Chapter 2727 Brother Chu Bi has been razed to the ground
Could it be that that boy Cheng Sanlang is making trouble in the city again, hoping to attract the attention of the rebels in Luoyang City so as to create opportunities for himself.
However, this was probably a bit too early. The ordnance for attacking the city hadn't even arrived yet, and he only had thousands of cavalry under his command.
You can't let the cavalry swim across the moat and use their swords and guns to poke at the city walls, right?
Li Shimin looked at the majestic Luoyang City and couldn't help but feel a little annoyed. If he had known it earlier, he should have sent someone to try to contact that kid yesterday.
"Come here, quickly send out reconnaissance cavalry to patrol the gates of Luoyang City and see if there are any abnormalities in other gates."
After giving these instructions, Li Shimin could only continue to sit on the pony and close his eyes to rest. The top of the city was now heavily guarded.
He led a group of cavalry to arrive first, taking advantage of this period of time to rest before the main force of the army commanded by Chai Shao arrived.
However, what he didn't expect was that at this moment, a large number of Zuotunwei elites had already entered the east of Luoyang City and were spreading in all directions.
Fortunately, after General Cheng rushed into Luoyang City on horseback, he immediately issued a military order and assigned several generals.
He rushed to block the three bridges in Luoyang City to prevent the rebels from Luonan from coming to the north, and left a force of troops to guard the rear.
General Cheng led his cavalry to attack towards the palace gate first, while the Crown Prince Li Chengqian took the initiative to stay behind.
Accompanying Cheng Sanlang, he took the thunder barrels back to the carriage and installed them before setting off together.
But at this moment, everyone looked at those carriages with very complicated eyes, and they were not even willing to get too close to those carriages.
After all, the power of the ammunition of that kind of thunder cannon is really shocking.
Li Chengqian looked at the carriages that were at least ten feet away from him, and after a while he turned his head and asked Cheng Sanlang in a low voice.
"Brother Chu Bi, I think the power of this thing is far superior to the black powder you used in the past."
"Could this be another gunpowder newly developed by you, Brother Chu Bi?"
Hearing this question, Cheng Sanlang couldn't help but laugh, shook his head and said proudly.
"No, you should have seen this thing before."
"Have I seen my little brother?"
Li Chengqian was immediately confused. How could this be possible? If he had seen such a powerful new thing, how could he not have the slightest impression of it.
"Brother, you have indeed seen it. Do you still remember the pills that Brother Chu Bi gave your father when he had a wind disease a long time ago?"
"What?" Li Chengqian's face turned green instantly.
Yu Zhining, who had been eavesdropping with his ears open, also exclaimed.
"The quick-acting heart-saving tablets are actually made of this substance? This, how is this possible...isn't that medicine?"
Seeing Yu Zhining's old-fashioned and fussy appearance, Cheng Chubi's addiction to showing off was once again seduced.
"Yu Zhan, that's because you don't understand. Do you know what this thing is called? It's called nitrate explosive."
"Its raw material is the glycerin that was used to treat the hidden diseases of Changsun Libu."
"!!" In an instant, everyone around Cheng Sanlang was completely silent.
A pair of horrified eyes stared at Cheng Sanlang in an exaggerated manner, as if they had seen some terrible monster.
"Cheng! San! Lang! You kid..."
Zhao Kun, the head of the bodyguards who was the confidant of His Majesty the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty, looked black at the moment and pointed his fingers like swords.
Hearing Zhao Kun's trembling growl, Cheng Chubi felt like shit, he actually forgot that His Majesty's confidant was still here, so he could only bite the bullet and argue with an innocent face.
"My nephew, I am explaining the ingredients of the medicine to Yu Zhanshi. Uncle Zhao, do you deserve to look like you want to eat someone?"
"Hmph!" Zhao Kun gave the talkative Cheng Sanlang a warning look, letting the boy experience it for himself.
Fortunately, Cheng Chubi did not make any fuss next, but explained in detail that he found that after using glycerin to nitrate it, he got a very powerful treasure.
It's just that I'm worried that this kind of thing is too dangerous, and gunpowder weapons haven't been popularized in the Tang army yet.
So I just made some ideas and kept them myself, but I didn't expect that those gang of rebellious officials and thieves were actually doing various tricks in Luoyang City.
"...Cheng, following His Majesty's orders, rushed back to Luoyang City to see the opportunity. He heard that those rebellious ministers and traitors wanted to establish a new emperor."
"How could they do this? So, I activated these things."
Fang Jun on the side couldn't help but raised his thumbs towards Cheng Sanlang with a face full of conviction.
"I see, little brother, I had to see the power of this nitrate explosive today, and I realized that Brother Chu Bi's talent is really unpredictable..."
Li Chengqian also nodded, looking at the city in ruins and sighing with emotion.
"With this salvo, the walls of the strongest city in the world were blown up into what they looked like. This is the first time in my life that I have seen such miserable ruins."
"If it is used in the military in the future, I am afraid there will no longer be a strong city in the world."
Li Keshen nodded in agreement, and couldn't help but raise his eyebrows to show off to his eldest brother.
"Brother, we have several big scenes like this in Luoyang City."
"???" Li Chengqian looked at Li Ke with a confused look on his face. "Third brother, what are you talking about?"
There are many scenes like this in Luoyang. Didn't Brother Chu Bi just say that this is the first time that flying thunder cannons have been used in actual combat?
Facing the suspicious expression of his eldest brother, Li Ke patiently explained.
"Brother, I really didn't lie to you. Fangqiu and Yuanhou who worshiped heaven and earth, as well as Xingjin Bridge and Huangdao Bridge in Luoyang City have all been razed to the ground by Brother Chu Bi."
"What?!" Li Chengqian and a group of civil and military officials from the west all bulged their eyes and looked at Cheng Sanlang blankly.
Zhang Xuansu, who had never dealt with Cheng Sanlang, started to fight directly.
"Cheng Sanlang, what are you kidding about? Do Fangqiu and Yuanqiu, who offer sacrifices to heaven and earth, have a grudge against you?"
"Of course they don't have it with me, but you do." Cheng Chubi bulged his eyes without showing any signs of weakness and retorted fiercely.
Zhang Xuansu's old face darkened, and he pointed his finger at Cheng Sanlang for a long time, then said in a very corrupt manner.
"You!...Then why did you blow them up?"
"Haha...guess." Cheng Chubi rolled his eyes lazily, flicked his hair, and said, "What do you think?"
Zhang Xuansu's whole body was hairy. If he hadn't been defeated, he would have really wanted to use a bastard punch to make this Cheng family member's blood splatter five steps away.
Unfortunately, Zhang Xuansu could not beat him, so he could only jump to help the Crown Prince who looked very strange next to him.
"Prince, look, look..."
"Oh, okay, okay, Zhang Qing's family, please calm down. Brother Chu Bi, you can tell me about it. I believe you must have a reason to do what you do."