Chapter 21: The Trumpet Before the War
"What an astonishing contrast: since the Tang Dynasty, the rapid development of firearms warfare has been dizzying, the early research of Nanshan Academy has been far from obsolete, and the maximum range of new howitzer guns is increasing every day; And that's far from the end. Every day, technology ruthlessly discards a thing, even something that has just been used, as if it were no longer useful. It is now even removing the romantic smoke of gunpowder, thus giving the battle a completely different character and course that could never have been foreseen beforehand.
Guigu Xu Yang's words 'to wipe out our enemies on the road of attack' have gradually become a reality, and no one knows what kind of killing machine is being created every day in the Datang Ordnance Research Base in the depths of the Qinling Mountains.
Dean Sun Simiao of the School of Medicine of Nanshan Academy has announced that penicillin can be produced on a large scale, and this miraculous medicine that inhibits wound ulceration and infection has been recommended by the "Datang News" to the highest level in the world, and Datang has ushered in the biggest change in thousands of years, and I personally feel that this biggest change is in the military.
And under the condition that the technological foundation of our operations is constantly being improved, we will have to consider such incalculable factors more and more. - Hu Guogong of the Tang Dynasty, tenured military professor of Nanshan Academy: Qin Qiong
Silla, Golden City.
The smoke of gunpowder in the distance had not yet dissipated, and the blood-stained sun was slowly rising from the east.
The last castle of Silla ushered in its last rays of sunshine, and an old man with gray hair was dressed in armor and looked melancholy to the east.
"I'm going to destroy the country," the old man muttered bitterly, and then two lines of tears flowed from the corners of his eyes, "Queen Deseon, the old minister can't help it, I can't hold on until the day of your return" The old man closed his eyes and waited for the sun to rise, according to the intelligence of the spies, the Goryeo coalition army had surrounded the last remaining city of Silla in front of Jincheng: Tulu Castle.
The old man knows that the garrison there has been hollowed out, and the last guard force of the entire Silla City has been invested in Jincheng, so to speak, those who guard the Catalog City are the last soldiers who dare to die in Silla.
As soon as the Catalogue City was broken, the army of Yuangai Suwen would drive straight in, and the troops would come under the Golden City, and the Golden City was the last pure land of Silla, but the Queen of Silla was not there, and the whole Silla was terrified, and no one could know how long the Golden City would last.
"Alas" sighed, the old man shook his head and said sadly: "I think that I have been in Silla for 26 generations, and I have been upholding peace for generations, if it weren't for Baekje deceiving people too much, how could I Silla be entangled with it?!" King Zhenping has a spirit in the sky, and the old minister has been doing his best to assist the young master, but the Goryeo Yuangai Suwen intervened sideways and jointly sent troops, I Silla can not resist, a dead end, these invaders, may the spirit of the king in the sky give them a death! ”
Just as the old man was begging for something in the blue sky, the sound of spies came from the city wall.
"Enemy Spotting! ~~~”
The old man suddenly felt like he was facing a great enemy, and his heart was terrified, was Yuangai Suwen's army already so powerful, and it only took half a day to capture Tulu City?
Although he was flustered in his heart, his face still did not change, and he stabilized his mind, and the old man said calmly: "Don't panic!" Walls archers prepare! ”
With that, the old man leaned over and looked at the plain far away from the city wall, and saw a burst of smoke and dust rising from the empty plain in the distance, which was the smoke and dust of the cavalry, but there was only one team, and it seemed that there were not even 10,000 people.
The old man showed a puzzled gaze, did Yuangai Suwen order the vanguard to attack Jincheng? Dividing the army to fight is a taboo for soldiers, how could he make such a mistake?
If you don't understand, don't think about it, the old man's eyes are shining, the situation is good for him, he raises his hand, this is the posture of giving orders to the archers, the old man decided to order a fierce shot as soon as this group of cavalry enters the firing range.
The 5,000-step, 3,000-step, and 2,000-step convoy was about to enter the firing range, and the corners of the old man's mouth flashed into a chuckle, none of these people wanted to go back, all of them had to stay to pay tribute to the dead Silla soldiers!
