Chapter 1068: Different Offensive and Defensive Battles (3)
"Yeon Gae So-moon is not that stupid. If I were Yeon Tae-jo, I would only take care of Lee Hyori's family." Yang Kongmao, who was silent next to him, suddenly sneered.
Wang Junlin thought for a moment, then nodded and said to Yang Kongtang: "Do you want to let the Goguryeo people know that Li Xiaoli is still alive, or hide him temporarily?"
Yang Kongtang said matter-of-factly: "It is natural to let the people of Goguryeo know that Yuan Taizuo has no other choice. He must kill Li Xiaoli's family members as a warning. This will also cut off Li Xiaoli's way back, and then Li Xiaoli will be considered a true
He is one of our people. When the time comes, we can ask the spies lurking in Goguryeo to inquire about the information and confirm whether it is really handled in this way, and also confirm whether Lee Hyori is a trap of Goguryeo."
Wang Junlin nodded, agreeing with Yang Kongmao's statement, and turned to Zhang Tiangang and said: "Don't let that Li Xiaoli come into contact with confidential matters, temporarily let him serve under you, and ask more questions from him. This person has ever
As a naval commander and a nobleman, I should know a lot about Goguryeo's government and domestic situation."
"I understand the humble position!" Zhang Tiangang agreed, bowed, and then went to make arrangements.
Wang Junlin let the big ship approach the south of Bailing Island. Looking northward along the moat of Nancheng, the protruding horse faces made him feel more at ease. This kind of horse faces can increase the side long-range attack power, greatly reducing the blind spots under the city.
Small.
The city on Bailing Island was modified based on the bastion model of later generations. They are all concave in shape and have almost no dead ends, giving the defenders a great advantage. This construction method did not appear in China until the Ming Dynasty.
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There is fifty steps of flat ground between the earth wall and the city wall, as well as a two-foot-wide moat. Behind the earth wall sit two hundred soldiers, who have been waiting here.
There are sharp-angled protrusions at every other section of the earth wall, and there is a trench two feet wide in front. For the Goguryeo army, any attack will eventually face this trench. The second earth wall is different from the first one.
There is no low breast wall behind the trench, but directly faces a one-foot-two-foot earth wall.
Wang Junlin knew that the trench was filled with sharp wooden stakes. According to the defense plan he led his men, patches of caltrops would be temporarily sprinkled into the trench.
Behind this trench was the first earth wall. At this time, Goguryeo launched another attack. The harsh sound of stone bullets and crossbows and guns piercing the air continued to sound, and powerful passwords were heard everywhere.
There are dozens of steps of flat ground between the two earth walls. Soldiers can quickly mobilize behind the earth wall. The inside of the earth wall has a gentle angle. Soldiers can easily climb to the top of the wall to fight from anywhere. At this time, the top of the wall is large.
Some of the crossbowmen, spearmen and sword and shield men were sitting in the open space at the base of the earthen wall, waiting for orders.
Wang Junlin's private army, whether it was the men and horses in the salt field, the navy on Snake Island, or even the thousands of men and horses led by Yuchi Jingde hidden in the back mountains of Lushi, were all equipped with specially trained medical soldiers.
At that time, in a safe place between these two earthen walls, there were two medical soldiers every fifty steps.
After Wang Junlin observed them one by one with a telescope, he nodded with satisfaction. Liu Yidong did not disappoint him. Everything was in order, which showed the excellent qualities of the Shedao Navy general who had been forcibly trained by Nie Xiaoyu.
Wang Junlin felt a sense of excitement at this time, because today's war was a test of some of the combat methods and models of the private soldiers he had trained in Shedao and Salt Fields. The feeling was the same as when he had fought against the Tuyuhun and Turks in Yongzhou in the northwest.
completely different.
At this time, in the far north of the city were pieces of Goguryeo military formations. After testing, Yeon Gaesumun ordered a new attack. Hundreds of shield chariots were covered in front of the earth wall. Many of the shield chariots were beaten to pieces. The ground was littered with pieces of wood and wood.
There were corpses, and countless Goguryeo auxiliary soldiers were filling the holes in the shield workshop. Many people even ran to the front of the shield vehicle.
The ant-like density of Goguryeo auxiliary soldiers pushed the shield chariot forward, and more auxiliary soldiers behind filled the small holes. They had filled the holes dozens of steps ahead, but the signal to withdraw the troops had not yet sounded.
The catapults of both sides bombarded each other, but the accuracy of the Goguryeo people was too poor. On the contrary, the stone bullets fired by Wang Junlin smashed each shield chariot to pieces with a scream. Countless auxiliary soldiers were beaten to pieces, but they were still unable to do anything.
Blocking the approaching auxiliary soldiers, the Goguryeo soldiers supervising the battle forced the auxiliary soldiers forward and shot the retreating auxiliary soldiers without mercy.
After Wang Junlin's side fired several rounds of volleys, more than a dozen Goguryeo shield vehicles were beaten into broken pieces of wood, and the auxiliary soldiers suffered all casualties under the impact of those pieces of wood.
The Goguryeo shield chariot formation was in pieces. Behind those crooked and broken shield chariots were countless auxiliary soldiers who were still busy. Long-range crossbows and stone bullets continued to attack the Goguryeo auxiliary soldiers, turning them into flying pieces of stumps, destroying Goguryeo.
Filling holes becomes an expensive job.
At this time, Liu Yidong's flag was waving on the top of the city, and after a drum sounded, several groups of Wang Junlin's soldiers rushed out from several passages at the same time. They ran from the passage to the outermost barrier ditch, and then jumped into the curved barrier that was half a man high.
In the horse ditch, he fired continuously at the Goguryeo soldiers who had lost their cover with the repeating crossbows in their hands.
The dense crossbows made the Goguryeo soldiers no longer have time to fill the holes, and they hid behind the remaining shield vehicles. The archers flashed in the shield vehicles, shooting at the soldiers from Wang Junlin's side who only had their heads exposed.
A group of auxiliary soldiers were escorted by several Goguryeo armor-piercing soldiers in an attempt to continue filling the trench. They attracted the attention of Wang Junlin's soldiers, and fired a volley, causing the dense auxiliary soldiers to howl in agony.
The remaining auxiliary soldiers fled in all directions and were shot to death one by one by Goguryeo's bows and arrows. Then another group of auxiliary soldiers was sent to try to push forward, but this group of auxiliary soldiers was once again wiped out by both sides.
Although Wang Junlin had heard that there were a large number of auxiliary soldiers serving as cannon fodder in the Goguryeo sieges, he was still a little surprised when he saw it today. He thought that the lives of the Goguryeo auxiliary soldiers seemed so cheap and humble in the fierce firepower from both sides.
It's only worth a splinter of wood.
The soldiers on Wang Junlin's side on the earth wall accelerated their long-range attacks. The fragments after the shield car broke were like a bomb, more powerful than stone bullets and long-range crossbows. Yeon Gaesumun stood at the rear and watched the battle.
Finally, unable to bear the casualties any longer, he ordered the rear formation to ring gold twice, and the Goguryeo soldiers holding the line to retreat, while the Goguryeo soldiers on the front line retreated like a tide.
A trumpet sounded on Wang Junlin's side of the earth wall, and several officers gave loud instructions. The groups of soldiers jumped out of the blocking ditch, lined up through the remaining potholes, shouted and rushed to the position of the shield car line, using crossbows in their hands.
Chasing the retreating Goguryeo soldiers, they shot and killed more than a hundred people. However, they did not catch up, but immediately killed the wounded Goguryeo soldiers on the ground with their swords.