Turbulent Times Chapter 1066: Different offensive and defensive battles (Part 1)

Yuan Gai Suwen's eyes gradually focused. He has already landed on Bailing Island. Let alone before Wang Junlin's party is completely defeated, it is impossible for him to retreat to Koguryo on land. The sea meets Wang Junlin's water Master, you must die.

What's more, after preparing for more than two months, their father and son resisted the opposition and abuse from the ruler Gao Jianwu, nearly half of the courtiers and almost all the people, and even banned all fishermen and sea merchants from going to sea for these two months. As for the people's grievances, they have lost a lot of people's hearts, so they can't leave without a fight anyway, and even this battle must be won in order to save everything.

In addition, they traveled hundreds of miles away, and now they turned around, so everyone in the Goguryeo army, inside and outside the court and field, knew that they were afraid of Wang Junlin's navy in Bailing and Dami Islands, In this way, the prestige of the navy of the two islands will be rooted in the hearts of the troops he brought. Once the morale of the army drops, never try to win the navy of the two islands again, because no one will fight to the death. .

In short, Yuan Gai Suwen knew that right now he would rather win miserably, no matter how many people die, he will fight this battle.

Thinking of this, Yuan Gai Suwen drove those despondent thoughts out of his mind, strengthened his determination, pointed to the small town in front of him and said: "The other side only has two or three thousand people, and this small town has only been built for less than two Yue, even with these three trenches, so what, we will definitely be able to capture this city."

"The order will go on, and you will rest all night tonight. Tomorrow, you will build shield chariots and attack the city the day after tomorrow. The first to climb the earth wall will be promoted to two levels, and you will be rewarded with a hundred acres of fertile land, three hundred taels of silver, and ten bolts of cloth. Promoted to the third level, to be a captain, to reward 500 acres of fertile land and 1,000 taels of silver. Anyone who shrinks back will be executed regardless of his position..."

"Obey!" Cui Shengjun is the general of the navy, and it's not their turn to attack the city, so there is no pressure. Thinking of his navy's failure, he wanted to try his best to restore the impression in Yuan Gai Suwen's heart, so he rushed to respond first , the other generals followed suit, at least on the surface, they all had to attack.

Yuan Gai Su Wen breathed out lightly, looked at the distant city wall, and murmured: "Wang Junlin, this time I must fight to the death with you."

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On the third day, Goguryeo soldiers armored like a cloud, covering the outside of the trench to the north of Bailing City.

The sound of breaking through the air in front of the Goguryeo front continued to resound. The hundreds of craftsmen specially brought by Yuan Gai Suwen made 30 catapults in these two days, although the accuracy and range are far from comparable to Wang Compared with the King's Landing series, they can still hit more than 400 paces. The stubborn stones collected roared and fell into the front and back of the earth wall, splashing patches of yellow soil, but behind the earth wall was quiet, without any counterattack. .

After two days of investigation and research, Yuan Gai Suwen finally placed the attack point in the middle of the north. The hillside defense lines on both wings are very difficult to attack. There are also trenches dug, and shield vehicles cannot be used. Wang Junlin's side can also mobilize reinforcements from the city, especially the side near the harbor. The long-range attack of Wang Junlin's warships, and he didn't want to attack the most difficult mountain defense line at the beginning, so he first tried the earth wall front in the middle of the north.

There are a total of forty catapults and fifty long-range crossbows on the four walls of the small city behind the three trenches. There are also catapults and long-range crossbows in the trenches. I don’t know how the catapults were designed. , the maximum effective attack distance is 700 steps, and the range of the long-range crossbow is even further, up to 800 steps.

In addition, the two types of long-range attacks are condescending. All Goguryeo people who approached the first trench were smashed to almost no bones, or were nailed to the ground by crossbows and guns. The Goguryeo people stopped, but the morale of the Goguryeo people was severely hit.

After some shooting, some parts of the catapult and the long-range crossbow were so worn that they needed to be replaced. Yuan Gai Suwen seized this gap and ordered the big drum to beating, which shook the heavens and the earth. After letting the catapult cart throw it, the more than two hundred shield carts behind it started to move forward.

It was their first tentative attack today. In view of the difficulty of the attack, Yuan Gaisuwen ordered to dispatch a hundred archers, two thousand saber shields, and more than a thousand auxiliary soldiers to push the shield chariot.

Goguryeo's auxiliary soldiers are a very special type of arms, requiring the soldiers of the law enforcement team to whip them with wooden sticks to quickly push the 200 shield chariots in a neat row forward.

Wang Junlin stood on the bow of the huge ship with thousands of stones on the sea, watching Goguryeo's shielded chariots line up for more than a mile, driven by thousands of auxiliary soldiers, the whole line moved forward together, like a line Woody sea tide.

I have to say that because the three countries on the Korean peninsula have been fighting for many years, not only the Goguryeo soldiers are veterans who have been on the battlefield, they have rich experience in battle, and they are actually no worse than the Great Sui in terms of war equipment. This kind of shield car is eight times higher It is made of denser wood, shaped like a car, with four small wooden wheels underneath, and the front guard and top plate are eight inches thick. The chariot is still covered with three layers of cowhide on the top, and covered with mud and wet bedding, which is almost impenetrable by water and fire, and has certain defensive capabilities against long-range crossbows and catapults.

The front fenders of some well-made shield vehicles are not fixed, but fixed with live pins. When the stone bullet hits it, the fender will tilt up and unload the force. As long as it is not smashed at that moment, the stone bullet will often be refracted In the other direction, the people behind the shield car were not injured at all.

The rough front guard of the shield car is fixed, which makes it easier to make. The back of the board is ribbed with thick wooden strips, and the protection is also excellent.

The auxiliary soldiers pushing the shield car looked at the earth wall in front of them in the gap. There were still more than 500 steps away, but they were already within the shooting range of the opponent's catapult and long-range crossbow. The black earth wall in front was silent. In addition to the catapults at the gaps, long-range crossbows can be seen on the earthen walls, the road ahead is full of potholes and ditches, and there are some large stones painted with different paint colors, which are kings. After calculating, King's Landing specially marked the shooting marks.

The auxiliary soldiers behind the shield car were full of fear. They had seen the enemy's formidable power during the naval battle before. I heard that the last time the Prime Minister sent more than 10,000 people, the last one did not escape. After these news spread from unknown places, this kind of fear deepened in the hearts of these auxiliary soldiers every day during these three days.