Chapter 340: Assault
After the last ray of light in heaven and earth disappeared, the whole wilderness was shrouded in darkness, and the biting north wind was like a fierce spirit wandering in the wilderness, howling continuously. [擺|渡|搜||小|說|free|fee|下|骪|小|說】【Starter】
The black fog of Panjin Black City is pervasive, the black shadows are heavy, and it is extremely terrifying, even if the mind is as strong as Zhou Yue, at this moment, there is a feeling of homelessness and loneliness with nowhere to go, perhaps, this is why human beings have a special love for building their own fortress.
The old man Deng of the Deng family is also very keen on building a solid fortress, to be honest, he is already old enough to know the destiny of heaven, and the greatest happiness and fun at this time is to tease his grandson, so he and the Deng family are reluctant to join the expedition.
However, Zhou Yue gave them a very huge amount of chips and ****, that is, to participate in this adventure, if they win the bet, their Deng family will also become a wealthy family from now on, and they can even have their own city, which is Zhou Yue's promise.
Therefore, the Deng family burst out with unimaginable enthusiasm, and the old man Deng also seemed to have a second spring, full of amazing energy.
Although Zhou Yue, Xiao Jun, Liu Yue, Zhang Ying, etc. are all extremely confident, but Old Man Deng firmly believes in his own principles, that is, everything must be prepared for the worst, and now the baggage battalion has 5,000 coolies and abundant manpower, so he can camp according to his vision.
In a short period of time, outside the entire camp, a huge deep ditch in the shape of a ring began to be dug up quickly, according to the plan of the old man Deng, it was five meters wide and three meters deep, and the excavated soil would be piled up on the side of the camp, and continue to pile up into a two-meter-high earthen wall, and the ice and snow would be melted, and it would be frozen overnight, and finally the deep pit would be counted, a total of five meters high.
But this is not the end, on the cart of the baggage battalion, there are a large number of huge wooden spears, this is the pine wood cut down on the way forward, the length is ten meters, the thickness is more than ten centimeters, one end is completely sharpened, and then tied up in a row to form a wooden row, these wooden rows are at a forty-five degree angle, diagonally inserted behind the earthen wall, the front end sticks out three meters, forming a terrible defense, and according to the old man Deng, this kind of wooden row can still continue to pile up, that is, put a wooden spear, and pile up a layer of soil, and then a row, which can be stacked indefinitely, is the most effective means of dealing with cavalry charges, given the time and manpower.
Zhou Yue watched it with relish on the side, although the camp defense that Old Man Deng supervised at this time may not be used, but this is undoubtedly the best drill, which will be of great help to the baggage camp in the future, and the most important thing is that the deficiencies can be found in advance, and then gradually make up for it.
At this time, with the sound of trumpets in the baggage camp, Zhou Yue looked back, but saw that he didn't know when, the baggage camp actually created a whole ten huge heavy shields.
Even if Wang Huang comes, these ten heavy shields will definitely not be able to carry them, each side is at least ten meters high, six meters wide, and the thickness is a full fifty meters, and the estimated total weight is five or six tons, and there are brackets behind this heavy shield, which can be moved by the wheels of a cart, but it is very rough.
Curious, Zhou Yue hurriedly walked over, and immediately found that these ten heavy shields turned out to be attributed.
"Level 1 giant wooden cowhide heavy shield, made by the Deng family's craftsmen, white quality, unrefinable, can resist the bombardment of catapult stone projectiles, or eight bull crossbow shooting, heavy shield defense 1000 points, durability 20000 points, when the durability reaches zero, this heavy shield will be destroyed."
Seeing this, Zhou Yue was also dumbfounded, it seems that the Deng family and others are really sparing no effort, but this is okay, on the Panjin Black City, there must be catapults, with these ten cowhide heavy shields, the casualties must be much less.
After carefully inspecting the construction of the camp, Zhou Yue left the camp with a group of guards and headed to the front of the battlefield, where Xiao Jun's heavy shield battalion, Zhang Ying's cavalry battalion, and Liu Yue's Shenji battalion were all in place, just waiting for the catapult to be assembled.
This thing is very large, and when it is transported over long distances, it must be disassembled and then assembled in wartime, and the stone projectiles thrown by the catapult must also be transported to the front, in short, the thirty catapults require at least a thousand coolies, plus dozens of craftsmen to take care of the launch, and it can only be fired every three minutes.
Therefore, this siege city cannot be impatient, although the elites of the heavy shield battalion are already impatient, but Zhou Yue is not in a hurry, this siege is not a result, but a kind of training for his team, so that they are more familiar with the cooperation of large-scale operations with cold weapons, after all, from now on, they can no longer expect their respective melee to win those powerful opponents.
Xiao Jun, Liu Yue, Zhang Ying and others are very clear about this, so they are all orderly.
As the thirty catapults began to be assembled 1,800 meters away from the city wall of Panjin Heicheng, the Goguryeo soldiers in the black city had already sent a lot of hundred-man cavalry squads to harass and probe, and on the city wall, the torches were also bright, orderly, and there was no panic, as if they had been waiting for a long time.
