Chapter 518

"Let's go!"

After the success of gunpowder bombs and grenades, Li Shimin couldn't help looking forward to it.

Merton nodded, picked up the blue flag of the auditorium in front and waved it. Suddenly, more than a dozen hundred cavalry officers and men, carrying five huge powder kegs and shields in their hands, rushed to the city gate as quickly as possible, piled the powder kegs in front of the city gate, lit the lead wire, suddenly withdrew and hid in the previously dug hole.

"Boom!"

In full view of the public, the fire flashed, and the solid city gate was like paper paste, and a big hole was blown out. Li Shimin could see the trees at the city gate through the thin smoke of gunpowder.

The generals sank in their hearts and suddenly felt cold. They secretly warned themselves that they must seal the city gate if they defend the city in the future. If it was really an oversight and were blown open, we can imagine the end.

"Sure enough, I'm not disappointed." Li Shimin stood for a long time.

"The cost of this explosive bag is 1000 Liang," Merton added.

"Let alone 1000 Liang, it's worth 10000 Liang." Li Shimin doesn't care about the price now. In the siege of the past dynasties, breaking the city gate almost represents the fall of this level. If 1000 Liang silver breaks a city, there will be no such cost-effective business in the world.

Hou Junji on one side had a taste of food: "when there is a real war, the city gates are sealed. It's up to one time to blow up the city gates. It depends on luck."

No less than the general nodded. If gunpowder weapons were to appear, the whole world would be shocked. I'm afraid that no matter which city faced the siege of the Tang army, it would learn a lesson and seal the city gate,

That is to say, it seems that gunpowder weapons have surprisingly good effects when attacking the city gate, but they can only be used once. If you are unlucky, I'm afraid you can't even use them once when you meet a cautious general.

"That's right! If the city gate is sealed, such powerful gunpowder will be effective for the city gate, but I'm afraid it will scratch the city wall!" Chang sun Shunde hit the nail on the head. Although he believes in cavalry supremacy, he has fought on the battlefield for a long time and is keenly aware of the defects.

"I can't say that. If it's a surprise attack, the defenders will have no time to block the door and still have a chance to break through." Cheng Yaojin retorted, but he also knows that this opportunity is very small.

Li Shimin was also surprised when he heard the speech. Although this method of attacking the city gate has received miraculous effects, it is still far from the effect of destroying the city and the pass as Merton said.

"What you generals said is that attacking the city gate really depends on God's will. However, you will not be disappointed by the last big gift prepared by the boy."

Merton flashed and saw the signal from Xue Rengui that the preparation was completed. He smiled mysteriously and suddenly displayed the red flag in front of him.

The generals suddenly shook and stared at the direction of the wall. Merton had shocked them so much that they couldn't help looking forward to it,

However, I don't know whether it was because people paid too much attention or for other reasons. I always felt that there was still no movement after a long time. One by one, I couldn't help looking at Merton with confused eyes.

"Mohou, this is the big gift you said." Hou Junji looked at Merton with a sarcastic face.

Many generals also looked at Merton with dissatisfied eyes. Each of them was a high-ranking dignitary. Merton's move had a feeling of fooling them.

Merton immediately smiled awkwardly. This most primitive black powder defect was also obvious. The discipline that went wrong was not without. At the moment, he smiled awkwardly and was about to explain. Suddenly, a shock came from the ground, accompanied by a huge roar.

"Earth Dragon turn over!"

The generals were so frightened that they had no time to respond. The scene in front of them immediately left them there. They saw that the wall they had just stepped up suddenly collapsed more than ten battles in the roar.

After a long time, the smoke dissipated, and the people still stayed there and looked at the front in horror. Hou Junji's sarcastic smile immediately solidified on his face.

"Destroy the city and destroy the pass!" everyone's heart was immediately mentioned to his throat, and even Merton was trembling. Although he had expected this scene for a long time, he was still shocked.

The generals set up their hair one by one, just like beasts meeting natural enemies.

Such a weapon comparable to the power of the gods can be said to be the biggest nemesis for traditional generals. The force and military wisdom they rely on for Marquis are also eclipsed in front of this gunpowder weapon.

Chinese people love to build city walls. City walls are the strongest protection of a country. Since people learned to block caves with stones to protect themselves in primitive society, people have never stopped building city walls. Villages have villages, and all counties must have city walls. The larger the city is, the higher and longer the city walls are, so that the world-famous Great Wall has been built,.

Having a city wall means security. No matter what period, it takes too much to conquer a city with the protection of the city wall.

All the generals thought they could attack such a high wall, but they were not satisfied with three or five thousand lives. However, in the hands of Mohist Zi, the city was broken with only a roar.

However, it is not only the city wall of more than ten feet, but also the city in the hearts of the generals. The strongest guard they have always believed in finally has a flaw, which means that they have also had a flaw in the book of war and art of war.

"I don't need to repair my war book." Li Jing lamented that he didn't need to repair it not because his war book was perfect, but because it was going to be rewritten.

Today's great martial arts performance by the firearms prison can be said to be a subversive impact on the strategists. Although the previous three-stage attack is wonderful, it is only an improvement of the bow and crossbow, which is also within the scope of people's understanding.

However, the emergence of gunpowder weapons is revolutionary for strategists. First, the value of personal bravery will be greatly reduced. The factors affecting the victory of a war will be transferred from force to weapons.

After all, the power of a powerful gunpowder bomb ignited in the hands of a well-trained soldier is no different from that ignited in the hands of ordinary people. In the face of the attack of gunpowder bomb, the probability of survival is almost equal.

Second, even the city wall can't resist the attack of gunpowder, and Datang is the country with the most walls. Fortunately, gunpowder is in the hands of Datang, otherwise Datang's situation may be very bad.

Li Shimin could not help but look at Merton happily. There was a Taoist gate. The imperial court caught all the waidan sect. The saying that the pill was poisonous made the folk waidan sect empty, and put an end to the folk method of obtaining gunpowder.

Merton played in person and established a firearms prison under his direct jurisdiction, which guaranteed the secret of gunpowder to the greatest extent, which can be said to be very foresight.

"The cost of this item..."

Before Merton finished, he heard Li Shimin waving his hand and stopped Merton from going on.

This kind of weapon comparable to the power of God will not hesitate to pay no matter how much it costs.