"Your Majesty, what are you doing?" Zhang Jie asked doubtfully.
"Shilang Zhang, this is a firearm in our Chu army. It's called a cannon. Shilang Zhang is a distinguished guest, and I should show you the power of this thing. I'll ask Shilang Zhang to cover his ears later. This guy's voice is as loud as thunder." Yes." Li Yuan smiled.
Luo Erhu over there gave a series of orders, and the gunners were busy nervously, setting up the gun positions, adjusting the angles, and checking the barrels. Soon everything was ready.
"Everyone is ready!" The general who gave the order raised the command flag in his hand.
"Target! Enemy wall."
"Fire!" The command flag was waved down with a roar.
"Boom, boom, boom, boom!" A series of roars resounded throughout the world, which was particularly harsh in the quiet night. The ground seemed to be shaking, strings of tongues of flame spurted out from the muzzles, and the shells arrived at the head of Yangzhou City instantly with a trail of shining fire and white smoke.
A series of fires and explosions suddenly flashed above Yangzhou City. Although they were several miles away, they seemed to be able to see the limbs of the defenders flying up in the flames of the explosion, and they seemed to be able to hear the panicked howling of ghosts and wolves at the top of the city.
Although the dozens of shells did not completely hit the top of the city wall, less than half of them landed on the top of the city wall, and the rest exploded far or near, this round of shelling still destroyed the defenders on the city wall within a hundred steps. The army was killed and hundreds of people were injured, causing all the garrison soldiers who were huddled under the battlements on top of the city to run around and scream as if their buttocks had been burned.
The generals who defended the city thought that the Chu army was attacking the city, so they were so frightened that they quickly sent orders to prepare for defense. But after this round of bombings, there was no movement. Except for the moans and screams on the top of the city, everything was calm again.
Zhang Ji's ears were ringing and he stood there in a daze, dizzy. He didn't have time to cover his ears, so he was shocked by the loud noise. His nose was filled with the choking smell of gunpowder, which made him cover his mouth again and cough continuously. He coughed until tears and snot flowed from his nose, making him extremely embarrassed.
Li Yuan smiled and patted Zhang Ji's back and said, "Shilang Zhang, you're fine."
"It's okay, it's okay. I'm just choking. Thank you for your concern."
It took Zhang Jie a long time to recover. When he wiped away his tears and nose, he found that the dozens of cannons in front of him had all been covered with curtains, and the soldiers were gone.
"Oh my God, this artifact is really powerful!" Zhang Ji exclaimed sincerely. Although he had long realized that Li Yuan wanted to scare him to establish his power, he had just laughed at Li Yuan for acting naively and using this method to scare people. , but after the frightening moment just now, he had to admit that he was indeed frightened.
"There are three hundred cannons in our army and tens of thousands of artillery shells. If we continue to bombard the city wall, how many people on the city wall can survive?" Li Yuan said with a smile. Although this is just bragging, the new artillery shells in the camp are actually There are less than 500 pieces, and there are actually only 100 cannons.
Zhang Ji was speechless, of course he knew what this meant.
Li Yuan turned around and walked towards another open space in front, saying: "Shilang Zhang, please take a look at my other method. I know what you are thinking. Do you think the walls of Yangzhou City are extremely strong?" , even cannons can't actually collapse, so after you see my thunder, you will know that in my opinion, the walls of Yangzhou City are just a pile of tofu."
When Zhang Ji heard the name Tianlei, his heart suddenly skipped a beat. He came here with the intention of finding out whether Tianlei was real or fake. He didn't expect to see Li Yuan's miraculous method with his own eyes.
Zhang Jie followed Li Yuan one step at a time to the open space to the north of the central camp, where a larger black gun barrel was standing in the darkness. The gun barrel was several feet long, probably as thick as a human body. Zhang Jie didn't dare to look closely, and he couldn't tell what material it was made of.
Li Yuan waved his hand and ordered, and dozens of operators worked busyly before reporting that the preparations were complete. Li Yuan smiled at Zhang Jie and said: "Master Zhang, I have poured all the power of the thunder into this thing. Don't forget to cover your ears this time."
Zhang Jie had already covered his ears and stared at the behemoth. As the order to launch was given, the gunpowder fuse burned "chichi" in the darkness. Soon after, there was a bang, and a gunpowder erupted from the muzzle of the cannon. There was thick smoke and flames, but surprisingly, the sound was not too loud.
