Chapter 614: The Terrifying Spear Array

However, more than 2,000 people were crowded on top of the narrow cliff.

The stones that were rolling down were so dense, how could they possibly dodge?

At least, the vast majority of people can't avoid it at all.

Disheveled!

Disheveled! Disheveled!

Some of these stones hit the legs of the Goryeo soldiers, and some hit them.

But such a speed, such a high impulse.

As long as you are smashed on your body, it will definitely not be good.

The first rain of stones blinded them, and five or six hundred people were hit on the spot.

Some were smashed and fell directly under the cliff.

Those who didn't fall off the cliff weren't much better.

The death was quite miserable.

There are also dozens of surviving and lucky Goryeo soldiers, who are screaming miserably.

What kind of sound really makes the listener sad and the listener cry.

However, the first round is just an appetizer and just a beginning.

Soon, the second, third, and fourth rounds of attacks began again.

One round of attacks caused Goryeo to lose five or six hundred soldiers.

And there are only two thousand of them, and how many of them are five or six hundred?

Therefore, when the Tang army above smashed all the stones they had prepared.

There are not many Goryeo ambush soldiers left on the cliff.

The rest were all broken legs, and all that was left was the strength to wail in place.

"Brothers, rush duck!"

Under the leadership of Qin Huaiyu, 5,000 Tang troops swarmed down.

Towards the Goryeo soldiers below, rush to kill.

Well, there are really not many Goryeo soldiers who survived.

It's really fast hands, slow hands.

The number of surviving Goryeo soldiers is less than 100.

Basically, fifty or sixty Don troops fought for one person.

Soon, these Goryeo soldiers were all eliminated.

Although this time the battle is basically no longer described as a battle.

They are effortless, thorough, crushed from start to finish.

But these 5,000 soldiers can be regarded as seeing blood.

When I went back, my spirit and spirit had become different.

And when Qin Huaiyu led 5,000 soldiers to return triumphantly, Li Yu directly ordered them to retreat three miles and set up camp.

Hearing Li Su's military order, Qin Huaiyu couldn't help but ask suspiciously: "Your Highness, now that it is more than an hour before it gets dark, why don't we move forward and continue to solve their next ambush?" ”

Hearing Qin Huaiyu's question, Li Su couldn't help but smile and said, "However, with such a little time, we can only solve which ambush point in front of us, right?" ”

Seeing Qin Huaiyu nodding, Li Su continued to ask: "After we solve which ambush point, will Gao Li suspect that all their ambush points have been leaked?" Will they withdraw all the soldiers from all the ambush sites behind? ”

Qin Huaiyu had a thoughtful look on his face, and nodded after a while.

That's right, the Goryeo soldiers were not fools.

If Datang killed their three-way ambush points so accurately, if Gao Li didn't realize that their ambush points had been leaked, I was afraid that they would all be stupid pigs.

But now, Datang has disposed of the two of their ambush points, and they now obviously have time to solve the next ambush point.

But they didn't, and what does that mean?

This means that Datang's discovery of their first two ambush sites should be just a very accidental and fluke.

It's not all their ambush sites that have been leaked.

Otherwise, why didn't the Tang army continue to kill?

If you are confused about this point, it is very likely that the city lord of Goryeo and the soldiers at the ambush point behind will continue to ambush.

Because the next ambush on the Goryeo side was more concealed than the other.

And tomorrow, they will have enough time to calmly solve these ambush points.

And once all the Goryeo soldiers in these ambush sites are eliminated.

The black bone city in front of it has almost become an empty city.

Because the defending soldiers in their city were basically sent out by their city lord to ambush outside.

As long as all their soldiers are eliminated outside the city, the Black Bone City will almost be self-defeating.

And the Black Bone City is almost one of the few barriers in Goryeo.

Thinking of this, Qin Huaiyu couldn't help but be convinced, and immediately led the matter and retreated to set up camp.

And the movements of the Tang Army really made the Goryeo City Lord of the Black Bone City suspicious.

Today, they laid an ambush in the first two places outside the city, allowing the Tang army to annihilate it without much effort.

This made Park Shengsheng wonder for a while, was their ambush location all known by Datang?

Although Park Shengsheng couldn't guess at all, how the Tang army had found out their ambush location.

But he was ready to withdraw all the remaining Goryeo soldiers from the ambush site.

Since they were recognized by Datang, to keep them is to let them die in vain.

But suddenly, Park got the news again.

The Tang army did not advance, but retreated a few miles, found a safe position, and began to set up camp.

Hey?

What the hell is going on?

