Li Hong's words left Ge Xiyuan and Shi Zang speechless, especially since Ge Xiyuan was the Taishi Order of the Taishi Bureau and was responsible for astronomy and calculation of auspicious days and times for the royal family. At this time, Li Hong's words After running out of words, I don’t know how to answer this question.
The faces of the two people turned red, but what His Highness the Prince said made sense. If the sky thunder buried under the city wall was soaked by the rain that day and was abandoned, then Chang'an City and other places in the Tang Dynasty would appear here. The weather is sunny on the other side of the wind and rain, and the weather is clear and sunny. It rains and clears within an hour. It's not like I haven't seen it before, so how can I explain it
In front of His Majesty the Emperor, you can't say what outrageous things happened in the Tang Dynasty? Is that why God sent those thunderstorms
"How many days can you take over Anshi City?" Li Zhi said suddenly.
How could Ge Xiyuan and Shi Zang be Li Hong's rivals, not to mention that Li Hong was still taking advantage of him! Although Li Zhi knew that when he listened to Ge Xiyuan's suggestion, he did have a certain mentality for the continued prosperity of the Tang Dynasty, so he never used the thunder again.
But now that Li Hong has appeared, Li Zhi's state of mind has slowly changed. This unfilial son can often make mysterious things clear and worthless, and he and the queen have been fooled. So now I have made up my mind to surpass the late emperor no matter what, pass through Anshi City, and fight to the Datong River.
"It depends on what you mean." Li Hong said lightly.
Being able to say this with such confidence is mainly due to the troops led by Li Jinxing, who are currently retreating. Looking at the orderly formation, you know that this feint attack has revealed the reality of Goguryeo.
At the same time that Li Jinxing withdrew, Qibi Heli once again led his troops to charge forward, but everyone was bluffing now. It was just because the sound of the war drums had not stopped yet and had not yet turned into the sound of gongs to withdraw troops, so they were charging during the attack. , become more cautious.
"The war here is entirely in the hands of the prince, and no one is allowed to have any objections." Li Zhi said expressionlessly.
From the faces of Liu Rengui, Xue Rengui, and Li Jinxing, he could tell early this morning that because of the intervention of civil servants, these generals had sad faces when they first attacked Anshi City, but since Li Hong arrived, their expressions have changed. It became a lot easier.
I'm afraid they also know that as long as the prince comes, they can maximize their abilities, and they can use Tianlei with ease without the interference of civil servants.
It was a feigned attack that was neither light nor heavy. Li Hong gave the order and before Qibi could withdraw his troops, the Goguryeo soldiers on top of the city couldn't wait to stop throwing rolling stones after hearing Ming Jin's voice of withdrawing his troops. Rolling wood.
This also made Qibi Heli feel more relaxed and comfortable when he evacuated the city, even like taking a walk. Each formation maintained a neat posture and slowly withdrew.
Li Hong had a clear understanding of Anshi City's defense, but his brows were still furrowed. The thought that the arrogant soldiers would be defeated did not know when it popped into his mind.
Because in this feint attack, he did not see the trebuchet that Datang was originally proud of and famous for, and was known to "break both men and horses". He did not even see the crossbow.
So after Qibi Heli rushed over, Li Hong stroked his chin, looked at his father Long, and then looked at the refreshed and beaming generals standing in front of him. It didn't take much to think about it. They knew Being able to have such an expression can only mean that they have figured out the true strength of Anshi City, which is why the expression on their faces is so relaxed.
Embarrassed to question his father Long directly, Li Hong could only start with a few generals. He couldn't just abandon the trebuchet and the powerful bed crossbow because of the ease of conquering the city before, right
"Generals, I want to ask you a question. Since the founding of the Tang Dynasty, what is the best weapon to attack a city?" Li Hong glanced at the top of the city. A general was pointing at his side and yelling. He turned to face Xue Rengui and others asked.
"Back to Your Highness, it was natural that there was a thunderstorm that day. With this sharp weapon, all the cities in the world are worth mentioning in the eyes of our Tang army." Xue Rengui is the most familiar with Li Hong, so naturally among the several generals, he answered on his behalf.
Li Hong frowned again and asked: "What if there is no such thunder?"
He knew that Xue Rengui answered like this because when he was in Tubo, he benefited so much from this thunder. Often, if he wanted to capture a city, he only needed to eliminate dozens of elite soldiers and generals, and sneak up to the city under the cover of night. Under the city wall, the thunder was buried immediately. When the city was attacked the next day, there was no need to give orders with drums or horns. As long as the rumble of thunder was heard that day, there would be no problem in attacking the city immediately.
Now, this thunder has penetrated into Xue Rengui's heart, and has naturally become a more effective siege weapon than trebuchets and crossbows.
"What if there are no sky thunders?" Come on, there is a certain gap in terms of range and lethality."
"Okay, that's a good answer." Li Hong's tone became colder, and even his father Long felt that this unfilial son seemed to be angry.
