Late Tang Dynasty: I

Chapter 322 Shocking

The emperor announced that Wang Rong, the military envoy of the German army, had an audience. Wang Rong excused himself by military affairs and refused to obey the imperial edict.

Li Ye was also polite, and went directly to Jizhou in Chengde.

It is true that the governors of each town listened to the instructions but not the announcements, but it is also reasonable for the emperor to cross the border in the name of suppressing thieves. The world is so big, is there any place that the emperor cannot go?

When Li Ye's army arrived at Jizhou City, he directly issued an edict, ordering Li Huaixian, the governor of Jizhou, to open the city gate to welcome them.

Li Huaixian was unambiguous. Even the angels were not allowed to enter the city. He did not talk to anyone outside the city at all, but strictly guarded the city gate.

An Fujiang said bitterly: "Young Uighur boy, I have no superior. Your Majesty, please give the order, and I will capture this city for Your Majesty!"

An Fujiang is right. Wang Rong, the military commander of the Chengde Army, is a survivor of the Uighur Asni tribe, and Li Huaixian's sister is Wang Rong's wife. The two are related by marriage.

What Li Huaixian did was ruthless. He didn't respond directly. He acted like he didn't know, but he also understood that if he responded to this matter and knew that the emperor was outside the city, he would be guilty if he didn't greet him.

If you ignore it, you can still shirk it.

This issue……

The emperor was also very angry!
……

There are nearly 3000 people in His Majesty's personal guard and supply camp, and most of the escorts are for the imperial use, and Yang Zhao, the right Qianniu guard and horse envoy, is in charge.

What is different from the past is that this time more than a hundred large carts were transported, and the goods on the cart were all covered with oilcloth, and were guarded by soldiers in armor and long swords. Anyone who came even a little closer would be shouted back, and anyone who dared not obey would be killed directly. No forgiveness.

Not even Yang Zhao can approach here, and apart from the common people and Wu soldiers, only Xu Yanshi, a Hanlin scholar, can approach.

His Majesty the Emperor took a look at this "demonic way", Xu Yanshi is now low-key, and he is not as arrogant and arrogant as he was back then.

"Bachelor Xu, no problem!"

"Your Majesty, everything has been shipped. I have tried it many times and it works!"

Li Ye nodded, and what Xu Yanshi brought over was gunpowder.

Gunpowder is not new in this era. In fact, Zhu Wen and Yang Xingmi both used gunpowder in wars. However, due to the ratio of gunpowder and the purity of saltpeter, it is still some distance away from explosives.

They simply used gunpowder as a kindling substance that could burn violently.

What His Majesty the Emperor is about to do is to use these carts of gunpowder to blow open the city gates.

The soil saltpeter used was not just a little bit scraped off the city wall. In the past two years, Xu Yanshi successfully figured out from tens of thousands of kilograms of feces and urine, retting the soil pit with feces and urine, and then pouring water to extract the soil saltpeter. Craftsmanship.

Of course, this is also inseparable from the guidance of His Majesty the Emperor.

Will.

first.

The granulation was proposed by Li Ye, and the technique was explored by Xu Yanshi. What is certain is that after the gunpowder is granulated, not only will it not be separated, but the explosion effect will be much better.

As for the container that wrapped the gunpowder, it was all made of copper.

His Majesty the Emperor also spent a lot of money to make a large container with three hundred kilograms of copper. The mouth is only the size of a bowl. The lid is a mortise and tenon structure. It is fastened tightly. There is only a small hole left on it, which is where the lead wire is inserted. .

This copper container contains nearly a thousand kilograms of granular gunpowder.

These nearly 1000 large bombs looked quite powerful. As for the power, Li Ye didn't know how it was without trying it.

Such a huge creature is as tall as one person and can only be hugged by three people holding hands.

The carriage on which this object was placed was pulled by three horses, and it was pulled clearly and openly from the main road to the south gate of Jizhou.

