Taking a deep breath, Niu Jinda waved his hand: "Get ready to attack the city!"
Several flag bearers began to wave the flag vigorously, which was the signal language for military communications. However, Li Yuanxing could not understand it. He did not understand it at all.
Hundreds of messenger cavalry began to gallop carrying the flag, and the infantry was shrinking, turning into a group (a hundred people) into a square formation, and siege vehicles, city assault vehicles, building vehicles, and arrow vehicles began to appear in the vacated areas.
, the ballista was pulled out.
Li Yuanxing slowly sat back on the soft chair and said in a low voice: "The victory of the war is firstly logistics, secondly morale, and thirdly armaments. Suppress the enemy with absolute superiority in armaments and fight with a favorable wind."
Morale is naturally very high at that time, and of course daily education for soldiers is also indispensable!"
Li Yuan said, "Wulang, can you summon Niu Jinda to fight more gorgeously?"
"Victory is the key. As a coach, you cannot interfere with the general's command on the battlefield. This will cause chaos. Father is wrong this time, you know..." Li Yuanxing wanted to continue, but Li Yuan cursed fiercely: "
Shut up, I know what you want to say, the Chang'an newspaper said it, that cousin of mine is a bastard, disturbing the generals!"
Li Yuanxing smiled and said nothing more.
Niu Jinda's army has already rolled out heavy artillery, but this artillery actually has huge flaws.
One is that the gun body is too heavy, and the other is that the purity of the black powder is not high, so the charge is too large. The third is the most troublesome. It needs to be cooled down after firing three guns at most. Just because this gun is smaller than the one installed on the ship.
It's still big, and it's on land, so it's impossible to be constantly cooled by water like when you're on a boat.
"Two shots!" Niu Jinda ordered.
"Artillery attack! Loading..." the captain in charge shouted. The gunners who had been trained for half a year moved in unison, quickly loaded the shells, and then stuffed the ammunition bags. Four people holding torches stood on the gun
Stand aside, waiting for the next order.
"No. 1 and No. 2 gun positions are on the right side of the city gate. No. 3 and No. 4 gun positions are on the left side of the city gate. The target is the city wall!" Niu Jinda didn't intend to shoot. What was the point of blowing up the city gate? He wanted to demolish the city wall.
As the orderer shouted, all the soldiers also shouted: Kill
Four consecutive cannon shots were fired, and the cheers of the Tang Army's military formation were loud, but only large pieces of bricks and stones on the ten-foot-wide city wall of Anshi City were sliding down, and the broken bricks and stones revealed the rammed holes in the city wall.
Eulji Mundeok was so shaken that he could hardly stand, but the opponent attacked both sides of the city gate without blowing up the city gate. This was because he didn't want him to die!
Looking down at the black iron ball still embedded in the rammed earth, Eulji Wende felt a chill in his heart.
It is rumored that the magic weapon was not displayed in the Tang Dynasty military parade. Could this be it?
In the second round, the huge noise and strong vibration made Ulji Munduk feel helpless again. He could clearly see the panic in the eyes of the Goguryeo soldiers beside him.
On the flying boat, the Mohe envoy put down his telescope and sneered: "Is there any need to fight? The Goguryeo people are already frightened. If there are five more rounds like this, the city wall will be gone, and our Mohe cavalry can enter the city and charge!" The Mohe people naturally
Proud, because they are allies of the Tang Dynasty.
The one with the ugliest face was the Gaochang envoy. He clearly knew the plan of King Gaochang.
Is this Gao Chang playing with fire and harming himself?
At this moment, Niu Jinda ordered the heavy artillery to retreat, and two horses pulled one cannon back toward the formation. What was then pulled up was the Cross Divine Fire Flying Crow.
The Mohe envoy laughed even louder: "General Niu is having fun with the Goguryeo people. He is probably testing the mighty weapons of the Tang Dynasty in actual combat."
Is it a test?
Niu Jinda did not receive this order, he was just attacking the city in a gorgeous way.
At this time, Eulji Mundeok suddenly ordered the city gates to be opened and sent out 3,000 people to try to charge into the formation. Knowing that he still had 110,000 people in Anshi City, when he knew that a war was about to begin, he gave up everything around him.
The villages and towns concentrated all their troops in Anshi City and also pulled all the food into Anshi City.
If a war starts at this time in the spring, no matter whether we win or lose, the five hundred miles surrounding Goguryo City will be in vain.
But if Anshi City is not defended, Goguryeo will lose its strong defense against the Tang Dynasty. Going back to the country, there will no longer be such a majestic city, nor will it have a five-foot-wide moat, a city wall eight feet high, and ten feet thick.
It's a fortified city.
Seeing that Eulji Wende dared to send people out of the city, Niu Jinda waved his hand: "Stop the sacred fire, the Great Qin Crossbow Formation!"
Since you want to be gorgeous, you Goguryeo people gave me Niu Jinda a chance to show off, and let you see the terrifying weapon that you were not planning to use in the first place.
In ancient times, the pace of war was actually very slow. Often a battle would last a whole day, rest at night, and fight again the next day.
Eulji Mundeok lowered the drawbridge and sent 3,000 men to form an array outside the city.
However, Niu Jinda's army had hundreds of carriages running quickly, and then handed the weapons to the designated infantry. The front row of infantry were busy behind the shields. Eulji Wende didn't have a telescope, so he couldn't see the opponent at all.
What to do.
"attack!"
These three thousand people were sent to death to test the Tang army's infantry fighting strength.
