Turbulent Times Chapter 1070: Different offensive and defensive battles (5)

The continuous crossbow arrows on the dirt wall on the west hillside kept making piercing noises, and the five hundred elite Goguryeo soldiers who attacked them screamed incessantly. , Long-range crossbows also shot at them continuously, and each crossbow. Gun can shoot through four or five at once.

"Don't rush!" Li Zhouyu finally couldn't help it, and shouted in Goguryeo. With the light of those special torches, he could finally see the figure of the companion in front of him, who was shot by a crossbow. It was thrown directly into the air, and shot to death together with the four Goguryeo soldiers behind.

The trumpets of the Goguryeo attack are still blowing, and groups of Goguryeo elites are stepping on the corpses of their comrades. Those who retreat will be killed. After nearly a hundred people died, this group of Goguryeo people rushed to the bottom of the trench. Many of the first went down were pierced by the caltrops inside. Pickled stakes, and the Goguryeo people who arrived later began to find ways to climb.

There were also bursts of rapid fire on both sides, and the crowd of Goguryeo soldiers fell down at any time, and they couldn't find a blind spot. Rows of climbing ladders were erected, and the Goguryeo people braved rapid crossbows to charge upwards. At the same time, they kept throwing fire cans and ash jars, and the trenches were filled with smoke and dust.

The Goguryeo soldiers at the foot of the mountain began to engage in battle, Wang Junlin guessed right, Yuangai Suwen really wanted to attack at night, and the biggest night battle broke out on Bailing Island.

The battle in front of Li Zhouyu was loud, and a climbing ladder was overturned, and then erected, the agile Goguryeo soldiers desperately climbed up, and the Goguryeo elite behind began to cover with bows and arrows, and went to Wang Junlin's line of defense Throwing indiscriminately. The first batch of Goguryeo elites climbed up the earthen wall on the mountain, Wang Junlin's side's spear stretched and retracted on it, and the Goguryeo soldiers who were stabbed fell down screaming.

The following Goguryeo elites came up one after another. There were more and more Goguryeo elites in the trench. There will never be only pickets in the trench. He hoped that the generals in the rear would order a retreat.

He had just walked a few steps in the dark, when a shocking explosion suddenly came out from the trench, engulfing that section of the trench in the flames. Countless stones and pieces of scrap iron swept across the trench, and almost all the stairs to the city were blown down. Turning over into the trench, the screams soared into the sky, and almost none of the soldiers in the trench were spared.

This is of course a cable-type landmine recently produced by Nie Xiaoyu, but only 100 mines were trial-produced on Snake Island, and 50 mines were sent along with the previous fleet. This big killer is exposed, but can these Goguryeo people on the island go back?

There are not many mines, and the mines in the trenches can be pulled from behind the earthen walls, and one is detonated only after the Goguryeo soldiers fill up the trenches.

Li Zhouyu was so frightened by the explosion that he lost his soul. At this time, he had lost two to three hundred elite Goguryeo elites, half of whom were killed in the explosion just now. Facing the Sui soldiers behind those trenches, Li Zhouyu felt unprecedented fear. What was that just now, the legendary palm thunder?

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The Goguryeo commander's tent was brightly lit, and it was surrounded by generals above the captaincy level, all of them had ugly faces.

"General, you are incompetent! General, please punish me." The Goguryeo general who was in charge of attacking the western hillside at night knelt on the ground. Most of the more than 500 elite troops he led lost half of them. There are also many who become cumbersome.

"You said they still have dogs in front of the trench?" Yuan Gai Suwen asked in a deep voice.

"Yes, the five groups of the Sui people, a total of ten secret sentries, were all quietly killed by us. Li Zhouyu had already touched the trench 20 steps away, when suddenly there was a dog barking, and then a torch was thrown from above to illuminate it. After that, our people were all exposed."

Other Goguryeo generals frowned. They never thought that dogs could be used for such things. Now that they think about it, if there were dogs guarding the trenches, no matter how they prepared, it would be almost impossible for them to successfully touch the camp at night.

Cui Shengjun said to Yuan Gai Suwen: "General, we don't have many people who can travel at night. This group has suffered so much damage. It is better to attack hard during the day."

"That's the only way to go." Yuan Gai Suwen gritted his teeth unwillingly and said

As soon as everyone heard this, they knew that Yuan Gai Suwen had given up his attempt to attack the western hillside.

Yuan Gai Suwen looked at Cui Shengjun, this Cui Shengjun was actually pretty good at fighting, he could be considered brave and resourceful.

"General Cui!"

"Humble job."

"What can you think of?"

"Humble job...no." Cui Shengjun replied helplessly.

Yuan Gai Suwen looked calm, and said in a calm tone: "General Cui speak boldly, how do you think we should fight?"

Cui Shengjun thought about it and said: "General, it is impossible for us to attack one place every day like this, especially on the hillsides on both sides, and there are wooden bridges connecting with the top of the city. , there must be a road behind their earthen wall, and in a short time they transferred stone catapults and long-range crossbows from other places. When I waited for the deployment of troops, there might only be five or six catapults and long-range crossbows. If we want to fight one place, we should attack the fort towards the harbor. No matter how many people die, we will be able to cut off the retreat. If we want to fight the whole front, we will open up our posture and put on tens of thousands of people at a time. People, attack together from all fronts, don't be afraid of casualties, and make sure they can't spare their hands."

Everyone hesitated after hearing this. They all knew that this small town was not easy to fight. The current small-scale attack is within the controllable range, and the casualties will not be too large. Once the attack is made across the board, it may cause heavy casualties.

Yuan Gai Suwen shook his head, and said: "The Sui navy is still at sea, and their navy is very accurate in fighting with catapults. The location of the port is narrow, and the men and horses have not yet lined up. Stone chariots and long-range crossbow attacks, I am afraid that our formation has been disrupted before the attack begins."

After a pause, Yuan Gai Suwen said again: "However, our food is limited, and it is not appropriate to send troops to the city. It is better to fight sooner rather than later, but we have to discuss how we should attack." /

A general said: "The humble job thinks that repairing the shield car will dispatch more than a thousand at a time, and it will always be pushed under the earth wall, and then the earth wall will be dug down."

Another person said angrily: "What's the use of going under the earthen wall, like tonight, hundreds of people were bombed to death in a daze."