Just as the old man was about to give the order to the archers to shoot, he suddenly found the two people at the front of the cavalry team, and they were suddenly struck by lightning, they were Queen Deshan and Princess Zhende!
The huge city gate was slowly hung down, and the eyes of Queen Deoksun and Princess Jindeok were filled with tears, and after they left, Silla actually suffered a great change, rode a horse, entered the city, and saw at a glance where the old butler, who had taken care of him since childhood, was waiting for him in military uniform.
"Muda." Queen Deshan shouted affectionately.
"Your Majesty!" The old man named Muda was also excited and burst into tears.
"Grandpa Muda." Jin Shengman also hugged the old man's arm, this old housekeeper who has been meticulous since he was a child, is like a relative.
"Your Excellency, I'm so glad you to come back, old slave." The old man wiped his tears and said.
"I'm so sorry, Muda." Queen Deshan said softly.
"The old slave waited for half a month and didn't wait for the ship to return from Princess Zhendeok, so he ordered to send a sea ship to look for it, but still found nothing, and the old slave was terrified, thinking that something had happened to the princess," the old man said worriedly.
Jin Shengman's face was a little pale, and he was afraid: "Indeed, the ship I returned from was hijacked by the islands of the Japanese Kingdom, but fortunately I met my husband's fleet" After saying that, she suddenly seemed to sound something, and her face turned a little red and said: "I forgot to introduce, this is my husband, General of the Tang Dynasty, Xu Yang." ”
Xu Yang, who had been playing soy sauce next to him, was suddenly stunned, and hurriedly came up and hugged his fists and said, "Grandpa Muda, hello, hello." ”
The old man stared at Xu Yang a few times eagerly, and hurriedly returned to the etiquette of the Tang Dynasty, bowed down and said: "The general should not be polite to the old slave, the general can tie the knot with the princess, it is the blessing of my Silla."
"At this time, it is wartime, it is not appropriate to reminisce about the past, there are soldiers and horses outside the city, I think it is better to discuss it after entering the city, right?" Niu Jinda's voice was very loud, and it immediately attracted everyone's attention.
The old man was actually the first to react, "This is also the general of the Tang Dynasty, what he said is really true, now there are 20,000 soldiers and horses in the city, but for the time being, Her Majesty the Queen, the princess, and His Royal Highness, hurry up and enter the city." ”
"Into town!" Niu Jinda shouted from a distance to the back of the convoy, and saw carts of carts beginning to drive into Jincheng, these carts were loaded with strange supplies, and many Silla sergeants guarding the gate were curious.
First came carts full of grenades, then a musket team with muskets on their backs, dressed in light armor and strange helmets, and amazed by the shabby Silla soldiers.
The old man named Muda also watched the columns of troops enter the city with a flickering expression.
"Your Excellency Queen, these are the conquest soldiers of the Tang Dynasty?" The old man leaned over to Princess Deshan and asked quietly.
"Hmm" Princess Deshan was a little embarrassed, after all, there were only three thousand sergeants, the number was too small, and she didn't know if she could hold Jincheng.
"The old slave observed the expressions of these people, all of them were calm, without the slightest panic, although the number of people was not much, but they didn't seem to care at all about the Silla claimed 100,000 people, presumably it must be the elite division of the Tang Dynasty, if the Jincheng was broken, the old slave believed that it would not be a problem for these people to escape from the Tang Dynasty, and no one among the Goryeo soldiers could stop them, so please the queen and princess, you must flee with these people after the city is broken, they can escort the queen and princess back to the Tang Dynasty, and then try to make a great career in the future!" is worthy of being an old and refined character, and this old man named Muda quickly figured out the way back.
After the soldiers entered the city, followed by the artillery team, five sergeants pulled a small car, there were three cannons on it, there were a total of thirty such cars, this time the expedition brought a total of ninety guns, although the artillery brought less, but the shells were very sufficient, full of five carts of explosive shells, these things are Xu Yang's self-confidence. R1152