Chapter 908: Mighty Mountain City
Weiba Mountain City, commonly known as Wugu City, is located in the col of Grape Gou Village, Xingtai Street, Pulandian District, Dalian City, Liaoning Province.
And presented in front of the army of the governor of southern Liaoning, the mountain city is surrounded by mountains on three sides, the city wall is surrounded by the mountain, all of them are made of artificial chiseled stones, built with wedge-shaped granite stone blocks, built in the cliff of the mountain city, one hundred and eighty miles east of Fuzhou city.
Weiba Mountain City is located in the southeast of Liaodong Peninsula, adjacent to the Yellow Sea, the geographical location is dangerous, stuck in the middle of the stone city and the stone city in southern Liaoning, and it is also the only way to Daxing City.
Dahang Fortress was built in the Goguryeo period, a famous military fortress in the eastern Liaodong region, and it is also an important checkpoint for the Liaonan Metropolitan Government and the Pyongyang Metropolitan Government.
If the Liaonan Governor's Office led by Li Wenzhong wants to open up the situation in Liaodong, it must open up land contact with Yang Shihou's Pyongyang Governor's Office.
When the time comes, no matter which side is attacked, the other side will be able to reinforce in time.
The topography of southern Liaoning is relatively peculiar, with the remaining section of the Changbai Mountains in the middle, the terrain is higher, and the terrain near the sea on both sides is flat and suitable for farming.
Therefore, most of the cities in southern Liaoning are on the coast, and some are in the mountains.
Jili City and other nearby mountain towns are located in the mountains of the remaining section of Changbai Mountain, and their location is very important, whether Li Wenzhong's Liaonan Governorate wants to open the road to Pyongyang Governor's Mansion or open the road to Andong Metropolitan Governor's Palace, Jili City must be taken.
However, Li Wenzhong did not attack Jili City at the first time, but attacked Weiba Mountain City, which is located in the east of Jili City, which can be regarded as a way to open the first checkpoint to the Pyongyang Governor's Palace.
Before attacking Weiba Mountain City, Li Wenzhong and others led the army to take Shiren Zhucheng and Baiyun Mountain City.
Shiren Zhucheng directly fell when he heard the wind, and Baiyun Mountain City was captured in only half a day.
It is necessary to attack Baiyun Mountain City, because it is on the way it must go, and Li Wenzhong naturally will not let it stand there like this, threatening his back road.
However, after defeating Baiyun Mountain City, he could not directly attack Jili City, either attacking Goryeo City Zishan Mountain City or attacking Weiba Mountain City, and Li Wenzhong chose the latter.
"Governor Li, in front of you is the mountain city of Weiba."
Wang Hua pointed to the Weiba Mountain City in the distance, his expression was a little complicated.
"What? Has this majestic mountain city made you suffer? Li Wenzhong said lightly.
Yang Kai, the city lord of Beisha City on the side, was a little angry when he mentioned Weiba Mountain City, "Li Dudu, this Weiba Mountain City is the object of hatred of these Tang people in southern Liaoning.
This majestic mountain fortress is purely a military fortress, easy to defend and difficult to attack, and there are 3,000 Goguryeo soldiers stationed in it all year round.
From time to time, we went down the mountain to plunder the surrounding cities, and we had nothing to do with them. ”
"Really? Then today we will pull out this mountain city. Li Wenzhong instructed one of his subordinates next to him, and then stood there.
This made Wang Hua and others also very puzzled, you must know that from the beginning of the war to the present, the seven thousand soldiers and horses of this court have not moved, and they are all the soldiers and horses of their three cities in the first battle.
Just when the three city lords were puzzled, they saw the soldiers of the court building trebuchets.
It's not unheard of this kind of siege equipment, but it is difficult to equip a large number of them with the strength of a city, and the power is not very good.
Tens of thousands of troops appeared outside the mountain city, which also attracted the attention of the defenders of the mountain city. When he sent people to Jili City to report the news, he was also laughing at the Tang army outside the city, how could this majestic mountain city be so easy to break.
When the Goguryeo defenders were laughing, the Tang soldiers had already put together the Tiance cannon, and the stones transported were also piled up next to the Tiance cannon.
With an officer's order, boulders were placed in that box.
"Ready, put!"
"Boom, boom!"
In the first round, six boulders were thrown out, and although they did not hit the walls of the mountain city, the power was a big jump for everyone.
