Although among the common people, it is said that Li Sheng is a star from the sky who descended to earth.
And if you look at Li Sheng's achievements, both in terms of food and military, it is obviously not an ordinary star. As far as Chang'an is concerned, the people have even conducted quite in-depth discussions on this topic after dinner.
It's probably unreliable for Li Sheng to say that this star is any other star. It must be at least the level of Zuo Fuxing or even Long Xiangxing. Of course... when people look at it horizontally and vertically in private, they always feel like this
It’s normal for a guy to be afraid of Ziweixing. After all, look at what this guy is doing, every aspect of Datang... is benefiting from it.
This is not Ziweixing!
Of course, such words must not be said randomly after dinner. Not only will it harm yourself, but it may also harm the Holy Marquis. If the family members are not guilty, they will be resented by the neighbors...
…
And this is not too powerful. The relatively powerful Tang Dynasty had some remote areas. Since the people got potatoes and sweet potatoes, they simply built a shrine for Li Sheng.
and……
Not only in the hearts of the grassroots people, but also in the eyes of the civil servants and military ministers under Li Er, these elites of the Tang Dynasty have also increasingly felt that the tide of the times is rolling in recent years. There are countless objects that everyone was extremely familiar with in the past.
The rules are slowly changing.
It goes without saying what level of image Li Sheng, who started this big wave, has in everyone's minds.
But at this moment...
At the moment when Li Sheng stated that "it is true that we can only attack by force," Li Xiaogong, Li Ji, Zhang Shigui, and others all shook their heads lightly without leaving any trace.
Look at this... everyone really has high expectations for Li Sheng, and they also think of many myths about Li Sheng.
It seems that there are indeed no myths in this world...
Everyone was a little regretful, but Chang Le and Yuchi Laomo did not have these feelings. One of these two people was Li Sheng's sister, and the other was a big boss and a rough character.
It is said that although Yuchi Gong's military exploits are very prominent, they are not that exaggerated among the princes. However, in the end, Li Er was named a hereditary prince among many princes. His upright character has always been praised countless times in China.
Jin Shengtan then called Li Kui a top-notch person.
For Yuchi Gong, Li Sheng destroyed the Turks, and this achievement will never disappear. Changle, on the other hand, simply trusts his imperial brother. After all...except for his father, his imperial brother is the most powerful. Isn't it?
It's just that even the emperor couldn't think of a way to attack the city this time, so I guess...
Whether it is Changle, Yuchi Laomo, Li Ji, Zhang Shigui, or Li Xiaogong, although they have different ideas and views, they have reached a consensus on the matter of attacking the city.
The only way to destroy Anshi City is with human lives!
But at this moment when everyone was feeling heavy, Li Sheng thought for a while and said, "Since we are going to attack the city, it seems that we should use that thing..."
"Um?"
"???"
Everyone was surprised. They had already made heavy psychological preparations and were ready to capture Anshi City at all costs and complete all the tasks of the northward expedition. At this time, Li Sheng suddenly added this, and everyone was really confused for a moment.
I couldn't react. But then I reacted, and...
Hearing Li Sheng say this, Li Xiaogong's heart skipped a beat...
Wait, what Li Sheng means... he seems to have a way to attack the city?
"Well……"
Li Xiaogong thought for a while and couldn't help but said, "Holy Commander, there is no joke in this military and state matter... If there is any way to avoid a forced attack, please tell me directly, Holy Commander."
Although Li Xiaogong himself didn't quite hear what Li Sheng muttered just now, his instinct was to tell him that Li Sheng's tone... definitely didn't care about this Anshi city at all, he had a way!
Because I didn't hear clearly just now, Li Xiaogong was looking at Li Sheng very eagerly, his eyes were so focused... And Li Ji, Zhang Shigui and others also looked at Li Sheng with surprise.
Can Anshi City really be successful?
Thinking like this, everyone's eyes were similar to Li Xiaogong's, staring at Li Sheng.
With so many pairs of eyes staring at Li Sheng, he couldn't help but become a little serious, so he said,
"There's no way... there's no such thing. We should attack by force."
As soon as he said this, everyone else immediately showed a lack of interest, which was too disappointing.
It was so easy to wait until this moment to think that you had become more assertive, but in the end, you still wanted to attack... everyone couldn't help but secretly curse.
But then Li Sheng said, "But... as for how to attack, I am really prepared for this..."
Li Sheng then told Li Xiaogong and others about the weapons he brought.
As Li Xiaogong and others listened, their mouths gradually opened like stranded carps.
I remembered……
At this moment, everyone remembered that on the way to the expedition, Li Sheng seemed to have told everyone that special weapons had been prepared for this expedition!
And this weapon, Li Sheng told everyone, was called "artillery."
When Li Xiaogong and others heard that Li Sheng had a good way to attack the city, their eyes lit up with excitement for a moment. However, when they heard the unfamiliar word "artillery", they couldn't help but look puzzled.
artillery……
artillery?
When this term came to mind, Li Ji, Zhang Shigui and Yuchi Laomo immediately thought of something familiar... In Li Sheng's mind, this thing was called a trebuchet. But in fact, the trebuchet was the original "cannon" in ancient times.
Of course... the ancient artillery style cannon has a stone edge instead of a fire edge, and the cannonballs fired are stones. It was invented very early in China and has been used for a long time without being eliminated.
When Li Sheng said the word "artillery", the generals subconsciously associated the word "artillery" with rockets... The ancient rockets were of course not the modern ones. Instead, the arrows were wrapped in linen cloth and dipped in tung oil to be launched.
, generally used for burning grain and grass.
According to this idea, the "artillery" thing is probably...
Wrap the stone in linen cloth, soak it in tung oil... and then throw it into Anshi City?
After thinking about it, thinking about it...it seems that this is what it is.
But is this kind of thing really useful?
To put it simply, a trebuchet is a carriage with a large handle in the middle connected by a torsion elastic device, and a cloth bag installed on one end of the large wooden pillar to launch stone marbles.
It seems that this kind of thing was indeed used a lot in siege battles in history. For example, Genghis Khan used every possible means to attack the city and used trebuchets to launch corpses to spread the plague.
But... the most famous usage scene is when dealing with infantry formations in the field. Because if the heavy infantry forms a formation, the thick shield is often difficult to break through with bows and arrows.