On the teaching ground in the south of the city, seeing a huge stone throwing machine and two artillery pieces on the high platform, Li Li and the ministers, including Luo Shichang, all opened their eyes wide.

What does this Yu Jue mean by such a behemoth?

"General Yu, what do you mean by this? What are we doing here? ”

Li Li was still a little confused.

"I don't know what I'm going to do?"

Wei Ming Linggong muttered with a gloomy face, as if he was still worried about Yu Jue's arrogance just now.

Lingzhou City is in a hurry, where is there any effort to pretend to be a ghost here. I don't know what to do!

"Ling Gong, don't be impatient!"

The privy envoy Li Yuanji looked at the famous Linggong and frowned slightly.

How can a fifty or sixty-year-old minister not get along with a young man in his twenties? People came to rescue Xixia, not to eat and take.

"Your Majesty, it's going to be right away!"

Yu Jue didn't even look at the famous Linggong, and shouted loudly.

"Ready!"

"Tong!"

An earth-shattering thunderbolt was thrown out and landed around the wooden target fifty or sixty paces, and the explosion sounded, earth-shattering, and the wooden planks on the wooden target were blown up and shattered.

Before the ministers could react from their astonishment, the cannon sound of "Pengpeng" rang out, and at a distance of hundreds of paces, the stone thrower collapsed, and the armor on the target was pierced and scattered.

"This ...... Firearm...... It's so powerful......"

Li Wei's face was pale, and his fingers trembled slightly as he looked at the scattered stone throwers and broken wooden armor.

That's brutal!

"Your Majesty, my 8,000 soldiers assisted in defending the city, each soldier was equipped with 50 earth-shattering thunderbolts, and more than 200 large and small artillery pieces, with sufficient ammunition. If the Tatar army wants to break through Lingzhou City, how many corpses do they have to fill? ”

Yu Jue was secretly proud, and his face was silent. He pointed to the stone thrower and talked eloquently.

"Your Majesty, the Tatar army broke through the city, and most of them used stone throwers for it. Hundreds of catapults attacked the city together, and the defenders at the head of the city were bound to suffer heavy casualties before they could fight, and their combat strength was greatly weakened. But ......"

Yu Jue pointed to the artillery on the high platform.

"Our artillery can smash the catapults and ballistas of the Tatar army at a distance of three or five hundred paces. The Tatar army did not have a stone thrower, so it had to rely on manpower to attack the city. No matter how far and densely their feathered arrows shoot, can they be more lethal than firearms, and can they compare with the range of artillery? ”

When he arrived in Zhongxing Mansion, he talked with the generals of the Xia army and learned about the siege method of the Mongol army.

Lingzhou defended the city, Cao Youwan should be able to know that he had to defeat the stone throwers and ballistas of the Mongol army first.

"Without the stone thrower, the siege of the city by manpower alone, if the Tatar army wants to break the city, I'm afraid it will not be so easy!"

The privy envoy Li Yuanji was shocked and said excitedly.

"It's not just a stone thrower. If there were these firearms to defend the city, the Tatar army would probably have no chance to blow up the city walls with gunpowder. ”

After Prime Minister Gao Lianghui finished speaking, he coughed again.

The Mongol army broke through the city of Taiyuan, which was the city of Taiyuan that was blown open by gunpowder.

"Yu ...... General, you will ...... this firearm Built? ”

Wei Ming Linggong looked at a broken wooden board repeatedly, and his heart was pounding.

He is a veteran of the battlefield and knows the power of this firearm. If there is such a thing, even if there are only 8,000 soldiers guarding the city, 200 artillery pieces and earth-shaking thunder, it is enough for the Mongolian cavalry to drink a pot.

Boy! With these weapons of mass destruction, how many corpses does the Mongolian army have to fill if they want to break the city of Lingzhou?

"Ling Gong, the last general just came to defend the city and make firearms, that is the matter of the Great Song Dynasty Ordnance Manufacturing Division, and the last general knows nothing."

Yu Jue clenched his fists and said to Li Junchen, who was full of shock.

"Your Majesty, in the opinion of the last general, Zhongxing Mansion still trains its troops well and strengthens the city defense in case the Tatar army comes to attack. As for Lingzhou, sending reinforcements was just a senseless sacrifice, but it benefited the Tatar army. Your Majesty's Mingjian. ”

The manufacture of firearms, do not say that he does not know. Even if he could, he wouldn't tell the other party.

