The roaring north wind swept the snowflakes all over the sky, covering the endless plains! Gao Jianwu stood on top of the city of Pyongyang, looked at the Sui army that had not attacked the city for a long time, and smiled, but he didn't wait for him to say anything.

A rumbling sound rang out from time to time.

"King, the Sui army has large siege equipment." A general pointed to the carriage coming from afar, his face shocked.

Gao Jianwu looked at it, as far as the eye could see, but it was a carriage and slowly drove in a row, on the flat car, there were straight fir trees that were seven or eight zhang long, as thick as a waist, and the triangular wood was nailed into a flat row of ladders, each row of ladders was about one zhang wide, and one end was also equipped with a big iron hook to grasp the city, if it was put on the city wall, the army could rush to the city head in groups along the ladder, and there were such straight and tall trees in the nearby forests, which were obviously made by the Sui army in the past few days according to the height of Pyongyang City and the width of the moat.

In the vicinity, hundreds of Ji Sui soldiers were in full swing, and huge objects quickly stood up under their assembly.

Gao Jianwu's face finally became serious, when he was besieging Liaodong City, countless flying stones and arrows fell from the sky, and the stone-grinding cannon stones could smash living people into flesh, and could smash the solid city wall into an opening, and said: "This is a well car, but it doesn't look like it." ”

It is rumored that it was invented by Mozi, it is a sharp weapon for climbing the city and attacking the city, the well is generally three or four zhang high, the base is equipped with wheels, the soldiers can condescendingly launch arrows on it, and the defenders on the city wall are suppressed so that they can't lift their heads. The advantage of the well is that it has a wide shooting range and strong ability to strike at the right knowledge, but the disadvantage is that it moves slowly and can be easily destroyed if there is no corresponding protection next to it.

However, the Sui army's well is different from what Gao Jianwu has seen, it has no arrow tower, the whole is "⊿", the straight face towards Pyongyang City is covered with wooden planks, you can't see what is inside, and the hypotenuse is a staircase composed of logs.

But soon, Gao Jianwu and Goguryeo knew the effect of this strange well. I saw that the Sui army pushed it out of the range of arrows, and then worked together to lift the ladder to the two 'well slabs', and then erected the wooden rows on the well slabs through ropes.

Gao Jianwu's mood became heavy.

"If this row of ladders is on the head of the city, the Sui army can climb directly to the head of the city, and the moat is almost useless." Gao Yanshou looked at this terrifying staircase, and a flash of horror flashed in his eyes.

Gao Jianwu looked at the civil and military officials with ugly faces, and said in a deep voice: "Whether it is true or not, you can't make a conclusion early, but judging from the siege equipment that has not been destroyed before, this thing must be a great threat." ”

Liu Cheng on the side said solemnly: "King, should we prepare to go out of the city to destroy this thing." ”

Gao Jianwu nodded silently and said, "Let's see how effective they are... Now prepare some flammable oil as much as possible, and focus on defending the southern city. ”

"The Admiral understands." Liu Cheng took the order and left.

Under the city!

Yang Tong had a relaxed look on his face, accompanied by Zhang Zhenzhou, Luo Shixin, Niu Jinda, Li Xiuning and other generals, silently watching this fortified city, and there were dense Goguryeo soldiers standing on the city wall, at least a few thousand.

"Husband, is this row of ladders useful?" Li Xiuning asked.

Yang Tong smiled and said: "The city is four zhang high, the moat plus the width under the city, there are about two zhang and three feet, our longest row of ladders is seven zhang long, as long as it is erected from the moat five feet to the city head, it will form a slope of about 30 degrees, and then use a few short rows of ladders to build on the previous row of ladders, and the cavalry will rush to the city head with a charge." Moreover, the walls of Pyongyang are three feet wide, so there is no fear of rushing to the opposite side of the wall, and of course, it is necessary to use catapults and crossbows to crush the defenders so that they cannot lift their heads. ”

"Your Highness!" Luo Shixin was eager to try: "Let me go!" With this row of ladders, I am sure to break through the defense line of the Goguryeo army and fight to the head of the city. ”

"There are nearly 40,000 dead soldiers who are not afraid of death, why do you take such a risk, you are sick?" Yang Tong glanced at him, and then asked Zhang Zhenshou: "General Zhang, when you followed General Lai into Pyongyang City, did you have any good suggestions?" ”

