Chapter 221: The Impenetrable Palace
"Da Da Da ......"
After a few breaths, Lu Dongzan, who was riding a tall horse, walked over from the crowd, saw the chaotic Liu camp, frowned, and said, "What's the matter?" Why haven't you knocked open the gates of the palace yet? β
Liu Jiawen glanced at Lu Dongzan and said in a deep voice: "This gate has been specially treated, and our siege equipment does not work, but we have tried our best!" According to the original agreement, is it time for you to do it? β
Lu Dongzan glanced at the soldiers of the Liu family and the Cui family, and saw that they were all frightened, and couldn't help but look down on them, so he pursed his lips contemptuously and said: "You Tang people are all soft eggs, but it's just a martial prince's mansion, and it is a joke that you are all scared like this!" β
Cui Shizhao's face sank when he heard this, and he was about to return the favor, but he was stopped by Liu Jiawen, who was quick-eyed, and he said, "Is it a joke? Then let's take a look at the might of your Tibetan warriors, right? β
"That's nature!" Lu Dongzan laughed loudly and scolded: "Come on, lead the team for me, kill!" β
When the words landed, a banner with a red body with five fluttering flakes on it and embroidered with an upright lion was beaten, and then a Tubo soldier in strange armor rushed out from the right rear of the large array like a tide.
The soldiers in the front row of them held high shields more than a man high, and the people behind them moved slowly in the direction of the palace under the protection of the high shields.
As soon as they saw their way of attacking, Li Yuanba and the others understood that it must be the way of marching of the regular army.
This regular army siege had its own set of rules, and it was not only well prepared, but also advanced and retreated.
The big shields, which were more than one person high, completely wrapped them up. The people in the middle of the back row are carrying long ladders, which look like they are three feet high, if they are on the walls of the palace. It's really easy to get over it.
Of course, this is just according to conventional tactics. This can only be achieved without regard for firearms. What if there were a large number of firearms in the Martial Prince's Mansion? That is to say, how many rebels come in vain!
In fact, countless firearms and ammunition were secretly sent to the palace, and it can be said that in the past half a month, all the ammunition that was rushed out of the Shenji Mansion day and night was pulled to the palace by Li Yuanba.
If Li Yuanba wants to fire artillery with an open mind, not to mention these Tibetan soldiers and the soldiers with five surnames and seven wangs, even if there are 20,000 more people, it will not be enough to see!
But. Tubo didn't know about the situation in Wuwangfu, and they didn't even see the cannonballs that had just been released.
Therefore, the Tubo soldiers, who had not suffered hardship, lowered their heads and squirmed at turtle speed under the protection of the high shield in front of them!
At the same time, on the top of the tower in the palace, Li Yuan, who had been shocked by the power of the catapult, stared at the catapult in front of him with straight eyes, and did not come back to his senses for a long time.
Li Chengqian and others didn't expect it. This seemingly bulky guy can project a cannonball so easily and casually, and its power is not comparable to that of a single soldier in hand-to-hand combat.
It's like a tiger in the woods. Wolves on the steppe!
"Yuanba, can this thing be mass-produced?" Li Shimin gently stroked the bracket of the catapult, and there was a faint hint of excitement in his voice.
Regarding Li Shimin's thoughts, Li Yuanba was naturally clear, so he nodded and said, "Of course!" Did the royal brother take a fancy to the power of this thing? At the beginning, compared to those giant catapults used for siege, this catapult for defense alone is countless times smaller! β
"Good. Good! With such a divine weapon, what if it is a thousand troops? Tens of thousands of iron eggs blasted over. It doesn't matter who he is, just raze him to the ground! Li Yuan's eyes lit up. The excitement is palpable.
Countless shells hit at the same time, and they bloomed on the ground, which makes people's blood boil just thinking about it!
"Chengqian, Ke'er, do you want to try?"
Li Yuanba did not give a positive answer to Li Yuan's thoughts, after all, the catapult is far less powerful than the artillery of later generations, even if there is a war in the future, it is also the use of artillery, and the catapult has already been eliminated at that time.
"Can we?"
Hearing Li Yuanba's flowers, several little guys expressed their excitement, and Li Su was even more excited and about to jump.
"What's not to do!" Li Yuan said domineeringly: "The operation of this thing is very simple, you only need to put the shell on this bomb port, and then use the fire wire to light the fuse, and you don't have to worry about other things!" β
Saying this, Li Yuanba motioned for two of the four gunners to come out and teach Li Chengqian and the others, but after a few breaths, the first shell was finally fired out of Li Chengqian's hands.
"Boom!"
