"Kill, kill, kill~"

With Zhang Jian's order, tens of thousands of Tang troops rushed to Liaodong City with murderous spirits, and another tragic day began.

Li Shimin was still planning to take advantage of the fact that the reinforcements from Goguryeo had not yet arrived, directly capture Liaodong City, and then join up with Cheng Yanjin to directly eat the reinforcements.

Zhang Jian watched the Tang army attack the city in the camp of the Chinese army, at this time the crossbow arrows and trebuchets were also pulled to the city, Zhang Jian gave an order, the flag waved, only to see the dense crossbow arrows flying towards the city, but the Goguryeo people on the city had already figured out the Tang army's routine, and had already erected shields, and there were no people on the city, so the effect of the crossbow arrows was not obvious. Then the Tang army began to fire with trebuchets, not with ordinary stones, but with a new version of fire oil bombs.

Suddenly, the flames rose from the head of the city of Liaodong, and the billowing black smoke rushed into the sky, and many Goguryeo defenders were wrapped in flames and jumped off the city in order to relieve themselves, seeing that there was a gap in the defense of the city.

Zhang Jian has experienced a hundred battles, as soon as he saw that the enemy was in chaos, he immediately ordered the cloud echelon and siege vehicle that had been prepared for a long time to step forward immediately, the crossbowmen in the rear of the army desperately shot arrows to suppress the Goguryeo people on the head of the city, and in the blink of an eye, the kung fu ladder was set up on the city wall, and the siege vehicle was also pushed to the side of the city wall, and the soldiers with shields under the car also climbed to the roof of the car along the siege vehicle, and the roof of the car was already higher than the head of the city, and they shot arrows at the head of the city to suppress the Goguryeo defenders, and then desperately resisted the enemy's resistance, Put down the suspension bridge hanging from the roof of the car and build it on the head of the city, so that the Tang soldiers below can climb the ladder to the roof of the car and rush to the head of the city.

The siege vehicles used by the Tang army now are, strictly speaking, more suitable to be called climbing vehicles. In fact, it is a tall ladder with wheels, built a little higher than the city wall, and when it is actually pushed to the side of the city wall by manpower, the soldiers on the roof of the car shoot arrows downward, and the soldiers under the car climb up along the ladder, and then put down the suspension bridge on the top and set it up at the head of the city, and the soldiers rush to the city head along the suspension bridge.

These are all weapons that the soldiers and craftsmen of the Central Plains Dynasty have explored in the long-term city attack and defense war. Therefore, the Han people are good at defending cities and attacking them. These are the factors that have been hidden in the blood of thousands of years of war. There are also these siege equipment, except for the craftsmen of the Central Plains Dynasty, none of the other small countries can make them.

Today's attack went very smoothly, but Zhang Jian was still panicked After so many days of fighting with the Goguryeo people, he knew that these guys were crazy, and now although the Tang army had the upper hand, the other party would soon counterattack.

Sure enough, in the cheers of the Tang soldiers when they saw someone climbing the city, they heard a loud horn sound in the city wall, and then the Tang soldiers on the boarding car saw a large number of Goguryeo soldiers rushing to the city, each of them held a torch in his hand, holding a sheepskin bag in his hand, and then threw it on the boarding car after lighting it with a torch, and the sheepskin bag was also filled with fire oil, and the siege vehicle was ignited instantly, and the fire burned violently, and the Tang soldiers on the roof of the car had no time to escape, so they could only jump down with their eyes closed in order to prevent being burned to death. If you are lucky, you will break your leg, and if you are unlucky, you will be crippled or fall to your death.

At the same time, more than a dozen climbing carts leaning against the city walls turned into huge bonfires, and the cars had been drenched with water before the attack, but these fire oils were glued to the cars with a special recipe and could not be extinguished at all. Because the follow-up team of the Tang army could not keep up, those soldiers who rushed to the city were outnumbered, although they fought hard and didn't care about casualties at all, when they were seriously injured, thinking that Lao Tzu was dying, he would also pull an idea to accompany me, and he jumped off the city with the Goguryeo defenders and fell into a pulp, but he still couldn't change the ending. After the Goguryeo people cleaned up the Tang soldiers on the city wall, they pushed down the ladders on the city wall one by one, and this time the siege failed again.

When Zhang Jian was packing up the remnants of the army and preparing to attack the city again, he heard a huge whistling sound from the camp on the right flank.

In the mountains on the right flank of the Tang army camp, a group of Goguryeo cavalry suddenly burst out, and they held high the banner and roared like a flying knife rushing towards the Tang army that was forming a group.

The soldiers on the right wing, who were already demoralized and were trying to boost their morale, were frightened by the sudden rush of the enemy, and under the surprise, the cavalry of the Goguryeo army had rushed into the camp, and the cavalry rushed back and forth twice, and the right wing camp of the Tang army was immediately crushed. Then they gathered their troops and rushed towards the Chinese camp.

At the head of Liaodong City, the Goguryeo defenders let out a deafening cheer, this Goguryeo cavalry was small in number, and the battle flag was written with the Chinese character "高", indicating that their long-awaited reinforcements Gao Yanshou had arrived. This is a life of hope for those of them who have been besieged for many days.

Zhang Jian was frightened by the sudden appearance of the Goguryeo cavalry, the right side of the defense is Cheng Biting Jin and they are responsible, he looked at the Goguryeo cavalry who kept galloping in the Tang army camp and scolded: "Cheng Biting Jin old horseman, he actually let the Goguryeo cavalry come over, mess with my camp, I want to go to the front of His Majesty to impeach him!" ”

Although he encountered an accident, but Zhang Jian is also a veteran of the battlefield, he immediately ordered the whole army to shrink the defense, the Chinese army 10,000 cavalry to outflank the left and right sides, the Chinese infantry listed the shield array, and the back with archers to shoot arrows to cover, the strongest Modao battalion in the last line to press the formation.

With Zhang Jian's series of military orders, the panicked Tang soldiers quickly stabilized their positions according to the orders, and then the neat formation of the Tang army slowly consolidated, and seeing everyone standing beside them, the turbulent military spirit also stabilized.

A major defeat that could trigger the collapse of the army, under the command of Zhang Jian, unexpectedly stabilized the formation and began a counterattack. In fact, the number of this cavalry is not too much, but the appearance was too sudden, causing the Tang soldiers who failed to attack the city just now to panic, so that the entire camp was chaotic, and now once it is stabilized, these Goguryeo cavalry have no chance.

The commander of the Goguryeo cavalry was also very clever, and when he saw that the Tang army was about to complete the encirclement of him, he immediately turned his horse and fled into the mountains. The cavalry of the Tang army chased after them and killed dozens of people, and then for fear of falling into an ambush, they watched the Goguryeo cavalry disappear behind the mountain.

Zhang Jian looked at the Tang soldiers who were wailing and screaming on the ground, looking into the distance expressionlessly, and he was thinking about a question in his heart: The Goguryeo cavalry appeared on his right flank, outside the city of Liaodong, so what happened to Cheng Yanjin, who was responsible for blocking the enemy's reinforcements?

In order to be just in case, Zhang Jian left 50,000 people still attacking Liaodong City, and the rest of the soldiers and horses were divided into left and right sides and camped, facing the direction of Tongshan with a defensive momentum, in order to prevent the Goguryeo army from sneaking attack.