Chapter 161 The Battle of the Royal City of Goguryeo

"Li Yuanba, Xu Shiji, Qin Yong obeyed the order!" Li Bing looked at the Yuangaida Gate on the top of the city and shouted.

"The last one is here!" The three people who were named came out of the crowd and dismounted in front of Li Bing and knelt down.

"I will give you 50,000 troops each. You will take these troops to attack the other three gates of this city separately. When you see the enemy is empty, take them down. No matter who it is, just take one gate, don't rush in, guard the gate for me, and notify the army to kill from the gate together. Do you understand?" Li Bing looked at the three people in front of him and asked in a deep voice. These three people who were deeply trusted by him, and he felt relieved to hand over these important tasks to them.

"The last general obeys the order!" Li Yuanba and the other three stood up from the ground. Fang Xuanling, who was on the other side, quickly took three command arrows and gave them. After they took the command arrows, they rode their horses and headed behind the army, preparing to transfer the army to attack the other three gates.

Standing on the top of the city, the Yuangeda Gate saw the movements of the Sui army. He curled his lips disdainfully. When he saw it, he saw that the commander of the Sui army was a boy who was less than 20 years old. He didn't take these people seriously at all. He was eager to lead his troops to take the initiative. After all, Yizhi Wende's great achievements in destroying the 300,000 Sui army still made him very envious. However, this is a key place in the capital. The king and the center of the court are in this place. He dared not attack easily. If he fails, he can't bear such a crime. So he gave up the idea of ​​a decisive battle with the Sui army outside the city, and at the same time, he asked the other three gates to be cheered up and be careful not to cause any trouble.

In ancient times, forcibly siegeing cities was a very bloody thing. Without the strength of the defending side, generals would not choose to forcibly siege the city, but now the final battle has come to the end. Li Bing knew that the Goguryeo people would not choose to surrender, otherwise they would have surrendered long ago, so Li Bing could only choose to forcibly siege the city.

After dividing troops to attack the city gate from four directions, Li Bing sent another team to secretly excavate tunnels. Digging tunnels was a very important method in ancient siege operations. In addition to allowing troops to break into the city defense system, digging tunnels can also be excavated under the foundation of the city wall. First, use wooden boards to support the excavated part, and then set fire to the brackets. Once the foundation is loosened, the city wall will collapse. The siege troops can rush up into the gap to expand the results.

Yuangeda Gate watched the Sui army below busy preparing for the attack, and his heart began to itch again. He had been responsible for guarding the capital for many years, so he rarely commanded the war. Seeing that there was a battle to come to the door, how could he bear to give up this opportunity? He hesitated for a long time in his heart and finally decided to take advantage of the fact that the Sui army is not stable and go out to kill the Sui army. So he told the archers on the top of the city to pay attention to the other party's actions, and then he went down and lit up five thousand cavalry, which were the only cavalry in the Goguryeo royal city. He ordered the soldiers at the city gate to watch out for the city gate, so he asked them to open the city gate, and a thousand cavalry rushed towards the Sui army like a whirlwind.

Li Bing was preparing to issue an order to start forcibly attacking the city, and then he saw the city gate in front open, a team came out from inside, and rushed straight to them. Li Bing reacted quickly. Seeing that the opponent's formation was neat, and it was obviously a well-trained cavalry team. Li Bing stopped the horse and shouted: "Cabinet attack formation preparation!" The infantry behind him retreated one after another, leaving a passage for cavalry to attack, and the crossbowmen were ready to go on both sides. After the infantry cleared the place, the cavalry of the Sui army immediately arranged a triangular attack formation, waiting for the crossbowmen to attack after the volley.

When the Yuangeda Gate led the cavalry to the Sui Army position, he saw the soldiers of the Sui Army retreating one after another. Then he saw the crossbowman aiming at him. He was shocked and the horse descended quickly, but the soldiers around him did not realize the danger and continued to rush forward. "Swoosh!" The Sui Army's bows and arrows came over, and a rain of arrows covered from his head. At that time, the unstoppable cavalry fell from the horse. Some horses fell down and tripped the horses rushing up from behind. In this way, the cavalry team of Goguryeo suddenly became chaotic. Their team was in chaos, causing the crowd to grow. So more and more arrows were shot over, and more and more soldiers were caught and fell down.

When Li Bing saw that the opponent's cavalry team was in chaos, it was a good time to attack. He suddenly pushed Fang Tian Hua Ji and rushed out first, followed by Pei Yuanqing and Luo Cheng. In order to prevent Luo Cheng from being unfavorable to Li Bing in the melee, Luo Cheng also followed closely. The triangular cavalry rushed into the chaotic cavalry team of Goguryeo like a sharp knife. Li Bing's Fang Tian Hua Ji was once again standing in front of him, drinking the blood of the Goguryeo people. Li Bing's pretty face was covered with some blood splashed on his face.

