Chapter 274: Do You Want to Go to War? (Ask for a commuter pass)
Although he was confused, Jin Xiu quickly commanded the archers to go to the city wall and commanded the garrison in the city to prepare to defend the city gates. Although he is from a family and pampered, he is by no means a wreck, and his position in the first city of the border city of Goryeo is enough to show his ability.
The cold wind blew, and the snow foam scattered in all directions, and those who were hit by the cold wind couldn't help but shiver.
The snow does not melt half a month ago, so even if the sun is shining now, people can still freeze to death outside.
The hand that drew the bow was unprotected, and the hand of a Goryeo soldier froze and could not be controlled, causing an arrow to break away from the bowstring and shoot onto the shield of the Tang army's shield guard, and then bounce weakly to the ground.
After the shield soldiers and the members of the personal leadership were in place, the recorder of the Hundred Cavalry Division looked at Zhang Jian excitedly.
Zhang Jian nodded, and the herald immediately issued the order to attack.
"Ignition, Shoot!"
Yu Tai was also at the front of the battlefield, and after hearing the order, he immediately inserted the torch in his hand into the ground and used it as a fire.
Many people are not used to this point before archery, and they need to be trained to form muscle memory and quickly shoot the ignited arrows.
"Shoot the arrows!"
Jin Xiu, who was on the city wall, saw that the Tang army was attacking, and also ordered to release arrows.
It is a pity that the Tang troops at the front are hiding behind their shields and it is difficult to shoot. However, his side occupies a geographical advantage, and the arrows of the Tang army are also shot in vain. If he didn't know Zhang Jian, Jin Xiu almost wanted to jump off the city wall and pull Zhang Jian's shirt to ask him if he was sick, so he brought the army here to play.
A round of arrow rain interaction, many of Goryeo's arrows were blocked by the shield, only a few can be nailed to the shield, the most unlucky one of the soldiers, but the helmet was shot by the arrow, and there was nothing wrong with the person.
On the other hand, the arrows of the Tang Army? Draw a graceful arc? Avoided the arrow battlements on the city wall and fell on the wall of Goryeo.
A Goryeo soldier laughed and picked up an arrow? The same archery? They had an advantage over the Don Army. Can they still pick up the arrows of the Tang Army and shoot them back? I'm afraid the Tang army won't dare, without the protection of the shield? They can only be sent to death.
Excited? He ignored the fuse on the arrow, just as he was about to report the delightful event to his superiors.
Gunpowder arrows, exploded ....
There are not a few people who do the same thing as this unlucky soldier, so after the first round of arrow rain on the Tang Army's side is over? A loud explosion suddenly sounded on the walls of the Goryeo city? and the screams of the Goryeo soldiers.
Their indiscreet armor could not resist the gunpowder arrows, but only a round of arrows killed and wounded.
The recorder said excitedly: "Although the power of a single shot of gunpowder arrows is average, but it is used on a large scale? The power is already terrifying, General? The lowly thought that he could escort the siege mines closer. ”
It was said that it was most effective to understand the advice of pedestrians, but Zhang Jian shook his head: "It's too dangerous to get close to the city wall?" We have to create opportunities for our sons. Come, give me orders? Rapid fire of gunpowder arrows? So that the enemies on the walls can't hold their heads up? In the interval of archery, those who are holding palm thunder are thrown upward, so that the Koreans cannot show their heads! ”
The recorder looked excitedly at the front line, the power of gunpowder arrows has already been seen, and the power of grenades, combined with the number of troops, may give people a greater surprise.
As a result, the Goryeo soldiers on the city wall had not yet recovered from the incident of destroying the three views, and the second round of arrow rain of the Tang army came again.
"Dodge those arrows, don't get close, they'll explode! Wait until the explosion is over and shoot an arrow outward! Order the shield soldiers to go up to the city wall, and be sure to plug all the gaps! ”
Jin Xiu jumped to his feet and shouted, he didn't expect that the arrows of the Tang people would explode as if they were possessed by demons, just a round of arrow rain, and the archers on the city wall were seriously damaged, and the second round came again.
Before he could give more orders, an arrow shot at him like a long eye.
