There's a big difference between tearing down a city wall in one hour and tearing down a city wall in two hours... there's a huge difference!
However, for the builders of the city wall and the owners of the city, the difference between one hour and two hours means that they need to spend an extra five years and the hard work of countless people.
However, after so much hard work, the city wall is still vulnerable.
Two hours is an additional time window.
While the artillery was busy roaring against the city wall, it seemed at first glance that there was an opportunity to send troops to make a surprise attack...
But this is obviously just a conjecture, even a conjecture that can only last for one second. Even a three-year-old child, if he thinks about it for more than one second...for example, two seconds, he will realize that this is impossible——
What does "sending troops out for a surprise attack" mean? In traditional city offensive and defensive battles, this is simply giving away the enemy.
And this kind of situation cannot be solved by just a military genius. Something big will definitely happen.
So, what to do when faced with this situation.
Yeon Gaesomun also thought hard for a long time, but in the end!...he came to the conclusion in four words, "Nothing can be done".
Times have changed!
In front of artillery, the city wall is worthless!
And when the city wall is worthless... then how much value can the cavalry have in the next step?
When the cavalry also loses its value... At this point, even heroes like Yeon Gaesumun don't dare to think too much about it.
Cavalry... is always dispersed and highly mobile.
Although the artillery was powerful, it was heavy and bulky, making it extremely difficult to capture the movements of the cavalry.
But correspondingly, if the cavalry troops want to attack the artillery position, it is definitely an act of seeking death.
What to do when faced with such a situation? This is a question that Yeon Gaesumun does not know the answer to.
However, Yuan Gaisuwen is a hero of Xianbei after all, and he did not live in vain.
Although the artillery is very powerful, the scary thing is that the Tang Dynasty can still use sea ships to carry artillery everywhere to show off its power. It is obvious that this ship is so powerful and powerful that no one can stop it.
But... things are not necessarily certain, because although artillery can sweep the coastline, what about when it comes to landing?
At this time, the artillery was useless.
In the final analysis, if the army wants to occupy an overseas territory, it still needs to land on land. Only when it is on land can it be said to be occupied... And if it wants to land on land, and its own army and the enemy's army are fighting together, how can artillery exert its power?
Artillery is a weapon that cannot be used to lock down flexible people and horses!
With this characteristic, Yeon Gae Suwen certainly has an idea...
Hehe, when he leads his troops and flees to Haishang to find an island to settle and rule, and trains his troops to be proficient in fine bows and swords, then...
The Tang Army's gunboats may be able to smash the ships they placed on the shore, but... it should be impossible to board the island and really kill the effective forces at hand!
By then, the situation will have stabilized, and as long as the situation can stabilize...
In the vast sea, is there no place for heroes? By then, I can build cannons directly on the island.
When you build your own artillery, you will be able to compete with the Tang army's artillery. Then you will have your own fleet of sea-going ships... Even if you install the cannons on sea-going ships and go out to sea to plunder and profit, you will not be able to do so.
It can be known.
Looking at it this way, Yeon Gaesumun felt that this was quite reliable.
In any case, Tang State is too powerful now, and it would be impossible if he didn't make plans early.
Soon, Yeon Gaesumun saw an opportunity.
Because they are also facing problems and crises at the moment, although their giant whale gang members have fewer and fewer interactions with the Han people due to their own efforts, they are more and more interested in the Xianbei people's way of life...especially the threshing of grass and roasted mutton.
I miss you more and more.
But after all, they are still gradually being "melted" by the atmosphere of the Han people, which is something Yeon Gae So Moon definitely doesn't want to see.
So in the past few days, Yuengai Suwen made some observations, and found out that recently in the city...
Because winter is approaching, this is the peak season for maritime merchants to go to sea, and this peak season... to put it bluntly, there will be many ships going to sea.
A large number of ships will go out to sea, which means that... no matter what, I have a chance to escape from this area now.
Currently, I am working in a sugar mill, and the daily work is very hard. However, according to my observation, it feels like the people who go to the outskirts of the city have a harder time... This is also what Yeon Gaesowun concluded that he can survive in the decadence of the Han people.
The reason why I was able to gather people despite the erosion of white rice was that although I ate well and wore good clothes... I didn't need to wear warm clothes because Hangzhou is not cold in the first place, but the only thing.
Working in the workshop is too hard.
Traditional workshops in the past were fine, but these newly opened "factories" would be miserable. People would be paralyzed from exhaustion every day. Yeon Gae So-moon didn't even know how to start training his hands.
Brothers - it is impossible to achieve true team building by eating, drinking and having fun together, because this is not a shared wealth, and it cannot provide team members with an expectation of wealth.
Unified training is the opposite, because this kind of activity can really provide members with expectations.
The problem is that his troops are exhausted every day, and their time is extremely occupied. He has no chance at all. This is also one of the factors that worries Yeon Gaesomun. So in winter, the peak season of sea trade gradually comes into effect.
With the arrival of the enemy, Yeon Gaesumun was ready to move, and...
He quickly summoned his troops, divided them up to make plans, and prepared to take action - hijack a ship and go to sea to prepare a base!
Of course, the risks of doing so are still extremely high.
Even though Yeon Gaesumun is extremely talented, he can't help but be nervous and worried about what if he fails... But at this time, Yeon Gaesumun can't care about that much. If he can't get the whole thing done as quickly and smoothly as possible
, it’s really hard to predict what kind of trouble will happen in the future.
Who knows when Datang's production capacity will increase the production of steel artillery ships? This is something that is hard to say at all.
So on this day...
Yeon Gae So-moon gathered his men and arrived near the Hangzhou Pier.
As we all know, although industry is emerging in Datang, due to various reasons, currently... Datang's labor insurance business is not very complete because it also requires costs, especially for the Xianbei people...what about holidays and the like
, there is no such thing as that...
As for "working overtime", that is a completely false proposition...
In the realm of the Tang Dynasty, the Han people could still compete with the bosses and shopkeepers. As for the Xianbei people, unfortunately there was no such thing...
But at this juncture, Yeon Gaesumun doesn’t care about that much.
At the dock, hundreds of Xianbei troops were directly called out!