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Huang Mingyuan wrote a letter to persuade Ulji Mundeok to surrender, but he did it casually and did not hold out much hope. It would be best if Eulji Mundeok could surrender, which would save a lot of effort in fighting against the thieves. But if Eulji Mundeok really refuses to surrender, it will not have much impact on Huang Mingyuan. With or without him, we have to break the thief. Moreover, Huang Mingyuan was very clear about Ulji Munduk's situation. Ulji Munduk was afraid that he would never be able to lead the army again.
On June 5, the Forbidden Army Youhouwei and Youtunwei arrived in Xiangping City, Liaodong.
On June 10, Huang Mingyuan swore to fight in the south of Xiangping City. Five days later, the army arrived at Fenghuang Mountain City (between Fenghuang Mountain and Gaoli Mountain, 5 kilometers southeast of Fengcheng City, Liaoning Province today).
Phoenix City and Wugu City face each other across Phoenix Mountain and are the gateway to the entire Wugu City.
Like other mountain cities, Phoenix City was built on natural mountains. In the south of the city, the cliffs of Fenghuang and Gaoguli (today's Gaoli Mountain in Fengcheng City, Liaoning Province) are used as walls. The other three sides are between the low parts of the mountains and the cliff valleys. Solid city walls are built with processed wedge-shaped stone barriers. The entire city is about 11,000 paces (16 kilometers) long and is three feet high. The high platform in the northwest of the city is the commanding height, with a moat below it winding down from north to south.
The entire Phoenix City is easy to defend but difficult to attack, and the Wugu City behind it takes care of each other, acting as a backbone.
At this time, the commander of Wugucheng was the famous Goguryeo general Ondal who succeeded Eulji Mundeok as commander. He had nearly 80,000 troops under his command. Wen Da himself led 50,000 troops to garrison in Wugu City, and ordered General Zhao Shanren to lead 30,000 troops to garrison in Phoenix City.
Although Wen Da is the emperor's son-in-law, he has climbed up step by step from the humble bottom, and is not comparable to those who have nothing to do but have nothing to do. Since the failure of the last attack on Mudi City, Wenda has been continuously reinforcing the walls of Phoenix City and Wugu City for more than half a year, stocking up on food and grass, training soldiers, and making full preparations for a protracted war.
The reason why Go Won dared to replace Eulji Mundeok was because he had the trust of his brother-in-law who was a staunch royalist.
Huang Mingyuan arrived at the foot of Phoenix City, looking up at the lush Phoenix Mountain, his heart was full of anxiety.
The Sui army has roughly figured out the defense of the Goguryeo people, but it is unknown how many lives will be consumed to fill such a defense, and Wenda is a strong general, mature and prudent, and will not make mistakes easily. This battle is probably going to be Gotta fight.
Due to the terrain location, the entire Phoenix City is built on Phoenix Mountain. The roads are so rugged that even the Thunder Cannon cannot function.
After Huang Mingyuan arrived at the foot of the mountain on the first day, he thought about how to break the city and did not attack blindly. But after thinking about it for a whole day, there was still no good solution.
" Moreover, the troops under his command are not much larger than those of Wenda. Even if the ants attack the city, they will not have an advantage.
Huang Mingyuan was fully prepared for a protracted war and set up camp on a high hill. They also dug deep ditches and built high barriers to protect them.
Early the next morning, Huang Mingyuan mobilized the three armies and began to attack Phoenix City.
Huang Mingyuan used Andong's left and right armies to attack from the left and right wings of Phoenix City respectively to attack Phoenix Mountain and Goguryeo Mountain south of Phoenix City.
The two cities of Fenghuang and Wugu are connected by Fenghuang Mountain and Goguryeo Mountain. As long as the two mountains are captured, it is equivalent to cutting off the connection between the two cities.
And Huang Mingyuan led the main force to attack the city from the east. Phoenix City is surrounded by mountains on three sides, and only the eastern part has flat terrain that can be attacked.
