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    As an important military stronghold of the Japanese state, Jiangshuang City was relatively solidly built. However, the Japanese city-building technology was learned from Baekje, and Baekje learned it from the Tang Dynasty. In the process of learning, it was inevitable that  Some technologies were lacking, so Jiangshuang City was not considered a very strong city in the eyes of the Tang people.

    After Su Wo Rulu left Jiangshuang City with his elite, his deputy Jushi Deduo led the city.  When they saw the Tang Dynasty fleet coming from the outer sea, almost covering the entire sea surface, everyone in the city, from Jushi Deduo to the common soldiers, were frightened. No one thought that Su Wo Rulu had just withdrawn.  The Tang army came to attack the city, and looking at the size of the fleet, it was obvious that this was the main force of the Tang army.

    "The whole army obeys the order and holds the city firmly. If there are any who are timid to avoid the enemy, behead them!" Jushi Deduo is a close confidant of Su Ga Rulu. When he saw the warship on the sea, he immediately made the most correct judgment. Now they  There was no way to escape. The only hope was to repel the Tang army's attack, and then send someone to ask General Su Wo for help, hoping to hold on until they came back for reinforcements.

    Jiangshuang City was built on the back of a mountain and facing the sea. The city wall facing the sea is only two hundred steps away from the coast. Although it is beyond the range of bows and arrows, it is within the range of trebuchets and crossbows. However, the Japanese people are not capable of making weapons.  It was so low that they couldn't make crossbows at all, so trebuchets were placed on the city wall, ready to deal a heavy blow to the Tang army who landed.

    However, what surprised Jushi Deduo was that after the Tang army's warships arrived outside the city, they stopped on the sea, and then separated into a small fleet of ten warships, which took the lead in arriving a mile away from Jiangshuang City.  There is a place to stop.

    Jushi Deduo squinted his eyes to see clearly what the ten warships were going to do?  But because the distance was quite far, and he didn't have a telescope made in the Tang Dynasty, he couldn't see clearly at all. He could only vaguely see the soldiers on the warship pushing something like a small car out of the cabin, facing them.  The deck on this side was lined up and then started to get busy.

    Seeing the movements on the ship, Jushi Deduo guessed that the carts launched might be Datang's new weapons, but he waited for a full meal.  The other party's ship is still busy, and there is no way to tell what kind of weapons are being prepared?  This made the Japanese generals like Jushi Deduo even more uneasy. They couldn't understand what these Tang people were going to do?

    Among the warships on the sea, a huge warship was surrounded by huge ships. This ship was Lu Qing's ship, and now it has become Su Dingfang's handsome ship. In addition to Su Dingfang and Lu Qing, Liu Rengui and Zhou are now on board.  Long, Li Shi and other major generals also gathered on the ship.

    "General Liu. Are those copper pipes of yours really that powerful?" Su Dingfang held his hand on the side of the ship and looked at Jiangshuang City in the distance while asking Liu Rengui in disbelief.

    Liu Rengui, who was tall and thin, stroked his long beard and said confidently: "General Su, don't worry, this artillery is the hard work of His Highness and the craftsmen on Perak Island. It is so powerful that it can crack mountains and crack rocks. In addition, the buildings of Jiangshuang City in front of you are complicated."  It¡¯s not too strong, as long as you focus your artillery fire on it, you will definitely achieve extraordinary results!¡±

    Hearing Liu Rengui¡¯s confident words, both Su Dingfang and Zhou Long showed disbelief. In fact, it¡¯s no wonder.  Liu Rengui was different from other generals in that he was originally a civilian official.  He was dragged by Li Min to train the firearms camp halfway, so in the eyes of Su Dingfang and other generals, this General Liu was undoubtedly an anomaly.

    In fact, not only Liu Rengui, but also the entire firearms battalion is undoubtedly an anomaly in the eyes of other armies. From the firearms battalion to the generals down to the soldiers, they usually wear special military uniforms.  Divided into a jacket and trousers, he looks very capable and wears light armor during wartime.  Mainly to guard against bows and arrows, and not to engage in hand-to-hand combat with the enemy unless absolutely necessary.

    As for the weapons of the firearms camp, the other soldiers were even more puzzled. They used pipes made of steel, and they were not easy to pick up. In addition, each man was also equipped with a one-foot-long knife with a very sharp handle.  It's short. If you hold it in your hand to kill enemies, it really doesn't fit.  There are even many soldiers secretly lamenting that it is a pity, because the two main weapons of the firearms battalion are made of fine steel. If these steels are cast into swords, they will definitely be extremely rare and high-quality weapons.

    If it were just the above, that would be enough, but the key point is that the Firearms Battalion is the favorite in the eyes of His Highness King Qi. Not only is the military pay higher than that of other armies, but the conditions for food, accommodation and other aspects are higher than those of the general army, even for the soldiers of the Firearms Battalion.  When he was in the military camp, he always had a arrogant expression, as if he was the strongest soldier in the world.  This made many soldiers criticize the firearms battalion, and even held their breath and wanted to see the firearms battalion's jokes on the battlefield.

    As the commander-in-chief, Su Dingfang did not want to see the firearms battalion's jokes like other generals, but he was also quite worried about the combat effectiveness of the firearms battalion, especially when he saw that the thing called artillery took such a long time to prepare.??, which made him even more unsure.

