Chapter 304: The Great War
"It's not surprising that two days later, it's the summer solstice! Every year on the summer solstice, there is a heavy rain in the city and nearby, and the subordinates have asked the local people, and this has not changed for decades. Li Jing said with a slight smile.
"I see!" Zou Yu patted his forehead and suddenly realized, and at the same time learned a little bit that the local climate is very clear to the local old farmers. Secretly reminded himself that this must be remembered, and then began to discuss the details with Li Jing.
For this battle, the workshop on this side of Liaodong started its horsepower and worked in winter and spring, so you can imagine how to prepare.
The old farmer's experience is really reliable, the rainstorm that fell two days later, fortunately, Zou Yu and they have been prepared, the camp is on the high ground, and the drainage ditch has been dug a long time ago, except for the hard sentry sentry, they are all hiding in the camp tent.
Goguryeo was miserable, they had too many soldiers, the camp they built was not so rigorous, and water leakage was a normal thing, so most of them did not escape the end of the rain, even if it was summer, it was still very uncomfortable.
On the third day, the wind and rain stopped, so there were not a few people who caught a cold, at this time, Zou Yu's camp moved, bringing a huge commotion to the Goguryeo people, and for a while, the war horses galloped, passing the news back and forth.
Wing Chi Wende didn't have a telescope, so he just stood on a small slope, waiting for the spies to deliver the news.
Relatively speaking, Li Jing is much more relaxed, at least two or three miles on the flat ground, which can be seen at a glance, and even a single soldier can clearly see it when he is erecting a horse rejection.
What Etozhi Wende waited for was all bad news, first of all, a group of men and horses blocked a mile of the city in the country, without the slightest fear of being besieged; Immediately afterwards, he received the news that seven nearby strongholds were attacked at the same time; Before he could figure it out, Zou Yu's banner appeared not far from him again, that is, he did not attack or retreat.
In the past two days, more than 100,000 people took turns cutting down trees, just to make some rejection horses, which was simply to sharpen the trees directly, and then insert them diagonally into the ground.
Zou Yu and Han Qianxun arranged the defense, mainly based on these trees, and the other was the stumbling ropes, ropes, which were tied to the stakes driven into the ground. If the rope can still be seen, then there are a lot of thin cotton and twine, just about the same as the line of sight, there are some traps, although these means are not very lethal, but for the destruction of the formation, it is still very effective to hinder the attack.
The most talked, is still the iron thistle, which is a five-pointed iron tool, only the size of a thumb, and is thrown on the ground, like a sea urchin.
If you want to talk about ordinary soldiers, what do you wear in summer? Of course, straw sandals are the most, think about that one foot on it...... Gee! The taste must be very sour.
Tens of thousands of thistles were thrown on the ground so indiscriminately, because they were mainly defensive, so they didn't have to worry about their own people inadvertently stepping on them.
This kind of good thing, in fact, was first intended to deal with the Turkic cavalry, so Zou Yu made 200,000 pieces in a frenzy, and this time he brought 100,000 out, and the rest were sent to Yanmen and other places.
Otchi Wende hadn't figured out the specific direction of the attack yet, and he never thought that the side with a much smaller number would dare to fully blossom, and he didn't expect that there was no temptation at all, so he immediately went all out.
For a long time, Goguryeo has always fought more with less, and it is also accustomed to the way of testing first, finding out the shortcomings and then attacking, so unreasonable, coming up and going straight to work, it is generally the dominant side, and the weak side will behave like this.
At this time, a series of seven messages asking for help hit him dizzy, and he really couldn't figure out why more than 100,000 people, the defensive stronghold arranged, would be beaten for help at the same time.
There are also two teams of people outside the city and in front of them, where did these people come from? Eji Wende thought blankly.
Of course he didn't know, Zou Yu attached great importance to defense, seven teams, not only the main general was wearing armor, each team had a thousand light and thin steel armor, and a thousand people were half-face armor that covered the front, leaving three thousand, although there was no iron armor, a helmet was still inevitable, plus a shield, it was not difficult to protect yourself.
Five thousand men saw a camp and killed it, completely ignoring the bow and arrow support of the flank camp.
The front were all fierce men, and with a wave of their weapons, they broke through the fence of the camp, and the soldiers who followed behind rushed up and quickly killed them.
