Li Chengzhi's artillery can actually shoot two miles away?

Several people looked at each other with astonishment on their faces. They were shocked, confused, and at a loss.

This is not the first time these people have heard similar words.

In the early winter of last year, Yuan Zhi was defeated at Juyan Lake, and Luo Jian was defeated at Daqi. They both mentioned the Xihai heavy artillery: about five feet long and about a foot thick. But when you hear the sound of the cannon, it weighs about ten kilograms.

The heavy iron pellets flew up to four hundred feet away.

And with only a dozen cannons, a mountaintop several feet high can be leveled to the ground.

Because although these two imperial reports were written by Luo Jian and Yuan Zhi, they were forwarded by Gao Zhao. Regardless of the number of people in the hall, the Empress Dowager, Yuan Cheng, and the important officials in the court were all half-believed and half-suspected. They thought Gao Zhao was half-believed.

He intended to divert trouble to the east and coax the court to turn against Li Chengzhi, so he deliberately exaggerated.

Later, because no one had seen Gao Zhao with his own eyes, and when asked about Gao Zhao, only rumors were passed on, so the court took it seriously and still treated him as a stronger trebuchet.

Therefore, what the imperial court focused on guarding against was only the smaller but more powerful shotgun. Therefore, Xing Luan told Cui Yanbo in every possible way to divert water outside the stronghold to protect the camp, at least a hundred feet away.

It was also because some of the defeated soldiers mentioned that the shotgun could only shoot up to two hundred paces away.

But who would have thought that there are iron cannons in Xihai that can shoot two miles away, but can also shoot iron pellets into the camp before exploding them?

They were two miles away, and the attack came suddenly. How could Cui Yanbo defend himself?

I thought about it again, not to mention that the shillings were carefully prepared and the grain and grass were burned, which caused chaos in the Tuyuhun military camp. Even if there was no chaos, with the chaotic military discipline of Tuyuhun, there was no way to prevent it from being two miles away, but not

If you rush into formation, you can blow the enemy camp to pieces.

From this point of view, as Yuan Qin said, without Tuyuhun, how could Cui Yanbo be defeated so quickly?

But things have come to this, who could have expected such a disaster, even if it is too late to regret it?

Several people were silent, with different thoughts. After a long silence, they heard Xing Luan ask in a cold voice: "Cui Yanbo led an army of 200,000 to station in Shanshan and Jincheng, and he will definitely station troops in various counties. For example, Yongdeng is far away from Wuwei.

The county is only three hundred miles away. For example, Zhuanglang (now Tianzhu County, Gansu Province) is less than two hundred miles away from Wuwei.

Moreover, these two counties are the only way from Wuwei to Shanshan, so why did neither of these two counties send a smoke message to Cui Yanbo to warn Cui Yanbo before the Western Sea Army entered the camp? Could it be that they all surrendered to the enemy?

What's more, Nanmen Pass is right in the middle of Wuwei and Shanshan, with only more than 200 miles to the left and right. I don't believe it. All the more than 60,000 Tuyuhun troops are dead. The enemy has already attacked the camp, but they don't know to send a scout to Shanshan.

Good deeds are rewarded with haste?"

Yuan Qin was startled, looked at Xing Luan, and then looked at everyone's faces.

Xing Luan's eyes were cold and there was no fear on his face. Yuan Yi, Li Shao and others also looked surprised and looked at him with suspicion. Yuan Qin immediately knew that Xing Luan was not only questioning Cui Yanbo, but also questioning Yuan Cheng.

Yuan Cheng fought in the south and north, and spent half his life in the army. Although he did not dare to compete with Yuan Ying, Li Chong, Xi Kangsheng, Xing Luan, Cui Yanbo and others, he was still a good general. At least he was not weaker than Li Shao.

Such a person knows that a powerful enemy is three hundred miles away, and if a horse rushes to attack, it will arrive in a moment at most. How can he not know to send out rangers to patrol and set up beacons along the way to give warning at any time?

So Xing Luan really couldn't figure out how Yuan Cheng and Murong Xiao allowed a powerful enemy to sneak two miles away without noticing it?

Yuan Qin frowned and sighed sadly: "If King Rencheng and Murong Xiao underestimated the enemy and were careless, and if Cui county son was arrogant and strong, naturally the knights who should be sent were sent, and the beacons who should be sent were naturally sent.

But no one expected that Xihai was full of tricks. They did not send troops from Wuwei, but attacked from the hinterland of Tuyuhun...