After the bang, Jin Xiuqiang endured the ringing in his ears, and didn't notice any pain on his body, but his wooden kettle was broken, and the intoxicating liquor had spilled more than half.
Tyrannical creatures! Before he had time to regain his senses, Jin Xiu poured all the liquor into his stomach as soon as he tilted his neck.
He had never tried such a drink before, and only after doing so did he realize the wonderfulness. Although the stomach hurt more and more, the warmth that appeared from the bone marrow was no longer short-lived, but always filled the whole body.
Before he had time to reminisce, he took the shield of his own soldier and erected it in front of him.
Receiving an exploding arrow himself made him realize that the power of this weapon was not a direct threat to life. It's just a shield that blocks damage.
But before he could rejoice in the new discovery, he found that not only arrows, but also some iron lumps were thrown against the wall.
Before he was about to reprimand the archers, Jin Xiu was desperate to find that they were all running around with their heads in their hands, and none of them dared to shoot arrows again. Not all soldiers can think as calmly as the main general, and this terrifying weapon of the Tang Army shocked their minds for the first time.
Seeing the sparks on those iron bumps, and thinking that it was the same when the arrows exploded, Jin Xiu threw away the shield and wanted to pick it up and throw it back to Tang Jun.
"General be careful!"
Seeing that the master was going to do such a dangerous thing, Jin Xiu's subordinates hurriedly hugged the master face to face, and shouted to the rest of his subordinates to take the general down from the city.
Rumble....
I don't know how many times it roared, but this time the explosion was even more terrifying than those arrows.
Jin Xiu desperately hugged his subordinates who vomited blood, just now, the iron lump he was going to pick up exploded, and then, his loyal subordinate, his back was like someone had been scratched, and the blood suddenly soaked through his coat.
"Withdraw!"
After roaring hoarsely, Jin Xiu felt that he had no strength in his whole body, and let several subordinates carry him off the city wall.
When he looked back, he obviously had no strength, but Jin Xiu still wanted to smash his fist on the ground.
It's just that in such a short period of time, there were many dead and wounded on the city walls. Bright red blood flowed on the ground, and it was quickly frozen into red ice by the cold ground and cold wind, if it wasn't for now, the blood would definitely flow to the city.
This is not a siege, this is a massacre!
What made Jin Xiu desperate the most was the reaction of the soldiers, the Tang army did not surround three and lack one, but the whole army gathered in front. After discovering this, the Goryeo soldiers decisively abandoned the frontal city defense and began to flee. In the face of such a massacre, they no longer have the guts.
"Go back! Definitely defend the walls! What problems can escape solve? Have you all forgotten the glory of Goryeo? ”
Unable to shout, he could only let the tears slide down, and when he wiped the tears, Jin Xiu was surprised to find that his hands had turned purple. This is frostbite, but the blue and purple hands still do not feel pain, and they are still warm....
On the other hand, the team members did not know that the city wall had become a Shura field, because they did not have a very practical understanding of gunpowder weapons, and they did not know that the psychological defense line of the Goryeo defense army had completely collapsed. The release of gunpowder arrows and grenades was to buy time for the troops under the city gates.
After throwing the big box nicknamed "Big Guy" under the city gate and lighting the fuse, Hammer ran back with his men for his life, even ignoring whether there would be any arrows on the city walls.
After riding on the horse, a group of men carrying shields fled for their lives.
Zhang Jian didn't understand why the army retreated, and he had to retreat quickly, but when a roar that was more terrifying than a thunderbolt sounded, he looked stiffly behind him. I saw that the stones that formed the city wall flew up for nine days at this time, and one of the unlucky members of the ignition team who was running away was knocked to the ground by the stone, and it was the hammer that threw away the shield regardless of life and death, and threw out a rope to tie him, so that he was freed from death.
Also feeling this roar were the Goryeo soldiers, but unlike the Tang army, who listened to the bustle, they only heard a dull sound and couldn't hear anything.
The boxy city wall perfectly restrained the shock wave, shattering not only their eardrums, but also their internal organs.
A roar brought silence.