Zhang Zhenzhou said solemnly: "The Goguryeo army is very hostile to my Great Sui, their biggest characteristic is tenacity, in order to defend their own capital, they will follow us desperately to the death, regardless of men, women and children. Your Highness must not expect the Goguryeo people to surrender, only killing them is the right way to attack, let alone believing that they will surrender, that is all lying nonsense, once we are fooled, we will lose all our efforts, this lesson was really painful back then. ”

"The Goguryeo people are so tenacious, they just happen to be buried for hundreds of thousands of heroic souls." Yang Tong glanced at the generals, and said in a calm tone: "Hell sends an order, and when the city is broken, kill them all, and leave no one behind." ”

Li Xiuning's beautiful eyes shrank, slaughtering the city, her husband was going to slaughter the city, since following Yang Tong, she had never heard Yang Tong give such a terrifying order, which shows that Yang Dong is really desperate for the safety of the Great Sui soldiers.

"Whoa!" The generals clasped their fists and said, "The last general will arrange it immediately." ”

"Half an hour later, the siege." Yang Tong ordered.

"No!"

With the siege order delivered, the armies were preparing in an orderly manner!

The atmosphere suddenly tightened, and a solemn atmosphere filled the sky.

。。。。。。

"Boom! Boom! Boom! ”

Half an hour later, the sound of the giant drum shook the sky, the Sui army's shouts of killing rose higher and higher, 10,000 Sui troops quickly deployed, and 10,000 Turkic slaves wearing leather armor and holding horizontal knives also entered their battle positions.

The Goguryeo defenders in the city did not dare to slack off, they had been paying attention to the movements of the Sui army, and when the war drums of the Sui army were beating, they immediately invested 5,000 defenders and 20,000 temporarily armed young men, and intensively deployed at the head of the city.

This expedition to Goguryeo, Yang Tong knew that a tough attack was inevitable, so he was quite well prepared, and half of the warships were loaded with offensive and defensive equipment, which can be described as sufficient ammunition and extravagance.

Two hundred large trebuchets lined up outside the range of the Goguryeo army, these trebuchets can throw hundreds of pounds of boulders out of 500 paces away, this kind of heavy trebuchet with a height of two feet and one foot originally needed more than 100 people to pull, but after the improvement of the Kaitian Temple, the old-fashioned trebuchet was changed to a rear pull, using the belt elastic force of the trebuchet to shoot, and using the principle of pulleys, the pulling force into a multi-winch, so that a trebuchet only needs 20 people to operate.

There is no shortage of yards to start construction' Science and technology's talents, they not only designed a winch-type heavy trebuchet, but also restored the powerful burst Qin crossbow, that is, the use of a huge bed crossbow to shoot ten cross javelins at one time, can penetrate the shield within four hundred steps, the full range of eight hundred steps, this large bed crossbow can be controlled by only three people, and then with two assistants on the arrow, a total of five people, also a winch winding, this time brought six hundred such large bed crossbows, to deal with the dense defenders, the killing effect is amazing, and now it is placed in the outermost periphery, a cross javelin in the snow shines dazzlingly, like a poisonous snake that chooses people and devours the head of the city。

All types of strong, medium and small trebuchets and bed crossbows are all available, according to the distance of the firing range, and the layout is reasonable.

There is also a short-range heavy-duty stone machine, the range is not long, but its advantages are high accuracy, 100 shots and 100 hits within 100 steps.

The Goguryeo soldiers looked from the city tower and saw very clearly that this series of strong crossbows and trebuchets formed a huge phalanx.

Each flank of the crossbow array is guarded by a cavalry team, and if the enemy tries to outflank the crossbow array from the left and right, he will be attacked head-on by the cavalry.

Behind the crossbow array, there were three other teams of cavalry, divided into left, center, and right formations. They are like dragons, horses are like tigers, and their momentum is like rainbows. This is the general reserve, and where there is a need, it will pounce on.

Looking at the formation covering several miles, as well as the Senhan arrows pointing diagonally at the castle tower, the Goguryeo people only saw their scalps tingling.

With such a huge siege phalanx, Goguryeo, which is very compact, has never even heard of it.

A new and luxurious tactic has emerged!

Li Xiuning, Zhang Zhenzhou, Luo Shixin, and Niu Jinda were so excited, their eyes flashed with blazing light, their hands clenched into fists, and their bodies trembled slightly!

What does it mean that so many crossbows and trebuchets are used intensively?

It means destroying all enemies who oppose it! Don't say that the enemy, even the gods, in front of so many formations, will not be able to parry!

