Chapter 58: Courage and Determination

The Sui army's 10,000 arrows caught the Goguryeo people off guard, they didn't expect the Sui army to have such a luxurious 10,000 arrows, and the soldiers defending the city suffered countless casualties for a while, and hundreds of casualties were killed and injured in a short period of time.

When Gao Jianwu came, he had to remove the door panel to go to the city, and as soon as he went to the city, Gao Jianwu felt a burst of shock, although the Sui army also besieged every day, and even carried out several large-scale sieges, but it never had such a scale as today, especially the various tall siege equipment that he had never seen before.

At this time, the Sui army had already rushed to the city wall under the cover of the rain of arrows, and the infantry who arrived first had already begun to set up a ladder and began to climb.

"Shoot the arrows, release the arrows!" Gao Jianwu shouted loudly, if it continues like this, it won't be long before the Sui army can attack the city wall, and then it will be troublesome.

A group of defenders saw that King Rongliu also went up to the city wall, and they also felt a great boost in morale for a while, and under the shouts of generals at all levels, they were busy combining in twos and threes, one holding a shield and one releasing arrows, although there were still many Goguryeo soldiers who fell from arrows, but it was much better than the initial meeting.

"Gao Ming, quickly go to the eastern, southern, and northern gates to pass my orders, and transfer another 10,000 people from each gate to the west city, go quickly, the main force of the Sui army to attack the city this time, Xicheng, as long as we hold the west city, we can hold the city today."

Although Liaodong City is the first fortified city in Goguryeo, it has been besieged twice by the Sui army, and this time it has been besieged for nearly a month. Originally, there were more than 100,000 people in the city, as soon as the Sui army came, they annihilated 30,000 of them in the Liao River, and the siege of the city in the past month has made the city lose soldiers and generals, in a month, the city soldiers have suffered nearly 30,000 casualties, and now there are only 40,000 soldiers in the city.

These 40,000 people also divided into four cities, and when they encountered the scale of the siege of the Sui army in the past, the Goguryeo people relied on the strength of the mountain city, but they held it every time, and sometimes when the siege was not very strong, they could also divide the soldiers into two teams and take turns to rest.

But with the scale of today's Sui army, Gao Jianwu suddenly felt the tightness of the garrison forces. This is only the first wave of bow and arrow attacks, but it has already made him feel a heavy pressure, although he still doesn't know how to use those tall siege equipment behind the Sui army, but he has already felt a deep crisis, is Liaodong City going to fall today?

Although the Goguryeo people also began to counterattack the Sui army with bows and arrows, their archers were completely incomparable to the Sui army. Although the sparse rain of arrows also caused the attacking infantry to fall to the ground continuously, for the besieging soldiers, as if they had not seen it, they rushed to the city wall one by one with shields and Goguryeo feathers.

In the cavalry position of the broken barracks, Chen Kefu and other generals stood in front of the formation and looked at the battle in front of them, and they couldn't help but be enthusiastic. For sieges, the cavalry was always just spectators, and they could only watch from the sidelines until the walls were breached.

Captain Wu Yong Shen Guang rode on a horse, his eyes staring at the rushing car that had been pushed under the city wall for nearly half of him, and said to everyone with some excitement, "Do you see that big guy?" That is the rushing car, the last time I attacked the city, I was the sergeant standing on the rushing car, and now the first rushing car to push under the city is probably the brother I used to know. Hey, I really wanted to jump off the horse, and I rushed forward to kill the enemy all the way up, and my teeth itched. ”

Chen Kefu and the others all smiled, everyone knew that Shen Guang was also a well-known figure in this attack on Liao. When he came, he was just an ordinary Xiaoguo guard, but during the siege of the city a few days ago, he followed a group of soldiers to stand on the top of the rushing car to kill the enemy, at that time, he was eager to make meritorious contributions, he held a horizontal knife in his mouth, and climbed the city wall of Goguryeo directly along the thick pole of the rushing car, killing several people in a row, and finally was smashed down the city by dozens of Goguryeo men with maces fiercely.

As a result, when the group of sergeants in the same car thought that he was going to die this time, he actually grabbed a rope next to the rushing car very quickly in his busy schedule, and finally quickly circled and danced. Approaching the ground, he finally stopped at the bottom of the rushing car and stood firmly. Then, when both the enemy and us were dumbfounded, Shen Guang tossed and turned again, jumped up to the city quickly, and killed several enemy soldiers.

It was this time that he showed his skills, making Shen Guang a hero second only to Chen Kefu in the Sui army. At that time, Emperor Yang Guang personally summoned their team of soldiers, all of whom were greatly rewarded, and Shen Guang should be even more outstanding, and was directly promoted from a gang commander to a Wuyong general, which can be described as a step to the sky.

