The Tang Dynasty started from saving Empress Changsun

Chapter 297 The Rebellion
Jiangnan Road, Yuezhou, Wu (mào) County.

There is a red amaranth mountain [-] miles east of the county, and a war is going on on the mountain at this time.The attacking side is the Tang government soldiers, and the defending side is the Southern Liaomin.

The Liao people defended according to the danger. Although they were poorly equipped and could not even make a piece of iron, they were able to rely on the natural danger to kill the attacking Tang army wave after wave.

The Tang army organized several charges but failed to take down the enemy's camp, but its own side lost troops and generals, and morale was low for a while.

As the commander-in-chief of the army, Li Daoyan also saw it in his eyes and kept it in his heart.

At this time, the deputy general Liang Lu said: "Captain, we have already lost more than 200 brothers. This is not the way to go, let's go to the cannon."

Li Daoyan's expression kept changing, he hated cannons very much, this thing would make him feel powerless as a general.

So even though the emperor allocated part of it to him, he still put it on the shelf.This time, he used the old method to fight the Liaomin.

But now it is obvious that the offensive has been frustrated. If the soldiers are forced to attack, even if they are defeated, they will suffer heavy losses.

At that time, not only will it arouse the anger of the soldiers, but it is also likely to be impeached.

Before, he caused the party to rebel because he robbed the party members.In the follow-up counter-insurgency, they were defeated and lost thousands of people, and Li Jing, who was attacking Tuyuhun, also had to retreat.

According to the law, he should be executed, but because he is the clan and Li Shentong's son, Li Shimin kept him in mind.

He kept a low profile for several years before he was reappointed. If there was another problem this time, not only would he lose face to the emperor and his father, but he himself would have no face to stay in court.

But if he wanted to change his mind to use the cannon, he couldn't get rid of that face, and the situation froze for a while.

It was his family general Li Jian who knew him well, quickly found him a ladder and said, "Commander, I remember that when the sage brought the cannon, he also brought a word."

"Life is the most expensive in my Tang Dynasty. Don't use human life to solve problems that can be solved with shells."

Li Daoyan slapped his forehead and said, "Oh, why did I forget the sage's instructions. Order the front to stop the attack, and then order the artillerymen to drag a few cannons over to blow up the camp."

Liang Lu said happily: "Here, the last general is going to deliver the order."

Soon the soldiers in front withdrew in an orderly manner, and the Liaomin rebels in the camp shouted excitedly when they saw this.

Tang Jun's morale was even lower.

The insider cursed secretly in his heart, laugh, have a good laugh, you won't be able to laugh anymore after a while.

The impatient artillerymen, who had been waiting for a long time, immediately acted when they heard the order.Because it was on a mountain, too heavy cannons could not come up, so they dragged two [-]-jin tiger crouching cannons.

Each was dragged by two cows, and pushed by a group of artillerymen behind, and soon arrived 500 meters away from the camp.

Then it is to fix the cannon, adjust the muzzle, and adjust the units...all of this is done in front of the Liao people, and there is no secret at all.

The Liao people in the camp were very puzzled what Tang Jun was doing. They guessed that it might have something to do with the siege.

But at a distance of more than 500 meters, they still hit high at a low level. They really couldn't imagine what kind of siege equipment could hit so far.

What's more, the siege equipment doesn't look too big, so they are not very worried, but just curious.

Li Daoyan also came close. Although he hated cannons, he knew the power of this thing and wanted to see the actual combat effect with his own eyes.

On a high ground far away from the battlefield, there is also a group of people watching the war.The leader is none other than Geng Guogong Feng An.

He held a monocular in his hand, observing every move on the battlefield.Next to him is his grandson Feng Junyao, also holding a spotting telescope.

As long as you have seen the telescope, it is not difficult to imitate it. Datang has equipped many generals with one, and it is very easy to make it with Feng An's status.

Feng Junyao looked at it and said, "Ah Weng, the Tang army has moved. This should be a cannon, right?"

Feng An observed for a while and said, "It should be, by the looks of it."

Feng Junyao said: "It's not in vain that we helped this group of people with so much food and weapons, and finally forced the cannons out."

Feng An's face changed, and he reprimanded: "Shut up. If you don't keep secrets, you will lose your ministers, and if your ministers don't keep secrets, you will lose your status. How can you talk nonsense about such head-losing things?"

Feng Junyao said in fear: "Grandson knows his mistake, please forgive me, Aunt."

Feng An shook his head and said, "You are still too young, I shouldn't have entrusted you with such an important matter."

Feng Junyao looked frustrated but did not dare to refute. He also knew that he had made a slip of the tongue just now.

When Feng An was about to continue his reprimand, he suddenly heard a roar coming from a distance, and he quickly raised his binoculars to look.

I saw thick smoke coming out of the artillery positions of the Tang army, and two huge gaps had appeared in the wood and stone camp of the Liaomin.

The power of the cannon shocked everyone, and Tang Jun let out loud cheers after reacting.

The morale of the Liaomin fell to the lowest in an instant. Some people even exclaimed the magic spell, and some knelt down to pray for the blessing of the god of thunder.

In the mythology of the Liao people, the highest god is the god of thunder, and they worship and pray to the god of thunder, but this time the god of thunder will not come to bless them.

A few minutes later, the cannon rang again, and two iron balls accurately hit the gap just now.The wooden and stone wall could no longer hold on, and collapsed with a huge gap.

Some of the hunters guarding the wall were caught off guard and fell and were crushed under the rocks.

The demoralized Liaomin could no longer control the panic in their hearts and collapsed.

Li Daoyan didn't care about the loss in his heart, he pulled out the knife in his hand and shouted: "Brothers, go."

"Kill!!!" The vanguard who had been prepared for a long time swarmed up, and easily crossed the natural moat that had blocked them for several days.

The artilleryman who was preparing for the third shot jumped straight: "Can't we, you guys, hold on for a while and let us fire a few more shots? After finally catching the opportunity for actual combat, we only fired four shots and it was over."

Li Daoyan, who was passing by, wanted to laugh when he heard it, and the prejudice in his heart disappeared a lot.

Cannons may affect warfare, but it's nice when it's yours, isn't it?

In the distance, Feng An put down his binoculars and remained silent.Feng Junyao was also a little frightened by the power of the cannon, so he didn't dare to speak for a while.

"Go back." After a long time, Feng An put down these words and turned to leave.

Feng Junyao quickly ordered his subordinates to clean up the place, and he followed quickly.

Halfway up the mountain, Feng An slowed down and sighed: "The heavens are so kind to the Central Plains. Cane sugar and glass are wealth, the countries in Funan have food, and sea ships and artillery are military force."

"With money, food, force, and hundreds of thousands of brave warriors, the Tang Dynasty has no rivals."

Feng Junyao followed silently, not daring to say a word.

Feng An didn't need him to answer, but turned his gaze to the sea area in the northeast direction.As a special envoy, Feng Zhidai accompanied the Datang Fleet to the Wonu Kingdom to check the feudal land, not knowing what was going on.

I just hope that the man from Ganlu Hall can keep his promise, otherwise the Feng family's century-old foundation will really be destroyed in his own hands.

(End of this chapter)