Outside Lingzhou City, Di Qing finished reading the document and handed it to Zhang Yu on the side. He said, "The Grand Marshal Han has broken Jingzhou and is waiting there. The document says that Jingzhou also has artillery, but not many, and it is not as sharp as the artillery of this dynasty. The artillery would rather suffer some damage, approach the city of Jingzhou, and bombard Dangxiang, and knocked down the cannons on the top of their city. Needless to say, the artillery forced the city to be without Dangxiang defenders on the city, and the ants broke through the city."

After hearing this, Zhang Yu hurriedly accepted the document. He didn't know much, and after reading it for a while, he understood the document. He put it away and Zhang Yu said to Di Qing: "Taiwei, in this way, we don't have to wait for heavy artillery, we can also attack the city?"

Di Qing pondered for a while and nodded, "Yes. But Lingzhou is not comparable to Jingzhou. The city is very large and close to the water. If it is close, our artillery will lose a lot, and we are afraid that the artillery will not have the courage to fight in close proximity."

Zhang Yu stood up suddenly and said, "The two armies are fighting, and the infantry is fighting to kill the enemy. How come they are afraid of it! Why do artillery soldiers get more money but they are not as good as infantry! The rewards in the army are given to them more, and they dare not go forward if they don't believe it!"

Di Qing nodded and said, "What he said makes sense. Now more than 200,000 troops are surrounding Lingzhou. To be honest, if they force them to attack the city, they will be afraid of people who are greedy and afraid of death, which will disrupt the morale of the army. If the artillery first comes forward to fight, it will shock the generals in the army."

Di Qing was from the bottom of the class. Although he later entered the military academy and learned about artillery, he was really not familiar with artillery specific operations. It was not that he did not know that he should strive for the first place in combat, but because of his limited knowledge, he felt that he could not deal with it when he saw that the artillery at the top of the city exceeded his artillery.

Han Qi had already made a move in Jingzhou, and Di Qing naturally understood that artillery soldiers should actually compete for courage. So what if Dangxiang has artillery? The Song army has more artillery. So what if it is high and low, and it is far? It is not that far, it can push the artillery closer, fight for losses and knock out the cannons at the top of Dangxiang City. As long as Dangxiang loses artillery, what should I use to find Lingzhou?

Zhang Yu walked around the tent, and after a while, he returned to the case and said to Di Qing: "Taiwei, now he has just entered the first month. According to the usual years, there is less than one month left to attack. If we try our best to consume and arrange artillery soldiers to the city, we may be able to conquer Lingzhou!"

Di Qing nodded heavily. Since sending troops last year, his hundreds of thousands of troops have made slow progress, but he has never made any big mistakes. Even if there is an accident in Qinggang Gorge, it has not disrupted the deployment of the entire army. Although the officials in the court are so full of him, it is mainly too slow. If they break through Lingzhou in advance this time, see what they have to say.

After thinking for a while, Di Qing ordered his personal soldiers: "Go and call the artillery general Chen Oulai, I have something to tell you."

The personal soldiers took the order to leave the commander's tent, and within a while, they brought Chen Ou in.

Di Qing ordered his seat and said to Chen Ou: "The Korean and Korean soldiers had already led their troops to break through Jingzhou and came here with documents. There were also Dangxiang's cannons at the top of Jingzhou. Because of the rapid march, Di brought small cannons. When siege, although the cannons were small, they were all pushed closer to the bottom of the city wall and could hit the top of the city. First, they knocked off the cannons at the top of Jingzhou, and then the infantry ant attached to them and went down in one fell swoop-"

After hearing this, Chen Ou couldn't help but frown and said, "Taiwei, it's not that it's impossible to do this, but the artillery will inevitably suffer great losses. Moreover, Lingzhou City is surrounded by water on three sides, and Dangxiang only needs to guard one side, and their artillery is relatively concentrated."

Di Qing said in a deep voice: "The city is condescending, and it must be much stronger than our cannons, so there is no need to say this. I just ask you, can you destroy the Dangxiang artillery at the head of Lingzhou city in this way? After it is destroyed, can you drive away all the Dangxiang defenders at the head of the city?"