Li Yuan had some embarrassment on his face, but the darkness covered up the embarrassment. He pointed to Zhang Jie in the distance in the darkness: "Look over there, the key point is the hill over there."
"Boom!" An earth-shattering explosion sounded in the darkness outside the camp, and a stream of fire that was more than ten feet high erupted from the ground, like a mountain collapsing and the earth cracking. Not long after, a heat wave hit, and the hot wind blew away the clothes of everyone far away from Li Xu.
Li Yuan chuckled and said: "Have you seen it? The power of thunder. Even though there is not much movement when launched, when it lands, it is like a mountain collapsing and the earth is cracking. Come on, come with me and see what happened there?"
Zhang Hao followed Li Yuan and others to the site of the explosion in a daze. But I saw that a small mound had been completely blown into a big crater, with earth and rocks scattered around, and a lot of trees burning with flames. It really seemed like it had been struck by a thunderbolt.
"Shilang Zhang, if this thunder hits the wall of Yangzhou, will the wall be able to withstand it?" Li Yuan said with a smile.
Zhang Jie was speechless and was shocked beyond words. The sky thunder turned out to be real. Those who said the sky thunder was fake must be stupid. They had seen this power with their own eyes. At this moment, even the thickest city wall would collapse in half.
"Come here, escort Zhang Shilang back to the city safely. Zhang Shilang, please stop." Zhang Jie was still in shock, but Li Yuan's words came to his ears.
Zhang Jie said in astonishment: "Your Majesty, what do you mean? Go back to the city? Which city?"
Li Yuan said coldly: "Of course it's Yangzhou City. Doesn't it mean that Minister Zhang wants to stay here with me?"
"But Your Majesty, we haven't yet understood what we just talked about."
"No need to talk anymore. Just go back and expose my intentions as you like. In fact, it doesn't matter if you can't kill Zhang Wenbiao. You have also seen that I am not without the power to attack the city. As long as I want to, I can attack the city in a very short time at any time. We will conquer Yangzhou within the time limit. I am the son of destiny, but I never need help from anyone."
"..." Zhang Ji was speechless.
"The reason why I planned to eliminate Zhang Wenbiao is actually because I don't want to cause too many killings. Zhang Wenbiao wants to fight to the death. If he doesn't die, many people will die in this battle. It's not that I'm afraid of death, but it's just that the art of war is based on the strategy of military conquest. , the second is to attack friends, the second is to attack the army, and the second is to attack the city. If we can win with strategy, why should I choose the last to attack the city and fight to the death?
It's good that you come to negotiate deals. I like to make deals with people, but both parties to the transaction must be sincere. Obviously you have no sincerity. You use things that I can do easily to make deals with me, and you also ask me to give you big profits. This attitude is extremely contemptible. So I have nothing to talk about with you. Go back and tell Li Congjia and Zhang Wenbiao for me to prepare for war. I will break into Yangzhou and catch them personally. "
Li Yuan said coldly and walked away with a flick of his sleeves. Two personal guards came over and said to Zhang Jie: "Shilang Zhang, please stop. I and I will escort you out of the camp."
No matter how Zhang Jie is willing to leave, the conditions negotiated before are just a step-by-step approach. Don't show off your bottom line. It is naturally better to strive for the maximum benefit. In his eyes, killing Zhang Wenbiao would ensure the continued existence of Li Congjia's small court and allow him to monopolize power in this small world. This was the best plan. But unexpectedly, things fell apart all of a sudden. Li Yuan thought that he was not sincere and was unwilling to talk.
"Your Majesty, I have something to say. Your Majesty, please listen to what I have to say." Zhang Ji shouted.
Li Yuanwen left without looking back and ignored him at all. Liu Jiangsheng, on the other hand, looked back and Zhang Ji hurriedly called out: "Mr. Ning Guo, I have something to say, can you please stay?"
Liu Jiangsheng stopped. Zhang Ji was overjoyed and hurriedly rushed to Liu Jiangsheng's side and said: "Ning Guo Gong, I have better conditions. I hope Ning Guo Gong can say a few kind words to His Majesty. It will be good for everyone if the negotiation is concluded. , this time there is definitely sincerity.”
Liu Jiangsheng smiled bitterly and said: "If I had known this, why did I need to play that trick just now? My Majesty never likes others to beat around the bush, that's all. I'm going to help you with some persuasion, but this time you don't want to beat around the bush anymore and show your bottom line. Come out and be honest, do you understand?"
"Absolutely, thank you very much." Zhang Jie said repeatedly.
