This improvised instrument is also a simple copycat version, with two wheels and a long thick wooden board with earth and stone bags piled on it. This kind of vehicle can be placed directly on the trench to allow shield vehicles and soldiers to pass.
The piles of earth and rocks were used to place arrows and fill trenches so that soldiers setting up carts in the trenches could have a foothold.
Under the coercion of Wang Junlin's soldiers, the captive auxiliary soldiers pushing the cart desperately threw bags of earth and rocks into the trench. This place was only more than 20 steps away from the city wall. The long-range combat between the two sides became more intense. The captive auxiliary soldiers who were filling the trenches were constantly being killed.
He was shot and fell to the ground wailing loudly.
The Goguryeo bows and arrows were shooting like crazy, and every vehicle was filled with arrows. Soldiers from Wang Junlin's side kept falling down. The Sui army's continuous fast crossbow cover was also very fierce. They fired volleys in groups, at a rapid rate of fire.
The bows and arrows of the Goguryeo people were quickly overwhelmed. Except for the first round of volley fire, the Koguryeo people's subsequent shots were very scattered, and the intervals between them were getting longer and longer.
At this time, Wang Junlin's giant trebuchet fired stone projectiles at both sides of the city. In addition, the Goguryeo soldiers had a long process of drawing and aiming the bow. They often stood at the crenel before starting to draw the bow.
They were knocked over by the rapid-fire crossbows below, but the Sui army's rapid-fire crossbows could be fired instantly and then hid behind the shield chariot. The bows and arrows posed no threat to the shield chariot, so the Goguryeo archers were at a disadvantage in such a protected exchange of fire.
The Sui army had two exquisitely made small trebuchets that were pushed up with the shield carts, but they were never launched. They were parked by the moat opposite the gate, sandwiched between three sturdy shield carts.
At a certain moment, a sophisticated trebuchet on the left fired. What it threw out was not a stone bullet, but an explosive package with a burning fuse.
"boom!"
With a roar, the wooden door of Daluo City was shaken violently like paper, making an unpleasant rattling sound, and a huge hole was blown out of the door.
"The other trebuchet is ready to launch at any time, but don't rush to throw out the explosive packets." The captain in charge of the frontline command took a look, retracted and said to the trebuchet crew on the right, "That door
There is no earth and stone filling at the back, so the Goguryeo people might run out. The No. 1 trebuchet continues to throw explosive packets and blow up that door."
The No. 1 trebuchet on the left ejected another explosive package. After a loud noise, the door leaf on the left collapsed. The door leaf on the right also fell crookedly, revealing a dark door opening and several corpses on the ground.
, the figures of a dozen Goguryeo soldiers fled back as hard as they could, and after exiting the doorway, they hid behind the city wall. Then there were many people who looked like Goguryeo auxiliary soldiers and piled stones on the street.
At this time, Wang Junlin's side in front of the city gate forced the captive auxiliary soldiers to throw down the bags of earth and rocks, and then pushed the trench car down. The front part of the trench car fell into the trench, causing a large splash of water.
The soldiers on Wang Junlin's side forced the Goguryeo captives and auxiliary soldiers to jump into the trench. They stepped on the earth and rock bags below, removed the wheels of the trench vehicles, and then lifted the wooden planks to the opposite edge of the trench.
With the cover of the trench, the bows and arrows at the top of the city could not hit them, but the soldiers on Wang Junlin's side yelled and cursed, urging them to set up the trench as soon as possible. These panicked auxiliary soldiers desperately held up the planks and set them up on the edge of the trench piece by piece.
"The two-wing shield vehicles are ready to cross the trench!" came the voice of Lu Han, who was responsible for sniping the city gate with the main force: "Send the explosive packs towards the base of the two-wing wall a few times to loosen the auxiliary soldiers so that they can dig out."
The captain who commanded the front line muttered: "The city gate has been blown up, why don't you attack the city gate immediately?"
A centurion commander next to him shook his head and said: "The infantrymen on both sides also received an order just now, telling them not to go in rashly. There may be many Goguryeo people inside the city gate. From the doorway over there, everyone around can attack us, and there are still people on our heads."
We have bows and arrows. Dig both sides of the city gate first, and you can see clearly if it collapses."
As the two of them talked, the exquisite trebuchet immediately changed its direction and threw an explosive packet at the wall next to it, causing the masonry there to burst. The walls of Daluo City were old and there were some places where the masonry was not well maintained.
It has collapsed automatically, which is very beneficial for excavation.
After a while, a bugle sounded, and the two-winged shield vehicles began to cross the river one by one. Behind each vehicle was a centurion infantry. The rapid crossbow attack from the rear row became more fierce. The Goguryeo soldiers on the wall screamed again and again, and the counterattack gradually weakened.
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The shield chariot stopped a few steps away from the city wall, and several triangular-roofed triangular-roofed chariots were directly pushed against the city wall. The auxiliary soldiers below began to dig the roots of the wall under the supervision of the Sui soldiers who followed them.
There was a burst of curses at the top of the city. There were no rope-controlled weapons such as yakshas and other ropes on the positions of the columbia carts. The Goguryeo soldiers quickly threw stones, which hit the colander carts with a loud bang. The top of the coron cart was triangular.
It has the effect of unloading force on stones and wood. Similar pointed wooden donkeys and hook crash carts are of this shape.
The captured auxiliary soldiers in the churro were extremely nervous. They could hear the movement on the roof of the car. This chrysanthemum was made by Wang Junlin's army craftsmen who guided them to rush to work. These captive auxiliary soldiers had no idea at all and were depressed.
He dug hard with a shovel and shovel, and after taking out the bricks and stones loosened by the explosive pack, he began to dig out the rammed earth inside. This rammed earth was old for many years, and the outer parts that had been eroded by rain from the brick joints were easier to dig. The inside had already been crushed.
It's so tight that you can only dig out a small piece with a shovel.
Wang Junlin rode on a blood-maned horse and looked at the city wall from a distance. It took a while before a lump of soil was thrown out. He couldn't help but said to Zhang Tiangang: "The excavation speed is a bit slow!"
"The place they dug seems to be wrong. The soil may be harder. I think the Goguryeo auxiliary soldiers are also very scared at this time and will never delay the time."
Wang Junlin raised the telescope again, observed for a while and said: "Let Lu Han and Guan Xiaotong's troops come up with a training program for gunpowder blasting. The effect of explosive packets thrown by trebuchets is very limited, and Goguryeo is used every time.
After all, human captives and auxiliary troops are not the solution..."
Before Wang Junlin finished speaking, there were shouts of "kill" from the south gate. Wang Junlin stopped and said nothing.
He quickly looked towards the south gate.
Piles of firewood were thrown down from the wall, hitting the triangular backs of the two calamus carts, and then slid to the sides and piled up, all poured on the firewood. Another person risked his life and poured something like tung oil, and then several
The torch was thrown down, and the firewood suddenly burst into flames. Several burning men rushed out from under a chariot, rolling and hissing on the ground.
Lu Han, who was in charge of attacking the city gate, ignored the howls and kept his eyes fixed on the location of the city gate opening. He ordered: "Send the order and pay attention to the city gate opening."
Just as Lu Han conveyed the order, many archers appeared at the crenellations at the top of the city and fired a fierce volley at the shield carts below the city. Several Wang Junlin's unprepared fast crossbowmen were hit and fell to the ground.
Some powerful Goguryeo soldiers threw the ash bottles far away and hit the shield cart that had passed the trench. Lime powder suddenly splashed everywhere. Several captured auxiliary soldiers who were fascinated covered their faces and rolled on the ground.