"Don't run around, don't run around, our bed crossbows have already started to fight back!" Several Sui generals in charge of building the pontoon bridge, under the protection of their own soldiers, shouted loudly to the panicked craftsmen and people.
The crossbows of the Sui Dynasty had indeed begun to counterattack, and the number was much greater than that of Goguryeo. At this time, following the order of Zuowei General Yuwenshu, more than a hundred crossbows fired at the same time, and more than five hundred
The crossbow arrow flew over the heads of the craftsmen and civilians who were in a mess in the Liaohe River with a "swish" sound.
The next moment, the Goguryeo soldiers across the river also let out a scream.
In order to fight this war, Yang Guang had no regard for the life and death of the people of the Sui Dynasty. In the past few years, he had forced all counties and counties to scrape the land. He did not know how many exorbitant taxes and miscellaneous taxes were collected, and a lot of them were used in armaments. These crossbows were made of fine steel.
The front, with wrought iron as feathers, was fired from the bed, and the crossbow easily penetrated the shield wall erected by the Goguryeo soldiers. It cut through the stone armor or iron armor behind the shield wall like tofu, and nailed the shields together with their owners.
on the ground.
The Goguryeo soldiers began to scream, and the crossbow arrows attacking the craftsmen and Minzhuang suddenly became sparse. In addition, some craftsmen and Minzhuang who tried to escape were shot and killed by their own soldiers. The remaining Minzhuang and craftsmen had no choice but to continue to lower their heads and risk their lives.
He tied the bamboo poles and wooden stakes used to build the pontoon bridge with ropes, and at the same time secretly prayed to the gods and Buddhas in the sky to protect him so that the crossbow arrows of the Goguryeo people would not fall on him.
Praying was obviously useless. Although the Goguryeo people continued to suffer casualties, they identified the people who were attacking the pontoon bridge in the river. Although they only had more than a hundred bed crossbows and were affected by the Sui Dynasty's bed crossbow shooting, every shot was able to
Taking away the lives of dozens of Sui people in the river.
Whenever the number of people in the river decreased, soldiers would immediately drive the prepared people and craftsmen into the river to make up the number. Yang Guang never looked at the life and death of these people and craftsmen.
My eyes have been staring at the ever-growing pontoon.
In Yang Guang's eyes, these people and craftsmen are just ants, or just a number.
But not everyone is like Yang Guang. Many generals and soldiers saw their own people being shot and killed by the Goguryeo people. Their eyes were red, murderous intent surged in their hearts, and they were holding back their breath. They just waited for the pontoon bridge to be opened and then killed them.
Go to the opposite side and kill all the Goguryeo people.
General Mai Tiezhang is one of them. He has a fiery temper. He was originally a big thief, and he once killed people like nothing. He is not a kind person, but at this time, he wanted to kill all the Goguryeo people on the opposite side.
The long crossbow is in the air, the wind is rustling, blood blooms like a lotus, and life withers like a residual lotus.
During the Sui Dynasty, millions of army ants gathered on the west bank of the Liao River, watching helplessly as the Liao River slowly turned red. They were unable to help, and without the order of the master general, even if they could help, they could not move.
"The speed is too slow. Don't let the craftsmen die anymore. Too many deaths will affect the speed." At a certain moment, Yang Guang found that the speed of building the pontoon bridge had slowed down, and he snorted dissatisfiedly.
Yu Wenshu responded immediately. He ordered the mobilization of 200 eight-niu crossbows originally used to attack the city, and personally directed the firing.
"Pull!" Zuowei General Yu Wenshu raised his sword high and majestic.
"Pull..." dozens of soldiers shouted in unison. Amidst the sound of the horn, ten soldiers pulled the ropes of the animals at the same time, and ten stupid draft horses slowly moved forward. The crossbow arms creaked in protest.
Slowly being pulled into a half arc, three strong men lifted a huge crossbow and got stuck in the crossbow slot.
Hundreds or thousands of crossbowmen repeated the same action, and more than a hundred iron-clad giant crossbows dazzled and chilled in the sun.
"Let it go!" Yu Wenshu personally ordered loudly.
"Woo!" A hundred death spears made a harsh sound through the air and disappeared on the eight-oxen crossbow. Almost as if they teleported, they swept across the river and plunged into the phalanx of Goguryeo soldiers.
The shields raised by the first row of Goguryeo soldiers were instantly shattered, and the soldiers behind them were all shot to death.
"Fire!" Yu Wenshu divided the two hundred eight-oxen crossbows into two waves. After one wave was fired, the other wave was fired immediately. This was naturally the right thing to do, because after one wave, the Goguryeo people would inevitably panic.
, the damage of the second wave will only be greater.
Sure enough, the second wave of crossbows and guns continuously shattered the second row of Goguryeo shields, killing the soldiers behind them. There were also more than twenty crossbows and guns that penetrated the loopholes exposed by the panic of the Goguryeo people, and shot
He hit the Goguryeo man who was operating the crossbow, which immediately caused the Goguryeo people to panic even more.
This kind of Eight-Niu Crossbow is about the same power as the long-range crossbow of Wang Junlin's force, but the Eight-Niu Crossbow requires thirteen soldiers and ten horses to operate, but the long-range crossbow only requires three people, and it is more accurate and can shoot
faster.
The firing frequency of Goguryeo's ballistae was instantly disrupted, and the pontoon bridge built by Sui craftsmen and Minzhuang with their lives extended forward little by little.
Not long after, the Goguryeo people reorganized and continued to attack the Sui craftsmen and Minzhuang who were building the pontoon bridge with the remaining crossbows. Yu Wenshu once again ordered to use bed crossbows and eight cow crossbows to suppress them...
As time went by, seeing that the pontoon bridge was about to be built, the Goguryeo people seemed to be anxious and started shooting at the Sui people who were building the pontoon bridge like crazy. In addition, the distance was shortened, and the Goguryeo people could also kill them with bows and arrows.
A large number of Sui craftsmen and people began to die.
"Come here, push the crossbow onto the pontoon and push the Goguryeo people away!" Yuwenshu ordered loudly. He had to say that he had been fighting for half his life, so he had rich experience and his command was timely and decisive.
As Yu Wenshu's order was issued, the Zuowei soldiers pushed the crossbow onto the unfinished pontoon bridge with their shoulders and hands. They closed the distance and started shooting the Goguryeo people, forcing the Goguryeo people to continue shooting the Sui people who were building the pontoon bridge.
One side had to retreat backwards.
I don't know when, the river water has turned blood red, and it is getting redder and thicker. Li Yuan, standing in the crowd, secretly calculated that more than 5,000 civilians and craftsmen have been shot to death.
At this time, the Sui people who were working on the construction shouted sadly and tied the stalks and wood one by one to the end of the bridge. They did not know why His Majesty wanted to conquer Liaodong, and they had no ambition to win fame immediately.
In fact, if today's battle is won, they will be the ones who made the first contribution, but everyone knows that at most they can have a full meal. No one will think of them as untouchables when discussing merit. They are already used to it, and
I have never asked for these extravagant things, I just want to live a humble life.
After more than four hours and most of the day, the pontoon bridge was finally set up.
Yang Guang nodded with satisfaction and praised Yu Wenshu who organized the counterattack and Yu Wenkai who was responsible for building the bridge. He did not mention the thousands of civilians and craftsmen who died building the pontoon bridge. It seemed that the deaths of these people were in his eyes