The government was sending out wives, and I ended up with a princess from the previous dynasty!

On the hillside, there were dark mortars.

The area was already surrounded by a large number of new recruits who wanted to watch the spectacle.

The group of raw recruits looked at what was in front of them and couldn't help but whisper among themselves.

"What on earth is this?"

"It looks like an iron weapon used to ram city gates?"

"That's right, look, there are such big iron wheels on this base!"

"No, this doesn't look like siege equipment used to assault city walls. This thing is hollow. What kind of siege tower is hollow? And this thing is so heavy, it's not easy to charge with!"

……

Jia Daoshi remained silent amidst the surrounding soldiers' chatter, but instead addressed Wu Ce beside him, saying, "Your Highness, have someone bring over the large boxes I prepared earlier. Be sure to handle them with care."

Wu Ce nodded, then said to the guards behind him, "Go! Bring over the large box that Jia Tisi prepared. Be sure to handle it with care!"

"As ordered!"

……

Soon, Wu Ce's personal guards carried over a large wooden box, huffing and puffing, and gently placed it next to the cannon platform.

Inside this box are the cannonballs that Jia Daoshi made himself!

Not only artillery shells, but also hand grenades!

Previously, they had ceramic workshops in the city fire palm-sized cylindrical pottery jars in order to make hand grenades.

These shells were also reproduced one-to-one according to Jia Daoshi's design.

Due to the limitations of raw materials at that time, the outer iron pipe was very thin.

Jia Daoshi took out a shell, adjusted the angle of the mortar, and turned to the crowd behind him, saying:

"Everyone, please cover your ears first, so you won't be scared later."

Seeing Jia Daoshi's serious demeanor, the soldiers dared not be presumptuous and covered their ears.

He's Jatis, a top-tier expert; of course they have to listen to him.

Three seconds later, they saw a flash of light appear at the muzzle of the cannon!

A dark shadow vanished in an instant!

next second!

"boom!"

A deafening sound echoed through the canyon!

The entire canyon seemed to tremble!

Even though the green recruits had covered their ears, they were still startled by the thunderous sound!

In the nearby canyon, billowing smoke and dust rose into a huge black cloud!

As the black smoke slowly dissipated, the scene that appeared before everyone's eyes startled them so much that they staggered!

The area where the black smoke was located was blasted into a deep crater, and some rocks in the vicinity were blasted to pieces!

"Good heavens!"

"What immense power!"

"This...this is much more powerful than a catapult!"

"Are you stupid?! You're actually comparing it to a catapult!"

"I only knew that kerosene could burn, but I didn't know it was this powerful!"

"They can't fly that far!"

"..."

Everyone was shocked. If that thing had landed on any of them, the consequences would have been terrible!

Just look at the size of that pit, it's almost twenty feet deep!

If they had fallen among them, many would have died!

Wu Ce was stunned for a long time.

This is the surprise Jia Daoshi was talking about!

If we had such weapons, what would the 500,000 barbarian cavalry of the Kushan be?

If we had a hundred of these mortars, even if the Kushan 500,000 cavalry came, they would only be coming to their deaths!

Wu Ce and the other generals looked at each other, all of them able to see the shock in each other's hearts!

There's no way to not be shocked!

Wu Ce had long heard that Jia Daoshi came from the School of Metal and Stone and was skilled in crafting many ingenious artifacts.

Mechanical beasts were one of Jia Daoshi's most impressive creations!

To his surprise, Jia Daoshi was able to create such a powerful battlefield weapon!

Now that we have this thing, let alone resisting the Kushan Empire's 500,000 iron cavalry, even sweeping across the world wouldn't be a big problem!

If you bombard someone's city gates and walls from afar, how can they possibly defend themselves?

Not to mention the barbarians who live in yurts and don't even have walls around them!

Even the most skilled martial arts masters would be blown to smithereens if hit by one of these guys.

Jia Daoshi clapped his hands, then turned to Wu Ce and the shocked generals, and laughed, "How about it? Are you satisfied with this surprise? With it, I believe we can withstand the 500,000 iron cavalry of the Kushans!"

Wu Ce finally came to his senses, his eyes shining: "Good! Good! Good! Jia Tisi, you have indeed given this prince a great surprise!"

"Jatis, with such a weapon, let alone stopping the Kushan Empire's iron cavalry, annihilating them would be a piece of cake!"

"However, there are still too few of these cannons."

Jia Daoshi nodded and said, "We can have the craftsmen work day and night to make them. With the remaining time, we can make another twenty. That shouldn't be a problem."

This thing is quite troublesome to make; making another twenty is already the limit.

Any more and it will be too late, and there aren't enough resources.

Thirty cannons were actually sufficient for this battle against the Kushan Empire.

"Jia Tisi, how many of these... shells do we have right now?" Wu Ce asked excitedly.

"We've finished making about two hundred so far. At this rate, if we keep working day and night, we should be able to make about two thousand more," Jia Daoshi estimated.

Two thousand pieces is actually not bad.

"That's great!" Wu Ce nodded.

Jia Daoshi's actions just now gave the soldiers a big surprise. The tension and anxiety they had been feeling were almost completely swept away, and everyone was full of confidence for the upcoming battle!

Wu Ce now understands why Jia Daoshi wanted to lure these barbarian cavalry into this canyon.

On the plains, although these cannonballs are highly lethal, these barbarian cavalry are extremely mobile and can easily evade them!

Once you get inside this canyon, things are different!

Within this canyon, all the barbarian cavalry have gathered together, and the population is concentrated. At this time, when the cannonballs from both sides fall, they will have a very large destructive force!

Jia Daoshi interrupted Wu Ce's thoughts and said with a smile, "Your Highness, this is an absolute secret of our army. You must keep a close eye on it."

"Also, you'd better take good care of this artillery battalion."

Seeing that Jia Daoshi was about to wash his hands of the matter, Wu Ce became anxious: "Chief Jia, you can't just abandon us! What kind of cannon is this? I can't use it!"

Jia Daoshi thought for a moment, then said, "I will teach you later, and I will also write an instruction manual. Once you know how to use it, train them well. Don't be stingy with the ammunition used for training. Ideally, the soldiers should be able to operate the mortars proficiently before the Kushan barbarian cavalry marches south!"

Wu Ce finally breathed a sigh of relief: "Okay! No problem!"

Jia Daoshi thought for a moment and then said, "Your Highness, we could actually transfer some of the archers from the archery battalion. They are used to shooting arrows, so they should be able to adjust the angle of the cannon barrel more easily!"

Upon hearing this, Wu Ce's eyes lit up immediately!