This is an important weapon of the state, and it cannot be given lightly to others.

"Your Majesty, according to the previous report, there are more than 10,000 recruits in training in Lingzhou City. In addition, 8,000 soldiers of the Song Army carried firearms to defend the city, and more than 30,000 people were more reassuring than the defense of Zhongxing Mansion. In the opinion of the ministers, it is better to postpone the reinforcements and wait and see what happens. ”

The privy envoy Li Yuanji bowed and played.

"Your Majesty, the minister seconded the words of the ** public."

Gao Lianghui did not insist and echoed Li Yuanji's suggestion.

"Your Majesty, with this firearm, it is enough to stop tens of thousands of Tatar troops. The minister seconded the proposal of the ** duke, and did not send troops to reinforce Lingzhou City for the time being. ”

Seeing Li Li's gaze sweeping over, Wei Mingling Gong replied stiffly.

"With such a firearm, my heart is much more stable."

Li Wei pondered for a moment and immediately dispelled the idea of reinforcing Lingzhou City.

Sending troops to reinforce Lingzhou is tantamount to a sheep falling into the mouth of a tiger, which is in the arms of Genghis Khan. Since this is the case, I will fight hard and pin my hope on the reinforcements of the Song army and the soldiers of Lingzhou City.

Letting go of the heavy stone in his heart, Li Li also felt a lot more relaxed.

"Didn't Genghis Khan want to surround the point to send reinforcements, then let him freeze outside Lingzhou City. I want to see how long he can wait. ”

Li Li's words made Wei Ming Linggong frown again.

"Your Majesty, even if Lingzhou City can be defended, Zhongxing Mansion can hold out for a year and a half. But what about later? What if the Tatar army kept besieging the city and had no food or clothing at that time? Sitting still? ”

The words of the famous Linggong made Li Weijunchen fall silent again.

Even if the Mongol army besieged but did not attack, the Western Xia would be self-defeating.

"Your Majesty, everyone, do you think that my Great Song Society will only send 10,000 soldiers, and there will be no follow-up?"

Yu Jue chuckled softly, calm.

"At that time, my Great Song Emperor will personally drive the expedition and fight a national war with the Tatar army. Your Majesty is worry-free. ”

You don't have any jokes, let alone a wise and martial today.

The emperor asked the army to hold out until the end of June of the next year, when the time would be to wave his troops into the summer and take the brothers who reinforced the Western Xia back to the Song realm. Since the emperor said it, he will definitely wave his troops to come, so what is there to worry about?

Yu Jue's words made Li Junchen look at each other, and his brows stretched again.

Listening to the meaning of Yu Jue's words, Emperor Song would definitely send troops to save Xia, but he was just fighting hard and waiting for the opportunity.

Luo Shichang also breathed a sigh of relief, and finally put his mind at ease.

Since Emperor Song had already sent troops into the summer, he would never give up halfway.

He wanted to tell Li Li Zhao Hong about those two terrible spells in advance, but he was afraid of revealing the heavenly secrets, but it didn't work, so he finally endured it and didn't speak.

Maybe in a few months, everything will be clear.

"Your Majesty, there will be no pie in the sky. The Song army was well-trained and had sharp firearms, even if it repelled the Tatars, it went to a strong enemy and added a bad neighbor. Your Majesty, the future of my Great Xia is uncertain! ”

"Your Majesty, what the prime minister said is extremely true! The Tatars are like the sky, but the Song people are dragons lurking in the abyss. For my Great Xia, strong enemies are around, and I don't know if it's a curse or a blessing? ”

When everyone came out, the famous Linggong and Gao Lianghui were worried, and they all whispered to the young emperor.

"The building is about to fall, do you think I have a choice in Daxia?"

Li Wei shook his head and sighed shallowly.

"The first thing, Great Xia has to live first!"

The Western Xia Kingdom has been in the country for nearly two hundred years, if it is lost in his hands, how can he face the ancestors and ancestors of Great Xia?

"I've been sick these days, and I've been doing a lot of chapters in my hospital room. Write sloppily, take care of it. Life is not easy, I hope to support you! Thank you!"