Chapter 1070: Different Offensive and Defensive Battles (5)
The continuous crossbow arrows on the earthen wall on the west hillside continued to make harsh sounds, and the five hundred elite Goguryeo soldiers who were attacked by the enemy screamed one after another. The Goguryeo soldiers behind them continued to surge forward.
The crossbows also kept firing at them, and each crossbow and gun could shoot through four or five at once.
"Don't charge!" Li Zhouyu finally couldn't help it and shouted loudly in Goguryeo. With the light of those special torches, he could finally see the figure of his companion in front of him, who was shot directly by a crossbow or gun.
He was thrown into the air and shot to death along with the four Goguryeo soldiers behind him.
The horns of the Goguryeo attack were still blowing, and groups of Goguryeo elites stepped on the corpses of their comrades and advanced. In a short period of time, they lost more than a hundred people, but they could not stop these Goguryeo elites because there were equally ferocious war supervisors behind them. All those who retreated
Everyone will be killed. After nearly a hundred people died, this group of Goguryeo people rushed to the bottom of the trench. Many of the first people who went down were pierced by the iron caltrops inside. They howled and chopped down the sharp wooden stakes inside.
, the Goguryeo people who arrived later began to think of ways to climb.
Repeating crossbows also started firing on both sides. Someone among the crowd of Goguryeo soldiers fell down at any time, and they could not find a blind spot. Rows of climbing ladders were set up, and the Goguryeo people braved the rapid fire crossbows to charge upwards. At the same time, the people above
He also kept throwing down cupping and ash cans, and the trench was filled with smoke and dust.
The Goguryeo soldiers at the foot of the mountain began to fight. Wang Junlin guessed correctly. Yeon Gaesomun really wanted to attack at night, and the largest night battle broke out on Baengnyeong Island.
The sound of killing in front of Li Zhouyu was loud. One ladder after another was overturned and then erected. The agile Goguryeo soldiers climbed up desperately. The Goguryeo elite behind them began to use bows and arrows to cover and fired at Wang Junlin's defense line indiscriminately.
The first batch of Goguryeo elites climbed up the earth wall on the mountain. Wang Junlin's spear stretched and retracted on the top. The Goguryeo soldiers who were stabbed fell down screaming.
Subsequent Goguryeo elites came up one after another. There were more and more Goguryeo elites in the trench. They were crowded inside, but there was no opening above. Li Zhouyu felt a sense of danger getting stronger and stronger. There was absolutely no danger in the trench.
There wouldn't be just pointed stakes. He hoped that the general in the rear would order a retreat.
He had just taken a few steps in the darkness when a shocking explosion suddenly erupted from the trench, engulfing that section of the trench in the light of fire. Countless stones and scrap iron pieces swept across the trench, and almost all the ladders to the city were collapsed and overturned.
Inside the trench, screams rose to the sky, and almost all the soldiers in the trench were spared.
This is naturally the pull-string mine that Nie Xiaoyu recently made. However, only a hundred mines were trial-produced on Snake Island. Fifty mines were sent along with the previous batch of fleets. Naturally, Wang Junlin had to consider whether to ship such a large mine in advance.
The murder weapon has been exposed, but can these Goguryeo people on the island now go back?
There were not many landmines, and the mines in the trenches could be fired from behind the earthen walls. They waited for the Goguryeo soldiers to fill the trenches before detonating one.
Li Zhouyu was so frightened by the explosion that he lost his soul. At this time, he had lost two to three hundred elite Goguryeo elites, half of whom were killed in the explosion just now. Facing the Sui soldiers behind the trenches,
Li Zhouyu felt unprecedentedly frightened. What was that just now? Was it the legendary palm thunder?
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The lights in Goguryeo's handsome tent were brightly lit, and it was crowded with generals above the rank of captain, all of whom looked ugly.
"General, you are humble and incompetent! Please punish me, General." The Goguryeo general who was responsible for the sneak attack on the western hillside at night knelt on the ground. Most of the more than 500 elite troops he led lost most of them. Many of the people who came back were injured, lost their combat effectiveness and became a burden.
Quite a few.
"You said they still have dogs in front of the trench?" Yeon Gaesowun asked in a deep voice.
"Yes, five groups of Sui people, a total of ten secret sentries, were quietly killed by us. Li Zhouyu had touched the trench twenty steps away, and suddenly there was a dog barking, and then a torch was thrown from above to illuminate it. We
All the people were exposed."
The other Goguryeo generals frowned. They had never thought that dogs could be used to do such a thing. Now that they think about it, if there were dogs guarding the trenches, no matter how they prepared, it would be almost impossible to succeed in setting up camp at night.
Cui Shengjun said to Yeonge Suwen: "General, we don't have many people who can travel at night. The damage to this group is so heavy, it is better to attack hard during the day."
"This is the only way." Yeon Gaesumun gritted his teeth and said unwillingly.
As soon as everyone heard this, they knew that Yeon Gaesomun had given up his attempt to attack the western hillside.
Yeon Gae So-moon looked at Cui Shengjun. This Cui Shengjun actually fought well and was considered brave and resourceful.
"General Choi!"
"The humble job is here."
"Have you come up with any ideas?"
"A humble position... no." Cui Shengjun replied helplessly.
Yeon Gae Suwen looked calm and said in a calm tone: "General Cui, tell me boldly, how do you think we should fight?"
Cui Shengjun thought about it and said: "General, we can't attack one place every day, especially on the hillsides on both sides, which are connected to the city by wooden bridges. We are slow to mobilize our troops, but they are quick to mobilize. I looked carefully and found that they are native.
There must be a road behind the wall. In a short time, trebuchets and long-range crossbows were transferred from other places. When we mobilized our troops, there were only five or six trebuchets and long-range crossbows. When we arrived, there were more than ten.
How to fight down. If we want to fight in one place, we can attack the fortress in the direction of the harbor. No matter how many people die, we can eventually cut off the retreat. If we want to fight on the entire front, we will spread out our posture and deploy tens of thousands of people at once to cover the entire line.
Attack together, don't be afraid of casualties, and make sure they are unable to use their hands."
Everyone hesitated after hearing this. They all knew that this small town was difficult to attack. The current small-scale attack was within control and the casualties would not be too great. Once a full-scale attack was launched, heavy casualties might be caused.
Yeon Gaesumun shook his head and said: "The Sui people's navy is still at sea. Their navy's trebuchets are very accurate in fighting. The port is narrow and the men and horses have not yet formed an array. The Sui people on both sides used trebuchets and trebuchets at the same time."
Long-range crossbow attack, I'm afraid our formation has been disrupted before we even started our attack."
After a pause, Yuengai Suwen continued: "However, our food is limited, and it is not appropriate to attack the city. If we want to attack, it should be sooner rather than later. However, we must discuss how we should attack."
A general said: "The humble duty is to repair the shield carts, so more than a thousand shield carts are dispatched at a time. They always have to push them under the earth wall, and then dig down the earth wall."
Another person said angrily: "What's the use of going under the earth wall? Like tonight, hundreds of people will be bombed to death for no reason."