With the superior artillery support provided by Gao Pragmatic, the cleaning battles outside Lang Son actually ended in deadlocks several times, which made Huang Zhiting realize that "Lang Son Important Town" was indeed not a joke.
Since ancient times, the Central Plains dynasties have said that as long as Langshan is conquered, thousands of armies will be swept away like a roll. But this was not only visible to the generals of the Central Plains Dynasty, but also to Annan himself.
Therefore, the Lang Son defense line has always been the focus of their operations. Even though Mo Don sent the concentrated army southward this time, almost evacuating most of the northern line. However, for Lang Son, his deployment was relatively restrained. At least the people in Lang Son City are still there until now. There are five thousand troops.
After Huang Zhiting's troops suffered losses in the peripheral clearance battles of Dong Dang and Lang Son, the number of troops that can be used normally is only 20,000. Coupled with the continuous attack, even the wolf soldiers with excellent physical strength are now in a state of overdraft and are in urgent need. rest.
Moreover, the tenacity of the Mo Chao defenders around Lang Son exceeded her expectations. Therefore, it was impossible to say that it was a sure thing to conquer Lang Son Fortress in one fell swoop, unless she was willing to pay thousands or even tens of thousands of casualties and launch a desperate attack.
However, this is not realistic. If she loses half of the more than 20,000 troops here, what will happen next? If Mo Chao's southern expedition army returns victorious, even if he has advanced to Shenglong City, what awaits him will only be a huge defeat.
Although the Gao family's artillery gave her a big surprise today, which made her have greater hope for the Gao family's infantry to surprise Shenglong City by sea, after all, there were only 4,500 left there. Most of the people and light artillery were given to themselves. They only had a small number of light artillery on hand and a batch of heavy artillery to be used to bombard Thang Long City. By then, the number of troops under Thang Long City would only be more than 10,000. Can this take down Thang Long City? Can we prevent the possible reinforcements from Mo Chao's southern expedition?
Huang Zhiting had a headache. No wonder the imperial army likes to fight with ten times the strength. It turns out that the role of cannon fodder is to consume! Especially in this kind of critical battle, it is the best decision to use cannon fodder first, gradually accumulate advantages, and then send the main force to determine the overall situation in one fell swoop when the decisive victory comes.
But there is no use thinking about this now. The problem in Lang Son must be solved first.
Huang Hu stood in front of Huang Zhiting, thought for a while, and said, "Miss, how about... try the method that Gao Yuntai mentioned before?"
Huang Zhiting was slightly startled and asked, "Did you bring that thing?"
"In Zhennanguan, there are more than forty kilograms." Huang Hu scratched his head and said: "It sounds a bit small, but if what Gao Jintai said before is true, then this more than forty kilograms' The guncotton should be enough to blow down a section of Lang Son City's wall."
"But don't forget his warning." Huang Zhiting hesitated and said: "He said this thing is very 'unstable'. Sometimes it may explode when the weather is too hot. It is completely different from ordinary gunpowder, and its power is even more ordinary. The gunpowder is ten times more... We don’t want to blow up all of our own people without reaching the city wall of Lang Son.”
Huang Hu smiled bitterly and said: "Miss, to tell you the truth, I always find the words "Gao Press Platform"... a bit unbelievable. How can a pile of cotton-like things be so powerful?"
"I believe him." Huang Zhiting said without hesitation: "If he says it's okay, it's definitely okay."
The muscles on Huang Hu's face twitched, and he sighed in his heart: It's over, it's over, if this continues, will the Huang family's ancestral legacy be preserved?
Huang Zhiting ignored Huang Hu's expression. Instead, she thought carefully for a while and then said, "Did he say that the wetter the weather, the safer this thing will be?"
Huang Hu nodded: "That's what Gao Press said, but he also said that it won't work if it's too wet, as it may affect the explosion."
Huang Zhiting said "hmm" and said: "There is heavy fog now. It should be the humid weather he mentioned. Now it is transported from Zhennanguan. As long as the journey goes smoothly, it can be delivered in one day... The Mojun stronghold on the road can ensure that Has everything been cleaned up?”
