What?

Hangu Pass has been breached?

Impossible, absolutely impossible!

Hearing the news that Hangu Pass was breached by the Ming Dynasty in one day, Li Tang and the opposition were shocked and inexplicable, and they all couldn't believe it.

After confirming that this was indeed the truth, the court was silent, and everyone was shocked by the strength of the Ming army.

Soon the details came in, and they knew what was going on.

In fact, Zhao Mingyuan did not use too advanced weapons.

In fact, at this time, there was already gunpowder, and even the Demon Gate had already begun to use gunpowder.

Zhao Mingyuan just made some improvements to the formula of gunpowder, made a gunpowder bag, and threw it into Hangu Pass with a catapult.

Even after Zhao Mingyuan's improvement, it is naturally not comparable to the power of modern explosives, and it is difficult to cause any damage to the city wall, and it cannot even pose any threat to the martial arts masters.

But where can ordinary soldiers withstand this?

This Hangu Pass is just a small city within a radius of a few miles, and it is full of all kinds of materials, and they have nowhere to hide in the face of explosives bags falling from the sky.

Such indiscriminate bombardment caused a fire, burning all the grain and grass in the city.

They had never seen such wanton and indiscriminate bombing, and the soldiers of the Tang Army thought that they had encountered heavenly punishment, and they had even been burned with grain and grass, so they naturally had no will to fight.

Even with Li Shentong's urging, no one dared to stand at the head of the city to face the heavenly punishments that fell from the sky from time to time.

How could such a situation stop the Ming army's troops, it was naturally a drum.

Even if Li Shentong is strong in martial arts, how many people can he kill?

After being surrounded by the masters of the Ming side, Li Shentong knew that the Ming army had this weapon and was invincible. Li Tang was already exhausted and had no power to return to the sky.

He said, "The death of Tang on this day is not a crime of war", and then he killed himself with a horizontal sword.

Since, Da Ming has easily taken Hangu Pass.

Seeing the incredible power of gunpowder, the generals reacted differently to such a weapon.

Many people felt panic and disgust, thinking that with such weapons, why are they still these generals?

There are even people who say that they want Zhao Mingyuan to ban gunpowder.

However, people with lofty ideals naturally understand that since something new has emerged and shown its power, it will never disappear easily.

That being the case, instead of guarding against panic, embrace the future.

The people who can leave a name in history are all human beings, and Zhao Mingyuan does not need to worry about it.

So, without waiting for Zhao Mingyuan to make a statement, everyone's topic quickly turned to how to use this firearm, and some people quickly proposed that they could use its loud noise to deal with cavalry.

Seeing this, Zhao Mingyuan couldn't help but feel relieved, full of relief.

Different from the fate of gunpowder being applied to fireworks, in the hands of this group of embryo-killing embryos, it must be able to bloom with more beautiful brilliance.

People were certainly surprised by the power of gunpowder, but soon found that it was difficult to do much damage to the masters, so they relaxed and used only the new weapons of war like gunpowder catapults.

Many people can't help but think of a previous rumor, legend has it that Zhao Mingyuan is a disciple of Lu Miaozi, the world's first craftsman.

Is this rumor true?

Otherwise, how could Zhao Mingyuan have such a terrible weapon?

If they knew that Lu Miaozi was not dead, and that he was in the Ming army, they were afraid that this rumor would be confirmed.

In fact, this is what Zhao Mingyuan arranged for Lu Miaozi to supervise.

Of course, there is more to Lu Miaozi than that.

In order to deal with Li Shimin, the real son of destiny, Zhao Mingyuan prepared a lot of hole cards, just to see how many Li Tang can bear.

In fact, after Li Tang's side learned the details, he did guess like this.

Isn't it logical that the world's best craftsman has created the strongest weapon?

Immediately, they thought of the rumors of Yang Gong's treasure house.

After all, the reason why it was rumored that Yang Gong's treasure house was obtained by Zhao Mingyuan was because it was rumored that he was a disciple of Lu Miaozi, and as we all know, Lu Miaozi was the designer and builder of Yang Gong's treasure house.

Now, since it has been confirmed that Zhao Mingyuan is indeed related to Lu Miaozi, will the rumors about Yang Gong's treasure house also be true?

At the beginning, Chang'an City was built by Yang Su, and all indications indicate that Yang Gong's treasure house is likely to be in Chang'an City.

Perhaps, there may be a secret passage connecting the inside and outside of the city, and even directly to the palace.

In this way, Chang'an City may not be indestructible.

What's more, even without the help of Yang Gong's treasure house, it would not be so easy for Daming to attack Chang'an City with this gunpowder alone.

Thinking of this, everyone was even more apprehensive.

At this time, Li Shimin suddenly stood up and said loudly: "Father, son, please fight!"

Erchen is willing to lead the army to fight to the death with the Ming Dynasty! ”

Seeing that everyone was afraid of the Ming army like a tiger, but Li Shimin dared to stand up, Li Yuan had no other choice, but he still asked: "The Ming army is so powerful, does my son have a chance to win?" ”

Li Shimin held his head high and replied confidently: "Now, the Ming Dynasty has such an artifact, and ordinary cities are no longer enough to resist the Ming army.

Only by taking the initiative to attack can we find the flaws of the Ming army and defeat the Ming army. ”

As soon as he heard this, Li Yuan hurriedly cheered up and asked, "Flawed? What are the flaws in the Ming army? ”

Li Shimin said: "Erchen studied carefully and found that although this gunpowder is indeed a siege weapon, it also has great flaws.

