Great Warriors of Sui and Tang Dynasties

Chapter 362

Black bone city by the black bone river.

There are [-] soldiers under the black bone city.

The Wugu River is a large tributary of the Yalu River, which can slow down the galloping cavalry.The Black Bone City built on the bank of the Black Bone River looks exactly like a big dustpan, passing through the low and flat bottom of the dustpan, the Black Bone City is on the mountain.

The flat pavement is warped.

Layers of stone walls rushed towards us. The Black Bone City has both an inner city wall and an outer city wall. There are two urns between the outer city and the inner city, each of which can accommodate thousands of soldiers.

Looking at the mountain city in the distance, Yu Wenshu frowned.

The city is located in the southeast of Liaodong, with Baiyan City in the southwest, and the Yalu River waterway in the east. It can directly lead to Heshenggu City and Domestic City in the upper reaches of the Yalu River. The location is very important, and it can also reach the Yalu River along the river. , and then across the river to Pyongyang, the capital of Goguryeo.

Therefore, the black bone city is huge in scale, with a circumference of sixteen miles, which is much larger than the inner city of the former royal capital.

This city blocked the way for Yu Wenshu's troops to advance.

Beacon during the day, beacon fire at night.

The Goguryeo people are heavily guarded, and it is impossible to pass by quietly.

There are many watchtowers in Wuchenggu, like pairs of eyes watching the surroundings of the mountain city.

"General, Wugu Mountain City is built of stone. The bottom is pierced with large stones. The stones have sharp corners. They are interlaced and occluded to form the core of the wall. Then they are inserted with the wall stones on both sides of the city wall. The wall stones are also made. The wedge-shaped stones with big heads and small tails are neatly intersected with the stone filling in the wall, and consolidated together to form a whole stone wall.

There is no need for mud pointing when the city wall is built, and the tension is formed entirely by the insertion of stones, and the stone walls of each part are integrated with the entire mountain.The ridge is used skillfully, the cliff is the wall, relying on the mountain, the wall is built in the recess, and the mountain is circled, which is extremely strong. "

"There are more horse faces built on the outside of the city wall. There are large side angles on the outside of the bottom of the horse face, which not only strengthens the defensive ability, but also makes the stone city wall stronger."

Yu Wenshu snorted, "You say so much, don't you just want to say that the black bone city is extremely strong, easy to defend and difficult to attack?"

"Indeed."

The general replied that the Black Bone City was shaped like a huge dustpan, but it actually enclosed a huge valley. The city walls were built on the peaks of the hillsides around the valley, and the gate and urn city were also built at the entrance of the valley. , guarding the traffic arteries, it can be said that one man guards the gate, and ten thousand men cannot open it.

"Is there any other way around?" Yu Wenshu asked.

"There must be a road, but it has to go around a long way. We have a lot of soldiers and horses, and we carry a lot of luggage. We have a lot of horses and chariots. If we want to go around the road, we can only take the main road. In this way, it is estimated that the road will be several times longer. And Even if you take a detour, there will still be many mountain cities on other roads."

Yu Wenshu frowned even tighter.

Such a city is not easy to attack.

It's huge, but it's dangerous on all sides, even if he has three armies and one hundred thousand soldiers, he can't deploy it.In particular, the city wall was built on a hillside, and many places were directly borrowed from cliffs and cliffs. It was difficult for ordinary siege equipment to advance to the city wall.

"This is simply a Great Wall."

Yu Wenshu scolded, this mountain city is indeed very similar to the Great Wall built in the north in the Central Plains, it was built between the high mountains and it is very dangerous.The only difference is that the mountain city of Goguryeo is not a continuous long section, but a circle of mountain cities.

But the danger is the same.

"How many defenders are there in Black Bone City?"

Yuwen asked.

"According to investigations, Black Bone City has sixteen miles a week, and there are usually ten thousand people permanently stationed there. Now that we are conquering in the Sui Dynasty, all the mountain cities have withdrawn their population and livestock into the city, so there should be a lot of people in Black Bone City, and the number of soldiers and horses may have increased. We're expecting maybe 3 to [-] people."

One hundred thousand versus twenty to thirty thousand, there is a complete advantage in numbers.

But as long as he considered the danger of this mountain city, Yu Wenshu was not optimistic. He didn't have much confidence in attacking the Black Bone City with [-] soldiers and [-] to [-] soldiers.

Especially now that they are four hundred miles away from Liaohe.

Along the way, Yu Wenshu led Zuo Yijun, Zuo Erjun and Zuo San, a total of 10 horses, all the way south, passing every city, and the Goguryeo people did not dare to stop them.

This road has gone deep for four hundred miles, and now it is stuck under the black bone city, but it is a bit of a dilemma.

Black Bone City is no different than other mountain cities. First of all, it is very big and strong, and there are plenty of soldiers and horses. Another thing is that this mountain city is not built on the top of the hillside, but encloses a valley, blocking their passage.

"How is the situation in Liaodong City? Has it been captured?" Yu Wenshu asked again.

An officer replied, "Earlier, when the five armies from the right, the seventh from the right, and the third from the right crossed the river, they were attacked by the defenders of Liaodong City. Our army fought bravely to cross the river. Nearly [-] soldiers were lost. Although the last battle was fought, [-] enemies were wiped out, and they were killed under the city of Liaodong. Buildings, ladders, and chariots attacked the city, and tunnels advanced in all directions, day and night, but the Goguryeo people resisted very tenaciously, and it has been more than [-] days and still cannot be pulled out."

"What about the casualties?" Yu Wenshu asked again.

"It is said that the Koguryo defenders in Liaodong City suffered nearly [-] casualties, and our army suffered twice as many casualties."

Now Yu Wenshu didn't know how to speak. The emperor personally commanded 8 people to besiege Liaodong City. After fighting for more than 20 days, nearly half of them were killed and injured, and Liaodong City was still not broken.

Silence for a while.

Yu Wenshu said slowly, "Order the three armies to set up camp ten miles below Black Bone City and rest and wait for orders."

All the generals were puzzled.

"General, we are only a hundred miles away from the west bank of the Yalu River."

"I said wait."

"However, His Majesty ordered us to join the army on the west bank of the Yalu River before the end of May, and cross the river together to attack Pyongyang."

"I said wait first."

Yu Wenshu still had an icy way.

"What is the general worried about?" One person asked.

Yu Wenshu snorted coldly, "Five on the right, seven on the left, seven on the right, and three armies, 10 troops from the three armies crossed the river to attack Liaodong City. It took nearly a month. Up to now, 6 horses have been lost, but they still haven't captured Liaodong City. You know this Does it mean something?"

This means that the rear is unstable and cannot attack Liaodong City, then the seven armies will not be able to continue to advance to the hinterland of Liaodong, let alone provide them with reliable support.

"However, His Majesty has already dispatched the six armies of the Imperial Battalion to cross the river. Now the 20 troops of the Imperial Battalion are already crossing the river and are gathering at the foot of Liaodong City. Liaodong City resisted for many days, but there were also [-] casualties, and the city is at the end of its rope."

But Yu Wenshu didn't believe that Liaodong City had reached the end of the river. He only saw that Liaodong City had not yet fallen, and that the three armies of the Sui Dynasty had actually lost two of them. It may not be able to capture.

Maybe it can be captured, but Yu Wenshu doesn't want to take the risk of storming Black Bone City at this time.

He will not consider attacking Black Bone City until the news of the victory of Liaodong City comes. Otherwise, he will not forcefully attack Black Bone City.

(End of this chapter)