Murong Xiao also raised his flag after escaping across the river. Only after his confidants came to find him did they find out: He led the army on the front foot, and the commander of the Xihai Army formed an army on the Hanyang grassland. When he left the south gate, he stationed camp outside the pass, Xihai

Just a sudden night attack...

But this time, it was from east to west, and no one knew how tight the seal was, but not a single broken soldier escaped to the east of the Salt Lake. Therefore, Murong Xiao did not receive a trace of the news... What is even more hateful is that the West Sea army actually surrendered to the Salt Lake.

After resting for two days, the defeated troops and herdsmen were either annihilated, captured, or driven westward. They also robbed all the cattle, sheep and livestock in the three tribes of Tianzhu, and burned the tents one by one. On the third day,

Troops will be sent out only at dusk..."

"Cackle, cluck..."

Suddenly there was a strange sound in the hall. Yuan Qin stopped talking and looked for the sound. He saw that Yuan Yi's face was pale, his teeth were clenched, his two fists were clenched, and he made a loud "cluck" sound: "No wonder the county official...

…a complete failure?”

So far, Tuyuhun's 100,000 elite cavalry and Cui Yanbo's nearly 200,000 troops were completely wiped out in just three days?

Yuan Yi endured it again and again, but finally did not dare to ask Yuan Cheng and Cui Yanbo whether they had collected their defeated troops and perhaps set up a formation to counterattack.

Yuan Qin mentioned several times that when Yuan Cheng and Murong Xiao saw that the situation was over and crossed the river in panic, they knew that they were only trying to escape from the beginning to the end. This shows how tragic the war was.

What is disappointing is that Shanshan Town is close to the Huangshui River, and the camp is naturally located on the north bank. And further north, all the way to the main trunk of the river two hundred miles north, there are seven or eight tributaries of the river in the middle.

What's more, Xihai took advantage of the chaos below Cui Yanbo and bypassed the camp, setting the pontoons and ships on fire...

Not only did Yuan Yi not dare to ask, but when he thought of Yuan Qin's words, "If Li Xian hadn't seen the opportunity quickly and ordered me to dismantle the pontoon bridge, the corpses would have blocked the river embankments and caused floods..."

It was terrifying and shuddering.

One can imagine how many defeated soldiers drowned in several tributaries?

This is a total of 300,000 troops...

Yuan Yi didn't tremble in fear, it was considered that he had high concentration.

He was not the only one. For example, Yang Shu's face gradually turned pale, as if he had put on powder. For example, Li Shao had expected that Li Chengzhi would not be easy to treat, but he had never thought that he would be so strong.

It felt like a dream for a while, and I couldn't come back to my senses for a long time.

There was also Xing Luan, whose eyes were as wide as bells, staring straight at Yuan Qin.

If anyone else comes today, I wouldn't believe it even if I beat him to death. But Yuan Qin is the Sima, and there is Yuan Yi, the supervisor, sitting in the hall, and Xing Luan, the deputy commander. I can borrow a hundred pills from Yuan Qin.

He didn't dare to lie about his head.

Compared with Yuan Yi, Li Shao and others, what Xing Luan was more surprised about was how many details Li Chengzhi had placed in Tyuhun, otherwise why would he be aware of Murong Xiao's every move?

What's more, if you want to poison, you can poison, if you want to scream, you can scream, if you want to set fire, you can set fire?

To draw inferences from one example, for Li Chengzhi, wouldn't it be easier and easier if he wanted to place a spy among the imperial army with close elders like Li Shao and close friends like Yang Shu and Yang Jun?

Could it be that within two days, Li Chengzhi would be able to understand every word of what he and others were discussing here?

The more he thought about it, the more horrified he became. Xing Luan suddenly turned his head and stared at Li Shao.

"Captain, what do you think I'm doing?"

Seeing that his eyes were like daggers, Li Shao suddenly became alarmed, "Do you think that Cui Xianzi's defeat was caused by me, Mr. Li?"

Without waiting for Xing Luan to respond, Yuan Qin came to his rescue first: "Gu Zanghou's words are serious. You moved to Lingzhou before I was more than a month old. At that time, Tuyuhun did not agree to send troops, and Cui Xianzi was temporarily stationed in Longguan.

Therefore, no one can doubt you if the governor suspects you..."

