Datang: Li Shimin begged me to rebel

"General, the other three gates of Gaochang City are wide open." When the first night came, Li Daozong received the latest report.

Hearing this report, he also felt that it was a bit outrageous. Although Datang did not accept your surrender, isn't it a bit too much for you?The troops that Datang came this time were all cavalry, or in other words... they were all equipped with mobile combat capabilities, either cavalry or infantry.

In a situation like yours, doesn't it mean that the gates of the city are wide open, sir, come and play?

Just open the city gates to receive guests, right?

"Closely monitor and see the situation tomorrow. Pay attention to the enemy's night attack." Li Daozong thought for a while and said.

"Yes! General! But they seemed to reassure us that they lit a fire near the city gate." The soldier who reported added.

Li Daozong; "..."

Under normal night conditions, although the weather in the Western Regions is clear most of the time, but in the absence of the moon, simply relying on starlight, you can’t see it if you are too far away, and the city gate is even inside the gate. Obviously black.

Their scouts couldn't see the situation from too far away, and if the enemy had any ideas, they could indeed find them out from the door opening.

Of course, there must be scouts near their camp, and it is impossible for the enemy to attack at night.

But... You directly lit the fire first, and put yourself under the light first, it's true that it's a bit...

Forget it, he already felt the sincerity of Ju Zhisheng's surrender.

The truth is a bit outrageous.

The next day, when Li Daozong got up, he found that the engineers were discussing a new testing method again.

"Uh, everyone, I don't intend to interrupt your test, but Gao Changguo is indeed ready to surrender, and we can't delay it for too long. Some weapons and tactics, in fact, there is not much difference if you test it or not, right? Is these weapons suitable for the battlefield, I think you are not as clear as us generals."

"As for simply testing their power, I think you can also complete related tests in the testing ground, right?" Li Daozong said.

These Li Daozong knew that they were engineers who followed all the way from Xizhou, and they came here to test the weapons researched by His Royal Highness's ordnance institute established in Xizhou.The weapons they saw, even these special carriages, were almost all developed by the other party.

I have to say that these carriages are good things. The special wheels, bearings, etc., make these carriages greatly save horsepower. If you use the weights and measures newly invented by Your Highness, a carriage can pull a ton of grain (real data Don’t be ridiculous, when I was young, my dad and I used to drive the kind of carriage that I sent out in the previous chapters to the town a few kilometers away to pull chemical fertilizers. At that time, a bag of urea weighed 100 catties, and it could pull more than 20 bags. A mule would do. , At that time, the countryside was also full of dirt roads, full of potholes).

This time, the more than 1 logistics troops who followed them brought [-] horse-drawn carts, each of which was pulled by three horses in rotation. The food pulled on them was enough for them to eat, and these horse-drawn carts could keep up with their progress.

However, the horses that pull the goods need to be replaced at intervals. After all, although they are all pack horses, not war horses, the life of a pack horse is also life.

If you want to use them for a long time, you must cherish them.

These pack horses eat some grains and salt every day. The coarse salt from Chihai, Xizhou, is directly made into salt cubes for them to lick. Horses in other places do not have this treatment.

In the past, Datang's grain delivery progress was not so strong.

Of course, not all the food carried on the carriage, there are other things, such as these weapons.

The former Li Daozong didn't understand, but after staying in Xizhou for two years, Li Daozong can fully understand why His Highness attaches so much importance to these engineers. The things they developed alone have greatly improved the combat power of Datang.

So he naturally respects these craftsmen now.

"Okay, let's do this. We don't think there will be many opportunities to use these things in the future. Catapults and bed crossbows can solve most of the problems in siege operations. Let's test the last weapon." A craftsman said.

"Yes." Li Daozong nodded simply.

"This is a secret at the moment...it's more powerful, let the horse retreat a little further." A craftsman hesitated and then said.

Although Li Daozong was puzzled...but he still agreed.

Soon, a special carriage was driven over. This carriage was not big, but it was sealed like a wooden box as a whole, and Li Daozong didn't know what was inside.

But he didn't inquire about it, because there was no one near the gate and wall of Gaochang, so the carriage was quickly pulled to the gate of Gaochang and stopped.

Li Daozong and the others retreated to a place about 1000 meters away from the gate of Gaochang according to the engineer's reminder.

He also couldn't see what the other party was doing, he just noticed that after the other party drove the carriage to the door opening, he unloaded the horse, then led the horse outside the door opening, and then he didn't know what he did, and then Li Daozong saw that The craftsman turned around in an instant, rushed to the side of the horse, and then jumped onto the horse.

After getting on the horse, he waved the whip in his hand without any hesitation, frantically whipped the horse under his crotch, and the horse started galloping in their direction.

The way he ran wildly was very embarrassing... as if there was a ghost chasing after him.

After the opponent ran five or six hundred meters, suddenly, Li Daozong saw a burst of flames burst out of his sight!An unprecedented violent flame spewed out of Gaochang's city gate.

Then a huge black smoke swelled rapidly with flames to form a huge mushroom cloud, and the city wall above the door opening was as weak as a child's mud, and was directly thrown into the sky.

A few seconds after seeing the fire, a terrifying and dull thunderclap came suddenly, and before the sound came, Li Daozong and the others felt the earth tremble violently, and the surrounding air seemed to be pushed by something, directly Come face to face.

The war horses around them neighed in fear continuously. If the distance was not far enough, these war horses might be frightened!Fortunately, all soldiers were given advance notice.

However, the artisan who ran back did not receive any harm, and the war horse under his crotch was not frightened, but the artisan was obviously a little embarrassed after running back, but his expression was full of excitement.

What the fuck is this? !

Everyone who witnessed this scene was shocked and stunned, they were all shocked!