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The castle lord's worries were not unfounded, the defenders in Baekam Castle were originally 2,000, but in order to conquer Silla, Yuangai Suwen transferred 1,000, and only 1,000 remained.

There are still more than 10,000 people in the city, and after recruiting more than 2,000 young people, this strength can only be regarded as barely defending the city.

More than 3,000 Goguryeo people, looking at the dense army of Li Chongjiu under the city, have long been bloodless, but for them, the Han people have always been invaders, so they fought in order to surround their homeland, so they have more courage to fight than the nobles in the city, and each of them has the same hatred of the enemy.

At the same time, there was a hope throughout the whole process, that is, Liaodong City could send reinforcements, or Yuangai Suwen could return to the southern front.

The previous 5,000 light cavalry was spread by Li Chongjiu for 50 miles, mainly to spy on Liaodong City in the east, and in the direction of Anshi City in the direction of Liaodong Bay in the south.

The three drums under the city, the cavalry regiment, and the cavalry of the Wansheng Army all put on armor, led the war horses with swords and guns, and entered the road behind the wooden fence in front of the formation. Cavalry could not have been used in sieges, but their role was of course to protect the foot soldiers, as well as weak siege weapons, to prevent the enemy from fighting through hidden caves or gates.

Baekam Fortress was built on top of the mountain, surrounded by earth and rock, and Li Chongjiu could not eliminate it for a while, so he naturally had to guard against the hands of the Goguryeo.

The main force of the siege of 10,000 soldiers, all of whom were already wearing iron armor, slowly stepped forward with siege weapons. The siege weapons covered in rain cloth marched forward, the ground was covered with sand, the wheels gurgled over the ground, and the stones clicked, and the siege weapons slowly advanced among the spears and spears of the forest. The soldiers of the county were all dressed in iron armor captured from Zhuo County, wearing black leather hats to protect against the cold, carrying crossbows and spears behind their backs, and hedgehogs gathered forward.

And looking up, above the city, there are densely packed with Goguryeo heads.

The soldiers of the county came to the two hundred paces in front of the city gate, and above the head of the city, all the Goguryeo soldiers raised their bows at the battlements and fired a volley together.

The Goguryeo people are very good at archery, and the current king of Goguryeo orders his soldiers to hold archery competitions every Shuowang Day to select warriors, and those who are not good at archery skills need to be eliminated. According to the history books, Liaodong is rich in a kind of water caraver, and the local people use the leather to make bows, and they are very good at shooting, so they are called the people, and the people are one of the ancestors of Goguryeo. The Goguryeo people used hazel wood as arrows, or willow as arrows, and arrowheads, the Goguryeo people had already mastered the method of iron smelting in the Three Kingdoms era, so there were all kinds of iron wolf's tooth arrowheads.

This round of Goguryeo's salvo is very orderly, different from other chaotic arrows, the arrows are all powerful, in addition to ordinary big arrows, the Goguryeo people also use a kind of bow and arrow similar to a slingshot, which also shoots far and fast. If it weren't for the former sergeants of the county soldiers, all of them raised iron shields covered with a layer of cooked cowhide, and I am afraid that there would be casualties under this round of arrows.

The Goguryeo people did not want to take advantage of this round of arrow rain to repel the Han army, and the defender Tong Guò tested this round of firing, and found that the lineup of the Han army under the city was not chaotic at all, and there was no gap like a strong wall. The defender immediately understood that the Han army under the city was well-trained, so he transferred the 300 dead soldiers who were ambushed under the city gate back to the city, and gave up the plan to attack out of the city.

When the front army had approached the gate of the city a hundred paces, they plunged their shields into the ground, and then they all fell down, knelt on the ground, and raised their spears and marched forward.

The siege weapons covered with rain cloth in the back stopped when they reached a distance of 300 paces from the city gate. The soldiers tore off the tarpaulins of the twenty siege weapons.

Above the city, the Goguryeo general who said that he was going to attack the Han army couldn't help but gasp when he saw the true face of the Han army's siege weapons.

"Eight Ox Ballista!" The expression on the other party's face changed dramatically.

The winch clicked and writhed, and more than two dozen strong men tried their best. After that, the arrows were like the spokes of a car, and the crossbow arrows were like giant axes (Note 1), and they were forced onto the crossbow bed.

Li Chongjiu looked at this scene and couldn't help but smile, this was the twenty ballista he got from the Zhuojun arsenal, and this time he conquered Goguryeo, so he took this opportunity to use the knife to try it out. After the reloading, the brigade leader raised the small red flag, and the county soldiers kneeling in front of the ballista all lowered their heads.

At the head of the city, Goguryeo also had a commotion when he saw this scene, but it quickly calmed down.

"Put!"

The strong man slammed the trigger with a giant hammer, only to hear a bang, the machine sounded, and after the giant arrow flew out, the crossbow strings vibrated back and forth, and the soldiers on the side of the crossbow bed only felt their eardrums buzzing.

Twenty bolts slammed into the city.

The arrows of the great axe were heavily pierced into the cracks in the stone wall, and the arrows were deeply pierced into the wall, revealing spider-like splinters on the stone wall.

Two huge arrows pierced the tower, crushing the triple wooden tower to a corner, and the tiles fell with a pop. And another one was launched above the city, and the city head was densely packed with Goguryeo soldiers, so this shot directly scurried a string of blood gourds on the city.

The effect of the first round of attacks of the ballista made Li Chongjiu very satisfied, and the city wall, which was originally densely packed with standing heads, was suddenly lowered under the shock of the ballista and hid behind the battlement.