The defenders in the city and the city lords of the three cities outside the city also opened their eyes wide, they didn't expect this trebuchet to be so powerful.
Soon, the second round of projectiles also began.
Unlike the first round, there were no deaths, and in the second round, two boulders hit the city wall, leaving a huge stone pit.
When the Tiance cannon was powerful, Li Wenzhong said lightly to the three city lords next to him, "Three city lords, the city wall of this majestic mountain city, the governor of Pontus is responsible for knocking it open for you, and you know what to do next, right?" ”
"Governor Li rest assured, as long as the city gate is broken, the Beisha soldiers will definitely be the first to rush out." Yang Kai, who hated Weiba Mountain City to the core, immediately hugged his fists.
"Rest assured that Duli Town will never hold back."
"Qingnipu is willing to go."
While everyone was anxiously waiting, a loud bang suddenly came, and the strong gate of the majestic mountain city collapsed.
"The mountain city of Weiba is broken!"
I don't know who suddenly shouted, and then Wang Hua raised the weapon in his hand and said loudly, "The soldiers of Duli Town, kill me, kill all these Goguryeo people." ”
"Shameless!"
Seeing that Wang Hua rushed out so quickly, Li Deming and Yang Kai next to him secretly scolded in their hearts that this old boy was not a human being, he was too thief.
Although they were scolding in their hearts, the speed of rushing out was not slow.
The main reason why the mountain city is easy to defend and difficult to attack is that the city wall is difficult to break, but now that the city wall has collapsed and the city gate has been broken, even if the Goguryeo warriors are brave, people are also disadvantaged.
For a while, a huge shouting of killing sounded at the foot of the mountain of Weiba Mountain, and the soldiers of both sides fought together inside and outside the entire city gate.
Regarding the fight between the two sides, Li Wenzhong seemed to be watching a play.
It's not so easy to accumulate a history of stabbing in the state, how can it be possible if you don't show some skills.
The battle lasted until the evening, and it can be said that the Goguryeo soldiers in the city were indeed brave, otherwise they would not have lasted so long, but the numerical disadvantage, coupled with the destruction of the city, the result was actually doomed.
"Qi Li Dudu, Weiba Mountain City has been taken, killing more than 2,000 people and capturing thousands of people." In the end, Yang Kai, who was covered in blood, came to Li Wenzhong with a human head in his hand.
Wang Hua and Li Deming didn't have so much blood on their bodies, and they obviously didn't fight with the Goguryeo people, but Yang Kai was a little surprised.
"Whose head is this?" Li Wenzhong said curiously.
"It is the lord of this majestic mountain city, and the last general has been beheaded and presented to the governor." Yang Kai said.
"City Lord Yang is brave, give City Lord Yang a credit." Under the envious eyes of the other two, a civilian official next to Li Wenzhong was holding a military merit book and writing something there.
"Dare to ask the governor, what about these Goguryeo captives?" Wang Hua asked.
"What to do? So many people are left to waste food, all of them are killed, and not a single one is left! Li Wenzhong said murderously.
"Kill them all?" Wang Hua was also taken aback, "Dudu, if this is the case, it will be easy to provoke the resistance of these Goguryeo people." ”
"If I don't kill them, they won't resist?" Li Wenzhong asked rhetorically, "What the governor of Pontus wants is to use killing to make these Goguryeo people honest." ”
"This..."
Wang Hua didn't know how to refute it, these Goguryeo rebelled more than once in the history of the Tang Dynasty.
"Execute the order!"
Li Wenzhong said lightly.
"The lower official (the last general) obeys the order!"
Just when Li Wenzhong had just taken Weiba Mountain City, he got the news that Yang Shihou actually captured Nanjing in the Bohai Kingdom in one fell swoop.
Hearing this news, the shock to Li Wenzhong was not small, which was too annoying. In order not to be pressed by Yang Shihou, he could only order to speed up the attack, first take Jili City, and then try to build the old land of the Anzhou Governor's Mansion.
The news of Yang Shihou's capture of Nanjing, the state of Bohai, also shocked the three major forces of Silla, and of course, the state of Bohai.
You must know that the Tang Dynasty delegation led by Zhong Chuan is in Shangjing in the Bohai Kingdom.
When the news of the fall of Nanjing reached Shangjing, many soldiers of the Bohai Kingdom appeared outside the Tang Dynasty mission led by Zhong Chuan.