The twists and turns on the book case have been dealt with, but Li Zhi still took it out and read it several times, and now the government decree cannot be issued, I don't know if the famine in Henan Province has improved, whether Silla Baekje has harassed the frontier, and whether the Tibetan Turks have withdrawn their troops, all of which make Li Zhi worried.

Li Shuo is always out of his mind and doesn't walk without making a sound, maybe Li Zhi has long been used to it. I only heard him say, "Your Majesty, don't worry, I found Yuan Daochang last night, and he made a divination for the fortune of the Tang Dynasty overnight." ”

Li Zhi put down the music, a little puzzled. said, "Uncle Huang doesn't have to comfort me, the Taoist chief once said that he couldn't calculate the fortune of the country, why can he do it now?" ”

Li Shuo shook his head and said, "I don't know, it is said that he met a number of wizards in the academy, and the two of them benefited a lot from each other. ”

Li Zhi asked a little nervously, "Then what did Daoist Yuan say?" ”

Li Shuo stroked his beard with a smile and said, "Open up the territory and conquer the world." ”

Li Zhi's heart was agitated, and he stood up and said, "Really? ”

Li Shuo laughed and said, "Is it possible, I still deceive Your Majesty, but this is what Yuan Tiangang's bull-nosed old man said." ”

Li Zhi can be regarded as having eaten a reassuring pill, this Yuan Tiangang is a strange person who was not born, usually travels all over the world, is known as the first master of physiognomy in the Tang Dynasty, and is proficient in metaphysics, feng shui, etc. It's just that he has a strange temper, and His Majesty Taizong admires him very much, but he is unwilling to serve the imperial court, which is quite regrettable. If it weren't for the emperor's uncle's good personal relationship with him, he wouldn't have taken the initiative to promote the national fortune for the Tang Dynasty.

Outside the Xiude Gate, Han Xiaofeng said, "General Li, my brother is a genius of the Ministry of Industry, he used gunpowder to invent a huge cannon, the power is extremely great, but he has not yet tested it, I don't know if the adult dares to pull it out and hit the rebels by surprise?" ”

Li Ji smiled and said, "I've heard a little about gunpowder, you formed a grudge with Yang Xiu because of this thing when you were in Tai'an, but what is this giant cannon?" ”

Han Xiaofeng said: "This cannon was developed when Brother Lu and I were imprisoned in the dungeon, and it exploded because the strength of this cannon casting was not enough. This time it's different, not to mention the strength of the casting, the strength has also gone up, if it is shot out, I estimate that the building car can be directly shattered. ”

Li Ji has also experienced a big scene over the years, but one blow can smash the huge building car with a high city tower, which is really a bit too sensational.

Li Ji said with the mindset that it would be harmless to take a look, "Okay, you can take me to see it." ”

Zhang Shixun rode his tall and sturdy Turkic black horse back and forth to supervise the battle on the major battlefields, and now the casualties are getting bigger and bigger, and Chang'an is not much better, and the rotation of personnel has been delayed. This kind of wheel battle has finally had some effect, if another 30,000 horses join, Chang'an must be in the bag at this time.

Such a four-sided onslaught at all costs was just an illusion, just to paralyze Li Ji and make him not know which direction was the main direction of attack. This is the convenience brought by the night, and it is also the basis for Zhang Shixun's fifty percent chance of winning. Originally, there were more than 20,000 people at each city gate divided into three groups to attack in turn, but now they forcibly pulled out one group and gathered outside the Jingyao Gate from the rear of the camp.

The other three gates are easier to break through than Jingyao Gate, and the troops are more able to spread out. Zhang Shixun wanted to use this as a breakthrough, and after drawing out most of the troops, Sanmen did not relax the attack, and wanted to counter, and the attack became more and more fierce.

In the temporary northwest camp in the city, Qin Yu frowned, completely a little dazed by this, and attacked from all sides, this was obviously just a trick. Unless he, Li Yuanjing, has more than 300,000 soldiers and horses, he dares to disperse his troops in such a big way, otherwise it will be a dead end, and he will definitely use a certain city gate as the final main point of attack.

Han Xiaofeng and his entourage came to the Ministry of Industry, when Lu Chao uncovered the thin layer of red cloth, the group was stunned, this giant cannon not only has a longer and larger barrel, but even the cannonballs are made into two types: conical and spherical, I have to say that Lu Chao is really talented in design.

Looking at the huge iron cannonball, Li Ji said, "Can this really be launched?" ”

Lu Chao himself has not experimented, and he has no bottom in his heart. Han Xiaofeng answered, "That's natural, Lu Chao and I have experimented before. ”

Li Ji is not a pedantic person, and said, "That's okay, when it's extraordinary, it is natural to use extraordinary methods, I'll give it a try." However, you have to be responsible for the operation to avoid forks. ”

Han Xiaofeng smiled embarrassedly, "That's not necessary, I still have to catch the mouse, in case those shrunken turtles suddenly appear and do something bad, Your Majesty will not be easy to deal with." ”

Let me go? You really can think of it, if I blow up the chamber, I will have to accompany the burial, and I must not agree to this. Lu Chao also looked loveless, and at first glance, he knew that he was complaining about Han Xiaofeng's excessive actions.

In the dungeon, Yang Xiuzheng was so angry that he scolded, but the originally good stalemate was broken by a few piles of firewood. Now you can't get out, and you can't put out the fire, as if you are in the middle of a mountain of flames. The only little water source was used to extinguish the fire, but it was just extinguished and lit, which was really annoying. But Li Yuanjing couldn't break through a city gate for half a day, and going out at this time is no different from sending him to death, could it be that he really wants to go to the Turks?

Hundreds of people took the cannon apart and lifted it out, but there was only one cannon, and it became a difficult problem to put it on the city gate.