"This...."
was hit in the head by a small stone falling from the sky, Zhang Jian only felt that he was in severe pain all over his body. Just watching, he hurts for those Koreans.
The recorder bit his finger excitedly, and recorded the word "Shenwei" in the notebook, although he was already full of expectations for this big guy, but the actual use of the result was still beyond his expectations.
Such a weapon, the name of "artifact", is well deserved!
"Damn, what is this thing that the prince made up!"
It was a long time before Zhang Jian regained control of his tongue. The emperor's letter only said that this thing is more powerful than the eight-bull crossbow, and now it seems that there is something powerful or not, with it, the eight-ox crossbow is only suitable for chopping firewood!
As if he saw what Zhang Jian was thinking, Yu Tai pointed to his subordinates who were still vomiting blood and said: "Lian Chenghou, you have also seen that this big guy can hurt the enemy, but at the same time, it will also hurt his own people." In fact, the most moderate power is the arrow of the eight-bull crossbow, the power of that thing is more terrible than the grenade, but it's a pity that you don't have the eight-bull crossbow here, and we can't carry it, so we didn't bring it. ”
With a long sigh of relief, Zhang Jian pointed to the smoke-filled Liaodong City and said: "Such a powerful weapon is really terrifying, when I think of this big guy staying in our city for two days, I am afraid for a while now." Okay, there's no bigger movement now, can we enter? ”
Seeing Yu Tai nodding, Zhang Jian ordered the army to advance.
It took the herald to give the order twice before the stunned soldiers got into action.
Across the plains, through the gravel area, everyone was silent when they saw what the city looked like. Some fragile recruits also vomited on the spot.
Near the side of the collapsed city wall, there were stumps and broken arms everywhere, and the rain of blood fell to the ground and froze, making the battlefield more and more eerie.
Some of the life-threatening Goryeo soldiers, struggling on the ground with their ears covered, saw the Tang army, and could only wield their swords in despair.
Here, where is still the border city of Goryeo, it is clearly the lowest level of the underworld!
Swallowing a mouthful of saliva that seemed to smell of blood, Zhang Jian ordered: "Quickly clean up the battlefield, see if there are still supplies in the city, and move them all." ”
It's no longer a handover, but this roar completely smashed a city, and the Goryeo people rushed over crookedly, but they could only return directly to the west under the firm sword of the Tang army.
Seeing this, the recorder laughed and squatted down and recorded in a notebook with the fingers of a dead soldier of Goryeo: "The three walls will restrain the power of gunpowder weapons..."
After recording these, he found that Zhang Jian was looking at him strangely.
Standing up and smiling, the recorder said: "It's a shame to write in your own blood, isn't it better to use the blood of the Koreans to record?" ”
Zhang Jian shook his head and said, "Old man, it doesn't matter whose blood you use to write, but can you not laugh so insidiously?" The old man was scared when he heard it. ”
....
The Dasuo in the city was over in less than half an hour, and when Tanma reported that Goryeo reinforcements had arrived, Zhang Jian had to give up the idea of building a Jingguan temple for these Goryeo people.
"All back to the city, the Goryeo people of Dog Day are crazy, and the remaining 90,000 troops are dispatched together, haha, this time it will be replaced by us defending the city."
After years of confrontation, the soldiers of the Tang Army had long hated the Goryeo people, and today they annihilated more than 10,000 people in one fell swoop and destroyed a city.
After all, there was nothing good in the military city, and after picking up the Goryeo armaments as rags, the Tang army brigade returned to its own city, and then waited for the Goryeo army to come to the city.
Kim Ya is Kim so's cousin and the defender of Goryeo's second city. The roar that could be heard from more than a dozen miles away made him restless, and he could only gather the troops of all the cities to rush to the aid of Jinxiu.
He didn't think that Jinxiu's city would be breached, and he didn't receive the news of a large-scale dispatch of the Tang army, at most, Zhang Jian, the defender of the Tang army, was unwilling to be lonely and fought with Jinxiu.
Thinking of the 20,000 people in the Tang Army, Jin Ya was upset and irritable.
It's only 20,000 people, as long as all the 100,000 troops are dispatched, they can easily take it, why doesn't the king allow them to make any changes?
