Turbulent Times Chapter 1073: Different offensive and defensive battles (eight)

"That's right, Yuangai Suwen's style of play is very clever. They piled earth bags behind the shield car. This is a wall of earth. Our catapults and long-range crossbows can't penetrate it. With this With the cover of the earth wall, they can garrison behind the wall, without retreating at night, and when they attack again the next day, they can continue to attack behind the earth wall they made." Yang Kongchan instantly understood the purpose of the Goguryeo people.

Luo Chunlai also thought about it, and said: "My lord, I thought that the Goguryeo people wanted to build an earth wall, relying on the cover of the earth wall to dig trenches or tunnels day and night, and attack our defense line nearby. It may also be possible after the earth wall is completed. , and then deploy troops to sneak attack or harass at night."

"The garrisons of your two islands should have prepared a response plan to deal with the possible digging and trenching of the enemy?"

Luo Chunlai immediately nodded and said: "At that time, the adults repeatedly emphasized that the subordinates and Liu Yidong should lead their generals to repeatedly deduce possible situations, and that the enemy might learn from us to dig tunnels and trenches. After we experimented, we found that it was quite difficult. We were blocked by a trench nearly one foot deep, and their tunnel was more than one foot deep, and the underground on the island was wet, with a lot of water seepage, and the tunnel collapsed easily, making it very inconvenient for soldiers to move. Even so , we still have to bury a safety cylinder every few dozen steps to ensure no worries. In addition, we use trenches to approach the ground, which is more effective, but our earthen walls are rows of acute angles, as long as they are Moving forward, there will always be a wall that can hit the ditch, and then the attack strength in the corresponding direction will be strengthened, so their trenches can only learn a little bit."

Wang Junlin nodded in satisfaction. Luo Chunlai could think of this point in Dami Island, and Liu Yidong's deduction in Bailing Island these days will never miss this point.

Just to be honest, he didn't expect Yuan Gai Suwen's reaction to be so fast, but forces in war are always good at learning, not to mention the situation in front of Goguryeo, anyone who understands it, it is very likely that they Like the more than 10,000 sailors who came last time, they will never go back. It is normal to have such a reaction under such pressure.

At this time, the Goguryeo shield chariot line stopped, and the auxiliary soldiers behind them came and went like ants, throwing all the pre-installed earth bags on the earth wall, as well as the fragments of the shield chariots from the previous few days. The material of this shield car wall.

Yuan Gai Su Wenxuan's distance is between 70 and 80 steps from Wang Junlin's earthen wall. This distance is just enough for their bows and arrows to be thrown. It can be seen that they have indeed used their brains. research demonstrated.

The Goguryeo soldiers fought hard to lose a large number of auxiliary soldiers, and quickly built an incomplete earth wall on the north side. At least it can effectively cover their troops, so that the Goguryeo soldiers have a rest line, and at the same time they can go as far as possible. Under the condition of ensuring your own safety, perform a counter-thrust.

More than 2,000 auxiliary soldiers dug trenches behind the shield car, and the excavated soil was piled up behind the shield car, and the earth wall was reinforced step by step. The trebuchets and long-range crossbows on Wang Junlin's side gradually stopped firing. Both sides were unable to effectively attack each other for the time being, and entered a confrontation state after the fierce battle.

Standing behind Huang Zhixuan for the past few days, Luo Shixin, who seldom spoke, suddenly said: "Uncle, the Goguryeo people are blocked by an earthen wall. Our attack cannot continue in a short time. I think we should take advantage of the fact that the earthen wall is not yet stable. Mobilize the mobile forces on both wings, make a side attack posture, and attract Goguryeo soldiers to gather. We will detect them in time from a high place, and then use catapults and long-range crossbows to attack and kill their elite. Especially on the west side of the hillside, their The formation of the shield car is too straight and does not cover the flanks enough."

Wang Junlin agreed: "Yes, you can see this, very good."

As soon as Luo Shixin opened his mouth, Li Xuanba said not to be outdone, "Uncle, the earth walls of the Goguryeo people are still very messy, and the two wings are especially lacking in cover. We must use troops to resist."

Here, Luo Shixin and Li Xuanba were talking on the sea, Liu Yidong had already issued a similar order on Bailing Island, the drums and horns on both wings sounded, and the five hundred soldiers of the reserve team made an impromptu attack, especially in the lane under the hillside to the west. For many, the reserve team entered the path between the western hillside and the earthen wall from the earth wall passage near the sea. This is the reserved attack position. Under the attack trajectory of the two, if the Goguryeo soldiers cannot capture the west hillside, they will not be able to attack. Attack here, as the counterattack staging area of ​​the defenders, this is the best.

There is also such an area under the eastern hillside, which is smaller than that under the western hillside. There are also 500 reserve soldiers making an attack posture.

Because of the strong threat from Wang Junlin's side on the western hillside, Goguryeo's shield chariots could not cover the front, and the two wings became their weakness. Their shield vehicles suffered heavy losses, and at this time they were only enough to cover the front, especially the protection on the right wing was very empty. When they found that Wang Junlin's reserve team was about to attack them, more than 2,000 Goguryeo soldiers on the west side gathered behind the earthen wall People and horses.

On a wooden platform on the west hillside, the flag was continuously raised, using a good viewing angle to send signals to the people below the mountain.

Wang Junlin was also watching, but he couldn't understand it. It was his suggestion and instruction to use semaphore to conduct command. The specific semaphore regulations were studied and unified by Liu Yidong and his subordinates. Then there was the current standard semaphore, although It is still in the experimental stage, but it has shown great advantages when used in short orders, at least greatly improving command efficiency.

All the areas facing the defense line are numbered, and the lookout posts have to hold a labeled map for training every day, and accurately judge the enemy's position without calibration objects. For the test firing calibration, Wang Junlin's preparations were far more complete than Yuan Gai Suwen imagined, and it was already beyond his cognition.

Following Liu Yidong's order, some trebuchets and long-range crossbows were quietly preparing to shoot. There was a brief silence on the front line, and the Goguryeo soldiers thought they were covered by the earthen wall, so they didn't

Afraid of the impact of Wang Junlin's trebuchet and long-range crossbow.

The commanders of each group of trebuchets and long-range crossbows raised the triangular flag, and the soldiers with red background and yellow border beside Liu Yidong commanded the flag to grind the flag for a circle, waving it left and right. The quiet Wang Junlin's front suddenly erupted, and all the trebuchets and long-range crossbows that could be hit shot at the same area at the same time. They fired at the fastest speed, and hundreds of stone bullets swept across the two thousand Goguryeo arrays. In the outer formation, the mobile force of the two thousand people in Goguryeo was in chaos, and they had to avoid the earth wall one after another.