The last three kingdoms

Chapter 1269
The ministers formed two completely different opinions. The faction headed by Prime Minister Zuo proposed to stick to the Korean city. They believed that the Han army's pursuit across thousands of miles was already at the end of their battle. As long as they defended the Korean city and delayed the war, With strong walls and clear fields, the Han army's logistical support will inevitably encounter difficulties, and sooner or later they will retreat.

Duan Qizhen and other Xianbei faction believe that the attack capability of the Han army is strong. With the current strength of the troops, it is bound to be very difficult to defend the North Korean city. It is still necessary to continue to retreat southward, extend the front line or enter the Han Dynasty. Go to the mountains to drag down the Han army.

The opinions of the two factions are diametrically opposed, and the differences are quite large, and they each hold their own opinions and cannot settle down. It is obvious that there has been a clear rift between the Goguryeo and the Xianbei people.

When the Xianbei people took refuge in Goguryeo, they bowed their knees and succumbed to others. King Meichuan was not happy, and he took life and death in his hands.However, with successive defeats, the strength of the Goguryeo people is not much higher than that of the Xianbei people, and the Xianbei people naturally become more stubborn.

What's more, they were very dissatisfied with the fighting style of the Goguryeo people. It was precisely because of King Meichuan's improper command that the Koguryo coalition forces suffered repeated heavy losses. The strength of the Korean coalition army is simply not enough to compete with the Han army. It can only adopt a style of play that avoids the enemy's edge, constantly retreating and consuming the strength of the Han army, so as to achieve the goal of winning without fighting.

Zuo Cheng and others are extremely dissatisfied with the tough attitude of the Xianbei people. In their view, the Xianbei people are a group of disaster stars, broom stars, and they are the ones who attracted the damn Han people. King Mei Chuan took them in because of his pity. Now they are superior in military strength, their waists are straightened, and their tone is hardened. They don't pay attention to the Goguryeo people at all.

In this dispute, King Meichuan naturally stood on their own side, but now the situation is different, and King Meichuan can no longer yell at the Xianbei people like before, so he comforted Duan Qizhen They talked about it, and said that they would first implement Prime Minister Zuo's suggestion and stick to the North Korean city, but if the situation changed, they would immediately adopt Duan Qizhen's strategy, abandon the Korean city, and not fight recklessly with the Han people.

This compromise plan was finally passed. Although the Xianbei people were dissatisfied, they still agreed for the sake of the overall situation.

Next, the Gaoxian coalition forces began to strengthen the fortifications of Xianbei City to deal with the upcoming attack of the Han army.

Murongxin, who had fought against the Han army in Jizhou, said to Duan Qizhen and Yu Wenpu: "In fact, the Han people's siege ability has never been seen by the Goguryeo people. When I was in the Central Plains, I heard that the Han army had a A powerful siege weapon, no matter how strong the city wall is, can be razed to the ground. In my opinion, this Korean city cannot be defended at all. Instead of being buried with the Goguryeo people, it is better for us to plan as soon as possible and find our own way out."

Duan Qizhen said helplessly: "I have already persuaded King Meichuan, but they didn't listen at all, thinking that this North Korean city can stop the Han people."

Yuwen Pubo said: "Then we don't care about them. When the Han people are killed, we will find an opportunity to sneak away. The Goguryeo people want to fight, so let them fight."

The three of them discussed secretly, and of course they managed to hide it from King Meichuan and the others, and prepared to flee in private.

The Goguryeo people didn't know it at all, and their attention had been fully focused on the incoming Han army.

In fact, King Meichuan only fought two battles with the Han army. One was the battle of Shuangliudu, the other was the battle of Xiangping, and the battle of Shuangliudu was a field battle across the river. During the battle of Xiangping City, the Han army did not The siege was carried out, but the Goguryeo people abandoned the city and fled voluntarily after hearing that the reinforcements had been destroyed.

Therefore, in the records of fighting with the Han army, the Goguryeo people have not really fought a city defense battle. Joseon City is the county seat of Lelang County and the largest city on the peninsula. In order to resist the intrusion from the surrounding Yi people, the Han people The strong and tall construction of the Joseon City undoubtedly brought great confidence to the Goguryeo people, who believed that it would not be too difficult to stick to the Joseon City.

The Han army quickly reached the base of the Joseon City. The Goguryeo people had the guts to fight the Han army, so they abandoned all their positions outside the Joseon City and retreated back to the Joseon City. All preparations for defending the city.

Liu Yin obviously didn't have any patience to play any more siege battles with Goguryeo. He rode his horse to the city of Joseon and looked at the city with stern and gloomy eyes. He decided to use the most direct, effective and violent way to attack the city. , to destroy the Joseon city and break the Goguryeo line of defense.

Dozens of small catapults were pushed to the foot of the Korean city, lined up, and each catapult was guarded and operated by dozens of soldiers.

For such a long journey, heavy equipment like large catapults is naturally impossible to bring, but it is no problem to carry dozens of small catapults.Although these catapults were not used in the previous battles, they became the protagonists in today's siege battle.

The Goguryeo army on the city was already in full battle, waiting for the Han army to come to attack the city, but after waiting for a long time, the Han army did not launch an offensive, but launched dozens of catapults.

Goguryeo has seen catapults before. When Wei Jun attacked Wandu City, he used large catapults. According to the older generation, Wei Jun’s catapults were quite terrifying. Stones as big as millstones were thrown high. It came out and slammed towards the top of the city, and they died when they touched it. Even the thick city wall couldn't withstand the violent bombardment of the catapults. Has half the effect.

However, the catapults launched by the Han army now seem to be a few sizes smaller than the catapults in memory, and the "stone balls" placed behind the catapults are even smaller. The Goguryeo people couldn't help laughing. With such a thing, could it be that they thought they could break through North Korea with such a small stone ball?
The tense nerves of the Goguryeo soldiers suddenly relaxed. This is too fucking funny. Are you sure the Han people are here to attack the city, not to be funny?
Just when the Goguryeo people were laughing, those "stone balls" roared out. Due to their relatively light weight, the "stone balls" had a particularly long flying distance, drawing beautiful arcs in the air, ready to head towards the city without any mistakes. The head fell down.

(End of this chapter)