Everyone held their breath, only to hear a "boom" and the red cannon roared.
A cannonball shot out of the barrel with lightning speed!
A small hill not far away that was used as a target was hit by artillery shells. In an instant, it was torn apart, sending up dust all over the sky!
Seeing this scene, everyone was stunned.
They originally thought that the artillery they had manufactured previously was powerful enough.
But compared with the red cannon in front of me, it looks like a toy!
"I'm going to drop a turtle, is this thing so powerful?"
Gan Ning was surprised.
"Let alone people, I'm afraid the city wall can't withstand such bombardment, right?"
Zhao Yun was also a little surprised.
"Yes, I plan to use this object to bombard Jiangling City."
Yang Ling smiled.
Jiangling City is extremely strong. If it were attacked by soldiers alone, at least tens of thousands of lives would be lost before it could be captured.
Fortunately, Yang Ling knew about the red cannon in his previous life, so he told Huang Yueying the information he remembered.
After unremitting research, Huang Yueying finally developed the red cannon.
In fact, strictly speaking, this kind of artillery is still less powerful than the red cannon, and can only be regarded as a large-caliber artillery.
But it should be enough to bombard Jiangling City.
We must know that the Qing army in later generations used homemade red cannons to blast open Yangzhou City, and finally created the Yangzhou Ten Days that shocked China.
"With this thing, why worry about not being able to capture a small Jiangling City?"
Gan Ning couldn't help but smile.
"Time is short and we only have ten red cannons. I wonder if my husband will have enough?"
Huang Yueying asked.
"Ten artillery pieces? That should be enough."
Yang Ling groaned.
When attacking Jiangling City, they were on the offensive. They only needed to set up red cannons outside the city and bombard them day and night.
No matter how strong Jiangling City is, it cannot hold out for long under the continuous bombardment of red cannons.
Yang Ling immediately asked Zhao Yun to lead his troops and carry ten red cannons to the chariots prepared in advance.
After everything was ready, Yang Ling said a few thoughtful words to Huang Yueying, then left Xudu City with Zhao Yun, Dian Wei and others, heading south to Jingzhou.
Compared with when they came back, Yang Ling and the others were seriously slowed down due to carrying ten red cannons.
Originally, they could reach Jiangling City in less than ten days.
As a result, it took more than half a month to get to Xiangyang City.
Fortunately, after arriving in Xiangyang, we can take a boat and go south from the Han River.
Previously, Deng Ai was ordered by Yang Ling to take Jiang Wei to farm in the Xiangyang area.
Yang Ling stayed in Xiangyang City for a day and inspected their achievements.
Deng Ai did not disappoint Yang Ling.
Judging from the current scale of the field, it will be enough to meet the food and grass needs of the front line after the harvest.
In addition, he also led people to build water conservancy and transportation around Xiangyang.
Deng Ai has such talent, no wonder Sima Yi values him so much.
Fortunately, he took the lead and intercepted Sima Yi.
Yang Ling secretly rejoiced in her heart.
After encouraging Deng Ai and Jiang Wei and having a good night with Cai Yu, Yang Ling led everyone south along the Han River.
They disembarked from Hanjin and then arrived at Cao's camp with ten red cannons.
"I've seen General Zhengnan!"
Knowing that Yang Ling had returned, Cao Ren led a group of soldiers and came out to greet him personally.
"General Zixiao, there is no need to be polite."
Yang Ling chuckled and walked toward the military camp surrounded by everyone.
After everyone took their seats, Yang Ling got down to business.
"Before returning this time, King Wei has ordered us to capture Jiangling City as soon as possible."
Hearing this, Cao Ren frowned slightly.
"We also want to capture it as soon as possible, but Jiangling City is so strong. If we want to capture it, we will have to pay a heavy price!"
"General Zixiao doesn't know something. My eldest brother brought a secret weapon this time."
Xu Chu chuckled.
Cao Ren was startled, then his face turned happy.
"Since General Zhongkang said this, I think this battle of Jiangling is a sure thing!"
Yang Ling looked solemn and said in a deep voice,
"Generals, listen to your orders!"
"Please give me your orders, General!"
Everyone said in unison.
"Early tomorrow morning, gather our troops and prepare to attack the city!"
"Here!"
…
Early the next morning, Cao Jun's camp began to get busy.
A group of generals led their own soldiers and gathered in the open space outside the city.
The movements of Cao's army were naturally discovered by Jingzhou soldiers on the top of the city. They immediately reported the news to Liu Bei and others in the city.
After receiving the news, Liu Bei and Liu Qi did not dare to neglect and immediately summoned everyone to the top of the city.
Looking at Cao's army gathering outside the city, Liu Bei said doubtfully,
"Is it true that Cao Jun can't think about it?"
Needless to say, Jiangling is strong.
Otherwise, Cao Jun would not have been stationed outside the city for so long and had not taken action yet.
"Cao Pi has just succeeded to the position of King of Wei, so of course he must make some achievements."
Liu Qi said disdainfully.
"You can't say that. Since Cao Jun dares to take action, it means they are sure."
The speaker was a short, dark and ugly scholar.
He is Pang Tong, the counselor Liu Bei invited through Zhuge Liang.
"This time Kong Ming goes to Jiangdong, all matters in the city must be entrusted to Deputy Military Advisor Zhonglang General."
Liu Bei said sincerely.
Although the previous counterattacks against Cao Jun failed, Jiangdong still paid a lot.
So Liu Bei sent Zhuge Liang, Jian Yong, and Sun Qian as envoys to Jiangdong to express his gratitude to Sun Quan.
"Please rest assured, my lord, as long as I, Pang Shiyuan, am here, Cao Jun will never be able to capture Jiangling!"
Pang Tong said confidently.
Because of his ugly appearance, he was depressed in his early years.
Now Liu Bei doesn't care about his appearance and uses him seriously. It's time for him to show his talents!
Zhuge Liang knows it, I can.
Zhuge Liang can't do it, so can I!
Today I will prove that my talents are far superior to Zhuge Liang!
"With Mr. Shiyuan's words, I feel relieved."
Liu Bei smiled.
While they were talking, Cao Jun on the opposite side suddenly made some movement.
I saw a main road separated from the military formation, and Cao's soldiers were pushing ten chariots.
Each of these ten chariots has a thick and strong pipe.
After arriving at the edge of the moat, Cao's soldiers lined up ten chariots, with the dark nozzles pointing at Jiangling City.
"What is this?"
Pang Tong said in a daze.
"This object seems to be Cao Jun's artillery, which is very powerful. The last time we attacked Cao Jun's fleet in Hanjin from the waterway, we were severely defeated by artillery."
Thinking of the last disastrous defeat, Guan Yu still felt a little frightened.
"I see."
Pang Tong suddenly realized, but then he laughed and said,
"Does Cao Jun just want to use this thing to attack Jiangling City? It's a bit too ignorant!"
You must know that there are hundreds of steps between them and Cao Jun.
At such a long distance, Cao Jun was a bit naive in wanting to bombard Jiangling with artillery.
But Liu Bei and Pang Tong didn't know that Cao Jun had just upgraded their equipment!
