Datang Lingnan King

Chapter 400 Shelling
"Hehe, it's a battle of tens of thousands of people, and it's really hard for you to come out." Feng Daiwen thought about it carefully, and he understood that it was firstly to let Li Ji come to help the young people, and secondly, it was also the most important thing. He was looking at the guns, but he was still complimenting Li Ji.

"Hehe, the country of Wei needs to be prepared. It's not just a few troops coming this time. There should be a large army coming later. The Holy Majesty said that if you want to fight, you have to show your momentum. Let these small countries be timid when they mention the Great Tang, so that it will be convenient in the future Govern the Western Regions." Li Ji explained with a mysterious smile.

"You mean there will be more soldiers coming later?" Feng Daiwen was really surprised. He didn't expect Li Shimin to be so bold and send so many people to expedition to the Western Regions.

"I don't know the exact number of people. I think there are quite a few. Last year, the country had a bumper harvest, and the granaries in Guanzhong couldn't hold it. The Holy Majesty told Weiguo to fight at ease. There is absolutely no problem with logistics. After fighting together, these people can be regarded as real Tang people. This is the original words of the Holy Spirit." Li Ji explained.

As Li Ji said, on the eighth day of April, two brothers Li Dejian and Li Deju arrived with [-] Huihe warriors and brought Liu Rengui along with them.

On April [-]th, the snow had completely melted away, and everyone was organized for spring plowing and desert control. Feng Daiwen adhered to the principle of not wasting manpower, and all soldiers were dispatched to work.

Also on this day, Yuchi Baoqing, Li Tian, ​​Fang Yiai, led ten thousand Tengjia troops, ten thousand Shiwei, and five thousand Xiren soldiers arrived. It turned out that Li Shimin asked Yuchi Gong to take people to guard Liaoxi, and mobilized all the juniors stand up.

On April [-], Du He, Chai Lingwen, and Chai Lingwu arrived with eight thousand Nanzhao soldiers.

On April 25th, Gao Xing, Gao Zhixing, (Gao Shilian's son) Hou Lei, An Yuanshou, came with [-] elite soldiers.

On April 26, Wang Xuance arrived with [-] South China Sea miscellaneous coalition forces. It turned out that Li Shimin arranged for Liu Shili to sit in Xianglin County, and Li Daliang went to the Nanyang Islands to preside over affairs.

This is to let experienced veterans sit in the town, let the younger generation exercise, civilian officials follow the veterans in place, and military generals come to the battlefield to see blood.

On April 28, two brothers Cheng Chumo and Cheng Chubi arrived with [-] cavalry and [-] Japanese slaves to escort a large amount of food.

It also shows that this is the last batch of troops, and the food and grass need to be sent back to escort.

For the grain and grass escort, Feng Daiwen threw it to Li Tian, ​​Fang Yiai, Cheng Chubi, and Yuchi Baoqing without hesitation. The lines are now all in the mainland of Datang, safe and worry-free, just suitable for a few people to practice.

At the beginning of May, the spring plowing had ended and the troops had been integrated. This time, Datang sent nearly 20 troops. Of course, there was no need to attack the same country together.

Last year Khotan was beaten to nothing but the capital. Feng Daiwen sent a letter to surrender in April, but there is still no news of it, so he decided to take the knife.

Simultaneously attacking Shule City, these two cities are close to the border of the Tang Dynasty. After controlling, together with Gaochang, Qiuci, and the four towns of Anxi, the road from the Western Regions to the Central Plains can be completely blocked.

In the first battle, Feng Daiwen brought nearly 15 ethnic minority fighters to Khotan City, but Shule just asked Su Dingfang to bring [-] Han fighters to besiege it.

The [-] troops from Yanqi and Kucha also arrived in Khotan. Feng Daiwen wanted to use the power of cannons to frighten the army.

Ten latest long-barreled solid cannons, ten large flowering cannons, and many shells were piled up a kilometer outside Khotan City under the escort of 3000 men and horses. with.

Everyone looked very strangely at the thousands of people in front of them holding strange weapons and busy there.

The guards on the city of Khotan are also very strange. For them, the enemies outside are boundless, and they are already timid in their hearts. It’s just that they have never fought so many enemies, and they still want to fight hard, but they wonder why the Tang army did not Not attacking, just watching from afar.

"British Lord, please pay attention to the horse, don't be surprised." Feng Daiwen reminded Li Ji again.

"It doesn't matter, the old man won't be able to control the horses." Li Ji waved his hand disapprovingly, looking at the artillerymen who had finished and were quietly waiting for orders.

Feng Daiwen saw that he didn't take it seriously, and he wasn't trying to persuade him, so he turned around and ordered loudly, "Communicate to the whole army, pay attention to controlling the horses, if there is any abnormality, it is a normal thing, don't panic."

Following Feng Daiwen's order, dozens of personal guards galloped out to pass orders everywhere.

After waiting for a while, Feng Daiwen saw that everything was ready, and ordered: "The cannons are fired at once, aiming at Khotan City, and the shelling stops for three rounds."

The personal guard immediately rode forward and waved the command flag.

Duan Zhixuan stood on the side of the position himself, and when he saw the reminder from the guards, he blew his whistle and repeated the order loudly.

The commanding flag officer raised the commanding flag high and swung it down violently. The gunner immediately ignited the fuse, stepped back, and covered his ears. The other musketeers all made similar evasive actions.

"Bang! Bang! Bang!" With a sharp whistle, there were dozens of deafening shelling sounds.

"Hiss! Hiss! Hiss!" There were war horses neighing endlessly in fright.

Although everyone was warned, they were still in a hurry, including Li Ji, who were busy appeasing the war horse.

After finally calming down, there was another loud noise, the same formula, the same question, and another group of people turned their backs.

At the same time, there were guards from Khotan Kingdom. There was no one standing on the top of the city wall. They only heard a loud noise and felt strange. They felt the city wall tremble.

This is not bad, but the worst thing is that there are many people who are near the explosion point and have not been shot. They are blown far away by the air waves, bleeding from the seven orifices, and there are many people who have ruptured eardrums.

Many people were so frightened that they hid, yelled, and ran in a hurry. Some were so frightened that they lost their minds, some thought that the gods were angry, and some knelt down to worship.

The Xuanjia Artillery Army ignored so much, the order was three rounds, that was three rounds, slightly adjusted the muzzle, and it fired again.

When the gunpowder smoke dissipated, what everyone saw was a pitted city wall with no one on it.

"Raise the muzzle and attack with special ammunition." Feng Daiwen held the binoculars and found that it could only be said to be unsatisfactory.

The city wall was battered, but there was still a long way to go before breaking through the city wall.

Although the power is not very good, but the effect is very good, as can be seen from the fact that there is no one on the front wall.

(End of this chapter)