That is something that can be shot into the air and explode when it falls; that is something that can destroy thousands of enemies just standing there; that is something that can be blown to pieces just by walking on the ground. What can be done in the world? Things compare to this.
No.
"Nonsense!" After hearing Shang Xin's words, the Taiwei retorted fiercely.
"No!" Shang Xin sneered and approached the Taiwei, "Did you know that all the 50,000 troops passing through Chang'an Township were destroyed?"
"You must know it all!" Seeing that the Taiwei's expression did not change much, Shang Xin concluded that he knew it and continued, "Do you know how they were destroyed? It was General Li who led hundreds of people from Chang'an Township Destroyed."
The bandit army is approaching the city, and there are some things that he can no longer hide, not to mention that this is also to stabilize the morale of the army.
Feng Quji smiled when he heard it, and secretly thought that his father-in-law was lying. It was obvious that he was killed by two thousand elites, but he did not say it out.
But what Shang Xin said next made his eyelids jump.
"Do you want to know how the Chang'an villagers relied on only a few hundred people to destroy an army of 50,000 without any damage?"
"It relies on three deadly weapons."
"These three weapons are anti-aircraft guns, machine guns, and landmines."
Shang Xin faced the Taiwei directly, his eyes full of teasing.
"Let me ask, is the so-called artillery comparable?"
The lieutenant was speechless. Anti-aircraft guns, machine guns, landmines? He had never heard of it, what was the difference between it and artillery? He knew that 50,000 troops were destroyed, but he didn’t know how. But based on his understanding of artillery, it was really difficult to destroy 50,000 troops in a limited time. So these three weapons were really Is it that powerful?
At this moment, he was a little scared.
His confidence was that the rebels had artillery, but if Da Qin's three weapons were so powerful and could suppress the artillery, wouldn't siege the city send a sheep into a tiger's mouth?
Feng Quji didn't see the change in his face. He stared at Shang Xin with wide eyes at this moment and asked: "Father-in-law, what you said is true. Does Li Zhao really have such a weapon?"
"Of course!" Shang Xin nodded matter-of-factly.
"Doesn't this mean that Li Zhao led two thousand troops out of the city to target the rebels' artillery? He also took three weapons with him?" Feng Quji guessed.
"It's very possible!" Shang Xin knew that Li Zhao led the army out of the city, but he didn't know exactly what he was going to do, but that didn't stop him from guessing.
Feng Quji became even more excited, raised his brows, quickly got off his horse, and dragged his fat body to Shang Xin.
"Can Li Zhao take down these artillery pieces?"
"Of course!" Shang Xin said with certainty, "General Li brought these weapons into the city just to destroy the rebel army."
He overheard Li Zhao say this in Chang'an Township.
"That's good, that's good! We don't have to worry about the 100,000-strong bandit army." Feng Quji felt relieved.
With such a weapon, Li Zhao will definitely be able to wipe out the 100,000 bandits in the east. The east city will no longer pose a threat, and Da Qin will resolve this crisis.
However, someone poured cold water on it.
"Don't worry about a hundred thousand troops? Haha!" The Taiwei sneered and no longer concealed some facts to increase his bargaining chip. "You are too confident, don't you know? The so-called one hundred thousand troops in the east are just to confuse you. In fact, there are only 30,000 troops, and the other 70,000 troops have surrounded the west gate and the south gate. As long as the artillery fire from the east side is launched, these two sides will attack the city. This is called a three-sided attack, and Xianyang City will still be destroyed."
"What?" Feng Quji was shocked, and his face turned pale instantly.
In this way, even if Li Zhaoquan destroyed the artillery and 30,000 troops in the east, and still had 70,000 troops besieging him, wouldn't he be in trouble if there were still artillery here?
Judging from Li Zhao's memorial to His Majesty, he has divided the 50,000 troops, which means that Xicheng and Nancheng each have only more than 10,000 troops. With more than 20,000 troops to deal with 10,000 troops, there is no doubt that an egg will hit a stone, even if there is a high city wall.
He was not worried about the bandit army attacking the city before, relying on two thousand elites, but the two thousand elites have been taken away, why should they defend the city?
This is a critical situation again.
Feng Quji was completely panicked, "General Zhang, if you can help, you must resist the 70,000 bandit army. I will report to His Majesty right now and ask him to mobilize all the guards and useful people to save Xianyang even if he dies."
"Haha!" After hearing Feng Quji's words, the captain laughed even more wildly, "It's useless. Xiang Gong's army has artillery. No matter how many people you have, it won't help. They will only become cannon fodder. Just wait. Destroy the city!"
"Breaking the city? I don't think so."
This was said by Zhang Han. He walked over slowly, with a sneer on his lips, but full of expectation.
