Travel to the early Tang Dynasty and become a salted fish

Chapter 517 Battle of Panzhou City (4)

Li Junxian looked at Chu Mo speechlessly. After taking a few deep breaths, he slowed down his voice and said:

"Sir, although the fire stick is not very powerful, it prevents us from getting close and we can only allow the opponent to attack."

"In addition, the artillery on the city wall, according to what you said, has a limited number of uses, but you and I don't know how many rounds it can fire. Is it possible that we need to use our soldiers to test it?"

"General Li, we can't get close to the enemy's gun formation, so we can drag them from a distance and attack with bows and arrows."

Chu Mo asked puzzledly.

"The opponent is protected by a special giant shield. Even if it is thrown, it will not pose much of a threat. What's more, once our archers form a formation, they will be targeted by the opponent's artillery and suffer heavy losses."

"Then there is no other way?"

Chu Mo looked at Li Junxian in astonishment. He didn't expect Chu Xin to be so well prepared this time.

"For today's plan, we can only be smart and delay the time until night. At that time, Mo will lead a team of people and sneak into the city, open the city gate, and then lead the army into the city."

After hearing what Li Junxian said, before Chu Mo could say anything, Yang Hongqian on the side laughed and said:

"Li Junxian, it's not that I'm looking down on you. Not to mention that you reached over and opened the city gate. Even if you just arrived at the city gate, you'd probably never return."

"What's the meaning of this?"

Li Junxian looked at Yang Hongqian with confusion.

"I know this. There is at least one grandmaster in the other city."

Chu Mo said hurriedly.

Li Junxian looked at Chu Mo with a constipated look:

"Sir, then this battle can't be fought."

"There is a grandmaster in the other side's city. Don't say we can't break the opponent's turtle formation now. Even if we break it, when our army enters the city, how can the other side's grandmaster watch helplessly as Panzhou City falls?"

"Even if Miss Yang takes action on our side, if the opponent's grandmaster doesn't challenge Miss Yang and directly kills our general, who can prevent it?"

"And, sir, do you think it is necessary for us to spend such a price to lay down such an empty city?"

Chu Mo was stunned: "So, we can only be taken advantage of by that little girl Chu Xin?"

Li Junxian shook his head and said:

"Sir, we can besiege them instead of attacking them. We can temporarily trap them in the city. When it rains, their muskets and artillery will fail at the same time. Then it will be the best time for us to attack, so that we can kill them all with minimal losses. Annihilate.”

After Li Junxian thought about it again and again, he slowly spoke.

"I'm afraid that if we can wait, the other party will not give us this opportunity."

Outside the camp, Zhai Changsun's voice came.

After hearing his words, everyone looked at each other.

"Chu Xin's army is now advancing gradually, with no intention of stopping at all. She must have decided to challenge our army. If our army continues to retreat, not only will the morale of the army be unstable, but it may even easily lead to mutiny."

"According to my previous observations, although the fire guns in the hands of the guys on the opposite side are very powerful, they are simply equipped with long knives, so they are probably not capable of close combat."

"So, I was thinking, can I organize a vanguard and break into the enemy's formation at all costs, disrupt the enemy's formation, and create opportunities for the following troops to get closer?"

"As long as we are in close contact with it, the general will be sure to take it down in one fell swoop."

After saying that, Zhai Changsun looked at Li Junxian.

In his opinion, both Chu Mo and Yang Hongqian in the camp did not understand military affairs, and Li Junxian was the commander-in-chief here, so this idea could only be made by him.

But what he didn't expect was that Li Junxian didn't answer him, but looked at Chu Mo and said:

"At the beginning of the war, I said the same thing to your Excellency, but it was directly rejected by Your Excellency."

"Yes, don't think that the enemy only has muskets and artillery in their hands. The main reason why I don't want you to engage in close combat with them is that they also have a sharp weapon in their hands - explosives."

When they heard the word "dynamite," Li Junxian and Zhai Changsun's faces twitched.

Yang Hongqian on the side also frowned involuntarily.

Everyone is no stranger to explosives. After all, Chu Mo made a lot of noise in Chang'an City before. They have also come into contact with them several times since they came to Lingnan.

However, due to technical and ratio reasons, Chu Mo has never been able to make a bomb that is light, fast and easy to use.

"Chu Mo, don't you have explosives in your hands? Why don't you bring a batch over? Just use your own body to treat the other person?"

Yang Hongqian asked puzzledly.

Li Junxian on the side coughed awkwardly and came to Chu Mo's rescue:

"Miss Yang, the explosives we produce are not very stable, and we dare not use them on the battlefield for the time being."

"What's the point of fearing instability? As long as it can kill people, that's all."

Yang Hongqian curled her lips and said.

Upon hearing this, Chu Mo's eyes lit up instantly.

"Yes, Jun Xian, we are worried about the explosives hitting our own people. So if we use a trebuchet to throw it directly into the opponent's military formation, and then use kerosene to make an open flame and smash it over, what do you think is the chance of igniting it and detonating it?"

Li Junxian and Zhai Changsun looked at each other. They didn't know how to evaluate Chu Mo's unreasonable idea.

Seeing that the two of them were silent, Chu Mo thought they had acquiesced, so he sent someone back directly to ask Li Ke to send him a batch of explosives to test the waters.

Everyone now treats a dead horse as a living horse doctor and lets Chu Mo do whatever he wants.

Just as a few people were discussing, a cannon on Panzhou City was ignited, and a roar was heard. Then, there were explosions and flames that soared into the sky and engulfed the entire city wall.

Chu Xin glanced at the billowing smoke rising into the sky in the distance, and she knew without asking that it was the exploding cannon.

As if they had discussed it, as the first cannon exploded, three more cannons exploded one after another.

For a time, Panzhou City was bustling with activity.

Upon seeing this, the artillerymen who originally wanted to fire stopped their movements and threw their torches off the city wall. They did not reload their ammunition no matter how much the non-commissioned officers around them beat and scolded them.

The scouts on Chu Mo's side also immediately discovered the anomaly on the city wall, and someone immediately reported the situation to Li Junxian.

I heard chaos on the opposite city wall, and the artillery had stopped firing.

The eyes of the head of the Li family and Zhai Changsun all showed joy.

I didn't expect that the number of uses that was just being discussed would be known so quickly now.

At this time, the soldiers also discovered anomalies on the city wall. Without the deterrence of artillery, the courage that had disappeared before began to slowly return. The entire military formation became tight again, and the pace of retreat gradually became smoother.