If I let you stay in Lingnan, how could you become the crown prince of the Tang Dynasty?

Chapter 91 The Sixth Prince's Gun Scared the Ministers

"Eight hundred miles urgent!"

"Eight hundred miles urgent!"

A horseman passed through Gwanghwamun without stopping, and rushed straight to the palace through the long street, shouting loudly all the way, and pedestrians on both sides of the street dodged.

After the rider sped away, pedestrians walked to the center of the street and stopped to watch, with puzzled expressions on their faces:
"Eight hundred miles in a hurry? Nothing serious has happened!"

"The Sixth Prince is in Suzhou to fight against the Turks. I hope nothing unexpected happened!"

"Pah, pah, pah! Crow's mouth, the Sixth Prince will be fine!"

"I don't want anything to happen to him, but he is only seventeen years old after all..."

"What's wrong with seventeen? Gan Luo was appointed prime minister at the age of twelve, Zhou Yu was appointed commander-in-chief of the Eastern Wu at the age of sixteen, and our Sixth Prince was already wiping out the barbarian chieftains in Lingnan at the age of sixteen!"

"Barbarians are barbarians, and Turks are Turks!"

"What's wrong with the Turks? Do they have more heads than us Tang people?"

"Okay, I won't argue with you. I hope the Sixth Prince can win..."

……

"It's more than just a victory, it's an unprecedented victory!"

Li Shimin stood in the hall, holding up the military report that had been sent over 800 miles in an emergency. His face was filled with joy and his eyes were full of excitement:

"The 60,000-strong Turkic army suddenly attacked our Tang infantry. Although Duke Qiao and Huang Junhan led thousands of cavalry to rescue, the enemy's number far exceeded ours. An'er led 500 cavalry guards to launch a surprise attack, first pinning down the enemy's tens of thousands of troops, and then ordered Huang Junhan to provide support from behind, defeating the enemy's cavalry in one fell swoop. Finally, the four-pronged attack defeated the Turkic army..."

"Tens of thousands of Turks were killed, and countless others were wounded and fled. Ashina Helu led the remaining troops and fled all the way north. At this moment, Huang Junhan has led tens of thousands of cavalry to pursue them!"

At this point, Li Shimin stretched out his hand, laughed and said:

"five hundred!"

"With only 500 men, we were able to pin down tens of thousands of enemy cavalry, preventing the Turks from destroying our 20,000 Tang infantry in one fell swoop!"

“Who dares to think!”

In the hall, all the ministers were dumbfounded.

Five hundred people can hold back tens of thousands of enemy cavalry?
real or fake?

Could it be that the Sixth Prince was greedy for merit and therefore reported false military intelligence?

Who would dare to think of this!
Li Shimin looked at the shocked and stunned expressions of his ministers, and held up the other two military reports with some pride.

"Here are the handwritten letters of Duke Qiao and Huang Junhan. They are even more exaggerated than the military report written by An'er!"

After saying this, he unfolded the military report of Qiaoguogong Chai Shao and read:

"Shao is old and unwilling to stay at home to help the Tang Dynasty to wipe out the northern barbarians. However, he did not expect that the Turks would suddenly attack with an army of 60,000, intending to swallow up our 20,000 infantry in one fell swoop to undermine the morale of our Tang Dynasty's military and civilians. Although Shao fought desperately with General Huang, he still could not save the defeat!"

"Fortunately, His Highness the Sixth Prince suddenly appeared on the east side of the enemy chieftain with 500 cavalrymen in the early morning, and built a Jingguan with thousands of Turkic heads. The enemy chieftain was really furious and ordered thousands of cavalrymen to attack His Highness fiercely!"

"Your Highness actually used a strange firearm to attack the enemy. The sound was like thunder and the movement was like lightning. Under the bombardment, the enemy soldiers fell to the ground like the wind cutting wheat straw!"

