Prince of Tang Dynasty

Chapter 382 Bombarding Chang'an City Gate

When Gao Ming and Liu Tao brought their cannons to the outside of Chang'an City, tens of thousands of people came out with them, and the number is still increasing.

There is only one main reason for this result, and that is the end of the morning rugby match.

People have a herd mentality. When these people came back from the rugby field, when they saw a lot of people gathered, they immediately gathered around, intending to see what happened.

And when they saw the swarthy cannon, they were immediately curious.

"Huh? What is that?"

"I don't know, but it looks like it should be something amazing!"

"Of course, didn't you see that His Royal Highness is here?"

"Tsk tsk... really..."

Hearing the discussion among the people, the smile on Gao Ming's face became brighter and brighter.

"It must be an instant hit now, right?"

Thinking of this, he immediately pulled the horse's rein and stopped, then turned to look at Liu Tao.

"A Tao, how far are we from Chang'an City Gate?"

Hearing Gao Ming's words, Liu Tao hastily cupped his hands towards him.

"Back to His Royal Highness, we are now about two hundred steps away from the gate of Chang'an."

Datang's one step is equivalent to 300 meters, and two hundred steps is [-] meters. This distance is about twice the range of an archer. Gao Ming estimated that this distance is almost the same, so he nodded immediately.

"Well, two hundred steps is almost the same, turn the cannon around and fire it at the gate of Chang'an!"

"what?"

After hearing Gao Ming's words, Liu Tao's eyes widened immediately, his face was full of shock.

"His Royal Highness, did you just say... firing cannons at the gate of Chang'an City?"

As the capital of the Tang Dynasty, Chang'an belongs to the veritable "at the foot of the emperor", but Gao Ming, the current prince, actually wants to fire cannons at Chang'an?

Liu Tao began to suspect that the person in front of him was a fake prince.

Seeing Liu Tao's hellish expression, Gao Ming didn't explain to him, but turned over and got off the horse, and then waved his hand.

"Come on, bring up my Italian cannon... er, no, drag me up my Super Shenwei Invincible Fortress cannon, I want to bombard the gate of Chang'an!"

"Yes!"

The soldiers who followed Gao Ming this time were all from the Hundred Cavalry Guards. After hearing Gao Ming's words, several soldiers immediately turned around and aimed the muzzle of the cannon at the gate of Chang'an City.

Seeing this scene, Liu Tao became anxious immediately.

"His Royal Highness, you must not..."

Before he could finish speaking, Gao Ming interrupted him with a wave of his hand.

"Liu Tao, you are in charge of going to the gate of Chang'an City to disperse the people, and then close the gate to avoid accidental injury. This is a military order, and anyone who violates the order will be beheaded!"

After finishing speaking, Gao Ming ignored Liu Tao and began to fill the barrel with gunpowder.

Hearing that Gao Ming even said "cut", Liu Tao could only grit his teeth and rode over to disperse the crowd at the gate of Chang'an City.

When Gao Ming filled the cannon with gunpowder and adjusted the angle of the muzzle, Liu Tao had already dispersed the people at the gate of the city, and at the same time had people close the gate of the city.

Seeing this scene, Gao Ming nodded immediately.

"Well, that's right, come on, load the shells!"

"Yes!"

Under Gao Ming's order, a soldier immediately came over with a stone shell the size of a bowling ball, and put it into the muzzle of the gun.

Seeing the cannonballs being put in, Gao Ming suddenly smiled.

"Hey, it's my turn to play next, pass me the torch!"

"Yes!"

Hearing Gao Ming's words, the soldier standing next to him immediately handed him the torch. After taking the torch, Gao Ming immediately lit the fuse at the tail of the cannon with it.
Looking at the lead wire that was sparking and making a "hissing" sound, Gao Ming took two steps back and covered his ears.

The sparks quickly burned to the end, and after only one or two breaths, a deafening sound suddenly sounded.

"boom!"

With the sound of this huge sound, everyone felt that the ground seemed to tremble. Some timid people were frightened and fell to the ground.

At this moment, a shout suddenly sounded from the crowd.

"It's not good! God is angry!"

With the sound of this sound, the crowd immediately became commotion, and soon, a large number of people knelt down, kowtow like pounding garlic.

Seeing this scene, Gao Ming suddenly couldn't laugh or cry.

"Damn it, I just fired a cannon, what's the matter with God?"

Having said that, he raised his chin towards the soldiers next to him.

"Just go over to anyone and see where the shells hit. Others clean the barrel and check the cannon to see if there is any damage."

"Yes!"

Under Gao Ming's order, the soldiers immediately started to act.

Soon, the soldier who went to check where the shells fell came back. He trotted all the way to Gao Ming, then knelt down on one knee and cupped his hands at Gao Ming.

"Reporting to His Royal Highness, the shell hit the city wall."

Hearing this answer, Gao Ming's face immediately collapsed.

"Nonsense, of course I know I hit the city wall. What I want to know is which side of the city wall did I hit? How far is it from the city gate?"

"Returning to His Royal Highness, the shell hit the city wall directly above the city gate, about a zhang away from the city gate."

Datang's one zhang is about three meters. Hearing this answer, Gao Ming's face became better.

"The error of three meters is not too much, and the angle is okay. Okay, come on, raise the breech of the gun by two inches, fill it with gunpowder, and prepare to fire the second shot!"

"Yes!"

Gao Ming didn't know that when he was happily firing the cannon, Liu Tao had already rode straight to the palace.

As a person who personally supervised the manufacture of cannons, Liu Tao is one of the few people who knows the principle of cannons. When he heard the deafening sound of cannons, he knew that he had a big deal this time, a big deal!

Bombarding the city gate of Chang'an, this kind of thing is bullying the emperor at a small scale, and rebelling at a serious scale!
If the higher authorities really pursue it, Liu Tao doesn't know if there is anything wrong with Gao Ming, but his result is death!
Proper drop!
Thinking of this, Liu Tao's forehead was covered with fine beads of sweat, and he didn't know whether it was hot or frightened.

"No, I don't care about offending His Highness the Crown Prince now, I must report this matter to the Holy Majesty, so that I can survive!"

For Liu Tao at this time, any promotion to rank or rank is imaginary, and the only current main task is to save his own life.

After a stick of incense, Liu Tao finally came to the imperial study.

After seeing Li Shimin, he immediately knelt down with a "plop".

"Report to Your Majesty, something is wrong, the Prince's Hall is bombarding the gate of Chang'an!"

As soon as Liu Tao finished speaking, Li Shimin gasped.

"hiss……"

(End of this chapter)