Qin once again proved to the world with 3,000 cavalry why firearms will eliminate cold weapons. The remaining more than 20,000 infantry laid down their weapons under the leadership of Deng Qiang and Gou Chi.

The Yuzhou army who witnessed all this in Shimen Water Village was stunned, with uncontrollable fear on their faces.

What the hell is this thing, and why is it so powerful? Could it be that the Tang Army will make the demon law unsuccessful? How can we resist it?

Xie Yi's mood is the most complicated.

With such a powerful weapon, it will be easy for the Tang State to unify the world, and his daughter will become a veritable mother of the country.

The Xie family can also take advantage of this shareholder wind to become a real prince king.

But what should he do now?

Surrender? He didn't want to.

From a young age, surrender is a violation of everything that was believed in before, and since a young age, it is a betrayal of the benefactor Huan Wen.

I won't say how much loyalty he has to the Jin Kingdom, mainly Huan Wen.

He has received too much kindness from Huan Wen, it can be said that most of the Xie family can rely on Huan Wen's support today, and letting out of Shimen is equivalent to cutting off Huan Wen's retreat.

How will he see the world in the future?

Deputy General Shi Gong said: "Thorn Shi, what should we do?" ”

Looking at the frightened eyes of the people around him, Xie Yi sighed and said, "Nanjun Gong has a great favor to me, how can I, Xie Yi, do something ungrateful, today is just death." ”

This is said both to those around him and to himself.

Someone took the idea, and the emotions of the people around him gradually stabilized, Shi Gong said: "What the assassin said is right, it's just a death, I'm afraid of a bird." ”

"That's it, fight to the death with the Tang people." The people around were emotionally driven and said one after another.

Xie Yi, who had made up his mind, organized people to defend while sending people to report to Huan Wen quickly.

On the other side, looking at the crowded Shimen Water Village, He Fang smiled bitterly: "Liu Meng pits me." ”

Everyone looked at him with sympathy, and it was indeed a pit. killed the queen's father, even if the two sides are hostile, it is not easy to explain.

They don't dare to open their mouths about this, and whoever opens their mouths will take the blame. It's not that they are timid and afraid, but the situation is special, and they don't dare to speak casually when Lin Xingzhu comes over.

Wen Mu still relied on his qualifications and said: "It seems that Wu Yigong is preparing to resist according to the village." ”

He Fang said hatefully: "This old man ...... The old general is really going to get us in trouble. ”

Zhang Jie pondered: "Our purpose is to block Huan Wen's retreat, and blocking the chasm can also have the same effect, there is no need to knock down the stone gate, or let's just wait for His Majesty to come over." ”

Everyone nodded their heads, and it was indeed a good idea.

He Fang shook his head and said, "Hitting the stone gate is not only to block Huan Wen's retreat, but also to block Wang Meng and Murong Chui's retreat. Not only do we have to fight, but we also have to take it as fast as we can. ”

Zhang Jie said helplessly: "Then there is really no way to do it." ”

The crowd was helpless.

At this time, Chief of Staff Ning Guzhou said: "I have a way, I don't know if it's feasible." ”

He Fang hurriedly asked, "Say it quickly, what way?" ”

And all the people looked at it together.

Ning Guzhou said: "Our purpose is to enter the Yellow River through the water village in front of us to cut off the road for Wang Meng and Murong Chui to retreat westward, so we only need to hit the water village." ”

"Feint to attack Shimen City from the land and attract Wu Yigong over, and then we will take this opportunity to bombard the water village and take this place as quickly as possible."

"I don't believe it, when we open fire, Wu Yigong will take the initiative to run under the fire."

Zhang Jie's eyes lit up and said, "Yes, even if he wants to come, his own soldiers will stop him." ”

Fumiki also said: "A person who attacks from land can shout and pretend to persuade him to surrender and hold him back. ”

Shimen City and Shimen Water Village are connected, and it should be said that the two are a whole. Shimen City is on land, and the water village is built against the city.

Ancient water villages were generally built in this way, which could not only prevent land attacks, but also waterproof attacks.

Ning Guzhou's words really woke everyone up, just open up the waterway, Shimen City is not important.

Everyone, you said a word, and I made up my mind after a while, so I did it.

So Wen Mushang led people to the Shimen City and set up the cannon.

first sent people to persuade him to surrender, and when he saw Xie Yi appear at the head of the city, he no longer hesitated, and directly opened artillery to bombard the moat behind the moat.

These trenches were all prepared for cold weapon warfare, and the defense against artillery shells was about zero, and the 2,000 defenders became live targets.

