Turbulent Times Chapter 1103: The strongest combination

The messengers immediately passed on Wang Junlin's order, and the remaining chariots were parked a dozen steps away from the city wall, lined up with the shielded chariots covering them, and the Goguryeo soldiers could not throw kerosene so far. Now the most threatening are those gray bottles and fire bottles.

After Wang Junlin's order arrived, the two delicate catapults specially used to throw explosives were ready to shoot rapidly at any time, while the giant catapult in the distance fired stone bullets at the wall pile continuously. Intermittent bombardment, the crenels near the city gate were almost flattened by the bombardment of more than 20 giant catapults, and the broken bricks flew across Goguryeo's crossbowmen. It could only spread out to both sides, and Goguryeo's frontal long-range attack was completely suppressed.

The captive auxiliary soldiers under the chariot began to dig the soil, and the excavated soil was piled up between the shield chariots. The Goguryeo soldiers on the city wall kept poking their heads and observing the actions of the Sui army.

The captive auxiliary soldiers dug quickly, and the soil in the shield workshop was quickly piled up. During this process, the giant catapults and long-range crossbows continued to bombard both sides, and the shooters on the Goguryeo wall had to retreat farther and farther.

At this time, a bugle sounded on the left wing, and Wang Junlin turned his head to look. He saw three thousand cavalrymen mounting their horses. Under the banner of Yuchi Jingde, they moved to the rear of the infantry on the left wing, and soon appeared outside the west wall. A Goguryeo cavalry, about 1,500 men, came out from the north gate, and was spotted early by Wang Junlin's sentry.

The Goguryeo cavalry seemed to want to contain the Sui army from the flanks, but they could only stop a mile away. , Even the heavy cavalry did not dare to charge head-on, let alone the light cavalry of Goguryeo, but the 3,000 cavalry led by Yuchi Jingde in the rear were even more deterrent.

"They didn't dare to come up." Wang Junlin smiled lightly, "I was so frightened by the beating yesterday."

Zhang Tiangang also said: "What my lord said is that the Goguryeo people can't play tricks. But the Goguryeo people led our cavalry to the flanks. Are they still planning to attack from the city gate? Do you want to mobilize some of General Yuchi's troops? To the south gate?"

Wang Junlin shook his head and smiled, "Even if he wants to attack from the main gate, the 6,000 infantry with Lu Han and Guan Xiaotong is enough, not to mention the combination of explosive packs and rapid crossbows is the right way to attack the city gate."

The nemesis"

The two were talking in the rear, a flag at the head of the Goguryeo city in the southwest corner was shaking, and after a hoarse shout of killing in the south gate, a flood of Goguryeo infantry rushed out from the gate opening.

According to Wang Junlin's instructions, the two explosive packs prepared in advance were thrown out by a special delicate trebuchet after the torch was ignited.

Boom!

Boom!

Two loud bangs sounded one after another, knocking the first few rows of Goguryeo soldiers to their limbs, and the two groups of soldiers operating the trebuchet quickly prepared another explosive package that had been prepared in advance, and prepared to throw it Prepare.

At this time, the fast-firing crossbowmen who were waiting for the battle began to divide into three groups and shoot in turn.

As soon as they left the city gate, they were subjected to such a series of violent attacks. The screams of Goguryeo soldiers mixed with the sound of countless crossbow arrows piercing the air, and spread far through the gate.

Two dynamite packets were thrown out again. After three groups of a thousand fast crossbowmen shot out their respective nine arrows, the Goguryeo people who had just rushed out of the door in front of them had become sparse, with nearly 1,000 casualties. Half.

There was only a miserable groan in the doorway, and the remaining Goguryeo soldiers retreated as quickly as possible, leaving behind a lot of wounded soldiers. After the rapid crossbow fired another round, everyone stopped.

The wind passing through the city gate slowly dissipated the white smoke from the explosion of the explosives. Layers of corpses appeared inside and outside the city gate. The walls of the cave were covered with black spots from the explosives. The corpse was pierced like a hedgehog by crossbow arrows, and even the grass roofs and wooden beams of the houses on both sides of the street inside the city gate were strewn with arrows messily. Some wounded Goguryeo soldiers were crawling **** the ground, trying to climb back into the city.

Zhang Tiangang held up the binoculars handed over by Wang Junlin, and stared at the scene in the doorway gaping. He did not expect that the combined shooting power of the explosive package and the nine-shot crossbow would be so shocking.

Because the manufacture of these two weapons is not easy, and the cost is extremely high, the training of this combination is rarely carried out, and this is the first time Zhang Tiangang has seen it.

Wang Junlin said with a smile to Zhang Tiangang: "This explosive pack is actually just the simplest firearm. You will not know what it means to attack violently until a large number of cannons and muskets are produced on Snake Island."

Zhang Tiangang said in admiration: "It is indeed a powerful force

Horrible, looking at the scene inside the doorway, the Goguryeo people are afraid that no one has the courage to continue charging. "

Even in this situation, Wang Junlin still did not order to rush into the city gate, because he knew that if he attacked at this time, it would only become a protracted street battle. Not light.

At this time, bricks and stones were flying inside the city gate, and the Goguryeo auxiliary soldiers kept piling up obstacles in the gate opening, as if they were going to block the city gate.

Next, Wang Junlin's side continued to attack the south gate. The walls of Daluo City were severely hit by Wang Junlin's giant catapults and long-range crossbows. Once the Sui army showed signs of using the ladder to climb the city, they fought back desperately, or attacked with fire or stones, and twice repulsed the infantry of Wang Junlin's side who were about to climb the city.

There are a lot of Goguryeo people in the city, and the most powerful defenders of the city are plenty of kerosene and other things. Wang Junlin was worried that the loss would be too great, so he did not attack Daluo City. Pile up bricks, stones and wood to completely seal the gate. The two sides had scruples about each other. Although the confrontation at the South Gate was lively, the level of cruelty became less and less.

The attack on the south gate lasted for two days, and the burnt Wang Junlin's equipment piled up under the city wall. Goguryeo soldiers quietly laid bricks and stones at night, or put cloth bags wrapped in sand and stones, The bunkers on the city walls were restored.

The frightened Goguryeo soldiers did not dare to fight head-on from the south gate, and only sent cavalry from the north to contain them. But they defended the city resolutely. In the second day's siege, Wang Junlin ordered to throw five explosives on a wall in one go, blowing up a large part of the wall, but Goguryeo's assistants immediately Soldiers came up to fix it.

The battle at the south gate was fierce, and the north of Daluo City was also full of smoke. Zhang Tiangang dispatched twenty special operations teams equipped with two horses, and they came and went like the wind. Some old and weak soldiers and auxiliary soldiers were left guarding the pier forts. As long as they were encountered by the special forces, they would die out of ten. In three days, they lost eleven pier forts in a row. It has even blocked the communication line from Da Luo City to Annan County City.

On the evening of the second day, the harassing special warfare scouts returned to Daluo City one after another. They encountered a large number of Goguryeo cavalry when they were about to approach the city of Annan County a hundred miles away.

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