Li Shimin's words made Gao Shilian scratch his head, but he didn't continue to say anything.

Li Shimin has a hole card, everyone knows, but what they don't know is what Li Shimin's hole card is.

"There has been a temporary truce in the past few days, and my hole card has only recently been completed, and it is being transported here."

"Although Li Kuan's kid thinks that naval warfare is the most suitable after reading it, I think land warfare is also good."

"It's that the mode of war will change in the future."

Li Shimin said confidently.

Within a few days, the transport team personally escorted by Qin Qiong came.

Everyone was shocked to see what was wrapped in huge boxes, transported by carriages, and personally escorted by Yuan Cong's guards.

"It's a new gunpowder weapon."

Li Tao thought of gunpowder weapons in an instant.

Now Datang's research on gunpowder has been continuing, but it has not heard any progress for a long time.

If there is no progress at all, Li Tao does not believe it.

Therefore, Li Shimin's secret weapon came and he guessed it.

Qin Qiong's arrival made the old brothers smile.

"Old Qin, I haven't seen you come out openly for so many years, this time you must stay with us for a while."

Wei Chigong patted Qin Qiong's shoulder and said with a smile.

But a gleam flashed in his eyes.

Qin Qiong slapped his hand away and said speechlessly: "Can you speak, it's like I've been having an affair." ”

But Qin Qiong was not angry with Wei Chi Gong.

The rest of the crowd burst out laughing.

They all knew what Wei Chigong meant, Qin Qiong would be here for a while, and it would be possible to catch up with the war, and they would be able to give Qin Qiong some military merits.

Qin Qiong has been living in seclusion for physical reasons all these years, and her military merits have not increased for many years.

"Uncle Bao will leave this time, and he also needs to coordinate the effect feedback of gunpowder weapons."

"Over the years, Shubao has been in charge of gunpowder research in the dark, and he has also worked hard and hard."

Li Shimin walked from a distance with a smile.

Seeing Li Shimin, a group of people hurriedly saluted and said hello, this is the emperor.

Qin Qiong blushed and hurriedly spoke: "Your Majesty is serious, it is Your Majesty who sees that the minister is not in good health and cannot fight for a long time, so the poor minister gave the minister such a position." ”

Qin Qiong said that he was grateful for his kindness, and he understood Li Shimin's kindness to him.

He knew that he would never be able to go to the battlefield again to kill him.

He always thanked Li Shimin for letting him do gunpowder research.

Although he won't study it.

Li Shimin didn't say anything, just asked for the test data of the artillery, and then arranged military affairs.

In the past few days when Datang stopped attacking, Goguryeo breathed a sigh of relief.

The Tang army was too fierce for them to bear it at all.

There are too many supplies on the other side, and if they can kill a person with a hundred bows and arrows, they don't mind using one hundred and twenty, and if they can use a long-range attack, they can use a long-range attack.

The key is that the opposing side is also a group of people who are also strong in close combat, which makes them helpless.

There is not a single weakness on the opposite side.

Three hundred and sixty degrees strong.

In the past, when Yang Guang was in charge, there was still the problem of blind command and chaotic command.

Li Shimin really did not have the problem of blind command and indiscriminate command, and he was particularly humble in accepting the suggestion.

So much so that Datang's combat effectiveness was strong.

Goguryeo breathed a sigh of relief while implementing the tactics of Yuangai Suwen more firmly, exchanging space for advantages, and depleting the momentum of the opposite side with defense, and definitely not coming out, being a quiet ostrich.

Anyway, according to the art of war, the ratio of troops besieging and defending the city is ten to one, even if the Tang Dynasty is a little better, it has to be five to one.

The advantage is in their Goguryeo.

The Goguryeo people said they were confident.

They believe that if they continue to fight according to this method, they will win sooner or later, and Datang will embark on the road of the Great Sui sooner or later.

Thinking that the Great Sui back then was dragged down by them.

The 10,000-mile expedition, heavy logistical pressure, and terrifying siege warfare finally dragged the Sui Dynasty down alive.

Li Shimin didn't know what the Goguryeo people thought, and the next day, he just pushed the twenty artillery pieces that had been made to the front line, and then blew open the city gate with one shot.

The blocked gates were blasted open.

The huge blow not only shocked Goguryeo, but even Datang himself was shocked.

This is too terrifying, isn't this cannon able to smash people?

The remaining nineteen guns were bombarded on the ramparts.

Li Shimin did not let people attack, but indifferently let the artillery continue to attack.

His goal today was not to take the city, he just wanted to know the power of the artillery.

Hundreds of shots were fired in a row, and the city wall was only crumbling, not broken.

Li Shimin was a little disappointed.

"It should be better to hit down from a height, so that you can bombard the whole city."

"If you push a little further, it would be nice to break into the city."

At night, after the troops were collected, Li Tao felt that there were still many development directions for artillery, and he had to work hard.

Wei Chigong looked in a trance, the appearance of artillery made him feel that he could almost retire, Datang may not need him as a general of the three armies in the future, what is needed will be more Li Tao, Li Jing's kind of handsome who plans the overall situation.

"Let's continue to improve, but for Goguryeo, the pressure on them is still very high if the cannon breaks through the city gate and directly turns into a street fight."

"After all, our elite weapons armor is a blow to them."

The corners of Li Shimin's mouth hooked up a smile.

Goguryeo could not do it to equip all its troops with armor, and this was their greatest advantage.

With or without armor, there are two kinds of combat power on the battlefield.

"Leave the street fight to me,"

"I personally led the charge and will definitely let the other party know what is called terrifying strength."

Wei Chigong felt that above the complete replacement of him by artillery, he should perform more and work hard.

At the very least, you have to accumulate enough military merits for your stupid son.

He was afraid that his son would follow the same path as him in the future, and he would be eliminated at that time.

Wei Chigong's thoughts made everyone laugh for a while, and then they all fell silent, and began to think about which direction they could develop in the future.

"This is the giant ship tactic that the king of Chu no, the prince often says, as long as I can cause real crushing, you can't do anything about me."

Zhang Liang, who came over, whispered.

He was frightened by artillery today.

"It should be a giant ship cannon, in the words of Li Kuan's kid, as long as my weapon is strong enough, then I can easily destroy the other party."

"Let him have any schemes, it will be useless."

Li Shimin said with a smile.

Although the cannon has not yet reached the level he expected, Li Shimin is also very satisfied, and he can continue to develop.

The goal for the future is to make the city disappear with one shot.

"If the cannon is mass-produced and loaded on the ship, the combat effectiveness of that ship will be too terrifying."

Li Tao thought about the larger and larger ships of the Tang Dynasty.

At the same time, he felt that this was also the inevitable direction of the future development of the navy.

(End of chapter)