Chapter 1066: A Different Offensive and Defensive Battle (1)
Yuan Gai Suwen's eyes gradually condensed, he had already gone to Bailing Island, not to mention that before Wang Junlin's side was completely defeated, it was impossible for him to retreat to Goguryeo land now, and if he met Wang Junlin's sailors at sea, he would definitely die.
What's more, after more than two months of preparation, their father and son withstood the opposition and abuse of the lord Gao Jianwu, nearly half of the courtiers and almost all the people, and even banned all fishermen and maritime merchants from going to sea in these two months, although it did not boil the people's resentment, but they also lost a lot of people's hearts, so they could not leave without a fight no matter what, and even this battle must be won in order to save all this.
In addition, they traveled hundreds of miles to come, and turned around at this time, so everyone in the Goguryeo army, inside and outside the government and the opposition, knew that they were afraid of the sailors of Wang Junlin on the two islands of Bailing and Dami, so that the prestige of the sailors of the two islands would be rooted in the hearts of the troops he brought, and the morale of the army would fall, and they should never think about winning the sailors of these two islands again in the future, because no one would fight to the death at that time.
In short, Yuangai Suwen knew that at the moment he would rather win a miserable victory, no matter how many people died, he would have to fight this battle.
Thinking of this, Yuangai Suwen drove those depressed thoughts out of his mind, strengthened his determination, and pointed to the small city in front of him and said: "The other party is only two or three thousand people, and this small city has only been built for less than two months, even if there are these three trenches, what can we do, we will definitely be able to capture this city." ”
"Pass the order, rest all night tonight, make a shield car tomorrow, attack this city the day after tomorrow, those who climb the earthen wall first will be promoted to two levels, reward one hundred acres of good land, three hundred taels of silver, ten horses of cloth, and those who first go to the city wall will be promoted to three levels, and to the captain, reward five hundred acres of good land, and one thousand taels of silver. Whoever does not flinch will be beheaded regardless of his position......"
"Yes!" Cui Shengjun is the general of the sailor, and it is not their turn to attack the city, so there is no pressure, thinking that his sailor has lost, and wants to redeem the impression in Yuangai Suwen's heart as much as possible, so he rushed to take the lead in responding, and the other generals also received the order, at least on the surface, they had to attack.
Yuangai Suwen sighed softly, looked at the city wall in the distance, and muttered: "Wang Junlin, this time I must fight with you to break the net." ”
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On the third day, Goguryeo's armor was like a cloud, covering the outside of the trench north of Bailing City.
The sound of breaking the air in front of the Goguryeo Front continued to sound, and hundreds of craftsmen brought by Yuangai Suwen made thirty stone throwing carts in the past two days, although the accuracy and range were far from being comparable to Wang Junlin's series, but they could also fight more than 400 steps, and the collected stubborn stones roared and fell into the front and back of the earthen wall, splashing pieces of yellow soil, but behind the earthen wall was quiet, and there was no return fire.
After two days of investigation and research, Yuangai Suwen finally placed the attack point in the middle of the north, the two wings of the hillside defense line is very difficult to attack, the height of the hillside itself is much higher than the earthen wall, the mountain is layered with defenses, there are also trenches dug, and the shield cart cannot be used, Wang Junlin's side can also mobilize troops from the city to reinforce, especially near the harbor side, not only will be hit by catapults and long-range crossbows on the city wall of Wang Junlin's side, but also by the long-range attack of the warships of Wang Junlin's side of the sea, In addition, he didn't want to attack the most difficult mountain defense line at the beginning, so he tried the earthen wall line in the middle of the north first.
On the four walls of the small city behind the three trenches, a total of forty catapults and fifty long-range crossbows were laid out, and the trenches were also equipped with catapults and long-range crossbows, and I don't know how the catapults were designed, the maximum effective attack distance was seven hundred steps, and the range of long-range crossbows was even farther, up to eight hundred steps.
Coupled with the fact that both ranged attacks were condescending, all the Goguryeo who approached the first trench were smashed to the point where there were almost no bones left, or they were crossbowed. The gun was nailed to the ground, and although it could not stop the Goguryeo people several times, it severely damaged the morale of the Goguryeo people.
After a round of shooting, some parts of the catapult and long-range crossbow were worn out badly, and they needed to be replaced. Yuangai Suwen seized this gap and ordered the big drum to beat, shaking the heavens and the earth, and after the stone-throwing carts were projected, the more than two hundred shield carts behind began to move forward.
Today was their first tentative attack, and in view of the difficulty of the attack, Yuangai Suwen ordered the dispatch of a hundred archers, two thousand sword and shield men, and more than a thousand auxiliaries to push the shield cart.
Goguryeo's auxiliaries were a very special type of troops, and they needed to be whipped with wooden sticks by the soldiers of the law enforcement team to quickly push the platoon's 200 shield carts in a neat line.
Wang Junlin stood on the bow of the great ship of ten thousand stones on the sea, and watched as Goguryeo's shield carts unexpectedly discharged a front of more than a mile, and rumbled away under the impetus of thousands of auxiliary soldiers, and the entire front marched in unison, like a wooden tide.
I have to say that because the three countries of the Korean Peninsula have been fighting for many years, not only the Goguryeo soldiers are veterans who have been on the battlefield, and they have rich experience in battle formations, and they are actually no worse than the Great Sui in terms of war equipment. Has some defense against both ranged crossbows and catapults.
Part of the excellent shield car front guard plate is not fixed, but fixed with live pins, the stone bullet hit on it, the guard plate will tilt and unload, as long as it is not smashed at that moment, the stone bullet is often refracted in the other direction, and the people and horses behind the shield car are not injured at all.
The rough front guard of the shield is fixed to make it easier to make, and the back of the board is ribbed with thick strips of wood for the same excellent protection.
The auxiliaries pushing the shield cart looked at the earthen wall in front of them in the gap, there were still more than five hundred steps away, but they were already within the firing range of the opponent's catapult and long-range crossbows, and the black earthen wall in front was silent, except for the catapults at those gaps, long-range crossbows could also be seen on the earthen wall, and the road in front was full of potholes and trenches, and there were some large stones, which were painted with different paints, which were specially marked by Wang Junlin's side after calculation.
The auxiliaries behind the shield cart were full of fear in their hearts, they had seen the enemy's strength in the previous naval battle, and they heard that the last time the prime minister sent more than 10,000 people, the last one did not flee back, and after these news spread from somewhere, this fear deepened in the hearts of these auxiliaries every day in the past three days.