The team that was running wildly on the road in front looked familiar, and the figure lying on a big shield looked like his younger brother.
"Kim so?"
Waving his hand to stop the team, Jin Ya jumped off his horse and walked towards his cousin angrily, the general abandoned the battlefield and fled for his life first, which would bring shame on the entire family!
But when he walked in front of Jin Xiu, he found that his younger brother was dead.
It was obviously so cold at this time, but he still pulled his armor and wanted to open it, as if it was too hot to do it.
This is a symptom of freezing to death, and it is sad to say that the Goryeo army freezes to death every year, and the ability to resist cold will not be distinguished by the Tang Dynasty and the Goryeo people.
However, this is puzzling again, why do good people freeze to death?
"What's going on?"
Jin Ya gritted his teeth and asked his brother's subordinates, but no one responded. They have become deaf.
These people are illiterate, and Jin Ya didn't know what to do for a while, so he could only order someone to transport his younger brother to his city, and he was going to see what was going on in Liaodong City.
The city gate behind it was wide open, and you could see the city wall in front of you after entering, but after passing through the city gate, Jin Ya was shocked by the scene in front of him and was speechless.
Gone....
The good city wall is gone!
Looking at the rubble scattered everywhere, it was hard for Golden Cliff to imagine what force had shattered a city wall. Even if a lot of manual demolition is used, it is not a month to complete the demolition.
There was a dead body on the side of the road, and apart from the bleeding ear and the same as several of his brother's subordinates, the fatal wound he received was a knife wound.
Such an injury Jin Ya is very familiar with, and only the horizontal knife of the Tang people can inflict such an injury on a person's neck. A person with a knife can easily cut off a person's head if they are experienced.
"Damn the Don!"
Jin Ya roared angrily, and led the team through the rocks, he was ready to press to the Tang people's city and ask them what they were going to do!
At this moment, he even forgot the advice of the king of Goryeo.
The distance of more than ten miles was fleeting, and when he arrived outside the border city of the Tang Dynasty, his anger burned directly to the chrysanthemum!
Because the Tang people were celebrating, he could smell the aroma of meat and wine in the city from such a distance.
When Ma Yi supplied coal to the border army, he would also send a large number of cattle and sheep to the border army.
The arrival of the Goryeo army did not seem to disturb the Tang people, he saw with his own eyes that a few soldiers on the city wall were holding a leg of mutton and pointing at him, although he couldn't understand what they were saying, but it was definitely not a good word!
After calling the tongue man and asking clearly, Jin Ya shouted in an awkward Tang dialect: "What about your general, ask him to come out and answer!" ”
Before he shouted, Zhang Jian appeared at the head of the city, and said in a very neat Goryeo dialect: "Okay, don't shout in your lame Tang dialect, it's disgusting to hear, I will be here, if you have something to say, say it quickly." ”
As a line general, the biggest shame is that he doesn't even master the language of others, which Jin Ya knows very well. However, he was not prepared to dwell on this point, and asked directly: "Damn Tang people, why are you attacking our city, do you want to go to war?" ”
Zhang Jian laughed, as if he had heard some ridiculous joke, and after translating Jin Ya's words into Tang dialect and telling them to the people around him, the people who laughed suddenly became the entire Tang army.
I really don't know how this stupid general could be so confident, if it weren't for the mixed forces on the Liaodong side, why could Goryeo survive for so long?
"At war? You go back and ask your king if he has such thoughts, and if so, I, Zhang Jian, am willing to salute him!" As for why you attacked your city, it was simply because of your disrespect to Goryeo. I, Datang, give you the opportunity to send back the bones of the soldiers of the previous dynasty, which can be regarded as giving you enough face. But not only do you not obey your fate, but you also dare to talk about conditions, this is looking for death! Go back and tell your king that from now on, as long as you delay for a month, the Tang Dynasty will destroy one of your cities. You have also seen the tragic situation in Liaodong City, and it is no exaggeration to tell you that in a normal battle, we only injured a dozen people, and only one was seriously injured. Let him think about whether to die or be beaten! ”