Great Tang princess

Chapter 733
Li Chongrun, who hadn't slept all night, didn't seem to feel tired at all. He stepped onto the podium, raised his hand and saluted and said, "Report, we captured a few prisoners last night. We've already gone through preliminary interrogation and got some clues."

Everyone on the stage turned their heads and saw him looking at the three tied Tibetans behind him.

Although it looks like there are no scars on the outside, the fear revealed in those eyes cannot be faked.

As the saying goes, there are policies above, and countermeasures below.

Although Li Yuechen made repeated orders, he was not allowed to abuse the prisoners.But these smart people in the army quickly figured out a method of interrogation without leaving traces on their bodies.

Li Yuechen didn't say much about it, after all, special circumstances require special treatment.

Now is the period of war, and it is not unacceptable to use drastic means.

"Speak!" Li Shouli waved his hand lightly.

"According to the interrogation, the total number of enemy troops is 40, and the number of slaves is 22. The general of the enemy army is named Sangji, who was recently promoted by Chidu Manzan..." Li Chongrun slowly told the whole story.

This aroused Li Yuechen's curiosity: "Isn't he from the same clan as Lun Qinling?"

"According to these people, since Lun Qinling was captured, his clan was purged by Chidu Mangtsan..." Li Chongrun said slowly.

Li Yuechen thought about it, and it seemed normal.

According to the information from his Dazhou side, it can be known that the Gar family in Tubo is equivalent to the existence of the eldest grandson Wuji back then, and it is quite normal to arouse the emperor's suspicion.

So after Lun Qinling was arrested, it was normal for the emperor to take this opportunity to retaliate against his family.

Li Shouli raised his head and asked, "Do you have any information on Sangji?"

"According to these people, this person is arrogant and has a rather cruel personality." Li Chongrun replied while turning his head to look at the three people behind him.

After all, this is just their one-sided statement, and it is impossible to determine its authenticity.

Li Shouli nodded slightly, and then asked, "Do you know the specific deployment of the enemy army?"

"I can't ask..." Li Chongrun shook his head slightly.

It doesn't matter, Li Shouli just asked casually. Anyway, under the condition of crushing equipment, whether the enemy's deployment is known or not is not so important.

He waved his hand lightly and asked them to take the three Tibetans down, while he looked up at the enemy army that had begun to gradually advance.

At this time, the distance between the two sides was only about 200 meters. Even without binoculars, the enemy could be seen pressing towards this side like a dark tide with the naked eye.

Wu Zetian stretched out his hand and asked the soldiers next to him to look through the binoculars. They could see a large number of slaves being driven to this side.

Li Shouli yelled: "Command! Prepare to fight!"

The soldiers behind the podium immediately picked up the drumsticks and started beating on the big drum behind them.

"Dong dong dong..."

The sound of the drum instantly spread across the entire battlefield, and all the soldiers in front raised their shields and pointed their spears at the direction of the enemy.

"The artillerymen are ready to shoot!" Li Shouli gave the order.

The orderly standing at the front of the podium quickly waved the two small flags in his hands.

When the officer in charge of the artillery saw it, he yelled, "Load the shells! Get ready to fire!"

The soldiers bit off the gunpowder wrapped in paper with their teeth, stuffed it into the gun barrel, put in a fire twister, and pounded it a few times with a wooden pestle.

Then he stuffed a fist-sized iron egg into the gun barrel, and at the same time another soldier also took out a lighter, ready to ignite it at any time.

The foreign envoys on the podium looked at the operations of these soldiers with curious expressions, not knowing what they were planning to do.

Li Yuechen turned his head and reminded: "It's better to cover your ears, Aniang. There are so many cannons firing at the same time, the sound is very loud."

"My mother, it's not that I haven't seen it before, it's okay..." Wu Zetian smiled.

In fact, it was not that she didn't care about her daughter's advice, but that she covered her ears in front of so many soldiers and foreign envoys, which really damaged the emperor's image.

After all, the emperor represents the country, and he must carry it in front of outsiders.

Li Yuechen complained secretly in his heart, this is why I don't want to be the emperor, it's really too tiring.