In the camp, the archers are mainly used, just to consume Zou Yu's troops, and now the archers can't play a role, almost half of them are wasted, and the archers are close to them, that is, they cut melons and vegetables, and they are killed to the point that they can't be defeated.
Looking for appearance, Xue Wanche, the two of them are very high-armed generals, wearing full-body armor, and they don't care about themselves when they kill, so they are naturally very happy.
To say that the most courageous is the rest of the team, Luo Shixin has a flag gun, like the autumn wind sweeping the leaves, two feet in a radius, there is no one alive, even his own people, are far away, for fear of being injured by mistake.
Luo Shixin profoundly expounded the name of hating the sky, and even the arrow tower was swept by a shot and collapsed! Not to mention people, for every shot, a few have to be swept away.
Domineering! This is a portrayal of Luo Shixin, one shot is swept out, and all armies are avoided!
Liang Shitai and Qin Yong are a lot worse than this, but the two of them are fierce generals, with great strength, anyway, they have armor to protect their bodies, and they are carrying hammers, they are rushing violently, with the current lineup of Goguryeo, there is really no one who can resist them.
Pei Yuanqing is brave! Where there are many people rushing, where there are difficulties, try to go to the difficult places; As for Li Yuanba, he was a little crazy as soon as he made his moves, his eyes were red, and he liked to smash down with a hammer, smashing a living person into a meat pie, as long as he saw him, his opponents all fled in horror.
Of course, the Goguryeo people were not stupid, and the 10,000 horses in the rear immediately supported the past, and at the same time, according to the situation in front, they organized a group of powerful soldiers, found some heavy weapons, and rushed over.
After adjustment, the Goguryeo people actually blocked Xun Xiang, Xue Wanche, Liang Shitai and Qin Yong. It's just that the most elite ones were selected, and the rest of the soldiers were tragic again, and the back rout of the soldiers disrupted part of the team, and they encountered the elite of the all-armored soldiers. For their weapons, these soldiers are invulnerable, especially the thin steel knife bought from Zou Yu, cut it two or three times, and it will be directly pure, which makes many soldiers die in a stunned process.
The Goguryeo people can temporarily resist Liang Shitai and others, but for Luo Shixin, Pei Yuanqing and Li Yuanba, there is no little girl at all. For the three of them, no matter who they were, it was a matter of one move, and it did not diminish their power in the slightest.
Luo Shixin gave them the feeling that they were invincible, a group rushed over, and they were swept away by a group, and he didn't use the second way of attack, sweeping over with one shot, and then sweeping back.
As for Pei Yuanqing, although he felt better, it did not stop him from attacking at all. Only Li Yuanba, no one wants to face him at all, and when he sees his murderous soldiers, they are all like seeing a trick in a hundred days, and the speed of escape is comparable to that of a war horse! One person ran after hundreds of people, with the panicked screams of the soldiers, more and more people fled, and the people who came up behind did not rush at all, they were led by their own people, thinking that they had been defeated, turned around and ran.
The messengers who asked for help, wave after wave, Yizhi Wende was helpless, and only divided 20,000 horses to support the two nearest places.
As for itself, he didn't dare to wait, he still had more than 40,000 people in his hands, and immediately sent 30,000 people to besiege Zou Yu on three sides. At the same time, he also sent a message to Yang Wanchun, dragging people outside the city in China, and at the same time acting at the opportunity.
Knowing that the decisive battle had started in advance, Yizhi Wende was not a hesitant person, and the remaining 12,000 cavalry in his hand were sent out immediately, just to kill Zou Yu.
The first to make a contribution is the thistle, Zou Yubu is the thistle, it is completely scattered indiscriminately, even if the Goguryeo people want to get rid of it, it is very difficult, because you need to bend down and check it slowly, after all, such a small thing, mixed with grass, is not easy to see clearly, not to mention that you have to beware of archers.
The steel-armed longbow has an extremely long range, not to mention that it is still in the hands of the Murwei and the Khitan people, and it is even more powerful.
After attacking a wave, soon the Goguryeo people retreated, and seeing that they had not even broken through the first temporary line of defense, Eulji Wende only felt the green tendons on his forehead throb, and his blood pressure rose slowly.
"When did the Goguryeo soldiers become so fragile that they don't even have the spirit of sacrifice." Oji Wende thought sadly.
There was no way, so Etowen had no choice but to send a team of warlords to force his men to attack and create opportunities for the cavalry.
