Datang Lingnan King

Chapter 336 Battle Five

Yuan Taizuo was extremely shocked by the mine, which strengthened his determination to occupy western Liaoning. After returning to Yingzhou, all the siege weapons were in place, and Yuan Taizuo launched a four-sided siege on Yingzhou City.

He didn't choose the traditional Wei San Jue Yi, which means that Yuan Taizuo didn't want to let anyone in the city go. This is also to reduce resistance for attacking other cities in the future. Otherwise, the soldiers of the Tang Dynasty retreated to the next city and continued to defend. This is for him It's just too much trouble.

It's a pity that things didn't work out, Yuan Taizuo didn't know that Datang had prepared for it long ago, and not long after they sent troops, Liaoxi had already mastered their every move.

Yingzhou City is now a huge barracks. Except for [-] soldiers, the rest are [-] young and strong. The main task of these young and strong is logistics, helping to transport arrows, wounded, cooking and boiling water.

Since most of the people in western Liaoning are Khitan and Turkic, the [-] young and strong will also be guest archers in batches. When a large number of enemy troops attack, they will use dense arrow arrays to form a curtain of arrows, causing a large number of enemy troops to attack. casualties.

As for scattered attacks, two hundred steel crossbows scattered around the city walls, aiming at the dense crowd, siege weapons, firing bursts, prismatic aluminum arrows that are ten feet long, as thick as a baby's arm, it can be said that they are forgotten when they are touched, and they will die when they are rubbed. For Goguryeo, no matter who is opened with a big hole, there is no possibility of survival, and the people shot to death by the steel crossbow are very miserable, and most of them will not die immediately. The prismatic arrows will make them bleed and cry in pain. Died slowly, which invisibly greatly affected the morale of the coalition forces.

As for siege vehicles, building vehicles, etc., they would also be damaged by high-speed crossbow arrows. The huge targets were easy for Tang soldiers to aim at. Although the aluminum arrows were not hard, they could still easily penetrate the defense of the coalition forces when fired by steel crossbows.

The coalition forces with backward technology use thin-skinned iron shields, which can defend against bows and arrows, and can be slashed with knives. For steel crossbows, it is no different from a layer of paper. After aluminum arrows hit the target, they will be seriously deformed. It's not easy to pull out, and the aluminum arrows collected by the coalition army can't be used. The deformed arrows don't even look like goods, and they are soft, not even as good as a wooden stick.

Yuan Taizuo was also very well prepared, especially with a lot of arrows, and many archers lined up every day. Unfortunately, Datang had a huge steel shield, and a shield array was laid on the top of the city, allowing soldiers to fight back easily without getting injured. As for the young and strong archers in the city, they are also protected by wooden shields, so they are safe and secure.

For several days in a row, the coalition forces attacked by force, but they were all repelled. Not only were there many casualties, but the city walls were not even touched. The most important thing is that there are many military doctors in the Tang Dynasty, even if there are injuries, they can be treated in time.

The medicine powder made by Nanzhao Panax notoginseng has a very good hemostatic effect, and the wound is difficult to heal quickly.

When Yuan Taizuo saw tens of thousands of casualties in even a city, one can imagine how bad his mood was, and he didn't dare to continue to attack, because the Tang Dynasty in the city seemed to have arrows that didn't need money, flying all over the sky. The arrows are simply blocking out the sky.

It took five days and nearly [-] casualties before the moat was filled with wood and covered with soil.

This moat is a stagnant river. It was dug out because of the labor force. There is no water, but it is wide and deep. It is specially designed to consume Goguryeo's troops.

After a few more days like this, Yuan Taizuo was almost desperate. Facing a city that looked like a hedgehog, he didn't know what to do. He had to start feigning attacks to waste Datang's arrows, and then tried to seize the city.

The night attack was discovered by secret sentries, and thousands of people were shot to death with random arrows. Then Zhang Liang sacrificed the magic weapon of the Tang Dynasty for defending the city-glass mirror, a huge glass mirror, standing behind the fire, reflecting the outside of the city like daytime.

Then there were tunnels, more tunnels were excavated at the same time, relying on the large number of people, digging from a distance, digging near, digging in daylight, under the cover of a feint attack, to avoid the sound being heard by the Tang guards, this time Almost succeeded by Goguryeo......

Let's say that after Feng Daiwen gathered his subordinates, he rushed to Tanzhou in the starry night. This time, he used all the horses in the mine to transport goods, plus the horses of the original fanatic army, and marched quickly.

Tanzhou City is not big, and now there are Zhishisili and Laiji guards, with a lot of troops, there are [-] fanatics, [-] recruits, [-] government soldiers, and [-] Turkic troops from Zhishisili headquarters, [-] The Japanese slave death squad, a young and strong group composed of [-] Turks, Khitans, and Xi people.

Zhi Shisili carried out the order very well, pretending that there were only 2 people defending, and kept taking turns in battle, luring the coalition forces to continue attacking.

The coalition forces also started to attack on the second day after their arrival. They continued to attack for four consecutive days, causing more than [-] casualties. Except for the first day, they tried their best to attack. Afterwards, they all seemed to be unable to work hard. They all kept their own strength and wanted to let others Offensive, enjoy the benefits, and even interrupt the siege for a while.

In fact, this is true. The Khitan and other tribes refused to attack the city on the grounds that they were cavalry. Although Baekje was the main force, the Baekje fighters had always been neglected in training.

On October 28, the fifth year of Zhenguan, Tanzhou City
"Mr. Jun, these coalition forces are too insignificant. Don't they attack today?" Li Tian, ​​who was fully armed, was like a tin can, holding a helmet in his hand and asked Zhishenli.

"Hehe, I don't know why I don't attack, but it's a good thing that they don't come. When the governor arrives, they will be wiped out." Zhishenli said with a blank face.

"Your Majesty, the coalition forces don't want to contribute. They're pushing each other, maybe they're arguing now. Look at the attacks these days, they're all just pretending." Lai Ji explained from the side.

"General Lai is right. If I had known that there would not be so many people coming to defend, I would have frightened them." Li Tian shook his head and said, obviously puzzled and disappointed by the behavior of the coalition forces, which made him the first time to experience Those who fight have no enemies to kill. You must know that he and Fang Yiai are the most excited these days.

Li Tian and Fang Yi'ai were also Feng Daiwen's intention here. They were allowed to fight after many pleadings, but they were also armed to the teeth. Except for the eyes, they even wore deerskin gloves on their hands. And strictly prohibit their removal.

As for the Li Ke and Li Tai brothers who were also flustered, of course Feng Daiwen sternly refused and was arranged to train the 20 young men.

"Such a vulnerable opponent, if you want me to say, just go straight out, we have already won when the governor comes, just let him see, and he won't underestimate us in the future." Fang Yi, who is also in the same tin can, said in a low voice, This guy is a stick. Feng Daiwen told him that he could not take off his equipment as long as he went out to fight, and he did it completely, even the mask would not be put away.

(End of this chapter)