Datang Lingnan King

Chapter 418 Tragic Goguryeo
Goguryeo is now not only facing the attack of the Tang Dynasty, but on the other hand, Baekje and Silla have been stabbed twice in the ass.

Since the main force is defending Datang, the former fan has also communicated with the two countries. Although there is no alliance, it is never expected that the two countries will attack themselves.

This is the point that Gao Jianwu can't figure out very much. Everyone understands this simple truth, but they don't know why no one stops the two countries. It doesn't mean that all the nobles will become stupid.

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In the eighth year of Zhenguan, on May [-]th, good luck!
The five armies of the Tang Dynasty gathered at the Liaohe River. The other side of the river is the domestic city. It is said to be the Liaohe River, but it is actually a big river. The ships on both sides of the river have long been taken away by the Goguryeo people, and there are many fortifications and arrow towers built on the bank. There are horse rejection, trenches, and horse traps.

It can be seen that these have been prepared for a long time, and it should have been prepared after the defeat two years ago.

This is also Yuan Gai Suwen's confidence in resisting the Tang Dynasty, using the wide Liaohe River to offset the range of artillery fire. If you want to land, you can only attack by force. This is Yuan Gai Suwen's idea. For this reason, all the troops in the city have been mobilized. .

This is how failure makes people progress. Yuan Gai Suwen was in Anshi City, and was bombarded by steel cannons in the city.

"Not bad! It's defended like an iron barrel." Li Shimin looked at the fortifications across the river and exclaimed.

"There are fortifications along the way for hundreds of miles along the river. It will take at least one or two years to complete the construction. It should be built after we occupied the new city and broke down their Great Wall." Li Jing analyzed.

"Fortunately, there are steel cannons, otherwise I don't know how many people will die." Li Ji shook his head and sighed.

"Hehe, it's a good idea to use a natural moat to fight against my steel cannons. It's a pity that I'm too naive. Can Duke Wei find a way to break through and cross the river quickly?" Li Shimin asked with a smile, his tone full of disdain for Goguryeo. And complacent.

"I suddenly thought of the Battle of Chibi at the end of the Han Dynasty." Li Jing pondered for a while and said with a smile.

"Serial boat!" Li Shimin understood immediately when he heard it.

"Holy Majesty, since you want to use ships to carry steel cannons to attack, why not use ships to build pontoon bridges, connect the ships, lay wooden boards, and after breaking through, the cavalry can quickly cross the river. Goguryeo is not the country of Wu, but there are no fire ships. Broken." Li Jing explained.

"Wonderful! I'll let Zhang Liang prepare for it. We might as well prepare two more pontoon bridges. Anyway, there are too many boats, so we can defeat the enemy in one fell swoop. Otherwise, we will have to fight again after fleeing back." Li Shimin clapped his hands in admiration, then waved his hand, and said grandly.

In order to confuse the other side, Li Jing continued to deploy troops upstream and downstream to investigate and test, pretending that there was no good way.

The defenders on the other side are also mobilizing in a competitive manner, strengthening inspections, and further expanding the fortifications. They can't wait to build a city wall by the river.

A few days later, Li Jing deliberately dispatched more than a dozen boats along the river bank to explore. Every time they approached, there would be catapults and bows and arrows, forcing the boats to stay away.

But what they didn't know was that Datang already had a telescope, and Anshang's every move did not escape the eyes of the other side, and the boats wandering in the river were also deliberately shown to them.

Within a day or two, Li Jing would mobilize a few more ships, pretending to be about to make a massive attack, and attract the defenders to concentrate their forces.

After dragging for more than ten days, it was finally ready. The fleet from the Qinhuangdao Wharf in western Liaoning arrived at the Liaohe River. More than 300 medium-sized ships formed three huge serial boats across the river, paving half of the river completely. The towering water village.

The boats in the river had already alarmed Yuan Gai Suwen, and he led people to stare at him all the time, guessing how Datang would attack.Datang has been probing for more than ten days, but he has never really made a big move. He is so stagnant, but he can't eat enough and can't sleep, just like a beheaded man waiting to be sentenced, but the sentence has not been pronounced.

Enough of worrying and worrying, seeing so many boats coming from Datang, Yuan Gai Suwen still breathed a sigh of relief in his heart.Although there are a lot of ships in the Tang Dynasty, if you want to land here, it is just a forceful attack. Even if you pile up people's lives, it is difficult to attack the shore.

Ever since he got the news of his father's death, Yuan Gai Suwen has been silent for a while, and he has become more mature. He has stepped up his arrangements for the Datang operation, especially kerosene and other fire supplies. He is also a well-read person. Of course, I also know about the Battle of Chibi, and I also want to try burning the serial ship.

But something strange happened to him again. Soldiers of the Tang Dynasty actually led the horses to the boat, and arranged cavalry on both sides of the boat. There were forty feet in the middle, blocked by a huge shield, and he didn't know what was hidden behind.

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"Report to Your Majesty, everything is ready, should we start attacking?" Li Jing said to Li Shimin, cupping his hands.

"Okay! I haven't seen so many steel cannons firing at the same time, just to enjoy it." Li Shimin said enthusiastically. After speaking, he got up and found a conspicuous place, leading a group of people to wait quietly.

Sixty steel cannons and twelve tanks were distributed on the platform connected by fifty ships. Following Li Jing's order, Duan Zhixuan excitedly moved the front shield formation away.

"Drip!!!" A sharp whistle sounded.

"Boom! Boom! Boom!" It was like one sound, and it sounded like many sounds at the same time.

With a loud noise, the hull of the serial ship shook, the huge platform felt pressed down, and then retreated violently, causing the water in the river to stir up waves.

"Stop!" Duan Zhixuan hurriedly called to stop when he heard a "creak" from the hull, as if it was about to fall apart.

After checking it, luckily nothing happened, so he was relieved, just now he thought the boat was going to be shaken to pieces.

It’s just that he doesn’t know, it’s because in the river, the river water distributes the pressure. If the bottom is hard, the wooden boat will definitely not be able to fire a few shots, and it will fall apart. Moreover, this serial boat is not only connected by iron chains, but also uses wooden planks here. Reinforced, this is to be able to bear the weight of the tank, as well as its sturdiness.

Although the craftsmen in Taijia Village don't know pressure and haven't studied physics, they have their own methods on how to make the boat stronger and how to withstand the tanks on the boat.

"Ten cannons fired at once." Duan Zhixuan didn't check the effect of the shelling just now, and ordered the cannons to be reduced by half at the same time. Just now, twenty cannons fired at the same time.

The original plan was to fire [-] cannons at the same time, forming four stages of firing, so that the time for reloading the cannons in the middle is reduced, forming an uninterrupted attack.

"Boom! Boom! Boom!" There was another burst of cannon fire.

As the smoke and dust rose, the vibration of the ship was obviously much smaller this time. It just vibrated for a while and sank downward, without feeling backwards.

(End of this chapter)