Neon Clothes and Iron Clothes

Chapter 45 Siege
It turned out that Wang Wenzuo led the convoy to warm up and eat in front of the gate of Chaichuan in a big way, and sent people to call for battle, so he showed his arrogance, in order to lure the Baekje people to come out and attack him.However, the Baekje people put so much food in the Chai Chuan gate, so the defender must not be a fool, so Wang Wenzuo estimated that the enemy will not simply attack from the front.Therefore, after he arrived yesterday, he did not approach the camp. Instead, after surveying the terrain around Chaichuanzha, he sent Cui Hongdu to lead a hundred crossbowmen at dawn and fifty cavalry to hide beside the only road leading to the river beach where the Tang army set up camp. In a patch of miscellaneous woods, after dawn, they brought the main force to the chaichuan fence, lined up the carts as a barrier, and had no defense behind them, allowing the soldiers to cook and eat under the eyes of the Baekje people.Sure enough, Miao Fu fell into his trap and asked the lieutenant to lead two hundred cavalry around Tang Jun's back. They wanted to attack back and forth, but the 200 people who didn't want to turn around stepped into the trap set in advance by Wang Wenzuo, and the arrows rained like rain. Falling, the corpses fell in rows, the cavalry rushed out of the woods, and the Baekje people were routed.

"Damn Tangren, you actually set a trap!" Miao Fu slammed his fist on the railing of the watchtower, sending snow flying everywhere.Standing on a high place, he could see clearly: the roundabout detachment had been cut into two by the ambushing Tang army, and the head and tail could not see each other. They were retreating to the field on the right side of the road, and the knee-deep snow on the field made the deserters move. Difficult, it became a living target for the crossbowmen of the Tang Army standing on the road, corpses were scattered all over the white snow, and the screams and begging for mercy of the Baekje people went straight to the sky.

"Open the door and get out of town!"

"Yes, kill the people of Tang without leaving a piece of armor!"

"Yes, we can't just sit back and watch our companions get killed!"

Facing the shouts of the crowd, Miao Fu gradually calmed down. He believed that the enemy who set the trap must have set a second trap for himself.

"What do you think this is for? Are you watching a play? Shut up and go back to your place!" The voice pierced through the noise of the crowd, like a sharp sword cutting through grease.

Everyone was silent, and immediately turned to leave. Miao Fu forced himself to turn around and continue to observe the battle situation. Every black spot on the snow made his heart twitch violently—"Everyone who died here is because of you!" Stupid, did not see through the enemy's tricks, you owe them, just as the Tang Dynasty owes you!"

The short ambush was coming to an end. Most of the Baekjes either dropped their weapons and surrendered or turned into corpses. Only a few escaped—even then they dropped their armor to ease the burden of running on the snow.Instead of pursuing the fleeing enemy, Cui Hongdu ordered the heads to be cut off, collected the trophies, and returned to the camp with the captives.

"Everything is as Saburo expected!" Cui Hongdu sat cross-legged on the deerskin cushion, saliva flying all over the place: "The Baekje people wanted to attack us from behind, but they didn't want the praying mantis to catch the cicada and the oriole behind, so I happened to catch them right now." Go!"

"Did we lose a lot?" Gu Cihang asked
"Large loss?" Cui Hongdu laughed: "Let's put it this way, ten of them died, and we haven't killed one. The crossbowmen alone killed five or sixty people. Tsk tsk, this victory can be regarded as hearty. !"

"It's just an appetizer!" Wang Wenzuo smiled: "The show hasn't started yet, as long as Chai Chuanzha is not won, the outcome is uncertain, and the advantage is still on their side!"

The people around the fire nodded silently. Winter on the Korean peninsula is no joke. Although the south is much warmer than the north, it is still common to see minus ten degrees. It is not surprising that dozens of people and animals were frozen to death and frostbitten after camping overnight.As long as the delay continues, Tang Jun must suffer, so Wang Wenzuo must make a quick decision.

"The whole army puts on armor, first bombard the enemy camp with scorpions!"

Following Wang Wenzuo's order, the soldiers of the Tang Army began to assemble the "Scorpion" ballista on the cart - there were enough ammunition on the rocky river beach, and with a toothache muffled sound, a shot of a stone It bounced towards the outer wall of Chai Chuanzha.At first, the Baekje people didn’t care about it—they thought it was a lever trebuchet, a siege machine that was very common in wars with the Silla people. Although its power and range were amazing, its hit rate was very low. It’s touching—it’s okay for destroying city walls and houses, but it’s not good for shooting small targets such as horses and horses, and the rate of fire is very slow, and it is easy to damage, while the Chaichuan grid is very strong and has enough materials to repair it.But they were soon surprised to find that the Tang people were not trying to destroy the wall, but were shooting the guards on the wall, and they were shooting very accurately. Many people standing on the wall were smashed to pieces by stone bullets.What's even more frightening is that the stone bullets fired by the Tang people all weigh more than two kilograms. The stone bullets of this weight are enough to destroy the parapet of civil structures, let alone shields and armor. Tang Jun's living target.And 300 meters is beyond the range of all bows and crossbows. In other words, the Baekje people can only be beaten and have no way to fight back.

"General, it's impossible to go on like this. No one wants to go up the wall anymore!"

"Yeah, going up is going to die. We are not afraid of death. No one will be afraid of sword against sword, spear against spear, but dying like this is too embarrassing!"

"Rush out, fight to the death with the Tang people, it's better than being tortured to death by them a little bit like this!"

"Yes, rush out, knife to knife, gun to gun, one for another!"

The shouts around him were louder and louder, and Miao Fu felt as if he was surrounded by the sea, and he might be submerged at any time.Those familiar faces looked so strange at this moment, so terrifying.

"If you go out, you will definitely win?" Miao Fu frowned tightly, with deep slits on his forehead.

"Winning is not guaranteed, but it's better than this!"

"Why fight if you can't win?" Miao Fu's voice raised his voice, overpowering all the voices: "Who knows if the Tang people have a trap waiting for us? Have you forgotten the defeat just now? If we lose, your Parents, wives and children will be taken back and fall into the hands of the Tang people, and they will be at the mercy of the Tang people. If they stay in the village, they will die, but they will not lose!"

"How long is it going to stay?"

"When the Tang people retreat, it is winter, they are in the field, and we have a house!"

The shouting subsided, and Miao Fu could see the resentment and dissatisfaction in the eyes, but at least he was no longer aggressive.He let out a long breath and made his voice as soft as possible: "Leave a few guards, and everyone else will go down to the wall to rest. It's good for us to drag it down!"

"The Baekje people have withdrawn from the wall!" Shen Faseng shook his head and said, "There is no target to shoot. Should the gunners be replaced with heavier stone bullets and directly bombard the wall?"

(End of this chapter)