Datang: Li Shimin begged me to rebel

The wind is still quite strong today. There is always wind in the Western Regions. After the smoke and dust from the explosion were blown away by the wind, everyone was stunned. The city walls of the city gate there had disappeared, leaving only the walls on both sides. .

The gravel from the city gate was flying everywhere, and there... was already a smooth road!

It was too far away to see clearly, but with the thunderous sound just now, the entire city wall near the city gate has disappeared... What is this?Doesn't having this thing mean that there is no city wall that can resist one's own attack in the future?

"What kind of weapon is this?" Li Daozong and An Xinggui ran directly to the craftsman.

"This is an explosive made of gunpowder." The craftsman didn't hide anything. The other party was a senior general of the Tang Dynasty. He still has the right to know this. Of course he has the right to know, but it is not clear whether he has the right to use this craftsman. .

"Can this be provided in the future?" Li Daozong and An Xinggui looked eagerly, this power...is too strong.

"I'm afraid it won't work at the moment. This time it's just to test its actual combat effect." The craftsman shook his head. The gunpowder was indeed brought for a test. After all, they didn't have a real city wall for them to test. The shooting range wall is too fragile, and it is not a whole wall.

It would be too extravagant to build a whole city wall, so this time I took it to the battlefield to test it, and deter the enemy by the way.

These gunpowder are made after careful improvement according to some improved methods submitted by His Highness. The difficulty of making is not low, mainly because of the high risk, but these things always need to be studied.

"His Royal Highness is right, this is art, explosion is art!" The craftsman was very excited, "In the future, the city wall will be of no use to our Great Tang, or sooner or later, the city wall will always be eliminated .”

Li Daozong and An Xinggui looked at each other, the city wall was eliminated?Didn't the city be invaded by the enemy casually?But thinking about the power of this thing, it seems that there is really no need for the city wall to exist.

"Can this thing be thrown with a trebuchet?" Li Daozong asked after thinking about it.

"Yes, but it's more difficult to control." The craftsman answered very simply.

The eyes of Li Daozong and An Xinggui lit up instantly. The attack just now was indeed more dangerous, but in fact, it is not difficult to transport a carriage to the opponent's door during the siege.

Without the use of animal power, it can be pushed directly by manpower, and the top is blocked by a large shield. Compared with casualties such as siege ladders, the casualties of transporting a carriage close are too small.

"Two generals, this Gaochang City will be handed over to you. Our testing has basically ended, and some weapons can be handed over to you." The craftsman replied very simply.

Accepting the surrender of Gaochang City, Li Daozong and the others entered the city with a very simple ceremony. It was too much to see, and there was no way. It's gone completely, they don't even know what kind of means the Datang people have used.

When Li Daozong and An Xinggui led the army into the city, Ju Zhisheng of Gaochang and all the nobles in Gaochang knelt there and surrendered directly, and all the people and soldiers in Gaochang City knelt with them.

Let me tell you, Li Daozong and the others entered the city from the city gate that was blown up. When Li Daozong was nearby, he discovered that the entire city gate was blown into a big hole, and the entire city tower and wall were thrown away by a huge force. In the part of the city near the city gate, some dwellings were directly collapsed by the shock wave of the explosion.

Fortunately, these residents were very smart. They knew that it would not be safe near the city wall in case of a war, so they all ran to the center of the city. Therefore, although the houses collapsed, no civilians were injured.

"On behalf of His Majesty the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty, I accept your surrender! Starting today, Gaochang will become the Gaochang County of the Great Tang Dynasty. The Ju Wentai family and all other nobles in Gaochang will enter Chang'an to plead guilty. The Ju Wentai family will never return to Gaochang. Compensation, His Majesty the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty has an order to allow you to keep all your property." Li Daozong said lightly.

"In addition, for all your land and real estate in Gaochang, the Central Bank of Datang will purchase your properties at the local market price of Gaochang." Li Daozong announced the way to deal with these Gaochang royal family and nobles.

All the Gaochang nobles and royal family breathed a sigh of relief, no one was dead, although they were going to Chang'an to plead guilty, but since Li Shimin allowed them to keep their property, it means that if they went to Chang'an, they would probably be picked up high and put down gently .They all know what to do.

Gaochang... the country is destroyed.

But everyone didn't feel too uncomfortable. A day ago when they thought of this possible outcome, they still felt a little unacceptable, but now they are all very happy, and it should be like this after losing a battle, isn't it?

"Ju Zhisheng, you are now ordering the king of Gaochang to order all the cities in Gaochang to surrender. Those who refuse to surrender will not be merciful in the Tang Dynasty." Li Daozong said.

"Yes!" Ju Zhisheng agreed immediately, and began to write relevant credentials, edicts of surrender, and so on.

When he finished writing, Li Daozong ordered the army of Tang Dynasty to quickly take over all the cities of Gaochang along with some temporary envoys of Gaochang.

No one objected, even Gaochang City, which is the strongest and deepest city, has not survived for a day. How could they persist in these small cities?No one is fool.

What's more...Gaochang is the gathering place of Han people in the entire Western Regions. To put it bluntly, the people here are all immigrants from the Central Plains, and they don't actually have a strong sense of belonging to the Gaochang royal family.

Datang is here, of course it is a good thing!This means that they will not be looted by the Turks in the future.

After all the cities in Gaochang surrendered, Li Daozong immediately made temporary appointments to all the cities in Gaochang. It has to be said that the information from the Ministry of Intelligence is too accurate. Who are the people in these cities who have certain talents but were unsuccessful before? The Ministry of Intelligence actually knew.

Then a pair of notices were quickly posted in all cities, counties, and towns in Gaochang, and spread throughout Gaochang and the Western Regions at the fastest speed.

All the people in Gaochang who saw the notice were instantly relieved, and even a little happy.

Because the Datang government stated that all Gaochang people will carry out reforms in accordance with the Datang system, and each household in Gaochang will be allocated an average of 100 mu of land. Because the land around Gaochang is relatively barren, each household will have 50 mu of Yongye farmland!And the entire Gaochang is tax-free for three years.

Even if taxes are collected in the future, Datang Gaochang's tax revenue will be less than half of Ju's Gaochang's tax revenue.

It can be said that once a series of policies are introduced, the hearts of the people in Gaochang will no longer be on Ju's side.