"The enemy chieftain had not expected that Your Highness would have such a surprise force, and in a rage he dispatched tens of thousands of cavalry, 5000 of which attacked head-on, and another 5000 of which attacked from behind. However, Your Highness was able to predict the enemy's situation a thousand miles away, and first ordered General Huang Junhan to meet the enemy from the rear, and then sent 500 cavalry guards to meet the enemy head-on!"

"The enemy is ten times more powerful than your Highness. Your Highness has come up with a surprising move. He uses a fire weapon called a fire bomb. It is as big as a melon and makes a sound like thunder. It also contains countless iron nails. When it explodes, it kills countless enemies..."

After Li Shimin finished reading Chai Shao's military report, he also read Huang Junhan's military report aloud.

In the past, these tasks were done by Zhang Ananda or other young eunuchs, but today Li Shimin was so happy that he stood in the hall and read the military report aloud, and his reading was full of ups and downs and emotions. It was so vivid!

A group of ministers listened to Chai Shao's military report with their mouths wide open and ears pricked up, as if they were listening to a storyteller.

After listening to Chai Shao's military report, everyone looked at each other with shocked expressions on their faces.

When Li Shimin read Huang Junhan's military report, it was almost the same as what Chai Shao said.

The two witnesses recorded in detail in the military newspaper the thrilling and shocking battle, the great shock caused by Li An's new weapons, and the heavy casualties inflicted on the enemy.

The ministers then realized that the Sixth Prince had not boasted about his achievements at all, but had instead been very modest in what he wrote in the military report.

Li An's military report only said that the enemy launched a large-scale surprise attack, and fortunately he joined forces with Chai Shao and Huang Junhan to defeat the enemy. It did not mention at all that he was outnumbered by 500 to 10,000, and that he had new firearms.

However, Chai Shao and Huang Junhan praised Li An highly in the military newspaper, and their praise and admiration were evident on the paper!
It turns out that they are the real ones!
A new type of firearm that makes a sound like thunder and kills enemies without them being seen?
All the ministers were very curious when they heard this.

What kind of firearm can make a thunderous sound, attack as fast as lightning, and kill people without them even being seen?

Li Shimin saw the shocked and curious expressions on the faces of his ministers, but he smiled smugly.

"I happen to have this kind of firearm with me, and today I will let you open your eyes!"

After saying that, he took out the handheld musket that Li An had given him and held it in front of him for the ministers to see.

The ministers looked at the sword in Li Shimin's hand, which was about one foot long, had a handle for holding, and had two silver steel pipe-like things on it, and they were all very curious.

"Your Majesty, is this a musket?"

"Can something this small kill people?"

"Can it also make a thunderous noise?"

"Your Majesty, please do not blame me for being stupid. This thing does not look as scary as Duke Qiao and General Huang Junhan said!"

Li Shimin was not surprised at all by the ministers' reactions.

Because that was what he thought when he first saw the musket.

"Ananda!"

When Zhang Ananda heard Li Shimin's call, he immediately walked to the entrance of the hall holding a wooden sign and put it up there.

Li Shimin raised his rifle and aimed at the wooden sign.

Before pulling the trigger, he couldn't help but wink at the ministers who were staring at him with wide eyes and about to watch the fun:

"My dear ministers, are you sure you don't need to cover your ears?"

Several old ministers quickly covered their ears when they heard this, but Changsun Wuji and some generals thought they had experienced battles before and didn't take it to heart at all. They still stood there with their hands hanging, but a look of disapproval could be seen on their faces.

What could possibly make a sound like thunder?
I'm afraid it's Duke Qiao and Huang Junhan who are just bragging about Li An!

How could such a short thing be as loud as thunder and as powerful as lightning?
They were thinking.

Suddenly, Li Shimin pulled the trigger without warning.

boom!
There was a loud bang, just like a bolt of lightning suddenly striking in the clear sky, shaking the entire hall.

The ministers were so frightened that their faces turned pale and their legs went weak.

One minister was so frightened that he sat down on the ground, with a puddle of water under him.

He was scared to pee!
(End of this chapter)