Chapter 1016: Bitter Battle
"These Goguryeo people are really tenacious. Pen ~ Fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info" Xi Junmai stood beside Xia Hongsheng, staring at the charging Goguryeo defenders and said.
His body was already soaked with blood, and the lance in his hand was also covered with blood, which slowly flowed down the pole.
After almost a night of fighting, even Xi Junmai, a general with natural divine powers, was already tired.
"This is already the sixth wave." Xia Hongsheng looked at the Goguryeo defenders who rushed up again, and said in a deep voice: "Goguryeo is such a protracted offensive, I'm afraid that Gao Jianwu is here in person." He must have seen that we were few people, so he was ready to use crowd tactics to consume us. ”
"This wave of offensive is more fierce than the other way, I have to break up the Goguryeo formation." Xi Junmai took a deep breath, picked up the lance again, and hurried down the city wall.
After a while, I saw a group of Tang elite horsemen rushing out with Xi Junmai, piercing into the Goguryeo military formation like a long dragon, and with the earth-shattering thunder in the hands of the cavalry, a bloody road was immediately blown out in the real Goguryeo military formation.
The cavalry was like a spear, piercing back and forth from the Goguryeo army.
Xia Hongsheng looked back and couldn't help but be a little worried.
The offensive of the Goguryeo people is unabated, and this is already the sixth wave. Looking at this posture, it is obvious that Goguryeo is still unwilling to give up resistance.
But on his side, he can't withstand such a long period of consumption.
I have to say that Goguryeo's method of filling people with people but taking people's lives is indeed a headache for the Tang army, which has a small number of people today.
Even if Gao Jianwu used the lives of thirty Goguryeo soldiers to exchange for the loss of combat ability of a Tang soldier, it was worth it for Gao Jianwu at this moment - he couldn't care about the follow-up reinforcements of the Tang Dynasty in the future, so he could only look at the front first and try his best to take down these vanguard troops.
Goguryeo's charge and counterattack, and the desperate resistance of the Tang Dynasty soldiers, have lasted all night.
The ammunition consumption of the mortars was huge, and it was feared that it would not be enough to resist the next wave of Goguryeo's offensive.
Xi Junmai came back gasping for breath. There were several more wounds on his arm, and an arrow on his shoulder.
The military doctor who accompanied the army immediately came to treat his wounds.
"The Goguryeo people have retreated for the time being." Xi Junmai snorted, in order to divert attention and relieve the pain of the military doctor's treatment of the wound, he opened his mouth and said to Xia Hongsheng: "I don't have much fighting spirit in Goguryeo, even if Gao Jianwu personally commands, I'm afraid I won't be able to hold it for long." ”
"The mortars have broken down a lot, and there are not enough ammunition." Xia Hongsheng whispered.
Xi Junmai was stunned for a moment, and then his expression was solemn, but he waved his hand and said, "It's nothing more than a battle to the death." Your Majesty must have received the news that Pyongyang City has been made like this by us, even if all of our 5,000 people are gone, after Your Majesty arrives, you can still easily take Pyongyang. ”
After a pause, Xi Junmai said again: "Besides, who can survive to the end may not be able to make it to the end." We, the Tang Dynasty soldiers, have you ever been afraid of anyone? The Tang Dynasty was invincible, and it didn't rely on artillery at the beginning. Now it's just that firearms can't be used, but our Datang Jingqi's ability hasn't been taken out yet. ”
"That's right." Xia Hongsheng smiled: "Even if there are no firearms, Goguryeo is not the opponent of our Tang cavalry." What's more, it's not all useless. ”
Xia Hongsheng said, looked back, and saw the ten cannons lined up in turn.
"Brother Junmai, let's see that I bombarded his Goguryeo palace first." Xia Hongsheng said to Xi Junmai, and then turned back to the gunners who were guarding the artillery and couldn't hold it anymore.
The artillery had already been aimed at the Goguryeo royal palace and had already been loaded with ammunition.
The gunners had been waiting for Xia Hongsheng's order for a long time, and when they heard Xia Hongsheng's order at this moment, the gunners immediately prepared and looked at the herald.
With the command of the command flag in the hands of the herald, the voice that terrified the Goguryeo people once again resounded through the heavens and the earth.
The loud noise drowned out all the sounds on the battlefield, as if it were about to shatter the hearts of people.
Ten cannons were aimed at the Goguryeo palace, and in one round, the walls collapsed and the houses collapsed.
"Put!" Xia Hongsheng shouted loudly.
"Boom-" As the command flag was thrown down, another round of artillery fire was fierce.
Rubble flew everywhere in the imperial city, and the palace people screamed and cried, fleeing everywhere.
Gao Jianwu stood in the army, looking at the palace full of rubble, and his heart suddenly felt a twilight.
This twilight then turned into anger, and he stared at the city wall through gritted teeth, and shouted, "Rush! Give me a rush! Rush up and kill them! Who can rush forward and kill General Tang, and I will make him a general! ”
The soldiers looked at the Tang Army, then at the bombed palace, and then at Gao Jianwu, who was almost jumping up and shouting there, and they had no fighting spirit in their hearts.
The so-called one blow, then decline, three and exhaustion. These Goguryeo soldiers rushed six times, and none of them succeeded. Failure after failure constantly stimulates their confidence and wears down their fighting spirit.
Another charge began, but more and more Goguryeo soldiers ran slower and slower, and began to run quietly from both sides, hiding, hiding, and not going forward to die.
"Here we go again." On the city wall, Xi Junmai took a deep breath, held his lance, which had been soaked in the blood of the enemy, and once again led the cavalry to rush up.
"Brother Junmai, I look at the Goguryeo army in the west of the inner curtain, no matter what the military formation is, it is unmoved. It should be Gao Jianwu's hiding place. Xia Hongsheng pointed to a place in the city and said to Xi Junmai: "No matter how the defenders counterattack, the Goguryeo army in that place has always been on guard and has never changed. At this time, the artillery bombardment of the imperial city, the other high-ranking defenders are rushing forward, but the defenders of that area are gathering. If what I expected was correct, Gao Jianwu was there. ”
Xi Junmai picked up the binoculars and looked there, laughing and said, "Hahahaha! Good! Finally found the hiding place of this old thing! I will personally lead the men to charge there, and this time I will definitely capture him!" ”
"Brother Junmai, tell the brothers to bring more earth-shaking thunder. If it is really Gao Jianwu's hiding place, the defenders will be forbidden by the palace, and the combat power is not expected to be too bad. And there are many people there, and the depth is large, so it can only be quickly suppressed by firepower. When the time comes, don't be stingy with the earth-shaking thunder, but blow it up! Xia Hongsheng reminded Xi Junmai.
Xi Junmai nodded and said, "Okay!" Thank you Brother Sheng for the reminder. The Goguryeo defenders are all rushing here at this moment, and when a cavalry charges head-on and attracts attention, I will lead a cavalry to secretly bypass and go straight to Gao Jianwu's hiding place to kill the generals! ”
"Not bad!" Xia Hongsheng nodded: "When I teach the gunner to aim over, just wait for Brother Junmai to arrive, first bombard him a few times, blast away his military formation, and then Brother Junmai will follow!" ”