Prince of Tang Dynasty

Chapter 436 Surprise Attack on Jian'an City
Hou Junji felt that Gao Ming was talking nonsense, so at this moment he couldn't help feeling a little irritable.

"His Royal Highness, the crossbowmen are all guarding against the city. Without the city gate, it is not scary. But please forgive me for taking the liberty. Do you have a way to let them open the city gate and let us in, Your Highness?"

When Hou Junji said this, he actually meant to join Gao Ming's army, but what he didn't expect was that Gao Ming laughed as soon as his words fell.

"Of course there is a way. Since I stepped out of Chang'an, the gate of Goguryeo has been opened for me. Maybe you don't believe it now, but soon you will know that I am not lying!"

"..."

Hearing Gao Ming's words, Hou Junji fell into a stupor again. Seeing his unbelievable expression, Gao Ming just patted him on the shoulder, but didn't say anything.

For a while, the tank fell into silence, only the "swish" sound of soldiers shoveling coal into the boiler, and the "bang" sound of the steam engine running echoed in the tank.

The sky soon dawned. According to Gao Ming's instructions, Zhang Liang asked the soldiers to stop to make a fire and cook. Gao Ming also jumped off the tank and walked around under the guards of Huzi and Xue Rengui.

In the army led by Zhang Liang, only [-] cavalry followed him from Chang'an, and the rest were local soldiers, so they didn't know Gao Ming well.

Seeing Gao Ming in golden armor with a red cloak behind him, the soldiers began to discuss.

"Who was that one who walked past just now? It seems that our generals are respectful to him!"

"I haven't seen it, but it looks so young."

"That's right, and he's still sitting in that big iron car, so he should be a big shot!"

After hearing these discussions, those soldiers who knew Gao Ming stood up proudly.

"Hey, let me tell you, the one who just walked over is the present His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, and also the Tiance General of the current Tang Dynasty!"

"hiss……"

Hearing this explanation, many soldiers couldn't help but gasped, with shocked expressions on their faces.

"His Royal Highness? How could such a noble person come here?"

"It's unbelievable, but judging by the general's appearance, it should be true!"

"His Royal Highness is here, presumably there should be no danger in the future."

From the soldiers' point of view, a noble person like Gao Ming would not easily take risks. Since Gao Ming is here, it means that the next battle has a great chance of winning.

Thinking of this, many soldiers showed relaxed smiles on their faces.

Xue Rengui followed Gao Ming all the way, seeing the expressions of the soldiers, his face suddenly revealed a thoughtful look.

"His Royal Highness is here to boost morale? He just walked around like this without saying a word, and he boosted the morale of the soldiers. He really deserves to be His Royal Highness!"

In fact, Xue Rengui didn't know that Gao Ming came down for a turn, just because staying in the tank was too boring, and things like boosting morale were just incidental.

Breakfast was a rice cake with a bowl of noodle soup. The soup had a fishy smell, so it didn't taste good, but Gao Ming didn't care about it.

After eating, Gao Ming boarded the tank and ordered the army to move out.

Under Gao Ming's order, the soldiers set off again. Xue Rengui led three thousand cavalry to explore the way ahead, while Hu Zi continued to guard Gao Ming's side to protect his safety.

Seeing Huzi's face as if facing a formidable enemy, Gao Ming immediately smiled and shook his head.

"Huzi, I'm safe in the tank. If the tank can't protect me, you're useless by my side, so you should follow Xue Rengui and protect him. He is very important to me!"

Hearing Gao Ming's words, Huzi thought for a while, then nodded.

"Well, His Royal Highness, I understand, I'm going to protect Xue Rengui now!"

After finishing speaking, Huzi got off the tank, and then rode his horse to chase Xue Rengui.

In the afternoon, Gao Ming and the others finally arrived outside Jian'an City. Looking at the majestic city in front of them, Gao Ming immediately nodded excitedly.

"What a majestic city, it is indeed no less than my Tang Dynasty's Jingzhao, Luoyang and other cities. No wonder that old man Quan Gai Suwen is so confident. It's a pity that he met me!"

Having said that, Gao Ming immediately raised his chin towards Hu Zi.

"Huzi, go and drag the twenty cannons that you just brought over from the warship. I have to let this guy know who is daddy today!"

"Yes!"

Huzi agreed and went to move the cannon.

Zhang Liang had also seen cannons in Chang'an, so after hearing Gao Ming's words, he immediately ordered his men to block the ears of their war horses with cloth balls, so as not to scare them when the cannons fired.

At this time, the Goguryeo soldiers on Jian'an City also saw Gao Ming and the others, but these Goguryeo soldiers didn't panic, instead they started laughing, and while laughing, they yelled something at Gao Ming and the others.

Seeing this scene, Gao Ming frowned immediately.

"Zhang Liang, there seems to be someone around you who understands the language of sticks. Go ask and see what these dead sticks are screaming."

Hearing Gao Ming's words, Zhang Liang coughed dryly twice.

"Ahem... Go back to His Royal Highness, this humble official knows, they told us to beat them, otherwise let us go back to Datang, I heard about it when we were in Beisha City, Your Highness don't need to talk to them."

"..."

Although Zhang Liang said it very tactfully, Gao Ming also knew that the other party must have said something worse, it should be something like "If you want to hit, hit it, if you don't hit it, get out".

Thinking of this, a sneer flashed across Gao Ming's face.

"Don't look at their panic now, I'm afraid that I will make a list with them in the future, Huzi, are the cannons ready?"

"His Royal Highness, you are ready."

Hearing Huzi's words, Gao Ming nodded immediately.

"Okay, the bow and arrow range of these sticks is only 150 steps at most. We are now about [-] steps away from them. Let the soldiers push the cannon forward another [-] steps, and then aim at their city gate and blast me to death!"

"Yes!"

Following Gao Ming's order, Hu Zi took the lead and pushed a cannon up. The other soldiers did not have the supernatural power of Hu Zi, so only four or five of them pushed the cannon forward together.

It took about a cup of tea, and twenty black cannons were pushed to the front. Seeing this scene, the Goguryeo people in Jian'an city also stopped provoking the Tang army, and they showed doubts in their eyes.

What the hell are these Tang people doing?

Just when their hearts were full of doubts, a deafening voice immediately reached their ears.

"Boom!"

(End of this chapter)