?" Cheng Zhijie asked with wide eyes.

"We have steel cannons, and if Goguryeo wants to win, there are only two ways to go, the first is to use the terrain, fire, and water attack.

The second is to concentrate forces and carry out a surprise attack, and the two armies quickly come into contact so that the artillery is unusable. Li Jing explained calmly.

"Oh!"

"Oh!"

A neat and unified voice appeared, and everyone who continuously broke through the city, defeated the opponent, and regarded the steel cannon as an invincible weapon, suddenly realized, and sighed in unison, it turned out that the steel cannon still had this shortcoming.

"The steel cannon is not invincible, at least it is difficult to use in rainy days, and if the road is difficult, there is no way to transport it, after all, the flat road needs a few horses to pull, so you Aiqing must not slack off, it is not yet invincible." Li Shimin has been thinking about steel cannons and tanks since he saw them, and he has also been on the battlefield for a long time, so he will naturally consider himself how to deal with it if the enemy army has it.

At this time, he immediately said the problems he considered, poured cold water on everyone, and gave a serious advice.

"The saint is wise, but if you add muskets and tanks to form a formation, you can be fearless of any enemy." Li Jing analyzed more thoroughly and had a unique vision.

"The pharmacist is reasonable, especially the tanks, if there are more of them, they can completely sweep away the enemy, they can open fire when they escape, and they can be directly crushed in close combat, and they are following the musketeers behind, and they can completely achieve zero casualties." Li Ji nodded in agreement.

"Musketeers are not like archers, they don't consume so much physical strength, as long as they have ammunition, they can fight for a long time, and they are a sharp weapon." Duan Zhixuan said excitedly.

After Duan Zhixuan took control of the artillery and gunners, this middle-aged man who was silent in the past seemed to have a second spring, not only energetic at any time, but also more language, and wanted to find someone to talk about the pleasure of playing with artillery at any time.

It's a pity that he hasn't had the opportunity to use it, and it's a time of strict secrecy, so he can only hold it back, and it's quite uncomfortable.

Li Shimin looked at this henchman of his own, became cheerful, and secretly sighed whether he needed to change people, after all, he had too many secrets, if he was a person who talked a lot as the general of the guard, I was afraid that the news that he slept with the palace maid during the day would spread everywhere the next day.

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