This means that Li Shao had already arrived in Lingzhou before the enemy was scheduled to encircle Hexi. Even he and his close associates were not allowed to leave the city. It was almost like house arrest. Even if he had the intention to inform Li Chengzhi, it would be impossible...

As he spoke, he gave Xing Luan a vague wink, and Xing Lian immediately understood: Yuan Cheng and Cui Yanbo must have investigated it, and this matter should have nothing to do with Li Shao.

It doesn't matter this time, but that doesn't mean it won't matter in the future.

But now Li Shao seems to be imprisoned in Lingzhou, how can we guard against him? He can't really be imprisoned, right?

Moreover, since the founding of the Yuan and Wei Dynasties, there have been very few cases of implicated crimes. For example, when the third family member of the Li family rebelled, it only involved his family and did not implicate the eldest member, Li Shao.

What's more, Li Chengzhi and Li Shao are from the same ancestry but have different origins. Not to mention the nine tribes, even the ninety tribes cannot be related. Therefore, if the court does not have real evidence that Li Shao secretly aided Li Chengzhi in the rebellion, it will not be able to implicate him even if it wants to.

Xing Luan was helpless and knew that it would be unwise for him to fall out with Li Shao at this time, so he explained calmly: "The Marquis Guzang has misunderstood me... I am just surprised and suspicious. The Li family is the last one of the family, except Li."

Apart from Chengzhi, I have never heard of any other generals who are good at fighting. This battle was so shocking that it made the gods cry. So I am puzzled: Could it be that Li Chengzhi is leading the army this time?"

Isn't Li Shao so easy to fool?

He could guess with his toes that Xing Luan was suspicious of him, but he couldn't guess what the old man was suspicious of for a while, so Li Shao had no choice but to give up. He just stabbed Xing Luan lightly:

"If you suspect that there are nobles secretly sending their disciples to help Li Chengzhi lead the army, you are totally wrong... The governor has ever remembered the words that Li Chengzhi often said: Where there is a will, things come true, and current events can create heroes...

...If what I have predicted is correct, it is not Li Chengzhi who leads the army this time, but at most the servants at home. I am afraid you have never even heard of their names..."

Xing Luan suddenly remembered the "Ode to Determination" written by Li Chengzhi on the Chinese Valentine's Day in the year of the assassination of the late emperor: Where there is a will, things come true, even if the cauldron sinks the boat, a hundred and two Qin passes will eventually belong to Chu. Hard work will not fail man and nature, lying down and tasting courage

, three thousand Yue Jia can swallow Wu!

I didn't realize it before, but now that I think about it, I realize how much courage is hidden in these two sentences... Well, isn't that right?

Is this a fucking anti-poem?

Xing Luan was still stunned when he heard Yuan Qin sigh again: "Although Li Chengzhi is a traitor, sometimes I have to admire him: a slave like sand and gravel, how can he shine with a little training?"

To be honest with you, it is indeed as Gu Zanghou said: This is the first time I have heard about the generals who will lead the army this time: the commander-in-chief Huangfu Rang, the deputy commander Li Liang...and Cui Xianzi was defeated by Li Liang..."

Yuan Yi tried hard to recall: "Since the surname is Huangfu, it should be the surname of that person from the Jingzhou Dynasty, and it is designated as the old Baijia tribe that traveled westward to Hexi a few years ago, but it is indeed the first time I heard about it. As for Li Liang...it seems familiar?"

Although he couldn't remember it, there were certainly people in the hall who knew it clearly. You must know that when Li Chengzhi was suppressing the rebellion in Jingzhou, Yang Shu was the magistrate of Longdong County. He was not only an official for his parents, but also helped Li Chengzhi a lot.

Meeting Yuan Yi's questioning gaze, Yang Shu sighed sadly: "In the early days of pacifying the monk rebellion in Jingzhou, Huangfu could only give way to one team leader, and Li Chengzhi was the self-proclaimed team leader with no name or real status. And Li Liang was Li's servant.

The minister was also the leader of the team at that time... He later followed Li Chengzhi to the capital and served with him..."

At this mention, Yuan Yi suddenly remembered: "Could it be the Li Da who served Li Chengzhi tea and water in the capital and led the horse?"

Yang Shu nodded and said nothing.

Cui Yanbo, a famous general of the generation, was defeated by a servant who led a horse and kicked the horse. And was it a huge defeat?

Could it be that Li Chengzhi has the Midas touch to turn stone into gold?

Everyone found it even more incredible, and the hall was extremely silent for a while?
To be continued...