Chapter 308: The Divine Cannon, First Coming to the Battle Array
Chen Zhiyong, the defender of the Goguryeo Dahan Mountain City, faced the Great Wei soldiers led by Jiang Wei outside the city, and couldn't help but feel amused that the Great Wei besieged the Dahan Mountain City with only 40,000 troops.
"There are 30,000 defenders and 5,000 cavalry in my mountain city of Han, and the Great Wei only uses 40,000 horses to dare to attack, and the general really doesn't understand what medicine they sell in their gourds."
Chen Zhiyong said to the deputy general beside him.
If it weren't for the edict of the king of Dongchuan in the city of Marudu, saying that the number of soldiers attacking Goguryeo was much smaller than expected, Chen Zhiyong would have wanted to let the five thousand cavalry out of the city at this time and give the Great Wei generals on the opposite side a little color.
The deputy general didn't have as many thoughts as Chen Zhiyong, he felt that as long as he could hold the mountain city of Dahan and not be attacked by the Great Wei, everything would be fine.
As for the fact that Dawei only sent 40,000 horses to Dahan Mountain City, it was too late for the deputy general to be happy, it was best not to fight, and they could defend it if they fought.
After Jiang Wei led the army to the mountain city of Dahan, he immediately set up camp.
If he was really preparing to attack the mountain city of Dahan, Jiang Wei would definitely not be able to take such a risk and set up camp under the nose of the enemy.
However, Jiang Wei's current task is to ensure that the defenders of Dahan Mountain Fortress will not leave the city easily.
If they are not ready to attack, they will definitely not go out of the city to fight.
Until the Great Wei soldiers under Jiang Wei really completed the construction of the camp, the defenders of the entire Dahan Mountain City still did not move.
Next, just wait for the Shenwei cannon to arrive at the camp, and Jiang Wei can launch an attack on the mountain city of Dahan.
At the same time, Deng Ai, who was ordered to attack the city from Yanmen to the city, also completed the construction of the camp.
After Deng Ai completed the construction of the camp, he took 10,000 Youzhou iron horsemen and began to circle around the rock gate to the city, looking for the weak point from the rock gate to the city wall, and finding a good position for the arrangement of Shenwei artillery.
The route of the Great Wei march into Goguryeo, starting from Liaodong, was first the mountain fortress of Dahan, followed by the Yanmen to the city.
Since Cheng Yu received the thirty-two Shenwei cannons that were transported from Yecheng to the Liaodong camp in Youzhou, he immediately began to take the Shenwei cannons to Dahan Mountain City.
Since there were no concrete straights in Goguryeo, the carriage carrying the Shenwei cannon slowed down significantly after entering Goguryeo.
After three improvements, in order to seek a balance between power and the number of uses, the weight of the cannon body is still maintained at about 800 catties, and it takes a carriage of two horses to pull a Shenwei cannon to travel normally.
Two days later, Cheng Yu finally came to Jiang Wei's camp with thirty-two Shenwei cannons.
"General!"
Jiang Wei saw Cheng Yu coming to the camp and greeted him excitedly.
"Boyo, you built the camp so close to the mountain city of Dahan, it seems that they are sure that they will not dare to go out of the city to attack, they are bold and careful, not bad!"
Cheng Yu first praised Jiang Wei, and then began to give Jiang Wei orders.
"The Shenwei cannon has arrived at the camp at this moment, and the Shenwei cannon will be arranged outside the four city gates in the southeast and northwest of Dahan Mountain Castle later.
Boyo orders your men to prepare to fight in the mountain fortress of Daehan! ”
Cheng Yu said in a deep voice, and Jiang Wei immediately replied, "The last general will obey the order!" ”
Then the Great Wei soldiers in the entire camp began to act, and the 40,000 horses led by Jiang Wei and the 100,000 horses brought by Cheng Yu blocked the water pavilion surrounded by the entire Dahan Mountain City.