At that moment, the twenty ballistas were reloaded, and listening to the clattering of the winchs of the ballista winches, the throats of the Goguryeo people at the head of the city were constantly ringing up and down.

Second round salvo!

This time, it focused on taking care of the triple castle tower, ten crossbow arrows hit the castle tower, and on the wooden castle head, the soldiers holding bows and arrows in Goguryeo were all running away, and the crossbow arrows were tied horizontally and vertically on the castle tower.

The soldiers continued to be unforgiving, and the ballista fired five consecutive volleys.

Regardless of whether the ballista is pulled back after a salvo, because of the great effort, if it is fired again, the ballista will be easily damaged, and must be inspected by the craftsman.

The drums of war were beating, the soldiers got up together, and the soldiers of the two thousand counties in the front row approached nearly fifty paces forward, and they all took out their crossbows from their backs, stepped on the crossbows, opened their crossbows at their waists, and divided them into three columns and shot at the head of the city.

The Goguryeo tribe at the head of the city also raised their bows to counterattack, and the Goguryeo people continued to fall from the top of the city, and although the county soldiers were hiding behind the iron shield, many were also wounded by arrows.

Goguryeo is good at shooting almost everyone can shoot a bow, and with the advantage of the condescending head of the city, and the strong crossbow of the county soldiers is the painstaking work of the craftsmen of the Great Sui, and the strength and range are better than the bows and arrows of the Goguryeo people.

This time, the two sides almost launched a fierce arrow battle, the front row of two thousand county soldiers on the crossbow, into the crossbow, the crossbow in turn, the crossbow in turn, among which the crossbow, the waist crossbow is a sharp weapon, is the treasure in the arsenal of Zhuo County. The soldiers of the county shot all the arrows on their waists, which was equivalent to tilting thirty or forty thousand arrows towards the head of the city in one breath.

At this time, the crossbowmen waited for a while, and the Goguryeo people at the head of the city were already exhausted, although the Goguryeo people were good at shooting, but in the battle of arrows, the Han army relied on the crossbow and the bow was sharp, and completely suppressed the Goguryeo people at the head of the city.

At this time, Wei Chigong waved the flag this time and said: "The Goguryeo people are already frightened, and the armies will attack the city with me!"

After speaking, the crossbowmen parted ways, and the county soldiers raised half of the ships and other siege weapons, and began to fill the ditches of the city wall, destroy the antlers, and withdraw the thistles, as well as the sheep and horse walls in front of the city. The head of the city was frightened by the crossbow array of the Han army, so the arrows that counterattacked the city were very weak

Suddenly, he rode a fast horse to Li Chongjiu's side, and said: "Enlighten the envoy, 10,000 reinforcements from the Goguryeo people are coming from the direction of Liaodong City. ”

Li Chongjiu nodded and said, "I know, let's explore again!" ”

Kong Shan and Yuan Xiao stood beside Li Chongjiu, and they couldn't help but be shocked when they heard that the Goguryeo people had sent an army of 10,000. But looking at Li Chongjiu and all the generals under his command, they all looked disapproving, and they were all secretly wondering.

Logically speaking, although Li Chongjiu has 20,000 soldiers and horses, but the city is besieged on three sides, if the enemy's reinforcements arrive, Li Chongjiu will either send troops to intercept it, or he must withdraw the siege and gather his troops, otherwise he will scatter outside the city to meet the enemy, not only will the troops be scattered, but will also be broken inside and outside the city.

However, they were worried about making a fuss, and they saw it clearly for Li Chongjiu, so they endured their doubts and did not ask questions.

On the day of the siege, all the obstacles outside the city were clear, and the casualties of the Cangtou army were only twenty or thirty people. That night, the Goguryeo prisoners were sent to dig a trench 200 steps below the city.

At the two watches that night, Kongshan Yuanxiao and the others woke up when they heard the sound of horses' hooves, and when they came out, they suddenly saw that on the plain in the east of the city, there was a sudden spark trembling.

They all knew that this was a scene of cavalry holding torches and wandering around, and it was obvious that there were quite a few of them. Both of them frowned, and they both said in their hearts that it was not good, but looking at Li Chongjiu's army, they were still fighting strictly, and the foot guards patrolled in an orderly manner, without panic at all.

Seeing this, they admired Li Chongjiu's well-managed army, but they also wondered why Li Chongjiu was not worried at all?

The two of them spent the night in uneasiness, and when they got up the next day, they found that the trench dug by the Han army in front of the battle had been completed, and Li Chongjiu boldly approached the city with his battalion and put his spear under the nose of the Goguryeo.

Of course, in order to prevent the Goguryeo people from attacking and stealing the camp at night, last night 500 Han soldiers carried weapons and endured the cold of early spring in the trench and lay in ambush all night.

The next day, 3,000 county soldiers who had not fought yesterday were transferred to the first line, and the two of them found that the cavalry that had been guarding their flanks yesterday were gone, but the two were immediately relieved that the camp under the city had been completed, and there was really no need to worry about Goguryeo going out of the city to attack.

On the second day, the siege continued, and the Han army pushed out the nest tower erected on the edge of the city and continued to suppress the Goguryeo people with arrows. After yesterday's night of harassment, the Goguryeo people at the head of the city seemed to know that the reinforcements were not far away, and their morale was greatly boosted, and they resisted the siege of the Cangtou army even harder.

Note 1: According to the history books, when Li Shimin attacked Luoyang, the Tang army's cannon flew stones weighing 50 catties, throwing 200 steps, eight bows and crossbow arrows like car spokes, and arrowheads like giant axes, shooting 500 steps. (To be continued.) )