"Your Majesty, what are you?" Zhang Xun wondered.

"Zhang Shilang, this is a firearm in my Chu army, called cannon. Zhang Shilang is a distinguished guest, so he should show you the power of this thing. Later, I asked Zhang Shilang to cover his ears, this guy's voice was like thunder. Li Yuan said with a smile.

Over there, Luo Erhu gave a series of orders, and the gunners were nervously busy, setting up the gun positions, adjusting the angle, and checking the gun chamber. Soon everything was in place.

"All ready!" The commanding general raised the command flag in his hand.

"Goal! Enemy walls. ”

"Fire!" The flag waved down.

"Boom, boom, boom!" A series of roars resounded through the heavens and the earth, and the silence of the night was particularly harsh. The earth seemed to be shaking, and strings of tongues of fire erupted from the muzzle of the cannon, and the cannonballs arrived at the head of Yangzhou City in an instant with the trajectory of shining fire and white smoke.

A series of fires and explosions suddenly shone on the head of Yangzhou City. Although miles away, it seemed that the limbs of the defenders could be seen flying in the light of the explosion, and the panicked ghosts and wolves could be heard at the head of the city.

Although dozens of shells did not completely hit the top of the city wall, only half of them did not fall above the city wall, and the rest exploded far or near, but this round of shelling still killed and injured hundreds of defenders on the city wall within a radius of more than 100 steps, causing all the defenders who were huddled under the battlements on the city head to run and scream one by one as if they had been burned by fire.

The generals defending the city thought that the Chu army was attacking the city, so they hurriedly sent orders to prepare for defense. But after this round of bombing, there was no movement. Except for the groans and screams of the city, calm was restored in all directions.

Zhang Xun's ears were ringing, and he stood in place in a daze with a dizzy head. He didn't have time to cover his ears, so he was shocked by the loud noise, and his nose was full of the smell of gunpowder, which made him cover his mouth and cough constantly, coughing until tears and snot flowed, and he was extremely embarrassed.

Li Yuan smiled and patted Zhang Xun's back and said, "Zhang Shilang, you're okay." ”

"It's okay, it's okay, cough cough is just choking, thank you Your Majesty for your concern."

It took a long time for Zhang Xun to recover, and when he wiped away his tears and snot, he found that the dozens of cannons in front of him had all been covered with curtains, and the soldiers were gone.

"Oh my God, this artifact is amazing!" Zhang Xun expressed his heartfelt admiration, although he had already realized that Li Yuan was trying to scare himself into standing up, and just now he also laughed at Li Yuan for acting naïvely and relying on this method to scare people, but after the frightening moment just now, he had to admit that he was indeed frightened.

"We have 300 cannons and 10,000 shells. If the city walls are bombarded continuously, how many people will still be alive on the city walls? Li Yuan said with a smile, although this is just bragging, there are actually less than 500 new shells in the battalion, and there are only 100 cannons.

Zhang Yi was silent, of course he knew what it meant.

Li Yuan turned around and walked towards another open space in front of him, and said, "Zhang Shilang, please take a look at another method of mine." I know what you think in your heart, do you think that the walls of Yangzhou City are extremely strong, even if they cannons can't collapse, then after you see my heavenly thunder, you know that the walls of Yangzhou City are just a pile of tofu scum in my opinion. ”

When Zhang Xun heard the name Tianlei, he suddenly chuckled in his heart, he also had the intention to find out whether Tianlei was true or false, but he didn't expect to really witness Li Yuan's miraculous means.

Zhang Xunshen followed Li Yuan to the open space north of the camp, where an even more huge black and swarthy barrel was standing in the darkness, the barrel was several feet long, and it was afraid that it was as thick as a hug. Zhang Xun didn't dare to take a closer look, and he couldn't see what the material was.

Li Yuan waved his hand and ordered, and dozens of operators hurriedly tossed around, and then came to report that the preparations were completed. Li Yuan smiled at Zhang Xun and said, "Zhang Shilang, the power of heavenly thunder, I have all poured into this thing, don't forget to cover your ears this time." ”

Zhang Xun had already covered his ears, his eyes were fixed on the behemoth, and as the order to launch was given, the gunpowder fuse burned in the darkness with a "snort", and soon there was a bang, and a puff of smoke and flames came out of the cannon's barrel, but unexpectedly, the sound was not too loud.