Watching his subordinates being slaughtered like mowing grass, Xie Yi closed his eyes in pain.

The little courage that the Yuzhou army had just mustered soon disappeared again under the shelling. It's no wonder that they are timid, but the deterrent power brought by this unprecedented weapon is too great.

Unknown and incomprehensible things can often bring people the greatest fear, even more lethal than themselves.

The shelling continued for a quarter of an hour before it stopped, but there was no one left in the trenches of Yuzhou. More than a thousand people died in just a quarter of an hour, and everyone was frightened.

"Assassin Shi ......" Someone shouted, but the words behind him were not spoken, but everyone heard what he was trying to express.

Xie Yi smiled bitterly: "You can't let the brothers die in vain, can you?" But we have fallen, what should Nanjun Gong do? ”

Someone couldn't help but say, "What if we don't descend?" ”

Xie Yi was silent again.

Yes, what can you do if you don't fall, it's just a matter of increasing casualties. Under this unprecedented weapon, the Yuzhou army may not be able to hold out for even an hour.

But he couldn't have said surrender.

The reason is simple, his daughter is the empress of the Tang Kingdom. If he surrenders, for whatever reason, others will look down on him.

A man lives a face, a tree lives a skin, and he has a lot of concerns.

Moreover, his wife's clan is in the Jin Kingdom, and if he surrenders, everyone will be implicated.

Just as he was in a dilemma, there was another roar in the distance. Everyone hurriedly looked up and found that the direction of the water village had been covered by artillery fire.

Someone said: "The Tang army has launched an attack on Shuizhai." ”

No one paid attention to him, and everyone silently looked at the water village in the distance. Sure enough, as Ning Guzhou expected, no one went to send him to death.

An hour later, the Tang army conquered Shimen Water Village.

However, they did not continue to attack Shimen City, but left a regiment of men to take over the water village, and then entered the Yellow River with a large army.

This also marked that the 400,000 troops of the Yan, Jin, and Qin Kingdoms were completely encircled in the encirclement.

The Yuzhou army in Shimen City did not know about this situation, and at this time they were wondering why the Tang army did not attack Shimen City.

But whatever the reason, they were all relieved.

Only Xie Yi guessed the truth, but naturally he wouldn't say anything.

"It seems that my daughter still has some prestige in the Tang Kingdom, otherwise these Tang troops will not save face for me......"

"That's fine, when the winner is decided over there, I won't be ashamed of Nanjun Gong if I surrender."

Thinking about it made him feel a lot better. Then he began to calm people's hearts and treat the wounded, as for things like counterattacks, they had nothing to do with him.

……

Let's talk about the frontal battlefield.

More and more information was sent to Huan Wen and Murong Chui, and they knew that Qingzhou and Yanzhou were already owned by the Tang Army.

Knowing that the Tang Kingdom has powerful weapons, it can kill people from hundreds of meters or even miles away. No matter how strong a city is, it is useless under such a powerful weapon.

At first, they didn't believe that how could there be such weapons in the world, and it must be those people who made excuses for their incompetence.

But as more and more news came, they had to believe in its authenticity.

At this time, they finally began to face up to the words of the Tang envoy, and the Tang Emperor made a decisive battle between the Three Kingdoms. And others are not arrogant, but have absolute self-confidence.

However, the information they obtained was not comprehensive, for example, Huan Wen did not know that the Tang army had surrounded the back of Yecheng and blocked Murong Chui's retreat.

Murong Chui also didn't know that the Tang army had cut off Huaishui and blocked Huan Wen's retreat.

But as famous generals, they judged this situation according to the battlefield situation, the three countries were encircled, and they would fight this battle if they didn't fight.

As Wang Meng, who is playing away, he has the least information, but this does not prevent him from knowing that his way home has been cut off.

Now either defeat the Don army and break out of the encirclement, or ...... Die.

The Huan Wen army retreated and no longer attacked Fangtou, Murong Chui did not pursue, and was also shrinking and gathering troops, and the battlefield was strangely calm.

They are all thinking about how to break the game, or how to protect themselves.

Wang Meng went to see Pan Yue again.

Pan Yue was not surprised at all, but said: "Xianggong Wang, now believe what I said, right?" ”

Wang Meng sat down opposite him and said, "What kind of weapon is that?" ”

Pan Yue said: "The soldier is holding a musket in his hand, which can launch a metal projectile the size of his finger four or five hundred meters away, and the effective killing distance is three hundred to three hundred and fifty meters. ”

"On average, it can be fired three times a minute, and the operation is very simple, and it can be used by women and children of all ages. Just find someone to come over for training for ten days and half a month, and you can be pulled to the battlefield. ”

Wang Meng was shocked when he heard this, this thing was completely beyond his comprehension. The operation is simple, the power is huge, the rate of fire is fast, how can there be such a thing in the world.