If the Tang Army had already seen through their ambush location, it would be impossible to let them go so easily?

Could it be that the Tang Army's identification of their first two ambush locations was just an accident?

At this time, Park Shengsheng really didn't dare to be sure.

As a result, Park Shengsheng quickly gathered all the middle and high-level officials in the Black Bone City to study this issue together in response to this situation.

In the end, they came to the conclusion that the Tang army broke their first two ambushes by pure accident.

And the ambushes behind them were much more hidden than the first two, and they were not discovered by the Tang army.

With just these few ambushes, the Tang army can be inflicted heavy losses, and even the Tang army can be annihilated.

Therefore, there is no need for them to withdraw all the ambushes in these places.

After the discussion was settled, Park Shengsheng also put his mind at ease.

……

Early the next morning, 45,000 Tang troops lit a fire to cook, and everything was ready.

Li Su led the army and began to pull out.

Soon, they were at a position three or four miles away from the third ambush.

When we got here, we had come to the open terrain.

Here, Goryeo was preparing to use cavalry to attack and kill the Tang soldiers.

These forty or fifty thousand Tang soldiers are all infantry.

And the cavalry has a natural advantage over the infantry.

And Goryeo's ambush location this time is really hidden.

Because this time, Goryeo did not occupy a very favorable terrain.

They are just hiding five miles away.

As long as they wait for the Tang army to pass, they can attack and kill them from behind.

And in front of the Tang army, there will also be cavalry attacking and killing.

If everything goes well with the plan and is perfect, this time, the Tang army will be able to be defeated to the brout.

Even if they can't defeat the Tang army, they can still be injured.

Of course, if the two ambushes in front of them were not seen through by Datang, it would be more perfect.

Because after Datang is ambushed, there is a great possibility of retreating.

But at this time, how could they have imagined that in fact, on the way they came, they had already laid a heavy ambush.

With these ambushes, they could basically eat all the Tang army.

As everyone knows, their every move fell into the calculations of the Tang army.

After the Tang army entered the ambush terrain of Goryeo, Li Su immediately led the team and quickly approached a hill.

There was no ambush on this hill.

Because here, it is not the only way for the Tang army.

But now, this hill can act as a line of defense, so that the Tang army has no worries.

Next, the Don army formed a semicircular phalanx.

In the outer circles of the Tang army, each holding a long spear, the length of the spear was four or five meters long.

These spears, which were not originally so long, were the spears in the hands of the soldiers of the Tang Army.

But the barrels of these spears have another mystery.

Just like a modern fishing rod, it can be unscrewed section by section.

Eventually it can reach a length of four or five meters.

The barrel of the gun, which is made of carbon steel, is very light, but very strong and tough.

The gun head, on the other hand, is made of alloy material and is very sharp.

This gun is so long, there is definitely no way for a person to lift it.

So the barrel of the gun was put on the shoulders of the soldiers in front.

And this formation is the world-famous Spanish phalanx.

In the 16th century, the Spanish phalanx ruled all of Europe.

Of course, the real Spanish phalanx, with the musketeers, will be protected by cavalry on both flanks.

And now the Spanish phalanx that Li Su has put out has no musketeers and no cavalry protection.

Moreover, the biggest problem with this policy now is that he is very mobile.

However, Li Su believed that as long as the Goryeo cavalry dared to attack, this phalanx would definitely be able to inflict heavy losses on them.

After all, your uncle is your uncle.

Not to mention the tiny Goryeo.

Even if it is a strong Tang cavalry, if it is the first time to encounter the Spanish phalanx, it is estimated that it will suffer.

Sure enough, soon the Goryeo cavalry divided into four directions and rushed over.

In each of these four directions, there were two thousand cavalry.

A total of 4,000 cavalry slain.

Li Su believed that these were almost the main cavalry forces of the Black Bone City.

The dead cavalry were a little surprised when they saw that the Tang army had already set up a circular defensive formation, but they didn't take it to heart.

Cavalry against infantry, do you naively think that it is useful to put up a circular defensive formation?

It will soon be clear to you what it means to crush.

Eight thousand cavalry, charging from four directions.

At this time, the Tang troops in the queue, especially those recruits, began to sweat in their palms.

Usual training and fighting on the field are two completely different concepts!

However, looking at the King of Shu who was fighting with them in the middle of the queue, their hearts inexplicably settled down.

There's even a sense of eagerness.

The king of Shu is the prince, isn't his life more expensive than ours?

The king of Shu can put life and death aside, what are we afraid of?

In a short time, the cavalry of Goryeo had already rushed within the range of the Tang army.

