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Then a shout of death suddenly came from the doorway, and dense crowds of people poured out from both sides, rushing towards the outside of the city.
"Trebuchet No. 1." The captain who commanded the front line waited until the entrance to the city gate was crowded with people, and immediately shouted: "Throw it, kill the dog!"
There was a loud "boom", and an explosive package with a fuse was thrown out by this specially made and exquisite trebuchet. It flew into the doorway, blowing all the objects in front of it into pieces. Limbs flew across the doorway, and even those who had not entered from behind were
The soldiers at the door were also knocked upside down by the flying limbs and weapons.
"General Lu is very accurate." The captain said in a low voice, with a look of excitement on his face. This one explosive pack defeated the Goguryeo soldiers' long-planned and powerful attack, and they were disgraced in the doorway.
Deaths and injuries were everywhere, and the screams spread far through the echo effect of the doorway.
There were shouts in Chinese from the doorway, and someone wielded a knife to kill the soldiers who had stopped. The remaining soldiers howled and rushed out of the doorway. The repeating crossbows beside the ditch fired a round, and another group of Goguryeo soldiers were shot down. Behind them,
People still rushed out in droves.
The captain on the front line raised his right hand but didn't put it down for a long time. The trebuchet commanders of the second group were a little anxious.
"Captain, when will the ejection be launched?"
"Wait for some of them to rush out and stop the ones behind them. The ones in front have no backup, so it will be easy to deal with them."
When the Goguryeo troops rushed out of more than a hundred people, the captain on the front line waved his hand fiercely, and another explosive package was thrown towards the city gate. After a loud bang, stone debris flew everywhere on the wall of the gate, and the forty soldiers who had just rushed out
Many people rolled and fell to the ground amidst screams.
Two explosive charges in succession broke down the fighting spirit of the Goguryeo soldiers behind them. They were more terrifying than the supervising troops. They ignored the officers and fled back to the city.
The infantry behind the shield car rushed out of the shield car and fought with more than a hundred Goguryeo infantry in front. Wang Junlin's mature infantry combined attack formation tactics became more and more courageous as he fought. The Goguryeo soldiers who were not in formation suffered heavy losses and were defeated in a row.
, finally couldn't bear it anymore and turned around and fled. The captain commanding at the front shouted, and the four centurions who had crossed the river rushed towards the doorway chasing the tail of the defeated soldiers.
"Aren't we not going into the city?" a centurion next to him said in a low voice.
After hearing this, the captain raised his head and said: "Perhaps these men and horses were guarding the door. They broke up and rushed in to break the city."
While they were talking, the four centurions had already stepped onto the piles of corpses outside the doorway, chasing more than forty broken soldiers into the doorway. As soon as they reached the inner exit, a series of crossbows fired from both sides of the street, making the four
The Centurions screamed and fell in pieces.
A quarter of the Sui army was instantly killed or wounded. The leader of the group gave a decisive order and led four centuries to retreat in a hurry.
"The Goguryeo people really hid a lot of people at the city gate." The captain on the front line cursed.
He turned around and looked at the base of the wall. There were two calamus carts burning, and the remaining two calamus carts were still digging the earth. Firewood and kerosene were poured on them. The people inside the two calamus carts screamed loudly.
After escaping, he threw down the torch and continued to burn it.
After sitting back in the shield car, the frontline captain glanced at the rear and said: "The Goguryeo people are not easy to fight, and I don't know if they have any equipment."
"Yes, here we come." The hundred people raised a finger.
The frontline commander turned around to look, and saw several more tramcars coming up and starting to dig holes in other places against the base of the wall.
After noon, another batch of Sui army shield chariots came to the ditch and brought lunch. Everyone on the city and below was exhausted from fighting. Occasionally, a bow and arrow came out from the top of the city and fired an arrow randomly, and then hid back.
Wang Junlin's trebuchet continued to pelt the city battlements. At this time, the crenellations on the south city gate were already incomplete.
The base of the wall was burned black, and the first two batches of trampolines were burned. But a new batch arrived, and the sand and gravel bags in the trench became higher and higher, making it easier to set up the trench trams that came later. In front of the south gate
The moats are almost completely covered with them.
