There were twenty guns on the ironclad ship, all of which were dismantled, and all the ammunition and medicine packs and earth-shaking thunderbolts were taken away, and there were forty stone throwers and enough gasoline drums left. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 info plus the more than 100 people left above, although the gunners have all gone down, but the rest of them are originally operating the stone thrower, so it is enough to deal with the situation at sea. If there is another siege by the warships of the Linyi Kingdom, it is possible to use the maneuverability of the ironclad ships far beyond the current ordinary sea ships and warships, and use ****** and stone throwers to bury the enemy ships in the sea of fire.

Twenty guns were dismantled and brought into the city overnight. At the same time, Li Chengqian also sent soldiers to deliver letters to Champa that made Mahamandagadu confess his guilt and ambush him.

Because he knew that Mahaman Doga would not really withdraw from the city according to the requirements of the Tang Dynasty, he took the initiative to confess his guilt and ambush him. Therefore, Li Chengqian took some horses from Ghost Qianqiu, pulled up the artillery, and after resting for a day, he immediately went to Zhancheng.

The road in the middle is not far, and with the speed of the Tang Dynasty's elite cavalry, within one day, it has already reached the city of Zhancheng.

The city was indeed heavily guarded, and the defenders of the city looked like they were ready to fight.

Li Chengqian put down his binoculars, turned his head to greet a gunner, and asked, "If this city is bombarded with artillery, how many rounds will it take for these twenty guns?" ”

The gunner picked up his telescope and looked at it for a while, then put down the telescope and said to Li Chengqian: "His Royal Highness Prince Qiqi, this city is made of earth and stone, and its thickness and nobility are not as good as the old city walls of Chang'an. Twenty cannons, if replaced with blasting shells, only two rounds, at most three, are enough to collapse the city wall. ”

"What if it's ten?" Li Chengqian asked again.

The gunner thought for a moment and replied, "Back to His Royal Highness the Prince, if it is ten artillery pieces, three rounds of explosive shells, at most four rounds will be enough." ”

Li Chengqian nodded, thought for a while, and said, "Come on, tie the letter to the crossbow arrow and shoot it into the city tower." ”

The spy behind him immediately took the order, rolled the letter that had already been written into the body of the crossbow arrow, and then rode forward, and after running a certain distance, jumped off the horse, tied the horse to the tree, and then continued quietly to the city wall.

Under the cover of the trees, the spies quietly approached, and when they reached a place not far from the city, they stretched out their bowstrings, aimed at the top of the city tower, and released the trigger, and the crossbow arrows flew up immediately with a whoosh.

The spy quickly turned around, hurried out of there, went back and rode away quickly.

Suddenly, a crossbow arrow was shot and pierced deep into the wooden pillar of the city tower, and the soldiers on the top of the city were startled, and then saw that there was a letter on it, and immediately untied it and handed it to the general who defended the city.

"The benevolent and righteous teachers of the Tang Dynasty can't bear to see the lives of Zhancheng ruined. The surrender of Arakan City can save his life without worry. If it is stubborn, it will destroy the city with thunder. ”

On the letter, a few words were written very briefly.

The general defending the city handed the letter to Mahamandagata, who read it and snorted contemptuously and said, "The tone is too big. Thunder destroys the city? Hmph, can Tang Guo summon the heavenly thunder? There are only a few hundred people on a ship, and it is really self-defeating to capture the city with these few hundred people. ”

After thinking about it, Mahamandagadu said again: "Go, send elephant soldiers over, I will trample these Tang people to death!" ”

The general took the order and went down.

Outside the city, Li Chengqian saw that there was no movement in the city, so he also laughed.

I didn't really expect Mahamanda to surrender the city, but to do so was just "not to be unpredictable".

"Take ten guns away, pull them to the back, and get ready." Li Chengqian said: "Once the army of Linyi Kingdom comes out of the city, these ten artillery pieces will be loaded with flowering shells and will fight the army of Linyi Kingdom. The remaining ten gates were loaded with explosive bombs and aimed at the walls of the city. ”

After listening to Li Chengqian's order, he immediately began to comply, pulling the ten guns back, pulling them at a distance, and then preparing them for loading. The ten guns in front also began to be filled, and the gunners adjusted the distance and angle and aimed at the tower of the city.

Wu Qi handed Li Chengqian earplugs in the back, Li Chengqian brought earplugs, and everyone else also brought them.

Li Chengqian personally picked up the order flag, held it high, and then waved it down vigorously.

"Boom!"

Thunder on the flats, thunderbolts on sunny days.

As if the air in his ears had been suddenly emptied, there was a loud bang in his heart, accompanied by puffs of white smoke, and the black projectiles flew out one by one and disappeared in an instant.

Li Chengqian immediately put the telescope in front of him.

Occupy the city, on the upper floor of the city.

Suddenly, the explosion of debris and wood chips flew up. The people above couldn't figure out what was going on, and the explosions started one after another. Driven by the huge thrust, those projectiles slammed into the city wall, smashed deep into the city wall, and then exploded violently, immediately blasting huge craters into the city wall. Under the bombardment of shells in turn, the city wall quickly collapsed, accompanied by a puff of smoke and dust, and the city wall suddenly collapsed a large part of it, becoming a pile of rubble and earth chips.

After a round passed, the walls had collapsed and opened a gap.

If it was before, it should have been the cavalry rushing to kill, rushing into this gap.

But now, Li Chengqian once again raised the order flag in his hand, and then waved it down again: "Let go!" ”

"Boom!"

The loud bang came again, and the huge earthquake like a landslide and the earth cracked again.

Gravel flew in front of the head of the city, like a landslide.

The city walls are already in ruins, how can they still withstand the baptism of artillery?

The walls of the city collapsed one after another, turning into piles of rubble and collapsing, and in an instant, they were in ruins.

Mahamandhaga appeared and looked horrified at the ruined city walls. The walls of the city, which he was so proud of, were as if they had never existed, without the rubble ruins that showed that they had existed.

"Elephant soldiers! Elephant soldiers! Send elephant soldiers! Mahamandagada cried out through gritted teeth, wondering whether it was anger or fear.

The elephant soldiers appeared and rushed in the direction of the Tang soldiers.

Because of the telescope, Li Chengqian saw the elephant soldiers early.

"What a strange beast!" Li Chengqian exclaimed, and then ordered: "Blossom bomb, release!" ”

"Boom-"

Another round of artillery bombardment came out. The projectile fell into the herd and exploded, and the scattered shrapnel immediately caused the surrounding elephant soldiers to fall.

The elephants immediately became chaotic and rushed back. The frightened elephant was no longer under control, and under the help of the artillery behind him, he rushed towards the ruined wall.

The defenders who survived the artillery bombardment, looking at the rampaging frenzied herd of elephants, threw down their weapons and fled.

Looking at the scene in front of him, Li Chengqian put down his binoculars.

"No wonder Brother Sheng always emphasizes the importance of technological leadership...... Li Chengqian muttered to himself: "It seems that this is indeed the case!" (To be continued.) )