Gaochang City, the pearl of the Silk Road, finally fell into the hands of the Tang Dynasty, and when Xin Fanger led the troops into Gaochang City, he was immediately attracted by the prosperity of Gaochang City.

Although Gaochang City was besieged by the Tang army and burned by hot air balloons and trebuchets, at the last moment the Tang army still left a hand and did not destroy Gaochang City.

"Gaochang City is worthy of being the first male city in the Western Regions, and it is really rich." Xin Fang'er couldn't help but sigh with emotion, Gaochang City not only has plenty of gold and silver, but also all kinds of exotic treasures, each of which is worth a lot of money when it arrives in Datang, which makes Xin Fang'er dazzled.

"General Qi Zhonglang, this is the account book of Gaochang's treasury, which records the treasures of Gaochang City's treasury," a soldier said as he handed over an account book.

Xin Fang'er turned her head to look at the mountains of seizures, and the greed in her heart couldn't help but grow, she casually threw the account books in the fire, and sneered: "Where are the account books, all the account books have been destroyed by Koji Zhisheng." ”

Xin Fang'er's soldiers suddenly brightened their eyes, as long as there is no account book, it is not up to them to decide how many things are seized, Xin Fang'er himself is extremely arrogant, and most of the natural things under his command are gathered in kind, most of them are arrogant people, seeing this, he couldn't help but be greedy, reached out and picked up a jade in the treasury and said: "Thank you for the reward, general." ”

Xin Fang'er knocked down the jade in the hands of his subordinates and said: "These things are all to be dedicated to the general, you can still get your hands on it, and the rich merchants in the city who want money have it." ”

The subordinates immediately rejoiced: "Thank you for the general's advice, the subordinates will definitely be indispensable to the general's benefits!" ”

Xin Fang'er looked at the group of subordinates who turned to leave, and couldn't help muttering: "The repeated forwards of our department charge forward every time they fight, so naturally they have to make up for it, otherwise they can't be worthy of those brothers who have been killed and wounded." ”

The reason why Xin Fang'er's subordinates are able to fight bravely and well, in addition to Xin Fang'er's being the first soldier, is also the stimulation of money, after every battle, Hou Junji will reward him heavily, and Xin Fang'er has repeatedly plundered wealth and distributed it to his subordinates after breaking the city, which makes his subordinates willing to serve him.

If Xin Fang'er in the territory of the Tang Dynasty naturally did not dare to plunder like this, but at this time, thousands of miles away in Gaochang City, facing the rich Gaochang City, Xin Fang'er thought that the brothers had made a little fortune in private, and who knows, last time, they went on an expedition to Tuguhun, but in the end they only caught a few tribes that could not squeeze out two taels of oil, only seized some cattle and sheep, and the gold and silver were even more pitiful.

However, Gaochang City is not the case, Gaochang City is the pearl of the Silk Road, the most important thing is only gold, silver and money, Gaochang City is rich beyond his imagination, when a group of soldiers see the wealth accumulated by the rich merchants in the city, they began to completely lose control.

One by one, the merchants were broken into the door by the Tang army, which was controlled by greed, and a large number of gold and silver treasures were looted, and if they were slightly blocked, they would be killed by the Tang army, and Gaochang City fell into a catastrophe.

"The general is not good!"

A pro-soldier came in a hurry and reported in Hou Junji's ear.

Hou Junji suddenly stood up and said angrily: "Xin Fang'er is simply fooling around, and he actually connived at the looting of the soldiers. ”

Hou Junji has always advertised that the Tang Dynasty is a state of etiquette, after Ju Wentai's death, Hou Junji also set aside three days for Gaochang City to bury Ju Wentai, but now Xin Fang'er's barbaric behavior has made him completely slap his face. ”

"Go and get me Xin Fang'er!" Hou Junji gritted his teeth, and suddenly explained in a low voice, "Let him come quietly, don't alarm others." ”

"Yes!"

As the soldiers left in a hurry, Xin Fang'er soon rushed to the front of Hou Junji.

Hou Junji roared angrily: "Xin Fang'er, you dare to set troops to loot Gaochang City, you have a few heads that are enough to cut off." ”

Xin Fang'er said indifferently: "The general is too worried, marching to fight, if there is no spoils of war, how can any soldier be willing to sell his life, besides, when General Li attacked the Turks in the north and Tuguhun in the west, he captured tens of thousands of cattle and horses, and was sold for money by the Mo family." ”

Hou Junji snorted coldly: "What do you know, since Mo Jiazi and Li Jing proposed the recruit plan, military discipline has been raised to the top priority, this time you loot without an order, and if it is passed to Chang'an City, you will be dead." ”

Only then did Xin Fang'er realize the seriousness of the problem, and hurriedly begged Hou Junji for mercy: "The general saves me, and the last general is also dedicated to the general's sake." ”

Xin Fang'er said, and hurriedly presented two exquisite gold to Hou Junji, the gold is a bed mat made of gold wire, not to mention its own value, not to mention that the craftsmanship is extremely exquisite, but also a rare thing, which has never appeared in the Tang Dynasty.

"General Qiyu, this kind of treasure is unprecedented in the Tang Dynasty, even Your Majesty may not have seen it, this is specially prepared for the general by the last general." Xin Fang'er flattered.

