Pingyao City was originally just a town, but because of the invasion of the Turks, it became a city, Li Xin led the army to march under the city of Pingyao, looking at this city completely made of earth, but he was disdainful.

"Although Pingyao is important, Li Ji does not regard it as a very important place, and there are only 1,000 soldiers and horses stationed there, which is clearly preparing to fight us under Taiyuan City." Li Xin looked at Pingyao City and shook his head and said.

"Your Majesty, give the minister an hour, and the minister will definitely be able to take Pingyao." Wei Chi Gong said with a leap of effort.

"Just give the minister half an hour." It was Su Dingfang who spoke, his face was cold, and he didn't look at Wei Chigong, so he said that as long as it was half an hour, Wei Chigong's mouth opened, and in the end he didn't speak. Su Dingfan was holding his breath, he hit Taiyuan City at the beginning, because Taiyuan City was extremely majestic, Su Dingfang had no choice but to withdraw his troops, and now he attacked Taiyuan for the second time, although Wei Chigong was brave, but the position of the pioneer was not grabbed.

"Half an hour? It's too long, and we have to take Taiyuan before the Turks reach it. So I can't spend too much time here. Li Xin's face was grim, and he said loudly: "Order the army to press up, and the sky is thundering." The first shot is ready here! Even if you can't take the wall, you have to intimidate them and cheer them on. Song He, get ready! ”

"Yes." Song He, who followed Li Xin, was also dressed in brocade clothes, not only him, but also a group of chamberlains, the number of these chamberlains was not much, but there were only fifty people, but the combat power that fifty people could bring was extremely strong.

After half a ring, I saw several iron buckets appear on the battlefield, and there were already soldiers digging trenches, and Song He commanded many chamberlains to carry ten iron tongs and put them in the trenches. This is Li Xin's secret weapon, and in later generations it has a name, called the conscienceless cannon. It is mainly composed of oil drums and explosives packets, and the explosives packs are used to urge flames to carry out long-distance attacks.

Li Xin took such an offensive method, there was no way, he could make iron, and even smelt junk steel, but it was very difficult to make cannon barrels, and there was no such process, so he thought of this kind of unconscionable cannon, which had a very low technical content, as long as he thought of it. can be made, and short-distance attacks can still produce a lot of power.

Garrisoned in Pingyao is Li Shimin's subordinate general Su Shichang, he is Li Shimin's sacrificial wine, Li Shimin knows that Li Xin will attack Taiyuan after all, and he is also afraid that because he killed Li Jiancheng, causing chaos in the army's heart, some of the troops that originally belonged to Li Jiancheng will defect to Li Xin because of this, so he still put his own people in the key position, and Su Shichang became Pingyao's guard in this way.

"What's that? Li Xin is cunning. Everyone should be careful. Su Shichang saw ten iron buckets in the distance through clairvoyance, and said curiously to the generals around him: "Although we only have a thousand people, as long as we can kill two thousand people, we will earn." Then he abandoned the city and left. ”

Su Shichang is also a smart person, knowing that his 1,000 people can't defend the city wall at all, and the task given to him by Li Ji is to use these 1,000 people to hold out for half a day. For such a long journey from Pingyao to Taiyuan, each city can hold out for half a day, and when Li Xin arrives in Taiyuan. Facing the powerful Turkic soldiers and tens of thousands of elites who Li Ji was waiting for work.

"Yes." The lieutenant next to Su Shichang is the captain next to Li Ji, and Gao Wu, the side branch of the Bohai Gao clan, because of the Bohai Gao clan, he became the captain of Pingyao, and he was still a little scared in the face of the arrival of Li Xin's army, but when he heard that as long as he held on for half a day, his heart suddenly relaxed a lot, and it was still certain that a thousand people would persist for half a day.

"Boom!" A loud roar came, but they saw a black smoke rushing up in the distance, Su Shichang and Gao Wu had not yet reacted, and they saw a loud noise dozens of steps below the city, the city wall shook, and the Pingyao City built with rammed soil shook for a while, and countless dirt were shaken. The soldiers who were originally defending on the city wall felt as if the thunder was ringing in their ears, the earth shook, the city wall seemed to be cracked, these soldiers shook on the head of the city, and even some soldiers were shaken off the city wall on the spot, fell down the city, and were killed alive.

"What's that?" Gao Wu's eyes flashed with horror as he looked into the distance. Looking at the place dozens of steps ahead, I saw a huge cave appear in that place, and there was nothing to see in the few steps around the cave. The boss who suddenly opened his mouth.

"Your Majesty, the first test launch has been completed. The second time you can force the attack. Song He glanced at the surrounding generals, and saw that Su Dingfang and the others had a frightened look on their faces, and the boss with his mouth open, Wei Chigong showed even more horror. This is the first time that the conscienceless cannon has been used on the battlefield, and the power of the explosion is also the first time that everyone has seen it, not to mention the destructive power caused, let's just say that if this huge explosion sounds, if it rings in their ears, what kind of consequences will it have, everyone is also afraid when they think about it.

