Su Dingfang wore his wolfskin combat boots, and took the lead in jumping from the boat to the beach, stepping on the sand that had been trampled by the previous soldiers, while Liu Renliang and other generals who did not participate in the landing battle behind him also went ashore one after another, looking around the surrounding environment.

Because during the previous siege battle, the Japanese army at the head of the city was stunned by the artillery, so they could not effectively counterattack at all, and the only trebuchet that could attack here was also suppressed by artillery, so there was no battle in this open space from the front of the Frost City to the beach, only a few clusters of arrows scattered occasionally, reminding everyone that there had indeed been a big battle here before.

Su Dingfang led the generals and officers to walk slowly towards the Frost City, and when they walked to the gate of the city, they found many large pits smashed by cannonballs, each of which was the size of a large military iron pot. I saw Su Dingfang jump into a pit, dig out the cannonballs made of pig iron inside, and then clasped his hands together and said: "I didn't expect that a copper pipe that looks quite simple can hit such a heavy iron ball so far, and the power is also very amazing, I estimate that if it hits a person, no matter how good the martial arts are, it is useless." ”

Su Dingfang's words caused the generals to nod again and again, and at the same time looked at Liu Renliang in the crowd, and Liu Renliang also introduced quite proudly: "General Su doesn't know, the power of this artillery is not the strongest, listen to the craftsman, there is still great room for improvement, and even His Royal Highness also proposed that he wanted to make the cannonball hollow, and then add gunpowder to make the cannonball explode when it landed, but unfortunately it has not been developed yet, otherwise it would not be necessary to shoot so many cannons like today when you capture a city like Frost City!" ”

Hearing Liu Renliang's words, Su Dingfang and a group of generals were also excited, and the kind of artillery in front of them seemed to them. It's already a weapon that can change the tide of battle, but I didn't expect that there would be more powerful artillery in the future. If such a powerful weapon can be popularized, then they will have to save a lot of effort to fight in the future.

Sighing at the power of artillery. These generals followed Su Dingfang into the frost city, only to find that the building in the city near the city wall had been smashed into a mess by the cannonballs that flew in by mistake, and many Japanese soldiers were under the guard of the Tang soldiers and were seizing the time to clear the road.

Frost City is not only a military town, but also a large city with a large number of residents, and the permanent population of the city is at least more than 100,000, but except for the people of the Japanese Kingdom who were accidentally injured at the gate of the city, most of the other people stayed in their own homes. The courtyard door was closed and did not dare to come out, and some dared to look out through the crack in the door, but when the patrolling Tang soldiers walked by, these people immediately ran into the house in fright and never dared to come out again.

Su Dingfang and the others walked into the City Lord's Mansion in the center of the city, and Zhou Long, who had been the first batch to go ashore, and a group of soldiers were already waiting for them. After everyone sat down according to their positions, Su Dingfang said to Zhou Long: "General Zhou, you and General Liu have the greatest credit for this attack on Frost City, but General Liu did not enter the city. Now it's up to you to introduce the results of this battle! ”

Zhou Long is also not polite, after all, except for Su Dingfang, he is the oldest in the Qi Palace, as for Li Shi and Xu De and others. They were just here to help, not from the Qi Palace.

I saw Zhou Long step forward and hugged his fists and said, "General Qiyu, my subordinates have found out." Before this battle, there were 70,000 enemy soldiers in Frostfall City, but after this battle. 30,000 surrendered and more than 12,000 were killed. The others fled when the city was broken, but our army only suffered more than 5,000 casualties, and most of them were wounded, and after the treatment of the medical soldiers, presumably the final death should be less than 2,000! ”

Hearing Zhou Long's report, all the generals present were overjoyed, but they didn't expect such a big victory, but less than 2,000 people were killed in the battle, and it was a siege battle, which was unbelievable. But soon they figured it out, all of this has to be counted on the head of the artillery to show its might, although the artillery really kills not many enemies, but it is like thunder, and the lethality of the cannonball hitting the head of the city is also extremely bloody, under the threat of this kind of preemptive weapon, so that the Japanese people are emboldened, and there is no endless resistance, which makes them so smoothly occupy the Frost City, otherwise they don't know how many casualties they have to pay to conquer the Frost City?

Thinking of artillery, everyone looked at Liu Renliang again, who was a halfway monk, with a look of admiration in their eyes, and at the same time secretly thought in their hearts, no wonder His Royal Highness King Qi attaches so much importance to the firearms battalion, and gives priority to any good conditions, it turns out that people do have this qualification. It's just that now I can only see the power of the artillery, and how powerful is the musket in the hand of that soldier? They haven't seen it yet, and it's a bit exciting to think about.

After defeating the Frost City, Su Dingfang's army immediately entered the city to rest, and in addition, he had to make a gesture of peace and security, and by the way, let people deal with the prisoners, after all, there were tens of thousands of people, if they were placed in the rear, they were really a little uneasy, but this problem was quickly solved.