Chen Ou thought for a while and said, "If the Taiwei must do this, it is not impossible. But there must be a brave man under heavy rewards. If there is no reward, I am afraid that the artillery will not be willing to take such risks."

After hearing this, Di Qing's face turned gloomy: "As long as the city is broken, the reward will of course be given! Now is not the time to reward money, I just ask if I can do it! Di Qing has led his troops for twenty years, and he has never given his subordinates a reward of money!"

Chen Ou said helplessly: "Taiwei, artillery soldiers are not infantry. They already have a good salary, and if they don't have a heavy reward, they will not come forward. Moreover, Lingzhou is a big city, and they can break the city overnight. This is not a small amount of money."

Di Qing said: "You don't have to think about this matter. I have my own way to reward money! Just think of a way to get the artillery near the front and knock out the cannons on the city! As long as there are no cannons on the Lingzhou city, what's the difficulty of breaking it! Now there are more than 200,000 troops outside the city. If you can't break the city, how much will it cost in a year? Have you ever thought about it? If the city is broken, how can the court care about that little reward!"

After hearing this, Chen Ou nodded heavily: "If you say this, I can guarantee that the cannons on the top of Dangxiang City can be knocked out in a few days. In the past two days, I will take someone to check the situation of Lingzhou City. When the moon is dark and windy, I will transport the cannons to the sky before dawn-"

After hearing this, Zhang Yu couldn't help but shout: "It's right. He pushed the cannon to the front of the city in the dark, and he would fight against Dangxiang at dawn. How could they resist the enemy? Oh, General Chen, since there is such a good way, why didn't you say it earlier!"

Chen Ou bowed: "How did I know before? Artillery is a heavy weapon of the imperial court, and each of them is expensive. How can it be easily damaged?"

Zhang Yu said: "No matter how powerful a weapon is, how can it be compared to winning a battle? As long as the city is broken, Dangxiang will be in danger. What's the point of spending some money? Besides, the imperial court made artillery to win a battle!"

Chen Ou nodded without saying a word. He was originally an imperial guard general. After entering the military academy, he was transferred to be an artillery commander because he had the best artillery. Now the artillery in the army has many barriers from the infantry due to various reasons. When commanding, the artillery commander is not allowed to participate. When it comes to use artillery, they come to ask them. After all, the infantry generals are not familiar with artillery, and the artillery salary is high, so they are somewhat excluded.

Di Qing looked at Chen Ou's attitude, calmed his face, and said to him: "General Chen, there are artillery on the top of Dangxiang's city, but the army cannot line up. The city is covered with defensive soldiers, so it is difficult to attack the city. The artillery in the army is to destroy the soldiers guarding the city to make contributions. This attack on Lingzhou depends entirely on you to command the artillery. First, knock Dangxiang's cannon so that the infantry cannon can make formations. I hope you can do your best to fight this battle!"

Chen Ou crossed his hands: "Since the Taiwei has arranged a sweeping plan, we should be ordered. The cold these two days, the earth has frozen, and it is just right to siege the city. Tomorrow I will take people to the city to check, set the route, and follow the Taiwei's orders."

Di Qing was overjoyed: "If you can break the city here, you should remember the general's first contribution in this battle! Because Dangxiang has cannons, I have thought of countless ways to attack Lingzhou these days, but I have no choice but to use cannons. It is not uncommon to use cannons, but no one has used it before, and I can't remember it for a while!"

Chen Ou said: "It's nothing strange. When fighting between the two armies, it depends on which side of the soldiers are more brave and can use more troops. The artillery in our army is ten or twenty times that of Dangxiang. What can they do if they fight farther? As long as they are not afraid of casualties, they will fight against them when they approach, so what will happen to us? This is how the war is. As long as they are not afraid, there is no difficulty."

Di Qing nodded: "We were not familiar with artillery before and had a bad idea. If we waited for heavy artillery to be transported, we would not know when it would take a year to wait for Baibaiku. If we could attack the city with only the cannons brought by the army, many things would be too simple!"
Chapter completed!