Li Ji said, "The specific power of this cannon is not yet known, so simply carry it to the city tower and try to see if it can destroy a few building cars, and it can also cause a lot of deterrence." ”

Han Xiaofeng retorted, "General Li, the last general does not approve of this method, and it is too overkill to use it just to hit a building car. If you want to fight, you have to fight Li Yuanjing's big tent, this is worthy of this giant cannon, isn't it? ”

Li Ji shook his head when he heard this, it's just a fantasy, this place is ten miles away from Li Yuanjing's big tent, and such a broken iron pipe can shoot those sixty or seventy pounds of iron balls ten miles away? This is too godly, isn't it?

Han Xiaofeng said, "General Li, think about it. Whether this cannon is useful or not, it doesn't really mean much, but if, I say, if ah, if you knock out Li Yuanjing's big account, what effect do you think it will have? ”

Li Ji didn't want to think about it and said, "Of course the army is defeated, do you still need to ask?" I know what you mean, it's to block luck, I know your mind. If you want to try it, try it, it doesn't hurt anyway, it's a big deal to let Luo Jing appear in advance. ”

Han Xiaofeng knew in his heart, no wonder Luo Jing would suddenly appear outside the city to fortify that day, it turned out to be this purpose. It seems that Chang'an's side is not completely unprepared, and there must be a lot of backhand. Then the Tang brothers sent out by Guo Xiao and Brother Sun don't have to go to the battlefield, how good it is to keep their lives for the New Year.

Because the cannon was so huge, it took 30 people to lift the barrel up the tower, and it took half an hour to lift it up to Gwanghwamun Gate, which had a wide field of vision, and another half an hour to assemble it. During this period, the enemy attacked the city tower several times and was repulsed, and Han Xiaofeng was also slashed in the arm in order to protect Lu Chao.

The cold wind on this cold day was blowing, Lu Chao was sweating, and his sleeves were wet. Seeing that Han Xiaofeng's arm was bleeding, he said, "Brother Han, it's assembled." ”

Han Xiaofeng said, "It's about to be launched, don't you want to give it a name?" Success or not, it's your result. ”

Lu Chao thought for a while and said, "Since it is to protect my Tang Dynasty and drive away the anti-thief weapon, then call it a powerful cannon." ”

Mighty cannons? Impotence cannon? How does this name feel so... Awkward.

Han Xiaofeng said, "Brother Lu, your name is not domineering enough, if you don't call it a mighty cannon, what do you think." ”

Lu Chao nodded and said, "Yes, yes, it's really a lot more domineering, it's much more pleasing than my name." ”

There were four shells in total, two round balls and two conical ones, and I had no experience in the past, so I had to try. Han Xiaofeng first raised the angle and aimed at the direction of the rebel camp, Li Yuanjing's big tent was obviously the largest one, there was no doubt about it.

Li Ji looked at the dense rebels in the distance and said, "Let it go, they are going to launch the next round of offensive." ”

Han Xiaofeng nodded and said, "General Li." Brother Lu, you should stay away for the time being. ”

Han Xiaofeng was very nervous in his heart, not to mention whether this fight would be successful or not, in case of a blow-up, he would be able to explain it here. Taking a deep breath, he slowly approached the lead of the torch wrapped in twine.

Everyone only saw sparks coming out of the lead and making a sneering sound, Han Xiaofeng knew that the launch was imminent, so he quickly put down the torch and covered his ears. Seeing this, the others also covered their ears one after another, only to hear a loud bang into the sky, the cannon spat out a foot-long tongue of fire, and the huge cannonball let out a sharp whistling sound and shot into the distance. The huge recoil force caused the cannon to retreat a full distance of several feet, and it almost crashed into the city wall.

The loud noise resounded like thunder across the earth, and the entire Chang'an could hear it, and the rebels who were running and charging were stunned for a moment, and they all looked up at the sky. Could it be that Thor is angry, or is it that some immortal has descended to earth?

As soon as Li Yuanjing wanted to call someone in for questioning, he heard a loud noise in the camp, as if a huge object had fallen down, and several soldiers were killed on the spot by the ejected iron ball without warning.

The others were so frightened that they hurriedly ran out of the camp, and saw a huge pit several feet in front of them, and everyone turned pale when they looked at the scene in front of them.

Li Yuanjing said angrily: "What the hell is this? But who can see clearly. ”

A soldier pointed to the iron ball that popped out of the big crater and was still steaming, and said, "Lord Qiqi, it is this big pit smashed by the iron ball that fell from the sky. ”

Li Yuanjing looked at the iron ball, his face was pale, when did Chang'an have such a powerful thing, and he could shoot such a heavy iron ball out of such a distance. Yang Xiumo didn't really reach some kind of agreement with Li Zhi, otherwise how could he have missed such important information.

Li Ke and Xue Wanche also came to check when they heard the sound, and they were so frightened when they saw this scene that their souls were gone. This is only one, if one hundred and eighty fall together, then this camp will not be razed to the ground, and the few of them will only be crushed into meatloaf.

Li Ke was so scared that he was going to die, and said, "Lord Wang, there will be iron balls falling next, so it is better to retreat the camp a few miles back to avoid its edge." ”

Li Yuanjing just wanted to reprimand, but after thinking about it, he still endured it, and if he was stoned to death, it would indeed be wronged.

Han Xiaofeng's ears were buzzing, and he looked at the fact that he didn't explode, and said happily, "General Li, look at it, this power is not bragging." ”

Not to mention Li Ji, the officers and soldiers on the entire city tower didn't expect this iron lump to be so powerful, although it failed to accurately hit the enemy's general's tent, but with this power, it was enough to scare the other party.

(End of chapter)