Chapter 30: The Great Granary (3)

For several days, the Han army threw stones at the head of the city with a stone-throwing truck, and although the city was made of bluestone, the smashed city wall was loosened. The Han army returned to the camp in the evening, and the stone-throwing carts were left outside the city, leaving only a few hundred soldiers to guard them. These soldiers lit bonfires, drank wine and ate meat, and were very happy. The defender of the city reported to the general Gao Wu, who was furious and shouted: "Send two thousand soldiers out of the city and burn the stone-throwing carts." ”

In the middle of the night, Boluo, the defender of the city, led 2,000 troops, holding torches, quietly opened the city gate and headed towards the catapult position. The soldiers around the catapult were awakened by the sound of the door opening, jumped up, hid behind the bunker and fired arrows at the enemy, hundreds of people, fifty catapults, how to defend it, Boro roared, rush!! The Goguryeo soldiers suddenly exerted their strength, screaming and rushing towards the stone throwing cart. Suddenly, there was a trumpet, and in the darkness Boluo did not know how many soldiers and horses were killed, Boluo was shocked, hurriedly returned to the army, and ran to the city, and the defenders of the city saw that the lord would be trapped, opened the city gate, and went out of the city to answer.

Le Jin led 3,000 men and horses to attack head-on, Xu Chu and Dian Wei were beside him, and more than 10,000 troops crowded near the city gate to fight, and the defenders at the head of the city wanted to release arrows, but they were mixed with the enemy. The Han army was an elite soldier who had been in battle for a long time, and the Goguryeo soldiers could not resist it, and wanted to enter the city, and the soldiers and horses in the city wanted to come out, and the degree of chaos could be imagined. Le Jin, Dian Wei, Xu Chu shouted, the three of them were like a sharp sword, killing towards the city gate, the elite soldiers behind them, the defenders wanted to close the city gate, where could they be, seeing that the three of them led more than 1,000 people and horses to break into the city, the rear soldiers put up the cannon, Liu Ze led 5,000 elite cavalry, the sound of hooves shook the sky, and killed them. Seeing this, the Goguryeo soldiers outside the city scattered in all directions, and Liu Ze's 5,000 cavalry successfully entered the city.

Gao Wu heard that the city gate had been broken, the Han army entered the city, and hurriedly led his own soldiers to resist, Dian Wei and Xu Chu were like a fierce tiger, killing the Goguryeo soldiers only hated their parents for having two legs, and they were strung around, Xu Chu was in Gao Wu, and he raised a knife in his hand, cut Gao Wu off the horse, killed and scattered the soldiers, and rushed to the general's mansion. Liu Ze's cavalry chased and killed everywhere, shouting loudly in blunt Goguryeo dialect, "Those who surrender will not be killed!!" "The Goguryeo soldiers have always been arrogant, and where have they seen such a killing god, they have disarmed and surrendered.

The 20,000 troops of Susheng Gucheng and Liangkou, under the leadership of the main generals Su Man and Qidu, quietly marched towards Liu Ze's rear army. The scout had already figured out that Tai Shi Ci was staring at the map, pondering how to repel this reinforcement. On the way from the two cities to Chihyeon, there was a gentle hill with lush trees that could hide soldiers, and Tai Shici decided to set up an ambush here.

The scout posts of Suman and Qidu reached out for thirty miles, and the return was worry-free, and the Han army camp was stationed outside the city thirty miles away. The two were overjoyed and led their troops forward, preparing to attack the Han army camp from behind. When they came to the hilly area, the two of them reined in their horses, looked at the dense woods, and suddenly became suspicious, and suddenly saw a general leading 2,000 men and horses, standing on the road, blocking the way. Su Man and Qidu laughed: "Only 2,000 men and horses, dare to stop my 20,000 army, sons, charge me, kill all the Han army, enter Chixian City to drink wine and eat meat, and be happy." "20,000 soldiers, beaten with chicken blood, screamed and rushed over, Tai Shici sneered, ordered the drums to beat, the drums sounded, and in the woods on both sides, countless arrows flew out, shooting at the Goguryeo army on the side. Su Man and Qi Du saw the ambush, and rushed forward to kill them, and Tai Shici waved his spear and smashed into the enemy formation. Ambushed soldiers on both sides, put away their bows and arrows, drew their swords and killed them. More than 30,000 people fought together on the road. Su Man and Qi were all under the escort of their own soldiers, shouting from time to time. Tai Shi Ci put down the spear, opened his bow and arrows, and shot at Su Man, Su Man's personal soldiers didn't have time to raise their shields, and used their bodies as shields to block in front of Su Man, but Tai Shi Ci was extremely brave and unparalleled in archery, the arrow actually passed through the body of the pro-soldier and pierced into Su Man's chest, Su Man looked down at the pro-soldier who was connected with him, his body was crooked, and he fell off the horse. Qidu saw it from a distance, and after shrinking his body to the shield of his own soldiers, Tai Shici shouted loudly, led a hundred soldiers, and killed in the direction of Qidu.

