It was extremely quiet at night, but the war after dawn came so quickly and fiercely. Countless crossbow arrows hit the top of the city like a heavy rain. Yun Ye watched the Koreans fall down in the rain of arrows, wailing, and then were shot again.
Other crossbows were pierced with arrows all over their bodies, and they were protected by huge shields, but the arrow rain was too dense, and many of the arrows had fire on them.
While being covered by arrows, many auxiliary soldiers carried earth bags and threw them into the moat. Covered by crossbow arrows for half an hour, the auxiliary soldiers finally succeeded in cutting off the flow of water coming down from the mountain and guiding it away.
I went elsewhere, thinking that the water level in the moat would drop quickly. Who knew, the water in the moat was only 40% less than usual.
"Commander, the moat itself is composed of many small springs. The general has personally inspected it. Although there is no external water supply in the moat, there are springs gushing out from the bottom of the river. It is difficult to cut off this moat.
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Yang Yueming's face was dark, and he was wearing ordinary armor. His left arm was stained with blood. He just glanced at the moat and was already seriously injured.
"That's it. No wonder the water in the river is so turbulent. That's it. With the order, the crossbowmen retreated, the catapults fired the stones, and the siege engines moved forward." Faced with such unfavorable factors, Liu Fang breathed a sigh of relief and gave the order again.
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The crossbowmen retreated, but not all of them retreated. There were many people lying scattered on the ground. Their deaths were all miserable. Dozens of kilograms of stones were thrown from the city wall. The terrifying power was definitely not
The injured were all brought back as long as their bodies could withstand it, but the dead could not be found even if they wanted to collect their bones.
Yun Ye closed his eyes and tried his best not to look at the battlefield. If he continued to look at it, he would have a desire to rush forward. Old Liu once said that when fear reaches the extreme, it turns into courage. This sentence seems to be right.
The large basket of the catapult was filled with bundled grass and grease. After being ignited, it immediately turned into a huge fireball. There were countless such fireballs. They plunged into the city like meteors, and loud screams rang out from the city.
and Wail, a large amount of white phosphorus was added to the fireball used by Yun Ye.
After it is lit, it will continue to burn even if it is in water. The white phosphorus will not go out until it is burned out. If you accidentally get it, the best way is to use a knife to cut off the burning skin or flesh, otherwise they will burrow into the flesh.
Countless archers suddenly sprang out from the top of the city. The sound of rapid horse hooves also sounded on both sides. The Koreans still could not hold back and sent cavalry to prepare to destroy the catapult.
Tang Jun seemed to have turned into a turtle all of a sudden. The huge shield was tightly covering his head, but his head was not exposed, allowing the arrow rain to wreak havoc on his head.
Liu Fang smiled and gave orders to both sides. The eight-niu crossbows hidden behind the small mound were already ready. When the Koreans in the smoke rushed out with shouts, they were greeted by ruthless crossbow arrows.
No army has been equipped with so many eight-niu crossbows. The thick arrow shafts were lined up and swept across with a vibrating sound. Then Yun Ye, who had only a thousand cavalry in hand, divided into two teams and got into the battlefield.
In the midst of billowing smoke.
The smoke obscured his vision and he couldn't clearly see what was going on there. Yun Ye could only tell from the violent shouts of the man and the bear that the cavalry of the Tang Dynasty was still fighting.
A bloodstained Goryeo cavalry emerged from the smoke. He was shaking the hook in his hand and wanted to put it on the catapult to drag him out. Before he could throw out the rope, a siege chisel penetrated his body.
, nailed him firmly to the baffle of the catapult. The angry Tang army removed him from the baffle, put him into the basket, and then smashed the machine. The Goryeo cavalry drew an arc and returned
King's City.
When the smoke cleared, the rapid sound of gongs sounded on the city wall. This was the legendary Ming Jin's withdrawal of troops. No matter how hard the Koryo people tried to ring the gold, not a single Koryo cavalry came out.
A gust of wind completely cleared away the smoke on the battlefield. The Koreans at the top of the city were wailing, and Yun Ye below the city was beating his chest. Only a sparse few of less than a hundred people could sit on their horses on the battlefield, and the rest were lying on the ground.
Being nuzzled back and forth by his own war horse...
Yun Ye raised his head as high as possible to prevent tears from falling, and asked himself over and over again, some people fight for land, some fight for women, some fight for money, but he is fighting for a pile of bones, in order to prevent those bones from letting go
Living in a foreign land, I had to leave more bones in a foreign land. What the hell was this all for? Why should I bear the consequences of Emperor Yang of Sui's mistakes? At this moment, Yun Ye hated the generals who forced him to come to Liaodong.
"Commander, the last general lived up to his command and killed 800 Goryeo cavalry, while sacrificing 388 of his own." Lai Chuanfeng was covered in blood and could not stand firmly. Yun Ye waved his hand to let him go down to rest.