On the upper floor of Dahan Mountain City, the defender Chen Zhiyong had already ordered all the defenders of Dahan Mountain City to enter a state of readiness and be ready to deal with the attack of Great Wei at any time when Cheng Yu's men arrived.
When the deputy general saw that another 100,000 horses had come from Great Wei, his previous good mood suddenly disappeared, and he roared and urged the Goguryeo soldiers who were defending the city to transport the arrows and rolling wood to the city.
The soldiers of Great Wei and the defenders of Dahan Mountain City are nervously preparing for the upcoming siege battle.
After the 140,000 troops of the Great Wei besieged the Great Han Mountain City, they did not launch a direct attack as the defender Chen Zhiyong thought, but a small number of Great Wei soldiers pulled the carriage and came to a place five hundred meters away from the Great Han Mountain City.
"What is Da Wei doing here?"
Chen Zhiyong, the guard of the mountain fortress of Dahan, thought very suspiciously in his heart.
In response to the siege tactics of the Great Wei army, all the cities of Goguryeo were fortified and their moats widened.
If the Great Wei soldiers came to attack the city, a moat alone would require them to drop thousands of corpses!
It's a pity that Dawei has a powerful cannon, and he doesn't plan to use human lives to fill the moat of Dahan Mountain City.
"How's the preparation going?"
Cheng Yu took Jiang Wei to the south gate of Dahan Mountain City, where the placement of Shenwei cannons was underway.
This time, the thirty-two Shenwei cannons brought by Cheng Yu were equally divided by Cheng Yu to the four city gates in the southeast, northwest, and northwest of Dahan Mountain City.
"Back to the general, the Shenwei cannon has been arranged, the ammunition has been loaded, and it is ready to be fired at any time!"
The soldier who was operating the Kamui cannon said.
This group of soldiers who controlled the Shenwei cannon were carefully selected from the tiger and leopard cavalry and then entered the Yecheng research and development base for training, and finally came to the Liaodong camp in Youzhou together with the tiger and leopard cavalry who guarded the transportation of the Shenwei cannon.
"Excellent! Start giving General Ben now and blast open the gates of Daehansanseong! ”
Cheng Yu nodded with satisfaction when he heard this, and then ordered the soldier who controlled the Shenwei cannon.
As early as Cao Cao's letter, Cheng Yu and all the generals in Youzhou knew that the Shenwei cannon was extremely powerful and could collapse the city wall from a distance of five hundred meters.
Now Cheng Yu is using the Shenwei cannon to smash the gate of Dahan Mountain City, and he will soon be able to see the power of the Shenwei cannon.
"Yes!"
The soldiers who controlled the Kamui cannon aimed their guns at the south gate of Daehan Mountain Fortress.
Then he used a torch to light the fuse at the tail of Kamui cannon.
"Boom!"
A loud bang startled the Youzhou soldiers, including Cheng Yu and Jiang Wei.
Then everyone heard several terrible screams from the walls of Dahan Mountain Fortress.
It turned out that the first iron solid projectile did not hit the city gate, but flew to the city wall of Daehansan Fortress.
The screams were made by the defenders of the city wall who had been hit by the projectiles.
Cheng Yu, Jiang Wei and the others were amazed at the range of the Shenwei cannon, and the other seven Shenwei cannons were also firing fiercely at the gate of Dahan Mountain City at this time!
This time, four projectiles successfully hit the city gates, and the other two flew into the city.
After the smoke and dust of the Shenwei cannon were fired, Cheng Yu took out the clairvoyant mirror from his arms and looked at the gate of Dahan Mountain City.
"As soon as this Shenwei cannon was fired, it blasted out a big hole in the gate of Dahan Mountain Fortress!"
Cheng Yu used a clairvoyant mirror to clearly see the city gate after being bombarded by Shenwei cannons, and there was obvious damage.
After Jiang Wei heard Cheng Yu's exclamation, he also quickly took out the clairvoyant mirror from his arms and looked in the direction of the city gate.