Great Warriors of Sui and Tang Dynasties

Chapter 716

Fuyu City is a large city with a circumference of more than ten miles.

It is also a half-mountain city, with its back against the mountains of Fuyuchuan, but facing the open Songliao Plain.It is precisely because of the characteristics of this mountain city that the city is large, but there are loopholes in defense.

This flaw is the west city wall, which is the city wall facing the plain.

The terrain in front of the west city is flat and very open. Although rivers can be used as moats, in the northeast, some rivers dry up in autumn and freeze again in winter and spring, so the practicality of the moat is not high.

For this reason, Fuyu City did not introduce the river as a moat, but dug a deep and wide trench.Picked wooden piles were planted in the ditch, and a wall of sheep and horses was specially built on the side of the moat that was close to the city wall.

Only one bridge was left on the trench, and a bridgehead was built on the bridge, and the bridge was turned into a suspension bridge, which can be lifted at any time.

Because the south wall was on the plain and not dangerous enough, the Goguryeo people opened only one gate on the south side, and built an urn outside the city gate to protect the city gate.

There are enemy towers and arrow towers on the city wall.

In the past, this Fuyu city was a majestic city on the Songnen Plain. The Khitan, Xiren, Shiwei, Mohe and other tribes could only look at the city and sigh. The light cavalry of the nomadic tribe wanted to break through this A city is too difficult.

But at this time, for Luo Shixin and other loyal soldiers, Fuyu City is a dead city.

Under Luo Cheng's repeated arrangements, Fuyu City had only [-] solitary troops, and half of them were scattered among the other forty mountain castles, large and small. Now they were divided and blocked by the Sui army, and they dared not leave the city.

In Fuyu City, there are only [-] defenders. Even if the young and strong in the city are temporarily mobilized to defend the city, for the loyal army with powerful siege equipment, this is still a piece of meat on the chopping board.

"The commander-in-chief has already made sufficient preparations for us and cleared away all obstacles. Now, we have an absolute advantage, so everyone will take this city in one go, and then return to the division victoriously. Don't waste time here. After winning the city, I pray for you!"

Shi Xin rode his horse and stood no more than five miles below Fuyu City, and all the generals took orders and left.

"Teacher, what are the odds for our army to win? How long will it take to take down Fuyu City?" Shi Xin asked Li Jing next to him.

Li Jing smiled and said, "If there are no accidents, it will take about three days."

"Is it really that fast?"

"I see that the people of Goguryeo are terrified and their morale is low, especially this city, which is neither as dangerous as the new city nor as many soldiers as the Liaodong city. Such a city was able to deal with the barbarians in Liaobei before, but we now The second is to come prepared."

When the Sui army attacked Liaodong City for a long time, they were unable to attack for a long time. One of the key points was that they had traveled a long distance and had insufficient ordnance preparations.So Luo Yi captured Wuluoli City, and later the emperor captured Liaodong City, and Li Yuan captured Xincheng, all by relying on the Duiyuliang Avenue.

Although this Yuliang Avenue is also a method of attacking the city, it is too backward after all. Building an earthen mountain to attack the city is far less efficient and quicker than Linchong and ladders.

Of course, what is more important is the morale of the army.

Now Fuyu City is an isolated city, and the morale of the army is seriously low. On the other hand, the loyal army has strong soldiers and horses, and is equipped with equipment. Naturally, everyone's morale is high.

Li Jing stood there, watching the soldiers and horses marching towards the city from afar.

Everything is in order, there is nothing exciting.

For Li Jing, this battle was even a little dull.

It is said that a decisive victory is a thousand miles away. In fact, an excellent general will do his homework before the battle, try to maximize his advantage, and only launch an attack when he has enough advantages. , and will not fail again.

Those who can defeat the many with the few, and the strong with the weak are, after all, very few.

A good general doesn't need to take risks.

Unless the situation is very unfavorable and it is necessary to take risks, otherwise, it is not necessary at all.

Just like this battle, as early as a few years ago, Luo Cheng was planning and preparing.