Yang Yueli was carried here. The Yun family's armor effectively helped him avoid many disasters, but it could be seen from the deformed goggles that he suffered a heavy flail. The corners of his mouth were stained with blood. This was also
It was a never-ending battle. Of the five hundred Tang troops, less than fifty cavalry returned.
Yun Ye never blamed others. As long as it was his own fault, he was responsible for it. Seeing the corpses everywhere, the unknown anger in his heart rose, and he stared at Liu Fang with blood-red eyes.
"Marquis Yun, this is war. There is no mercy. It's rare for us to win by chance. The Koreans dispatched two thousand cavalry. It's great for the men to defeat the many with less!"
"Liu Fang, I don't care how many Koreans die. I don't want to see another one of my men die. No matter whether it succeeds or not, I will burn the city tonight. If it succeeds, we will dig up the corpses. If it fails, we will turn around and
Let's go, without stopping for a moment. I will take the bones of the soldiers and ask Li Jing, why is this? Why should my men sacrifice their lives in vain for a bunch of bones that can be negotiated back?
It’s all my fault, and my heart is broken.”
Yun Ye grabbed his chest and roared at Liu Fang. If Liu Fang dared to talk nonsense about life and death again, Yun Ye would definitely knock out old Liu's big teeth.
"Okay, you are the coach. I have no objection if you want to do this, but you must throw all the fireballs and rocks in your hands into the city before proceeding. Now the water flow is slow and the source is under our control. As long as the weather
As soon as it gets dark, we will pour oil and carry out a fierce feint attack. We must divert the enemy's attention to the top of the city before we have a chance."
Yun Ye gritted his teeth and agreed to Liu Fang. As long as no one was killed, the weapons could be used by him. Now even if he could kill the enemy with a catapult and throw money, Yun Ye would agree without hesitation.
The competition between catapults was very boring. Those thick cantilevers kept raising and falling. As long as they could be put into the baskets, everything was put in and then thrown back to Dawangcheng, including those Goryeo cavalry who died in the battle.
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"Marquis Yun, it's better not to throw away the body. We are an army after all, not wild beasts." Liu Fang walked up to Yun Ye who was treating the wounded soldiers and suggested in a low voice.
"I only respect the living. To me, the dead Koreans are just a pile of meat, no different from stones. So what if I throw them in? Of course, our brothers who died in battle must be taken back and burned to ashes. I
He wants to take it back and return it to his family." At this point, Yun Ye's tears began to flow again.
"Marquis Yun, if you don't follow the rules to the enemy, the enemy will not follow the rules to you. This will bring you a great reputation." Liu Fang wanted to continue to persuade, but was interrupted by Yun Ye irritably: "Du
We are the fucking enemy, so we should do whatever we can to express our feelings. If the brother lying over there can survive, I can kowtow to the Koreans."
Wu Jian pulled Liu Fang away who was still talking. He saw that Yun Ye was irrational at this time and it was a miracle that he didn't collapse.
The trebuchet battle ended with the victory of the Tang Army. The Korean trebuchets were severely damaged. When it got dark, there were not many usable. The Tang Army's side was not the same. As long as there were any damaged ones, they would be destroyed immediately.
Some sergeants replaced the damaged parts. If there were no suitable replacement parts, they would remove them from other damaged trebuchets. At this time, 60% of the trebuchets were still guaranteed to be in perfect operation.
"Prepare! Release!" These three monotonous orders have been echoing on the battlefield. The Korean trebuchets have long since disappeared. Only the Tang army's trebuchets are still throwing stones at the King's City unhurriedly.
From time to time, siege vehicles were on top of the high archery tower near the city wall, and dense crossbow arrows were sweeping across the enemies at the top of the city. The Koreans were running around to avoid the boulders or corpses falling from the sky. The roofs and trees of the entire outer city,
There were corpses of Goryeo cavalry hanging on the beams everywhere, it was like a hell on earth.
No one noticed that in another cross-cut trench, groups of auxiliary soldiers carried oil cans and got into the shadow of the siege vehicle. When the bottom of the siege vehicle was covered with porcelain cans, a black oil dragon was
They flowed into the moat with open teeth and claws. Driven by the spring water, a glimmer of light occasionally reflected and spread silently towards the waterways of the King's City...
In the middle of the night, the Tang army actually deployed troops at the gates of the four cities. Under the powerful crossbow attack, even the heavily armored Goryeo heavy cavalry could only hide behind the city gates, unable to get out.
If there is a water inlet, there must be a water outlet. When Shan Ying saw a large amount of black oil at the water outlet, he gave a signal and threw the wrapped mummy Lai Chuanfeng into the water with a grin.
An incendiary bomb was set on fire. At the same time, all the catapults were equipped with fireballs. After giving the order, the fireballs flew into the sky, spinning towards the city walls in the dark night, looking extremely brilliant.