Chapter 194: Return to the Cannon
Pyongyang.
The pilgrimage ends.
Gao Yanshou and Gao Huizhen both followed Yuangai Suwen.
In fact, Yuan Gai Suwen is only forty years old now, and he is still young, but perhaps the perennial killing has caused him to have a feeling that no one should enter, not to mention, he does have some self-respect.
"Big right, Lu really wants to go by himself?"
Yuangai Suwen glanced at them with a murderous gaze, "Otherwise, what good can you do?"
Gao Yanshou and Gao Huizhen looked at each other, and they really didn't have any good solutions.
Yuangai Suwen said, "You both have gathered your soldiers and horses when you go back, and you will go with me in three days!"
With that, he mounted his horse and left.
……
And at the same time......
Su Dingfang and Li Chengqian are here.
Now that it's all here, the surrounding threats must be cleared.
Taking advantage of the fact that the army of Goguryeo had not yet arrived, Su Dingfang sent scouts to reconnoiter the movements of the army in front of him, and at the same time, he also found the nearest city to launch an attack.
Newcastle.
Maybe it's because the population is small, so the other party just closes the door.
However, the fact that the other party is closed does not mean that the Tang army will not attack them.
Anyway......
Now Datang has a return cannon.
The return cannon not only has a long range, but also saves effort.
Deploy 5,000 troops outside the city to prevent them from coming out and dismantling the siege equipment, and then they can bombard from morning to evening.
It can only be said that Niu Jinda is also the first time to see this kind of siege equipment.
Amazed at such siege equipment.
Ask the craftsman:
"Who came up with this siege machine?"
The craftsman said, "General Hui, it's the crown prince and master Li Chong."
As soon as Niu Jinda heard the name Li Chong, he had to say, "Why is it him every time."
Not......
Every time!?
Niu Jinda thought about it, but ...... The name has indeed been on his ears a bit more in recent months.
All I can say is......
It seems that no matter where he goes, he can hear Li Chong's name.
Ten trebuchets cast together.
In just one day, even if the mountain castle on the mountain cannot be broken, but under the unparalleled accuracy, the castle towers above the mountain castle have been destroyed to the point that they are not in shape.
Moreover......
The place at the gate of the city was already stuffed with stones, and it was almost impossible for the enemy to get out.
Niu Jinda couldn't help but sigh when he looked at this scene: "If you shoot for a few more days, will you be able to build a passage to climb the wall at the city gate?"
When the craftsman heard him say this, he couldn't help but be stunned.
Because of this issue......
He really hadn't thought about it yet.
The main reason is that in the past, they were all fighting on flat ground, and they would also be used with other siege equipment to attack the city, so the role of the return cannon was more used to bombard the enemy and targets on the city wall.
But this time was different.
This time, because it was a back-attack, although the range of their return artillery was already very long, it could only bombard the line of the opponent's city wall.
Just imagine that a return cannon can fill a boulder of 150 catties.
Those ten rounds are 1,500 catties, and if they are all piled up at the gate of the city according to the general, then it is indeed very likely that they will be able to use these stones to build a passage to the wall. ….
Anyway......
Let's give it a try.
At the moment, the craftsman also ordered people to speed up the production of boulders.
Finally......
In the early hours of the next morning, when it was just dawn, the enemy soldiers on duty slowly noticed that something was wrong, but by the time they realized that something was wrong, it was too late.
Niu Jinda had already taken advantage of the night to quietly touch someone with him.
For a time, in the place of the city tower, the sound of fighting was everywhere.
A large number of Don troops began to climb the tower.
The sound of the crossbow and the rest of the rest continued to sound.
The enemies were harvested one by one.
After about an hour or two, the battle ended.
The streets and alleys have been infected with blood into small red streams.
When the battle report was sent back to Su Dingfang, at this time.
Xue Rengui couldn't help but be surprised.
Didn't you say that the city that is good is not easy to take?
Why did you take it in just one day and one night?
Xue Rengui's eyes were straight, and he couldn't help but sigh with emotion: "It seems that this is the experience of the veteran!"
At this time, Xue Rengui couldn't wait for himself to be able to go to the battlefield in person, and he could also make some military achievements like Niu Jinda.
Su Dingfang was also surprised.
But......
Either way, it's a good thing.
Because this new city is on the same side as them, although there are not many defenders in the new city, as long as he dares to come out, he dares to destroy it.
However, it would also be a good thing if it could be eliminated in advance.
Su Dingfang even transferred the number of people from the four Zhechong Mansions to clean up the aftermath and firmly control the city.
Other than that......
There were also 8,000 men, women, and children in the city.
Su Dingfang is not very easy to settle these people at present, so he simply put them all back and let them go to other cities to report the news, which can be regarded as giving Goguryeo some psychological pressure.
It is not yet the time when the Tang army has an absolute advantage, and it is not good to keep these people behind their backs.
As for the grain left in the city, it was naturally all collected by the Tang army and pocketed.
It should be able to feed at least 10,000 people for ten days and half a month.
And when the news of the fall of the new city passed through the mouths of these people and spread to other cities in Goguryeo, the lords of other Goguryeo cities were also shocked.
You must know that it is a new city, and the terrain is not much worse than that of Anshi, which is easy to defend and difficult to attack, but it was broken by the Tang army in less than two days.
After some rendering by these ordinary people, the city lords of the rest of the cities also knew that the Tang Army had a very huge catapult.
Some city lords have already begun to panic.
For example, the lord of Gaimu City.
Because Gaimu City is the closest to Xincheng, if the Tang army finishes fighting Xincheng, then the next step will definitely be to them.
Hurry up and send a message to the rear and ask for support.
Sure enough!
In the afternoon of this day, someone from outside the City Lord's Mansion soon came to report that the Tang Army had been found outside, and the number was about five thousand.
The defense of Gaimu City was even worse than that of the new city, because it was built on the plain.
And after eating the sweetness before, Niu Jinda also repeated his old tricks again.
Anyway......
As long as the enemy does not come out, he will block the gates of the other party's city.
As for the enemy, if he comes out, it will naturally kill all the enemies.
In the city of Gaimu.
A general of Goguryeo planned to ask the lord of the city to give him 10,000 soldiers, and he went out at night to destroy the trebuchets.
However......
The city lord of Gaimu City is very stable.
Reply to the other party, now all they have to do is wait for the support behind them.
When I looked at it the next day, the stones in front of the city gate had been piled up almost a foot high.
At this time......
The lord of Gaimu City seemed to already know how the new city had fallen.
But knowing what, the Tang army is too far away, even if they want to do something, it will be difficult.
It can only be paid attention to at night, and the Tang army must not be allowed to attack at night.
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