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This is actually one of the secret skills of the military. Unfortunately, most people cannot learn it because it requires a lot of mathematical knowledge. Just because it involves calculations, only a few people can learn to use it. In fact, this is the application of mature ballistic theory.
Du Haiwa was making calculations while loudly announcing the numbers. The commanders of the eight catapults on the Wanshi ship next to him skillfully commanded the soldiers to control the catapults and adjust them according to the distance estimated by Du Haiwa.
The soldier with a loud voice told the result of Du Haiwa's calculation to the ship next to him. Although the distance to both sides was different from that of the Wanshi ship, and the error would increase, the calculation was better than blind typing.
Soon, the second wave of calculated catapults was prepared and launched one after another. A catapult next to Wang Junlin flew out a stone bomb with a roar, and with good luck, it hit a group of people running around.
Among the Goguryeo troops, Wang Junlin held a telescope made by Nie Xiaoyu and saw blood splattering in his hand, and greatly praised Du Haiwa.
Du Haiwa kept being humble and claimed that Sir Siren taught her well. The first batch of pirates who survived on Snake Island stubbornly kept calling Nie Xiaoyu the Siren.
After four waves of projectiles were fired in succession, killing more than 200 Goguryeo people, all the Goguryeo people ran out of the attack range, but Wang Junlin still ordered the projectiles to continue, but the pace was not as fast as before, and the purpose was to scare the Goguryeo people.
No one dares to approach the coast.
Yeon Gaesumun stood on a hill, looking gloomily as the morale of the people at the bottom of the mountain dropped again. More than 10,000 people started to form a team again, thinking that they must win a victory, even if it is a small victory, otherwise even if they
The number of troops is three times that of the opponent, and morale is almost exhausted.
Yeon Gae So-moon first calmed himself down. The situation at this time required him to remain calm in order to stabilize the people below.
At this time, he saw that each of the more than fifty large ships on the sea had put down a small boat. There were about ten people on each boat, and they were quickly approaching their warships on the shore.
"No, hurry back and protect the ship. Our food and ordnance haven't been taken down yet." Yeon Gaesowen shouted loudly, and his order was passed down by the people below. Many generals organized soldiers to run back, but some
After the several waves of stone bullet shooting just now, and the stone bullet shooting has not ended yet, the Goguryeo soldiers hesitated and did not dare to step forward.
By the time Yeon Gaesumun sent his soldiers, ordered to kill a group of people, and drove the soldiers forward, it was already too late. Fifty ships filled with food and ordnance were taken away, and the rest were taken away.
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Except for those that had been unloaded before, plus the desperate efforts to grab some at this time, less than a quarter of the food and ordnance transported by the Goguryeo people actually landed ashore.
Cui Shengjun said angrily from behind: "These Sui people don't have the courage to go ashore. They only dare to throw stones from a distance. They are indeed rats."
Yeon Gaesomun looked at the coast carefully and said: "Actually, the damage caused by this trebuchet is not as good as that of a bow and arrow, but the soldiers below were frightened. If you look closely, they only killed a few people after they shot so many.
It’s just two or three hundred people.”
Cui Shengjun also poked his head out to take a look, and happened to see two stone bullets hitting an open space. One of them broke a stone, and the other bounced a few times, bringing up a few clouds of smoke and dust, and then stopped.
The armored soldiers were also dozens of steps away. Although their momentum was alarming, they did not hit anyone. There were some corpses near the shore, but the number was not large.
He said to Yeon Gaesumun: "It is true that not many people were killed, but once the stone bullets were hit, several layers of armor were useless, and the corpses could not be found. No one was afraid. Now that the ship has been burned, we only have
With only a few days of food, it seems that we must make a quick decision and capture the walled city on Bailing Island as soon as possible."
"Here's the order. There's no need to set up camp. Just take all the food and weapons and head to the walled city to prepare for the attack." Yuengai Suwen ordered in a deep voice.
However, when the Goguryeo people came to the walled city of Bailing City, they found that not only was the size of the walled city and the height of the wall several times that of the original prison city, but also the surrounding areas had completely changed.
There are three trenches surrounding the walled city. The first two trenches are slightly smaller, but neither deep nor wide.
After the two floors, there is the main trench with a depth and width of more than one foot. The soil excavated from the trench is piled behind the main trench. The crenelations are built on the wall, and the height reaches more than three feet.
Yeon Gaesumun saw this scene, his face changed, and he thought: "How many lives do we need to put in before we can attack the main city?"
Yeon Gaesumun was speechless for a long time as he stared at the tight fortress in front of him. A group of generals accompanied him, all of them with solemn expressions. They had never thought that there would be such three trenches outside the small walled city they were about to attack.
The three trench positions are not city walls, but their function is the same as the city wall. The earth wall is about one foot and five feet high, but the deep trench below is still seven or eight feet, which is equivalent to a two-foot city wall. After passing these three
, is the walled city, where there is still a complete defense system. Although the details inside are not clear yet, the defense line in front of them is completely different from their understanding. They have never thought that the city can be defended like this.
Yeon Gae So-moon asked Cui Shengjun in a deep voice: "What's the situation like when entering the port?"
"There is also a huge barrier at the entrance to the port. There are also several layers of earth walls in front of the barrier, one to the south and one to the north, guarding the waterway. The terrain is narrow, and the attack needs to climb over several layers of earth walls. Moreover, our army will suffer
Enemy's sea stoning attack."
An infantry general nearby had been furious since the beginning of the war. At this time, he sneered: "According to the virtues of the Sui people, especially Wang Junlin heard that in the Sui Dynasty, he was good at killing people by various means on the battlefield. Those who
There may not be anything special in the ditch. I can think of ghost arrows, iron caltrops, horse traps, pointed wooden stakes, ground crossbows, etc. And they also have stone catapults and long-range crossbows at the top of the city to open the gap.
Laying it flat, there are only a few horse-blocking trenches that are dozens of steps wide, all within the range of its catapults and crossbows. Shield chariots cannot get close, and thousands of people will die if the trenches are filled."
Yeon Gae So-moon's eyes were changing. The defense line of Baengnyeong Island in front of him was like a silent monster, eroding his strong will. He finally couldn't help cursing: "Wang Junlin is a dog thief, he is the most insidious in the world."
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Another general said with some fear: "I heard that Wang Junlin once burned tens of thousands of Turks to death in the northwest of the Sui Dynasty, and poisoned a whole city of Turks with a barrel of poison. I really don't know what poisonous things were in that trench.