When Huang Hu heard this, he knew that the eldest lady had made up her mind, and simply said: "It should be guaranteed. If the eldest lady is worried, I will go there myself and bring five hundred people with me, and nothing will happen. "
Huang Zhiting said decisively: "Okay, you go right away. I'm going to start digging tunnels here. I will dig three tunnels, empty and real, and I will temporarily decide which tunnel to put them in."
"As you command!"
After Huang Hu left, Huang Zhiting did not hesitate and sent people to start digging tunnels. The chieftains were a little confused and suggested to her that it was impossible for the defenders in Lang Son City not to listen. It would be difficult to dig tunnels to attack the city.
Huang Zhiting smiled and said nothing, and just told them to dig as instructed, but they should pay attention to the other side digging back and destroying it with poisonous smoke, pouring water, etc. For this purpose, the tunnel can even be dug a little deeper.
She really believed in Gao Jingshi's words and believed that the "guncotton" was so powerful that even if she dug deeper, she could still blow down the city wall according to the method taught by Gao Jingshi.
The next day, Huang Hu came back successfully. He carefully pointed to a carriage a mile away and told Huang Zhiting that all the things were inside the carriage. For safety reasons, he did not dare to get closer.
Huang Zhiting was also repeatedly told by Gao Pragmatic, and she did not intend to go see it, and directly assigned the task.
Huang Hu took the order and found some of the most capable and stable subordinates to handle it.
At night, some of his wolf soldiers came to report that the tunnel had been dug. The people in Lang Son City may have thought that the tunnel was dug too deep and only reached the foot of the city wall but disappeared, so no countermeasures were taken.
Huang Zhiting was overjoyed and quickly asked Huang Hu to supervise the work in person.
On the morning of the next day, Huang Zhiting's army actually built a altar to enshrine the throne of Taishang Laojun.
A group of chieftains were puzzled and were about to step forward to ask, but they saw that Huang Zhiting had already bathed and changed clothes, and said to them in a dignified manner: "Gao Yintai knew that our generals had sent troops to Langshan City, and specially asked Laojun for his decree. Today, The Nine Nether Yin Thunder will be aroused and the city wall of Lang Son will be blown down. You all should remain silent while I ask for a divine letter written by Jingtai to be delivered to Laojun."
All the chieftains were stunned and looked at each other, not knowing whether to believe it or not. Logically speaking, this was too bizarre to say, but after thinking about it, they felt that since Gao Zhantai was a Wenquxing star, maybe he could actually talk to Laojun? Anyway, there is no loss, you might as well take a look and talk about it.
So all the chieftains stood in awe, kneeling three times and nine times before the Laojun's shrine. With a serious look on her face, Huang Zhiting walked up to the stage holding a letter that she didn't know where it came from, lit it in front of everyone, put it into the incense burner, and then said loudly: "The sacred letter has been submitted to Laojun. Let’s wait for Laojun to show his divine power!”
Everyone held their breath and looked up at the sky, waiting for the "divine power" of the Supreme Lord.
Before they could observe any unusual celestial phenomenon, they suddenly felt a sudden shock under their feet, and a muffled thunder surged from the soles of their feet with an earthquake-like vibration.
Everyone was so frightened that they hurriedly knelt down, but they heard someone shouting: "Diaozhao, the wall of Lang Son really collapsed!"
The chieftains were shocked and turned their heads to look around. Sure enough, they saw the ground cracking at the foot of the city wall of Lang Son City. It seemed as if a huge flower was about to bloom from the ground, and with it, a large section of the city wall was arched up and then lowered, with a rumbling sound. There was a loud noise, and a section of the city wall that was dozens of feet long collapsed completely!
The chieftains had never seen such a scene before. They were afraid that the old man would cast too much magic and blow up his whole area with the Nine Nether Thunder. They were so frightened that they kowtowed and shouted: "The old man has endless magical powers. Now the Langshan City Wall It has collapsed, please Laojun, please quickly withdraw your magical powers!"
Huang Hu almost laughed out loud, but he heard Huang Zhiting scolding him: "Huang Hu, you lead the elite troops of Simingzhou and Huang Gongsheng's relics into the city, and let them take advantage of their merits. If you win this battle, I absolve them of their sins, and no one has even rewarded them with a tael of silver!"
Huang Hu put away his other thoughts and shouted solemnly: "Huang Hu has an order!"
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