In fact, he has never used the weapons brought by the general, and he has no idea of their power. No, he has used machine guns, but the machine guns have been taken away by the general. The remaining 5,000 grenades and 3,000 anti-aircraft guns have not been tried. Its power.
He knew about artillery. Judging from the general's description, artillery was very scary. As for the extent of the terror, the general did not say, so he didn't have much confidence in defending the city at that time. But after hearing what Shang Xin said, he became confident again.
With the help of anti-aircraft guns, machine guns, and landmines, 50,000 rebel troops can be destroyed without any damage. That does not mean that these things are more terrifying than artillery.
That's why he was looking forward to it. Although there were no machine guns and mines, anti-aircraft guns and grenades should not be bad either.
Seeing what Zhang Han said, Feng Quji calmed down and asked urgently: "Does General Zhang Han have a way to deal with the traitor army?"
"Of course!" Zhang Han nodded and handed over his hand, "Mr. Feng, since the bandit army has surrounded the west gate and south gate, Zhang Han needs to fight immediately. I will trouble you to deal with these bad guys."
He glanced at the captain and the man in black.
Feng Quji nodded.
Zhang Han immediately led the people and ran towards the city, but after two breaths, he turned back and said to the tied Taiwei: "Lieutenant, didn't you say that the rebel army will break through Xianyang?"
"I want to show you with your own eyes whether it was I who destroyed the rebel army or the enemy who destroyed the city?"
Zhang Han raised his hand to Feng Quji again and said, "Prime Minister Feng, please allow me to take the Taiwei away and let him see the power of our city defense army."
Feng Quji thought for a while and agreed.
"Thank you." Zhang Han ordered the captain to be taken away.
Feng Quji was curious about Zhang Han's confidence and followed him, and so did Shang Xin.
So, a group of people arrived at the west gate wall.
Zhang Han looked at the soldiers under the dim light. They were all standing on the city wall, waiting in full formation. There were soldiers looking down the city, but the night was too dark and everything could not be seen clearly.
"Is there any movement?" Zhang Han asked the soldiers.
The Taiwei said that the bandits had already arrived at the city. If this was true, they would surely be discovered by the soldiers.
But the soldier shook his head and said, "There is no movement within ten feet of the city." At this moment, he could only see the situation within ten feet.
"Yes!" Zhang Han nodded. This is normal. Even if the bandit army has laid siege to the city, they will not appear within ten feet before the city gate is opened. Otherwise, it will be to scare the snake. Please note that this is a sneak attack and they want to use the minimum cost. Come and capture Xianyang.
But now that Zhang Han knows about it, he won't let them succeed.
"Immediately transfer all the soldiers from the north gate and focus on defending the west city and south city. Just leave a thousand people at the north gate." Zhang Han ordered the guards around him and took out the token at the same time.
The bandits only surrounded the east, south, and west cities. There was no need to station too many troops in the north city. Since the generals were in charge of the east, they would not be attacked too much. The current problem is concentrated in the west and south cities. The only way to guard these two city gates is to guard them. , it is difficult for the bandit army to break through the city.
There was silence all night, and Zhang Han was not surprised that the rebels did not make any move. The city gate was not open, so they did not dare to attack the city rashly.
At dawn, a ray of sunshine breaks through the eastern horizon, dispelling the darkness and bringing light.
At this moment, Feng Quji and the others were quite tired, but they did not dare to rest. The bandits were watching eagerly below. If they were not careful, they might attack the city. They could not sleep.
Under the city wall, dozens of feet away from the south gate, a commander quietly approached Jia Xiong.
"General, when will the siege begin?"
Jia Xiong stared at the south gate in the distance. Seeing that there was no movement, he felt more anxious than anyone else.
He had contacted Lang Zhongling and opened the city gate at night, and then the army swarmed in. However, he waited helplessly all night but did not see the gate open.
"hold on!"
The general was a little impatient and guessed: "General, is it possible that our craftsman has been caught? Otherwise, why haven't we opened the city gate yet?"
Jia Xiong was silent, but he actually had this idea in his heart.
"This doctor, Zhongling, is really useless. He can't handle any of these things."
After lurking here all night and being bitten by mosquitoes and insects, he became impatient.
"How about we attack without authorization? There are only so many people at the south gate. We have 30,000 troops, plus artillery, so we are afraid they won't succeed."
The general suggested.
Jia Xiong thought for a moment and realized that he actually had this idea as well, but he still suppressed the impulse. Although there are artillery and overwhelming numbers, the city wall is too high and a strong attack will only cause great losses.
He only has 50,000 troops. If he loses, even if he takes Xianyang, it will not be a good thing for him.
"Wait a minute. The military counselor said that if the city gate does not open, we can only wait for the situation in the east. Only when the artillery fires in the east can we attack."
This is their agreement.