That is, it is not easy to throw, and it needs to be thrown with the help of catapults.

Although the siege of the city is indestructible, it is greatly inconvenient when it comes to field battles.

If you lead all the iron cavalry to assault the Ming army in the field, you will definitely win! ”

"Good, good! My son is strong!

In that case, then I will crown you as the Admiral of Tiance. ”

Immediately, Li Yuan decided to let Li Shimin lead the army to the battle, and crowned him as the general of Tiance, above the prince, to control the world's soldiers and horses, in order to fight against the Ming Dynasty.

Now Li Shimin has been ranked as the king of Qin, the prince and the secretary of Shangshuling, and it is true that there is no seal.

Moreover, the existing official position could not show its glory, so he crowned Li Shimin as the general of Tiance, ordered him to open a mansion in Luoyang, and added Situ, while still holding the Shangshu order.

Although Li Shimin said it lightly, he knew that it was definitely not that simple to defeat the Ming Dynasty.

These words were just to boost morale and give confidence to the ministers.

However, the morale of the ministers did need to be appeased. Otherwise, if they saw that Li Tang was not victorious, they were afraid that they would collude with Da Ming first and turn against him.

Therefore, Li Shimin had to do this, and they Li Tang had no way out.

In fact, Li Yuan also understood this, so he readily handed over all Li Tang's elite army to Li Shimin, without any constraints, whether it was money, food or people, all of them were satisfied.

Even if he knew that letting Li Shimin control such a large army was only afraid that there would be trouble, but if Li Tang couldn't win this battle, then they didn't have to think about anything in the future.

Everyone knows what is going on today.

Therefore, even if Li Jiancheng was dissatisfied with Li Shimin's obtaining such a seal, he opened his mouth several times, but he wanted to speak and stopped, and finally did not say anything.

If Li Shimin is defeated in this battle, then he naturally doesn't have to say anything.

If Li Shimin returns victoriously, Li Tang's crisis will be solved, and then Li Shimin's military power will be eliminated, and it will be slowly concocted.

The undercurrent within Li Tang is not mentioned for the time being, but the war is still going on.

Even Hangu Pass couldn't stop the Ming army's troops, and other small cities were naturally even more vulnerable.

Therefore, soon the Ming army drove straight in, and even laid down the important place of Tongguan.

After the Tongguan Ancient Road, after which is a horse Pingchuan, the Tang army can no longer defend it.

At this time, the elite of the Tang army led by Li Shimin finally arrived, blocked the main road, and confronted the Ming army.

Looking at the elite of the Tang Army in front of him being commanded by Li Shimin, Zhao Mingyuan couldn't help but secretly praise in his heart, Li Shimin is worthy of being Li Shimin, the only Tiance general in the history books, and he should not be underestimated.

Although Zhao Mingyuan is also familiar with military books and has experienced several wars, he does not dare to call himself a famous general.

Even if the hard power of weapons and equipment, armor, and soldiers was stronger than that of the Tang Army, Zhao Mingyuan was not sure of victory.

In the face of an opponent like Li Shimin, he may leak a little flaw, and he will be hit by the opponent who seizes the opportunity.

Therefore, Zhao Mingyuan adopted a relatively conservative tactic, guarding the door and leaving no gaps.

Perhaps such a method may seem a bit stupid, but in fact, as long as you don't make big mistakes and fight steadily when you have the advantage, it will be difficult to deal with.

"The Art of War" has a cloud: Therefore, those who are good at fighting are invincible, and they will not lose the defeat of the enemy. Therefore, the victorious army wins first and then seeks battle, and the defeated army fights first and then seeks victory.

Sure enough, in the face of Zhao Mingyuan's response, even Li Shimin did not have a good way to deal with it.

After all, if it is a tough encounter, it will only be the Tang Army that has the upper hand to suffer.

had no choice but to set up camp and fight again tomorrow.

Early the next morning, Li Shimin personally led a small team of men and horses to a nearby high place to spy on the camp of the Ming army.

In fact, Li Shimin liked to peep into the camp before the war, and it was even recorded in the history books, so Zhao Mingyuan naturally would not be unable to guess it.

Therefore, their team was easily discovered by Zhao Mingyuan, and even raised a glass to them.

Seeing that Zhao Mingyuan had discovered their whereabouts, everyone in Tiance Mansion couldn't help but be shocked.

I didn't expect Zhao Mingyuan's strength to be so strong, and he easily discovered their whereabouts hundreds of zhang away.

is worthy of being the first person in the world, and he is really terrifyingly strong.

Thinking of this, everyone was afraid that Zhao Mingyuan would suddenly attack them. Without the protection of the army, they have no confidence to protect Li Shimin's safety.

So, he hurriedly escorted Li Shimin and left.

In fact, they don't have to panic.

Although this is indeed a shortcut to victory, if Li Shimin is assassinated, the Tang army will be chaotic, and Zhao Mingyuan can indeed win easily.

However, if you want to fight for the world, you naturally need to fight with an upright record.

Otherwise, if it is too easy to win the world, I am afraid that the same will be true if I lose the world.

How could this not be the case with the Great Sui?

Since ancient times, there has never been such an easy way to win the world as Yang Jian.

Maybe it's because it's too easy for the Great Sui to win the world and there is not enough foundation, so it's so easy to lose the world!

(End of chapter)

.