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Chapter 298

On the stone city head of Baiyan City, there are now densely packed giant arrows. It has to be said that the stone city wall is strong. If it were an ordinary rammed earth city wall, a ballista salvo would have broken the city long ago.This is also limited by the terrain of Liaodong. People in Goguryeo built stone cities and mountain cities. Except for Luoyang and Xijing in the Central Plains, the cities are all made of rammed earth. Otherwise, the Sui army would not have 30 troops and attacked for three months. Can't take Liaodong City either.

But even if there is a solid city to rely on, the Goguryeo soldiers on the top of the city still try to grab the arrowheads from the top of the city with hooks, but every time they do this, they will be shot by the nest chariots of the Cangtou army and the crossbowmen below the city. shoot.

The soldiers pushed the three-layer nest cart covered with cowhide, and slowly approached the city wall.

On each nest cart, there were more than a dozen crossbowmen holding three-stone crossbows, but due to the terrain constraints under the city, the nest carts could not get close to the city wall, so they could only shoot from the side.

And after yesterday and night, the artisans accompanying the army made seven or eight more trebuchets.This simple trebuchet can only be fixed in place and cannot be moved, but it can throw a [-]-jin boulder onto the city wall within [-] steps.

But even if a boulder is thrown away, it can hit the city wall of Baiyan City, except for a piece of stone debris, it can't break the city at all.

The Goguryeo army fought against the Cangtou army yesterday, and also saw the strength of the Sui army's crossbow array. They gave up the method of shooting at the moment, and generally did not show their heads to shoot at the Sui army. However, once the Sui army soldiers approached the city wall, stones were thrown on the city. Blocks, kerosene, and arrows are used to prevent the county soldiers from approaching the city.

At the same time, the infantry of the county soldiers climbed up the wall with their bare hands by using the giant arrows on the city wall, but once this happened, the Goguryeo people would ignore the crossbow arrows shot from the nest cart, and desperately drove the Sui army off the city wall.

Although these Goguryeo people did not have any rules in combat, they all fought to surround their homes. With a sense of blood and courage, even though they were shot down by the archers of the Cangtou Army, the county soldiers were still unable to take advantage of this. Get the slightest foothold.

Seeing the bravery of Goguryeo soldiers fighting fiercely without fear of life and death, the county soldiers watching the battle under the city also felt that the city was indeed difficult to attack.

After attacking like this for a day, there was no progress.Yuan Xiao Kongshan knew that Goguryeo's reinforcements were coming, so he was anxious that Li Chongjiu could break through the city earlier.But after watching it for a day, Li Chongjiu's county soldiers fell into the same situation as the Sui army who conquered the Liao Dynasty, and they had no way to hold Goguryeo.

In this way, once the Goguryeo reinforcements arrive, they will fall into an unfavorable situation of internal and external attack.

Yuan Xiao Kongshan deliberated for a while and felt that the situation was very unfavorable, but seeing that Li Chongjiu and the generals were still calm, he secretly wondered.

On the third day of attacking the city, the Cangtou army had already finished building the ladders. In order to overcome the terrain of the hillside below the city, the craftsmen also built a batch of ladders overnight, which were suitable for erecting the city wall.

Five hundred county soldiers finished their formation after lunch, lined with a layer of cloth armor, covered with soft armor with fine scales, and finally tied with iron shoulder armor and heart mirror, holding a fine iron long knife and a small leather round shield to follow Siege the city with a ladder.When the ladder hooked the city wall, the soldiers entered from the back door of the ladder one by one and began to climb the city to fight.

After approaching the city wall, the county soldiers began to attack the city by filing ladders and climbed to the top of the city. Because their own troops ascended the city, the crossbowmen on the nest carts did not dare to shoot any more arrows.

The fierce battle on the top of the city was very fierce. The Goguryeo people still had such exquisite heavy armor as the county soldiers, and they did not have the powerful crossbows that the county soldiers could shoot so far.But the defenders were all wearing white turbans, holding hooks, collars, knives, and forks. The Goguryeo people, who were almost like militiamen, stepped forward and used their bodies to form a flesh and blood body to resist the county soldiers who were armed to the teeth.

On the city wall, blood overflowed the battlements and moored down along the city wall.

Kongshan and the others could see that despite the inferior equipment, the Goguryeo people suffered far more casualties than the county soldiers, but the Goguryeo people fought very tenaciously and bravely, and almost drove the county soldiers off the wall after several counterattacks.

The progress of the siege here is slow. According to Li Chongjiu's investigation from the nest car, the Goguryeo women in the city are mobilized to take care of and bandage the wounded soldiers, cook and deliver food, and even arrows, rolling logs, and stones at the top of the city It was carried by them. Although the siege battle was always suppressed by the county soldiers and they were at a disadvantage, yesterday's reinforcements encouraged the defenders a lot, and the city was full of common hatred and hatred.

The two sides fought fiercely until dusk, and Goguryeo was finally exhausted. Although the defenders were not afraid of death, the casualties were quite heavy, and they were unable to regain their foothold on the top of the city.

But it was still dark at the moment, and the county soldiers were also worried that the Goguryeos would sneak attack at night and carry out field battles. They gave up gaining a few footholds at the top of the city, and made another round on the nest cart, shooting arrows at the top of the city to suppress it.And the county soldiers in iron armor were withdrawn from the ladder in an orderly manner.Afterwards, the nest car and the ladder were pushed back to the original place again.
Night of the third day.

A person who claimed to be an envoy of Goguryeo fell from a hanging basket on the city wall and came to Li Chongjiu's camp, saying that he was asking Li Chongjiu to surrender.

