Attack Tai Chi Palace!
Cheng Yaojin, Yuchi Jingde, Li Jing, and Wei Zheng were slightly stunned, but then they came to their senses.
They had done this once before. The difference was that Li Mingda directly attacked the main gate, while they ambushed them at the Xuanwu Gate behind them.
Li Jiancheng's crown prince Liu Lulu was fighting with him.
The same is
Li Chengqian is also the eldest son
What’s different again is Li Mingda’s legitimate daughter.
They had a vague feeling that things were going to be a bit big this time.
Several of them were thinking about various situations in their minds, and Li Mingda was not idle.
The main entrance of Taiji Palace is not that easy to fight. The dozens of meters high tower is occupied by imperial troops, and there are also several powerful Eight-Niu Crossbows.
Moreover, the gate of Tai Chi Palace has two floors, and there is an urn city inside. Behind the urn city, there is a layer of palace wall and gate tower, which are much higher than the first city gate. There are also dense archery tower shooting holes and defensive mechanisms. Equipment, etc.
With ordinary siege methods, 20,000 to 30,000 people would not be able to take it down without dying.
However, in the eyes of Li Mingda, who was prepared, these were simple things. The only thing to guard against was that the civil and military generals Cheng Yaojin, Yuchi Jingde, Li Jing, and Wei Zheng discovered their purpose prematurely.
We must fight quickly!
Let the craftsmen roll out the small steel cannon and tell them: "First shoot a few shots at the city gate tower, and then directly blast the palace gate."
"promise"
After receiving Li Mingda's order, the craftsmen began to clean the barrel and load ammunition.
Li Mingda ordered Wen Chou on the side: "Let the navy start setting up steel ladders for climbing and Xuanwu vehicles for blasting."
Wen Chou: "Nuo"
Wen Chou took a pair of soldiers to make arrangements. The navy's logistics team unloaded rows of steel ladders from the carriage.
The ladders are not long, that is, less than 2 meters, but they have reserved holes at both ends, which can be fixed with pre-designed bolts.
In order to ensure load-bearing, Li Mingda also installed a support frame under the ladder.
There is a layer of steel plates on both sides of the ladder to protect the left and right sides of the soldiers from running away.
A steel hook lock can be installed at the front end of the ladder.
Once the erection is completed, the strong steel hooks pull the city wall, and if you want to dismantle it, you have to cut or smash that section of the wall.
This siege weapon was designed by Li Mingda based on the front end of the orc siege ladder in The Lord of the Rings 2.
It can be used to replace heavy siege ladders and other equipment that are inconvenient to transport.
And the Xuanwu vehicle used for explosion operations is also detachable. The heavy I-beam serves as the skeleton, with solid and protected tires underneath. A heavy steel shield is fixed on the I-beam on the upper door.
In order to prevent fire, the door is specially set up in three layers. The first layer has grooves and a layer of soil is applied to the door.
Under the soil is a steel plate, with five centimeters of space under the steel plate followed by soil and pottery pieces.
The left and right sides are made of steel for strong protection, and there are sandbags on both sides.
The Xuanwu Chariot can be controlled in all lengths and widths. It can be called a super defensive siege equipment in the cold weapon era.
The only drawback is that this thing is too expensive for this era.
They were all made of high-quality steel, and there were no high-horsepower transportation equipment in the era, which limited the volume and speed of transportation.
This is why Li Mingda's troops are not walking so fast. Calmness is one aspect, and the other is that the roads are not easy to walk, and the bridge facilities in some places are incomplete. It takes time and energy to transport these things.
But it's all worth it for what these things do.
The navy then set up ladders and Xuanwu vehicles, and the small steel cannon in front fired its first shot.
Li Chengqian, Changsun Wuji, and Li Moyun knew the power of the small steel cannon. When they saw the small steel cannon being pulled out, they hurriedly hid behind them.
Qin Hao, who was planning to take the opportunity to correct the chaos, focused his attention on Li Chengqian, Changsun Wuji, and Li Moyun. He felt happy when he saw them turning around and retreating.
Chance
Pretending to protect Li Chengqian and the others, he blocked Li Chengqian's back and slowly moved closer to Li Chengqian. The horizontal sword held in his hand slowly reversed the throne.
Close
closer
If you get closer, you can start.
This distance is fine!
"Princess, the little steel cannon is ready."
Li Mingda nodded: "Fire!"
Qin Hao shouted: "Your Highness the Crown Prince! How many..."
Li Chengqian looked back
boom
The wall of the gate tower of Taiji Palace exploded just like the wall of Chang'an City just now.
Qin Hao flew towards him and blocked the oncoming rocks in the flames.
Boom
ah
Qin Hao felt a huge push coming from behind him, and he couldn't control his body and flew directly over Li Chengqian.
He smashed the doors and windows of the city gate tower and flew into the city gate tower.
The whole person flew for a short distance and hit the pillar of the city gate tower.
The pain of distance comes
puff
Qin Hao couldn't help but spit out a mouthful of blood, with some debris in the blood.
Cough cough cough
It hurts! What happened just now!
Li Chengqian and others hurriedly ran in. Li Chengqian's eyes became moist when he saw Qin Hao vomiting a mixture of blood and offal.
If Qin Hao hadn't been standing behind him just now, maybe he would have ended up like this now.
What a good man!
He originally recruited Qin Hao out of interests and layout considerations, and did not regard Qin Hao as a confidant at all.
Qin Hao sacrificed his life to save himself today, and Li Chengqian felt sorry for him.
Li Chengqian knelt down in front of Qin Hao, took his hand and thanked him affectionately: "Brother Qin Hao, thank you for risking your life to save me. Chengqian is deeply grateful. I will give it to you when you come back after you have a good life..."
When Li Chengqian thanked him, Qin Hao vomited some blood and offal mixture.
Looking at Qin Hao's appearance, Li Moyun came over and said, "My lord, General Qin may have injured Neibu and he may not be able to survive."
Li Chengqian burst into tears: "Brother Qin Hao, go ahead with peace of mind. Even if you lose this time, I, Li Chengqian, will work hard and get you a complete body in the end."
Qin Hao also knew that he was almost at the end of this matter, but he was unwilling to accept it. He had obviously traveled through time and was reborn in the Tang Dynasty, and he was the nephew of Qin Qiong, the martial god of the Tang Dynasty. He should have a smooth sailing, become a prince, become a prime minister, win Bai Fumei, and reach the pinnacle of life. Why it came out like this?
Looking at Li Chengqian chattering in front of him, Qin Hao suddenly realized: It was indeed you who caused Li Chengqian, who had no chance of being the emperor, to blindly fall into your bed.
Your car was not meant to go to kindergarten. It was meant to go to hell. I regret it so much.
While Li Chengqian was still nagging, Qin Hao's eyelids became heavier and heavier. Seeing Li Chengqian getting more and more angry, he used all his strength to scold Li Chengqian: "Get out!!!!"
Li Chengqian was shocked
Li Moyun grabbed Li Chengqian and said, "Master, hurry up, the second blow is coming soon!"
Li Chengqian followed Li Moyun down to the city gate tower in a hurry. When he was looking for Changsun Wuji, he found that Changsun Wuji had run past the Wengcheng early.
boom
Li Chengqian looked back and saw that the gate tower of Tai Chi Palace had collapsed.
To be continued