But Shangguan Wan'er and Li Xian on the side didn't have such worries, and they raised their hands to cover their ears obediently.

The enemy army began to move towards this side slowly, but they didn't rush too fast, they came slowly.

After all, many people in Tubo know that there are explosive weapons here, so they made it clear that these slaves should come and try first.

Therefore, there is still a distance between the Tubo soldiers who are in charge of driving and the slaves.

Li Shouli carefully observed the movement of the enemy with a telescope, and at the same time he was also calculating in his mind.

If you want the artillery to give full play to its advantages, you must find a way to make the shells hit the enemy formation.

The slaves in front were all cannon fodder, most of them were unarmed, and some of them held sticks and the like in their hands, which were not enough of a threat at all.

As long as the cavalry rushed into a wave, they could be completely dispersed, so Li Shouli didn't take them seriously.

The distance of 200 meters was not considered too far, and after a while, the distance between the two sides was only 100 meters.

The staff officer next to him said: "My lord, it's dangerous to get any closer!"

Now the distance between the two sides is less than 100 meters, and the cavalry charge needs a run-up distance.

If it is any closer, I am afraid that it will be blocked by others before reaching the maximum speed.

Li Shouli looked calm, and asked softly: "The artillery shells are fired according to a parabola, can they directly hit the enemy at this time?"

The staff officer stretched out his thumb to measure the distance, and nodded: "Yes!"

Hearing this answer, Li Shouli nodded slightly: "Fire!"

The staff officer immediately turned his head and shouted: "Order! Fire!"

Li Yuechen, who was watching the whole process, couldn't help but nodded. This kid Li Shouli has indeed grown up.

The fierce military drum sounded, and the artillerymen in front heard the drum sound, and immediately lit the lighter and ignited the torch.

"Chichi..."

The ignited flames quickly spread into the gun barrel with sparks, while the artillerymen turned around and lowered their heads to cover their ears.

After a few seconds of silence, only the sound of "Boom, boom, boom..." sounded.

A huge burst of flames burst out of the gun barrel, and at the same time, the entire cannon moved back more than one meter.

Flames burst out of the muzzle one after another, and accompanied by a loud explosion, the foreign envoys standing on the podium were startled, and several of them even screamed directly.

The people who were already mentally prepared didn't have any special reactions, but seeing Wu Zetian's expression was obviously uncomfortable, and it was obvious that the sound of the shells firing was somewhat beyond her expectations.

And everyone can feel the podium under their feet has a very obvious vibration.

At the same time, the slowly advancing enemy army was obviously taken aback by the continuous explosions.

Although they were all mentally prepared for this, why did the explosion seem to come from their own formation?Could it be an accident?
However, at the next moment, at the same time as the sound of "whoosh" piercing through the air, many soldiers in his formation were suddenly torn apart, as if they were torn apart by something invisible.

A Tubo soldier only felt a gust of wind blowing from the side, and subconsciously turned his head to look, only to find that the comrades around him had disappeared, leaving only a mass of blood mist still in the air.

He froze in place for a moment, and he didn't react until two seconds later, when there was the sound of something heavy falling to the ground.

Taking a closer look, it seems to be a torn piece of meat...a still intact arm can be seen vaguely...

"Ah—" the Tubo screamed subconsciously.

However, this was only the beginning, and soon there were screams one after another in the formation.

……

On the podium, all the envoys opened their eyes wide and opened their mouths wide open, as if they were dumbfounded, they stared at each other in a daze.

None of them could believe what had happened.

It's just that after the iron pipe burst into flames, a large amount of blood mist suddenly appeared among the enemy troops.

You can vaguely see that the enemy's formation was torn open several times in an instant, leaving behind stumps, broken arms and a lot of blood.

But what happened in this process, but no one saw it at all...

The next moment, the enemy forces visible to the naked eye began to panic.

Obviously, the slaves who were driven in front were unharmed, but the Tubo army in the back suffered extremely terrible damage.

The most important thing is that until now they don't know what happened.

Wu Zetian put down the binoculars with an uneasy expression, as if he was suppressing something, preventing it from gushing out of his throat.