After the battle started, the sky was full of thunder cannons roaring and thundering, continuously bombarding the Phoenix City. Standing on Phoenix Mountain, you can feel the whole mountain falling and the ground breaking apart.
The Sui army was already very familiar with Huang Mingyuan's tactics. When the bombardment stopped, the crossbow troops formed a formation and moved forward, while the shield bearers rushed straight to the mountain.
In order to maximize his military advantage, Huang Mingyuan launched simultaneous attacks on the Goguryeo army from the east and north of Phoenix City, and the southwest and northeast sides of Phoenix Mountain.
Lu Huiyan, the pioneer of the right army, was the most brave. As the main attacker at the east city gate, he rushed towards the city gate with a horizontal knife on his back and a steel whip.
Outside the mountain city, Goguryeo traps and iron caltrops were everywhere, and the charging soldiers were pricked and stabbed from time to time.
Even so, the vanguard troops moved forward inexorably, and Lu Huiyan rushed all the way to the city.
Outside the east gate, Zhao Shanren took advantage of the mountain terrain to dig a 90-degree slope with a height of more than ten feet, directly blocking the Sui army's path. The opponent dug two more trenches in front of the formation to block the attack.
Lu Huiyan held a shield in one hand and a whip in the other, climbing up the ladder along the slope. When he was approaching the slope, the defenders noticed that countless spears were stabbing him. Lu Huiyan struck hard with his iron whip, breaking several spearheads, and finally reached the top of the slope. Seeing another spear coming, he jumped up and hit his shield hard.On the chest, the steel whip in his right hand was smashed wildly, causing countless people to have their brains burst, fractures and tendons broken.
When the Goguryeo soldiers saw that he was brave and unable to attack him, they retreated one after another.
Not long after, using Lu Huiyan as an arrow, more than a hundred Sui troops rushed up the slope. However, due to the obstruction of this slope, ladders and other siege weapons could not come up. Seeing the tall walls of Phoenix City, everyone was at their wits' end.
Lu Huiyan had no choice but to order people to guard the gap that had been opened and cover the follow-up troops.
At this time, Zhao Shanren on the city wall showed a sinister smile. He designed this high slope not only to hinder the Sui army's siege weapons, but more importantly, as long as the Sui army climbed up the high slope, they would be exposed to the shooting range of the archers and there was no way to avoid it.
The Goguryeo people consciously relaxed their defenses, allowing the Sui army to gather on the high slopes.
Seeing the high slope, there are crowds of people.
Zhao Shanren gave an order and countless bows and arrows shot towards the Sui army.
Lu Huiyan was charging when he saw a hail of arrows coming. He rolled over and hid behind a group of corpses. As for the rest of the people, they did not react so quickly. Countless people were hit by arrows and fell to the ground.
At this time, the Goguryeo army formed a spear formation and began to fight back.
The dense formation of spears approached the Sui army on the high slope step by step. After all, the Sui army on the high slope was small in number and their position was limited, so it was difficult to move around and they were stabbed one after another.
Lu Huiyan¡¯s eyes were blood-red on the high slope, and he wanted to kill all these Goguryeo thieves one by one. However, he also knew that this was not the time to act recklessly, so he took out a hammer and shot it.
At this time, the signal flare designed by Huang Mingyuan was specially given to the former enemy commander. Huang Mingyuan always believes that in many cases, the former enemy commander knows the battlefield best and understands some battlefield details before the coach. The former enemy commander can immediately report the military situation to the commander with different weapons.
? And Lu Huiyan¡¯s whistle was his signal to request retreat at the risk of being beheaded.
Huang Mingyuan was at the foot of the mountain. It was difficult to fully see the battlefield due to the obstruction of trees and rocks, but he was aware of the intensity of the battlefield. Seeing Lu Huiyan's request to retreat, Huang Mingyuan thought for a moment and ordered the troops to retreat. (Remember the website address: www.hlnovel.com - Didn't finish reading? Add this book to your favoritesI'm a member and bookmarked this chapterCopy the address of this book and recommend it to your friends for pointsChapter error? Click here to report
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