This has not yet been launched, and some Goguryeo people at the head of the city are already paralyzed with fright!

"Upper tank,"

Everything was ready, and Yang Tong gave the order for a fire attack.

In an instant, the oil canisters were lifted onto the long-range short-range trebuchet.

Hundreds of trebuchets began to creak and twist the thick ropes, and the long projectile rods bent backwards, accumulating potential energy to the extreme.

"Burn the drawbridge! Burn the castle tower. Put! ”

The order was issued, the soldiers pulled the rope at the same time, the long pole was thrown out, the huge oil tank rose into the air, roared towards the city of Pyongyang, the oil tank crossed the crossbow array high, smashed to the city tower, the suspension bridge, after a burst of shattering sound, the fire oil poured on Pyongyang, after three rounds in a row, the Sui army did not need to command, thousands of rockets shot at the city tower, the suspension bridge.

The castle towers and drawbridges were set on fire, and the fire burned rapidly, sending flames and smoke into the sky.

The soldiers shouted and fled in all directions. Some of the soldiers stained with fire oil caught fire. Screaming and running in all directions.

"Cross gun, put!"

"Hum~"

Two hundred large-bed crossbows fired at the same time, and two thousand cross javelins fired at the same time, and the sound was no less than the thunder, which shook people's eardrums and made people feel faint pain, and even the people next to them couldn't hear clearly.

In the terrible screams, the Goguryeo army, which was chaotic due to the fire, heard the roaring sound of breaking through the air and shot itself, and a javelin with a strong impact force strung the Goguryeo army into a string, and the remaining momentum was not extinguished, and it was nailed to the top of the castle tower, and the blood plasma splashed everywhere, making a "buzzing" explosion.

For a while, the terrible screams and shouts rang out, and the rain of arrows that broke through the sky fell one after another, causing the city to be chaotic in an instant, and for a while, some people wanted to escape, some people wanted to board the enemy, and it became a mess.

The soldiers of the Great Sui were divided into three rows, taking turns to release arrows, and rows of cross javelins broke through the air, although they were not dense, but they continued to pour down, and the Goguryeo soldiers who were lucky enough not to die were constantly deprived of their lives in the continuous rain of arrows, and the red blood stained the city.

When the big bed crossbow suppressed Goguryeo without the strength to fight back, the ten wells were quickly pushed to the designated position with five ladders, and after forming a line, the soldiers exerted their strength at the same time, and the five ladders smashed heavily on the top of the city like a slap stick.

The ramp has been erected, and the soldiers are leaving quickly! Immediately after that, five more ladder towers of the same width reached the middle of the first row of ladders, and an overpass was immediately formed.

"Crossbow arrays, trebuchets, continue to suppress." In the rear, crossbows and trebuchets rained down on the city walls with a rain of arrows and stones, preventing the defenders at the head of the city from rising.

"Old cow, herd cattle."

Yang Tong looked at the blazing city head and scattered arrows, and ordered.

"Whoa!"

Niu Jinda waved his hand, and the originally tight and dense cavalry formation cracked a few gaps, and a hundred cattle were led by the soldiers to the top of the ladder.

The cows were blindfolded, wrapped in a thick layer of oil-soaked cloth, and each end was tied together.

"Ignition!" When the five groups of cattle were lined up on the ladder, Niu Jinda clenched his fists fiercely and said loudly.

Ten warriors quickly raised the torches they had prepared, and ignited the rags hanging from the tails of the oxen, which were coated with fire oil and ignited when they caught fire, and in an instant, half the back of the ox was enveloped in flames.

"Moo~"

The cattle that had been handed over from the homes of the Goguryeo people let out a cry of pain, and swept away like a stormy wave, with the power of destroying everything.

"Quick, shoot these cows!" Many Goguryeo soldiers shouted loudly, and some people pulled their bows and arrows, wanting to shoot these mad cows that had been burned by the flames, but at this moment these fire cows had been burned mad by the scorching heat, and the pain caused by the arrows was far from being compared with the scorching flames behind them, but made them even more crazy.

"Boom~"

Under the desperate gaze of the Goguryeo people, ten fire bulls slammed into the city of Pyongyang like ten 'tanks', some crashed into the battlements, and then, after a heavy somersault, smashed into the crowd, and bursts of screams and wails spread throughout the city in an instant.

After five batches of fire oxen were released in a row.

Two thousand Turkic slaves braved arrows to step up the ladder and rush to the head of Pyongyang with their shields held high.

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