After all, the thistle terrestris is not very dense, and in the case of the pressure of the army, the effect becomes a lot smaller, but fortunately, there are still a lot of soldiers who are injured.
Stumbling on the horse rope and rejecting the horse, this second line of defense, the casualties are also not small, mainly because they are approaching, which is the range where the archers are safe and exert the greatest power.
Long arrows, like a life-threatening Yama, harvesting the lives of Goguryeo, are so close at hand, but they can't do anything and can't go further.
At the cost of attrition of 30%, Goguryeo rushed in and began to engage in hand-to-hand combat.
The equipment of the archers has long been changed, and in the event of a melee battle, they do not need to change weapons at all, they only need to pull out the three-edged thorn around their waist with their right hand, and it becomes a melee with two weapons in hand.
The left-handed steel arm bow can be used to block, and the three-edged thorn is the main lethal weapon. The soldiers have all seen that a living deer was only hit in the abdomen, and then it died bleeding profusely.
"There is no cure, even if there is anesthetic, at least there is no way now.
The cavalry was also uncomfortable, and many war horses were injured in the iron thistle, and then rushed to Zou Yu.
"Kill!" Zou Yu was fearless, carrying a long stick, and stood at the front.
"Roar!" The soldiers roared loudly, put up the cavalry spears in their hands, and pointed diagonally in the direction of the Goguryeo cavalry.
"Poof! Poof! The sound sounded one after another, and a spear with a length pierced the war horse, and then the mournful roar of the war horse was heard.
Instead of retreating, Zou Yu carried a weapon, instigated a war horse, and charged over.
Luo Cheng also wanted to rush, but his body had not recovered, his chest still had a faint pain, and he had to command the soldiers, so he could only stand in place with a huff and keep giving orders.
Although Zou Yu rushed into the enemy group, he would also take the cavalry for a while and a half, and there was not much he could do, after all, this was 10,000 horses, and even if he didn't move, he would have to kill for a long time. It's just that he rushed like this, relieving the pressure on the defenders and concentrating the firepower on himself.
Compared with Zou Yu's difficulty, Han Qianxun is much easier, three hundred beds, one crossbow and three arrows, arrows the size of pigeon eggs, one arrow penetrates several people, tearing a fist-sized wound, it can be said that if you don't die, you will be seriously injured.
The bed is within a range of one mile, and it has lethality, which is why it is used to blockade the domestic city.
Yang Wanchun sent people to attack, leaving hundreds of corpses behind, and then retreated; Then he tried to send someone to make a detour, but the road was full of thistles, which made the soldiers tremble.
wanted to send more men and horses to rescue, Han Qianxun moved forward again, and directly approached the city, so he was in a stalemate with him.
"Kill!" Han Zhao and Xi Junmai led the cavalry and killed them from behind the Goguryeo cavalry.
Yizhi Wende's face changed, he didn't expect that at this time, there were still ambush soldiers, and they were cavalry who had tried their best to restrict.
Think about it, because of the trap, the cavalry can't be used to attack, but it's still no problem to use it for field battles, especially after the rain, the soil is soft, and some small pits are no longer a threat to the war horses.
Yizhi Wende felt a sense of weakness all over his body, and he knew how big the gap was between himself and the top coach in the Central Plains. The chain of defensive circles carefully laid by himself was understated, and it was broken directly without even temptation.
"I'm afraid that the people of the Central Plains, looking at me, the so-called military god of Goguryeo, is a joke!" Oji Wende thought sadly.
"Report!" At this moment, a herald came at a great speed, and shouted anxiously from afar.
"Say!" Eji Wende asked with a strong spirit.
"Report!" Without waiting for the messenger to reply, another fast horse came.
"General Hui, the left battalion has been lost, the whole army has been defeated, and a small number of people are rushing towards this side!"
"General Qiyu, the first battalion on the right has been lost, and the whole army has been defeated!" The two of them said quickly, one after the other.
"What!" Yizhi Wende was shocked, you must know the two defense points on the left and right, and he also deliberately sent 20,000 people to support, but he didn't expect to be defeated like this.
Originally, he hoped to support these two passes, defeat the opponent first, and then let them support the rest of the points, but who knows that in such a short time, both sides failed.
The more I thought about it, the more anxious I became, and a flush suddenly rose on Eji Wende's old face, and then I couldn't help but open my mouth "poof"! A mouthful of blood spurted out, and the person fell backwards at once.
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