Sui Dynasty: I, Yang Guang, am both scrupulous and stable

Chapter 259: Giant Cannon Deterrence
On the rolling Yangtze River, a warship was moored on the shore of Jiangling City. Chen Shujian, who was on the bed, was furious and threw the cup in his hand: "What are you doing?! Why are you attacking Poyang Port rashly? You don't know that this will only Will it cause a war?"

Yang Guang, who was sitting upright, picked up the cup and took a sip of water: "King of Changsha, don't worry, this matter will only benefit you, there will be no harm."

The King of Changsha glared angrily: "What's the benefit?!"

"Our intervention in Nan Chen's fight against Xiao Yan and others, isn't it the greatest help to you? Could it be that you want us to help Nan Chen deal with you?"

The King of Changsha was speechless, and Yang Guang continued.

"King Changsha, please remember clearly the purpose of our alliance. It is to overthrow Chen Shubao, not to see you stalling for time without any purpose."

Changsha King Chen Shujian is really too cunning. He only confronts Xiao Moke and never tests the opponent's bottom line. It is obvious that he is deliberately delaying time, and Yang Guang needs to add fuel to the fire.

"It's not as easy as you said. Xiao Moke leads 15 troops, and the main force of the court will follow. How can he do it easily without the right opportunity?"

Yang Guang replied: "Yes, how can you do it easily without the right opportunity? I will give you the opportunity now."

"Is this the time?"

"Why not? And you don't need to change anything. Just continue to lead the troops and the stalemate will be fine. Leave the other things to us. Wouldn't it be simpler for you?"

Yang Guang's rhetorical question confused Chen Shujian. He could indeed do nothing now, but could he really do nothing?
What if, just what if, Yang Guang and others really defeated the Nanchen army?Although he is an alliance with Yang Guang and the others, will they really give Nanchen to him?
Impossible.

Soon Chen Shujian fell into the conflict of whether to fight or not to fight.

It is indeed possible for them to win if they work together to attack, but after winning, will the other party keep their promise and make themselves the emperor of Nanchen?

After all, after the unremitting efforts of the Sima family caused chaos in the world, the words between politicians no longer have any credibility, and swearing is of no use at all.

Chen Shujian thought it was impossible, so he said, "What are you going to do next?"

Yang Guang smiled slightly and ordered his men to roll out a huge artillery piece. The fort was two meters high and the barrel was terrifyingly over three meters long. Chen Shujian was dumbfounded.

"This is……"

"This is called a giant cannon. It is an improvement on the Crouching Tiger Cannon. You have seen the power of the Crouching Tiger Cannon. This kind of giant cannon is used by us to attack cities and demolish strongholds. Its power is more than a hundred times that of the Crouching Tiger Cannon. , the distance that can be hit is more than ten times, and it can hit four or five miles. We are now stepping up construction. Wait until next spring, March, maybe May, we will launch a large-scale attack on the Nanchen capital, and strive to conquer it all at once. Come down."

"Of course we need the assistance of the King of Changsha. You have to delay Xiao Moke's elite army here. In this case, their return time will be greatly delayed, buying more time for our battle."

Looking at the terrifying cannon, Chen Shujian stood up in a daze, and involuntarily reached out to touch the cannon.

The cold and hard touch made Chen Shujian tremble. Recalling that his warship was smashed to pieces by Yang Guang's warship in a single encounter, he couldn't help but imagine how powerful this giant cannon must be.

A hundred times more powerful than the Crouching Tiger Cannon, it could not bring down the walls of Jiankang City with just one shot.

Seeing that Chen Shujian had been fooled, Yang Guang continued: "This kind of giant cannon is expensive to build. We plan to use our whole country to build fifty of them. When the time comes, our warships will be lined up on the Yangtze River to bombard Jiankang City."

After imagining this scene, Chen Shujian couldn't imagine what the Chen Dynasty would use to resist the Sui Dynasty's strong ships and cannons.

Fifty statues, this is a total of fifty giant cannons.

"King Changsha, this attack on Poyang County destroyed part of their warships and ports. They will definitely retaliate. We and them will have a water battle in the Yangtze River Mountains, but you should also understand the capabilities of our navy. You delay Xiao Xiao Moko's army, just do your part and leave the rest to us." Chen Shujian said with a gloomy face: "When I go back tonight, I will let my subordinates provoke trouble and let Xiao Mo Ke can’t leave.”

"The King of Changsha understands the righteousness, I thank you in advance."

Chen Shujian then left the place hastily and went back.

Xiao Cong stood up and walked to the side of the cannon and said, "Prince Jin, is this thing really that powerful?"

"Of course not."

"then you?!"

"This giant cannon was built on a whim by people in the Daxing City Firearms Arsenal. Don't look at it, it's just a big lump of iron. The current gunpowder technology can't use such a big lump of iron. "

"Then you just lied to him?"

Yang Guang smiled slightly: "Actually, this is the same as the first time I used a musket to deceive him. It's just the fear in people's hearts. It cost a lot of money to make this big iron lump. Although it can't be used in actual combat, But it’s natural to use it to continue to deceive people. Nan Chen is now very afraid of our firearms. This kind of thing can increase their fear, and it will not be in vain for me to spend all my efforts to move it to Gangneung.”

Xiao Cong smiled: "If Chen Shujian knew that you still lied to him, wouldn't he be so angry that he would die?"

"Then he has to be willing to be deceived, and he is not the only one who wants to be deceived this time."

"Who else are you going to lie to?"

"The entire Nanchen, the common people and civil and military ministers along both sides of the river."

Xiao Cong was puzzled, so Yang Guang said: "Brother, I can also borrow the method used by Prime Minister Cao to intimidate Soochow during the Three Kingdoms."

"Put three thousand war notes in a bamboo tube and send them down the river. The content is: Xiao Yan and Xiao Gu, the unfilial descendants of Daliang, have committed crimes below. Now we are ordering a crusade. In the direction of the banner, the unfilial descendants are waiting to be killed. Fifty warships were destroyed in the battle of Poyang Lake. , today we are training 30 naval troops, [-] warships, and [-] cannons. Next year when the weather is warm, we will attack the rebels and clear the lintel. This matter has nothing to do with the Chen Dynasty. I hope the Emperor of the Chen Dynasty and all the gentlemen will not panic. Don't interfere."

The methods of the predecessors are still effective now, and they are well-known.

Xiao Cong clapped his hands and said: "If you make such a fuss, no one in the Chen Dynasty will be panicked? Chen Shubao will not believe that we are just attacking Xiao Yan and others. The people of the Chen Dynasty will not believe that the imperial court can just sit back and do nothing. This will affect the internal affairs of Nanchen It’s even more chaotic.”

"Keep in mind that our purpose is to cause chaos in Nanchen. The more chaos, the better."

"Will we fight next year?"

"You can fight, you don't have to fight. Leave them four or five months to see how the people in Nanchen respond, and then we can decide our next strategy."

Yang Guang then asked: "By the way, uncle, I think the progress of the expressway matter is pretty good."

Xiao Cong was overjoyed: "Yes, after the establishment of Xiliang Bank, my father is now a little worried about how to spend so much money."

"Uncle, there will be more and more in the future."

"what?"

(End of this chapter)