Li Jing's army slowly moved forward towards Jian'an City, but the veterans in the team were shocked. Thinking of the news brought back by the guard who just went to Jian'an City, everyone felt incredible.
Artillery, this new term echoed in everyone's ears for the first time.
According to Du Wei, it was a big guy weighing seven or eight thousand kilograms, and it could shoot something called ammunition like a giant crossbow.
It is so powerful that one round of ammunition can kill and injure hundreds of Koguryo soldiers.
There are a total of forty artillery pieces like this in Jian'an City, ten at each city gate. A single salvo can kill or injure three to four thousand Gaoguli soldiers. Such powerful artillery can kill Gaoguli soldiers in just a few rounds. The Gouli people were so frightened that they ran away desperately, even the generals stopped giving orders.
In this way, more than 10,000 Gaoguli people's corpses were left under Jian'an City. It is conceivable that if they ran too slowly, they might not only leave more than 10,000 people, but even more.
It's no wonder that Jian'an City was able to defend it. With such artillery, they would have had no choice but to flee.
At this moment, these veterans wanted to put on two wings and fly to Jian'an City to see what the so-called artillery looked like and how powerful it was. They were really curious about this thing.
It's just that the army still needs someone to command, so they can only be patient and rush to Jian'an City slowly.
Jian'an City was filled with laughter and joy. Just now, they received news that Su Wen Gaiyuan had withdrawn his troops without any warning.
With Su Wen Gaiyuan's withdrawal, Jian'an City was no longer a threat, which meant that they were able to defend Jian'an City on their own. This was naturally something to be happy about.
Of course, everyone knows that the credit for all this belongs to only one person, and that is Luo Zhang. If Luo Zhang had not brought out the powerful artillery at the critical moment, it would have been impossible to defend Jian'an City.
You must know that 40% of the soldiers were poisoned at that time and were completely unable to move. How could they with only 60% of the troops and 60,000 people resist Su Wen Gaiyuan's 300,000-strong siege.
In less than a day, at most half a day, they were afraid that Jian'an City would be breached and they would have to flee.
At that time, each of them may be condemned by His Majesty, or even beheaded. This is a serious dereliction of duty. The soldiers were poisoned. This kind of thing happened in the army and they were not allowed to argue. What does this mean? It shows that they were not strict in running the army and allowed the enemy to sneak in.
Even if you have a great reason, you can't explain the result of defeat. Not everyone can bear the responsibility for the casualties of 100,000 horses.
At that moment, in the city lord's mansion, everyone thanked Luo Zhang one after another, making Luo Zhang feel a little embarrassed.
"I said, uncles, if you are like this, isn't this embarrassing me?" Luo Zhang said with a wry smile.
"No matter what, I deserve it. You saved Jian'an City, you saved all of us. No amount of thanks is enough!" Cheng Yaojin said carelessly.
"I'm just trying my best. It's nothing. It would be the same for other people in this situation." Luo Zhang said modestly.
"Others? Others can't do anything even if they encounter such a thing. Not everyone can build such a powerful artillery."
"This artillery is really an eye-opener for all of us!" Hou Junji said with a smile.
"That is, with this thing, Su Wen Gaiyuan can only run away. When we encounter the city, it only takes a few rounds of artillery. We are afraid that the city will be destroyed by us, and the people of Gaoguli will be scared by then. What a mess! Hahahaha!!!" Niu Jinda laughed loudly.
Everyone also laughed.
"Luo Zhang, tell me honestly, did you blast open the gate of the new city with artillery?" Cheng Yaojin asked, changing the subject.
At this time, the matter of the artillery had been exposed, and Luo Zhang had nothing he could not say. He nodded to Cheng Yaojin and said: "Yes, I went to explore the terrain in advance and placed the artillery on a hillside. When the army attacked, they blasted open the gates of the new city.”
"Let me tell you, how could this city gate be broken into pieces like that for no reason? I thought it was God who helped me, but it was you who did it for a long time." Cheng Yaojin laughed.
"Luo Zhang is really our lucky star. In the Turks, if it weren't for Luo Zhang, we would have died in the ice and snow. Now it's Luo Zhang who helped us break Su Wen Gaiyuan's siege. I suggest that this contribution should be attributed to Luo Zhang. Chapter!" Cheng Yaojin looked at everyone and suggested.
Everyone has no objection to this. If Luo Zhang can't be the first to make the first contribution, how can anyone else here have the qualifications!