    After waiting for a while, the artillery on the ten ships in front was finally fixed, and the gunpowder and shells were loaded. After receiving the news, Liu Rengui was also shocked and immediately ordered the first round of salvo firing.

    Ten huge warships, each with ten artillery pieces fixed on them. After receiving Liu Rengui's order, the gunners immediately started igniting. Then under the spotlight, artillery, a time-honored weapon, was finally officially launched.  Make your first roar in the war!

    "Boom! Boom! Boom!"

    One hundred artillery pieces roared like thunder one after another, and then a batch of black artillery shells flew out, slamming into Jiangshuang City with great force. However, because it was the first round of test firing, it was so big  Some of the cannonballs missed, but nearly a quarter of the cannonballs hit the city wall. As a result, rubble flew on the city wall, and each cannonball made a large crater.  There were even a few cannonballs that just hit the top of the city. As a result, several Japanese soldiers who had been unlucky for eight lifetimes were beaten into pieces. The entire city looked like a few flowers of blood blooming, and the giants were frightened.  Shi Deduo and others all sat down on the ground.

    Su Dingfang and other Tang generals on the handsome ship were also startled by the roar of the artillery. When they saw clearly the damage caused by the artillery to the enemy, they were all stunned. They did not expect that this thing called artillery could shoot so far, and  The roar was like thunder, just like thunder on a clear day.

    Liu Rengui had long been accustomed to this situation, and ordered the artillerymen on the warships ahead to fire freely. The targets were all concentrated near the gate of Jiangshuang City, and they must blast open the opponent's gate.

    After receiving Liu Rengui's order, the artillery on the ten warships fired volleys in sequence. After three rounds of test firing, they finally found the angles and the fired shells also gained accuracy. For a while, the walls of Shuangshuang City were filled with stone debris, and the city was covered with debris.  Shang Ye screamed in agony, and soon the entire city wall was almost covered with dust from the shells.

    One hundred artillery bombarded them with all their strength. Although the ups and downs of the ships affected the accuracy of the cannonballs, in such a dense bombardment, there were always a few cannonballs that hit the gate of Frost City, and that side was made of thick solid wood.  Under the bombardment of cannonballs, the city gate was like a piece of paper and was quickly smashed to pieces.  Coupled with Su Dingfang's sudden attack, the Japanese army in the city did not have time to block the city gate, so the entire gate of Jiangshuang City was completely opened to the Tang army.

    After shooting down the gate of Jiangshuang City, Liu Rengui ordered the artillery on the ship to turn its muzzle and began to concentrate its firepower on the city head, mainly the catapults above. Although this weapon was very primitive and backward, it could lead the Tang army to land.  There will be huge casualties.  In fact, this was because Liu Rengui was too careful. The Japanese on top of the city had long been beaten to pieces by this artillery fire. The morale of the army, which had been weakened by Su Wo's retreat, finally collapsed. Everyone was just running away with their heads in their hands. Even at this time,  The Tang army entered the city, and they had no intention of resisting.

    Su Dingfang, who had been observing the artillery results through the telescope, was shocked and finally recovered. He shouted and ordered the messengers on the ship to send flags to each ship, ordering the first batch of troops to land immediately and capture it as quickly as possible.  city ??gate.  At the same time, Su Dingfang looked at Liu Rengui with a bit of admiration. As for other generals such as Li Shi and Xu De, their attitude towards Liu Rengui also became extremely enthusiastic, and they all came forward to ask about the principles of artillery.

    After receiving Su Dingfang's order, Zhou Long personally led a force carrying 5,000 prairie people to the coast, and then embarked on a small boat to land. However, the Japanese on the top of the city had been beaten by artillery and were only trying to escape, so the entire landing was  The process went very smoothly, and when the five thousand troops rushed to the gate of Jiangshuang City, they encountered the first resistance force. Unfortunately, after several rounds of bows and arrows from the prairie people, there were not many people on the other side.  The grassland people rushed forward brandishing scimitars, quickly slaughtered all the resisting Japanese, and initially occupied the city gate.

    Seeing that the battle was going so smoothly, Su Dingfang finally decided to make a large-scale landing. Troop ships put down their boats one by one, carrying the soldiers to the coast, and then launched into the water and landed, and quickly assembled their formations. Every time a thousand-man team was assembled, they would be immediately attacked by the generals.  Leading the charge into the city gate of Frost City.  The Japanese in the city had long lost their fighting spirit, so facing these wolf-like and tiger-like Tang troops, there was no way to organize an effective resistance. Only some stubborn Japanese generals with their own soldiers took advantage of the city's favorable location.  They wanted to resist, but unfortunately they had no capital to resist in the face of absolute power.

    The resisting Japanese soldiers were killed one after another, and most of the remaining Japanese lost their fighting spirit. Soon the first surrender appeared, and then more and more Japanese put down their weapons, and Jushi Deduo was killed by a group of Japanese soldiers when they were at the top of the city.  The rocks thrown up by the shells hurt his arm. Seeing the situation in the city, he knew that he had no way to save himself, so he had to take his cronies to escape from another city gate. When Su Dingfang and other generals landed, the entire Jiangshuang City  Already?? completely fell into the control of the Tang army.
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