Gao Jianchang and Jian Qiutai and others finished discussing, in fact, the two of them were discussing, and the other people were just making soy sauce. With a strategy to deal with the soldiers and horses in Youzhou, Gao Jianchang and others also implemented the plan and advanced steadily to ensure that nothing went wrong.

However, before that, there is still some preparation, which is naturally to build siege equipment.

Because he guessed that there was such a need on the way, Goguryeo was brought to the army by Gao Jianchang even with the craftsmen and slaves who had built siege equipment in Marudu. With the issuance of Gao Jianchang's order, these craftsmen and slaves have increased their horsepower and started work with all their might, and hundreds of stone throwers and punching cars were built in just ten days, with an average of ten stone throwing machines and ten punching cars per day, and the speed was also extremely fast.

"General Qiyu, the enemy army is calling for battle outside the city!"

However, the siege equipment on Gao Jianchang's side has not yet been built, and on this day, a soldier came to report that there were Youzhou soldiers and horses to attack the city. When Gao Jianchang heard this, he immediately followed the main generals of several countries to the head of Benxi City, and looked out, but it was Tai Shici's soldiers and horses.

"General Tai Shici, since he was defeated in the past, how dare he come to attack the city today. Gao Jianchang saw that the person who came was Tai Shici, and immediately mocked.

It's just that Tai Shici is too lazy to deal with Gao Jianchang's ridicule.

Tai Shi Ci 50,000 soldiers and horses, lined up in a good formation, although it is said that the troops are not as large as the combined forces of several countries such as Goguryeo, but the momentum is not weaker than the other side. The main reason is that several countries of Goguryeo are united, and the troops are chaotic, and there is no military power at all. Gao Jianchang was glad that their Goguryeo king asked for support from several countries in time, otherwise, their Goguryeo soldiers and horses alone would really not be able to defeat the soldiers and horses of Youzhou.

Outside the city, Tai Shici's soldiers had already begun to move. Of course, it was not a siege, but a trench was dug outside the city and horses were laid to resist it.

It's just that what makes Gao Jianchang and others a little puzzled is, what is Tai Shici going to do?

If Tai Shici wanted to attack Benxi City, recapture the city, dig a trench, and block horses, wouldn't he stop his own soldiers from going out to fight? Of course, Gao Jianchang and the others could not think of it, so they just watched from the top of the city and did not immediately send troops and horses out of the city. He didn't know if Tai Shi Ci was cheating, if he went out of the city to fight and fell into Tai Shi Ci's scheme, then the troops lost in the original attack on Benxi City would be a loss in vain. Originally, there was no benefit from capturing Benxi City, and if the city was lost again, their generals would not have to go back, and they would just apologize for their crimes with death.

It's just that it won't be long before Gao Jianchang and the others have to pay the price for their caution.

After digging the trench and laying out the horse rejection, Tai Shici finally had a new move. I saw that under the command of Tai Shici, one after another stone throwing machines were pushed up, and one stone throwing machine at a few steps apart was aimed at Benxi City.

"Haha, it's just whimsical that they want to attack us from such a distance. ”

Walton immediately laughed when he saw Tai Shici's actions. At the beginning, they used a stone thrower to attack Benxi City, but they were all placed not far from Benxi City, and the position of Tai Shici's stone thrower was more than twice as far as their original position, how could this hit the city wall, it was a joke.

It's just that Walton was laughing alone, and Gao Jianchang and the others all showed a contemplative look when they saw this, which was obviously different from what Walton thought.

"Tell the shieldmen to step forward!"

Gao Jianchang gave an order loudly, although the shield soldier could not stop the boulder of the trebuchet. However, if more than a dozen shield soldiers use shields to protect themselves, then there is no problem, anyway, Gao Jianchang will not let himself have the slightest problem. Seeing this, several other people also gave corresponding orders. Walton was still laughing at Tai Shi Ci's approach just now, if he was like Gao Jianchang at this moment, how to pull his face, he didn't react immediately, and just looked at the actions of Tai Shi Ci's soldiers and horses outside the city in a daze.

"Boom!" "Boom!"

Finally, Tai Shici's soldiers and horses outside the city had been arranged, and with an order, the stone throwing machines began to work one after another, and hundreds of catties or even thousands of catties of boulders were smashed towards the head of Benxi City like raindrops. At a distance that seemed impossible to attack, the boulder could even fall near the head of the city, and I don't know how many soldiers died under the attack of the boulder. And one of the boulders, which was so good to die, smashed in the direction where Walton was located. Walton was stunned and forgot to dodge.

"The general is careful, someone is coming, don't hurry up and protect the general!"