Tai Shi Ci's spear is like a dragon, and he will die, and Qi Du saw that Tai Shi Ci was so brave, and he was timid in his heart, and he ordered him to retreat. Tai Shi Ci was majestic, and stabbed to death a dozen of his own soldiers around Qi Du with a spear, and Qi Du panicked, holding a big knife and dancing wildly, trying to block Tai Shi Ci's attack. Tai Shici shouted like thunder, shot straight in, stabbed Qidu to death, raised his gun to hang up Qidu's body, and shouted: "You wait for the Lord to be dead, why don't you come down early?" When the Goguryeo soldiers saw Tai Shi Ci holding a gun in one hand and holding the corpse of Qidu, like a god descending into the world, they were all so frightened that they broke their hearts and knelt on the ground to ask for surrender.

Taishi Cichi's book reported success, Liu Ze was overjoyed, and Guo Jia said: "Why don't you order Ziyi's generals to go straight to the second city?" Liu Ze promised to send someone to pass the order to Tai Shici.

As the gateway to the pill capital, Chixian City has a lot of grain and grass and military resources, and the Han army broke the city quickly, and most of the materials are well preserved. Liu Ze reorganized the soldiers and horses in the city, divided 5,000 troops to defend the city, and led the troops to the pill capital.

When Gao Sheng heard that the city of Chihyeon was broken, he hurriedly organized a large army and went to the city to defend it. As the capital city of Goguryeo, Marudu has been operating for many years, the city is three zhang high, and the city body is all made of blue striped stones, which is extremely strong.

Liu Ze ascended the heights, and saw that the pills were also built in the midst of the mountains, and the city was several times larger than Chihyeon, with only two gates open, and a big road in the middle ran through the east and west. The barracks were scattered around Marudu, and when the camp tents were checked, there were more than 50,000 defenders in Marudu.

In the face of such a strong city, Liu Ze and Guo Jia had nothing to do. Tentatively attacked a few times, but the city wall was too high, and the defenders were well prepared.

There was nothing to do at night, Liu Ze inspected the barracks, and saw that the Han army was in a stable mood, talking and laughing, Liu Ze breathed a sigh of relief. After turning around several large camps, they came to a tent. The soldiers in the tent were laughing, and a veteran told a yellow joke, which made the soldiers laugh in the tent, only to hear a soldier say: "Lao Wang, I'll talk about it later, Lao Tzu can't hold it back, so he pee." I only heard Lao Wang say: "Haha, didn't the fifth child go out to solve it, right?" Liu Ze smiled, the military camp is a man's world, and it is normal to talk about yellow jokes. After walking a few steps, a flash of inspiration suddenly occurred to him, and he hurried back to the camp.

It turned out that Liu Ze suddenly remembered Jin Yong's character Wei Xiaobao, Wei Xiaobao urinated and shot Lu Dingshan, can Pill City be solved like this? I found the generals and told me what I thought, but changed the urine shot to oil shot. Guo Jia and Le Jin said: "This method is feasible. ”

Early the next morning, Liu Ze ordered 10,000 horses to cut down trees, the thicker the better, and the craftsmen of the army worked hard according to Liu Ze's words. He also sent an order to the rear army, collect the oil and send it to the front of the army for use.

The first water cannon was made, filled with water, and a dozen people pushed the pistons on both sides, and the water arrow flew violently into the air, shooting a full five or six hundred meters away. Liu Ze was overjoyed, rewarded the craftsmen, and ordered them to act according to law. Ten days later, thousands of water concoctions were ready.

The spring day is windy, the mountain nest wind, and the wind direction is uncertain. Liu Ze ordered seven or eight hundred water cannons to be set up, poured fire oil together, and with a shout, seven or eight hundred oil arrows were shot at the pills. The defenders at the head of the city saw that the things on the ground were slimy, and when they smelled it, the aroma was strong, and they all laughed, didn't this the Han army send good things to themselves. The next moment, I couldn't laugh anymore, and the stone-throwing cart fire bomb flew and ignited the fire oil, the stone eggs rolled around, the fire oil flew around, and the place near the city gate of Marudu City was a sea of fire. The defenders of the city fled and did not fall, burned to death, burned, and cried bitterly. Seeing that the defenders at the head of the city were gone, Liu Ze ordered the stone-throwing trucks and water cannons to move forward.

Under the attack of fire bombs and kerosene, the barracks and houses in the city caught fire one after another, and the people in the city were in a mess, wanting to put out the fire. The mountain breeze in the city was erratic, causing the flames to spread in all directions.

Gao Sheng never dreamed that Liu Ze would be so despicable and use this method to attack the city. As a last resort, the army and civilians were organized to cut off the fire with roads, and the people in the burning area were evacuated. Looking at the fire in the sky, the Han army was extremely excited, and moved its positions from time to time along the city wall. A fire that burned down almost half of the Maru Capital Castle.

Liu Ze looked at the direction of the city gate, the fire was weakening, and ordered to push over the remaining water cannons, and shot at the city wall on the city gate. The bluestone was almost burned red by the fire, and the cold water was stirred, like firecrackers, and it was broken into countless pieces, and the city gate had already been opened, and the wooden gate was burned to ashes. The tall walls collapsed on the outer half. Liu Ze ordered the stone-throwing cart to attack the inner city wall, and the one-sided stone wall slowly fell down under the impact of the stone egg.

The ancient city walls are all stone or blue bricks on both sides, and the middle is filled with earth. The outer walls fell to the ground, rubble and earth, and the moat was filled in early.