Li Yuechen quickly handed over a cup of tea: "Don't look at it, Auntie, this bloody mess really doesn't look good."

Although she is the emperor, and she is also a ruthless person who has killed many people, but seeing this scene, she still subconsciously feels physically uncomfortable.

Shangguan Wan'er and Li Xian didn't look at it at all. They all knew what artillery was. Those shells could even punch a hole in a city wall, and they knew the effect of hitting people.

Li Shouli put down the binoculars and waved his hand violently: "The cavalry charge! The infantry advance at a uniform speed!"

With an order, the rhythm of the snare drum changed immediately.

The cavalry in the front position set off instantly, and rushed towards the slaves at the front of the enemy army.

The infantry formed their formation, walked in unison, and began to advance slowly.

Li Shouli said loudly: "There are too many slaves, shoot a round of grenades to clear the way for the cavalry!"

"Yes!"

The officer below agreed and immediately conveyed the order.

The soldiers in front immediately picked up the crossbow, put the grenade in and ignited it, and then threw it upwards.

From the perspective of the slave on the opposite side, they still don't know what happened at this time.

It was obvious that an explosion occurred in the opponent's position, but for some reason, the heavily armored warriors behind him were suddenly torn to pieces.

Just as he was in a daze, he suddenly heard the sound of rumbling horseshoes on the opposite side. It was the cavalry of the other side who began to charge here.

The next moment, many light spots that were not particularly obvious appeared in the sky behind the opponent's cavalry.

Seen from this side, this group of cavalry is like peacocks with their tails spread. Come.

Many of the slaves who saw this scene froze in place, admiring a scene they had never seen in their life.

These thrown grenades quickly surpassed the charging cavalry, and landed first among the black crowd of slaves.

"Boom boom boom..." It was accompanied by continuous explosions.

The crowd of slaves that were originally like a tide were instantly blasted into scattered vacuum areas.

Like a tattered rag.

The more something like a grenade is thrown in a dense crowd, the more lethal it will cause.

Hundreds of grenades were thrown into the black crowd, and the damage caused was extremely terrifying.

Looking at it from the podium, almost instantly, the crowd that was originally like a tide became extremely scattered in an instant.

At the same time, the cavalry here had also arrived in front of them, and the horses had reached their maximum speed.

The soldiers raised their spears and let go of them the moment they rushed through the crowd.

Under the huge kinetic energy, these spears directly penetrated several people in the front row.

The cavalry directly drew out their long knives and passed through the crowd like chopping melons and vegetables.

A large number of slaves died in the chaotic battlefield before they could react to what happened.

Some were pushed down by people around them, causing them to be trampled to death by the passing horseshoes;

Some were scratched by the weapons in the hands of the cavalry;

Others were directly killed by horses rushing over...

The black cavalry quickly passed through the crowd, sifting through the slaves like a sieve.

When all the cavalry passed through the crowd and continued to attack the heavily armored warriors behind, only a few scattered slaves were left alive in front.

These still living slaves looked around subconsciously, only to find that the surrounding environment was no longer as crowded as it was at the beginning.

Just as they were wondering if they had escaped a catastrophe, they suddenly heard a sound of "kuang, kuang, kuang...".

Turning his head to look, he saw a few dark squares gradually pressing towards this side.

What they heard was the uniform footsteps of the opposing soldiers.

Because it was so tidy, it sounded like there was only one person.

These soldiers held huge shields, and shining spears could be seen in the gaps between the shields, and they were pressing towards this side in a leisurely manner.

Such uniformity, like the oppressive force of heavenly soldiers, instantly made these slaves lose their desire to fight.

They raised their hands, yelled loudly in Tubo, and ran to the side under the action of survival instinct.

These forward infantry ignored them, let alone chased them, and continued to push forward a little bit at a leisurely pace.

The army with such terrifying execution power frightened the cannon fodder, and ran away screaming and screaming.

And the heavily armored warriors in the back have not yet reacted from the aftermath of the bombardment, so they can only let the cavalry here wave their shiny weapons to walk through them at will...

(End of this chapter)