Chapter 2 Guoshang (Part 2) Talking with Yu Wenshi is a kind of torture. This person's tongue is like the letter of a poisonous insect, brightly red and rolling in the mouth. Every time he spits it out, it is "fatal" venom.
If someone imitated a few more hissing sounds, Li Xu would never suspect that this person was the reincarnation of a thousand-year-old insect spirit. He was born to make him unhappy, but he couldn't drive him away. To put it lightly, Lord Yuwen took it for granted.
Hearing nothing, to be honest, with his status as Prince Consort, the other party can create countless troubles for the food protection army that cannot be avoided.
Facing the handsome face in front of him, Li Xu almost despaired of his life. If he had a choice between going to the other side of the Liao River to fight and chatting with the scribes, he would rather go to the other side of the river to fight and die. At least he would die that way.
Be happy and don't have to endure the endless vitriol from this guy in front of you
Fortunately, the army of more than one million people could not stay on the west bank of the Liaohe River forever. In the eighth year of Daye (612), March 15th, His Majesty the Sui Emperor personally supervised the army and launched a strong attack on the east bank of the Liaohe River. Zuo Wu was the vanguard.
The three armies of Wei, Zuotunwei and Zuoyiwei totaled more than 60,000 people. They were all elite soldiers and not a single civilian was temporarily recruited.
Yu Wenkai, Minister of the Ministry of Industry, was ordered to build a pontoon bridge for the army. More than 40,000 people, with inflated animal urine tied to their waists, carried planks, bamboo poles and short stakes and jumped into the cold Liao River before the army. It was late in the spring of the Northern Kingdom.
The water in the Liaohe River was in the spring flood season. It was cold and fast. In less than half a stick of incense, more than a hundred craftsmen involved in building the bridge were swept away by the river. Others gritted their teeth and persisted in the water. Their lips were turned purple by the cold water.
, the movements of my hands and feet are getting weaker and weaker.
"Bring the wine and let the craftsmen take turns to go ashore to rest. Each of them drinks two bowls of strong wine before entering the water!" His Majesty the Emperor does not want to be a tyrant, at least as far as he can see, he does not want to see his people frozen alive.
die
His order was quickly passed on. After a while, the newly appointed Chariot and Cavalry General Liu Hongji, together with his brothers in the food protection army, placed thousands of altars of fine wine prepared by the army to celebrate the victory to the bank of the Liao River. Some people lit it on the bank.
The bonfire was used to heat the liquor in earthenware pots. The craftsmen, who were so cold that their faces were black and blue, gathered around, drank, and warmed themselves by the fire. Then they went down to the river and went ashore, warming themselves by the fire, and drinking...
The pontoon stretched with great difficulty to the other side. When it almost reached the center of the river, the Goguryeo people on the other side couldn't sit still. They were not Xianggong of the Song Dynasty, and they did not understand the virtue of "benevolence and righteousness" of letting the enemy land before fighting again. Thousands of them were wearing heavy
Jia's warriors rushed to the shore and erected a wooden wall with huge shields. Behind the wooden wall, thousands of warriors in light armor pushed over forty ballistas for city attack and defense, and used ox-horses to draw the bow strings.
Put the remaining length of the staff on the crossbow bed
The spring floods in the Liaohe River are approaching, and the wind on the water is very strong. When the distance is far, ordinary bows and arrows cannot cause trouble to the opponent. Therefore, the coaches of both sides coincidentally thought of crossbows. A long-distance crossbow battle began on both sides of the strait.
The sound of the surging water was quickly covered up by the whistling sound caused by the crossbow arrows piercing the air. The first person fell into the river and was gently rolled up by his head. A circle of red ripples appeared before disappearing, followed by the third person.
The second one, the third one, the craftsmen and civilians who had no weapons except wood in their hands had nowhere to dodge, and watched helplessly as thick wood flew towards them one after another, passing through the bodies of several people at the same time.
The craftsmen and civilians were in a mess, trying to escape. They were surrounded by rushing water. After leaving the pontoon bridge, they didn't know where they would be swept by the river water. They wanted to retreat, but their retreat was blocked by their companions, and the starting point of the pontoon bridge was almost
Hundreds of overseers armed with whips and iron bars came fiercely and fiercely.
"Don't mess up, don't mess up, they won't grow!" He Chou, the minister of the Ministry of Industry, took a dozen guards and ran back and forth on half of the pontoon at the risk of losing their lives, trying his best to inspire the courage of the craftsmen.
"Don't mess around, our crossbow is coming!" The desperate cry was filled with prayers
The bed crossbows of the Sui Dynasty were indeed launched. Although their movements were half a beat slower than their opponents, their quality was far superior to those country gadgets made by the Goguryeo people. General Zuo Yiwei Yu Wenshu gave an order, and more than 300 crossbow beds were made.
At the same time, they showed off their power. The craftsmen who were making a mess in the river felt that the light above their heads dimmed, and then they heard the shrill screams from the other side of the river.
It was the desperate screams of hundreds of people at the same time. The large Sui crossbow arrows with fine steel blades and wrought iron feathers were like tearing paper. They easily penetrated the shield wall erected by the Goguryeo soldiers and cut through the shield wall like tofu.
The stone armor or iron armor at the end nailed the shields and armors together with their owners to the ground.
"Don't mess up, don't mess up, keep building bridges, keep building bridges! Those who retreat will be killed on the spot." Yu Wenkai, the minister of the Ministry of Industry, shouted at the top of his lungs. Millions of troops are watching him. If he breaks because of the slow movement of the Ministry of Industry,
Bingfeng, the arrogant emperor behind him cannot spare those who should bear the responsibility.
