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Chapter 390 Gunpowder is not the only tool to break the city
In the battle of crossing the river, the Tang army beheaded more than [-] people.

When the whole army started to cheer, Yunchu began to check his army while cheering.

The news from Ruanrou is not optimistic at all. For this battle alone, 320 members of the Yunchu Department have been reduced.

The loss this time is almost the sum of the losses of all wars that Yun Chubu has experienced since he entered Liaodong.

In other words, the 3000 or [-] soldiers who followed Yunchu to Liaodong decreased by [-]%.

The battle losses of the bad guys in Wannian County are not counted, because these people are actually Yunchu's own soldiers, and the number of casualties is Yunchu's personal matter, and has nothing to do with the country.

Only the three brothers of the Wang family were in a good mood, because their slave soldiers built a bridge for the soldiers of Yunchu's army this time, and more than 800 people died, but they completed the task perfectly, which gave them more confidence in front of Yunchu. right to speak.

They knew that the general they were following now cared extremely about the life and death of his soldiers, so in the future, the status of slave soldiers would become more and more important.

This can be clearly seen from Yun Chubu's attitude towards the slave soldiers.

In Yunchu's army, no matter they were government soldiers, slave soldiers, or generals, their meals were the same.

The Yunchu Ministry also distributed a blanket to each slave soldier, and also allowed the slave soldiers to own their own property. The most important thing is that in the Yunchu Army, the injured slave soldiers can receive the same treatment as the government soldiers. Didn't throw them out just because they were hurt.

Therefore, there are rumors among the slave soldiers that after the war, the general will take all these slave soldiers to Chang'an to serve as domestic slaves.

These words were known to almost everyone among the slave soldiers, only the three Wang brothers and their subordinates did not know.

In the Yunchu army, any rumors that arise have something to do with Brother Rumor, so this is a gentle strategy.

It's a pity that Yang Jing was taken away by Jin Yu, otherwise, there would be a bigger fish in the gentle fishing net.

However, it doesn't matter, the three brothers of the Wang family are entangled with Yang Jing's business, this Yang Jing will definitely come back.

As usual, those with missing arms and legs will be recorded in the register of fallen soldiers, and then they will change their name to become the brother of the deceased, appearing in the Yunchu army in the name of a civilian husband.

Now, Yunchu has gone from opposing and not accepting this set of practices to acquiescing later, until now he is very proficient in operating it directly by himself.

"Your name was Yang Cheng in the past, so let's call it Yang Shoucheng in the future. This is the name of a person I knew before. I heard that this guy slept a lot in the first part of Jiaofang. He is very lucky, so that's all."

"Congratulations, you don't need to go to the army anymore, but you will live with donkeys in the future. Let's agree first, do you want a male donkey or a female donkey?"

"What? You fucking want a big green mule? See clearly, you just broke one hand. When the thing in your crotch is gone, I'll replace it with a big green mule. Otherwise, you can do it yourself. OK, do you want to change?"

Yun Chu teased all the way out of the wounded soldiers' tents, he smiled reluctantly, mainly because some of them were seriously injured, and hoped that he, the general, would personally send them off.

Yun Chu had someone bring the strongest anti-virus medicine, and poured it into their mouths together with Rourou. Some of them poured in, and then flowed out from other places... Finally, they all died of drunkenness.

The smell of alcohol enveloped the entire tent of wounded soldiers. Many wounded soldiers barely straightened their upper bodies and watched the general and Chang Shi pouring alcohol into the mouths of those comrades. No one spoke, and many young wounded soldiers began to cry.

A few veterans muttered on the sidelines: "Why are you crying? This is the life of the soldiers. It's not bad to drink a bowl of the best spirits when you leave."

Yunchu threw a piece of licorice into his mouth, chewed it slowly, Wen Rou also took out a piece of licorice from his sleeve and chewed it, neither of them had any interest in talking.

After so many people died, the whole army was cheering, and Yunchu's army was no exception. Those soldiers who were enthusiastic because of the victory stood in front of Jili City, waving their weapons continuously, aiming at the people at the top of the city. The Goguryeo people vented their joy at victory.

The battle of crossing the river is over, with a victory beyond Gao Kan's expectations. However, Jili Mountain City still stands in front of him, and its height and danger have not changed because of the last victory.

Jili City is a mountain city, the only disadvantage is that the open space in the middle of the valley is too wide, so that the Biliu River can't serve as their moat.

In fact, no general would use a river that often floods as a moat when building a city.

The flood that cannot be predicted will take the city wall away.

Jili City, which is built on the mountain, is steep and dangerous. It sits on the bank of the Biliu River rolling eastward, controls the vast north bank of the Yellow River, and echoes the Shicheng City that Yunchu just burned to the south.

Like a pair of giant pincers, Chishan City, Wobao Mountain City, and Gaoli City on both sides of the upper reaches of Biliu are less than a hundred miles away. The northeast is connected with Niangniang City and Phoenix City to form a complete defense system. A castle that is easy to defend but difficult to attack.