As the three thousand troops moved forward in formation, another three thousand supporting troops began to form formation behind them.
How big is the range of a 3,000-man formation? For example, a 100-man phalanx is eight meters long and eight meters wide. Of course, it is impossible to use a phalanx in war. Various formations are about 15 meters wide and 10 meters long.
Left and right, thirty formations spread out and moved forward, occupying an area of 5,000 square meters, which is about the size of ten acres of land.
These infantrymen carried long wooden poles and long, pointed shields, obviously to protect themselves from cavalry and bows and arrows.
In such a situation, according to common sense, Niu Jinda could send out 10,000 people to surround and kill him regardless of his face, or he could send out 3,000 people to fight in a duel. Of course, once the Goguryeo people felt something was wrong, they who were not far from the city would go
If you flee back, with the help of the supporting troops and the crossbows on the city wall, you can escape at least 70%.
"Kill these six thousand people! Great Qin Crossbow Formation!"
Niu Jinda's fighting style is no longer the Tang Dynasty style, nor the pre-Sui style. It is the new generation Qin King's style.
With an order, the shields in front of the 30,000 Tang soldiers were brought down. Eulji Mundeok only saw 30,000 Tang soldiers lying on the ground. Lying on the ground, what is this?
"Three consecutive shots!" Niu Jinda shouted, and the drum beat changed again.
Eulji Wende watched Thirty Wan lifting the crossbow with his legs, and his face changed greatly: "Order to return to the city!"
It's too late, 30,000 people, three consecutive shots, using a hard crossbow supported by legs, 45-degree sling shot, there is no blind spot at all, a total of 90,000 arrows, and they are all high-quality heavy crossbow arrows with fine steel arrowheads
, that wooden shield can't stop such a heavy arrow at all, it takes five breaths.
Just five breaths.
Before Eulji Mundeok's messenger had time to order the soldiers leaving the city to retreat, they saw a black cloud appear in front of them, and 90,000 heavy crossbow arrows with arrowheads made of fine steel flew over like a black cloud.
Six thousand people, whether they were sent out to test or respond, all died in just five breaths.
These soldiers didn't even feel scared because everything happened so fast.
Just before they saw the black clouds, arrows had pinned them to the ground.
Six thousand corpses, six thousand were nailed to the ground, but there were no fallen corpses at all. These people were all nailed to the front of Anshi City by three-foot-long heavy arrows, between the battlefields of the two armies.
Niu Jinda's battle flag dropped half a foot. This action surprised Li Yuanxing.
Ten thousand auxiliary soldiers quickly ran out, quickly retracted the arrows, and then ran back to the rear of the military formation. How many of those arrows could be reused was not Niu Jinda's concern. He only wanted the morale of the Tang army, and he only wanted the Goguryeo people.
Fear.
After the auxiliary troops of the Tang Army retreated, the city gates of Anshi City were opened wide, and 10,000 people ran out, carrying the corpses neatly placed on the ground by the Tang Army soldiers and retreating into the city.
In front of the two armies, except for the pool of blood that proved the battle just now, everything was calm again.
"This is the most beautiful thing among Wulang's paintings. When I go back, I plan to give Niu Jinda a title. I am very happy, very happy!" Li Yuan laughed.
Li Yuanxing was very depressed. These generals learned so quickly. They only saw the King of Qin's crossbow formation in the movie once and immediately used it in actual combat. They even retracted the arrows and even collected the corpses of the opponent at the most amazing moment.
Opportunity, both parties seem to have acquiesced in this behavior.
Perhaps it was to clear the battlefield and prepare for another fight. After all, there were so many corpses, and the Goguryeo people were not willing to let the corpses be trampled into pulp. Taking them back was also a sign of respect for the dead.
Ancient wars seem more interesting than imagined!
However, the level of bloodshed is no less bloody than modern war. It is not the incendiary bombs, but the artillery that is the most ferocious.
Niu Jinda once again pulled his horse and walked towards the city wall!
"Surrender, Eulji Mundeok!"
"The Tang army wants to capture our Anshi city without losing a single soldier. It's a dream!"
Eulji Munduk cursed.
Niu Jinda really wanted to tell Eulji Mundeok that I, His Highness the King of Qin of the Tang Dynasty, had defeated your Pyongyang city, not a single soldier was killed, and not even one was seriously injured.
But Niu Jinda won't say such nonsense. Things he can't prove can only be a war of words.
When Niu Jinda retreated to the front of the formation, the Vulcan Flying Crow was already ready.
"The whole army moves forward a hundred steps!" When Niu Jinda gave the order, his general's flag had already moved forward. A deputy general came over to persuade: "General, this has already reached the range of the enemy's crossbow."
"One hundred and twenty steps!" Niu Jinda ordered again.
Then he gave an order to each branch of the army: "The flying crows are ready to light fire and attack both sides of the city gate. The heavy artillery is forward again and loaded. Auxiliary troops are ready, ladders are ready, combat troops are ready, and cavalry is ready!"
Eulji Wende also shouted from the top of the city: "Ready the crossbows, prepare the bows and arrows, prepare the spearmen, and prepare the shield swordsmen."
The real impact of blood and flesh, steel and iron is about to begin.
All the envoys on the Weiyuan stood up. They could not understand Li Yuanxing's attack on Pyongyang, but they understood the siege battle. They wanted to see with their own eyes the siege power of the soldiers of the Tang Dynasty. (To be continued.)
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