Turbulent Times Chapter 1100: Siege

Twenty shield chariots in the front row, behind them are 300 Goguryeo auxiliary soldiers carrying loads, which are filled with soil, and behind the second row of shield chariots are 300 crossbowmen from Guan Xiaotong's command. These auxiliary soldiers who filled the trenches.

Seventy steps away are more than 500 Goguryeo auxiliary soldiers who are specially armored. They are divided into teams of 50 people, and each team uses three ladders. The iron hooks can be hung on the battlements to prevent them from being easily pushed down by the guards. There is also a bracket in the middle part, which can support more people to go up the ladder at the same time. They wait for the trench to fill up and then start attacking. The last row was 3,000 elite infantry led by Guan Xiaotong. Guan Xiaotong personally commanded them. Whenever they had the opportunity, they would immediately climb up the city wall to support them.

At this time, the front row of shield cars creaked and quickly came to the edge of the moat. The rear row of shield cars stopped ten steps away, and dense crossbowmen flashed out from behind, aiming at the top of the wall and began to suppress **** shot.

Although he gave the more than a thousand Goguryeo auxiliary soldiers a bright future, he did not hesitate to push these Goguryeo soldiers to the forefront compared to reducing the losses of his soldiers. How many survived in the end is no longer Wang Junlin's consideration things. One cannot be kind to one's own soldiers on the battlefield, let alone the enemy.

The moats in Da Luo City were neither too deep nor too wide.

Da Luo City has four gates in total. The layout of the city is similar to that of many cities in the Sui Dynasty. They are all cross streets. Two streets run through the north and south gates and the east and west gates.

The auxiliary soldiers who filled the trench gave a shout, flashed out from behind the front row of shield vehicles, rushed to pour the earth and rocks into the trench, and then went back to pick up the second batch, and the more than two hundred auxiliary soldiers also started to run back , and also participate in the work of filling trenches.

Hearing the movement from the top of the city, some figures appeared, opened their postures and prepared to shoot their bows. Hundreds of rapid crossbows fired at the same time from below the city. Struggling to disappear on the top of the city, Goguryeo soldiers yelled in panic, and the fast crossbowmen of the Sui army under the city immediately retreated after firing eight crossbow arrows, and replaced a batch of new ones behind the shield car.

The fast crossbowmen rotate in this way to ensure continuous suppression and attack on the city.

"Keep your eyes on the city plate facing you. Don't worry about others. Watch those who dare to take the lead, and shoot a volley every time. Don't let the **** go ahead." Hu Gouzi walked back and forth in the shield workshop, The opportunity to take the artillery to stop reminded the gang leaders.

Guan Xiaotong's 3,000 infantry consisted of 1,000 spearmen, 1,000 fast crossbowmen and 1,000 sword shields. At this time, the 1,000 fast crossbowmen were divided into three rounds, alternately covering The soldiers in the trenches, the Goguryeo soldiers did not dare to take the lead, but blindly projected with bows and arrows at the back of the city plate, and the accuracy was greatly reduced.

After more than an hour, the moat was filled with sufficient width, and the auxiliary soldiers in the back array howled loudly and swarmed in with ladders.

There are many defenders in the city. Last time Yuangai Suwen returned to Annan County after his disastrous defeat on Baengling Island. The equipment for defending the city is extremely abundant. Wang Junlin can see through the binoculars that there are wood, yaksha rackets, rams, etc., and it is conceivable that there should be regular gray bottles and fire bottles.

There are several trebuchets on each of the four hundred city walls. The level of craftsmen in Goguryeo is not much lower than that of the Sui Dynasty. The department's products are also worse.

Goguryeo still has 5,000 soldiers in the city. In addition, there should be some auxiliary soldiers in Daluo City, who can participate in the defense of the city. Wang Junlin's side does not have any advantage in strength. The only thing that surpasses Goguryeo is its momentum and morale. Yesterday, Jin Yibei had lost his courage. Although there were more than a thousand of them who fled back and forth, they did not have the courage to go out to fight in the city.

According to Wang Junlin's plan, the attack was still aimed at capturing the city gates. This Da Luo City did not have an urn, let alone the Qianjin gate that only a large city had, so the difficulty of the attack was not high.

Therefore, Wang Junlin intends to attach himself to the city on the surface, but considering that Goguryeo has sufficient manpower on the wall, it is difficult for the soldiers who climb up to stand firm, or if they want to stand firm, there will inevitably be many casualties, so secretly he mainly The tactics of digging the root of the wall are used, and the manpower is still Goguryeo's auxiliary soldiers.

Although there are many poor people in these auxiliary soldiers, Wang Junlin will not take pity on them now.

The shield cars in front were used to fill the trenches, but at this time the second batch of shield cars behind them creaked and headed towards the city gate, and there were scouts from the special forces walking around 200 steps away from the city wall , The shield car still has two floors, front and back, and Lu Han sent a thousand people to advance under the cover of the shield car. There are two very exquisitely made stone throwers between the two layers of shield car.

Not long after entering 500 steps, several stone throwers on the Daluo City Gate started to fire, and several stone bullets flew out, flying high above the head of the shield car line, and hit the ground behind with a bang, pushing the cart The auxiliary soldiers screamed, and the two auxiliary soldiers who had collapsed turned around and fled back. After running a few steps, they were chopped down by the soldiers under Guan Xiaotong who was escorting the carriage.

Soldiers from Wang Junlin's side, who were escorting the chariot, held up their weapons and yelled loudly, telling them to move on. The stone catapult on the tower fired again, and this time it was closer. The trebuchet will lose its effect near the city wall.

The auxiliary soldiers put up all their strength in a panic, and the shield car went faster and faster. After reaching 300 steps, it was finally hit by a catapult. The kinetic energy of the bowl exploded the thick tree trunk into countless fragments, and the auxiliary soldiers pushing the cart flew all over with flesh and blood, and the howling sound shook the sky.

The auxiliary soldiers in the shield chariot formation were in chaos. The soldiers from Wang Junlin's side hacked and killed more than ten people in a row before allowing the auxiliary soldiers to move on. Fortunately, the Goguryeo people's stone throwing machines were too inaccurate. Did not hit.

The rest of the shielded chariots walked 150 steps safely. The catapults of the Goguryeo people had a straight trajectory, and there was a big dead angle after they were placed on the city wall. The bows and arrows basically did not pose a threat to the shielded chariots. Wang Junlin's side has an advantage in firing fast crossbows.

After entering the hundred paces, the head of Goguryeo shouted repeatedly, the Goguryeo soldiers and archers started shooting, and the fast crossbow team behind the second row of shield chariots immediately started to fight back. The platoon of shield cars still pushed forward to the moat facing the south gate.

The trench at the gate of the city was not filled, but Wang Junlin's side had a trench cart specially used for attacking the city, and it was quickly pushed up.