Chapter 576: Went down to Xiangping City in a battle
The overwhelming number of arrows drowned out all the soldiers of the 300 Lin Army, and the screams were heard one after another, and some people tried to rush out, but they were shot down on the way to charge.
In the blink of an eye, all the three hundred Yulin troops were shot, and none of them were spared, including the Jin Jin, and the only thing left in the encirclement was the trembling Jia Zhouren.
Jia Zhou shouted in horror: "Zhao Junsheng, you, you······ You can't kill me, I'm a messenger sent by the emperor, and if you kill me, you're rebelling! ”
"The three hundred Yulin army have all been killed, I don't care about killing you more!" Zhao Junsheng sneered and said, "Send someone to deliver a letter to the capital, the supervising army Jia Zhou and the soldiers of the 300 Yulin Army were raided by the Goguryeo army on the way to attack Goguryeo, and all of them died in battle, and died a heroic death!" ”
Jia Zhou screamed miserably: "Zhao Junsheng, you are so daring, you reverse black and white ······"
A general pulled out his sword and walked slowly towards Jia Zhou, Jia Zhou's face turned pale with fright, and he retreated again and again, shouting: "Don't come, don't come over, let our family live, our family can recommend you to be a ······"
Before he finished speaking, Jia Zhou was stabbed through the body with a knife.
Zhao Junsheng waved his hand, the soldiers put away their weapons one after another, and began to carry the corpse in groups of two, and in a few moments, the corpse was cleaned up, and some soldiers came over with buckets to wash the blood water clean, only the air still exuded some bloody gas.
At dawn, Gao Xu sent someone to send news that he had led his troops to cross the river and waved his army to the southwest to attack Xinchang, while Wei Chi Yandong was killing Liaodong City at this time.
After Zhao Junsheng got the report, he ordered to speed up the construction of the pontoon bridge, although he could cross the river with the army, but it would take a day, and the construction of the pontoon bridge could not be abandoned halfway, which could ensure that the rear road of the army was unimpeded, and the baggage could be continuously transported to the front line of operations through the pontoon bridge.
Then came an unfavorable news, the 5,000 soldiers and horses led by Wei Chi Yandong failed to attack Liaodong City, and could only choose to attack.
Liaodong City is the original Xiangping City, Goguryeo was changed to Liaodong City after being taken from Houyan, this is the county town of Liaodong County, the city wall is tall and thick and strong, and the Goguryeo people have long known that the Wei army is stationed on the other side of the river, and they are worried about being attacked, so they have strengthened their defenses.
"Go and tell Wei Chi Yandong, let him not be impatient, let alone attack, pay attention to protect the soldiers when attacking the city, and don't make fearless sacrifices!" Zhao Junsheng gave an order to the messenger who reported the news.
"Yes, General!"
After three days, Chang Kun rushed over with 16,000 Yan soldiers and horses, and the 16,000 Yan army has now changed its banner, under the banner of the Youzhou Army, and at this time the pontoon bridge has also been laid, and it can cross the river at any time.
After the two armies converged, Zhao Junsheng asked Chang Kun's troops to rest for a while, and the next day he ordered the whole army to cross the bridge and march towards Liaodong City.
Soon arrived at the city of Liaodong and joined Wei Chi Yandong, at this time Zhao Junsheng had nearly 30,000 troops in his hands, which can be described as a strong army.
After the army set up camp under the city of Liaodong, he ordered the soldiers to cut down trees, and let the craftsmen build a large number of general siege ladders, wheeled telescopic siege ladders, well railings, siege rams, trebuchets, ballistas and other large siege equipment.
Zhao Junsheng traveled from later generations, and in his previous life, he also had some understanding of these siege equipment, and simply drew some sketches for the craftsmen to ponder according to these sketches, and soon made a finished product.
By May 27, the craftsmen had built a large number of siege equipment, and more than 10,000 people near Liaodong City of the Youzhou Army were requisitioned to make stone bullets and large crossbow arrows.
Zhao Junsheng ordered the siege of the city.
Early the next morning, trebuchets were deployed in the formation of the large army outside the city, and large ballistas, well railings, several siege ladders and battering rams were all in battle.
"Let's start, Wei Chi Yandong, you will command the attack, you have been delayed for a few days, you can't delay any longer, this general will give you three days at most, if you can't capture this Liaodong City within three days, this general will change the command!"
"Yes, General!" Wei Chi Yandong agreed with a solemn expression.
He immediately rode to the front and ordered: "Trebuchet launch—"
One by one, the net bags filled with stone bullets were thrown out by the huge wooden long arms, "huhuhuhu······" Dozens of stone projectiles soared into the sky and took off towards the towering city wall in the distance.
"What's that?" The Goguryeo people on the city wall looked up with their heads up, staring at the stone bullets that were being smashed.
"Bang Bang Bang ······" Stone bullets may be smashed on the outer wall of the city wall, causing the city wall to shake; Some smashed on the city wall, and the Goguryeo soldiers who were hit would instantly turn into flesh, and the stone bullets that were agitated knocked down three or four people in a row, and also smashed the female wall buttresses on the inner side to smithereens; There were even stone bullets that flew directly over the city wall and smashed the houses in the city, causing heavy casualties among the Goguryeo people inside.
In the face of such a terrifying and lethal stone bullet attack, the Goguryeo soldiers on the city wall were frightened one by one, they had never seen such an attack method, where could they afford it psychologically, for fear of being smashed into meat sauce, they all hugged their heads and ran away, many people dropped their weapons and ran down the city wall to the city.
