909, Artillery Roar (I)

"My lord, the Tang army is coming to attack the city again!"

Yuan Gai Suwen got up in a daze, and immediately scolded: "What is it called?" I'm sleeping well, and your dreams have been disturbed! ”

Yuan Gai Suwen was very depressed, he dreamed that he had defeated the Tang army, and then his prestige was greatly increased, and then he inherited his father's position as the prime minister of Goguryeo. Then he usurped the rights of Goguryeo and became the monarch of Goguryeo himself. Finally, he led the Goguryeo army into the Central Plains and conquered the Central Plains. Then he reduced all the Han people to slavery, and became the greatest monarch in the history of Goguryeo, enjoying eternal praise. But just when he was about to become the first emperor to ascend the throne, he was immediately disturbed.

"My lord, this time the Tang army is preparing to attack the city." The servant said immediately.

"Isn't the siege just the defense according to the original plan?" Yuangai Suwen asked.

"My lord, this time Tang Jun is a little strange!"

"What's so strange?"

Yuangai Suwen came to the top of the city tower, and then looked at it from a distance. And Tang Jun was actually preparing something that he didn't know what it was, and those things seemed to be a bucket, and this bucket was aimed in his own direction. And Yuangai Suwen didn't know what this bucket was, and Yuangai Suwen had never seen such a thing, and he didn't know what Tang Jun wanted to do so seriously. And there are thirty of these "buckets" in the Tang Army.

"Is it a special crossbow? Can you shoot a lot of arrows at once? Yuangai Suwen thought with some confusion.

Yuangai Suwen was not afraid of the Tang army's crossbow machine at all, because his side was protected by the city wall, and it was impossible for the Tang army's bow and crossbow to attack his side. Therefore, the bow and crossbow of the Tang Army are of no use to him at all, but his bow and crossbow can hurt the Tang Army, so he is not afraid of this at all.

"Hmph, it's a pipe dream to be able to conquer our Liaodong City with a few 'buckets'!" Yuangai Suwen said disdainfully.

On the other side, Li Xiaogong, the Jiedu of the Shenji Army, was directing the troops to begin preparing artillery. Then be ready to fire at any time.

"Jingwen, thanks to you for coming up with this flying thunder cannon this time, otherwise we don't know how many people we will lose in the siege!" Li Xiaogong said.

"Hehe, Lord Wang, look at it! I'm afraid this thunderbolt cannon can tear down all their walls, so how many fewer people can die in this way! Jingwen said.

Soon, the thirty Flying Thunder Cannons were also ready. The explosive discs were also placed in the barrel of the gun, and then waited to be fired. This Shenji Army is a unit specially responsible for firearms, although the invention of the Flying Thunder Cannon has not been long ago, but these new firearms are also given priority to meet the Shenji Army, so thirty guns can still be obtained.

And the biggest disadvantage of this flying thunder cannon is that it is inconvenient to operate. And the rate of fire is low. This flying thunder cannon can't be fired once in a few minutes, and this is because the operation is too complicated. And that ordinary general cannon can only be fired twice a minute, this is the gap. Moreover, the preparation of the flying thunder cannon has also taken a long time, which is also the reason for restricting the use of the flying thunder cannon. Because the installation work is too long, and the firing speed is too slow, this is the reason why the Flying Thunder Cannon can only be used during sieges.

"Three-two-one, launch!" Li Xiaogong shouted.

"Bang Bang Bang ......"

Disc-like things flew out, and the sound of the thunderbolts was not as loud as expected, because they were made of millet gunpowder. The explosion was not powerful and burned slowly. Therefore, this millet gunpowder has greatly reduced the content of saltpeter, so the explosion is not very powerful, and the launch is like pushing out. It was not blown out by the pressure of the explosion, so the power of gunpowder was softer. This avoids the danger of exploding, so millet gunpowder is used.

"What is this?" Yuangai Suwen looked at the black discs that were "thrown" in the distance.

And when those discs hit the ground, they didn't explode right away. Instead, it fell from the top of the tower. Because this primitive artillery was not the way that later shells detonated, it did not explode immediately.

"Go and see!" Yuangai Suwen said to a group of soldiers nearby.

The Goguryeo soldiers immediately went over to check what the disc was.

"Hiss ......"

The smell of burning gunpowder came out. And those soldiers had not been exposed to this smell, so they were very curious.

"Boom!"

There was an earth-shattering sound, and the dozens of explosive discs exploded. Hundreds of Goguryeo soldiers around were blown into pieces of flesh, and soldiers within 30 meters in diameter were shocked to seven holes and bled out, most of them died, and only a few were still lying on the ground.

"What's going on?" Yuangai Suwen was surprised.

"My lord, I don't know what's going on, Tang Jun didn't know what he threw just now, and it exploded immediately. Hundreds of soldiers around him also died. The attendant of Yuangai Suwen said with tears in his voice.

Yuangai Suwen immediately ran over, and then observed the surrounding situation. Hundreds of soldiers around them were killed and wounded, especially those who were closest to them, their entire bodies were torn into several pieces, and there were some broken corpses nearby. This power shocked Yuangai Suwen very much, and obviously he didn't know what kind of weapon this was.

"Is Heaven angry? Could it be that it was our Goguryeo people who killed millions of Han Chinese that caused this consequence? One of the soldiers suddenly knelt down and said.

And the surrounding Goguryeo soldiers were also grieved, because their mother didn't know what kind of weapon this was, and they all thought in the direction of heaven. Ancient people were so superstitious, once they couldn't understand something, they would think towards supernatural thoughts, thinking about some heavenly reason.

"Next wipe!"

Yuangai Suwen beheaded the soldier with a knife, and then shouted: "Don't be sad, everyone, we Goguryeo have the blessing of God, and this is not a heavenly wrath." This is nothing more than a weapon of the Don Army, don't worry. This is just a weapon of the Don Army! ”

And hearing that it was the enemy's weapon, this made them feel better, after all, no one wanted to go against the gods.

"My lord, if this is Tang Jun's weapon, will they use it again?" Suddenly, the attendant said.

When Yuangai Suwen heard this, he immediately pulled out his legs and ran, obviously wanting to leave this dangerous place.

And just after Yuangai Suwen ran, there was a burst of artillery fire from the other side. (To be continued......)