"Your Majesty, let's just talk about this pipe cannon. I have a suggestion. Everyone is a little worried now. In fact, it's very simple. We just need to add a few hoops to this gun barrel, just like repairing a wooden barrel. You know? Add a few iron hoops, and that's it!"

At this time, in the imperial emperor's tent, Wufeng Dao was holding a cannon barrel and said to Li Mengyang there.

Why? It's very simple. Now the soldiers of the Empire think that this pipe cannon is not safe enough, and they are afraid of blowing up the chamber. So, the old Taoist Wufeng came up with such a trick and punched an iron hoop on it.

To be honest, Wu Feng Lao himself doesn’t know whether it is useful or not, but I think it’s somewhat useful, right?

Li Mengyang wanted to laugh when he heard this, because you still used an iron hoop on this mortar? Also, this iron hoop seems to have been used without a conscience. This...

However, Li Mengyang was curious about one thing, "I said, "You are old man, how do you still know about this iron hoop?"

Facing the Emperor's Majesty's advice, the old Taoist dared not be negligent, and immediately saluted, and said, "Your Majesty, I have been a craftsman back then, especially when the incense in the temple was not very popular..."

It turns out that the root is here, hey~

Li Mengyang felt funny, but he didn't make it funny. This old man is really good. He has done everything and is considered versatile.

"Report!"

At this moment, a commissar came in.

"Please tell me." It's obviously military information.

"Your Majesty, the new artillery regiment of our imperial army has just captured Molina Castle!"

"ah?"

This news was so sudden that no one expected it. Besides, what the Emperor Majesty meant before...

"Who asked them to fight? Didn't you say that you just need to shock them?" Before Li Mengyang could say anything, Wu Feng was furious first.

This is also true. Wu Feng is in charge of military affairs. Besides, most of the artillery regiments are his subordinates, and the commanders are all Chinese. Isn’t understand the meaning of His Majesty the Emperor good? How embarrassing?

But the messenger's face was a little disgusted, and it seemed that some things were difficult to say.

"Tell me! I'll deal with those bastards!" Wu Feng's military head's aura was very strong.

"General, it was actually the French who surrendered." The messenger said this.

"Surrender?" Wu Feng was stunned, and Li Mengyang also thought this matter was too strange.

However, Wu Feng was still quick-talking, "How can you surrender? Those guys are eager to make contributions and beat them hard?"

"No." The messenger shook his head, "It was the plan to have a round of artillery bombardment before, but in the end, the French surrendered, and they still begged us to surrender, and they couldn't stop them even if they wanted to."

"..." Li Mengyang and Wu Feng were speechless. What was going on with this Frenchman?

Can't help but fight?

However, when Li Mengyang rushed to Molina Castle, the scene he saw explained everything.

Too miserable!

Molina Castle is a square castle. Except for the two taller towers on the front, the rest are all walls, and the middle is a flat playground. This is the style of the castle in the past, but now, the flat ground in the middle is already bumpy, and near the tall buildings, there are dead bodies everywhere!

Just imagine, the castle itself is not big, and there is no cover on the castle, and the flight method of mortar shells is a parabola, directly bypassing the city wall.

So, this is equivalent to internal injuries in martial arts novels. There is nothing to be seen on the surface, but it has been completely blown up inside!

In addition, the shape of the mortar determines that it is completely different from the current shells in terms of power of fragmentation. Even if the empire's current craftsmanship level is still very low, the mortar is more likely to break, and it is more violent.

The French army had never seen such things before, so it was really a pile of death.

The French army could not bear such casualties. It should be said that even the European and American troops in this era could not bear such casualties. There were 300 people in Molina Castle, but less than 100 people could stand now. This still includes the people in the city tower. Can they not surrender?

The remaining French troops were really begging for surrender, and they were now waiting for the inclusion in a terrifying manner.

Li Mengyang looked at all this and suddenly remembered that the great mentor once said that muskets and cannons smashed the knight's armor and castles, which led to the collapse of the European feudal system.

Now, using this new weapon has also hit Western powers very well. Could it be that this is the only fixed number in the dark?!

Suddenly, Li Mengyang felt a little cautious. The strength he had in his hands might have been very powerful, so powerful that even those great powers who are now may not be able to deal with it!

Of course, this is just maybe, maybe...

"Oh, it's Your Majesty!"

"Your descendant! Salute!"

