Great Tang princess

Chapter 345 Shocked Xu Jingye
Looking at Yangzhou City covered with rammed earth from a distance, Li Yuechen didn't have any expression on his face, after all, he was used to it a long time ago.

In this day and age, cities across the country are basically the same, it's nothing more than a matter of size.

Yangzhou City can also be regarded as a large economic city in the south. The scope of the city is much larger than other small cities, but it is still slightly inferior to cities like Chang'an or Dongdu.

It is estimated that it is similar to places like Taiyuan Prefecture, and it can be regarded as one of the first-tier cities in the country.

Along the way, the scouts sent by Qianniuwei came to report the situation from time to time, and at the same time captured or killed many scouts sent by the enemy.

According to the interrogation, these scouts also explained the current situation in Yangzhou City.

On December 23, the army stopped and camped three miles outside Yangzhou City.

Li Yuechen was sitting in his camp, making a final summary with several staff officers.I plan to let the soldiers rest for a while, and attack the city early tomorrow morning.

Looking at the several staff officers who kept placing chess pieces on the sand table, Linghu Zhitong and Qiu Shenji couldn't help shaking their heads.

These children looked to be only fifteen or sixteen years old. In their eyes, they belonged to the existence of hairless people, but they were already officers at the rank of officers.

But through the observation of these few days, I have to say that these children are really not simple.

Not to mention almost all kinds of tactics by heart, just looking at their deduction and simulation on the sand table, I couldn't help but be surprised in my heart. Even if I am myself, I may not be able to beat these children.

Looking at these children, and thinking about those in my own family... I suddenly felt an urge to beat them up when I got home.

"Your Highness!"

Geng Yunqiang entered the camp, and after saluting, he reported: "All the captives have confessed. At present, there are 70,000 people in the city, and the other [-] are in Runzhou. There are [-] bed crossbows in Yangzhou city, which are arranged on each side of the city wall. There are still a considerable amount of waste wood and stones, presumably to prepare for the defense of the city..."

These prisoners were interrogated separately during the interrogation, and they were not allowed to meet during the whole process. Afterwards, they were checked based on the things they confessed, so the accuracy of this information should be relatively high.

Li Yuechen nodded slightly, then turned to look at several staff officers, and smiled lightly: "Tell me your opinions."

"Hey, back to Your Highness, I've already thought about it when I came all the way." Zhong Qin grinned, came to the front of the sand table, and slowly explained.

"The primary goal is to capture the thief leader Xu Jingye alive, so we must first control his movements. At this time, in order to improve morale, this person will probably direct the battle from the city wall."

"We first sent a hot air balloon to take off and float over the city. Although the bed crossbow's range can reach fifty feet, its structure cannot shoot directly upward, so there is no need to worry about the hot air balloon being shot down."

"Afterwards, as long as you throw grenades on the city wall, you can force the thief leader and many soldiers on the city wall down the city wall. At this time, send two cavalry forward and blow open the city gate with a large number of hand grenades, so that the army can drive straight in. At the same time, the air assault unit cabled down Occupy the city wall, and shoot at the enemy with the enemy's bed crossbow and their own weapons, and at the same time let the grenadiers fire grenades at the densely populated enemy..."

In the camp, everyone was very quiet, watching the fourteen or fifteen-year-old girl in front of the sand table chatting and placing different chess pieces on the sand table.

Seeing her plan, Li Yuechen suddenly grinned: "Good guy, it seems that Lun Qinling still has shadows on me, doesn't he?"

"Your Highness doesn't know, but he often analyzes this case!" The boy next to him laughed, "We are all a little annoyed."

Fulai next to him couldn't help interjecting, "But last time, didn't we use tear gas bombs..."

After finishing speaking, I realized that I had made a slip of the tongue, and quickly raised my hand and slapped myself: "Your Highness forgive me for talking too much, slave!"

"It's okay..." Li Yuechen waved his hand indifferently.

Fulai is different from other people. After all, he grew up taking care of him, and he knows almost everything. It's okay for a servant of this confidant level to say a word or two occasionally.

Zhong Qin knew him quite well, and said with a smile: "Eunuch Fu, the wind direction is not good for our army today. If tear gas bombs are thrown, our army will be wiped out!"

"I see..." Fulai nodded in agreement.

