Turbulent Times Chapter 1133: Such a position

Wang Junlin knew very well that apart from Yuchi Jingde's cavalry, the infantry's speed and range of long-range attacks could protect against the opponent, and the effect of ambushes in daylight was actually very limited. What's more, their number is more than 6,000 fewer than the other party.

So in addition to hiding the cavalry under Yuchi Jingde's command on both sides of the secret mountain road and rushing out of the side attack, he was going to block the frontal attack of nearly 20,000 Goguryeo reinforcements with 11,000 infantry. So strictly speaking, the eleven thousand infantrymen were not an ambush, but blocked the way.

The place where Wang Junlin chose to fight the Koguryo people head-on was the narrowest place in the Heishui Grand Canyon about 300 steps wide. All kinds of command flags, as well as various command and signal troops such as horns and gongs are already in place. Shen Guoer was also among them.

Lu Han and Guan Xiaotong led 3,000 infantry each, plus Luo Chunlai's 5,000 navy officers and soldiers who were going to serve as infantry, and they lined up at the foot of the short mountain, setting up some fortifications in front of them. On the hillsides on both sides, some flat land was specially sorted out, and there were twenty giant trebuchets on each side.

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Li Guangsheng was riding on a horse, looking at the battle line of Wang Junlin's army directly in front of him from a distance. Although it was densely packed, the number of them was only about 10,000, but the neatness of the battle line made him feel unbelievable, and it happened to block all the passages. Dead, the most important thing is that I can't see any cavalry.

"General, the cavalry is ready to charge."

"Okay." Li Guangsheng looked around the surrounding terrain, glanced at Wang Junlin's podium from a distance, and the trebuchet positions on both sides that they could not see clearly in the distance, thinking that the opponent's cavalry should It was hidden somewhere behind the mountains on both sides. If the opponent's cavalry attacked the opponent's infantry in front of him and attacked the two sides, he might be in big trouble. On both sides, protect the flanks, especially the luggage and food."

"Others, kill all the Sui people in front of me." Li Guangsheng compared his palms in front of his eyes, and then stretched his arms straight forward, toward the deployment

In the middle of the canyon, Wang Junlin's army split across the road: "Send the order to attack the enemy in a column, and be careful of the gunpowder weapons of the Sui army when rushing over."

"As you order, General." The orderly ran quickly to deliver the order.

Li Guangsheng's commander-in-chief tilted slightly forward, and the army that had just been called to the sound of the horn rushed slowly towards the Sui army blocking the way, of course, there were 500 soldiers a hundred steps ahead of them. The Sui army was forced to move forward.

There was no explosion of landmines that Li Guangsheng had expected, so the five hundred Sui soldiers were all intact except for the twenty or so people who were shot to death when they forced them to move forward.

Wang Junlin dared to bring 11,000 infantry to challenge Goguryeo's 20,000 army, including 10,000 cavalry. Apart from his confidence in the combat power of the army under his command, it was also because he had fully prepared.

Temporarily arrange a 300-pace long position, add iron nails to form a chain of horse-repelling horses, and spread thorns on it, and then put on a horse-repelling gun of Zhang Er, followed by a long-range crossbow.

The five hundred prisoners of the Sui army who were forced to walk in front by the Goguryeo people were more than twenty steps away. Guan Xiaotong shouted something, and the five hundred people ran desperately to both sides. Goguryeo's reinforcements no longer stopped them, and in fact they didn't have time to stop them at this time. However, there was no need to stop them at this time. It is impossible for Wang Junlin's army to have landmines within 20 steps, because that would hurt them.

The instant the five hundred Sui soldiers ran away, the bows and crossbows of both sides began to attack.

The long-range crossbow on Wang Junlin's side, and the bows and arrows in the hands of the Goguryeo cavalry began to attack. Of course, the trebuchets on the hillside near Wang Junlin on both sides also started throwing stones, but only one of the trebuchets on each side threw gunpowder bags, and the others were stubborn stones.

Because the previous attack on Daluo City did not consume **** gunpowder, and some time ago, he sent Yang Guang two thousand catties to blow up the Liaodong city wall, so now Wang Junlin doesn't have many gunpowder bags.

As soon as the long-range attack of the two sides started, Li Guangsheng and other Goguryeo generals changed their expressions. Compared with the opponent's arrow rain, their arrow rain seemed too sparse. Wearing iron plate armor, and head

Wearing an iron helmet with a low-brow face shield, the arrows shot by the Goguryeo reinforcements, except for the arrows in the eyes of a few unlucky ones, the first wave of arrow rain over a distance of more than 120 steps did not cause much damage.

Less than one-fifth of the 20,000 Goguryeo reinforcements have iron armor, and most of them are only half-length breastplates. As for helmets, only one-tenth of the soldiers have armor. Although they all have shields, they can prevent most bows and arrows. , but they couldn't stop the hundred long-range crossbows and the tenacious stones and gunpowder bags fired by dozens of trebuchets. More than 200 people died in the first round.

Li Guangsheng reacted quickly and decisively. He immediately understood that long-distance combat was no match for the Sui army. With an order, the Goguryeo cavalry began to charge faster.

The 20,000 infantry reinforcements of Goguryeo are in the middle, and the cavalry are on both sides. The distance is about a hundred steps. Under the sprint at full speed, the bows, catapults, and long-range crossbows only have time to fire one more round. After the quick crossbow was close to the 70-step range, the effect of bursts was reflected, and the lethality was extremely high.

In addition, Wang Junlin's long-range crossbow and giant trebuchet have been modified with gears, which shortens the preparation time for each shot, reduces the number of operators, and has enhanced power and accuracy.

At this time, there are two soldiers in each long-range crossbow who are desperately using the winch to wind the crossbow. Within a distance of a hundred steps, every shot, every crossbow. Gun can shoot through seven or eight at a time, or even As many as ten Goguryeo reinforcements.

In short, when the Goguryeo cavalry rushed to the front of the Sui army, more than 500 people were killed or injured. In this process, the Sui army was only shot to death by Goguryeo people's bows and arrows. More than 20 people were killed.

Facing the Goguryeo cavalry charging towards him, the Sui army standing in the front of the arrow rain was wearing iron armor, and the soldiers holding long spears did not panic at all. They were as peaceful as standing in the sun enjoying the spring breeze.

Although it was difficult to transport heavy equipment such as giant catapults and the roads were not good, Wang Junlin led the army here a bit late, and only had an hour to deploy the defense. But with the joint efforts of 14,000 soldiers, they completed all the defensive positions except digging trenches, and those refusal horses were also chained.