Chapter 52: The Great Fire Burns the Mountain
When Li Ji said that the artillery bombardment of a stick of incense, Wei Chigong was a little stunned, in his thinking, the way of attack is mainly reflected in the concept of the army pressing, the commander heads-up, and the melee of the blades, as for that kind of artillery, in his simple thinking, he really didn't think about how to use it.
"The last general commands!" However, the middle-aged man of the military advisor was more familiar with this kind of thing, and quickly retreated, and began to announce the commander's order.
"Shiji, what does this shelling of a stick of incense mean? Could it be the kind of murderous weapon in the depths of the Qinling Mountains? Wei Chigong asked in a whisper next to Li Ji's ear.
Hearing this question, Li Ji was stunned for a moment, and then laughed and said: "Exactly, as for its power, Brother Wei Chi will know later." β
Li Ji's mystery aroused Wei Chigong's curiosity, and he now wanted to see what was so special about this supposedly invincible chengguan army.
The army pressed the border, and it was obvious that the Tuyuhun people on Mantou Mountain had already discovered the army of the Tang Dynasty, and after anxious preparations, they had already begun to lay up fortifications.
After Wei Chigong saw so many rolling stones and rockets on the mountain, he suddenly sighed and sighed a pity, if he was caught off guard, he could completely avoid the enemy's fortifications, and the casualties of the soldiers would be reduced a lot, and now, it was too late, the opportunity on the battlefield was fleeting, and if he didn't seize it, he would suffer a big loss, Wei Chigong thought of this, and began to be slightly disappointed, so if he delayed and forcibly attacked the village, the soldier's loss rate would probably exceed thirty percent.
Seeing Li Ji who was full of confidence on the side, Wei Chigong said with a worried face: "Shiji, look at that mountain, there are already many fortifications, and it is really unwise to attack now." β
Li Ji didn't say anything, clapped his hands, and said to the left and right: "Bring General Ben's telescope to General Wei Chi to see." The herald next to him hurriedly rode towards the supply box behind, and after a while he came back with a telescope made of iron skin.
"This ...... What is it? Wei Chigong asked curiously.
"Haha." Li Ji laughed, and showed off very preciously: "This is when I went out with General Li Jing on the expedition, the ghost valley Xu Yang and his parents gave us, and the sight can reach ten miles, I heard that there are only three in the entire Tang Dynasty, there is one here, Li Jing has one, and the other is in His Majesty, Brother Wei Chi can take a look." After that, I also instructed me on how to use it.
When Wei Chigong put on the binoculars, the whole person was stunned, something a hundred meters away was in front of him, and it was extremely clear, if this kind of thing was placed in the military, the value was simply unimaginable, after all, if you saw the opponent one step earlier, you would be one step ahead of the other, and the duel between the lightning and flint would often be the result of such a little opportunity to decide the victory or defeat.
"This ...... Seems to be clairvoyance? Although Wei Chigong has not read a book, but he has heard a lot of comments, when he was a teenager, he was blacksmithing in Shuozhou City, and there was a teahouse next to the blacksmith shop, and Yu Chigong often went there to hear about the books, and over time, he also knew a lot of myths and stories.
Hearing that Yu Chi Gong was rated as clairvoyant, Li Ji immediately laughed, and said while laughing: "Brother Yu Chi is really funny, this thing is called a telescope, it was invented by Nanshan Academy, and it can see distant things, and it is a first-class invention in the world." β
Wei Chi Gong was surprised, his heart was secretly itching, he wanted to go back very much now, and he also asked for one of these things from that Guiguzi, it was a big deal to owe him a favor in the future.
Just when Wei Chigong couldn't put down the telescope, the herald next to him reported that the artillery had been prepared and could be fired at any time, so Wei Chigong put down the telescope in his hand and looked up, only to see that a few hundred steps in front of him had already set up rows of steel monsters, and those were the sharp weapons of the Chengguan Brigade: artillery.
Wei Chi Gong had seen this thing in Qinling, and at that time he just thought that this thing could destroy the world and bombard for miles, but he never thought that this thing would be used in the war so quickly.
