Prince of Tang Dynasty

Chapter 413 Yu Chigong's Doubts
Gao Ming originally wanted to surprise Yu Chigong and the others, but he didn't expect it to turn into a shock.

Seeing the scene of people turning their backs not far away, Li Shimin suddenly opened his mouth wide, showing a look of astonishment.

But he quickly came back to his senses, and immediately gave Gao Ming a hard look, while the latter showed a bewildered expression.

Blame me?
Thankfully, however, since the cannon fired only once, only a few people suffered minor skin injuries from falling off their horses, and most of them were fine.

And Yu Chigong is one of these few people.

"Your Majesty, the old minister never received a sword or a sword during his expedition to South Vietnam. He didn't expect that when he returned to Chang'an, he was so frightened by a thunderstorm that he fell off his horse. His Majesty really laughed."

Hearing Yu Chigong's words, Li Shimin immediately smiled wryly and shook his head.

"Where did Jingde say that? You have worked so hard for our Great Tang, why would I laugh at you for such a trivial matter? Besides..."

Having said that, Li Shimin glared at Gao Ming immediately, and then looked at Yu Chigong with an apologetic face.

"Besides, this is not thunder, it is the sound of a siege weapon called 'cannon' cast by the prince."

"Siege weapon?"

Hearing Li Shimin's words, Yu Chigong immediately regained his spirits.

"Your Majesty, what exactly is a 'cannon'? How can it be called a siege weapon?"

Originally Gao Ming was still worried about how to solve the oolong incident just now, but now he heard Yu Chigong's words, he immediately realized the solution.

That's changing the subject!
As long as we change the topic now and let him forget about it for a while, after a while, it will be too late for him to worry about it!

Thinking of this, Gao Ming immediately slapped his hands.

"Oh, Duke E, you asked this question really well. Why can this cannon be called a siege weapon? The answer is..."

Just when Gao Ming was about to reveal the answer, he suddenly found Li Shimin glaring at him again, so he immediately changed his words tactfully.

"The answer is... I say it's not appropriate, let our wise and mighty Tian Khan speak!"

After finishing speaking, Gao Ming took a step back, and made a gesture of invitation to Li Shimin. Seeing this scene, Li Shimin and Yu Chigong immediately showed dull expressions.

"Uh……"

Oh God, His Majesty Khan... Isn't this name too strange?
And most importantly, this flattery is too blatant, isn't it?

However, Li Shimin is also a veteran at resolving embarrassment, so he coughed twice immediately.

"Ahem...the reason why this cannon is called a siege weapon is because it can easily break through the gate of Chang'an City from four hundred steps away!"

"hiss……"

As soon as Li Shimin's words fell, Yu Chigong suddenly took a deep breath.

Yu Chigong followed Li Shimin to fight in the north and south. It can be said that he has basically been to the entire city of Tang Dynasty, but in terms of the strongest city gate, it is the gate of Chang'an City!
The gate of Chang'an City is a studded gate, the inside is solid wood, and the outside is covered with iron sheets. The thickness of the gate alone is more than one foot thick!
This kind of city gate is not comparable to those junks in Nanyue, not to mention smashing it with a hammer, even if you hit it with a battering ram, it will not be able to do anything for a while!
But it is such a city gate, Li Shimin actually said that it was easily breached by the so-called "cannon"?And it's still four hundred steps away?
Isn't this bullshit?
That's what Li Shimin told him, if it were an ordinary minister, Yu Chigong would just spit on his face!
Li Shimin also saw what Yu Chigong was thinking, so he immediately burst out laughing.

"How difficult is it for Jingde to see the power of this cannon? Prince, you..."

Hearing that Li Shimin called him, before he could say anything to me, Gao Ming immediately stood up excitedly.

"Father, do you want me to blast the gate of Chang'an again?"

As soon as Gao Ming finished speaking, Li Shimin's smile froze on his face, and he gave Gao Ming another fierce look.

"you dare!"

"..."

Gao Ming's desire to bombard the gate of Chang'an again failed. Under Li Shimin's fierce gaze, he could only make a rockery mountain made of stones, and then adjust the angle of the cannon.

When it was ready, the fuse of the cannon was lit.

"Boom!"

With the loud bang of a cannon, the rockery piled up with stones scattered like splashes of water.

Seeing this scene, Yu Chigong's eyes widened again.

"This... is this a cannon?"

Seeing his shocked look, Gao Ming was also completely relieved.

"It seems that now he won't pursue the matter of being scared off by the cannon."

In fact, Gao Ming thought too much, because Yu Chigong didn't intend to get entangled in this matter from the beginning, after all, he was a military general of the Tang Dynasty.

As a general, falling off his horse is not a glorious thing in itself, so no matter what the reason is, he will not pursue this matter, let alone shift the responsibility to others!

What's more, Yu Chigong is really attracted by the cannon now.

After the cannon collapsed and flew away from the rockery, he immediately came to the cannon, looked left and right around it, and expressed his amazement.

"Tsk tsk tsk... I didn't expect such a sharp weapon to exist in the world. It's amazing... It's amazing!"

Yu Chigong is a military general, and even a general who often sieges cities and villages, so he understands the role of cannons better than most people, and he is more aware of the huge advantages that cannons can bring in war!

So at the next moment, he clenched his fist at Li Shimin.

"Your Majesty, please issue an order to cast this cannon. As long as there are twenty... no... as long as there are ten such cannons, if I dare to write a military order, I will definitely defeat Goguryeo within three months!"

As soon as Yu Chigong's words fell, and Li Shimin hadn't opened his mouth, there was a burst of loud laughter from the crowd.

"Hahahaha...Brother Jingde has such an aura, it seems that brother Jingde should have won a big victory in South Vietnam, but brother Jingde wants to take all the merits of Goguryeo all by himself, isn't it too stingy? Haha !"

"That's right, Mao Gong is right, Brother Jingde wants to win Goguryeo alone, but I, Old Cheng, don't agree, hahahaha!"

Listening to the words of the two, it seems that Goguryeo has been regarded as something in the bag.

As soon as the two finished speaking, Yu Chigong suddenly turned his head and looked in the direction where the voice came from.

But when he saw the other person clearly, his eyes widened in surprise.

"Maogong? Zhijie? Why did you come back so soon?"

From Yu Chigong's point of view, Li Ji and Cheng Yaojin went to conquer Liuqiu and Luzon Island. The journey was longer than his journey to South Vietnam. Even if the war went smoothly, it was impossible to come back so soon.

More importantly, the mission of the two also involved landing operations at sea, and it took a lot of time to build the ship alone. It was completely beyond his expectation that the two of them would come back so soon.

Seeing Yu Chigong's surprised face, Cheng Yaojin laughed again.

"Hahahaha, well, I have to thank His Royal Highness the Crown Prince!"

After Cheng Yaojin finished speaking, Li Ji also nodded with a smile.

"Well, that's right, the two of us were able to come back so quickly, we really relied on His Royal Highness the Crown Prince."

Hearing what the two said, Yu Chigong looked at Gao Ming again, his eyes were full of surprise.

"His Royal Highness again?"

(End of this chapter)