"Shoot the arrows!"

"Whoa, whoa, whoa!"

Rockets rained down in the sky, and the catapults were mostly made of wood, and under the attack of hundreds or thousands of rockets, they burned into a ball in a blink of an eye, and there was no time to extinguish the fire

Goguryeo was also the first time to use a siege machine like a stone thrower, only knowing that it was powerful, but it didn't know how to protect it.

The stone thrower is made of wood, and the most feared thing is fire. Therefore, at the time of the battle, the catapult will often do some protection, so that the rocket will not be so easy to burn the trebuch, and, around the catapult, will also prepare sand and other things, so as to be foolproof, obviously, Goguryeo they do not know this; moreover, because they unreasonably use the trebuche, give the Youzhou side the opportunity to release arrows, if the method of interval attack is used, it will inevitably not be able to form a large-scale archer offensive, and sporadic rockets will not be able to cause damage to the trebuchet. It's a pity that Goguryeo didn't understand this, so even if there was a powerful stone thrower, it could only watch the stone thrower be burned.

However, after a few ** men came down, all the stone throwers that Goguryeo pulled to the battlefield were burned by rockets, and there was not a single one left. The threat of the catapult was eliminated, and the Youzhou soldiers in the city no longer had to be afraid, they all came out one after another, raised boulders and sassalwood and smashed them fiercely at the rushing car that hit the city gate, and in a moment, the rushing car was also in pieces.

"Woo, woo, woo!"

In the rear, Gao Jianchang had to order the soldiers to withdraw their troops. Originally, I thought that with a stone thrower and a rushing car, I could easily take Benxi City. Who would have thought that not long after the stone thrower and the rushing car went to the battlefield, they were destroyed by the other party. However, it's right to think about it, the stone thrower and the punching car were originally invented by the Central Plains people, how can they not understand how to deal with it. Of course, Gao Jianchang is a veteran after all, with rich experience, and after collecting troops and returning to the camp, he thought of one thing, since the people of the Central Plains will use stone throwers and rushing vehicles on the battlefield, they must have a way to deal with fire attacks.

Thinking of this, Gao Jianchang hurriedly invited the chief generals of several allies to his tent.

"Ladies and gentlemen, you must have seen the effect of the stone thrower today. After the stone thrower was put into the battlefield, no one in Youzhou soldiers dared to take the lead, and our army was able to easily attack the city. However, after all, the stone thrower was invented by the people of the Central Plains, and they had a way to deal with it so quickly, and if General Ben thought about it, there must be a solution, I wonder what you think?"

Jian Qiutai frowned and pondered for a moment, and said, "As long as the catapult can continue to attack the city, then the opponent's archers will not be able to attack. In this case, the trebuchet can attack at intervals instead of attacking at the same time, so that the opponent's archers cannot shoot arrows, so there is no need to fear rockets. ”

"Hey, that's a great plan!"

Several people present, except for Walton, had relatively good brains, and after listening to Jian Qiutai's words, their eyes suddenly lit up and they praised one after another. They were all veterans, but it was the first time they had used a stone thrower, so they didn't think of this method. After all, on the battlefield, archers usually take turns shooting, causing a continuous attack, so why don't the stone throwers act according to the law? However, Jian Qiutai was able to think of this idea so quickly, which shows that his mind is not low.

"Well, it works!"

Gao Jianchang naturally did not object, nodded, and said: "This plan is good, but after all, you can't prevent all the archers from bowing and arrows, once you lose, these stone throwers will be lost, and it will not be so easy to take Benxi City again." Therefore, we need to defend against the trebuchet itself, and no longer have to worry about the opponent's rocket attack. ”

"Is this hard?"

Walton looked at the people who were suddenly thinking, and asked in confusion? Of course, Walton's words were naturally met with everyone's eyes, if it wasn't difficult, they still needed to sit here and frown and think? Of course, there is nothing to explain to a person like Walton who doesn't use his brains and only knows how to use brute force, so it is better to spend more time thinking about the solution.

"Humph!"

Seeing that no one took care of him, Walton snorted dissatisfiedly, and said angrily: "If you want the stone thrower not to be damaged by the rocket, you can add something to the stone thrower." After mixing sand, soil, lime and other materials with water, it covers the whole body of the stone thrower, can it still be burned by rockets!"

"Ugh!"