Several craftsmen who escaped to the shore were stabbed to death by soldiers with rifles. The blood spread along the river and merged with the blood of the dead shot by crossbow arrows, dyeing half of the river red. Going forward was also death, and retreating was also death.
After death, the craftsmen who had no choice but to lower their heads, tied the bamboo poles and wooden stakes used to build the pontoon with ropes, and prayed to the Bodhisattva to protect them and prevent the next crossbow arrow from falling around them.
That thing is extremely powerful. After all, there are only a few dozen at a time. People lower their heads and create a hope for themselves not to go crazy in the absurd reality.
The number of Goguryeo's ballistas was too small to allow the two armies to shoot each other. Their target was the craftsmen of the pontoon who had set up arrows in the river. Dozens of craftsmen were peeled off by the crossbow arrows like ants on driftwood.
Under the intimidation of others, they filled the place of their fallen comrades like ants.
On the battlefield, life is like ants
The long crossbow is in the air, the wind is rustling, the blood blooms like a lotus, and the life withers like a lotus.
More than a million Liao army ants gathered on the west bank of the Liao River, watching helplessly as the Liao River slowly turned red. They were unable to help. Without the order of the master general, even if they could help, they could not move.
"Pull!" Yu Wenshu, the general of Zuo Yiwei, raised his sword high and majestic.
"Pull——!" Dozens of soldiers shouted in unison as the horns sounded. Ten soldiers pulled the reins of the animals at the same time. The ten stupid draft horses slowly moved forward and the crossbow arms creaked in protest.
Slowly being pulled into a half arc, three strong men lifted a huge crossbow and got stuck in the crossbow slot.
Hundreds or thousands of crossbowmen repeated the same action, and more than 300 iron-clad giant crossbows dazzled and chilled in the sun.
"Let go!" Yu Wenshu swung down the sword heavily
"Woo!" More than three hundred death spears flew into the air with the sound of wind, swept across the river, and plunged into the Goguryeo warriors.
The shield poles raised by the first row of Goguryeo soldiers were smashed, and the second row of shield poles was erected on the dead bodies. In an instant, the second row of shield poles collapsed again, and several delayed giant crossbows passed through the gap between the dead bodies.
Flying towards the Goguryeo people's open ballista
"Raise your shield, protect the ballista, raise your shield, protect the ballista!" the Goguryeo general supervising the battle shouted at the top of his lungs. Most of the light infantry standing on both sides of the ballista fled. Only a few brave men raised the small log regardless of life or death.
Shields were placed in a semicircular array in front of their own crossbows. The crossbow arrows flying in the air were beyond human power. With a "pop", the shields scattered in all directions, people flew backwards, and the protected crossbows started to fall from the sky for no reason.
a rain of blood
The firing frequency of Goguryeo's crossbows was instantly disrupted. The pontoon bridge built by Sui craftsmen and Minzhuang with their lives stretched forward little by little. The Goguryeo people rectified the remaining ballistae and continued to attack the pontoon bridge; the Sui giant crossbows once again smashed the Goguryeo people's shield wall and smashed it.
The ballista behind the shield wall...
Several teams of Goguryeo crossbowmen could not bear the dilemma of being beaten without fighting back, so they secretly adjusted their targets and fired crossbow arrows across the river bank. The Zuoyi Guard crossbowmen of the Sui Dynasty suffered immediate casualties, but their strict training allowed them to quickly survive the enemy's attacks.
Adjust the defense line and aim the vengeful crossbow at the enemy on the other side.
Regardless of the quantity or quality of the crossbows, the Sui army had an absolute advantage. More Goguryeo crossbows were destroyed on the spot, completely losing their firing capabilities. Some of the crossbows were still struggling, but they no longer constituted much of a threat to the Sui soldiers.
big threat
"Retreat, shoot the bridge, retreat, shoot the bridge!" Qushuai of Goguryeo, who was leading the team, noticed that the situation was very unfavorable for his side and ordered loudly.
The Goguryeo soldiers, who had reached the limit of their endurance, staggered and slowly moved backwards. The remaining dozen crossbow vehicles were far away from the firing range of the Sui crossbowmen. Half a quarter of an hour later, they reorganized two hundred steps away from the east bank of the river, and the crossbow arrows were tilted again.
The ground flew over, splashing huge water columns on both sides of the pontoon.
"Push the crossbow cart onto the pontoon bridge and push the Goguryeo people away!" Yu Wenshu shouted and ordered Zuo Yiwei to push the heavy siege equipment onto the unfinished pontoon bridge.
With the whistling sound overhead, we walked towards the front line of the attack.
Less than half an hour later, the Goguryeo people retreated again. The Sui Floating Bridge was extended forward for more than twenty steps. Both sides gained a firm foothold and began a new round of monotonous shooting. After each lost more than a hundred lives, they adjusted their relationship again.
distance
The pontoon bridge stretched forward inch by inch at the cost of lives, and it was less than a hundred steps away from the other side of the river. The Goguryeo archers of the brigade rushed up desperately, shooting at the construction workers in the river. The Sui Dynasty Zuoyi Guards took the leather chariots used to attack the city.
Pushed onto the pontoon bridge, and struck a fatal blow to the enemy archers on the other side of the bridge from a high position.
The river water is getting redder and thicker, so thick that it is almost stagnant. The builders shouted sadly and tied bamboo poles and wood to the end of the bridge one by one. They did not know why His Majesty the Emperor wanted to attack Liaodong, and they had no immediate intention in their hearts.
With the lofty ambition to gain fame, they just want to complete the bridge before the next arrow flies, so that they can escape from the battlefield alive and continue to live as humble and humble as ants.
At this moment, there are crossbows in front and spears behind
At the moment of Shenshi, the first Sui wooden plank was put on the Goguryeo river bed on the other side.
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