The repeating crossbow arrows on the earthen wall on the western hillside continued to make a piercing sound of breaking through the air, and the screams of the five hundred Goguryeo elite soldiers who sneaked up one after another, and the Goguryeo soldiers behind continued to surge, their formation was chaotic, and the long-range strong crossbows were also constantly shooting at them, each crossbow. The gun was able to shoot through four or five at once.

"Don't rush!" Li Zhouyu finally couldn't help it, and shouted loudly in Goguryeo, and by the light of those specially made torches, he could finally see the figure of the companion in front of him, who was killed by a crossbow. The gun was thrown directly into the air, and was killed along with the four Goguryeo soldiers behind him.

The trumpet of the Goguryeo attack was still blowing, and groups of Goguryeo elites stepped on the corpses of their comrades, and in a short time they lost more than 100 people, but they couldn't stop these Goguryeo elites, because there was an equally vicious warlord behind them, and all those who retreated would be killed, and after nearly 100 more people died, this group of Goguryeo people rushed to the bottom of the trench, and many of the first to go down were pierced by the iron thistles inside, and they howled and cut down the sharp stakes inside, and then the Goguryeo people who arrived began to find a way to climb.

There were also bursts of quick fire on both sides, and someone in the crowd of Goguryeo soldiers fell at any moment, and they could not find a dead end. Rows of ladders were erected, and the Goguryeo people braved the rapid crossbows to rush upwards, and at the same time, fire pots and ash canisters were constantly thrown from them, and the trenches were filled with smoke and dust.

The Goguryeo soldiers on the front of the mountain began to lead the battle, Wang Junlin was not mistaken, Yuangai Suwen really wanted to attack at night, and the largest night battle broke out on Bailing Island.

The sound of killing in front of Li Zhouyu shook the sky, and the ladders were overturned, and then set up, and the agile Goguryeo soldiers desperately climbed up, and the Goguryeo elite behind began to cover with bows and arrows, throwing indiscriminately at the defense line of Wang Junlin's side. The first elite of Goguryeo climbed the earthen wall on the mountain, and the spears of Wang Junlin's side stretched and retracted on it, and the Goguryeo soldiers who had been stabbed fell down screaming.

The follow-up Goguryeo elites came up one after another, and there were more and more Goguryeo elites in the trenches, and they were crowded inside, but the gaps on them were not opened, and a sense of danger in Li Zhouyu's heart became stronger and stronger, and there would definitely not be only sharp wooden stakes in that trench. He hoped that the generals in the rear would give the order to retreat.

In the darkness, he had just taken a few steps, when a shocking explosion suddenly sounded at the place of the trench, drowning all the trenches in the firelight, countless stones and scrap iron pieces swept across the trench, almost all the ladders to the city were blown down, and they fell into the trench, screaming into the sky, and almost all the soldiers in the trench were spared.

Naturally, this is a new cable-type mine that Nie Xiaoyu has recently made, but only a hundred of them have been trial-produced on Snake Island, and fifty have been sent with the previous batch of fleets, Wang Junlin naturally has to consider not exposing this kind of large-scale killing weapon in advance, but can these Goguryeo people on the island still be able to go back?

There were not many mines, and the mines in the trenches could be pulled from behind the earthen walls, and one was detonated until the Goguryeo soldiers filled the trenches.

Li Zhouyu's soul was lost by this explosion, and at this time, he had already lost two or three hundred elite Goguryeo elites, half of whom were killed in the explosion just now. Facing those Sui soldiers behind the trenches, Li Zhouyu felt unprecedented fear, what was it just now, the legendary palm thunder?

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The Goguryeo tent was brightly lit, and it was full of generals above the rank of captain, and all of them had ugly faces.

"General, humble and incompetent! Please punish the general. "The Goguryeo general, who was in charge of the sneak attack on the western slope at night, knelt on the ground, and most of the more than 500 elite elites he led lost most of them, and many of those who came back were wounded, and many of them lost their combat strength and became a burden.

"You said they had dogs in front of the trench?" Yuangai Suwen asked in a deep voice.

"Yes, the five groups of the Sui people, a total of ten secret sentinels were quietly killed by us, Li Zhouyu had already touched the trench twenty steps away, and suddenly there was a dog barking, and then after throwing torches from above, all of our people were exposed."

The other Goguryeo generals frowned, they didn't think that dogs could be used to do such things, but now that they think about it, if there are really dogs guarding the trenches, no matter how they prepare, it is almost impossible to succeed in touching the camp at night.

Cui Shengjun said to Yuan Gai Suwen: "General, there are not many of us who can walk at night, this batch of injuries is so heavy, it is better to attack hard during the day." ”

"That's all there is to it." Yuangai Suwen gritted his teeth unwillingly and said

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

Yuangai Suwen looked at Cui Shengjun, this Cui Shengjun actually fought well, and he was brave and strategic.

"General Choi!"

"Humble duty."

"Did you come up with a plan?"

"Humble ...... No. Cui Shengjun replied helplessly.

Yuangai Suwen's expression was calm, and he said in a calm tone: "General Cui boldly said, how do you think you should fight?" ”

Cui Shengjun thought about it and said: "General, we can't fight a place every day, especially on the slopes on both sides, there is a wooden bridge connected to the city, we are slow to deploy troops, but they are fast to transfer troops, look carefully, there must be a road behind their earthen wall, and in a moment we will transfer stone-throwing machines and long-range crossbows from him, and when we wait for the deployment of troops, there may only be five or six stone-throwing vehicles and long-range crossbows, and when we are in front of us, there are more than ten doors, how can this be defeated." If you want to fight one place, you will attack the fort in the direction of the harbor, and no matter how many people die, you will eventually be able to cut off the way of retreat. If we want to fight on all fronts, let's open up a posture, put out tens of thousands of people at a time, attack together on the whole front, don't be afraid of death and injury, and make sure that they can't free their hands. ”

Everyone hesitated when they heard this, they all knew that this small city was not easy to fight, and the current small-scale attack was within a controllable range, and the casualties would not be too large, and once the whole line was attacked, it might cause heavy casualties.

Yuangai Suwen shook his head and said: "The sailors of the Sui people are still at sea, and their sailors are particularly accurate in fighting with stone-throwing trucks, the location of the port is narrow, and the men and horses have not yet been arrayed, and the Sui people on both sides are attacking with stone-throwing vehicles and long-range crossbows at the same time, I am afraid that the formation will be disrupted before our attack has begun." ”

After a pause, Yuangai Suwen said again: "However, we have limited food, and it is not appropriate for the city to be defeated sooner rather than later, but how we should attack is to be discussed." ”

One of the generals said: "I think that if you repair the shield chariot, you will send out more than a thousand at a time, and you will always push it under the earthen wall, and then you will dig up the earthen wall." ”

Someone else said angrily: "What's the use of going under the earthen wall, like tonight, hundreds of people will be blown up and killed." ”