Listening to Walton's words, everyone was shocked, and then they came back to their senses and thought about it, thinking that what Walton said was really not wrong, as long as these things were covered on the catapult, what use could the rocket be? Thinking of this, their faces couldn't help but blush, such a simple question, they even had to think hard. Of course, they will not admit that their minds are not flexible enough, but they just think that this simple method can only be solved by simple-minded people.

Since there was a solution, Gao Jianchang did not delay, and immediately called his cronies to send orders to the soldiers to strengthen the stone thrower.

There was nothing to say all night, and the next day, before dawn, Gao Jianchang and other forces had already arrived at Benxi City.

"I didn't expect Gao Jianchang and them to think of a solution so quickly, it's not bad!" Yuan Chang said with a chuckle on his face and a casual expression.

Of course, Yuan Chang and the others never thought that this question would be able to stump each other. After all, fire prevention is a simple thing to say, but it is difficult to say, it depends on whether you can react in a short time. It seems that Gao Jianchang has a lot of them, and they are still a little useful, and they can solve the problem so quickly.

"However, we still can't let them take Benxi City so lightly. ”

Yuan Chang and Guo Jia glanced at each other and laughed at the same time. Although Benxi City has to be given to the other party, it can't be so simple. Otherwise, their previous calculations would have come to naught.

With a way to deal with the archers in Benxi City, Gao Jianchang and the others naturally swaggered out again.

"Attack!"

Gao Jianchang waved his hand, only feeling that he was high-spirited and scolded Fang Xuan. Looking at the head of Benxi City, Gao Jianchang believes that today, they will definitely be able to stand on top of the city and laugh at the wind and clouds.

"Kill!" "Rush!"

The soldiers of Goguryeo were still fiddling with the stone throwing machine, while the soldiers of several other forces were pushing the cart and setting up the siege ladder and rushing towards Benxi City. Of course, this is also Gao Jianchang's arrangement. Obviously, the soldiers who operate the stone throwing machine are the safest and do not have to worry about damage at all, while the soldiers who push the cart and the soldiers who set up siege ladders to siege the city, although they have the cover of the stone throwing machine, will inevitably be damaged, and Gao Jianchang will naturally not let his soldiers go to death. And although Jian Qiutai, Walton and others understood this situation, they didn't say much. After all, if they didn't have the siege equipment provided by Goguryeo, they would not have been able to attack the city, so they could only endure it for the sake of the benefits they would gain in the future.

"Shield Soldier step forward!"

"Wood, boulders, boiling oil ready!"

Although there is a threat of trebuchets, there is also a threat to enemy troops climbing up from the siege ladder. Therefore, the enemy army that climbed the city still has to be solved. The shield soldiers could only defend against the enemy troops who climbed up from the siege ladder, and the boulder of the stone thrower, but there was no way to defend at all, and they were hit by the boulder, and only one person died. Moreover, now that Goguryeo had a solution, the archers' rockets were not of much use, and after two rounds of salvos, Tae Shi Ci gave up the blow to the stone thrower, and instead devoted himself to dealing with the enemy troops who climbed to the top of the city.

As a result, the losses of the soldiers in Youzhou increased significantly. Gao Jianchang and the others obviously found out about this situation, and immediately laughed.

"Haha, thanks to the idea proposed by Prince Jian Qiutai, they can solve their rocket offensive. Speaking of which, Prince Jian Qiutai is the one who has the greatest credit!"

"General Gao is overrated!"

In the face of Gao Jianchang's praise, Jian Qiutai responded lightly, without much pride. "Now that everyone is an ally, it is natural for us to do this with all our might. ”

It's just that Gao Jianchang and they seem to be happy too early.

Just when the soldiers of several countries such as Haoqian, Fuyu, and Nanwofu were attacking the city hard, the gate of Benxi City suddenly opened, and first nearly 10,000 cavalry charged out, and the soldiers of several countries who were pushing carts to attack the city gate were suddenly dumbfounded, and they didn't expect that the gate of Benxi City would be opened. Therefore, when the cavalry in Youzhou charged over, they didn't react at all, and directly charged in one round, and a large piece fell. And the cavalry, for those soldiers who fled, did not pursue at all, and rushed directly towards the direction of the trebuch.

"It's not good, they're going to destroy the catapult, the cavalry hurry up!"

Gao Jianchang saw the actions of the cavalry, and after being stunned for a moment, he immediately reacted and hurriedly ordered his own cavalry to fight. It's just that it seems to be a little late. Each of the cavalry in Youzhou carried a big axe or hammer, and after approaching the stone thrower, and after killing the Goguryeo soldiers under the stone thrower, they directly attacked the stone thrower with a big axe or iron hammer, but in the blink of an eye, these stone throwers had been completely destroyed.