Geng Yunqiang, who was next to him, also followed at this time: "The key point is that the cost of tear gas bombs is too high, and Yangzhou City is so big. If it is used in large quantities, the Second Highness may curse!"

Speaking of this, it seems that he remembered some things that happened in the training, couldn't help curling his lips, and secretly complained in his heart that the Second Highness has not looked like the emperor's son at all since he started to take care of the logistics, but like a shrewd businessman. Cut and search.

Of course, I thought about this kind of words in my heart, and I dared not say it outright.

"Okay, since that's the case, Hongfeng, you can make up your mind." Li Yuechen waved his hand lightly.

The function of a staff officer is only to come up with an idea, and whether or not to use this idea in the end depends on the commander himself.

Geng Yunqiang nodded: "This is a good strategy, I will arrange it right away!"

"Brigade Commander, wait a minute, there is one more thing." Zhong Qin called him, "In order to prevent the enemy from attacking at night, I might as well attack first. After sunset, I will send people to harass him a few times to make him nervous tonight Some, tomorrow will definitely be sleepy!"

"Well, the idea is good, but it doesn't have to be like this!" Geng Yunqiang smiled, "Now I am only three miles away from Yangzhou City. At this distance, even the slightest movement in the city will be detected. Such low-level mistakes."

Hearing his words, Zhong Qin couldn't help being a little disappointed: "Well..."

"Of course you have a good idea. Tonight I will send more people to patrol to prevent the enemy's sudden night attack!" Geng Yunqiang patted her on the shoulder.

Although Zhong Qin is indeed very talented, she is still a child now, and she is still a bit incomplete in considering many aspects of things.

But it doesn't matter, Geng Yunqiang is also willing to teach her some experience, so that she can avoid detours in the future and grow up as soon as possible.

……

That night, Geng Yunqiang increased the patrol team and sent scouts to observe the enemy's movements outside the city at night.

In today's Qianniu Guard, there are very few people with night blindness, and most soldiers are qualified for such tasks.

Under the cover of night, wearing a camouflage uniform and hiding in the jungle, it is impossible to be found.

In this era without any artificial light, in order to prevent them from being discovered, they even equipped their telescopes with filter grids made of linen to prevent the reflection of the telescope.

Of course, that thing is not used at night, it is mainly used when the sun is strong.

The night passed, and the enemy did not launch an attack.

Early the next morning, after the soldiers had breakfast, they marched toward Yangzhou City in neat steps.

The [-]-strong army approached in black, and the walls of Yangzhou City were also crowded with people, entering a state of battle.

Many soldiers began to string the crossbows on the bed, and some soldiers put various things such as rolling logs on the edge of the city wall to prevent people from rushing up the city wall.

And in the middle of the city wall, Xu Jingye was surrounded by a group of personal guards. He squinted his eyes and looked at the [-] army in front of him. He always felt that something was wrong.

It was rumored that Princess Taiping possessed Taoism and had supernatural powers, but he never believed it.

After all, his grandfather Li Ji was the one who once pointed out that the Tianzhu way of making alchemy for Li Zhi could not be immortal. Under his influence, Xu Jingye himself remained quite suspicious of these gods and ghosts manner.

Everyone knows that Princess Taiping is born with supernatural powers. After all, the number one master of Tubo and the number one master of Turks died in her hands, and there are traces to follow.

But to say that possessing Taoism can make the enemy explode... Xu Jingye himself prefers that it should be some kind of weapon.

In fact, Pei Yan saw it with his own eyes, but originally the thing was strictly kept secret and not allowed to spread. After he rebelled, he actually wanted to remind him, but before he could say it, he was caught by the royal guards as a collaborator and locked up. up.

So under various chances and coincidences, Xu Jingye himself did not know the true face of the grenade.

What made him curious at this time was that most of the dark army on the opposite side were infantry!And there are no large weapons such as flying towers and battering rams.

Xu Jingye narrowed his eyes slightly. He heard that Princess Taiping had invented a way to fly into the sky. Could it be that she could let all these soldiers fly in?
But then he shook his head and suppressed the thought.

It is true that there are rumors that the princess can fly, and that many people in Dongdu and Luoyang have seen it, but this is too nonsense to believe.