"Go on." Li Xin's face was calm, he waved his hand, and said loudly: "The shield hand is twenty steps forward, and the cavalry is pressing the formation." ”

"Load the explosives, get ready." Song He looked at the distance again, and ordered the chamberlain around him to load the explosives, this time ten explosives were thrown together, and the power produced would be shocking to the world, it can be said that from now on, the history of the war will be rewritten, although this kind of explosives made of primitive explosives is still very limited, but in front of him is a city wall made of earth ramming, and he believes that it is definitely not the opponent of these explosive bags.

"My lord, what now?" Gao Wu had already found out that something was wrong, and said to Su Shichang beside him.

"Don't worry, even if their mysterious weapons are powerful, aren't they going to fight in the streets? It's a big deal that when they attack the city wall, we will retreat to the second line of defense and order the archers to shoot on horse, maybe they can resist for a while, hum, if you want to attack me Pingyao, where is it so simple. Su Shichang's face was gloomy, he clenched his fists, and looked at Li Xin Daxu in the distance.

"Boom!" Soon, Su Shichang paid for his ignorance, and with a loud bang, the Pingyao city wall in front of him was instantly shaken open with huge openings, which looked extremely ugly.

Su Shichang was lucky, he was still standing quietly on the city wall, a line of blood flowed out of his ears, Gao Wu beside him had already been shaken off the city tower, and he didn't know whether he was dead or alive, on the city wall, he had already fallen down, or was shocked to death, or was directly blown up, or fell under the city wall, and the entire Pingyao city wall was in a mess.

Su Dingfang and others in the city were already shocked by the situation in front of them, a blow of explosives, so easily broke through the Pingyao city wall, although the city wall of Pingyao is made of mud, but everything in front of them brings too much deterrent power to the three armies.

They stood quietly under the big wall, looking at the huge gap in the city wall in front of them, they forgot what they should do, they stood there quietly, the enemy on the city wall was the same, they screamed, wailed, but could not hide the fear in their hearts, some people could not hold the knives and guns in their hands steadily, rolling on the city wall, I don't know how many braziers, gold juice on the city head, the gold juice on the city head, the smell of the sky, but no one paid attention.

"Attack." Li Xin pulled out the sword at his waist and pointed to Pingyao in the distance and said loudly. Only Li Xin regained his calm, although he has not experienced the baptism of modern warfare, but the TV still sees it very clearly, it is ten iron tongs aimed at a city wall, it is already very good to be able to cause such a big result, these are also because the city wall is built with mud, over time, it is inevitable that there will be loopholes, and a bombardment in the cracks, it will cause today's results. He believes that if the opposite side is Taiyuan, I am afraid it will not be so easy.

"Kill!" Su Dingfang, Wei Chigong and others were also awakened by Li Xin's order, and they all urged the war horses under their crotches to kill Pingyao, and the soldiers behind them also reacted, with excitement on their faces, and a screaming sound in their mouths, full of joy. What is more exciting and shocking than all this in front of you? The huge Pingyao City was easily captured in this way, and it was really not used for half an hour, and Pingyao appeared in front of the three armies without any defense.

"Quick, release the arrows." Su Shichang saw countless Tang troops rushing up below, and hurriedly commanded the surrounding soldiers loudly, but unfortunately, he found that the faces of the soldiers under his command were full of blankness, as if he had not heard Su Shichang's words, Su Shichang was also shocked, because he only saw countless soldiers rushing over in the distance, but he couldn't hear the shouting and killing sound, only the buzzing sound sounded in his ears.

"Haha! His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, the ministers are incompetent. Su Shichang suddenly knew that the fall of Pingyao was expected, and there was a burst of despair in his heart, more about not having any confidence in the future, he looked at the sword in his hand, he also wanted to use this sword to kill the enemy, but unfortunately, the enemy was too strong, and the strength made him have no chance to fight back. He could only smile miserably, and pulled the sword towards his neck with his hand. The emaciated figure soon fell to the city walls.

"Kill! Kill! Rush in and kill anyone who resists. Wei Chigong laughed, this was the first battle of the Northern Expedition of the Great Army, I didn't expect it to be taken down so easily, not only the excitement on Wei Chigong's face, but also the other generals and soldiers.

"Your Majesty, Pingyao has been taken down." Jing Jing laughed and said, "Your Majesty is wise and martial, and the destiny of heaven returns." ”

"Your Majesty is wise and martial, and the destiny of heaven returns." The guards around him shouted loudly.

"Hooray, hooray!" The officers and men of the three armies let out a burst of shouts. A victory can boost the morale of the army, especially in a beautiful war like today. (To be continued.) )