When Zhou Yue came to the front of the battlefield, he immediately felt this, because everyone had not taken this Panjin Black City in their eyes before, just Goguryeo, and he was also a puppet King Gaozang, plus a modern human Liu San Mazi, what kind of opponent is it?
However, the solemn and sophisticated and calm aura on the opposite wall could not hide a long-standing person like Zhou Yue, who was now very keen on the feeling of battle.
"This situation is a little wrong, the guards of Panjin Black City are all elite soldiers! Moreover, the commander who defended the city was definitely a very powerful guy. ”
Zhou Yue was thinking so, but saw that Xiao Jun was also walking with a solemn face, and said in a low voice: "Brother Zhou, just now Zhang Ying sent people to chase five hundred meters away from Panjin Black City, and found that those soldiers defending the city are very strong, at least Cheng Dù, who is equivalent to the Red Battalion Vest Soldiers, and the level is also very high, and most importantly, they are not flustered at all, as if they have been prepared for a long time, but the city lord of this Panjin Black City, but it is indeed a puppet King Gaozang, I think, in this Panjin Black City, there must be a leading general of the Goguryeo side, And it's a very powerful kind, do you want us to postpone it until dawn? ”
Xiao Jun's worries coincided with Zhou Yue, because in this black city, the role of leading the generals is very huge, just like the black city of Jinzhou, because the city lord Dai Shan is not there, so it is easy to be stormed.
And Zhou Yue was very relaxed and confident that they could quickly win Panjin Black City, also because King Gao Zao was indeed not a character.
However, if there is another leading general to defend the city, it will be different, not only will the morale of the soldiers defending the city be very high, but the leading general will also use special command skills, which is very troublesome.
Nodding, Zhou Yue looked directly at the fire-filled Panjin Black City in the distance, and after a long time, he said: "Don't attack, use the Eight Bull Crossbow and Catapult to keep bombarding me, your heavy shield battalion and Liu Yue's Shenji battalion are now resting, keep in good shape, I will lead the elite team to harass from the direction of the four city gates overnight, and in the early morning of tomorrow, launch a strong attack!" ”
As soon as Zhou Yue's words came out, Chu Liuyun, Jiang Yang and others behind him couldn't help but cheer, to be honest, in one day, in addition to marching in a daze, it was not easy to be able to fight, but they also had to re-shield the battalion, and the Shenji battalion was ahead, which was very depressing.
"Brother Zhou, there is Liu Yue in the camp, Peng Yang takes care of it, I don't need to rest, let me join, these Goguryeo grandsons, I have endured them for a long time!" Xiao Jun's eyes were also shining, and even the elites of the heavy shield battalion were extremely enthusiastic.
"No, your task is to rest in shifts, and at the same time guard the catapult, don't think that you can do everything, God knows when, the opposite side will suddenly kill a cavalry, if our catapult is destroyed, you can't cry, Xiao Jun, the key to this, that is better than me, no need to say much, tell you, it's just a business trip, if you don't go on a business trip, I won't spare it!"
"Chu Liuyun, Jia Luo, Ying Yu, Qin Lang, Guan Hong, the five of you, take eighty elites of the guard battalion, give me free movement, harass the north gate of Panjin Heicheng overnight, pay attention, mainly harassment, but don't be careless, Jiang Yang, Xia Zhi, Han Yi, Li Rui, the four of you, take eighty elites of the pro-guard battalion, responsible for harassing the south gate of Panjin Heicheng, Wang Huang, Zhao Xiaoer, and all the remaining members of the pro-guard battalion, sneak to the east gate with me, tonight, I want to keep them awake all night!"
After informing Zhang Ying of this order to the cavalry battalion, Peng Yang of the Shenji battalion, and Liu Yue, who was in charge of the coordination and command in the large battalion, with the attack of thirty catapults and ten eight-bull crossbows, Zhou Yue and the people in the personal guard battalion also quickly disappeared into the boundless darkness.
These people are very tough, and they also have a strong sense of battle, although they are high-spirited, they will not be reckless, and they are all very patient to wander to the ambush position, waiting for the opportunity.
At the same time, they are also paying attention to the situation on the brightly lit city wall, I have to say that the general who defends the city does have two shots, after the west gate was violently bombarded by thirty catapults, but there is not too much panic, and the guards of the city wall are not too much, at a glance, they know that it is tightened appropriately, and they really have to wait for Zhou Yue to attack the city, and it is guaranteed that more soldiers will be killed in the shortest possible time.
So at this time, Zhou Yue was very curious, who is the hidden warrior in this Panjin Black City?
Thirty minutes later, Zhou Yue took Wang Huang, Zhao Xiaoer and fifty members of the guard battalion to the easternmost part under the cover of darkness, the black city on this side is also brightly lit, and outside the city gate, there are also cavalry squads of 100 people galloping through, and on the city wall, there are a large number of archers to cover them, and occasionally clash with Zhang Ying's cavalry battalion, and the victory is also half of the victory, which can also be seen that guarding Panjin Heicheng is really the elite soldiers of Goguryeo.