The general had no choice but to comply.
The same scene also happened at the foot of Xicheng, but they still restrained themselves from attacking.
The sky turned white, and the explosion of artillery in the east was still not heard. However, there was some commotion outside the southwest city. This was caused by the lack of strict military discipline.
It happened that this scene was seen by spies on the city wall.
"General, there seems to be something going on over there." The spy pointed to the distance outside the city. It couldn't be seen clearly, but he could see the tops of the trees shaking.
This statement alarmed everyone. Zhang Han tried his best to look far away, but his eyesight was out of reach and he didn't find anything.
"Hey! It would be great if I had a telescope, but it's a pity that the general took it away."
Zhang Han sighed. At that time, he could see things two miles away clearly. He believed that he could also see the shaking of the top of the tree using a telescope.
"Telescope?" This matter attracted Shang Xin's attention. He had asked for a telescope from Li Zhao. He originally wanted to give it to His Majesty, but he liked it too much and kept it for a few more days before presenting it to His Majesty. At this moment, he could send it to His Majesty. Useful.
"I have!"
Shang Xin took out something from his arms, which was a telescope.
"Telescope?" Zhang Han was overjoyed when he saw this thing. He quickly grabbed it and looked down.
After a while, he showed a complicated expression of worry and expectation, "Sure enough, there is a situation. The captain did not lie to us. The bandit army really surrounded the west gate, right over there."
Zhang Han pointed at an invisible distance.
Feng Quji took a look, but he couldn't see anything. He quickly grabbed the telescope and looked down. At this moment, he was a little surprised that the field of vision was so different with and without this object.
But now is not the time to be surprised. The bandits are besieging the city and a crisis has suddenly emerged.
"General Zhang, how should we deal with it now?"
He was a civil servant and not good at fighting, so he could only look at Zhang Han.
Zhang Han frowned and his eyes fell on a large package in front of the soldiers. No one knew what the large package was, but he knew that it was two major weapons.
But he shook his head.
The general did not tell him how to use these weapons, and he had no idea whether their power was what his father-in-law said.
"Let's do this! Let's pretend to open the city gate, then lure the rebel army to attack the city, gather them and destroy them."
He has seen the power of machine guns. Generally, a hundred meters is the best distance to kill the enemy. He believes that the same is true for the two major weapons.
"This is the only way." Feng Quji nodded.
Zhang Han was about to order someone to pretend to open the city gate, but was suddenly stopped by Shang Xin.
"Wait a minute!" His eyes were fixed on those packages. He had seen such packages, and only one person in Chang'an Township had one. "General Zhang, are there any weapons hidden in those packages?"
Zhang Han glanced at Shang Xin curiously, wondering how he knew, but still nodded.
"Is it an anti-aircraft gun, machine gun, etc.?"
Zhang Han nodded and shook his head, and said awkwardly: "There are no machine guns, only anti-aircraft guns and grenades, but I don't know how to use them. I will find a way to use them later when the rebels attack the city."
"Anti-aircraft guns? Haha! There are anti-aircraft guns, that's great." Shang Xinwu danced, "No need to pretend to open the city gate, just deal with them."
Shang Xin's remarks were not without purpose. According to visual inspection, the location of the rebel army was about tens of feet away from here. It was only a few dozen feet away. It was not difficult for the anti-aircraft cannon. At that time, he could really see the rebel army a mile away. They were all blasted by anti-aircraft artillery and fled.
"Solve it like this?" Zhang Han hesitated, his eyes fell on the anti-aircraft gun, "Is it possible?"
"Of course!"
"General, let the gunners get ready and just listen to my orders. Of course, I will teach them how to use them."
He was very familiar with the use of anti-aircraft guns.
"Have you ever used it, father-in-law?" Zhang Han was surprised.
Shang Xin waved his hand, "That's not important, as long as we can kill the thieves."
Zhang Han was overjoyed and quickly mobilized one thousand and five gunners to the city wall, separated them half a foot apart, and set up the anti-aircraft guns according to Shang Xin's instructions.
Originally there were only 1,000 gunners at the west gate, but later 500 were mobilized from the north gate, making it 1,500.
Shang Xin will tell everyone the launch method.
"It's that simple!" Zhang Han was stunned when he heard this. He thought it was so complicated before, but it was so simple.
He couldn't wait to try it, but he couldn't try it yet. He wanted all the gunners to be familiar with the operation, including the 1,500 gunners at the south gate.
"And grenades, just light the fuse."
Although he didn't know how to use grenades when killing thieves in Chang'an Township, he still had some, and Shang Xin learned them at a glance.
"Haha, this is easier."
After mastering the firing methods of the two weapons, Zhang Han immediately ordered the centurion to tell the gunners one by one.
Half an hour later, he was ready to go.
(End of chapter)