, it seemed a bit ferocious, there was no enemy under his halberd. Every time he made a move, a Goguryeo would fall down on the horse. Those Goguryeo people saw that this young man was not old, but he was like the god of death coming, which made them feel extremely terrifying. They all tried desperately to stay away from Li Bing. Li Bing fought all over the team and headed straight for the direction of the Yuangeda Gate. The Yuangeda Gate behind also saw Li Bing's bravery, but he was still quite arrogant about his own efforts. He grabbed the horse's belly and rushed towards Li Bing. His

The weapon is a golden rod, which whirred and sounded, very powerful. When Li Bing saw the Yuangaida Sect attacking him, he was not vague. He swept off the Goguryeo people around him, then raised his halberd and stabbed the Yuangaida Sect. Both sides immediately crossed over. Yuangaida Sect immediately wanted to turn the horse's head and continue to attack Li Bing, but Li Bing did not give him this opportunity. Li Bing used that move based on Luo Cheng's return gun, and a halberd rushed straight to the head of Yuangaida Sect. Yuangaida Sect did not expect Li Bing to have this move, and hurriedly lowered his head and avoided Li

Bing's move, but the layer of metal on the helmet was cut off by Li Bing's sharp Fang Tianhuaji, and the hair on it was stripped into a flat layer. The Yuangeda Gate, who had survived death, dared not fight again. He hurriedly fled back to the city with the remaining cavalry. Li Bing originally planned to destroy Goguryeo's cavalry with his cavalry, but after chasing for a while, the bows and arrows on the top of the city landed beside him. Li Bing was startled and hurriedly brought the cavalry back to his camp. Some cavalry could not turn around and were shot to death under the city.

Back to his army, Li Bing counted and counted the ones who shot to death with the crossbow. They just destroyed about 3,000 cavalry, and they also lost nearly 1,000 people on his side, of which nearly 200 were shot to death by Goguryeo's bows and arrows.

After the enemy suffered this loss, he probably wouldn't fight head-on with them when he left the city. He would choose to defend the city to wait for reinforcements from Pyongyang. If he was the head coach of the other side, he would choose this way. This is the most effective way. It seems that he can only force the siege to attack the city now. Li Bing thought of it and immediately issued an order to force the siege. At the other three-sided city gate, the Sui army had just started the siege battle. Now only Li Bing left has no movement. The soldiers were holding a strong heart. After Li Bing gave the order, the soldiers began the siege battle in an orderly manner.

Next to it, ten huge catapults were already standing. The soldiers around him moved hundreds of kilograms of stones to the catapult cart together. Then hundreds of soldiers there tightened the ropes and suddenly let them go. The big stone was bounced into the air, drew a parabola, and smashed straight towards the head of the Goguryeo Royal City, and hit the roof of the city tower with a bang. The huge impact force caused the city tower to collapse halfway. Several soldiers on the city tower could not hide and were buried in the collapsed city tower. They were no longer alive at that time.

When the Sui army soldiers saw the first stone throwing out, they achieved such results. They were all deeply encouraged. They shouted horns and continued to fire stones. Suddenly, stones of all sizes flew up the city head together. Some fell on the ground in front of the city and smashed a deep pit, some flew over the city wall and landed in the Goguryeo royal city, some hit the city wall hard, and a large crack, and some fell on the city head, killing those Goguryeo soldiers who could not hide at the city head to death.

On this side, the catapult was busy throwing huge stones at the head of the city. The crossbowmen on the side were not idle, and they kept pouring arrows like they were pouring out of the city. The soldiers of Goguryeo were not to be outdone. The crossbowmen relied on the advantage of the heights to fight back down. From time to time, Sui soldiers were caught in arrows and fell to the ground. Although the crossbowmen of the Sui army had a disadvantage in the terrain, the Sui army's equipment was much more advanced than that of Goguryeo, especially Zhuge Lian, who was equipped in the Dingbei Army, was equipped with the Dingbei Army.

The crossbow even exerted the power of the crossbow to the extreme. The Sui army's arrows were volleys of arrows, suppressing the Goguryeo archers. Taking advantage of this opportunity, the infantrymen who were sieging the city quickly approached the city, and the city car hit the huge city gate hard. The huge impact force made the strong city gate shake. Seeing that there was no movement in the city gate, the city car continued to work hard, and then retreated for a while and hit the city gate again.

Some soldiers pushed the ladder to approach the city wall, but at this time, the archers of Goguryeo saw that the Sui army had already rushed up, and rushed towards the Sui army's crossbowmen below regardless of the archers flying on their heads. Many of the Sui army's crossbowmen fell down, and the rest had to retreat temporarily. After suppressing the archers of the Sui army, the soldiers on the city raised stones and mulberry trees and smashed them hard at the approaching soldiers, temporarily blocking the Sui army outside the city wall. The archers spared no effort to shoot at the soldiers who were pushing the ladder and hitting the city cart. The Sui army soldiers fell to the ground one after another, and the huge siege equipment was temporarily stopped.

There were corpses everywhere on the city and down the city, and it was a tragic situation...
Chapter completed!