Besides, even if it is true, it is only because she can fly alone, it is impossible to let all these dark soldiers fly in, right?
……

The dissemination of ancient information itself is very slow, and this hot air balloon is an armament facility, and it has not been published in newspapers, so Xu Jingye has never seen a hot air balloon.

But he was curious in his heart, without flying towers and battering rams, how would this battle be fought?
The dark army on the opposite side did not move at all, and it seemed that there was no sign of attacking immediately.It has been almost half an hour since I stood there in the morning.

Wei Siwen, who served as a military adviser, looked aside: "General? Is there any fraud?"

"It's hard to say..." Xu Jingye shook his head slightly, stroked his beard and said, "I always feel that this matter is somewhat strange, but for a while..."

While he was talking, he suddenly heard exclamations from the surrounding soldiers one after another.

Xu Jingye was taken aback for a moment, then raised his head to take a closer look, his eyes suddenly widened a lot!

I saw dozens of gondolas slowly rising behind the dark crowd on the other side, gradually flying into the sky!

There is a huge sphere above these hanging baskets. Below the sphere, bright orange flames can be seen rising and twisting, as if dancing in the air.

These spheres, which seem large just by looking at them, are gradually rising at a speed visible to the naked eye. At first they seem to be retreating, but after rising to a certain height, they begin to float towards this side.

Hot air balloons move by the direction of the wind, because today's low-altitude wind blows in the opposite direction, so it seems that there are signs of retreat at first.

"This... is actually true?" Xu Jingye muttered to himself with an unbelievable expression.

Which god did Princess Taiping come from?I'm afraid even if Gongshuzi is reincarnated, he can't make such a fetish, right?

Wei Siwen next to him had a big mouth, staring blankly at the hot air balloon approaching in the sky, as if he lost his soul for a moment.

The soldiers on the city wall looked at the hot air balloons that were gradually approaching, and they panicked for a while, muttering about something, and some even couldn't help but began to throw away their weapons, completely losing the desire to fight.

As soldiers, they know better what flying enemies represent.

Even if the opponent just throws stones from the sky, they can be smashed to death here, without any chance of resistance.

This is not war at all, this is massacre!

Seeing that the soldiers around him began to panic, the captain of the personal guard turned his head and reminded, "General! How can we deal with it?"

When he asked this question, the soldiers next to him all looked over and stared at him with burning eyes.

Hearing the guard's question, Xu Jingye was taken aback, and subconsciously turned his head to look at the military adviser Wei Siwen.

However, he just stared at the sky in a daze, motionless like a fool, and even his saliva was about to flow out.

When people see something they can't understand, they are prone to various confusing behaviors, and Wei Siwen's behavior is quite normal.

Then he turned his head to look at King Luo Bin. He was quite worried, but when Xu Jingye looked at him, he suddenly smiled wryly: "It seems that we are going to die here today!"

King Luo Bin also served as a soldier and participated in the war. He knew very well that if the other party had such a fetish, it would definitely have been declared a failure.

"Bed crossbow... Bed crossbow!" Xu Jingye suddenly yelled, "This number is estimated to be less than a hundred, shoot them down for me!"

"General, it's too high!" The soldier in front replied with a bitter face, "I can't shoot it!"

From the beginning of the design of the bed crossbow, it was not considered that one day it would shoot targets in the sky, so its maximum elevation angle is 45 degrees, which is for use during siege.

When defending the city, because it is on a high point, most of the time it uses flat shots or even presses down a little.

However, at this time, the densely packed hot air balloons in front of them had already reached a place of about [-] degrees, and coupled with the fact that they were flying so high, it was impossible for the bed crossbow to reach them!

"General! Otherwise, withdraw..." the personal guard reminded in a low voice.

The withdrawal is actually out of consideration for face, and the underlying meaning in the words is to run for your life as soon as possible.

However, Xu Jingye shook his head: "Once this happens, there is no way to escape! We can only fight!"

"But... how do you fight?" the guard asked subconsciously.

"Look carefully! There are people on this hanging basket!" Xu Jingye forced himself to regain his composure, "In the end, it's just a flying tower that will fly for a while, and the people on it will always come down!"

He forcibly calmed down, and at the same time calmed down the panic of his subordinates, after all, what he said was very reasonable.

But he didn't say a word, but he was a little worried.Since the flying legend is true, the explosion...

(End of this chapter)