Turbulent Times Chapter 1101: Secret weapon

This kind of improvised equipment is also a simple copycat version, with two wheels and a long plank with earth and stone bags piled on it. This kind of vehicle can be directly mounted on the trench, allowing shield vehicles and soldiers Passing through, the soil and stone bags piled on top are used to release arrows and fill trenches, so that soldiers with carts in the trenches have a foothold.

Under the intimidation of Wang Junlin's soldiers, the captured auxiliary soldiers pushing the cart desperately threw bags of earth and rocks into the trench, which was only more than 20 steps away from the city wall, and the confrontation between the two sides' long-range arms became more intense. The captured auxiliary soldiers who filled the trenches were constantly shot and fell to the ground, wailing loudly.

Goguryeo bows and arrows are shooting like crazy, and all the vehicles are full of arrows. Soldiers from Wang Junlin's side continue to fall down, and the Sui army's rapid crossbow cover is also very fierce. In terms of rate of fire, it quickly overwhelmed the bows and arrows of the Goguryeo people. Except for the first round of volleys, the Goguryeo people shot very scatteredly, and the interval between shots was getting longer and longer.

At this time, Wang Junlin's giant catapults fired stone projectiles at both sides of the city. In addition, Goguryeo soldiers had a long process of drawing and aiming arrows, and they often stood on the crenel before starting to pull. The bow was overturned by the rapid crossbow below, and the Sui army's rapid crossbow could be fired instantly, and then hid behind the shield car. Bows and arrows pose no threat to shield chariots, and Goguryeo archers are at a disadvantage in such a covered confrontation.

The Sui army had two exquisitely crafted small catapults that were pushed up along with the shield carts, but they never fired. They stopped by the moat facing the gate, sandwiched between three sturdy shield carts.

At a certain moment, an exquisite trebuchet on the left was launched. What he threw was not a stone bomb, but an explosive package with a burning fuse.

Boom!

With a bang, the wooden gate of Da Luo City was violently shaken like paper, making an unpleasant creaking sound, and a huge hole was blasted out of the gate.

"Another catapult is ready to launch at any time, but don't rush to throw the explosive package." The captain in charge of the front line took a look, retracted and said to the catapult crew on the right, "There is no earth and rock filling behind the door, and the Goguryeo people may come out. The No. 1 trebuchet continues to throw explosives, and blow up the door for me."

The No. 1 trebuchet on the left throws out another explosive package, with a sound

After the loud noise, the door leaf on the left collapsed, and the door leaf on the right also tilted crookedly, revealing a dark door opening, with a few corpses on the ground, and the backs of a dozen Goguryeo soldiers desperately fleeing Go, go out of the doorway and hide behind the city wall left and right. Then, many Goguryeo auxiliary soldiers piled stones on the street desperately.

At this time, Wang Junlin's side in front of the city gate forced the captured auxiliary soldiers to throw down all the earth and stone bags, and then pushed the trench cart down, and the front part of the trench cart fell into the trench, splashing a large amount of water.

Soldiers from Wang Junlin's side forced the Goguryeo captured auxiliary soldiers to jump into the ditch. They stepped on the earth and rocks below, removed the wheels of the carts passing through the ditch, and then lifted the wooden boards to stand on the edge of the ditch on the opposite side.

With the cover of trenches, the bows and arrows from the top of the city could not hit them, but the soldiers on Wang Junlin's side shouted and urged them to set up as soon as possible. These panicked auxiliary soldiers desperately held up the planks, and put them on the edge of the trench one by one.

"The two-winged shield car is ready to cross the trench!" The voice of Lu Han, who was in charge of attacking the city gate with the main force, came: "A few times, the explosive package is aimed at the bottom of the two-winged wall, and the auxiliary soldiers can be loosened so that they can dig."

The captain at the front line muttered: "The city gates have been blown up, why don't you attack the city gates immediately?"

A centurion leader next to him shook his head and said: "Just now the infantry on both sides also received orders not to go in rashly. There may be many Goguryeo people inside the city gate. From the gate over there, everyone around can attack us. There are bows and arrows on the head. Dig the sides of the city gate first, and you can see clearly when it collapses."

The two of them were talking, and the exquisite trebuchet immediately turned around and threw an explosive package at the base of the wall next to it, blowing up the masonry there. , the masonry has collapsed automatically, which is very beneficial for excavation.

A moment later, the bugle sounded, and the two-winged shielded chariots began to cross the river one by one, with a centurion infantry behind each chariot. The counterattack faded.

The shield chariot stopped a few steps away from the city wall, and several triangular-roofed chariots directly pushed against the city wall, and the auxiliary soldiers below began to dig the root of the wall under the supervision of the following Sui soldiers.

There was a lot of shouting and cursing at the top of the city, and there were no rope-controlled weapons such as yaksha rackets on the positions of several chariots, Goguryeo soldiers

Quickly throwing stones down again and again, hitting the car with a loud bang. The top of the car is triangular, which has the effect of unloading the stones and wood. Hook crash cars are all in this shape.

The captive auxiliary soldiers in the car were very nervous. They could hear the movement on the roof of the car. This car was built by Wang Junlin's army craftsmen to guide them to rush to work. These captive auxiliary soldiers had no idea , digging desperately with a shovel and shovel, and took out the masonry loosened by the explosives, and then began to dig the rammed earth inside. It has already been pressed so tightly that only a small piece can be dug out with a shovel.

Wang Junlin rode on a blood-maned horse and looked down at the city wall from a distance. After a while, a lump of dirt was thrown out. He couldn't help but said to Zhang Tiangang, "The digging speed is a bit slow!"

"They didn't seem to be digging in the right place. I'm afraid the soil should be harder. I think those Goguryeo auxiliary soldiers are also very afraid at this time, and they will never delay time."

Wang Junlin raised his binoculars again, observed for a while and said, "Let Lu Han and Guan Xiaotong's troops come up with a training program for gunpowder blasting. It is not an option to use Goguryeo's captive auxiliary soldiers after all..."

Before Wang Junlin finished speaking, there was a burst of shouts at the south gate, Wang Junlin stopped and looked at the south gate.

Piles of firewood were thrown from the top of the wall, hitting the backs of two triangular carts, then slid to the sides and piled up, and all of them were dumped on the firewood. Then a few torches were thrown down, and the flames blazed suddenly on the firewood, and several burning men rushed out from under a rolling car, rolling and screaming on the ground.

Lu Han, who was in charge of attacking the city gate, paid no attention to those howls, kept his eyes on the position of the city gate, and ordered: "Send the order, and pay attention to the city gate."

Just as Lu Han conveyed the order, many archers appeared on the crenels at the same time, and fired a violent volley at the shield chariot under the city. Falling to the ground, some powerful Goguryeo soldiers threw the gray bottles far away and smashed them on the shield chariot that had passed the ditch. Suddenly, lime powder splashed everywhere. The ground rolled up.