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Chapter 658
Zhao Jun's lineup is all out, and the siege tactics are said to be encircled, three and one missing, but Zhao Jun's style of play is obviously to concentrate on one wing.

The sun has risen and passed the city, and the sunlight in Goguryeo is not very warm.The wind blows up the rubble and sand on the ground, fascinating people's eyes.

The sound of battle drums under the city of Pyongyang was deafening, and Zhao Jun's infantry phalanx beat their shields, advancing slowly, stepping on the ground vigorously, and raising light dust.In the dust, the cows and horses pulling the crossbow bed pulled forward with all their strength.The sound of the wheels rolling against the ground rang out, and the array on both sides was as neat as if cut out with a knife, which was pleasing to the eye.

With the blowing of the bullhorn, the Zhao army covering the cavalry lined up in front of the nest cart and on the left and right wings of the infantry phalanx began to spread out to the sides, making way for the central infantry phalanx and siege weapons.Yesterday, the Silla army had already filled up all the trenches, and the Zhao army could reach the city unimpeded.

Zhao Junshang under the city raised his head, the sun was covering his eyes slightly, and the fortress of Pyongyang City stood tall in front of him, and the Goguryeo soldiers were densely clustered on the top of the city.

Zhao Jun's ten nest carts stood up three hundred steps away from the city wall and stopped. The crossbowmen on the nest carts were ready, and the city of Pyongyang was clearly visible in the eyes of the flag bearer. At this time, the flag bearer sent out the signal to move forward.

The soldiers of Zhao Jun behind the nest cart shouted together, and pushed the catapult and the Funiu crossbow pulled forward together, while the Goguryeo soldiers under the city wall had already retreated into the city.Ulji Mundeok kept giving orders, and the Goguryeo soldiers on the city wall of Pyongyang kept adjusting the angles of the ballistas and catapults, and attacked only when the Zhao army's infantry phalanx approached the city.

After inspecting the layout of the Goguryeo army at the head of the city, the flag-raising soldiers on the Zhao Junchao continued to wave semaphore behind them. Under the command of the semaphore, the catapult and the crossbow slowly pushed forward and took their positions. When they got down, hundreds of large riprap trucks lined up in two rows in the city of Pyongyang.Zhao Jun's infantry phalanx, rows of Zhao Jun soldiers carrying big shields stepped forward, inserted giant shields at the front, erected spears, and guarded the siege weapons to prevent the Goguryeo army from going out of the city to attack.

Seeing this scene, Goguryeo General Ulji Wendeok already knew that Zhao Jun was going to sweep the top of the city with throwing stones and bed crossbows first, and then gathered infantry ants to climb the city.

Ulchi Wende immediately ordered the Goguryeo soldiers to erect a cannon-proof curtain at the top of the city, and withdrew some of the soldiers from the top of the city to reduce casualties when the catapult was hit.This is also no way, the Zhao army is all large catapults and bed crossbows, the range is far better than the ballista and catapults on the head of the Goguryeo army.

Ulji Mundeok could only wait for Zhao Jun's attack before launching a counterattack.

At this time, the flag bearers on the ten nest carts began to issue orders to the catapult carts, and Zhao Jun under the catapult carts began to adjust the angle and height.

The soldiers of Zhao Jun loaded the stone bullets on the catapult, and after they were in position, they started the first round of shooting.

The stone bullets fired by hundreds of stone catapults flew into the air. The stone bullets were first blocked by the cloth curtain hanging outside the female wall for a while, reducing the falling momentum, and then hit the city wall.The Goguryeo soldiers on the city wall picked up the big scull held by several people to resist the hammering of the boulder, which also achieved certain results.

After the first round of shooting, the Goguryeo soldiers on the top of the city only suffered more than a dozen casualties.Only one part of the ballista was destroyed.However, after the city wall was attacked by boulders, a series of deep and shallow marks were left behind.

After the flag bearer on the nest car observed the result of the attack just now, the trebuchet below adjusted and evaluated the landing position.The impact of the second round of stone bullets is undoubtedly much more accurate.But seeing a piece of sawdust flying from the top of the city, a Goguryeo army's trebuchet was smashed into three pieces by stone bullets on the spot.Goguryeo soldiers on the top of the city were busy, continuing to mend the curtain.

After two rounds of strikes, Ulji Mundeuk breathed a sigh of relief. Although the large trebuchets were powerful, they could not fire continuously. After two rounds of shooting, it actually did not have much impact on the strong city of Pyongyang.The casualties on the city are not worth mentioning for the Goguryeo troops in the city.

At this time, Ulji Mandeok saw Zhao Jun put a bomb like an oil barrel into the trebuchet.Ulji Wendeuk smiled, and immediately ordered the soldiers to prepare sand and water tanks immediately to put out the fire.For the sake of caution, he sent hundreds of soldiers to the city.

Eulji Wende's smile lasted for a while, when Zhao Jun fired a kerosene bomb on the top of the city wall.

A strong burnt smell rushed straight into Ulji Wende's nose, which was not the oily smell he was familiar with.Ulji Wende looked around, but saw that the oil bombs fired by Zhao Jun were black and scorched, and when they scattered on the city wall, they burned quickly.

Ulchi Wende was taken aback immediately, thinking what kind of strange oil this is.At this time, more and more kerosene bombs hit the city.The sound of cracking continued to ring on the city wall, and Goguryeo soldiers on the city wall tried to put out the fire with sand, but it was ineffective.

In order to prevent stone throwing, the curtains made of several layers of linen on the city wall became the best thing to start the fire, and the fire quickly swept across the city wall.Goguryeo soldiers kept rolling in the fire, and even prepared catapults as a shelter from the fire, and the ballista was also burning under the fire.

"boom!"

The battle drums under the city rumbled, and at this time the barberry crossbows under the city fired together, and hundreds of giant arrows pierced the city wall of Pyongyang fiercely.Cracks like spider webs appeared on the stone city wall, and the arrows were firmly attached to the city wall.

After shooting from the crossbow bed, Zhao Jun's infantry shouted in unison and began to charge into the city.The soldiers carried the escalators on their shoulders and charged forward, but the Goguryeo soldiers at the top of the city hadn't reacted from the panic of the kerosene bomb attack. There were only a few catapults that were not disturbed by the kerosene bombs, and the ballistas were reluctantly concentrated towards the city. The charging Zhao Jun shot.

But after seeing a group of people knocked down by throwing stones and crossbow arrows, the gap was quickly filled in by the soldiers of the follow-up Zhao army.The sea of ​​people charging Zhao Jun under the city rose and fell like a tide, and there was no end in sight.

At this time, Ulji Mundeok thought that if the catapults and crossbows were still on the top of the city, it would definitely cause serious damage to the soldiers of the Zhao army below the city.But Ulji Moondeok can only think about it now.

Zhao Jun's crossbowmen and archers followed the soldiers in the formation. When they were about fifty steps below the city, Zhao Jun's running crossbowmen and archers scattered a wave of arrow feathers towards the top of the city. The Goguryeo soldiers who were shooting were suddenly hit from the sky.

The corpses of the Goguryeo people on the battlements kept falling from the top of the city, and the Goguryeo archers on the top of the Pyongyang city couldn't even try to shoot their heads out of the city wall.The arrows shot by Zhao Jun's crossbow formation seemed to never stop, continuous and continuous.

There were screams on the top of the city, and the soldiers who couldn't escape were shot by the arrows that shot through the gaps, and they kept wailing.When Ulji Wende saw this scene, he waved his sword and roared, ordering the reserve army under the city to go to the city immediately to stop Zhao Jun.

(End of this chapter)