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Then there was a sudden shout of killing from the doorway, and a dense crowd of people poured out of both sides, rushing towards the outside of the city.

"One stone thrower." The commander of the front line waited until the entrance of the city gate was crowded with people, and immediately shouted: "Projectile, blow up the dog!" ”

With a loud bang, a bag of explosives that ignited the fuse was thrown out by this special and ingenious stone thrower, flying into the doorway, blowing all the objects in front of it to pieces, and the limbs in the doorway flew sideways, and even the soldiers who had not yet entered the doorway were knocked over by the flying limbs and blades.

"General Lu sees it very accurately." The lieutenant said in a low voice, with a little excited look on his face, this explosive package knocked the Goguryeo soldiers into ashes with a long-planned and imposing attack, and the dead and wounded were everywhere in the doorway, and the screams spread far away through the echo effect of the doorway.

The sound of Chinese scolding sounded in the doorway, and someone swung his knife to slash and kill the stopped soldiers, and the remnants of the soldiers howled and rushed out of the doorway, and the continuous crossbow on the side of the trench fired a round, and another Goguryeo soldier was shot down, and the people behind still rushed out.

The captain of the front line raised his right hand and did not put it down, and the captain of the second group of stone throwers was a little anxious.

"Captain, when will you shoot?"

"Wait for them to rush out and stop the ones in the back, and the ones in front have no backup, and it's easy to clean them up."

When the Goguryeo men and horses rushed out of more than 100 people, the front-line lieutenant waved his hand violently, and another explosive bag was thrown towards the city gate, and after a loud bang, stone chips flew everywhere in the city wall of the gate hole, and more than 40 people who had just rushed out rolled to the ground in a scream.

Two explosive packs in quick succession crushed the fighting spirit of the Goguryeo soldiers behind, which was even more terrifying than the Warlords, and they fled back to the city in a swarm despite the slashing of the officers.

The infantry behind the shield car rushed out of the shield car and fought with more than 100 Goguryeo infantry in front, and the mature infantry combined attack formation tactics of Wang Junlin's side became more and more courageous the more they fought, and the Goguryeo soldiers who were not in formation suffered heavy losses, and they were defeated and retreated again and again as soon as they engaged, and finally they couldn't bear to turn around and flee, and the commander of the front line shouted, and the four hundred-man team that had crossed the river chased the tail of the defeated soldiers and rushed to the doorway.

"Aren't you going into the city?" A hundred-man captain next to him whispered.

The lieutenant raised his head and said, "Maybe this man is guarding the door, they broke up, and then rushed in and broke the city." ”

As he spoke, the four hundred-man team had already stepped on the layers of corpses on the outside of the doorway, chasing after more than forty routs into the doorway, and just after reaching the inner exit, a series of bows and crossbows on both sides of the street fired a series of salvos, making the four hundred-man teams scream and fall in pieces.

The Sui army was killed and wounded a quarter in an instant, and the regiment leader who led the team decisively ordered and led the four hundred-man team to retreat in a hurry.

"The Goguryeo people really hid a lot of people at the gate of the city." The captain of the front line scolded.

He turned his head to look at the base of the wall, and there were two carts burning, and the other two carts were still digging in the earth, and firewood and oil were poured on them, and the people in the two carts fled with a loud cry, and threw down the torches from above, and continued to burn.

After sitting back in the shield car, the front-line lieutenant glanced at the rear and said, "The Goguryeo people in the dog day are not easy to fight, and I don't know if there are any equipment. ”

"Yes, here we are." The hundred men were one finger long.

The front-line commander turned his head to look, and several more carts came up, stuck to the root of the wall and began to dig holes in other places.

After noon, another group of shield carts of the Sui army came to the side of the trench, and sent lunch at noon, the city and the city were beaten without spirit, and the city occasionally came out with a bow and arrow to put an arrow indiscriminately, and then hid back, Wang Junlin's side of the stone thrower continued to throw at the battlements, and the battlements on the south gate were already incomplete.