As expected, Li Hong said slowly: "So if we want to capture Anshi City without thunder or soldiers from the Shenji Battalion, what should we do? Where is our catapult? Where is the crossbow?"
Li Hong's face became cold and his eyes became sharp. He did not restrain himself at all because his father was here. In military and national affairs, it is either you or me who will die. But now, after a feint attack, He didn't even see the most basic catapult or bed crossbow. Do they really think that Tianlei is invincible
Seeing Liu Rengui, Li Jinxing, and Qibi Heli headed by Xue Rengui speechless and hesitant, Li Hong continued to say coldly: "What? Did I say something wrong? Ge Xiyuan thinks that using sky thunder will cause harm." Tian Daohe, what happened next? Did you fulfill your duties as ministers? Where did the catapults and crossbows that were used to attack the city go? Are you just going to stay under Anshi City for the rest of your life?"
At the end of the sentence, Li Hong stopped shouting and started roaring aggressively like a male lion in heat.
Whether it was the military generals led by Xue Rengui and Liu Rengui, or the civil servants led by Ge Xiyuan and Shi Zangjie, after hearing Li Hong's question, they suddenly realized and lowered their heads in shame.
In particular, Ge Xiyuan and Shi Zangjie, as civil servants, follow His Majesty in the military expedition. Although they do not have to personally lead the troops to fight, since they have gone on an expedition, whether they are the Taishi Ling of the Taishi Bureau or the provincial admonishment officials Shi Zangjie, including all generals, have the responsibility and duty to remind His Majesty not to forget the catapult and crossbow when attacking the city.
But a few days ago, when they captured other cities, because of the convenience of the Shenji Battalion carrying sky mines and Goguryeo's unopposed retreat, they psychologically despised the enemy.
In addition, the trebuchet is difficult to move, as you can tell by the name of the bed crossbow. It is time-consuming and laborious to move back and forth between the mountains and canyons. Not only does it not achieve the goal of military speed, but it will Slow down marching speed.
The most important thing is that everyone, including His Majesty the Emperor, relies on the Shenji Camp's Tianlei as a weapon to attack the city, so they naturally forget about the catapults and crossbows and place them on the pine trees. The Modu Governor's Mansion will no longer bring it.
Ge Xiyuan's face turned even redder. Although His Highness the Crown Prince was reprimanding everyone, it sounded more like he was reprimanding him alone, because he was the one who suggested stopping His Majesty from using the mines that day, but the catapult and bed crossbow... When he first attacked Goguryeo, his majesty stopped carrying the powerful siege weapon because of the portability of the sky thunder.
Now facing the city wall of Anshi City, I prevented His Majesty from using it on the grounds that the thunder would harm Tianhe. At first, I stopped His Majesty from carrying the trebuchet and crossbow because he was afraid of affecting the marching speed, but what about now
He didn't have any sharp weapons to attack the city, but he still counted on the Tang Dynasty's army to capture Anshi City. As His Highness the Prince said, at this moment, what should the Tang Dynasty's army do without the use of thunder? What about taking Anshi City
In any case, Ge Xiyuan was vaguely becoming the target of public criticism at this time, because the two most important suggestions came from his advice to Shi Zang.
"Whose idea is this?" Li Hong glanced at everyone present and asked sharply.
Li Zhi also blushed for a rare time. After Li Hong mentioned this, they realized that, yes, after they were blocked from entering Anshi City, they didn't even think of going to Songmo Governor's Mansion to call in the trebuchet and crossbow. It was Li Hong who was summoned from Chang'an for the sake of the distant future.
Moreover, this proposal was unanimously approved by civil servants and generals at the beginning, but now after Li Hong asked in such a stern tone, everyone felt that they were being too idiotic!
If you can't use sky thunder, why don't you use trebuchets and crossbows, and then there are so many people guarding Anshi City under the city wall, hoping to break through Anshi City
"What do you think? As ministers, is this your loyalty to the Tang Dynasty? If you don't use thunder from the sky, abandon trebuchets and crossbows, then what kind of siege is used? Who can tell me what kind of siege is used? Are you using your foolish loyalty? Or are you planning to take down Anshi City with your mind? Ge Xiyuan, are you involved in both?" Li Hong looked at Ge Xiyuan and Shi Zang and asked him. The horizontal knife in his hand and the horizontal knife on Xue Rengui's waist were taken off and thrown to the two of them.
"Your Highness... what are you doing?" Ge Xiyuan was at a loss, but he didn't dare not to pick it up. He had no choice but to ask Shi Zang to take the horizontal knife thrown by Li Hong.
"Go on, aren't you two capable? You are afraid of the thunder that violates the peace of the sky, and you dislike the cumbersomeness of the catapult and the crossbow. Well, you two tell me how to attack the city! If you can't take the city, you two Come and see me! Go quickly."
(End of chapter)