"General, the other three gates of Gaochang City are wide open." When the first night came, Li Daozong received the latest report.
After hearing this report, he also felt that it was a bit outrageous. Although Datang did not accept your surrender, did you go too far? The troops coming from the Tang Dynasty this time are all cavalry, or... they are all equipped with mobile combat capabilities, either cavalry or infantry.
In your case, doesn't the fact that the city gate is wide open mean, uncle, come and play?
Just open the city gate to receive guests, right?
"Monitor closely and check the situation tomorrow. Pay attention to enemy night attacks." Li Daozong thought for a while and said.
"Yes! General! But it seems that in order to dispel our concerns, they lit a fire near the city gate." The soldier who reported the report added.
Li Daozong; "..."
Under normal night conditions, although the weather in the Western Region is clear most of the time, there is still no moon. Simply relying on starlight cannot be seen from too far away, and the city gate is within the door opening. Obviously black.
Their scouts couldn't see the situation from too far away. If the enemy had any ideas, they could indeed find their way out of the doorway.
Of course, there must be scouts near their camp, and it would be impossible for the enemy to attack at night.
But... you just lit the fire yourself and put yourself under the light first, which is really a bit...
Forget it, he already felt Ju Zhisheng's sincerity in surrendering.
It's a bit outrageous to be true.
The next day, when Li Daozong got up, he found that the engineers were discussing a new testing method again.
"Well, everyone, I have no intention of interrupting your test, but Gaochang State is indeed ready to surrender, and we can't delay it for too long. In fact, if you don't test some weapons and tactics, there won't be much difference, right? ? I don’t think you know as well as us generals whether these weapons are suitable for the battlefield."
"As for simply testing their power, I think you can also complete relevant tests at the test site, right?" Li Daozong said.
These few Li Daozong knew that they were engineers who had followed all the way from Xizhou to test the weapons developed by the ordnance established by His Highness in Xizhou. The weapons they saw, including these special carriages, were almost all developed by the other party.
I have to say that these carriages are good things. The special wheels, bearings, etc. allow these carriages to greatly save horsepower. If calculated using His Highness's newly invented weights and measures, a fully loaded carriage can pull a ton of grain (real data Come on, when I was a kid, my dad and I used to drive the kind of carriage I sent out in the previous chapters to a town a few kilometers away to haul fertilizer. At that time, a bag of urea weighed 100 kilograms and could haul more than 20 bags. A mule That’s fine, at that time the rural areas also had dirt roads and lots of potholes).
And this time, the more than 10,000 logistics troops who followed them brought 2,000 carriages, with three horses pulling each carriage in turns. The food pulled on them was enough for them to eat, and these carriages could keep up with their progress.
However, the horses that pull goods need to be replaced every certain distance. After all, although they are all workhorses, not war horses, the life of the workhorse is also life.
If you want to use them for a long time, you must cherish them.
These pack horses eat some grains and salt every day. The coarse salt from the Red Sea in Xizhou is directly made into salt blocks for them to lick. Horses in other places do not get this treatment.
In the past, Datang's grain and grass transportation progress was not so strong.
Of course, not all the carriages carry food, there are other things, such as these weapons.
Li Daozong didn't understand it before, but after staying in Xizhou for two years, Li Daozong can completely understand why His Highness attaches so much importance to these engineers. Just the things they developed will greatly improve the combat power of Datang.
So he now naturally respects these craftsmen.
"Okay, let's do this. We estimate that there won't be many opportunities to use these things in the future. Trebuchets and crossbows can solve most of the problems in siege operations. Let's test the last weapon." A craftsman said.
"Okay." Li Daozong nodded simply.
"This is currently a secret...it is more powerful, so let the war horses retreat a little farther." A craftsman hesitated and then said.
Although Li Daozong was confused... he still agreed.
Soon, a special carriage was driven over. This carriage was not big, but it was sealed like a wooden box. Li Daozong didn't know what was inside.
But he didn't ask, because there was no one near the gate and wall of Gaochang, so the carriage was quickly pulled to the gate of Gaochang and stopped.
Li Daozong and the others followed the engineer's reminder and retreated to a place almost a thousand meters away from the Gaochang City Gate.
He couldn't see clearly what the other party was doing. He just noticed that after the other party drove the carriage to the doorway, he unloaded the horses, then led the horses outside the doorway, and then didn't know what he did. Then Li Daozong saw that The craftsman turned around instantly, ran to the side of the horse, and then jumped onto the horse.
After getting on the horse, he waved the riding crop in his hand without hesitation, whipping the horse under his crotch crazily, and the horse started running wildly in their direction.
The running look was very embarrassing... as if there was a ghost chasing behind him.
After the opponent ran five or six hundred meters, Li Daozong suddenly saw a ball of fire suddenly appear in his sight! An unprecedented violent flame shot out from the gate of Gaochang's city gate.
Then a huge black smoke with flames quickly expanded into a huge mushroom cloud, and the city wall above the doorway was as weak as a child playing with mud, and was thrown directly into the sky.
A few seconds after seeing the fire, a terrifying and dull sound of thunder suddenly came. Before the sound came, Li Daozong and the others felt that the earth was shaking violently, and the surrounding air seemed to be pushed by something. Head on.
The war horses around them kept neighing in fear. If they were not far enough away, they might have been frightened! Fortunately, all the soldiers were notified in advance.
The craftsman who ran back did not receive any damage, and the horse under his crotch was not frightened. However, after running back, the craftsman himself was obviously a little embarrassed, but his expression was full of excitement.
What the fuck is this? !
Everyone who witnessed this scene was shocked and stunned, they were all scared!
