Chapter 96 The Battle of Pyongyang (1)
The next morning, Pyongyang coach Bae Hyun-kyung, dressed all over, and Shin Chong-qian, wearing a generous civil servant robe, came to the city tower early before the skylight was awake.
The Tang army has been gathering outside the city for three days, and it should be almost done to accumulate energy. According to the calculations of the two, the Tang army is very likely to start a siege today.
The two ministers who had the confidence and the belief in winning knew that there was no negligence in this battle, so they came to the city wall to take charge and presided over the overall situation.
As expected by the two of them, the sky was just dawn, and the Tang army camp was densely lit, as brilliant as the sea, and the soldiers were shady, and obviously they had begun to move outward.
To be honest, although the camp of 100,000 people is huge, it is not as scary as it is.
"General Pei, are the soldiers ready?" Shen Chongqian asked Pei Xuanqing calmly. Among the Three Kingdoms on the Peninsula, Goguryeo is closest to the Tang Dynasty and is most influenced by the Tang Dynasty culture. Whether it is the national system, city buildings, or the words and behaviors of officials and generals, they are very similar to those of the Tang Dynasty.
Pei Xuanqing said confidently: "Don't worry, Mr. Shen, the soldiers are waiting for the battle and are ready for the day. If the Tang army doesn't come, they will have to know the power of my Goguryeo Warrior!"
Shen Chongqian nodded. He was in a similar mood as Pei Xuanqing. Although he was afraid of the Tang army, he had 300,000 elite troops in this battle. It can be said that he concentrated the essence of the soldiers of the whole country. His defense system was tight. He was now in a city to defend, in order to be foolproof. Facing a mere 100,000 Tang army, he believed that there was no reason to make a mistake.
The Tang army branches went out of the camp one by one, entered the battlefield from each gate, and the sky gradually became brighter.
Pei Xuanqing and Shin Chongqian watched each other's movements, without blinking.
By the time of the lunar calendar, the Tang army formation had basically taken shape. Several iron-armored lakes were majestic, with small formations, large formations, and small formations. The infantry formation was in the middle, the elite cavalry formation was on both wings, the coaching platform was built, the war drums were placed in place, and the ranger was circling on the flanks.
Tens of thousands of Tang troops almost came out in full swing. With the extremely disadvantageous army, they still adopted the method of surrounding three quotas and one formation. Each Tang army outside the city wall was only more than 30,000. If they abandoned the cavalry that could not take over the city, there were only more than 20,000 infantrymen who could fight.
"The Tang army is too arrogant. Knowing that I have two acropolises on both sides, I don't divide my troops into defense and place all my military forces in the position of attacking the main city of Pyongyang. Are they not afraid of the acropolis soldiers leaving the city to attack?"
Although Shin Chongqian was a civil servant, he had followed the army for many years and still had some knowledge on the battlefield.
Pei Xuanqing saw more things. He snorted coldly, his tone mixed with resentment and contemptuous attitudes: "It's not that the Tang army was not prepared for the left and right Acropolis, but it was just using cavalry.
"However, their cavalry totaled only 30,000, scattered outside the three walls. They not only had to protect the infantry formation, guard against the elite cavalry in our city to attack and disrupt the infantry formation, but also guard against two acropolis. This way of placing troops and deploying formations is extremely arrogant!"
Shen Chongqian suddenly realized that after knowing the Tang army's thoughts, he felt disdainful in his heart, "There is no reason to attack the city with 300,000 troops closely guarding. The premise of this error is that no matter how they arrange it later, they will only make more mistakes."
Pei Xuanqing nodded, "It's true. The Tang army was wrong at the beginning of this battle, and they could only make mistakes afterwards! Humph, let them try to attack the city. I want to see what the difference is between the Tang army. As long as I see the fighter jet, I will have a thunder strike, which will make the Tang army pay the price of corpses and blood!"
Shin Chongqian bowed to Pei Xuanqing and flattered him with a smile: "With General Pei's talent, there is no doubt at all. If the Tang army reveals its flaws, it will be wiped out."
Pei Xuanqing twisted his beard and smiled without saying a word, and put on an airs of an expert.
The two continued to watch the Tang army's formation move and entered the offensive position. The left and right Pyongyang City did not intend to take the initiative from the beginning, so they didn't have to think about anything else at this moment, they were both a little leisurely.
When the Tang army formation was fully formed and each unit had completely entered the offensive position, Shen Chongqian pointed at the Rangers' guarding a strange formation in front of the infantry formation and asked Pei Xuanqing with a little confusion, "General Pei, what are these equipments in front of the Tang army's infantry formation? A catapult? Why do you think it is different from an ordinary catapult?"
Pei Xuanqing also saw what Shin Chongqian said about the "treatment machine".
Before the army attacked the city, it used a catapult to bombard the city head first. This is a very normal way of fighting, and Pei Xuanqing didn't think anything was there.
What surprised him was that the Tang army had a lot of catapults, and there were more than a hundred outside each city wall!
Although the one in front of me is not a giant trencher, but a small one. This type of trencher was also used by the Goguryeo army, but there will be no more than one hundred that can be used at a time.
The Tang army actually dispatched more than 300 aircraft at one time?
However, Pei Xuanqing was just a little surprised. The national strength of the Tang Dynasty was not comparable to Goguryeo, and it was not surprising to dispatch more than 300 catapults. Moreover, although the catapults are powerful, their functions are not as outstanding as imagined.