This cannonball seemed to be extraordinarily heavy, and the burning core of the fire soared like a giant bird in mid-air, and then crashed to the ground, taking away fresh lives!
"Boom!"
The cannonballs shattered and fell heavily on top of the high shield, which was like papier-mΓ’chΓ©, without the slightest defensive power, and some were even directly shattered into countless pieces by the impact, scattering and flying away.
Under that thick white smoke screen, mixed with the pungent smell of gunpowder, and the corpses of more than twenty Tibetan soldiers who had been scorched by the force of the explosion!
After that, the nightmare began, and the shells of the same size were unceremoniously shot out of the palace like a torrential rain, and then burst apart among the Tibetan soldiers!
"Boom ......"
The Tibetan soldiers with high shields were all flesh and blood, and they were so vulnerable to such a high-intensity artillery attack.
In just over 160 breaths, the two catapults threw more than 30 shells each, taking away more than 1,000 lives!
The cannonballs, in the crowd of more than 7,000 people, soon blasted out a blank space.
On that blank ground, countless stumps and severed arms were scattered around, either burned to charcoal, or scattered with donated blood. The rich smell of blood and the smell of burnt corpses made people shudder when they saw it!
Riding on horseback, Lu Dongzan, who had commanded the attack of his soldiers with pride, finally recovered from the attack of the catapult, and immediately galloped desperately on horseback, fleeing towards the camp in the rear.
The wind-like speed made Liu Jiawen and Cui Shizhao stunned.
was first smashed by a cannonball, and then the commander ran away directly, making these Tibetan soldiers cry, how the hell can they fight? Hit by that terrifying thing like a god stone from the sky, isn't that death and no life?
"Oh my God, what the hell is that fire-breathing thing?"
"Celestial, it must be that the Celestial God is angry!"
"Run, we can't afford the wrath of the gods!!"
The Tubo soldiers in the front row lost the heavy high shield in their hands, and the Tubo soldiers carrying the long ladder in the middle row also abandoned the long ladder, they only had one thought at the moment, that is, to escape, to escape from this long street, to escape from Chang'an City, and to escape from the terrifying place of Datang!
People often blame gods and ghosts for things they don't know, or that are beyond their comprehension. And these Tibetan soldiers obviously put the power of the more than 60 cannonballs on the body of the gods, so there was this scene of the whole army fleeing!
"How is this possible? What the hell is going on with that thing? β
Because they were prepared, and because Li Yuanba and other main targets of attack were not placed on the Liu clan and the Cui clan's camp, the soldiers of the Liu camp belonging to Liu Jiawen and the soldiers of the Cui camp belonging to Cui Shizhao did not suffer the slightest loss.
But even so, the shells burst one after another, but it still made Liu Jiawen and Cui Shizhao feel frightened for a while, and almost turned around and ran away like Lu Dongzan.
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"Brother Cui, you may have seen such a terrifying weapon before?"
Liu Jiawen didn't believe in those so-called gods, he clearly saw that the black thing that was not in the middle of winter was projected from the palace, since it was artificial, there must be a way to crack it.
Cui Shizhao shook his head in disbelief and said, "I've never seen it!" Such a terrifying means of attack is unheard of in Cui's life! β
"Some time ago, I heard from my subordinates that in the Beida camp outside Chang'an City, there were often earth-shattering sounds, and twice even resounded throughout Chang'an City! You say, could it be that Li Yuanba moved the things in the northern camp to the palace? β
Liu Jiawen knows a lot.
A hint of hatred flashed on Cui Shizhao's face, and he said, "Even so, what? I don't believe he can always send out those black iron eggs! At the moment, you and I are riding a tiger, rather than withdrawing the army and being settled by Li Shimin, it is better to have a hand on it! β
Speaking of this, he blushed and shouted at the top of his voice: "Sons, the Tibetan barbarians, they are all a group of cowards who are greedy for life and afraid of death, they don't dare to fight!" Right now, Li Shimin and Li Yuan are all in this palace! As long as they are taken, Lao Tzu will be rewarded for his merits...... Kill, kill, kill all of them......"
The Tubo soldiers are gone, and the tribesmen of the Cui clan are on top, unlike the Tubo soldiers, this time Cui Shizhao obviously used his brains, he let his soldiers divide into a group of two hundred, and entered the palace from the side of the Wu Palace. In this way, although the troops are scattered, the catapults are useless!
Faced with this situation, Li Yuanba on the tower laughed and said:
"I didn't expect these guys to see the flaws in the catapults so quickly, but it doesn't matter, if they only think that there are only two catapults in this king's palace for defense, it is a big mistake! If you make a mistake, you will be punished, and the price will be ...... Then leave your life behind! (To be continued) R580