Chapter 169: The Power of a Cannon

Gaojiawubao.

For several days, although the soldiers of the palace surrounded this place, no war broke out between the two sides.

At this time, the battlefield was solemn and with a hint of strange tranquility.

But with the arrival of ten carriages, this tranquility was broken.

"Father, it's the King of Yan!"

On the wall of the fort, Gao Man pointed at the young man in gorgeous clothes under the city, and his teeth itched with hatred.

If it weren't for the King of Yan, how could the nobles of Shanggu County like them fall to this day.

"King of Yan!"

Gao Yuan squeezed out two words from his teeth.

In the past, they lived a comfortable life of singing and dancing in Shanggu County.

No one could challenge their authority.

The Gao family did whatever they wanted in Shanggu County.

But now everything is ruined.

"King of Yan, why can you, a fool, return to normal, why don't you die!" Gao Yuan roared in his heart.

He wanted to shoot the young man in gorgeous clothes under the city with an arrow.

Clenching his fist tightly, he said to Gao Man, "Let the soldiers prepare. I want to see what King Yan can do to break into my Gaojiawu Fort."

"Yes, father!" Gao Man responded, and immediately asked the soldiers to prepare stones, rafts, kerosene and other items to deal with the next siege.

This time, King Yan's visit was definitely not for a formality.

"What is the thing behind the carriage?" Gao Man frowned again as the orders were passed down.

The carriages came with King Yan, and now these carriages covered with black cloth were pulled to the front and lined up in a row.

Under the city.

Zhao Xu shielded the sun with his hands and looked at Gaojiawu Fort.

More than 200 meters away from him, a 15-meter-high city wall with a blue brick exterior stood in front of him.

The city gate faces west and east, and from south to north, a city wall is 200 meters long, and at this time, the city wall is full of noble soldiers.

"This Gao family is really rich. They can build their own fortress to this extent." Zhao Xu said slowly.

Liu Fu snorted coldly, "Your Highness, you don't know that Gao Yuan is more powerful than Zhang's family in Shanggu County. Zhang's family is balanced by Dong, Yang and Lu, but here, Gao's family is really all-powerful. It is said that Gao Yuan used public facilities for private use and conscripted corvée to build it for himself, so it has such a scale."

"So that's it." Zhao Xu understood, and a cold light suddenly flashed in his eyes when he looked at the top of the city.

Since the decline of the royal family, the powerful families have been secretly separatist.

These county and county nobles also despise the king's law, only for their own profit, and completely ignore the lives of the people and the reputation of the court.

They are like parasites parasitic on the body of Dasong, sucking every drop of blood.

If it continues, Dasong's national system will collapse at any time.

"In that case, there is no need to be polite to such a vicious noble family. Just blow them up with one cannon." Chang Wei licked his lips when he saw that all the cannons were in place.

"It would be best if we could defeat the enemy without fighting." Mo Yu said, "We can first send someone to persuade them to surrender. In this way, even if Gao Yuan does not surrender, we can shake the will of his soldiers."

Liu Fu looked at the cannons in front of him. As a royal tutor, he naturally knew about this thing.

"Your Highness, I think there is no need to talk to them. General Chang is right. Bomb them." When he said that, he winked at Chang Wei.

Chang Wei chuckled twice.

He naturally understood what Mo Yu meant by defeating the enemy without fighting.

But he didn't want to waste time. Most importantly, he felt that it was more practical to defeat the enemy without fighting with cannons.

Zhao Xu saw the two people like this and said, "Warning, if they don't open the city gate, we will fire."

He also didn't want to waste time on these bastards.

He didn't think it was necessary to say one more word.

"Yes, Your Highness." Chang Wei was excited.

Mo Yu shook his head without thinking.

He saw that the royal army, from the Prince of Yan to every soldier below, exuded a wildness.

But he thought again, if there was no such energy, how could the Prince of Yan defeat the Northern Di people?

He breathed a sigh of relief and suddenly laughed. He should also hide this anger in his heart.

"Gao Yuan, the old thief, is so treasonous that he dared to ambush His Highness the Prince of Yan and rebel. Now open the city gate and surrender, and leave you a whole body. Otherwise, break the city gate and you will be torn into pieces..."

When Mo Yu was thinking, he heard a loud voice shouting.

At the same time, the horses pulling the carriage were taken away, and the cannons were placed on the gun carriages, with the muzzles tilted upwards.

The artillerymen lifted the black cloth again, revealing the black gun body.

On the city wall.

Gao Yuan was furious when he heard this shouting.

He pointed at Zhao Xu and said, "King of Yan, don't be complacent. Lord Yuan will soon send troops to rescue us. You are daydreaming if you want me to surrender Gao Yuan. If you have the ability, you can break into the city and see if my Gao family will not kill you without a single piece of armor."

Then.

He looked at the thing that revealed its true face with disdain in his eyes.

It turned out to be ten longer fire guns. There were more than thirty guns on the wall of his fortress.

Gao Yuan's voice drifted to Zhao Xu's ears, and Zhao Xu said to Chang Wei, "Go ahead."

Chang Wei had been waiting for this sentence for a long time. He shouted to the artillery, "Aim at the people on the wall."

Upon hearing this, the artillery immediately adjusted the elevation angle of the artillery.

This time, the city defense artillery was transported. The field artillery had not yet been produced and was very heavy.

After a lot of effort, they calibrated the muzzle.

"Load!" Chang Wei continued to shout.

This time he wanted to experience the addiction of personally commanding the artillery.

After receiving his order, the artillery cleaned the barrel and filled it with ammunition.

The soldiers in charge of firing the cannons were waiting with torches in the back, just waiting for the order to fire.

Everything was ready, Chang Wei had a smile on his face, and suddenly shouted: "Fire!"

His order was passed down, and the soldiers holding torches immediately lit the fuses.

"Boom boom boom..."

Ten cannons burst into flames and smoke from north to south.

The black iron bullets flew out of the barrels and flew to the top of the city in an instant, and the huge sound was like thunder in the clear sky.

The soldiers of the royal palace who participated in the siege had basically never heard the sound of cannons at close range.

Many soldiers were frightened and trembled, and some even turned pale.

This is the instinctive fear of creatures to loud noises.

On the city wall.

The moment the cannons sounded, Gao Yuan was so scared that he could hardly control his urge to urinate.

Before he recovered from his fear, he felt something hot and wet on his face.

He looked to his side, and a child of the Gao family had lost his head, with only a few pieces of flesh hanging on him, and blood spurted out like a fountain, sprinkling on him.

This scene finally made him unable to control himself and urinate.

"What...what is this?" Gao Yuan's legs could hardly support him.

At the same time, screams continued to be heard.

The black afterimage flew past and hit people, almost smashing them into powder.

It hit the parapets of the city wall, smashing the parapets into pieces, and rocks flew everywhere.

Gao Man and the noble soldiers on the city wall were also terrified.

A strong fear occupied their hearts.

Some noble soldiers lay directly on the ground, trembling, and dared not get up.