Chapter 2939 Do you want to give the flying thunder cannon to His Majesty and give it a try?
Soon, Qin Qiong, Yuchi Gong, Li Keshi, Niu Jinda, Qiu Xiaozhong and many other generals rushed over. When they heard the news, they all had dark expressions on their faces and were angry and anxious.
Of course, it's because that boy Cheng Sanlang is too unreliable. Even if you want to avenge Chai Lingwu, it's not impossible, but you have to use your brain to think about it and calm down.
After all, this is the land of Liaodong, the territory of Goguryeo. Although the Tang Dynasty navy has greatly improved its combat power with your upgrades.
But you can only dominate at sea. You can't have a battleship with long legs on the bottom and dominate on land, right?
Even if the artillery is powerful, the problem is that you only have ten battleships, and you are in a river, which is not a wide water surface.
Even if you kill a few more people, if the Goguryeo people fire thousands of arrows or attack with fire, you will be able to escape.
Seeing that the famous generals of the Tang Dynasty all took orders and left in anger, all the civil servants were looking at each other with gloomy faces.
Then I heard the emperor of the Tang Dynasty, who was still angry, let the Ouchi guards around him put on his armor, and shouted filial piety.
"If anything happens, I will have to deal with that little bastard severely."
After putting on his armor, he ordered Li Jing, the inconvenient military god of the Tang Dynasty, to stay at the central camp. Li Shimin also led more than a thousand elite cavalry to go with Chai Shao, who was really worried about his son.
Although the generals of the Tang Dynasty who were sent out only led a small number of elites, under the galloping cavalry, it felt as if hundreds of thousands of Tang Dynasty soldiers and horses were rushing towards the Liangshui River.
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The width of Liangshui is not too wide, but for fighting ships, it can advance and retreat calmly. At this moment, these ten Tang Dynasty fighting ships are under the leadership of Cheng Sanlang.
Finally, after turning a bend in the river, Cheng Sanlang, standing on the bow of the ship, finally saw a city standing on the east bank of Liangshui.
It was a city that looked very solid, even though the size of the city was far inferior to giant cities like Chang'an and Luoyang.
However, the height of its city wall is not much inferior, and the mottled marks on the city wall are enough to prove the great achievements of this Liaodong city in the past.
But to the Central Plains Empire, the mottled marks on the walls of Liaodong City were like the mottled blood and tears of the previous dynasties.
"This is Liaodong City, the city where Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty failed in his two expeditions to Goguryeo..."
Niu Weituo, who was standing next to Cheng Sanlang, couldn't help but sigh.
"Do we really want to go there?" Li Qi looked at the most famous city in Liaodong and couldn't help but asked in a low voice.
Cheng Chubi slapped his mouth and said without hesitation.
"Go, why don't you go? Even though you're here, you still have to shoot a few shots to make your presence felt."
As the battleships of the Tang Navy appeared in the Liangshui River, at this moment, the gates of Liaodong City were opened wide, and from within Liaodong City, batches of Goguryeo soldiers began to pour out of the city.
Although Liaodong City stands on the bank of Liangshui, there is still more than a hundred steps away from Liangshui, which is enough for a large number of Goguryeo troops to arrange their troops here.
Coupled with the support of archers on top of the city, if an enemy wanted to attack directly from the west bank, it would be tantamount to taking the initiative to die, and would be attacked from all directions above and below the Liaodong city.
You know, there are a lot of heavy ordnance on the top of Liaodong City.
In addition, in order to detect the enemy first, the defenders of Goguryeo had already cut down all the trees on the west bank of Liangshui directly opposite Liaodong City after receiving the news of Tang's invasion.
The purpose is to be able to notice whether there is any enemy situation on the opposite side of Liangshui at any time. In addition, there are no Goguryeo soldiers on the west bank at the moment.
Cheng Chubi issued the order without hesitation, asking the fighting ships to sail as close to the west bank as possible, thus keeping them away from the bow and arrow range of the Goguryeo soldiers.
Cheng Sanlang and others came to Liaodong City in order to conduct a surprise attack.
As a result, they saw a large number of Goguryeo soldiers pouring out from Liaodong City. At this time, the martial arts disciples were really happy.
"Brothers, it seems that we really have a chance to make great achievements."
"My dear, there must be two or three thousand troops outside Liaodong City now, right?"
Cheng Chubi was also so excited that his eyes lit up and he let out a breath of relief.
"Okay, okay, Chai Laoer didn't get seriously injured in vain."
As soon as these words came out, all the old brothers were beaming with joy, and the imperial guard Lu Weiwei who was standing aside had a dark look on his face.
After such a long time, Guard Lu didn't understand what was going on. It was obvious that these demon moths were so idle that they used chicken feathers as arrows.
Just relying on an arrow that fell into the boat, he used this as an excuse to sneak up to Liaodong City.
Guard Lu could only pray silently in his heart, hoping that these monsters would run away after a round of artillery fire and avoid causing trouble again.
At this moment, Cheng Sanlang had already ordered that all artillery positions were strictly prohibited from opening the gun windows, and all artillery pieces were to be loaded with grapeshot immediately.
The gunners at each gun position who received the military order quietly finished loading before the gun window was opened, and silently waited for the new order.
As the fleet moved gradually, Cheng Sanlang and others suddenly heard deafening cheers from the Goguryeo soldiers inside and outside Liaodong City.
Cheng Sanlang subconsciously picked up the telescope and held it to his own eyes. Through the telescope, he saw a Goguryeo general boarding the Liaodong City, surrounded by countless Goguryeo soldiers who looked very excited.
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Seeing this scene, a light flashed in Cheng Sanlang's mind. Could it be the powerful Goguryeo official Yeon Gaesumun?
At this moment, the warship had arrived at the west bank of Liangshui opposite Liaodong City and stopped here. It was nearly 160 feet away from Liaodong City.
"Xue Rengui, how are you?" Cheng Sanlang couldn't help turning his head and asked Xue Rengui beside him in a low voice.
Xue Rengui was also looking at the top of Liaodong City at this moment. In the end, he shook his head in frustration.
"If it were within a hundred feet, I would have the confidence to kill the enemy with one blow, but now..."
Cheng Chubi nodded. This is not Xue Rengui's fault, but the firing range of today's flintlock guns, which can maintain accuracy at a distance of a hundred feet, is quite remarkable.
The remaining fifty feet can only be determined by God's will, but if you can't kill such a long distance, it is of no use at all.
At this moment, with the arrival of the Goguryeo general, the Goguryeo soldiers who were originally arrayed under the Liaodong City began to make loud noises and advance toward the shore.
Seeing this scene, Cheng Chubi's face darkened. Fortunately, at this moment, Fang Jun came to Cheng Sanlang's side and whispered something in a low voice.
"Brother Chu Bi, do you want to give your new improved flying thunder cannon a try?"