King Suzhou, who was helped up by Fang Yuanliang, was shocked again as he watched the ship turn around and leave.
This time he really saw clearly that the boat was indeed a two-wheel drive.
And it should have something to do with the chimney.
But he really couldn't imagine why the ship could move if there was smoke from the chimney.
Knowing that Song Yang's fleet was gone, Suzhou King said blankly: "Why did he leave like that?"
"There are still many things that I haven't told him yet?"
The King of Suzhou was speechless. He originally wanted to discuss the border issue with Song Yang, and it would be best to make an alliance or something.
As a result, Song Yang had no intention of talking to him at all.
This meeting resulted in two discussions. One was to resolve yesterday's incident into a misunderstanding, and the other was to verbally promise to give up Jiang Ning to Song Yang.
All of them were beneficial to Song Yang and detrimental to the King of Suzhou.
The only thing that could make Suzhou King happy might be knowing that that magic weapon was called the Crouching Tiger Cannon.
"Tiger Crouching Cannon... General Fang, have you heard of this thing?" King Suzhou came back to his senses, looked at Fang Yuanliang and asked.
"No. The general has definitely never heard of this thing, and I am sure that neither the frontier army nor the guard station has this thing." Fang Yuanliang said with certainty.
The King of Suzhou looked at Qian Guangzhi again.
Qian Guangzhi also shook his head: "There definitely is no such thing in the navy."
"Is it a secret weapon created by the emperor's brother?" King Suzhou frowned.
If it was confirmed that there was no such thing in the army, King Suzhou could only imagine that it was a secret weapon created by the emperor.
This is the only reasonable explanation.
However, neither Fang Yuanliang nor Qian Guangzhi believed it very much.
Emperors are not omnipotent. They also have relatives and friends in the court.
How could such a thing be done so quietly?
Moreover, this thing makes a roaring sound when it fires, and it is impossible to hide it from everyone's eyes.
"Your Highness, I will ask someone to investigate the matter about the Tiger Crouching Cannon after I return. If there is no record in all the classics... then it may be Jiangzhou's own doing." Fang Yuanliang frowned.
"This..." The King of Suzhou was very reluctant to believe that Song Yang had created this thing.
But Song Yang just said that both the King of Tanzhou and the King of Fangzhou had been to Jiangzhou, and they might have also learned the technique of Crouching Tiger Cannon in Jiangzhou.
This also shows that both the king of Tanzhou and the king of Fangzhou took refuge in Song Yang.
The King of Tanzhou is Song Yang's biological uncle, so it is normal for them to have a close relationship.
But Wang Yuan of Fangzhou was far away in Shannan East Road, and even he defected to Song Yang?
How powerful is this?
The King of Suzhou had already heard about the Jiangnan Dao Alliance, and even sent people to confirm the news with relatives and friends in Jizhou and Fuzhou.
But this alliance has always been based in Jiangnan.
He didn't know that Jiangbei had also been taken away by Song Yang.
"Alas! Let's go back to Jiangning! This king's wise nephew... is difficult to deal with!" King Suzhou sighed, turned and left.
On the deck, Fang Yuanliang and Qian Guangzhi took out the shells again.
"Should be this!"
"Tiger Crouching Cannon? The name is quite good. That thing does look a bit like a crouching tiger."
“I really want to see it up close!”
"Haha! It would be great if this magical weapon can let you know its name. Do you want to see it up close?"
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While the two were discussing around the cannonball, Song Yang had already returned to Dangtu Water Village.
All that's left is to defend and wait.
At this time, the Jiangzhou Renaissance Army, which was far away in Tanzhou, also officially began the battle to regain Tanzhou.
Early in the morning of June 25th, the swearing-in ceremony kicked off at the Tonggu.
Yu Ming stood on the high platform and delivered a speech.
Then the army set out.
The same scene also happened in Ezhou, Yuezhou, Hengzhou, Shaozhou, Yuanzhou and Langzhou.
The Alliance army surrounding Tanzhou was dispatched en masse, divided into six groups and simultaneously wanted to advance towards Changsha.
The Liu brothers and sisters in Tanzhou were not idle during this period. They built forts on all the important roads.
Especially in the direction of Tonggu and Yuezhou, which were the key defense areas, more than twenty forts were built.
Yu Ming and Song Chengwang led the Jiangzhou Renaissance Army only fifty miles out of Tonggu, when the first fort appeared in front of them.
It can be said that Yu Ming and Song Chengwang watched him build this fortress.
When the fortress was under construction a few days ago, some generals proposed to attack.
Yu Ming and Song Yangwang raised objections at the same time.
Let them fix it!
What a target!
"General Yu, look at my vanguard squatting in the artillery camp to defeat the enemy!" Song Chengwang said with a chuckle.
There were one hundred tiger squatting guns in Chaos Camp, but they were divided into two groups. Fifty of them were given to Song Chengwang, the seventh uncle, Song Tong.
There were also many forts near Yuezhou, but without the Crouching Tiger Cannon, it would be too slow to attack the city, so Song Tong and Song Chengwang took over the Crouching Tiger Cannon.
Song Chengwang was not stingy either. He borrowed money whenever he asked, and even borrowed half of it at once.
The remaining fifty squatting tiger cannons were pulled by horse-drawn carriages and transported directly to a distance of 150 steps from the fort.
This distance is basically the ultimate distance that a bow and arrow can reach.
It is impossible for the fortress to have heavy crossbows, so the gunners are very safe.
"Aim the muzzle at the fort in front of me and fire freely. Fire!"