Hou Junji's eyes suddenly flashed a trace of greed, now that Gaochang City has been captured, the overall situation of this war has been decided, in the face of such a great achievement, Hou Junji can't help but get a little carried away, not to mention that this is Gaochang, which is thousands of miles away, Hou Junji has the highest power.

"It is necessary to do a clean job, but whoever finds out who opposes the order of the Heavenly Khan, Gao Chang, will be released for thousands of miles." Hou Junji said fiercely.

He is much more sophisticated than Xin Fang'er, and in a few words, he characterizes Xin Fang'er's plundering behavior as suppressing the resistance, once those bitter people are released, then Xin Fang'er's behavior is no longer proven, and as for their wealth, it is not up to them to have the final say.

"What about the other generals?" Xin Fang'er worried.

"Then you can rest assured, this time General Ben only ordered the men and horses of his headquarters to enter Gaochang City, and the other generals are still waiting outside Gaochang City, and you only have one night." Hou Jun Jidao.

"Thank you, General!" Xin Fang'er left overjoyed.

"Gaochang City has fallen, don't disturb the people of Gaochang, and the rest of the departments will be stationed in place."

After the other generals got Hou Junji's order, their faces couldn't help but sink, although they didn't know what happened in Gaochang City, they could naturally guess a few points, but Hou Junji was the main general, and the fat of Gaochang City fell into their mouths, and the generals could only acquiesce.

Of course, these generals did not include Merton and the Firearms Warden, who were now surrounding the gap in the collapsed wall of Gaochang City and began to calculate the explosive power of gunpowder.

"The bottom of the city wall collapsed eleven zhang, and the top collapsed thirteen zhang." Zhang Mu shouted loudly, and Merton quickly wrote it down on the side.

"According to the visual inspection of the soldiers of the hot air balloon, when it detonated, there were flying rocks that jumped nearly ten feet high, almost injuring the hot air balloon by mistake."

"Ten feet high!" Merton took notes again.

"Flying stones fly down in a radius of three hundred steps." Zhang Mu measured step by step.

Merton recorded it again, nodded with satisfaction, got up and handed the note to the wooden road: "Continue to observe the crushing of masonry in various parts of the city wall, and draw a schematic diagram of this blasting as soon as possible." ”

"Yes!" Zhang Mu responded.

"Lord Sacrificial Wine, please come here, there will be something to report at the end!" Xue Rengui hurriedly came and said with a shocked face.

Merton followed, and soon came to the entrance of the blasted tunnel, only to see that next to the entrance of the tunnel, there was a mess, and the number of trebuchets and vehicles had all been overturned to the ground, and some of them had been destroyed.

"It's all washed away by the heat coming out of the tunnels?" Merton asked.

Xue Rengui nodded with palpitations and said, "That's all, Lord Sacrificial Wine, please look here." ”

Following the position pointed by Xue Rengui, Merton saw that the mound at the entrance of the tunnel was inlaid with dense stones.

"These stones are all huge stones used by the firearms supervisor to seal the tunnels, all of them have been blasted, and many of them have rushed out with the light of the fire, and all of these stones have sunk deep into the soil, so you can imagine how terrible it would be if people faced these flying stones.

Merton looked at Xue Rengui and said meaningfully: "You mean that a large amount of gunpowder is placed at the bottom of a closed passage, which is enough to rush out the heavy object at an extremely fast speed. ”

Xue Rengui couldn't help scratching his head and said: "It's just that the last general is whimsical, the firearms supervisor has too few weapons, and the last general can't help but be moved when he sees the power of gunpowder, but where can he dig tunnels anytime and anywhere, and the enemy will stand stupidly at the entrance of the cave." ”

Morton smirked, "What if I shrunk the tunnel into a skush, and made it of steel?" ”

Xue Rengui was stunned for a moment, and couldn't help but be surprised: "If it becomes a zhangxu, it will definitely be able to be transported lightly, and it will not be damaged by the explosion of gunpowder, plus gunpowder, with a boulder, it is enough to be comparable to the power of a trebuchet." ”

Merton reminded again: "When a stone hits the city wall, it is only a shatter, what if the stone is replaced with an iron ball?" ”

Xue Rengui was suddenly shocked, and blurted out: "Then it can destroy all enemies in front of it, including the city wall." ”

Just ask who can make flesh and blood, who can resist such a powerful iron ball, this thing can really be created, it must be the most powerful weapon in the world, he could never have imagined that such a powerful weapon would be designed because of the tunnels in a foreign country.

Morton laughed, patted Xue Rengui on the shoulder and said, "This is your idea, if this weapon can be forged, Rengui should be the first to take the lead." ”

Xue Rengui hurriedly shook his head and said: "The humble position is just nonsense, and under the guidance of Mohou, he has the idea of this weapon, and the last general will not dare to take credit." ”

"The most precious thing in this world is that trace of inspiration, and you can grasp this trace of inspiration, think of weaponizing it, this is the most rare, this credit is what you deserve, this sacrificial wine is not much of it, less of it is not much, and you are different, with this credit, you will definitely rise to the top." Merton said solemnly.

Xue Rengui was immediately moved, and couldn't help but clench his fists and said, "Thank you for the memorial wine." ”

Xue Rengui of later generations was a late bloomer, and now Xue Rengui has been trained in military academies and experienced the two great battles of Tuyuhun and Gaochang in the west, and he has already matured a lot more than later generations, and Merton does not mind helping him.

No one could have imagined that Hou Junji and Mo Jiazi chose different imperial techniques almost at the same time.