Chapter 1131: The Crypt Traps
Shen Guang's eyes were shining with excitement, he pushed away the two guards on the left and right who were holding shields for him, and strode out of the shield array, at this time, the arrows of the Goguryeo army had completely stopped firing in the direction of this shield array, and he didn't have to worry about his own safety, all he had to do was to get closer and see more clearly how this city gate was breached!
This time, in order to break open the gate of Liaodong City, He Chou, the chief eunuch, and the two famous craftsmen of Shangshu Yu Wenkai of the Ministry of Industry, joined forces to make this huge battering ram, and the entire punch was inlaid with thick iron sheets, even if it was this iron gate, it would definitely not be able to withstand dozens of impacts, which Shen Guang was convinced of!
Dozens of Sui soldiers have climbed to the top of the rushing car, and set up a thick barrier on the top of the rushing car, this rushing car is too huge, and it is wooden, Shen Guang fully considered the possibility that the other party will attack and pour oil, so he sent a sergeant to climb to the top floor, and used a shield covered with wet cowhide to support a barrier, unless the people on it are dead, otherwise it is absolutely impossible for this rushing car to burn down the fire oil thrown at the head of the city.
Just as Shen Guang was looking forward to the rushing car and attacking the gate, suddenly a gong sounded in the direction behind the city gate, followed by a loud bang, less than twenty steps away from the city gate, the rushing car that was sprinting at full speed suddenly disappeared from the gaze of tens of thousands of eyes, a huge smoke and dust rose up, the city gate was still there, but the rushing car disappeared, only the dozens of sergeants on the roof fell to the ground one by one, as if lying on the flat ground, and if you look closely, Only then will you find that only a part of the head of the entire rushing car is exposed to the ground, and the body, including the huge Chongcheng ironwood, has completely sunk into the ground!
Inside the wall, Yuan Taizuo nodded with satisfaction, and turned back to the side triumphantly. Yuangai Suwen, who had a smile on his face, said: "Yes, this crypt method is originally a siege weapon, and it is really not easy to use to defend, but I want to know now how you can calculate it." Let the battering ram fall in its entirety just a dozen paces outside the gate? ”
Yuangai Suwen smiled slightly, and said: "In the past few days, the ordinary rushing cars of the Sui army have nothing to do with the big iron gate of our Liaodong City, and our city wall is extremely high, and the dead bodies and corpses at the foot of the city wall are uneven, they use cloud ladders to attack the city, it is difficult to rush to the top of the city, and although our big iron gate is strong, it has been hit by the Sui army's rushing cars one by one in the past few days, and it has been damaged in many places. If you can use the ladder to feint to attack the city, but send a large battering ram to smash the door, it should be the best choice. Sure enough, Sui Jiang did just that. ”
Yuan Taizuo nodded: "Then what's the matter with your pit, can you calculate the weight of this rushing car of the Sui army, just let it fall into it entirely?" If it was just an ordinary trap, this battering ram would have fallen into it as soon as it was pushed over, and it would not have been able to fall in its entirety like it is now. Besides. Since the siege of the Sui army, the siege of the city has been endless day and night. How could you have dug this big hole under the nose of the Sui army? ”
Yuangai Suwen said with a smile: "That is the trench dug by the child by digging a tunnel, from the inside of the city gate to prevent the Sui army from attacking in the cave, bypassing the city gate and digging outward. Then the wooden pillars are propped up, and when the siege is time, the wooden pillars are burned, and the pillars collapse and the city collapses, and the entire city wall dozens of zhang wide can collapse at once. The child also used the same method this time, at a distance of more than ten steps outside the door, dug a big pit with a radius of four or five zhang, and supported a wooden pillar underneath, and tied ropes on the pillars, when the heavy battering ram of the Sui army drove up this pit, the sergeant in the city pulled the rope and pulled down the pillar, and the entire siege equipment of the Sui army could be trapped, this time, the child would not leave them a chance to pull out the equipment! ”
As the Yuan father and son talked and laughed, the feather arrows of hundreds of Goguryeo archers were still pouring in the direction of the big pit, and the shields of the Sui army on the roof of the car were all caught in the pit just now, and they were dizzy, how could they take care of the top shield, and then they were concentrated by the rain of arrows, and they all screamed and fell into the smoke and dust, and soon, there was no movement on the roof of the car.
The soldiers of the Sui army who climbed the city wall, heard the loud noise in the direction of the city gate, and turned their heads to look over, but they saw the huge battering ram of their side, and they actually fell into the ground all of a sudden, and the remaining Sui army on the roof of the car was shot into hedgehogs by the archers of Goguryeo, and they were shocked in their hearts, and they didn't know what magic and evil magic the Goguryeo people used to do this, the ancients were superstitious, and this time made many Sui soldiers beat drums in their hearts, wondering if this Goguryeo Liaodong City was protected by ghosts and gods, otherwise how could it be under the attack of a million troops, Can it still be like a mountain?
Husband war, courage also! The smooth start of the Sui army was precisely the result of courage and confidence, which made the speed of the soldiers faster, the reaction faster, and even the strength of the muscles increased, but when they witnessed their own big killing weapon battering ram actually fell less than a dozen steps away from the door, these courage and confidence disappeared at once, even the speed of the climbers slowed down, and the shouts and cheers and drums behind them were even quieter, and they were almost inaudible.
The Goguryeo people were full of confidence, and the sergeants at the head of the city sang war songs in unison, and even scolded rhythmically in Chinese under the command of their respective officers: "Yang Guang Yang Guang, the small life is not long, the Sui army and the Sui army, all killed!" ”
With the shouting and laughter of the Goguryeo army, the arrows and stones at the head of the city poured down like raindrops, and the Xiaoguo soldiers of the Sui army, who had become sluggish and weak because of their weak hearts, were thrown down from the ladder one after another, and the armored bodies weighing more than 200 catties smashed into those companions who were holding the ladder below, directly smashing some people to death and stunning.
Not only that, in the city wall of Goguryeo, those arm-arm walls also stretched out spears, stabbing directly at the Sui army who climbed the ladder, the piercing power of the spear is far from comparable to the bow and arrow, dozens of spears poked out, just the Sui army that was climbing the ladder opposite, caught off guard, stabbed through, and the corpse fell like raindrops, and the steel forks at the head of the city also pushed the ladder on the city head directly backwards and overturned, for a time, hundreds of ladders that had been added to the city wall fell one after another, and none of the Sui army attacked the city!
Shen Guang's eyes were about to erupt with fire, he stomped his foot fiercely, turned his head and shouted behind him: "Beat the drum to help!" The archers keep shooting, barley, little money, do my brother a favor, I'm going to go to town myself! (To be continued......)