There was a raging fire under the city wall, and it was impossible to attack for a while. The Sui soldiers and the captured Goguryeo auxiliary soldiers all ate steamed cakes behind the shield cart.
Zhang Tiangang observed for a while and said: "Sir, the Goguryeo people in the city have a strong will to defend the city."
"They are indeed very strong, and they are all veterans who have fought many battles." Wang Junlin nodded. Today's attack will first test the will of the defenders. It seems that Goguryeo is still very determined to defend the city. If the strategic situation
If he had the upper hand, Wang Junlin could mobilize craftsmen to make a large number of siege equipment, special large ladders, high civil platforms to suppress the city, and racket carts to deal with the defenders, but at the moment he may not have the time to slowly build them.
After seeing the Goguryeo people defending Daluo City, Wang Junlin became more and more worried about Yang Guang's attack.
"Daluacheng is the front door of Annan County. Yeon Gaesomun will never dare to abandon it easily. Our troops are not very dominant. In order to reduce losses, if we cannot defeat it for a while, we don't need to attack by force. We only need to force Goguryeo to mobilize troops from the hinterland.
We must fight fiercely here, and the reconnaissance cavalry of the special forces you send out must also be effective in harassing us to the north."
Zhang Tiangang replied: "My plan is to conduct a two-day attack with a total of twenty squads and destroy the area a hundred miles south of Annan County. If we encounter reinforcements from a large enemy force, we will retreat in advance."
"Is there any new news from Zhao Chen and Huang Shaoqiu?"
"An urgent military report came this morning. It was sent by Huang Shaoqiu. Thirty thousand naval troops from Fanyang County are conducting an attack on the coast of the neighboring county of Goguryeo, killing more than 500 Goguryeo soldiers and auxiliary soldiers."
When Wang Junlin was eating lunch, a drum sounded all over the city of Daluo City. More than a dozen newly made chariots rushed through the ditch and started digging holes. The Goguryeo people's defense methods were also full of tricks. It can be seen that the soldiers and generals were fighting.
The experience is very rich.
As soon as the chariot stopped, many arms of Goguryeo soldiers appeared from the top of the city, throwing many gray bottles and smashing them on the ground, white lime splashing on Lao Gao.
As soon as things started to be thrown from above, the Sui army at the trench shouted loudly to ask the churro to retreat. The auxiliary soldiers under the churro pushed the chariot back with all their strength. The rapid-fire crossbowmen below the city kept firing at the battlements, and the top of the city
The Goguryeo soldiers suddenly screamed in agony, and the officers on Wang Junlin's side shouted loudly to remind the soldiers to take charge of their respective crenels, and only shoot when they saw figures.
More than a dozen barrels of kerosene were quickly poured on the city, and more than a dozen torches were thrown out. Immediately some places were ignited, and a raging fire immediately broke out at the base of the entire city wall. More than a dozen chrysanthemums had already retreated a little.
, there are still two slow ones falling into the sea of fire.
"Sir, it seems that the Goguryeo people are well prepared. I'm afraid it won't be easy to defeat them with these simple weapons." Guan Xiaotong ran over and looked at the several burning men rolling under the city wall. He felt that it was time to dissuade him. Although most of the casualties were auxiliary soldiers.
, but this kind of scene has a great impact on morale.
Wang Junlin said calmly: "Are there any other plans?"
"There is also digging a tunnel, but it is more time-consuming. The trench of Daluo City is one foot and five feet long. If you look at it from below..."
"Use shield chariots and scooters to cover, dig from the inside of the trench, first dig a trench to protect against infantry, build a parapet, and then dig a tunnel behind the trench."
Guan Xiaotong said in surprise: "Isn't that like digging tunnels under their noses? The Goguryeo people can easily determine the location, fill them with cigarettes or water, or even dig tunnels in reverse."
"It doesn't matter. How dare they risk letting us dig a hole so close. We can't attack it. It's best to lure them out. You send someone to tell Lu Han and ask him to keep the explosive packs in the direction of the city gate ready at any time. But the infantry