The point is, if these characteristics are true, then wouldn't the Tang State be able to casually raise an army of hundreds of thousands or millions.

In the face of such a powerful Tang State, who can be the opponent?

Pan Yue continued: "The one with a huge voice is called artillery, which can launch huge objects of a few catties, a dozen catties, or even dozens of catties several miles away. ”

"There are many types of cannons, there are tiger squat cannons, the firing range is relatively short, only less than five hundred meters, but it is very light and easy to carry, and it is very convenient for long-distance marches."

"There is a huge cannon with a range of ten miles at the farthest...... But the general running range is about seven or eight miles. There are also army artillery, naval guns, city defense guns, and so on. ”

"There are also two types of shells, one is a solid one, and one is a big iron lump. The destructive power of bombarding targets such as city walls, warships, and towers is huge. ”

"There is also a flowering bomb, which only explodes after it is fired, mainly to kill people. Basically, a flowering bomb, a radius of several zhang does not leave a living mouth. ”

Wang Meng's mood was even heavier, but he still forced himself to calm down and said, "You just said that these things are made of iron, right?" Does the Don State have so much iron? ”

"And the fire ...... Firearms must also need something to fire the shells, and this kind of thing should be expensive, right? ”

Pan Yue exclaimed: "I can think of these things so quickly, Wang Xianggong really deserves to be a great talent of His Majesty." You're right, but none of this is anything to Tang Guo. ”

"First of all, steel, the annual steel output of the Tang State is 5,000 tons, which is enough for the army."

"Five thousand tons? 10 million catties? Wang Meng was shocked again.

He knew that one pound of the Tang Kingdom was equivalent to more than two catties of other countries, and when converted into the weight of the Central Plains countries, it was about twenty-five million catties.

The figure was so exaggerated that he couldn't imagine it. (During the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties, one catty was equivalent to 222 grams.) ）

Qin's iron output last year was only 160,000 catties, which was less than 80,000 catties when converted into the Tang Kingdom, and the gap was so large that it had lost its contrast.

And steel represents the strength of the country, and the ancients already had this concept.

It's very simple, more iron can make more weapons, and you can also build more farm tools.

More tools can produce more food, feed a better population, and recruit more soldiers when there are more people.

Tang produced 5,000 tons of steel, and he couldn't imagine how strong the national strength was.

Pan Yue said: "If it weren't for His Majesty's forced use of 80% of the steel output for the civilian sector, the strength of our army would be thousands of times stronger than it is now. ”

"But on the other hand, it is precisely because Your Majesty uses more iron for the people that my Tang Kingdom will be so powerful and rich."

Even as an enemy, Wang Meng praised: "His Majesty the Tang Emperor is indeed a male lord. ”

Pan Yue continued: "You said projectiles just now...... It's called gunpowder, and it's not as hard to make as you might think. ”

"And as early as ten years ago, His Majesty began to reserve raw materials, enough for us to sweep the world ten times or eight times."

Wang Meng couldn't help but ask, "In that case, why did you wait until now to send troops?" Why not calm the world as soon as possible? ”

Pan Yue hesitated for a moment before he said, "There are many reasons, and you will understand it when you join the Tang Kingdom." ”

Speaking of this, he looked at Wang Meng and said sincerely: "Xianggong Wang, let me tell you like this, Your Majesty's personal expedition is ready to calm the world in one go, and will not give countries a chance to survive." ”

"Either you surrender and save yourself and your family, or you wait for us to fight and your family will be ruined."

"You don't have to worry about the safety of King Qin, Your Majesty also respects him a lot, as long as he doesn't have different intentions, he won't harm him."

"I know you won't believe that, but...... Now that things are out of your control, you can only bet that Your Majesty is broad-minded. ”

Wang Meng left the camp with a heavy heart, and immediately sent his henchmen to surround the place, forbidding anyone to approach.

Not to spy on Pan Yue, but to prevent someone from harming him.

The stronger the Tang State, the more Pan Yue could not have any problems. Otherwise...... There is no chance of surrender.

Wang Meng thinks that he is not a timid person who is afraid of death, even if he encounters a great danger, he will not hesitate to fight to the death.

But the problem is that the strength of the Tang State is beyond his comprehension. Knowing that he has to fight even if he loses, this is not his character.

And Fu Jian has the grace of knowing him, and he wants to consider the way back for Fu Jian.