On the other side, seeing that the gate of Benxi City was wide open, the soldiers who were originally going to climb up from the siege ladder rushed towards the city gate, wanting to rush into the city. However, since Yuan Chang and the others dared to open the city gate, they naturally did not worry that the other party would rush into the city. Dian Wei held a double halberd and charged first, but whenever an enemy army rushed into the city, he was mercilessly killed. And the Youzhou cavalry, who was responsible for destroying the catapults, saw that the destruction was almost the same, and the enemy's cavalry seemed to be about to charge, although there were still a few stone throwers that were not destroyed, but they were already harmless, and the generals who commanded the cavalry hurriedly ordered a retreat. Those enemy troops who tried to rush into the city did not have time to retreat, they were crushed by the cavalry of Youzhou, and the enemy troops at the city gate were wiped out in a blink of an eye, and then closed again. When the cavalry of Goguryeo and other countries pursued them, the gates of Benxi City were already closed. Moreover, without the threat of the catapult, the archers could come in handy, and the pursuing cavalry, after dropping thousands of corpses, immediately retreated.

"Hateful!"

Gao Jianchang scolded angrily, in today's battle, he lost thousands of soldiers and horses, which is simply too hateful. Of course, this qiē is not to blame others, only a few of them are careless. It's just that they are bent on solving the threat of rockets in Youzhou City, but they forget that they can go out of the city to destroy the stone thrower, so that they did not prepare in advance, and let the cavalry of Youzhou destroy the stone thrower, and they can leave calmly, even if Benxi City is wide open, they did not seize the opportunity to take Benxi City. Moreover, Gao Jianchang's command was also a little misguided.

When the cavalry of Youzhou went to destroy the stone thrower, he ordered the cavalry to pursue the cavalry of Youzhou, thus missing the opportunity. If when the Youzhou cavalry went to destroy the stone thrower, he directly asked the cavalry to storm the city gate, and then he would definitely be able to prevent the city gate of Benxi City from closing. Unless Tai Shici can ruthlessly abandon these 10,000 cavalry, otherwise, the city gate will definitely not be closed, and Gao Jianchang will be able to order hundreds of thousands of troops to rush into Benxi City and completely take Benxi City. Of course, Gao Jianchang thought of this afterwards, but he wouldn't say it to make people accuse him of his mistakes.

Moreover, what Gao Jianchang didn't expect was that in fact, the cavalry of Youzhou did not necessarily have to enter Benxi City.

Yuan Chang and Guo Jia had long thought that if the other party had a shrewd commander, they would inevitably seize the opportunity to prevent the gate of Benxi City from closing, so that the 10,000 cavalry would have no way to retreat. However, Yuan Chang and the others had planned to abandon Benxi City, and they didn't care much about whether the 10,000 cavalry could return to the city. Therefore, it had long been said to the generals in command of the cavalry that once they could not return to the city, they would retreat to the southeast and go to the forbidden Shiqiaozi City. It's just that Yuan Chang and Guo Jia didn't expect that the plan they had planned before did not come in handy, and Gao Jianchang did not send cavalry to block the closure of the city gate, but instead pursued the Youzhou cavalry who destroyed the stone thrower. In this way, it is also a good thing to let the Youzhou cavalry return to Benxi City along the way, and for the subsequent battle, it is also a good thing to be able to have more troops.

Of course, Yuan Chang didn't know it, mainly because Gao Jianchang cared too much about the stone thrower, so he didn't think of sending cavalry to block the closure of the city gate of Benxi City for a while.

The stone thrower was destroyed again, and thousands of soldiers were killed and wounded, and the morale plummeted, so naturally he could not continue to attack the city, and Gao Jianchang could only order a retreat again. However, he has already had two experiences against the enemy, and Gao Jianchang has also been fully prepared, and he will not give Tai Shici any more chances. Fortunately, this time the Goguryeo side prepared a large number of siege equipment, although it was destroyed twice, there are still a lot. Therefore, after a day of arming the city, Goguryeo and other forces attacked the city again.

In the city, Yuan Chang and they were also discussing.

"Commander Tai Shi Ci, how are you preparing?"

"My lord, it is ready, our army can retreat at any time!"

"Okay, then give the order and prepare to retreat!"

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