Chapter 394 Bloody Battle of Pyongyang City
The next day, outside Pyongyang City, a large army was lined up, and the infantry formations were one after another, densely packed with flags floating, and iron armor shining.
The lead clouds in the sky are low, and the wind and clouds are changing. Hundreds of thousands of soldiers below are shouting in unison! The Great Sui! The Great Sui!
The masculine aura soared into the sky, and the soldiers' blood and energy were strong, murderous aura was solemn, and their voices were so powerful that they spread from afar, even more shocking than the sound of drumbeats.
Pyongyang City is tall and thick, and has been repaired and reinforced for several rounds of maintenance and reinforcement in case of being siegeed by the Sui army.
The 100,000 defenders in the city are already the main force of the country. Facing the 700,000 to 800,000 soldiers of the Sui army, the number of people is indeed not advantageous, especially when they separate four cities and resist at the same time. Each city gate only has more than 20,000 people, and it is necessary to fight against nearly 200,000 people under the city, with a huge gap.
"Soldiers obey orders and attack with all their might!" Yang Guang gave the order, and the commander quickly rode his horse and sent the order.
Then, the long horns roared, and the war drums were thundering behind, and the Sui soldiers from all sides rushed towards the city of Pyongyang.
"Kill..." The shouts were loud and loud, the soldiers and armor clanged, and the trampling of iron hooves made people excited. At this moment, the Sui army rushed up like a tide.
The Goguryeo army at the top of the city heard the howling and neighing sounds of thousands of troops outside the city, and fought back with a tough bullet. Because it involved life and death, there was no way out, and they all went to fight back.
Whoosh swish swish swish!
Archers on both sides kept drawing bows and shooting arrows, first of which was a confrontation of long-distance weapons. In this regard, the Sui army had many crossbows and archers, and the defenders of the city castle had the advantage of geographical advantages. Therefore, each suffered casualties, which caused great trouble and trouble to the other party.
The city top and inside the city were poured out by dense rain of arrows, covering like black clouds.
The Goguryeo soldiers who had just emerged were easily lost and swept away, either dead or injured. The Qin soldiers below were approaching and were also harvested by the archers of the defenders and fell in a pool of blood.
Mai Tiebang and his son led the troops to take the lead, and Qin Qiong was among them. After being promoted to the commander, he brought his troops to attack the city.
After a while, the city above Pyongyang City had already killed blood and piled up corpses like mountains.
War is fighting, fighting, and many fresh lives have become headless corpses. The glory of soldiers is only in the moment when the soldiers shout for victory. Have you ever seen countless white bones outside the city flowing into a river?
"kill--"
The soldiers on both sides shouted, and were stimulated by the bloody aura. When they saw the robe die in battle, they were filled with anger, their eyes were red, and they had lost their minds.
The war drums continued, the horns were roaring, the sound of horse hooves outside the city was circling back and forth, and the dust was flying, which boosted morale with its might. The sound of hooves roared, and the subway city was shaking.
The Sui army continued to fight to the city, using ladders and tower cars to climb over the city, and handed over the battle, and was immediately killed by the defenders. The two armies fought and suffered numerous casualties, and the sad voices shook the sky.
Because the main force of the Goguryeo army is still there, and they are vowed to resist to the death, the Sui army will find it difficult to break the city in the short term.
When the evening came, when the gongs were ringing and the troops were withdrawn, there were dead bodies under the city, broken limbs and legs, and there were all over the place, and some of them were shot into hedgehogs and nailed to the ground.
Five or sixty thousand people were killed or injured on the first day. Some of the injured were sent to the rear to bandage and recuperate. Those who were too seriously injured could only let them stand firm. There were no anti-inflammatory drugs, no special medicines, no surgery, infusions, etc. Relying on ordinary herbs from military doctors, it was slow to take effect. Many people could not stand for two days and died of burning. Not many of them could survive.