"Shoot!"

With Cheng Chuliang's order, the crossbowmen hidden in the middle of the long snatch began to shoot.

Suddenly, a rain of arrows rained down on the charging Goryeo cavalry.

This scene immediately stunned the cavalry of Goryeo.

Hey?

The cavalry's projectile should have been farther than the infantry's shot!

Shouldn't we shoot first?

Why did you shoot first?

Shouldn't we be able to shoot you at this distance and you can't shoot us?

In fact, this is also the most scoundrel way for cavalry to deal with infantry.

Just rely on the length of your hand, and bully you at the limit distance.

made him feel aggrieved but helpless.

But now, I didn't expect Tang Jun to do the opposite.

But what makes them scoff is that with your little short hands, you can shoot, you?

But the next moment—

Laugh at!

Laugh at! Laugh at!

Countless arrows were fired.

The cavalry that charged in front of them suddenly fell to the ground.

This scene immediately caused a burst of chaos.

Unexpectedly, although the Tang Army is infantry, it is actually longer than them!

Next, the cavalry of Goryeo also began to counterattack.

They shot arrows with bows and began to return fire.

But where the Don army was, there were shield bearers, raising high shields and escorting their soldiers.

Cavalry battles usually have only one round of firing time.

Cavalry and infantry fight, which is a maximum of two rounds of combat time.

After two rounds, they will put aside their bows and arrows, take up their weapons, and fight with them.

After two rounds, they dropped their bows and arrows, took up their weapons, and prepared for hand-to-hand combat.

But at this time, in the formation of the Tang army, there were still crossbow archers, who shot a steady stream of crossbow arrows.

Let their cavalry, constantly being attritional.

This scene can't help but make the Goryeo cavalry hate to death!

In this battle of bows and arrows in the charge, the cavalry would have had an absolute advantage.

But I didn't expect that this time they were completely defeated.

But it doesn't matter, the next charge will definitely make them suffer heavy losses and suffer a lot!

The cavalry's charge against the infantry was extremely deadly!

The blessing of the speed of the war horse will make the infantry's defense line as fragile as paper paste.

And the general infantry against the cavalry, will set up the chariot as a buffer.

Or dig a horse pit in front to block it.

But now, the Tang army was suddenly encountered, and there was no time to build any protection.

Soon, the cavalry of Goryeo rushed ahead of the Tang infantry.

The first thing they saw was the long and strong formation of the Tang infantry.

In the face of this formation, they are dismissive.

Really, I have to say that Tang Jun is really naïve.

Do they think that by holding the spear up like this, by virtue of its length, they can resist them?

If they really think so, I have to say, they are naïve, right?

Such a spear, which can be picked up with a slight pick, will not pose the slightest threat to their cavalry.

That's what they think, and that's what they do.

They raised their long knives and slammed them at their spears.

But to their surprise, the spear did not move at all.

The next moment, the spear pierced straight into the horse.

And the Tang Army behind him is not fighting alone.

Instead, five or six people supported the soldier in front with both hands, helping him resist the huge impact.

The galloping war horse was unwilling to fall to the ground amid the mournful chirping.

Of course, the huge impact also made the Tang soldiers at the front break their bones.

However, the huge onslaught of the cavalry was blocked by them.

And the most important reason why cavalry can have an advantage over infantry is that they cannot stagnate.

You can't stop and fight the infantry.

What they need is smooth speed, a quick dash.

Rushing for a while, they are also able to exit perfectly and then make the next impact.

In the constant impact and continuous wandering, it gradually encroached on the infantry.

Cavalry in the face of infantry, definitely not standing, you sword me a turn-based game.

If this were the case, the cavalry would have suffered heavy casualties.

But now, the cavalry's charge was actually stopped by Datang's spear array in the first round.

Although the Tang army also lost a number of soldiers as a result, the cavalry of Goryeo suffered even heavier losses.

"Thorn!"

Cheng Chuliang decisively gave the order to attack.

The Tang army in the second row, with the joint assistance of several soldiers behind, once again stabbed out the spear in his hand.

Then the cavalry horses of the second row of Goryeo were pierced again.

"Thorn!"

Next, the pikemen in the third row, stabbed the spears in their hands.

And every time he stabbed out, it was the strength of five or six soldiers behind.

Each time, a war horse can be pierced.

As for the cavalry who fell off their horses, they naturally had swords and axes in the battle formation to clean up.

The spear array, one team after another, stabbed out in a continuous cycle.

The cavalry of Goryeo fell one by one.