As soon as the slave traders heard this, they immediately surrounded them like sharks smelling blood, carrying the money issued by the bank, and taking huge sea ships, tens of thousands of prisoners of war seemed to be a lot, but they couldn't satisfy their appetite at all, and they were divided up in two days, and even many businessmen were looking for a way in the army, hoping to pay a deposit first, and when the army had prisoners of war in the future, they could give priority to their selection.

After the escaped Jushi Deduoben collected more than 10,000 remnants of the army, he immediately sent someone to chase after the Su I into the deer in front of him, and passed the news of the fall of the frost city to the other party, but he himself was not in a hurry to see Su I into the deer, first, he lost the frost city, and he really had no face to see Su I into the deer, and secondly, he was worried that the Tang army would cover up from behind, and he needed to stay here to defend the back road for Su I into the deer, but the remnants in his hands had already been frightened by the artillery, and the number was not large, so he did not have the luxury of hoping to block the Tang army, I just hope to buy some time for Su I to enter the deer.

When Su I into the deer, who was marching in a hurry, received the news of the fall of the frost city, he was frightened and immediately fell down, and when everyone helped him up, Su I entered the deer and turned to look south, the expression on his face changed, and finally he sighed and ordered the army to speed up and be sure to rush through the blockade of the Tang army in front as quickly as possible.

Su I's move into the deer can be said to be very wise, Frost City has fallen, 70,000 troops are dead, and everything has been decided, and it will be too late for him to rush back, for now, the plan is to preserve the 80,000 elite forces in his hands, only by letting them break through the blockade of the Tang Army as soon as possible, will they have the possibility of turning over in the future, but will the Tang Army really let them get their wish?

Iwami Silver Mine is on a low hill, this hill is not high, not even more than a thousand meters, but it has an extremely loud name, called Xianshan, but there are no immortals here, there are only silver ore everywhere.

Li Su walked a few laps on the top of Xianshan, in addition to the guards, Wu Meiniang also dressed as a man to accompany her, she is the intelligence director of Li Su's side, although the intelligence system on the side of the country is temporarily responsible to Su Dingfang, but Wu Meiniang is still not at ease, so she rushed over from Dengzhou, of course, the most important thing is that she can monopolize Li Su during this time.

In addition to Wu Meiniang, there is another Japanese man who follows them, although this Japanese person is dressed no different from the Tang people, but he is very short, with a long face, thin eyes, and the obscene temperament on his body can't be concealed.

I saw Li Su stop at the edge of a big pit dug out by hand, and then picked up a gray stone with white spots in it, and said to the widow beside him: "Guard me on the stone, is this a mine rich in silver?" ”

After hearing Li Su's question, he immediately stepped forward and said very humbly: "Your Royal Highness, this is the silver mine, and the stone in your hand is the silver ore mined from this pit, as long as it is refined, you can get silver." ”

Li Yu nodded after hearing this, the pit under his feet was very messy, and the tools for mining ore were thrown everywhere, according to Xue Rengui's previous report, when they occupied this place, they found that some Japanese miners were hiding here, and there was a little unpleasant conflict, such as the surface of the ore in his hand, there were a few red spots, which were the traces left after the blood dried up.

Li Su casually threw the silver ore into the pit, then looked at the barren environment around him, frowned and asked again: "How many people are there in the Iwami area, if you want to mine the silver ore here, if you don't have enough manpower, you have to prepare early." ”

As soon as I heard Li Su ask about the population, Ishigami Mamoru immediately showed a wry smile and said: "Your Highness, the Iwami area is not a prosperous place, and it can even be said that it is very barren, so there are not many residents, and the total is only about 10,000 households, and with the arrival of the heavenly soldiers, some foolish people are extremely bold and even fled with their families, so the current population is estimated to be only about half." ”

Li Yu also knew that Ishigami Shou didn't lie, otherwise he, the remnant of the Monobe clan, would not be hiding here. However, Wu Meiniang next to her opened her mouth and said with a smile: "Your Highness, the 80,000 army of Su I into the deer will soon meet the two generals Xue and Hu, as long as they are defeated, the prisoners of war alone will be enough for us to mine silver." ”

Li Su also laughed when he heard this, pointed at Wu Meiniang and said: "The hero sees the same thing, and I am also waiting for that Su I to enter the deer to send us a miner." ”

And the stone guard next to me heard the words of Li Su and Wu Meiniang, the expression on his face was even more humble, and at the same time he thought to himself, worthy of His Royal Highness the King of Qi of the Tang Dynasty, the army of Su I into the deer is tantamount to a flood beast in his opinion, but in the eyes of His Royal Highness the King of Qi in front of him, and even the beautiful woman next to him, he is like a chicken and a dog, so magnanimous, it really deserves to be the kingdom of the Heavenly Empire! (To be continued.) )

PS: I'm sorry.,There's something going on today.,I'm going home late.,Open the second chapter of the code right away.,And I wish everyone a happy Dragon Boat Festival!!