Chapter 1269: Soldiers Coming to the City
The ministers formed two completely different opinions, the faction headed by the prime minister Zuo proposed to hold the Korean city, they believed that the Han army's great pursuit across thousands of miles was already the end of the crossbow, as long as the Korean city was held, the war dragged on, and the walls were cleared, the Han army's logistical support would inevitably be difficult, and sooner or later they would retreat. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info
Duan Qizhen and other Xianbei faction people believed that the Han army's attack capability was strong, and with the current state of troops, it would be difficult to hold the Korean city, and it was better to continue to retreat south, stretch the battle line or enter the mountains, so as to drag down the Han army.
The two factions had diametrically opposed opinions, great differences, and they had their own opinions and disputes, and it was clear that there was a clear rift between the Goguryeo and Xianbei people.
When the Xianbei people took refuge in Goguryeo, they groveled and snorted, and King Michuan was unhappy, and he was killed and taken away, all in his hands. However, with the successive defeats, the strength of the Goguryeo people is not much higher than that of the Xianbei people, and the Xianbei people are naturally much tougher.
What's more, they were very dissatisfied with the way the Goguryeo people fought the war, and it was precisely because of the improper command of the King of Michuan that the Gaoxian coalition army was repeatedly hit hard, so in the battle of Lelang, the Xianbei people insisted on their own opinions, believing that with the current strength of the Gaoxian coalition army, it was not enough to compete with the Han army, and they could only use the method of avoiding the enemy's edge, and constantly retreating and consuming the strength of the Han army, so as to achieve the goal of winning without a fight.
Prime Minister Zuo and others are extremely dissatisfied with the tough attitude of the Xianbei people, in their opinion, the Xianbei people are a group of disaster stars, broom stars, they are the ones who lured the damn Han people over, when they took refuge, it was the mercy of King Meichuan who took them in, and now they have the advantage in strength, their waists are straight, and their tone is hard, and they don't take the Goguryeo people in their eyes at all, they are really a group of white-eyed wolves.
King Meichuan was naturally on their own side in this dispute, but now the situation is different, King Meichuan can no longer shout at the Xianbei people as he did at the beginning, he comforted Duan Qizhen and them, and said that first implement Prime Minister Zuo's suggestion and stick to the Korean city, but once the situation changes, they will immediately adopt Duan Qizhen's strategy, abandon the Korean city, and do not fight with the Han people.
This compromise plan was finally passed, and although the Xianbei people were dissatisfied, they still agreed for the sake of the overall situation.
Next, the Gaoxian coalition began to fortify the fortifications of Xianbei City in response to the upcoming attack of the Han army.
Murong Diao, who had fought with the Han army in Jizhou, said to Duan Qizhen and Yuwenpu: "In fact, the siege ability of the Han people Goguryeo people have not seen it at all, when I was in the Central Plains, I heard that the Han army has a very powerful siege weapon, no matter how strong the city wall can be razed to the ground, in my opinion, this Korean city can not be defended at all, rather than following the Goguryeo people to accompany the burial, it is better for us to plan as soon as possible and find a way out." ”
Duan Qizhen said helplessly: "I have already persuaded King Michuan, but they don't listen at all, thinking that they can stop the Han people with this Korean city." ”
Yuwenpu said: "Then we will ignore them, when the Han people are killed, we will find an opportunity to slip away, the Goguryeo people want to fight, let them fight." ”
The three of them secretly discussed, and naturally concealed King Mikawa and others, and prepared to flee in private.
The Goguryeo people were completely unaware that their attention was already focused on the invading Han army.
In fact, King Mikawa only fought two battles with the Han army, one was the battle of Shuangliudu, the other was the battle of Xiangping, the battle of Shuangliudu was a field battle across the river, and the battle of Xiangping City, the Han army did not attack the city, but the Goguryeo people took the initiative to abandon the city and flee after hearing that the reinforcements were destroyed.
Therefore, in the record of fighting with the Han army, the Goguryeo people have not really fought the city defense war, the Korean city is the county of Lelang County, and it is also the largest city on the peninsula, when the Han people in order to resist the invasion from the surrounding Yi people, the Korean city was built strong and tall, which undoubtedly also brought great confidence to the Goguryeo people, thinking that there is no great difficulty in holding the Korean city.
The Han army quickly slaughtered the city of Joseon, and the Goguryeo people had the courage to fight a field battle with the Han army, so they abandoned all positions on the periphery of the Joseon city and retreated back to the Joseon city, the city gate was closed, the drawbridge was hung high, and they made all preparations to defend the city.
Liu Yin obviously didn't have any patience to play any more siege warfare with Goguryeo, he rode to the city of Korea in person, looked at the city, his eyes were cold and gloomy, he decided to directly use the most direct, effective and violent siege method to destroy the city of Korea and break the defense line of the Goguryeo people.
Dozens of small catapults were pushed to the bottom of Joseon City, lined up, each escorted and operated by dozens of soldiers.
With such a long journey, heavy equipment such as large catapults could not be carried, but there was no problem in carrying dozens of small catapults. Although these catapults were not of much use in previous battles, they have become the protagonists of today's siege battles.
The Goguryeo army in the city was already in a tight position, waiting for the Han army to come to attack the city, but after waiting for a long time, the Han army did not launch an offensive, but launched dozens of catapults.
Catapult Goguryeo has also seen, when the Wei army attacked the city of Marudu, it used a large catapult, according to the older generation, the Wei army's catapult is quite terrible, the grinding plate of the big stone was thrown out high, smashed towards the head of the city, next to the death, touch the death, even the thick city wall, can not withstand the catapult of the bombardment smashing, and finally the fall of the city of the pill, the catapult played at least half of the role.
However, the catapult pushed out by the Han army now seems to be a few smaller than the catapult in memory, and the "stone ball" placed behind the catapult is even smaller and outrageous, and the Goguryeo people can't help laughing, the Han people actually took out such a thing, didn't they think that they could break through the Korean city with such a small stone ball?
The originally tense nerves of the Goguryeo soldiers suddenly relaxed, this is too fucking funny, are you sure that the Han people are here to attack the city, not to be funny?
Just as the Goguryeo people were laughing, the "stone balls" had already roared out, and because of their relatively light weight, the "stone balls" flew a particularly long distance, drawing a graceful arc in the air, ready to fall down towards the city without mistake.