"Bastard, come back, you come back for me!" The guards yelled, but no matter how much he shouted, it was difficult to gather his soldiers.
Outside the city, Wei Chi Yandong, who was observing the effect of the stone bullet attack, was stunned to see the chaos on the city wall, and the scene of the Goguryeo soldiers holding their heads and running around, he knew that the opportunity was rare, and immediately decided: "Infantry attack the city!" ”
A large number of infantry rushed to the city wall with shields in one hand and waist knives in the other, and a large number of people carried three-zhang long logs in front of them and laid them on the moat, and by the time the infantry rushed over, the moat had been paved with a large amount of wood to form a flat land.
Siege ladders of various styles were erected on the city wall, and the soldiers climbed up with their hands and feet with their swords in their mouths.
A wheeled telescopic siege ladder with a width of one zhang was pushed under the city wall by the soldiers, and the ladder that can be stretched and telescopic is pulled up by the soldiers below with ropes and stretched to the top of the city wall, and four infantry side by side hold swords and shields and step on the pedals of the ladder to rush to the city wall, this wide and retractable siege ladder makes the siege climbing simple, and the attack strength is greatly increased, the only drawback is that it needs more than a dozen people to operate like the well fence and catapult, but once it is successfully erected on the city wall, The investment in the attacking forces at the head of the city is absolutely appalling.
The general siege ladder can only climb up one at a time, and you need to hold the ladder with your hands, but this wide wheeled telescopic ladder can run up directly from the ground by stepping on the pedal, just like running up the mountain from the bottom of the mountain with a stone ladder.
Before Jinglan was dispatched, a large number of Youzhou troops rushed to the city wall and slashed and killed the Goguryeo generals who were scurrying around.
All the Youzhou generals and officials outside the city were stunned, no one expected that the trebuchets and these siege ladders were so powerful, and they actually hit the city in a wave of attacks.
Wei Chi Yandong was overjoyed, and punched him in the palm of his hand: "It's done!" ”
He immediately ordered: "Pass my order, the second attack team rushes forward!" ”
Another wave of infantry of the Youzhou Army rushed to the city wall with shields and weapons, and continuously increased their troops to the city wall.
The momentum of the Goguryeo generals has been taken away, and a large number of Youzhou soldiers who rushed to the head of the city gathered together to advance and clear the Goguryeo generals on the city wall.
It didn't take long for the city tower to be seized and controlled by the Youzhou army, and soon the Youzhou army generals opened the city gate.
Seeing this, Wei Chi Yandong waved his hand and shouted: "Soldiers, follow me into the city!" ”
"Kill—"
A large number of cavalry followed behind Wei Chi Yandong and rushed to the city gate, and soon rushed into the city, all the way to the city lord's mansion, and then divided the troops to kill the other three city gates, armory, and treasury.
In just one morning, the Youzhou army not only broke through the city, but also quelled the chaos in the city and completely controlled Liaodong City.
At noon, Zhao Junsheng walked into Liaodong City with his personal guards and military officials, he stopped at the gate of the city and looked up at the three words of Liaodong City on the city wall, and said to the officials around him: "From now on, this city will be restored to its original name Xiangping City!" ”
"Yes, General!"
As soon as he walked into the city, Zhao Junsheng saw that a large number of Goguryeo soldiers would be escorted down from the city wall by the Youzhou army generals, and he saw that there were still a lot of people, there were five or six hundred people, and if you count the captured prisoners of the other three city walls and the city lord's mansion, I am afraid that there will be no less than two thousand people.
When Zhao Junsheng came to the City Lord's Mansion, Wei Chi Yandong greeted him.
"General, we have found a baggage and ordnance hoarding point in the city, and the hoarded food, grass, ordnance and materials are enough for 10,000 people for a year! In addition, we paid more than 2,600 Goguryeo soldiers! ”
Wei Chi Yandong's report made Zhao Junsheng very puzzled, "How could Goguryeo and others hoard so much grain, grass, ordnance and materials here?" ”
Li Yuande stepped forward and said: "General, in the opinion of the lower official, the Goguryeo people are only afraid that they want to defend Xiangping City to block the attack of our army, and the lower official suggests sending elite scouts to explore the direction of the domestic city, if a large number of Goguryeo soldiers and horses rush to Xiangping City, it will be confirmed that the lower official's guess is correct!" ”
Zhao Junsheng thought about it and thought that Li Yuande had some truth in what he said, so for the sake of prudence, he still sent a scout to investigate the movements of the Goguryeo army in the direction of the inner city.
Wei Chi Yandong asked again: "General, what should be done with these captured Goguryeo prisoners?" ”
Zhao Junsheng didn't think about it, so he ordered: "Send someone to dig a big pit and kill all these Goguryeo captives tonight!" ”
The officers of the army all looked at each other, since ancient times, the killing of prisoners was regarded as ominous, and Zhao Junsheng ordered the killing of prisoners without any psychological pressure, which did not seem to be in line with his style of acting all along, and for the Yan army, he kept them all.
"It takes at least 2,000 people to guard these captives, and a lot of food is wasted, now it is in Goguryeo's sphere of influence, we can't be distracted, if the guards are not strict, once these Goguryeo captives riot, the consequences will be unimaginable!" Zhao Junsheng's words made the military officials choose to be silent.