Looking at the muzzle of the cannon in the direction of the cottage, even a fool knew what Li Ji wanted to do, and Wei Chigong stammered: "This ...... Isn't that...... Is it just to shell? β
Li Ji nodded proudly, and said loudly: "Please also ask Brother Wei Chi to wear binoculars and take a good look at the power of my Datang City Management Army." Saying that, Li Ji turned his head to a herald and said, "The herald will order, load the shells, and prepare for the shelling!" β
"No!" The herald ran to the artillery position and shouted: "The commander has an order, load the shells!" β
After more than half a year of training, both proficiency and accuracy far surpassed ordinary artillery, and I saw that they were skillfully loaded with ammunition, and after loading, the deputy gunner raised the small flag in his hand and signaled that the preparation was complete.
Wei Chigong picked up the telescope and looked at the mountain, obviously after a short period of panic, this Tuyuhun cottage has stabilized its position, rows of fortifications, ditches, stone balls, rockets, with a huge geographical advantage, this Mantou Mountain is really a dangerous place that is easy to defend and difficult to attack.
Wei Chigong stretched out and could see many Tuyuhun people showing curious expressions on the mountain, not knowing what Tang Jun was doing, and even Wei Chigong saw that many Tuyuhun people were still making some provocative actions, which made him a little angry.
"Shiji, why didn't you give the order for shelling?" Wei Chigong took the binoculars, and now he really wanted to punish and punish these guys who didn't know the height of the sky, so that they could know how powerful the Tang people were.
Li Ji looked around, confirmed that the time was ripe, drew his sword and pointed at it, and said loudly: "Pass my order, the first round of shelling: launch!" β
At the sound of an order, the artillery positions suddenly roared in unison, as if the sky was thundering, and the huge sound also frightened the Tuyuhun people on the mountain, but it seemed that nothing had happened, and they couldn't help laughing.
Yu Chigong looked at this qiΔ in his eyes from the binoculars, and he did not speak, because he knew how powerful this thing would be.
Sure enough, the sharp and terrible sound of cannonballs piercing the air cut through the long sky, making a perfect parabola, and falling into the stockade, causing a violent explosion.
"Bang!" The towering towered buildings in a stockade collapsed like papier-mΓ’chΓ©, and a miserable scream suddenly rang out from the mountain.
The flames began to burn, and now it is winter, and the village is full of wooden buildings, such a large-scale fire, the water that was originally prepared to fight the fire in the village can be described as a drop in the bucket, and the flames gradually expanded from a little spark to the point where it could not be controlled, and the whole village seemed to have begun to fall into a sea of fire.
Li Ji didn't seem to expect the first round of shelling to be so successful, and before the second round was ordered, the village seemed to be finished, the winter fires were unscrupulous, and this high mountain became the best place to ignite it, and the Tuyuhun people's village, which was originally built to guard against and defend against the Tang people, eventually became their own grave.
The raging flames are burning, and from time to time there are terrible shouts of the burned people on the mountain, and they are shouting in some Tugu Hun language, the Tang people can't understand it, but this does not affect the mood of the Tang army, Xu Yang said that the enemy will be eliminated on the way forward, has become a reality, the Tang army began to prepare for the next attack site with a blank face, these people who hindered the development of the Tang Dynasty once crushed the Central Plains with their iron hooves, and now, it is time to use the artillery of the Central Plains to let them know who is the overlord of the world.
The fire has swallowed up the entire mountain, those dead trees in winter have become the best fuel, the fire is full of sky, rushing up high smoke, Li Ji pulled out his sword, pointed to the mountain and said loudly: "The revenge that once plundered the Tang Dynasty, now we return it tenfold!" β
"Ten times the return! 10 times the return! The army of thousands of people roared this sentence like a rainbow, as if telling about a rising Tang Dynasty......
Da Wangfu stood on the top of the Tucheng Tower and anxiously looked at the smoke rising in the distance, from the direction, it was his hometown: Mantou Village on Mantou, he was very worried that Mantou Village would encounter a mountain fire.
The people beside him didn't notice Da Wangfu's worried expression, but he quickly ran out of the mountain nest in the distance, from far to near, and soon arrived at the foot of the earth city, only to hear the cavalry shouting in Tuyuhun language: "It's a big deal!" The Don army has come to attack the city! βR1152