Finally up to now, Luo Cheng has already had enough advantages, and then successfully deceived Yuan Taizuo strategically, so now under Fuyu City, the Zhongwu Army can have such a big advantage.

Originally, the Zhongwu Army and Yuan's army were on par in Liaodong. Luo Cheng's Zhongwu Army was more powerful, but Yuan's home defense had a large number of dangerous mountain cities.

But Yuanshi lost in strategy.

He gave Luo Cheng several years to prepare, which is the deadliest.

When Luo Cheng finally launched an attack a few years later, he was in a hurry to fight, but the original [-]-[-] situation has now become Luo Cheng's one-sided advantage.

"Luo Shuai is a master of strategy, handsome!",

Li Jing sighed sincerely, this is the decisive victory thousands of miles away.

Although Luo Cheng was not around in this battle, he actually commanded it.

on the battlefield.

The tribe's light cavalry had already started galloping. They galloped down the city unscrupulously, showing off their riding and archery skills proudly, approaching the city, and then shot arrows at the city.

After shooting the arrow whistled and turned around.

The extremely high speed caused the Goguryeo people in the city to scream and fall down, but there was not much they could do about them.

In the back, the infantry of the Zhongwu Army had already advanced slowly holding their shields and bows and arrows. They were lined up neatly. Whether they were spearmen or sword players, they were all holding bows in their hands with ease.

Facing an enemy who can only be beaten but not fought back, it is really not easy.

The trench-filler followed closely behind.

There are hundreds of trench filling vehicles.

"Do you think Yuan Jiantu will go out of the city to fight?" Shi Xin asked.

"Probably not." Li Jing said, he judged by Yuan Jiantu's recent reactions. If he was Yuan Jiantu and found that the Sui army was going to attack, he would immediately abandon some small mountain cities and concentrate his troops on defense. Several big mountain cities are at the same time solidified and cleared.But Yuan Jiantu didn't do anything, as if he was just sitting there waiting to die. How could such a person dare to go out of the city to fight.

The facts were as Li Jing expected.

The Sui army advanced slowly, but there was no response from the city.

The auxiliary soldiers of the Zhongwu Army set up the trench-filling vehicles with ease, and on the long trench, eight trench-filling vehicles set up a [-]-foot-wide passage at intervals.

Then the Linchong Chariot and the Ladder Chariot passed easily.

Then, the catapult and the siege crossbow also passed.

When the catapults and siege crossbows were in place one after another, and the first boulder roared and was thrown and hit the Fuyu city wall, shaking the ground and shaking the mountains, still no one in the city came out to fight.

Boulders one after another were continuously thrown towards Fuyu City, with crossbow guns as thick as eggs sandwiched between them.

Then, the infantry of the Sui army who arrived at the bottom of the city suppressed the city with a rain of arrows.

Then the Linchong chariot and the ladder cart arrived at the city, and many leather curtain carts and wooden pointed donkeys covered a large number of sword players also arrived at the city.

At this time, the Goguryeo people in the city began to fight back desperately, but it was too late.

Under the cover of powerful catapults, siege crossbows, and infantry arrow formations, it was difficult for the Goguryeo people to even probe, and a frame of Linchong carts put down the overpass and directly put it on the top of the city.

More than a hundred aerial ladder trucks also began to erect auxiliary ladders for the upper city.

The knife and poker players of the loyal military army all roared like chicken blood and started to seize the city.

In the Lin Chong car, each sword player held the shield in the left hand and held the sword in the right hand, roaring and rushing across the overpass.They jumped into the city one by one, like magic soldiers descending from the sky.

far away.

Li Jing bowed his hands to Luo Shixin.

"Congratulations, General, Fuyu City was taken, and it only took half a day!"

"Kill a chicken with a sledgehammer."

"Wrong, the lion fights the rabbit with all its strength. Luo Shuai's strategy this time is excellent, and it can be a model for using troops. General, you should study hard." Li Jing said.

(End of this chapter)