Walton was stunned, but Zach was not stupid. Seeing the reaction of Gao Jianchang and others just now, Zack was already on guard, he knew that his general had a tendon in his head, and if he said something like that before, he would definitely not be able to pull down his face for the soldiers to protect, and Zack secretly asked the shield soldiers to step forward and prepare to shoot at any time. Seeing Walton stunned at this moment, he hurriedly asked the shield soldiers around him to step forward and protect Walton with his shield.

"Click!" "Click!" "Click!"

"Poof!" "Poof!" "Poof!"

The sound of bones cracking and vomiting blood came, and a dozen or so Nanwofu soldiers who used shields to protect Walton were not able to continue to stand, and the worst ones all broke their arms, spat blood and fell to the ground, and even more seriously, they were directly shocked by the concussive force of the boulder and vomited blood to death. Seeing this situation, although Gao Jianchang and the others did not experience it personally, they were all frightened, and they dared to continue to stand on top of the city, and they hid in the nearby corner towers. Walton had already experienced it himself, and naturally he was not stupid, and he also hid in the corner tower. At this moment, several main generals were thinking about the situation just now, where did they still have the heart to laugh at Walton.

In the past, Goguryeo and several other countries had never had a large-scale war with the Central Plains, that is, they plundered the cities on the border, and never fought siege warfare. Therefore, they do not understand the power of the stone thrower. Some time ago, they attacked Benxi City and smashed it with a stone-throwing machine, but now they have seen the power of the stone-throwing machine with their own eyes, and they really understand how powerful this siege artifact is.

If you have such a siege artifact, if you want to invade the Central Plains in the future, wouldn't you come and go freely. Thinking of this, the generals of several other countries all looked at Gao Jianchang, like a wolf who had been hungry and thirsty for a long time, and saw a beautiful woman with a red fruit.

Gao Jianchang only felt a chill in his heart, and hurriedly said: "You are all my friends in Goguryeo, and my Goguryeo will naturally not treat my friends badly." However, this general does not have the right to call the shots, so if you want the blueprints of the siege equipment, you must make a request to my king, and I hope you will understand. ”

Of course, it won't work if you don't understand, now that you want to start a war with Youzhou, without Goguryeo's siege equipment, they can only go back empty-handed. Therefore, this matter can only be discussed after the end of the war.

Outside the city, Tai Shici's soldiers and horses threw boulders towards Benxi City without interruption.

Although Goguryeo obtained the blueprints for the construction of siege equipment, they were still a long way behind the Central Plains people in terms of how to use siege equipment. The Central Plains people have been playing these things since the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, and they have been playing for hundreds of years now, and they have long been familiar with these things. Just like the catapult, the people of the Central Plains know how to protect it, how not to be easily destroyed by the enemy, therefore, often during the civil war in the Central Plains, if they want to destroy the siege equipment of the catapult, they must exchange the lives of soldiers for saving the city. Like Goguryeo, they were first destroyed by rockets on the first day, and then destroyed by a cavalry raid on the second day. On the third day, it was because Tai Shi Ci was about to withdraw his troops that he didn't think about how to destroy the Goguryeo stone throwing machine, otherwise, Tai Shi Ci would still be able to destroy their siege equipment. And today, the positions of the two siege sides were reversed, and it was Tai Shici's turn to attack the city with a stone thrower, so Gao Jianchang and the others immediately had no countermeasures.

Gao Jianchang They only know that the stone thrower can be used to siege the city, but how can they know how to use it best. Just like now, the people of the Central Plains have been on the battlefield for a long time and know how to use the stone thrower, how to attack the farthest distance, and how to effectively control the attack range. All of this is obviously not something that Gao Jianchang and they can do.

Although Benxi City was given to Gao Jianchang, sooner or later it will have to be taken back. Therefore, the attack of the trebuchet only falls on the head of the city and some distance behind the wall, which is the range of the opponent's forces. Tai Shi Ci didn't want to break the city, so naturally he wouldn't let the stone thrower smash the city wall and destroy the houses in the city, otherwise, when Benxi City was recaptured, it would cost manpower, material resources and financial resources to repair it.

"A group of barbarians, who only know how to follow the toddler, how can the divine weapons of my Central Plains be easily used by them. Seeing that the enemy army on the head of the city was beaten and did not dare to come forward, Tai Shici said mockingly.

