Datang: Touching the Corpse Li Yuanba at the Beginning

"His Majesty!"

"His Majesty!"

……

With the arrival of Yue Fei, Li Cunxiao, Yuan Chonghuan, Cao Mengde, Ashina Falcon, Zhang Wenyuan and others, Li Wenhao's military tent was full of people. If you look at it from the perspective of future generations, those four words will shine brightly.

And everyone has the ability to help the country and lead the army to destroy the country.

"Alexander's royal city, have you heard of it?"

"I've heard it a little bit, but I haven't seen it yet!"

Li Cunxiao clasped his fists and said.

"Since we haven't seen each other yet, let Wen Yuan talk about it!"

"Wenyuan!"

"The end is here!"

Zhang Liao, who was sitting at the end of the tent, stood up, first bowed to the dukes and marquises, and then walked to the map before speaking.

"Here, the locals call it the Persian Gulf. It is a natural military port. Of course, this is a later story. Our goal is Persia, Alexander's royal city."

"This Persian city, from our point of view, can be called a huge city. Its city is not inferior to my Great Tang Chang'an City, and even surpasses it."

"Because it is next to the sea, the moat of the Persian city is both wide and deep, and there is still flowing sea water. This is the first difficulty for us to attack the city."

"I went to Persia to investigate. This moat can be called a natural moat. If we can't get through the moat, we can't fight at all."

"It's one of them."

"Secondly, the Persian city is extremely tall, and it is designed with a reverse slope, and the material used to build the city is pebbles from the sea, which are hard, waterproof, and smooth. If it is a city climbing station, the soldiers may not be able to do it."

"This is just the result of my investigation outside."

"Similarly, Jin Yiwei has also found out some situations in the city. I would like to ask Mr. Lu to explain this."

After Zhang Liao finished speaking, he returned to his seat, and Lu Wenzhao, who was standing next to Li Wenhao, stood up.

"Everyone, what General Zhang said is absolutely not false, and even a little simple. Let me tell you about the situation in the city!"

"The so-called three armies have not moved, and the food and grass go first. According to our department's multiple inspections, the food and grass in Persia City are enough to support them in a five-year tug-of-war with us, and..."

Lu Wenzhao put a lot of emphasis on this.

"Moreover, the enemy's city wall is very thick. Only the top of the city wall can run [-] horses, which is almost twice as much as my Tang Dynasty's city wall."

Lu Wenzhao frowned secretly. He never expected that Persia, which lagged behind Datang in both culture and technology, would be willing to spend such a large price to build such a big tortoise shell.

"Also, there are 180 million soldiers stationed in their city. Although some nobles are not soldiers, I believe that when the city is broken, the enemy will be all soldiers."

clap clap clap!

Seeing that Lu Wenzhao finished speaking, the generals below frowned a little, and Li Wenhao clapped his hands easily.

"Everyone, we are here to invade. The invaders should be a little aggressive!"

"We have taken down such a large area of ​​the enemy's territory. Could it be that this bastard is still missing?"

Li Wenhao asked with a smile.

His battle against Persia can be regarded as a bright spot in the history of human warfare.

He took out the subsequent blitzkrieg in advance. Although there is no fully mechanized army now, but also, except Datang, I am afraid that no one can come up with 200 million cavalry at once.

You know, just 200 million war horses can turn a medium-sized country into a beggar.

In this battle, Li Wenhao took advantage of the mobility of his army and strong military strength to divide his troops into several groups, carry out tactical interspersed, fixed-point attacks, and quickly wiped out the enemies in a certain area with the precision of a scalpel. The command center destroyed the enemy's logistics base, and this is how the war spread to the Persian Gulf so quickly. Otherwise, would it really be a city-by-city grind with them?

"Your Majesty, Li Jing, Li Ji, Qin Qiong, Luo Cheng, Cheng Yaojin, Yu Chigong, Zhang Liang, Zhang Shigui, Li Daliang, Qi Guoyuan, wait for the old generals to arrive!"

"hiss!"

Hearing these names reported by the messenger, Li Wenhao stood up quickly, and the generals present couldn't sit still anymore, and hurriedly followed Li Wenhao to greet him.

After all, those people created the first prosperous age of the Tang Dynasty, and what Li Wenhao is about to create now is the second, even the ultimate prosperous age of the Tang Dynasty.

Transform Datang into the world!

Chapter 561

"Minister, I have seen Your Majesty!"

Li Jing took the lead, Li Ji, Qin Qiong, Luo Cheng and others lined up on both sides, and quickly knelt down to salute Li Wenhao.

"Uncles, get up quickly, don't be polite, don't be polite."

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

"I don't know if you all come here together,..."

Li Wenhao asked knowingly.

"Your Majesty, the city of Persia is not easy!"

Li Jing was also not polite, and said straight to the point that Datang had shared internal information, and they had already learned about the situation in Persia City through Jin Yiwei on the way here.

