Chapter 173: The First Artillery Debuts
Although the Tibetan army retreated to Dafeichuan, it did not intend to completely retreat, and did not even send envoys to negotiate. It seems that Tubo is not giving up. And the Tang Army does not intend to ask for peace or negotiation, since they want to fight, then we will accompany them to the end.
Now the two armies are basically back on the same starting line, almost the same in terms of military strength, and the land has also returned to its own borders.
However, the atmosphere of the Tubo army is very heavy now, and the successive defeats made the Tubo marshal very angry, and scolded his soldiers over and over again.
At this time, Liangzhou City was holding a celebration banquet. "Li Jianjun, Li Jianjun, Li Jianjun." In the barracks, Li Jingxuan shouted with all the lieutenants.
This is the real sense of repelling the Tibetan army, and Li Shandang is the first to take the lead. This miraculous strategic command not only made the trick of the Tibetan army completely fail, but also caught the Tibetan army by surprise.
At this time, Li Shan had already grown a task in the heart of the Liangzhou Army that was comparable to Xue Rengui back then, you must know that even Xue Rengui, who had set the Tianshan Mountain with three arrows, basically never took advantage of it in front of the Tubo Army.
What's more, Li Shanyi is a scholar, and he actually fights hand-to-hand with the enemy on the battlefield, although in most cases he is protected by many people, but this courage has won the favor of many soldiers.
For those who can only carry the pen, they may only praise you for your subtle calculations, but for those who can fight side by side with them, it is a sincere respect.
"This time, our army was able to turn defeat into victory, all thanks to Li Jianjun's clever calculation, come, let us toast Li Jianjun together." Li Jingxuan escaped death this time, and he was also grateful to Li Shan, and he had already put the credit behind him. Now, even if someone wanted to give him the credit, he wouldn't take it.
"If it weren't for the bloody battles of all the soldiers who did not retreat, I am afraid that this command would have buried our entire army, and I really dare not take the first credit. As the saying goes, one will succeed and ten thousand bones will wither, let's make a toast to the brothers who died in this battle. ”
Li Shan was full of emotion, in fact, this battle was very risky. If they don't hold out until reinforcements arrive. It was equivalent to them exchanging the lives of 30,000 cavalry and the two largest commanders for an ancient town, which was simply a loss.
It is even more unimaginable that if the Tubo army got the news and sent people back to help when the ancient town was attacked, it would really be dead and there would be no place to be buried. However, Li Shan believed that his soldiers were also fighting to the death, and the result was obvious, he succeeded.
The soldiers did not look at Li Shan and were not arrogant, but the soldiers who were the first to remember their personal interests added a little favor to Li Shan.
Looking at the soldiers in front of him, the yellow sand is full of yellow sand, and the city of Liangzhou has gone through vicissitudes. Li Shan is also proud, and the boy should protect his family and defend the country in all directions, thinking about the ambition of his wife and children to be hot on the kang before, it is too childish.
Li Shan raised his glass and sang: "Grape wine glow-in-the-dark cup, if you want to drink the pipa, urge immediately." Drunk and lying on the battlefield, how many people came back to fight in ancient times? ”
"Our Li Jianjun usually doesn't speak so literately, but this poem also comes out of his mouth. Usually I listen to the little scholars humming poems, as if a girl in a kiln is singing. But our Li Jianjun's poems have a lot of blood when they listen to them. I love to listen. ”
It was Deputy General Xu who spoke, a general under Li Jingxuan, who has been guarding Liangzhou City for more than ten years.
"Yes. Who said that if you can hold the handle of the knife, you can't hold the pen. I think our Li Jianjun is a civil and military all-rounder. ”
"Li Jianjun, that, have you married? If you hadn't married my sister who was just sixteen this year, she looked so bright. I'll tell you and say peace? ”
"Your sister-in-law, Li Jianjun, can't look down on it, Li Jianjun is both civil and military, and he looks good, so he will definitely be a horse in the future."
"Then can't my sister be a little boy for the prison army?"
Li Shan waved his hand and said, "This joke can't be made." Li already has a wife, so I won't bother you. ”
"Hey, do you have any sister or sister in the prison army? Tell us about it. ”
Li Shanguaner. was speechless, remembering the smart and clever little girl, "My sister is only ten years old, you dare to hit her idea, be careful that I break your legs." ”
"Haha" Everyone laughed, and the soldier spoke more straightforwardly.
Li Shan also smiled, took a sip of wine, and was happy.
"Brothers, I have good news for you, I have developed a new type of weapon. With this weapon, our Tang army will be invincible. ”
Li Shan ordered someone to bring out an iron pipe with a diameter of 20 centimeters, which he had ordered craftsmen to make before, which was almost the prototype of artillery.
Similar to the principle of the second kick, the crafted thunderbolt is fired with gunpowder.
"Warden, what is this? It's not a knife or gun, can it still kill people? All the soldiers looked at this thing with blank expressions.
Li Shan smiled slightly, waved his hand, and said, "Everyone will come with me to the school field to test it." ”
This is what Li Shan has been making in a hurry in the past two days, and today is just the time to test its power.
Set up the iron pipe between two stones, clamp the position, fill the gunpowder, put the thunder in it, add the lead, aim at a flagpole in the distance, and the whole action is done in one go.
The lieutenants also watched with curiosity as Li Shan finished these things. Li Shan could almost imagine the scene of the soldiers seeing a cannonball go out and blow up the flagpole for a while.
Everyone dispersed. Prepare, ignite, "bang", Li Shan's gaze is looking into the distance, but the eyes of the soldiers only stay on the iron pipe.
The situation was a little different, the thunder exploded before it was released, and it exploded directly in the iron pipe, spewing out only a few meters of tongues of fire and some pieces of iron.
"Hahaha, this thing is scary, it's so loud. If Lao Tzu carried this to the battlefield, one shot could kill the opposite general. "Vice General Xu is five big and three coarse, but he didn't realize that the experiment failed, and thought that this artillery was like this.
Li Shan smiled awkwardly, it seems that the development of artillery is not as simple as imagined, and the hardness of the shell and the way of firing it have to be reconsidered.
"Hehe, this thing, it's a little flawed, I have to improve it again." Although Li Shan didn't want to admit it, it was true.
Vice General Xu seemed to want to give Li Shan a round, and came over and said with a smile: "I look good, when the time comes, I will carry this thing and rush into the enemy formation, and put it on the face of the general opposite, no." ”
Said that he really went to hold the cannon barrel, and the iron pipe that had just let go of the cannon was very hot. Li Shan didn't have time to dissuade him when he heard a miserable scream, and it seemed that the barbecue was a little burnt.
(Two chapters today) (To be continued.) )