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Text 909. The roar of artillery fire (Part 1)

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    "Sir, the Tang army has come to attack the city again!" Yuan Gaesuwen woke up in a daze, and immediately yelled: "What is it called? I was sleeping well, and your dreams were disturbed by you!" Yuan Gaesu  Wen was very depressed. He dreamed that he defeated the Tang army, then his prestige was greatly improved, and then he inherited his father's position as the prime minister of Goguryeo.  Then he usurped the rights of Goguryeo and became the monarch of Goguryeo.  Finally, he led the Goguryeo army into the Central Plains and conquered it.  Then he reduced all Han people to slaves and became the greatest monarch in the history of Goguryeo, enjoying eternal praise.  But just when he was about to become the number one emperor and ascend the throne, he was immediately interrupted.  "Sir, the Tang army is preparing to attack the city this time." The servant said immediately.  ¡°Isn¡¯t attacking a city just about defending according to the original plan?¡± Yeon Gaesumun asked.  "Sir, the Tang army is a little strange this time!" "Why is it strange?" Yeon Gaesumun came to the top of the tower and looked over from a distance.  And Tang Jun was actually preparing something that he didn't know what it was. It looked like a bucket, and the bucket pointed its mouth in his direction.  Yuengai Suwen also didn't know what this bucket was. Yuengaisuwen had never seen such a thing before, and he didn't know what Tang Jun wanted to do so solemnly.  There were thirty such "buckets" in the Tang Army.  "Is it a special crossbow machine? It can shoot many arrows at one time?" Yeon Gaesumun thought with some doubts.  Yuan Gaisuwen was not afraid of the Tang Army's crossbows at all, because his side was protected by the city wall, and it was impossible for the Tang Army's crossbows to attack his side.  Therefore, the Tang Army's crossbows were of no use to him at all. On the contrary, his own crossbows could hurt the Tang Army, so he was not afraid of this at all.  "Hmph, it's really a daydream to be able to conquer our Liaodong City with just a few 'buckets'!" Yeon Gaesumun said disdainfully.  On the other side, Li Xiaogong, the commander of the Shenji Army, was commanding the troops to prepare artillery.  Then be ready to fire.  "Jingwen, thanks to you for coming up with this flying thunder cannon this time, otherwise we don't know how many people we would have lost in attacking the city!" Li Xiaogong said.  "Haha, just watch, Your Majesty! This flying thunder cannon may be able to tear down their city walls, so how many fewer people will we die in this way!" Jing Wen said.  Soon, the thirty flying thunder cannons were also prepared.  Each explosive disc was also placed in the barrel, and then waited to be launched.  This Shenji Army is a unit that specializes in firearms. Although the flying thunder cannon was invented not long ago, these new firearms are given priority to satisfy the Shenji Army, so thirty of them are still available.  The biggest disadvantage of this flying thunder cannon is that it is inconvenient to operate.  And the rate of fire is very low.  This thunder cannon cannot be fired every few minutes. This is because the operation is too complicated.  The ordinary general cannon can only fire twice a minute. This is the gap.  Moreover, the preparation work for the flying thunder cannon takes a long time, and this is the reason why the use of the flying thunder cannon is restricted.  Because it takes too long to install and the firing speed is too slow, this is why the flying thunder cannon can only be used during city sieges.  "Three two one, launch!" Li Xiaogong shouted.  ¡°Pap bang bang¡­¡± Disc-like objects flew out one after another, and the sound of each thunder cannon was not as loud as expected, because these used millet-colored gunpowder.  The explosion is not very powerful and burns slowly.  Therefore, this maroon gunpowder has a large amount of saltpeter content, so the explosion is not very powerful, and it is like being pushed out when fired.  It is not blown out by the pressure of the explosion, so the power of gunpowder is relatively soft.  This can avoid the danger of exploding the barrel, so millet-colored gunpowder is used.  "What is this?" Yeon Gaesumun looked at the black disks that were "thrown" in the distance.  And after those disks landed, they did not explode immediately.  Instead, it fell from the tower.  Because this primitive artillery did not explode in the same way as later artillery shells, it did not explode immediately.  "You guys go over and take a look!" Yeon Gaesumun said to a group of soldiers nearby.  Those Goguryeo soldiers immediately went over to check what the disk was.  "Hiss, hiss" A smell of burning gunpowder came out.  The soldiers had never been exposed to this smell, so they were very curious.  "Boom!" With an earth-shattering sound, the dozens of explosive discs exploded.  Hundreds of Goguryeo soldiers around were blown into pieces of flesh, and the soldiers within thirty meters in diameter were shocked to the point of bleeding. Most of them died, but only a few were still lying on the ground and lingering."What's going on?" Yeon Gaesumun asked in surprise.  "Sir, I don't know what happened. Tang Jun didn't understand what was thrown at it just now, and it exploded immediately. Hundreds of soldiers around him were also killed." The attendant of Yeon Gaesumun said with a cry.  Yeon Gaesumun immediately ran over and observed the surrounding situation.  Hundreds of soldiers around him suffered heavy casualties, especially those closest to them. Their entire bodies were torn into several pieces alive, and there were some shredded corpses nearby.  This power shocked Yeon Gaesumun, and he obviously didn't know what kind of weapon it was.  "Is God angry? Is it because we Goguryeo people killed millions of Han people that caused this result?" A soldier suddenly knelt down and said.  And the surrounding Goguryeo soldiers also felt sad because they didn¡¯t know what kind of weapon this was, and they all thought about it in the direction of heaven.  The ancient people were so superstitious. Once there was something they couldn't understand, they would think about supernatural things and the reasons from heaven.  "Chicha!" Yeon Gaesumun beheaded the soldier with a knife, and then shouted: "Don't be sad, everyone, we Goguryeo are blessed by God, this is not a wrath. This is just a weapon of the Tang army, don't worry. This is just  It's just a weapon of the Tang Army!" And hearing that it was an enemy's weapon made them feel better. After all, no one wanted to go against the gods.  "Sir, if this is the Tang Army's weapon, will they use it again?" Suddenly the follower said.  After hearing this, Yeon Gae Suwen immediately ran away, obviously wanting to leave this dangerous place.  And just after Yeon Gaesumun ran, there was a burst of artillery fire from the other side.  (To be continued, please search Piaotian Literature. The novels will be better and updated faster!
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