"It's really not easy!"

Li Wenhao nodded, but he really didn't pay much attention to Persia City, after all, he had a cannon in red.

"Ha ha!"

Li Jing seemed to have seen through Li Wenhao's careful thinking, smiled, and then pointed to the military tent, "Your Majesty, don't you invite us to sit in?"

"Please please please!"

Li Wenhao hurriedly invited these bigwigs, who could be called the national treasures of the Tang Dynasty, in.

"Your Majesty, are you thinking about using red cannons to blow down the enemy's city walls?"

"Isn't it okay? Isn't this red-clothed cannon a sharp weapon for siege?"

"Of course it's okay, but!"

Li Jing was nothing but, Li Wenhao's heart skipped a beat, you know, Li Jing was the logistics manager for this war.

"Fan Yang's side is developing at a high speed now. Hou Jiuman, a warmonger, is still yelling that iron ore is not enough. He is researching a new type of cannon. The cannonball is sharp. It has already gone through a round of test firing. No matter how powerful it is, It’s still the production method, and even the cost of the same damage is lower than that of the red cannon.”

"Now, the Supreme Emperor has discussed with the Military Aircraft Department and Zhongshu Province, and stopped the production of red cannons and shells, and fully supported the production of new artillery."

"In addition, Hou Jiuman wants His Majesty to transport these red cannons back, and then melt them down and recast them!"

……

Li Wenhao said that he didn't understand anything, and he just heard it, it seems that the logistics are broken?

This red-clothed cannon has just been cool for a few days, and is it about to withdraw from the stage of history?

"Su Lie, how many shells are left in the Shenji Battalion?"

"Return to Your Majesty, plus the ones sent this time, there are a total of eight bases."

In Datang, a base number of shells is [-] rounds, and eight bases means that each cannon can fire [-] rounds of projectiles. Eight hundred rounds may seem like a lot, but in siege warfare, especially this kind In battles with thick walls, the circular projectiles are really not very lethal, and because of the limited range and angle, it is difficult to shoot the shells into other people's cities in the face of such a high city.

This is also the reason why Hou Jiuman has been muttering that the current red cannon is defective, and his newly developed thing, no accident, is the ancestor of the future howitzer.

However, isn't this a bit too early?

You must know that the red-clothed cannon and the rifle have almost emptied Datang's only production capacity, and Li Wenhao needs to rob everywhere.

At this time, it is not to say that Datang is barren, but that the current productivity is too low, there is no mechanized mining method like later, and some resources are wasted in the current mining.

"Fuck!"

Li Wenhao, who knew the strength of the red-clothed cannon, cursed angrily. Facing this kind of city wall, the power of the red-clothed cannon was not much stronger than the trebuchet.

"Your Majesty, therefore, the old minister is here!"

Li Jing stroked his gray beard and said with a smile.

As the first minister of the Ministry of War in the Tang Dynasty, the first chief of the army, and the most effective commander under Li Shimin's command, Li Jing has forgotten how many times he has won battles, and even more so, how many times he has turned defeat into victory over the years. It might be possible.

What's more, if you don't call it a defeat now, it's a bit tricky at best.

"Uncle Pharmacist, is there any good way?"

Li Wenhao's mouth is a deceitful ghost. Hearing that he has a solution, he immediately changed his name to Uncle Pharmacist.

Li Jing hurriedly took a step back, signaling that he did not dare to accept this title, and then spoke slowly.

"Your Majesty, it's actually very simple. I remember that Jin Yiwei has an assistant. It seems to be called Song Ci. He deals with the dead every day. Just let him come."

"This Persian city is surrounded by sea water on three sides. The source of the water must be somewhere we don't know. Wouldn't it be nice for Song Ci to win without fighting with a pot of poison?"

"no!"

It’s not that Li Wenhao has never thought about letting Song Ci come, but Persia is different from Goguryeo. Goguryeo is close to Datang, the place is small, and the most important thing is that people of yellow race tend to have a sense of belonging to Datang, and it is easy to send troops to suppress it. up.

Not in Persia, he can only achieve his goal of ruling Persia if he completely subdues these people and convinces the Persians.

"Can't you?"

Li Jing is not surprised by Li Wenhao's choice at all. Li Wenhao is a combination of a hero and a hero, and he will make the most beneficial choice for him every time.

He will neither use unscrupulous means to achieve his goals like a hero, nor will he be as pedantic as a hero.

"If that doesn't work, we'll have to use something else."

"what way?"

"Let's besiege the city first, let the Shenji Battalion fire a few artillery shells tomorrow, let's fire twenty shells a day!"

"Around?"

Li Wenhao asked in surprise.

"Waiting around, this is a war of annihilation. Do you think it can end so easily?"

Li Jing said with a smile.

Li Wenhao's journey has been smooth, and he has never fought a protracted battle. Today, Li Jing might teach Li Wenhao another way to win.

"OK then!"