The commanders of each army would go to the injured battalion to comfort him and encourage morale. On the second day, another army was replaced and continued to attack the city.
In this way, the two sides are competing for morale, blood, and courage, which is a tough battle. Relying on the flesh and blood of the soldiers to accumulate, thousands of soldiers will be killed in half an hour.
After a few days of battle, the city almost broke out several times, but in the end, the Goguryeo army counterattacked and returned in vain.
Sometimes, the Sui army had suppressed the defenders and occupied the city gates. However, the Goguryeo generals suddenly shouted for surrender, which caused the Sui army to stop attacking, relaxed their vigilance, and sent people to report to His Majesty, because Emperor Yang of Sui had issued an order that once someone surrendered, no animals were allowed, and no surrendered soldiers could be killed. However, the Goguryeo people took advantage of the mentality of Emperor Yang of Sui. Whenever the city broke, they would shout for surrender, and then took advantage of the unpreparedness and suddenly attacked, causing the fighter to be missed.
However, Luo Zhaoyun was familiar with this trick for a long time, because history books clearly stated that the Great Sui Dynasty conquered Goguryeo because of the will of Emperor Yang of Sui, which caused the Great Sui Dynasty to be deceived repeatedly, suffered heavy losses and missed opportunities for war.
Therefore, Luo Zhaoyun ordered several generals, even if the Goguryeo soldiers shouted to surrender, don't listen, as long as the other party did not throw away their weapons, squatted on the ground and continued to kill the enemy.
This order is somewhat suspicious of resisting the order. Wei Wensheng, Xue Shixiong, Mai Tiezhang and others were a little worried and dared not make a big splash, but they would not listen to Goguryeo's foolings. As a result, the other party saw that this move was useless to Luo Zhaoyun's army and horses, they simply gave up and mobilized more troops to hinder the city gate defense and fight to the end.
A few days later, Emperor Yang of Sui became anxious and was forced to change his strategy and attack the city with all his might. Regardless of whether the other party surrendered or not, he would occupy the city gate first and then make a large army enter the city.
"Dong! Dongdong! Dongdongdongdong!" All the war drums of the Sui army were beaten, because as the offensive continued to intensify, the chance of breaking the city became greater and greater.
"Kill!" The sound was like thunder, rolling in,
Thousands of arrows were scattered like clouds, and the sunshine in the sky was dim.
The soldiers of the Great Sui Dynasty were charging forward regardless of everything in order to complete the great cause of Emperor Yang of Sui’s common ruler!
At this moment, a fast horse rushed from behind and shouted: "Enterprise documents in Beijing, get out of the way--"
The knight rode his horse straight through the army formation, ran to the imperial pedestal, jumped down from his horse, ran forward quickly, shouting: "The capital city has expedited documents to report to His Majesty--"
Emperor Yang of Sui was sitting on the golden seat of the high platform, watching the siege situation ahead. Suddenly, he heard someone shouting under the high platform and frowned.
"What's going on?"
Su Wei bowed and said, "It seems that there are emergency documents from the capital, and they are sent by QQ."
"If you have any urgent matters in the direction of the capital, come forward."
"Here!" Su Wei turned around and ordered the guards to release the case, and submitted the urgent official document.
Yang Guang was a little puzzled. He took the document and opened it to see it. He was shocked. He stood up directly, his face was covered in frost, and his veins rose up. He held the document tightly and threw it hard on the seat!
"It's really against you. The crimes cannot be forgiven. Nine clans should be punished!"
Su Wei, Yu Shiji, Pei Yun, Yu Chengdu, Sima Dezhan, Duan Da and other close ministers and generals were secretly surprised when they heard such words, not knowing why Emperor Yang of Sui was so suddenly furious.
"Please calm down your anger!"
Su Wei bent over and picked up the secret letter and saw it. He suddenly stiffened his whole body and his face changed drastically: Yang Xuangan was behind and rebelled.
Chapter completed!