Jili City can also block the attack route of the Datang Navy from the sea along the Biliu River Valley.

Therefore, its strategic position is very important.

Jili City is divided into the front city and the back city.Surrounded by valleys in the back city, it is suitable for stationing troops in various valleys.

The former city straddles the ridge, which is convenient for viewing and commanding operations.The back city and the front city echo each other, complement each other and bring out the best in each other.

The city walls of the former city of Jili City are constructed according to the mountain situation. Except for the south and southeast sides, the other three sides of the city walls are the west, north and northwest. They are all built with steep cliffs and integrated with the cliffs.

Unlike Shicheng, there are very few trees on the mountain here, and most of them are low shrubs.In addition, there is a Great Wall-like city wall winding on the top of the mountain, and the fire attack that can be used in Shicheng has no room for display here.

Li Ji's three-way army, led by Qibi Heli and Xue Rengui in the north, led the central army in the middle, and Gao Kan led the rear army in the bottom. Therefore, as long as one army breaks through the Goguryeo defense line, the Goguryeo people standing in front of the other two armies will have to retreat and continue to give up room for maneuver.

Now, Yunchu has clearly seen Li Ji's strategic goal. His goal is to suppress the Goguryeo people on the long and narrow Korean peninsula, leaving them no room to maneuver.

The decisive battle will definitely take place on the Korean peninsula, so people's gunpowder also needs to be taken by surprise to maximize its effectiveness and wipe out the Goguryeo people.

After the joy of victory retreated, there were cries from the barracks next door, and the cries in Master Zhang's barracks were the most miserable.

Because, Master Zhang died in battle, and this martial arts county man, the younger brother of Zhang Jian, a famous general of the Tang Dynasty, Master Zhang died in battle.

When the soldiers snatched Master Zhang's body back, he had already been trampled by war horses and turned into a piece of human skin wrapped in armor.

The cries in Guo Daifeng's barracks were not small. Guo Daifeng did not die in battle, nor was he seriously injured. Even his soldiers suffered heavy casualties, and his subordinates also lost more than [-]% in battle.

Gao Kan issued a military order, requiring the entire army to call out the soul of the dead Master Zhang, and also made the Goguryeo people at the top of the city think that the coach of the Tang army was finished in this battle.

Yunchu understood this matter very well, not to mention wearing mourning for a general, he was willing to wear mourning for a small soldier of the Tang Dynasty who died in battle.

It's just that Datang's filial piety is a damn waste of linen, and he plans to save this batch of linen to make leather boot linings for the soldiers, otherwise, when winter really comes, the soldiers wearing single leather boots will freeze to death feet.

The army prepared only one pair of cotton shoes for the soldiers, which was not enough at all. Yunchu also wanted to use the Ulagrass, a specialty of the Northeast, to keep warm.

On the third day after the battle of crossing the river, the Tang army began a formal siege battle. This time, the Yunchu army was not in the sequence of the siege troops.

Instead, the Chinese army led by Gao Kan personally attacked the city.

The siege vehicles, building vehicles, and arrow towers that were hastily made in the past two days were dispatched one after another, and were slowly pushed towards the top of the city by the army.

The result was not good. Just when these siege equipment were about to reach the city wall under the cover of sliding bed crossbows, bows and arrows, countless boulders suddenly flew out from the top of the city. The arrow tower was smashed to pieces, this was the first time Yunchu saw the real use of the catapult on the battlefield.

However, the stones thrown by these catapults were not very large, and the largest one was no more than twenty or thirty catties.

The throwing of stones is not far enough, no more than a hundred steps at most, just like that, it is still thrown down from the top of the city.

This kind of catapult is really not very good. It is far inferior to the half-orc catapult that Yunchu saw in the movie. That thing can throw a stone tower onto the human city wall, and the tens of feet high city wall, A hit is a big hole.

The question is, how is that trebuchet made?

Yunchu felt that he needed to brainstorm.

When Yunchu was planning to build a huge catapult that could throw five hundred catties of stones into the city, Gao Kan also ordered the manufacture of a catapult.

However, the catapult he made was very small, and the stones he threw were more than a dozen catties, and they had to be smooth pebbles.

For a young man like Yunchu who is a top student in any era, it is almost no difficulty for him to save a gravity catapult in a short period of time. Therefore, he automatically raises the requirements for himself. Build a catapult that can throw stones weighing five hundred catties onto the tower.

Yunchu's understanding of this thing is to build a huge wooden frame, put a piece of wood that is strong enough on the frame, one end is short and the other end is long, add a counterweight to the short side, and then use the long arm to throw stones , because the force exerted by the short arm on the long arm will be amplified.

Therefore, if you want to throw the stone far enough and the stone is heavy enough, you need to consider the length ratio between the short arm and the long arm, as well as the weight ratio.

When Gao Kan was throwing cobblestones weighing more than ten catties to the top of the city, he inadvertently saw a huge wooden frame and a giant log over ten feet long in front of Jili Mountain City.

　Chapter 1 delivered, I'm freezing to death——

　　
　
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