Li Chongjiu and the generals received the Goguryeo envoy.

The other party was an old man who looked quite kind.As soon as he saw Li Chongjiu, he kowtowed and said: "The criminals are in the position of brothers in the city. In order to save the people in the city, they come to ask the envoy to surrender, and beg the envoy to spare the lives of the people in the city."

Seeing that the other party was kneeling on the ground at a young age, Li Chongjiu didn't make any trouble. He asked the other party to stand up and said, "If you open the city now, I can agree to your conditions."

The old man said: "Thank you for your mercy, the army of the Celestial Dynasty is good at fighting, and the small people of our country are weak, so they can't be conquered by a large army. Subduing is nothing more than following the people's will. It's just a merciless request from the sinners."

"But it doesn't matter."

The old man said: "Your Majesty is very suspicious of the generals, and he is not willing to rest assured, so he moved the family of my servant and the city lord to Pyongyang as a hostage. If we surrender, Your Majesty will definitely hold them accountable. "

"That's why I ask the envoy to allow us to suspend the dedication of the city. If the city can be defended for more than five days and is breached, then the king will not hold us accountable afterwards. Then the wife, son, and family in Pyongyang will not I was implicated. So I ask you to give me two days' grace."

The old man was very sincere when he spoke, but everyone present laughed out loud.

The old man's face darkened, and he said, "Don't you believe in our sincerity?"

Li Chongjiu said with a smile: "Okay, I am willing to believe in your sincerity, so I promise you."

At this time, Kongshan Yuanxiao, who didn't know the situation, was taken aback, wondering why Li Chongjiu was so confused.

After the old man heard the words, he said happily at once: "This is the way to thank the envoy, then please let the envoy withdraw from the siege."

Li Chongjiu smiled, and suddenly said: "Who said I'm going to withdraw from the siege."

After the old man heard the words, his face changed, and he said immediately: "Why did you deceive me?"

Li Chongjiu said: "Why did I deceive you? You said you wanted to surrender, but I didn't say that I wanted to withdraw from the siege. The army will continue to attack the city tomorrow and the day after tomorrow!"

Speaking of this, Li Chongjiu's smile faded, and he said immediately: "When I attacked Liaodong City in the Sui Dynasty, whenever the city was about to be broken, I could just surrender inside the city. After a few days of surrender, the city would turn back and rebel again. I have already seen how shameless the Goguryeo people are, now I beg you, who would believe it, not to mention the words of the fifth day, I listen to it as a joke, it is not bad."
Speaking of this, all the generals laughed one after another.

The old man became furious at that moment, and walked away in a huff.

The next day, in Baiyan City, it was expected that the Han army below the city would attack the city violently, so all the staff mobilized to go to the top of the city, and even women and children distributed weapons.

But contrary to the expectations of the Goguryeo people, the Han army under the city did not move at all. The nest carts and ladders were far away, and they had no intention of attacking the city at all.The defenders on the city couldn't figure out the number of the Han army's route, and they were very confused at the moment. If they hadn't seen the Han army crossbowmen hiding in the trenches below the city, holding powerful crossbows, they would have thought that the Han army had given up attacking the city.

At noon, smoke and dust rose suddenly in the north of the city. It was obvious that the cavalry was fighting fiercely. The Koguryo defenders on the top of the city knew that the reinforcements from the direction of Liaodong City had arrived, and everyone cheered.At the same time, it was also relieved why the defenders did not attack the city.

However, the cheers of the Goguryeo people did not last long. The crossbowmen hiding in the trenches below the city fired a salvo at the top of the city, and several people were accidentally shot down from the top of the city.The defenders were all furious at the moment, and the three hundred dead men hid in the city gate, ready to gather reinforcements at any time and go out to fight.
Kongshan Yuanxiao knew that after the fierce battle outside the city, they were very worried. Of course, they were even more worried about the enemy's attack outside the city, so they came to remind Li Chongjiu to be careful, and if the situation was unfavorable, they could retreat.

Kong Shan said: "We are very grateful for the kindness of Li Shijun's assistance. No matter whether Goguryeo withdraws from the southern line or not, I will thank the envoy on behalf of my king. Although this attack on Baiyan City did not achieve its goal, it is enough to deter Liaodong. But please send troops to attack again in autumn."
The other party was sympathetic, but for the Cangtou Army, the money and food had not yet arrived.Li Chongjiu smiled when he heard the words, and said: "Thank you Master Kongshan for your understanding, but I don't think we can retreat now."

While they were talking, a bloody general rode a horse and went straight to Li Chongjiu's army.Kong Shan saw that the opponent was covered in blood, and felt bad.

The other party was a Xi man who rode up to him, got off his horse and said, "Meet Khan!"

Li Chongjiu nodded, and immediately asked: "Wang Mahan, Yinghefu, Ertuo, have they decided the winner?"

The fighting in the north of the city had already subsided. Goguryeo, who hid behind the battlements, watched the battle in the north of the city very anxiously.

If they hadn't taken into account the shooters of the Cangtou Army, they would have stretched their necks to see it.

At this time, the fortress suddenly opened up under the city, and a general and soldiers escorted a row of prisoners to the gate of the city.

And under the city, the flags were thrown on the ground one after another, allowing people to trample on them.

This general raised a human head from the side of his horse, and immediately said: "The [-] reinforcements in Liaodong City have been completely annihilated, and the chieftain has been beheaded by my king Mahan. If you don't return the city, surrender quickly!"

(End of this chapter)