It has two limitations.
First, the sprinter throws huge rocks through hundreds of steps, and can hit the city accurately, with a 20% chance of hitting the top of the city. Most of the huge rocks will fall into the city. As long as the defenders are prepared, the only things that will be destroyed will be the houses, and the casualties of the soldiers will not be too great. Even if the female wall is smashed, it will be very limited after all.
Secondly, the catapult cannot operate continuously for a long time, otherwise it will fall apart first.
After all, something like a trencher is just a bit more powerful and has a deeper intention to shock people. As long as there are enough cultivators in the city, they can intercept the huge rocks when necessary.
As for the strangeness that Shen Chongqian said, Pei Xuanqing also discovered that the Tang army's catapults were all black, and they flashed with a faint metal-like luster under the morning sun, which seemed to be not made of wood.
"It cannot be made of wood." Pei Xuanqing thought to himself with a slight frown, "What else can a trencher be made of besides wood? Is it a stone?"
Thinking of the end, Pei Xuanqing was almost amused by himself.
When the Si hour was approaching, the iron armor was so thick that the Tang army formation was robbing spears, and the sound of thunder-like war drums sounded. When you clicked, the rhythm was clear and the sound was grand, as if it was falling into the heart of a person, making people's heartbeat couldn't help but follow its rhythm.
"The Tang army is going to attack!" Shen Chongqian's expression became solemn.
"Open the curtain!" Pei Xuanqing shouted loudly.
Although he did not see the mystery of the Tang army's catapult, he knew how to prevent such things. Pyongyang City was well prepared. Under his order, the city of clouds opened its top of the city, connecting it in sections, guarding the city wall behind it.
The part of the huge rocks blocked by the curtain cannot fall on the top of the city. In the city, the power of the catapult can be greatly reduced.
It was precisely because the curtains were prepared that Pei Xuanqing was still calm and as stable as Mount Tai when he did not see the mystery of the Tang army's throwing stones.
With the sound of heavy drums, under the control of the soldiers, the Tang army rushed to the point of throwing stones!
I don’t know what method Tang Jun used, but a large stream of light suddenly lit up on the body of the fuselage. As the soldiers swung their hammer, the huge swinging arm suddenly shook, and a "big rock" of hundreds of pounds was sent to mid-air!
The moment the trench was launched, Pei Xuanqing couldn't help but his pupils shrank.
The light flashing on the catapult was as bright as the moon, and it faintly outlined the rune array. It was a scene that only appears when the magic weapon was activated!
"These catapults are magic weapons? This is impossible!" Pei Xuanqing panicked and couldn't help but scream inwardly.
If the catapult is a magic weapon, what kind of power will it have?
But the trencher has never been a magic weapon. There is no magic weapon in the world that can be made so huge. It not only requires huge amounts of cultivation resources, but also requires the cultivator and craftsman to engrave rune arrays. There is no such great talent in the world!
Pei Xuanqing knew that when the Tang army went to war with the Khitan, the catapults were ordinary catapults. Only three years have passed, how could the Tang army have magical catapults?
Before Pei Xuanqing could convince himself, the "big rock" slid through a perfect arc in the air and smashed down the city wall with great momentum!
If Pei Xuanqing's pupils had just shrunk before, then now, he could not help but stare at the same time.
The "big rock" is not big, far less than a few hundred kilograms, and it is not as big as a pumpkin.
But that's not an ordinary stone!
It was surrounded by red light, like a burning fireball. Because it was extremely fast, it dragged its tail in mid-air, like a small comet!
If the trencher just throws burning stones, Pei Xuanqing would not be surprised. This kind of thing is common in war. It is nothing more than wrapping the huge stones with a layer of burning cotton cloth. The power increases are limited, which means that they can be together to achieve arson effect.
But as these "stones" approached, Pei Xuanqing knew how to feel that there was a spiritual aura on it!
"Is it a spirit stone? a spirit stone engraved with a rune array?" Pei Xuanqing was shocked, "This is impossible! Who would use the spirit stone like this?! If a cultivator such a large spirit stone absorbs the spiritual energy, it can save them from three months of hard practice..."
While Pei Xuanqing's heart was shocked, the spirit stone fireball accurately hit the city. The curtains that were enough to withstand ordinary huge rocks were like window papers that were pierced by a shot, and they did not have any interception effect at all!
In an instant, the spirit stone fireball fell to the top of the city wall. When the moment it touched the city wall, the rune array suddenly swayed, and the spirit stone exploded instantly, shattered into countless flying stones, flying around the crowd.
The soldiers guarding the city who were close to the city were directly bombarded by the explosion and their bodies were blown into a ball of blood mist. The soldiers who were slightly far away were hit by the air waves. Not only did their bodies fly backwards, but their bodies also broke and flew across. Even if a piece of gravel hit was hit, it was almost the same as being hit by a hammer and stabbed with a shot. Their bodies were pierced and blood gushed!
The spirit stone fireballs fell like rain, and the city wall suddenly fell into the blood and fire purgatory.
Except for the Qi-training monks, most of the soldiers guarding the city screamed in the blood and died in the nine springs! Even if the Qi-training monks are in the low stage and are in the center of the spirit stone explosion, they will either be dismembered by flying stones or be beaten into a sieve, and they will be depressed on the spot!
The bloody and tragic scene in front of you made Pei Xuanqing feel that his hair exploded!
Chapter completed!