Their attacks have stalled.

All they faced was an endless array of spears.

They couldn't move at all, so they could only be unwilling to do senseless resistance in the same place.

However, in the face of the spear formation, they really didn't have much room to resist.

Their hearts are very desperate.

A boundless team of pikes, rolling forward like a wave.

Constantly devouring the cavalry of Goryeo.

At this time, the cavalry of Goryeo was completely at a standstill.

The scimitars in their hands are no more than three feet long, and in the face of a spear four or five meters long, it is really beyond the reach of the whip.

And Datang's spear team is too smooth to operate.

Because in the past few months, they have not trained anything other than physical training, and they only train the formation changes of the pikes every day.

Originally, these navies still had some resistance in their hearts.

They feel that this kind of training is completely fancy and useless.

But today's actual combat effect made them excited.

It turns out that the pikes are so strong?

In only a quarter of an hour or so, the cavalry of Goryeo was actually engulfed by more than a third.

And this number is still increasing rapidly.

"Withdraw! Evacuate! ”

The cavalry, which had fallen into a state of stagnation, fell into a state of being completely harvested by the other side.

If this continues, they will only have to wait for death.

The rear of the Goryeo cavalry quickly turned around and fled in confusion.

But the Chinese army was not so lucky.

There were cavalry on the left and right, and they were all war horses.

The confined space makes it very difficult for them to turn around, where can they evacuate?

In particular, directly in front of them, the pikemen of the Tang Army, are advancing and harvesting all the time.

Death beckons to them right ahead!

Under this pressure, countless Goryeo cavalry fell directly into collapse.

A lot of people rode their horses and ran into each other.

Some even waved the short knives in their hands and slashed at their comrades.

The entire Goryeo cavalry was completely in chaos.

Such chaos made the slaughter of the Tang army even more convenient.

After an hour, the battlefield finally fell silent.

More than two-thirds of the Goryeo cavalry remained here forever.

In this battle, the 8,000 cavalry of Goryeo lost nearly 6,000 people.

The number of people who retreated in time was only about 2,000.

Pu Shengsheng, the city lord of the Black Bone City, who got the news, was furious.

Now he finally understands that they have fallen for the evil of Datang.

It turned out that they set up camp yesterday, and they were simply playing tricks and lowering their vigilance.

Killed them directly today by surprise.

If they had come directly yesterday, they would have decided not to overwhelm the border with a large army and sent all the cavalry.

The losses will not be so heavy.

At this time, it is absolutely impossible for Park Shengsheng to give them any more chances!

Park Shengsheng directly withdrew all the subsequent two ambushes.

At this point, there were nearly 20,000 defenders in their city.

In the face of 40,000 or 50,000 people on the opposite side, although there will still be pressure, it is not so that there is no defense.

Now Park is so angry that he is about to vomit blood.

Knowing this, their more than 30,000 soldiers would have been honest in defending the city.

The opposing side is less than twice as many as them, and they are completely able to defend.

But in order to expand the results of the battle and annihilate them, tens of thousands of people were lost in vain.

This time, Park Shengsheng made up his mind that he would not go out of the city again this time.

Let's defend the city to the death, and see what you can do.

This is not the first time that Datang has attacked their city.

The last time the Tang Emperor Li Shimin personally led the army to come, he failed to capture their city.

Park Shengsheng didn't believe that the Tang army, which was less than twice as large as them, could take their city.

……

For the Black Bone City, Li Su has a very detailed understanding.

The walls of the Black Bone City are 7,527 meters long.

Outside the city, there are three mountain outposts, there are beacon towers, and there are some generals.

With a length of 7,527 meters, it sounds like a small city.

Not really.

The castle is a city wall built with wedge-shaped stones in the low-lying part of the mountain by using the cliffs of the left and right mountains as walls.

On the south and west sides, a tall wall was built horizontally with earth and stones.

The outer city was built along the ridge section by section, and looked like an egg, with a circumference of more than thirty miles.

The rest of the city is walled directly by the cliffs.

If you count the city wall on the cliff side, this city is actually quite large.

The most important thing is that in the face of this kind of cliffs on both sides, only one side can be stormed.

It's very easy to defend.

They only need to use all their forces to directly defend a city wall.

And many of the cities in Goryeo are actually such cities.

It is easy to defend and difficult to attack, which is also one of the reasons why Li Shimin sent troops to attack Goryeo several times during the Zhenguan period of the Tang Dynasty, but he has never been able to destroy them.

In the face of such a city, Cheng Chuliang, Qin Huaiyu and others all seemed helpless.