If it weren't for the fact that the lord cherished the lives of his soldiers and was unwilling to fight hard with Goguryeo and other countries, Tai Shi Ci would have solved these enemies a long time ago. Throughout the ages, no matter when any one of the lords competes for hegemony, where will they consider the lives of the soldiers, they will directly use soldiers to fight, and every overlord is on the road to success, he is stepping on a lot of bones, so there is a saying that he will succeed in ten thousand bones. Of course, for Yuan Chang's approach, Tai Shici's heart was also full of admiration. Yuan Chang not only cherishes the soldiers and the people, but also has a shocking talent, following Yuan Chang, Tai Shici believes that his future achievements will be enough to go down in history. Therefore, for any decision made by Yuan Chang, Tai Shici would not have the slightest doubt or doubt.

"Ziyi, it's almost enough to attack a few more rounds, and they can't help but get out of the city when they think about Gao Jianchang. Although the stone thrower is easy for us to build, it should not be wasted, and it will be used for a few more days to give them a good taste. ”

"Yes, my lord!"

But it was said that Gao Jianchang and the others, who were hiding in the corner tower, saw that Tai Shici's stone thrower had not stopped, and where could they endure it. If this is the case, their soldiers and horses will all die without even touching each other's faces, so what else is there to fight. Thinking of this, several people discussed it and decided to open the city gate and go out to fight Tai Shi Ci, regardless of whether Tai Shi Ci was fraudulent or not.

"Kill, take Tai Shi Ci's head, the official will be promoted to the third level, and the reward will be 1,000 taels; Capture Tai Shi Ci alive, the official will be promoted to the fifth level, and the reward will be 10,000 taels!" Under the very attractive rewards of several main generals, the soldiers of several countries rushed out of the city gate excitedly, ready to show their strength.

However, not long after they rushed out of the city gate, they saw Tai Shici's soldiers and horses pushing the stone thrower and slowly retreating.

"Order the cavalry to pursue, and don't let go of an enemy!"

Gao Jianchang and the others had just suffered from the wretchedness, how could they let Tai Shici's soldiers and horses leave easily, and immediately ordered the cavalry to go out, they must catch up with the other party, no matter what, they have to kill some enemies in order to vent the anger in their hearts.

"Not good!"

However, not long after the cavalry set off, Jian Qiutai suddenly exclaimed, and hurriedly said to his cronies: "Come on, quickly go and order the soldiers to return to the camp, don't chase the enemy again." ”

"Prince Jianqiutai, why are you doing this?"

Gao Jianchang looked at Jian Qiutai with a puzzled expression, but he immediately came to his senses and conveyed the same order as Jian Qiutai to the soldiers beside him. Although Yehena Ratonna and Jin Tainong and others didn't know what Jian Qiutai and Gao Jianchang meant, it seemed that something was wrong depending on the situation, and they all gave the same order. Although Walton was a little dissatisfied, however, after going through the events of these days, he knew that his brain was not good, anyway, it would not be wrong for them to follow Gao Jianchang, and he also came down to let his cavalry stop pursuing.

Seeing that Yehena Ratonna and the others were still puzzled, Gao Jianchang explained: "The soldiers of Youzhou dug a trench in front of the battle before, and they refused to use horses, and I don't know why they are here. Now it seems that the other party has long anticipated the current situation and made preparations to guard against cavalry. Come to think of it, the other party must not only set these traps, now that the enemy situation is unknown, if the cavalry blindly chases, maybe they will fall for Tai Shici's tricks. The Central Plains people have always been treacherous, if the cavalry is wiped out, how can our infantry confront the Central Plains people. ”

The only advantage of the alien race over the Central Plains is cavalry. Since ancient times, the battle between the Central Plains and the surrounding foreign countries, the only thing that worried the Central Plains court was the cavalry of the foreign race. For example, the Turks in the Western Han Dynasty, the Qiang people in the Eastern Han Dynasty, and even the Tang and Song dynasties, the alien race was the most ferocious cavalry. The Yuan Dynasty that destroyed the Southern Song Dynasty and the Manchu people who destroyed the Ming Dynasty all relied on cavalry to dominate. If there is no cavalry, relying on infantry alone, how can the alien race dare to compete with the Central Plains, that is tantamount to self-destruction.

After listening to Gao Jianchang's explanation, several people also understood the reason, and secretly marveled in their hearts, fortunately Jian Qiutai found it early, otherwise, they would all be unable to escape death.

If the cavalry of several of their countries is wiped out, then the intention to attack Youzhou can only be declared a failure, they will not be able to explain to the country, and they will sacrifice such a cavalry in vain.

"Bastard, if we let them harass like this, we can't do anything about it!" Walton roared indignantly, obviously extremely upset.

Jian Qiutai and Gao Jianchang glanced at each other, and seemed to understand what the other party meant. (To be continued.) )