Arriving at the city gate downstairs, the defenders did not fire arrows or ask questions. They watched helplessly as the two sergeants pulled the object into the city gate corridor.

Upstairs at the city gate, the deputy general Hu Bineng asked doubtfully: "I heard that bronze is an important weapon of the country, and those who have not made great achievements cannot get it. Did your Majesty give it to Li Shijun this time? In order to let Li Shijun Open the city gate?"

Liu Ji, the city's defender, said: "Where did the emperor come from? Don't say too much!"

After a while, I saw the soldiers who had just escorted the bronzes, running quickly on horseback. The garrison on the tower was also confused, thinking about whether to open the city gate and pull the bronzes into the city gate.The person who informed Li Shijun also ran down the tower.

At this moment, Liu Ji only felt a loud noise, and his vision suddenly went dark. His body was like a small boat, unable to control himself under the violent wind and rain. A huge boulder was getting closer and closer in front of his eyes...

On a high slope three miles away from the south city, His Majesty the Emperor led his generals to climb up and look towards Jizhou City.

Guo Yan was eager to try and attack the city. Among all the armies, no one was stronger than him.However, His Majesty the Emperor led the generals to observe the formation, and did not talk about attacking the city. He only ordered a cart to deliver a copper bell-like vessel, and the generals were puzzled.

After seeing the bronzes being delivered to the gate, a short while later, the south gate was suddenly like a mountain falling apart and the ground cracking, walls and rocks flying across, like an earth dragon coming out of the mountain, a burst of flying sand and rocks, and a gray-white thick fog rising.

Before they could react, a loud noise was heard while breathing, and then there was obvious shaking under their feet.

"Your Majesty, be careful, the earth dragon will turn over!"

An Fujiang was about to pounce on the emperor, but he was still a step too slow, and the chamberlain Zhao Xi stood beside him to protect him.

Xu Yanshi looked pale. He understood what was going on, and now he was shocked by the power of the gunpowder.

When the smoke dissipated, the scene that caught the eyes of the generals completely shocked everyone.

The south city gate connected to the gate tower above ceased to exist with this loud noise.

"call!"

"what happened?"

"What just happened?"

Some people knelt down unconsciously. Was the god angry?
All the generals looked pale, and many of them had trembling calves.

Li Ye, on the other hand, looked calm. More than 1000 catties of gunpowder seemed to be a little too much, maybe half of it would be enough to blow up the city gate.

"Where are the soldiers?"

"The end is here!"

Li Ye pulled out the Son of Heaven Sword from his waist, pointed it at Jizhou City, and said, "Enter the city!"

"promise!"

……

Jizhou City, the governor's residence.

Li Huaixian was drinking with the officials in the palace, and he finally realized that the emperor's visitor was not a good person.

Anyway, he has made up his mind that he will not see the emperor or open the city gate.

During the dinner, Li Huaixian was quite uneasy.

"Will the imperial court attack the city?"

Li Huaixian was very worried, and the wine in his hand no longer tasted good.

"You don't have to worry, we didn't rebel, why did the imperial court launch an attack on Jizhou!"

reason?Need a reason?

At this moment, there was a loud thunderous noise, which everyone thought was a flat ground thunder, and the subsequent vibration, as well as the smoke and dust that shook from the beams, made everyone run out subconsciously.

It was no joke that the earth dragon turned over, and they all ran away for their lives. When they reached the yard, Li Huaixian saw a huge plume of smoke rising from the gate tower of Nancheng.

"This……"

"Go and find out what happened at the south gate!"

The guard hurriedly went to inquire about it, and within half the time of burning the incense, the guard came back with two soldiers with blood on their heads.

"What happened?"

The wounded soldier didn't know what happened, and shook his head in confusion.

Li Huaixian looked at someone outside the order.

The man suddenly started crying.

The guard replied: "My lord, there is no tile left at the south gate, and the imperial army is rushing here.

Envoy, run quickly..."

(End of this chapter)