The walls were burned to the ground, and the first two batches of wagons were burned. However, there is a new batch of arrivals, the sand and gravel bags in the trench are higher and higher, and it is more convenient to erect the trench cars from behind, and the moat in front of the south gate is almost all paved.

The fire was raging under the base of the city wall, and it was impossible to attack for a while, and the Sui soldiers and the captured Goguryeo auxiliaries were eating steamed cakes behind the shield cart.

Zhang Tiangang observed for a while and said, "My lord, the Goguryeo people in the city have a strong will to defend the city. ”

"It's really strong, and they're veterans of a lot of battles." Wang Junlin nodded, today's attack must first test the will of the defenders, now it seems that Goguryeo's determination to defend the city is still very firm, if the strategic situation is superior, Wang Junlin can transfer craftsmen to make a large number of siege equipment, special large ladders, civil engineering platforms to suppress the head of the city, and a lever to deal with the defenders, but at the moment he may not have the time to build slowly.

And seeing the Goguryeo people defending the city in Daluo City, Wang Junlin became more and more worried about the attack on Yang Guang's side.

"Daluo City is the front gate of Annan County, Yuangai Suwen will never dare to discard it easily, our troops are not very superior, in order to reduce losses, if you can't beat it for a while and a half, you don't have to attack, as long as you force Goguryeo to mobilize the people in the hinterland, we have to fight fiercely here, and the scout cavalry of the special combat team you sent out to harass the north must also be effective."

Zhang Tiangang replied: "The plan of the subordinates is to attack for two days, a total of twenty squads, destroy the area to a hundred miles south of the city of Annan County, and if they encounter reinforcements from the enemy's large army, they will retreat in advance. ”

"Is there any new news from Zhao Chen and Huang Shaoqiu?"

"This morning, there was an urgent report of the military situation, which was sent by Huang Shaoqiu, and the 30,000 sailors of Fanyang County are attacking the coast of Goguryeo's neighboring counties, killing more than 500 Goguryeo soldiers and auxiliaries."

In the middle of Wang Junlin's lunch, drums sounded under the city of Daluocheng, and more than a dozen newly made chariots rushed through the trench and began to dig holes.

As soon as the cart stopped, the arms of many Goguryeo soldiers appeared at the head of the city, throwing out many ash bottles and smashing them on the ground, and the white lime splashed on the old high.

As soon as the above began to throw things, the Sui army on the side of the ditch shouted loudly, telling the chariot to retreat, the auxiliary soldiers under the chariot struggled to retreat the car, and the continuous fast crossbowmen under the city continued to shoot at the battlements, and the Goguryeo soldiers at the head of the city suddenly screamed continuously, and the officers on Wang Junlin's side reminded loudly that the soldiers were responsible for their respective battlements and only shot when they saw the figures.

More than a dozen barrels of fire oil were quickly poured down on the city, and more than a dozen torches were thrown, and some places were immediately ignited, and a raging fire immediately ignited at the base of the entire city wall. More than a dozen carts had retreated a little at this time, and there were still two slow ones that fell into the fire.

"My lord, it seems that the Goguryeo people are well prepared, and it is not easy to knock down with these simple instruments." Guan Xiaotong ran over, looked at the several fire men rolling under the city wall, and felt that it was time to dissuade them. Although most of the casualties were auxiliaries, this kind of situation had a great impact on morale.

Wang Junlin said lightly: "Is there any other plan?" ”

"There is also digging tunnels, but it is more time-consuming, the moat of Daluo City is one foot and five feet, if you ...... it from below"

"Cover with shield wagons, dig from the inside of the moat, first dig a trench against infantry, build a breastwork, and then dig a tunnel behind the trench."

Guan Xiaotong was surprised: "Isn't that digging a tunnel under their noses, the Goguryeo people can easily determine the location, fill it with smoke or water, or even dig the tunnel back." ”

"It doesn't matter, how dare they risk letting us dig a hole so closely, we can't attack it, it's best to lure them out, you send someone to tell Lu Han, let him be ready at any time with the explosives bag in the direction of the city gate, but don't rush the city gate again."