Chapter 1076: Different Offensive and Defensive Battles (11)
The forward rapid-fire crossbows fired continuously, killing all the Goguryeo soldiers who tried to block them. The sneak attack team behind followed them all the way in and dropped porcelain grenades on the densely populated areas of the Goguryeo soldiers.
The rapid-fire crossbows in the hands of the sneak attack team showed their power in this close-range night battle. The rapid strikes caused the collapse of the Goguryeo soldiers and auxiliary troops behind the earth wall. The sneak attack team quickly attacked along the two wings of the earth wall, firing fast and rapid crossbows.
After the eight arrows on the crossbow were fired, he drew his sword and fought bloody battles with the resisting Goguryeo soldiers.
At this time, Luo Shixin and Li Xuanba each led a small team of elites and continued to advance deep behind the earth wall, killing a large number of Goguryeo auxiliary soldiers stationed there. These Goguryeo auxiliary soldiers were vulnerable in the night battle, and in a short time
They began to flee, trampling on each other in the dark with countless casualties, causing complete chaos behind the Goguryeo earthen wall, and even directly affecting the resisting Goguryeo soldiers. This was exactly the effect Wang Junlin's night attack was intended to achieve.
Wang Junlin looked at the flashing firelight at the top of Bailing City, and listened to the screams of the Goguryeo soldiers in his ears. He relaxed. I don't know when the enemy's screams started to sound so sweet to his ears. War.
It seems to be a kind of enjoyment at this moment. Of course, the premise is to gain the advantage of victory and kill a large number of enemies.
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The night attack lasted for a quarter of an hour. The Goguryeo soldiers finally figured out the direction and mobilized their troops to counterattack in the middle. Li Xuanba and Luo Shixin were brave and invincible, like two bulldozers. No one could stop them.
Chu was on his back, and the team he led rushed forward very quickly, directly to the place where Goguryeo's shield carts and trebuchets were placed. They lit the kerosene tanks prepared in advance and put them on top. After these wooden tools ignited the fire, they just fired them again.
The encirclement surrounded by Goguryeo was penetrated, and with the help of others, they all exited the earth wall, and in a hurry they also took away all the wounded on their side who could be found.
This attack was like a violent storm, taking full advantage of the imperfect defenses of the Goguryeo army's earthen walls and delivering a fatal blow to the enemy. The garrisoned Goguryeo soldiers lost more than a thousand people, more than 200 shield chariots and ten
Five trebuchets were burned, and they were disturbed all night. They were so nervous that they could not even launch an effective offensive the next day.
After Wang Junlin witnessed the entire sneak attack, his heart suddenly settled, and Liu Yidong suddenly felt extremely confident.
Wang Junlin inspected the wounded soldiers all night. Yang Kongchan endured the discomfort and followed behind. Wang Junlin also specially met with the members of the night attack team. These soldiers were covered in blood and mud, but their morale was high. Five hundred people were killed in one night attack.
They achieved great results, and they only lost more than seventy people.
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In the morning, it was just dawn.
Yeon Gae Suwen held the repeating crossbow in his hand with a very ugly face. This was what he found in the morning. It came from a soldier from Wang Junlin's side who was shot to death by a bow and arrow. A sneak attack soldier from Wang Junlin's side also captured two wounded soldiers from Wang Junlin's side. Unfortunately,
The catch is that the capture is not that many.
The rules of the night camp set by Yeon Gaeso-moon were that each camp should guard its own camp at night and not leave the defense line. Only attack after receiving explicit orders from the commander. This was to prevent the camp from being bombed at night.
But the situation last night was different from usual. The earthen wall was attacked by Wang Junlin's side during the day. As a result, the rules he set caused a lot of delays for the ministries. At night, a solid defense was not formed and was captured by Wang Junlin's side.
Opportunity strikes at night.
In addition, Wang Junlin's side rushed along the inside of the earth wall, causing great confusion to the Goguryeo soldiers. The surrounding people also faced a feint attack from Wang Junlin's side and did not come to rescue. Not only the soldiers suffered heavy losses, but also more than a hundred shield vehicles.
and more than a dozen trebuchets were burned down, which can be said to be a real heavy loss.
In particular, the auxiliary soldiers were scattered in all directions. Many soldiers trampled on each other, causing casualties. Some of them were even recovered in the morning. If this was not an island, the auxiliary soldiers would have nowhere to escape, which would probably directly cause a large-scale rout.
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The important weapons that caused this defeat were the exquisite repeating crossbows and the explosive and terrifying weapons in front of them.
The Goguryeo people had never seen what kind of terrifying weapon with flames appearing in the explosion, so the soldiers below were extremely frightened by this method. I don’t know where it came from. Many soldiers thought that the Sui people could master thunder magic.
, severely damaged the morale of the Goguryeo troops.
And this kind of rapid-fire crossbow is only about two feet long, and can actually fire eight crossbow arrows at one time. The vision is not clear at night, and most of them are close combat. It is almost impossible to escape from the attack of this fast crossbow. Every crossbow arrow hits them hard.
soldiers caused casualties.
Yeon Gaesumun knew without asking that this was a weapon for close combat. What worried him most was how many secret weapons Wang Junlin's side had. Yesterday's night attack had made the morale of the Goguryeo army very low. Yeon Gaesumun knew the seriousness.
There was not even a military meeting in the morning, and there was no rush to launch an attack. The troops were ordered to take time to rest.
Yeon Gaesomun knew that it was not appropriate to press after a new defeat, so he did not summon the generals to discuss matters today. Instead, he summoned the generals who were responsible for guarding the middle road last night and inquired about the battle situation in detail. Cui Shengjun and others were also accompanied by Cui Shengjun.
"Jin Sanhu, tell me what happened last night."
There was no emotion or anger in Yeon Gae So-moon's tone, but Kim Sam-ho, who was in charge of the middle lane, could feel the suppressed anger.
"Back to the general, I have deployed 300 archers, 500 elites, and 500 sword and shield bearers behind the passage. I thought everything was safe, but Wang Junlin's soldiers suddenly threw out explosive weapons.
, the whole body is covered with rough porcelain sharp points, and it can even explode in the air as far as twenty steps away. There are also this kind of rapid-fire crossbows nearby. Our people were killed in large numbers in the first time. In addition, the explosion
The soldiers had never seen weapons before, and they were panicked for a moment. At this time, the Sui sneak attack team came over again, and the two leaders were invincible generals. Our people couldn't stop it at all..."
Yeon Gaesumun frowned. Jin Sanhu was also a veteran general. He had won many battles when fighting Silla and Baekje in Goguryeo. The deployment was not wrong. There would be no problem against the general Wang Junlin. Even if
I have seen Wang Junlin's rapid-fire crossbows, which are enough to deal with them. Who knew that the other party had such a terrifying weapon that could come and explode.
"Take me to see the captured Sui prisoners." Yuengai Suwen thought for a moment, stood up and said.
Jin Sanhu quickly led the way and took Yeon Gae Suwen to the military camp not far away. It was to the north and the trebuchets and long-range crossbows on the west slope could not hit them, so the Goguryeo troops could rest nearby.