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Text 911. Occupy Liaodong City

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    Following the fierce bombardment, the Goguryeo defenders in the cities also raised white flags and surrendered.  And Yeon Gaesumun had already withdrawn with the main force, and the remaining army in Goguryeo was only about a thousand people, and this was what Yeon Gaesumun had given up before in order to extend the defense time of the city as much as possible.  But the defenders were already shocked by this earth-shattering flying thunder cannon, because they thought they couldn't stop such a cannon at all.  Once this kind of cannon bombs down, the city wall will be blown down.  Didn¡¯t you see that the bluestone city wall was destroyed?  How could their flesh and blood be able to resist?  So they chose to surrender.  The Tang Dynasty also won the first important town since the conquest of Goguryeo, and it was also the important town where Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty suffered heavy losses.  "We captured Liaodong without losing a single soldier. Back then, Emperor Sui Yang couldn't capture it despite his millions of troops. Now we can capture it without losing a single soldier. How lucky it is!" Li Shimin also sighed quickly.  road.  "This all shows that the emperor is wise, the generals are able to command, and Lord Jingwen invented this flying thunder cannon, so that we achieved such huge results!" A middle-level civil servant immediately flattered him.  "Haha!" Li Shimin smiled.  Li Shimin is now very vain, because at that time Emperor Sui Yang's millions of troops could not conquer the city, but now he can conquer it without spending a single soldier. This obviously shows that Li Shimin is much stronger than Emperor Sui Yang, so Li Shimin  Of course I feel happy.  Therefore, Li Shimin can't help but feel proud now. After all, who doesn't want to surpass the previous emperor? Only in this way can he prove that his replacement of the previous emperor is reasonable and legal. Whether it is the so-called providence or ability, it is in line with "public opinion".  Therefore, if two emperors do the same thing, but the results are so different, it is a matter of ability.  ¡°If Jing Wen knew about Li Shimin¡¯s idea.  I will definitely miss it.  Without the artillery invented by Jing Wen, Li Shimin didn't know how many lives would have been needed to capture Liaodong City.  This Liaodong City is simply a super turtle shell and a hedgehog. Even if the Tang Dynasty's original strength was to conquer it, it would still have several broken teeth.  And now the attack is going so smoothly, it is not because Jing Wen invented the flying thunder cannon, which turned the strong city of Liaodong City into rubbish, so everything is the butterfly effect brought by Jing Wen!  But the leader of the Xi tribe next to him looked bitter because they had lost thousands of soldiers.  The so-called Tang Dynasty conquered Liaodong without spending a single soldier. This is based on the fact that the Xi and Mohe tribes lost thousands of people. Of course, the Tang Dynasty did not lose a single soldier.  As for the soldiers of the Xi tribe and the Mohe tribe, they were all forgotten by Li Shimin and the generals.  Therefore, it is obvious that the Xi tribe and the Mohe tribe are not taken seriously at all, and they are regarded as cannon fodder and consumables.  However, the leader of the Xi tribe was also secretly cursing, since the Tang Dynasty already had such cannons, why did they still let them attack the city.  The leader of the Xi clan had no idea that Jing Wen and Li Shimin actually wanted to consume their strength, so that it would be much easier to deal with them when they turned against them in the future.  As for them, I'm afraid they won't get any benefits at all, and instead they will lose their wives and lose their troops.  "Your Majesty, we found a lot of warehouses in Liaodong City, which contained many rolling stones and wood. And we found no less than 10 million arrows. And under the city wall, we found a lot of what the Goguryeo people called  These giant crossbows can fire hundreds of arrows at a time, which can kill dozens to hundreds of people at a time, so they are very powerful. There are more than twenty of these powerful crossbows, four in the southeast and northwest.  There are walls all over the city," the soldier said.  When Li Shimin heard about this giant crossbow, he immediately became interested. After all, this kind of crossbow is very powerful.  Able to shoot hundreds of arrows at a time.  Then it killed and injured dozens of people. This can be said to be a very powerful weapon.  If it was used to defend the city, Datang would probably suffer heavy losses.  But this kind of giant crossbow must have cover.  If there is no cover, it is easy to be hit by the enemy's catapult or other weapons, which is useless.  And now the Goguryeo people have put these things inside the city walls, so that they can kill a large number of people who get close.  "What a miraculous workmanship!" "What a miraculous workmanship!" Those engineering staff were very shocked by the ability of this giant crossbow, because the pulling force of this giant crossbow is so huge that it must be pulled by several horses to be cocked.  And the rate of fire is not fast, it takes about a minute to fire once, and the cost is not small.  After all, the production cost of arrows is much higher than that of firearm bullets and small lead bullets for cannons, and the cost of using this giant crossbow is not low either.  And Jing Wen also happened to know an allusion from Western history. Firearms were not as powerful as bows and crossbows at first, but because the production cost of firearms' bullets was lower than that of bows and arrows, the firearms were preserved.  Therefore, the cost of the shotgun of this crossbow is much higher than that of the cannon invented by Jing Wen, and the production cost of such a huge crossbow isIt must be lower than Jingwen's cannon, mainly due to the production manual problem.  "Jing Wen, this one shouldn't be as powerful as the cannon you invented, right?" Li Shimin asked.  Jing Wen immediately said: "If we want to talk about the current power, it should be about the same. But the firing speed of the cannon is several times faster than theirs, and the manufacturing cost of their crossbows is much higher than our lead bullets.  And our cannon can use a variety of shells, so overall, cannons are better!" Li Shimin nodded and said, "If you hadn't invented this cannon, then we would really have to use it if we wanted to conquer Liaodong City!  The lives of the soldiers are coming. By then, we may not be able to conquer this Liaodong city even if we concentrate all our efforts. It can be said that all this is based on your contribution to the conquest of Goguryeo.  Well-deserved first achievement." "The emperor is so complimentary!" Jing Wen said humbly.  And those civil and military officials were envious. After all, Jing Wen raised military expenses, which was his first achievement.  However, the first meritorious service refers to the first meritorious deed, not the greatest merit.  And now that there is a cannon, Jingwen is also the first to take credit, but this is the biggest credit.  Now everyone knows that without the cannon invented by Jing Wen, the Tang Dynasty would have suffered heavy losses, and even millions of troops might not be able to conquer Liaodong.  This would probably be very detrimental to the morale of the Tang Dynasty, and would even increase the cost of the war a lot.  (To be continued, please search Piaotian Literature. The novels will be better and updated faster!
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