Chen Kefu followed his guidance to look at the rushing car that first arrived under the city wall, and said with a smile, "General Shen Guang is indeed brave with ten thousand people, but you don't have to worry, I never have to worry about breaking the barracks without a chance to make meritorious contributions." As long as the brothers of the infantry army make a gap, it will be time for us to play. General Shen Guang, you will understand that compared with this single-handedly killing the head of the city, it is more exciting for thousands of horses to gallop together and iron hooves to cross the city. ”

The generals of the broken military camp all smiled and agreed, Chen Kefu looked at the rushing car, and at this time, the soldiers on the rushing car had begun to fight against the Goguryeo people on the city wall with spears and bows and arrows. The main role of the chariot is the thick pole that is nearly 40 meters long, relying on the huge thick pole, the Sui soldiers pushed the cart with the thick pole, constantly hitting the female wall of Liaodong City, that is, the battlements that the defenders used to block.

Without the battlements, the chances of the soldiers on the ladder of the Sui army attacking the city were greatly increased, and the defense of the defenders was also greatly reduced.

This first rush car close to the city was pushed by Shen Guang and their group of brothers last time, and last time, there was a Shen Guang in their team, from a small soldier like them, to a martial arts general from the fifth grade. And although they fought bravely that time, they were finally summoned by the emperor, but they were only rewarded with some gold and silver, which was a bit of a loss for these soldiers.

In this siege, this team of soldiers came with a strong mood of meritorious service, and at the beginning of the siege, they rushed in front of all the rushing vehicles.

This team of soldiers are the same Xiaoguo as Shen Guang, the so-called Xiaoguo, when the emperor opened the emperor for three years, the first emperor gathered Xiaowei and Guoyi Army, and for Xiaoguowei, picked up the strong men in the army to fill the position, and stabbed the left arm with a blood eagle. In the ninth year of the Great Cause, that is, this year, in order to expand the army to the east to conquer Goguryeo, the emperor recruited new troops in addition to the army of the government. Most of these new troops are from Guanzhong, they are strong, brave and good at fighting, and they are called Xiaoguo.

Rushing to the side of the car, a very sturdy Xiaoguo said to his comrades, "Brothers, let's seize the opportunity and rush to the city along this thick pole, we didn't seize such a good opportunity last time, don't miss it again this time." Shubao, usually the brothers admire you and Shen Guang the most, this time you have to seize the opportunity, Shen Guang has become a five-grade person, and you are not worse than him, this time I will kill a few more Liao people, and then I will be promoted to a positive five-grade. ”

Another man hurriedly said, "That is, His Majesty the Emperor's reward for the big guy this time is very generous, not to mention Shen Guang, everyone will say that Chen Pojun, the commander of the broken military camp, is also a big soldier like us." But you see that he is now a high-ranking official from the second grade, and this time he was also made an earl, I heard that even Tang Guogong rushed to give his third lady to Chen Pojun. Look over there, now he is an official and a second-class official, and he still holds 10,000 elites in his hands, a manly man, and he is regarded as Chen Pojun as a man. ”

For the bravest Xiaoguo in these armies, it is everyone's dream to make a contribution, especially after Shen Guang in the same team realized this dream, they wanted to establish their own merits more and more.

The man who was called Shubao was not very old, and his face looked very tender, only ten **, but his body was very tall, his whole body was strong, and he had a yellow face. At this time, he was wearing a bright light battle armor, holding a wooden spear with a long pole, a horizontal knife in his waist, and a shield in his left hand.

Don't look at his young age, but Shubao is already a veteran in the army. Originally, he was less than the time to enlist in the army at this age, he was a native of Licheng, Shandong, and the original three generations of his ancestors were all eunuchs of the Northern Dynasty, but in his generation, his father died early, and the family was in the middle.

He was naturally unwilling to go on like this with a good martial arts since he was a child, just a few years ago Shandong's Wang Book rebelled, when Yingyang Mansion in Shandong urgently recruited a group of sergeants, and Shubao was also busy taking this opportunity to join the army, thinking about making meritorious contributions and reviving the lintel. It's a pity that after he joined the army, they never got to hand in with Wang Shu. In the end, he was transferred to the army of the Sui army to protect the children.

In the army of Laihu'er, although Shubao also participated in several battles, but they were all small battles, although he was very brave in battle, but according to the normal promotion standards, it was still far away, and he could only continue to be his big soldier, but in the future, Hu'er attached great importance to this little soldier, and when Shubao's mother died, Laihu'er, as a general, also personally asked people to go to his house to mourn.

This time, His Majesty the Emperor dispatched the troops of the world to conquer Goguryeo again, and when he came to Hu'er, he let Shubao come to Liaodong, and in his opinion, when he came to Liaodong, he would definitely have a greater chance of making meritorious contributions. It's just that last time was a great opportunity, if he also seized the opportunity that day and jumped on the city wall with Shen Guang, maybe he would be a general now, even if it was a sixth-grade infantry captain, it would also make him satisfied.

It's a pity that there is no if, Shu Bao grabbed the spear, held the shield, looked at the comrades around him who also had excitement shining in their eyes, and then looked at the Liaodong city wall that was close at hand, and couldn't help but clench the hand holding the spear a little tighter.