The soldiers of the empire were busy. When they found out that the person coming was His Majesty the Emperor, it was already a little late, but it didn't matter. Li Mengyang smiled and waved his hand. He didn't blame anyone.

“all-hail-lee!”

“all-hail-lee!”

Whether it is the Chinese soldiers, white soldiers, or even black soldiers, they are cheering because they know that His Majesty the Emperor will bring one victory after another!

"Comrades!" Li Mengyang was about to speak again, but this time he spoke very shortly, "I order now! Except for the recruitment of captured soldiers, everyone else, continue to attack! Target, Guadalajara!"

“all-hail-lee!”

“all-hail-lee!”

No more attacks on the siege?

Li Mengyang said, let’s not do it anymore. The current situation is that I have stronger strength, so why should I use the skills? Just play with the power and use the purest power to kill the enemy!

Soon, the Imperial Special Engineer immediately took action, and the artillery regiment was scattered to various battalions, each battalion could almost be assigned 3 mortars, and then attacked from all directions!

Then, the entire castle near Guadalajara roared...

Zuolita Castle, surrendered in two rounds of artillery!

The monks in Siguensa Church ran away!

A certain castle lasted for 10 minutes!

A certain castle fired a white flag before the Imperial Army fired...

The French army's highest commander in Guadalajara was General Bazan. This general did not rely on some nepotism. He fought a real battle.

When he was conquering Guadalajara, General Bazan was also in command and was very brave in combat, but now he is timid!

I don’t know what happened, the American New Tang Empire seemed to have used magic. The castles and the French troops inside surrendered one by one, and they saw Guadalajara being an isolated city.

What should I do?

Tactically speaking, General Bazan did not think he had made any mistakes. The enemy's warships came over and the French retreated their defenses. This seemed a bit uncharitable, but this was the best choice based on the current situation of Guadalajara.

He didn't have any powerful warships in his hands, and his artillery was not strong enough. When Bazan was capturing the city, Guadalajara's city defense had been destroyed. Besides, even if there were city defenses, those artillery fire could not reach others.

Combined with the local situation, the castle is sporadic, so that everyone can enter the castle to defend. This is the best way to delay the enemy's troops and wait for reinforcements. This is absolutely true!

However, seeing a castle and a castle lifting the white flag, the speed was unprecedented, which was simply unbelievable!

Mexico has a mountainous terrain, so Bazan, who is in Guadalajara, really saw the white flag raised with his own eyes and put down his telescope.

"..." Bazan hesitated for a long time.

"General, what should we do?" Not only did he see it alone, but the people below were also panicked now.

"Retreat!" Bazan finally made a very wise decision!

"Yes! Your Excellency!"

The Guadalajara defenders fled in panic before the imperial army entered!

When His Majesty the Emperor of the Empire personally won victory after victory, the offensive in the north also began...

"Advance!" Song Yulong waved his command knife, and the soldiers of the Third Army behind him began to march with neat steps, but...

Woola! Woola!

The Indians didn't care about this. They rode their horses and rushed forward happily, bringing waves of smoke and dust.

"Mr. Geronimo, I suggest you restrain your troops." Song Yulong is now the supreme commander of the military operations in the northern part of the Empire. Of course, he himself knew that he had to listen to Yang Willie's advice more, after all, the emperor of the Empire attaches great importance to that guy.

However, things like this that are facing the Indians still have to be with the Supreme Commander, and Geronimo is now the leader of the Indians.

"Mr. Song, I think it's good now. We Indians have our way. Besides, isn't the situation much better than expected now?"

Song Yulong was a little depressed. The Geronimo in front of him was simply a stinky stone, so he decided what he thought.

But, however, the one this guy said was stronger than expected, mainly because the situation at sea has changed.

It wasn’t because there were fewer ships before, so it took more time to transport troops. But in fact, the date Yang Weiley got was only one week, which was very unreliable. According to the original transportation capacity, it was completely impossible.

There is no way, not only the 30,000 Indians, but also the horses!

So, the reality should be at least two weeks, but later General DuPont's navy came!

Yes, this would mean that there were many more ships, so the time for transporting troops and horses was greatly shortened.

So why did DuPont come to the north?

It was very simple. When DuPont bombarded Acapulco de Juarez as planned, he found that it had no effect at all.

There was no resistance, nor did he look at the French army.

To be honest, the strategic arrangements of the Emperor Li Mengyang are correct in themselves, but his opponent is too weird, or rather, he did not recognize the strangeness of his opponent.
Chapter completed!