Li Yuan had some embarrassment on his face, but the night covered up the embarrassment. He pointed to the darkness in the distance and said to Zhang Xun: "Look over there, the focus is on the small mountain bag over there." ”

"Boom!" An earth-shattering explosion exploded in the darkness outside the camp, and a flame of fire erupted on the ground as high as a dozen feet, like a landslide cracking the ground. Soon after, a heat wave struck, and the hot wind blew the crowd far away from Rich.

Li Yuan smiled and said, "Have you seen it?" The power of thunder. Don't look at the little movement when launching, but when it lands, it is the power of landslides and ground cracks. Let's go, go with me and see what's going on there? ”

Zhang Xun followed Li Yuan and the others to the site of the explosion in a daze. But when I saw that a small mound had been completely blown into a large crater, and there were mud and stones scattered around it, and a large pile of trees were burning with flames, it was indeed as if it had been struck by a lightning bolt.

"Zhang Shilang, if this heavenly thunder hits the city wall of Yangzhou, can the city wall withstand it?" Li Yuan said with a smile.

Zhang Yi was speechless, and his heart was shocked and unspeakable. The thunder turned out to be real, those who say that the thunder is fake must be stupid, they have seen this power with their own eyes, and at this moment, no matter how thick the city wall is, I am afraid that half of it will collapse.

"Come on, escort Zhang Shilang back to the city safely. Zhang Shilang, please. Zhang Yi was still in shock, but Li Yuan's words came to his ears.

Zhang Xun was stunned and said, "Your Majesty, what do you mean by this?" Return? Which city to go back to? ”

Li Yuan said coldly: "Of course it's Yangzhou City, can't Zhang Shilang stay here with me?" ”

"But Your Majesty, we haven't made it clear what we just said."

"No need to talk about it anymore. You go back, whatever you want to debunk my intention is, in fact, it's nothing if you can't kill Zhang Wenbiao. As you can see, I am not without the power to attack the city, as long as I want to, I can attack Yangzhou in a very short time at any time. I am a child of destiny, and I never needed anyone's help. ”

"......" Zhang Yi stammered.

"The reason why I want to design other than Zhang Wenbiao is that I don't want to create too many killings. Zhang Wenbiao is going to fight to the death, if he doesn't die, many people will die in this battle. It's not that I'm afraid of the dead, it's just that the art of war is 'go up to the army to plot, then to fight, then to attack the army, and then to attack the city', I can win by strategy, so why should I choose the most important siege to the death?

It's good that you're talking about deals, and I'm very fond of dealing with people, but you have to be sincere on both sides of the deal, obviously you're not sincere. You make a deal with me with something that I can easily do, and you ask me to give you a lot of profit, which is extremely contemptible. So I have nothing to talk to you about, go back and convey Li Congjia and Zhang Wenbiao to me, prepare for the war well, I will enter Yangzhou and catch them personally. ”

Li Yuan said coldly, brushed his sleeves and left. Two guards came over and said to Zhang Xun: "Zhang Shilang, please, I will escort you out of the camp." ”

Where is Zhang Yi willing to go, the conditions discussed before are just step by step, don't show the old bottom, and it is naturally better to be able to strive for the greatest interests. In his eyes, killing Zhang Wenbiao can also ensure the continued existence of Li Congjia's small court, and let himself monopolize power in this small world, which is the best plan. But he didn't expect things to collapse all of a sudden, Li Yuan thought that he was insincere, and he didn't want to talk about it.

"Your Majesty, there is something to say below, Your Majesty, listen to the next word." Zhang Xun shouted.

Li Yuanyuan left without looking back, ignoring him at all. However, Liu Jiangsheng glanced back, and Zhang Xun hurriedly shouted: "Ning Guogong, there is a word below, can you stay?" ”

Liu Jiangsheng stopped, Zhang Xun was overjoyed, and hurriedly rushed to Liu Jiangsheng's side and said: "Ning Guogong, there are better conditions below, and I hope that Ning Guogong, you can say a few good words to Your Majesty." The negotiation is good for everyone, and this time it is absolutely sincere. ”

Liu Jiangsheng smiled bitterly: "I knew this was the case, why did I have to play that hand just now?" My Majesty has never liked others to go around the bend, so I'll help you persuade you, but this time you don't want to go around in circles anymore, show your bottom line, and be open and honest, can you? ”

"Absolutely, thank you." Zhang Xun said continuously.