Song Chengwang's siege was simple and crude.
This fort is not big, with only three to five hundred people inside.
If we rely on manpower to charge up, not even two or three thousand people are killed, and it is really difficult to capture a stronghold.
But this time it’s the Crouching Tiger Cannon.
"Boom boom boom!"
Soon, a series of explosions came.
The Tanzhou bandit soldiers who were still holding their bows and arrows waiting for the Jiangzhou soldiers to approach were suddenly confused.
What is that noise?
Most people have never heard of it.
A very few people had heard it in Xiangyin back then, but the sound seemed duller.
When the soldiers were stunned, artillery shells came over.
"puff!"
"Crack!"
"Crack!"
The wooden fence of the fortress was beaten and sawdust flew everywhere.
Some weak points were directly punched with far holes.
"Ah! My legs!"
A cannonball penetrated the fortress fence and took away the calf of a rebel soldier.
Suddenly there was chaos here.
"What the hell!"
"Sir! What they are using is a demonic method! It's a demonic method!"
Some bandit soldiers shouted, and there was a loud rumbling sound, and there was white smoke coming out of black gunpowder.
It is similar to the appearance of monsters in dramas.
Many people thought of this and shouted that the monster was running away with its head in its arms.
"Boom boom boom!"
Another round of shelling.
More holes were blasted out of the fortress.
The defenders, who were originally extremely confident in the strong fortress, were completely panicked.
"General! Retreat quickly! It must be a magic spell! Let's retreat first to find the black dog's blood! The black dog's blood can defeat the magic spell!"
"Yes, yes! Nuomi! Donkey's hooves can restrain evil spirits!"
"We can also find monks, Taoists and goddesses, and let them break this witchcraft first!" The henchmen around the fortress guard said angrily as they trudged.
The guard was distraught, and the cannon fire continued.
Seeing the huge iron lump rolling over, the guard also believed that it was a magic trick.
Otherwise, how could you throw such a big iron lump over?
"Retreat! Retreat! Send someone to report to the general quickly and find someone to break the evil spell!"
The guard couldn't stand it anymore and gave the order to retreat.
The gate on the west side of the fort was opened, and the bandits rushed out and ran away.
Tan Ma found out the situation and came back immediately to report.
Song Chengwang chuckled and said, "You only fought three rounds and they beat them away? Good, good. Go back and report to General Yu Ming. We won the first battle!"
After sending his own soldiers to report the news, Song Chengwang waved his hand and said: "Let's go and occupy the fort! After packing it up, it can also be used as a logistics transfer station!"
Thirteen-year-old Song Chengwang was already quite talented in military affairs, and he controlled the Tiger Crouching Artillery Battalion with ease.
Moreover, it can be done steadily and the camp placement is also clearly arranged.
I have to say that if the Old Song family were serious about fighting, they would indeed be more talented in fighting than farming...
When Yu Ming arrived at the fortress, Song Chengwang had already had people clean up the corpses of the traitors.
The soldiers were repairing the holes in the fortress.
As Song Chengwang said, this place will continue to be retained in the future as a transfer station for transporting grain.
Of course, even if the war is over, this place can still be used as a trading center or a general gathering place for people.
In the past, the government strictly prohibited the construction of forts, because it would be difficult for people with evil intentions to use these things to fight against the court.
But in front of the Tiger Crouching Cannon, Baozhai had no resistance at all.
Therefore, from the day the Tiger Crouching Cannon was born, the fort lost its defensive ability. In the future, it could be used to prevent the intrusion of thieves and beasts...
"Let's go, let's leave five hundred people to guard here. Let's move on. Today we are also demolishing the next fort!" Song Chengwang said hurriedly when he saw Yu Ming coming.
"Okay. It's still early, we can still go to another city!" Yu Ming also said with a smile.
Continue westward along the Liuyang River.
Within this day, we encountered three forts.
But none of them could survive five rounds of shelling.
The thieves have all heard about the Jiangzhou Soldiers Association's evil arts.
How can one still feel the need to resist?
Just like that, the advance on the first day turned out to be seventy miles!
Even if we march normally, we can only cover a hundred miles in one day.
Although Song Chengwang and his forwards were faster with their carriages.
But they finally encountered Baozhai!
Of course, it also shows how weak these resistances are.
After setting up camp at night, Yu Ming and Song Chengwang reviewed the situation of today's march.
"We can arrive at Liuyang County tomorrow. Liuyang County has a wall. It should be impossible to advance so quickly." Yu Ming said, looking at the map.
Song Chengwang scratched his head and said with a smile: "There must be loopholes in the city wall. Most of the city wall in our Jiangzhou city was destroyed by natural disasters. It is impossible for them to be safe here."
"This is different. The city wall is back, but the bricks are still there. If the servants are piled up together, it will be difficult for us to break through." Yu Ming shook his head and said.
Song Chengwang nodded suddenly.
Marching with Yu Ming, Song Chengwang learned a lot.
"Haha. You don't have to be pessimistic. We have magic weapons at our disposal. At most, the progress will be slower."
"They won't be able to hold out for long if they use the Crouching Tiger Cannon to suppress the position."
Yu Ming saw Song Chengwang's expression and comforted him with a smile.
"Yeah, I understand." Song Chengwang cheered up and smiled.
Yu Ming patted Song Chengwang on the shoulder, then sat back in his seat, drank tea before saying:
"Tanma has been sent out. There should be news about Yuezhou and Ezhou tomorrow morning. I don't know what their progress is."