These four hundred people were led by Zhang Tiangang. He took advantage of the hesitation of the Goguryeo people arrayed in front of the prison city and led one hundred expert guards and three hundred elite soldiers to rush forward. The one hundred expert guards used Modao and Gaodun as weapons.
, has its own battle formation. The other three hundred elite soldiers are in the front with long spears and bows and crossbows, and one hundred of them are scattered behind the sides with short swords and light shields to cover the two wings.
The four hundred people rushed to a distance of thirty to fifty steps, and the crossbowmen fired arrows. The swordsmen, assassins and spearmen, under the cover of high shields, rushed forward bravely to engage the enemy.
The Goguryeo people who were arrayed in front of the stronghold only then confirmed that the 400 people rushing over were actually enemies in disguise. Watching the two sides approach, the Goguryeo people who were caught off guard shot arrows randomly, and then looked at the menacing fleet approaching Baengnyeong Island in the distance.
In addition, the fighting prowess displayed by these four hundred people frightened them. They did not dare to fight in the wild, and quickly retreated into the prison in panic.
The general who commanded the two thousand troops of Goguryeo retreated into the stronghold. Seeing the strength of the four hundred enemies, he ignored the fact that there were still more than a hundred people who could not retreat, and shouted loudly: "Close the door, bolt the gate quickly; the city
Everyone inside climbed up the wall and shot arrows as hard as they could, so that they could save more than a hundred brothers outside."
"Give the order to go down and burn up the smoke. Several piles of smoke are burning up. The Sui fleet is so big that there may be more than 2,000 people. Tell the brothers that as long as we hold on for two days, the Prime Minister will send reinforcements... Guard Bai Bai
Lingdao, all the crimes you have committed before will be wiped out, and you will be popular and drink spicy food. Japanese girls, play bitches, be free and easy, if you can't hold on, wait for your head to fall!"
This Goguryeo general was a shrewd man. He would rather lose more than a hundred people and decisively closed the gate of the prison city first. The 400 people led by Zhang Tiangang could not seize the city gate in one go. If they stormed at this time, it would be difficult to seize the stronghold.
capture.
Seeing the rain of arrows on the wall of the stronghold getting denser, Wang Junlin couldn't wait to kill all the enemy soldiers outside the prison gate, so he had someone blow the trumpet and ordered the 400 people to withdraw to the outside of the arrow and form an array, hiding the crossbowmen.
After raising the shield, shoot the enemy soldiers outside the prison gate to prevent them from escaping into the prison.
At this time, the main force of the fleet anchored in the shallow sea at the northeast corner of Baengnyeong Island, and the sentry ships spread out to be on guard; Wang Junlin's large ship found a deep-draft bay mouth on the east coast of Baengnyeong Island and docked there, and Wang Junlin landed ashore.
island.
"Damn thieves, the stubborn Goguryeo people are so ruthless. They left more than a hundred people outside and rushed to close the prison gate without taking it back at once. Now it's really a bitter battle."
Zhang Tiangang ran back and said bitterly.
Wang Junlin frowned slightly, turned to Liu Yidong beside him and said solemnly: "Liu Yidong, if you are solely responsible, how do you think this battle will be fought?"
"Sir, we are also aware of the situation in the prison city. There are high ground on both sides of the prison city. You can use high shields to cover it. Build an earth platform nearby to be as high as the prison city. Remove the pallets from the ship and build a cloud directly between the earth platform and the prison city.
Bridge, use the Cloud Bridge to forcefully attack the prison city..." Liu Yidong already had a plan in mind to attack the prison city.
Wang Junlin nodded and said: "Tear down five long-range crossbows from the ship and attack the prison gate and the wall in front of the prison to attract the invaders. This way, it will be easier to build earth platforms from both sides and attack via the Cloud Bridge.
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"Sir, it would be better if you can just dismantle a few catapults and smash open the village gate..." Wang Junlin said.
"It's just a small prison city. The gates are so dilapidated that we can't even use a catapult." Wang Junlin shook his head and continued, "Besides, it's troublesome to dismantle the catapult on the ship. Using a long-range crossbow to close the distance can completely penetrate the city."
However, the prison city is relatively close to the coast, and a thousand-stone ship is approaching the port. It is completely possible to launch missiles from the ship to attack the prison city."
The catapults of this era all used manpower or heavy objects to pull down the tip and tail violently, launch stone projectiles, and throw them at the enemy formation. These types of catapults cannot be installed on ships.
Because a catapult launched by manpower needs room for people to run and pull the crossbow tip, which requires a distance of dozens of steps. The large ship Wang Junlin was riding was only fifty steps long in the front and rear, and the main deck was the longest.
There are only about twenty steps, and there is no way to install a human-launched catapult, let alone other warships.
The reason why the catapult designed by Nie Xiaoyu can be used on warships is to use a heavy object to pull down the crossbow tip to launch stone bullets. A heavy object is attached to the tail of the crossbow tip and is first raised to a certain height. When the rope is cut,
The heavy object slammed down, pulling the crossbow tip, and throwing out the stone bullets in the tip's scalp.
Moreover, the catapult designed by Nie Xiaoyu is small in size, and when launching stone projectiles, it will not produce a huge vertical force that damages the deck, so it can be installed on ships for water warfare. It is regarded as the secret weapon of Wang Junlin's Shedao First Department Navy.
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The beacon smoke ignited in the prison city went straight into the sky, reaching a height of almost a hundred feet. The smoke was blown by the sea breeze but did not disperse. The number of Goguryeo officers and soldiers defending the city was actually about the same as that of Wang Junlin and his entourage who came to attack, but just now
The combat power shown by the 100 expert guards and the 300 elite queens immediately frightened the Goguryeo people in the prison city. In addition, these two thousand people were able to return to Baengnyeong Island to aid, which shows that the plan on Daomi Island has been completed.
Failed. Originally, the two thousand of them were remnants who escaped from Dami Island to ambush Wang Junlin and his party. Now it seems that these two thousand people don't look like remnants.
Therefore, while the Goguryeo people chose to defend the city, they expected Prime Minister Yuan Taezuo to send reinforcements in time.
Soon, Liu Yidong was ready to attack the prison city by force.
On the high ground south of the Bangling Island stronghold, five long-range crossbows were set up.
In addition, Liu Yidong mobilized six warships with a thousand-stone capacity, and the catapults on the crossbows were loaded with shotguns, and they were also ready to eject the prison city.
After a fierce attack, the gate of the prison city began to shake, and the catapults from the six thousand-stone warships fired stone projectiles. After three or five rounds, one-third of them accurately hit the wall of the prison city. Round balls weighing twenty or thirty kilograms
The shaped stone bullets were thrown at a distance of four to five hundred paces, causing the wall of the prison city to shake. More than a dozen Goguryeo people on the wall were hit, and their flesh was immediately bruised and bleeding. Seeing that their lives were in danger, other Goguryeo people were frightened.
They had to retreat from the city wall.
The awareness of sea control was not formed in the minds of the monarchs and ministers of various countries in this era, not even in pure island countries like Japan.
Among the emperors and generals of the time, although some were aware of the existence of naval warfare, there were also three naval forces in the Sui Dynasty. Goguryeo had 30,000 naval forces in the south and 10,000 naval forces in the north because it faced the sea to the north and south. Baekje
The Kingdom of Sui and the Kingdom of Silla also planned to build water camps in coastal areas, but in fact, including the Sui Dynasty, they were mainly to guard against pirates.