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Chapter 1204: Exhausted

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    By daybreak the next day, corpses were everywhere outside Liaodong City, and blood gathered along the trenches to form rivers.  Countless Goguryeo cavalry corpses littered the fields, leaving only twos and threes of horses, telling the story of what happened to this group of cavalry.

    In the moat, the corpses of Goguryeo soldiers and horses almost cut off the entire moat.

    Last night, the main force of Goguryeo's 20,000 cavalry attacked the Sui army and was ambushed by the Sui army. Except for a few of the 20,000 cavalry who escaped, almost all of them were annihilated by the Sui army.

    The auxiliary soldiers of the Sui army beheaded the corpses one by one on the battlefield, and the severed heads were piled as high as a hill.  Huang Mingyuan asked people to build a small tower with these heads in the southwest corner outside the city to deter the Goguryeo army in the city.

    As for the captured Goguryeo people, there were approximately more than 7,000 people.  Huang Mingyuan had their weapons and equipment removed, and the rest were reduced to slaves to work.

    Jiang Yishi looked at the Jingguan rising from the ground outside the city, feeling cold all over. This defeat was so tragic that it completely broke the backbone of the defenders in the city.  In the hearts of the defenders in the city, the Sui troops outside the city were all ferocious and unpredictable. Let alone fighting, they would tremble with fear just by looking at them.

    After this battle, the Sui army still did not launch an attack on Liaodong City.  But because hundreds more catapults were built, Huang Mingyuan followed the same example and built an earth slope on the north and south sides of Liaodong City.  The Sui army placed the catapult on the slope and surrounded Liaodong City on three sides and bombarded it.

    Huang Mingyuan has made up his mind to crush you by relying on his superior equipment and military strength.  There were not enough stone bullets, so Huang Mingyuan ordered people to dig out the soil and make bricks.

    Jiang Yishi saw that the Sui army was shelling non-stop, and had no choice. At this time, it was better to go out to fight in the city than to stay in the city.  Jiang Yishi then ordered General Zuo Xiong to lead his army out. Even if it cost him human lives, he would at least rush to the slopes and destroy these catapults.

    But as soon as Zuo Xiong left the city, the Sui army on the high slope noticed the movement at the city gate, and immediately aimed the crossbows and crossbows on the high slope at the west gate of Liaodong City.  Suddenly, arrows rained down, and the entire city gate was shrouded in the rain of arrows. The Goguryeo army had just rushed out of the city gate and had not yet formed its formation, so it became a living target for the Sui army.

    In an instant, countless people fell to the ground, causing everyone at the city gate to fall on their backs.

    Zuo Xiong tried his best to charge, but couldn't get out at all. Instead, he was shot in the arm and had to flee back to the city in embarrassment.

    Unwilling to be reconciled, Jiang Yishi once again sent An Dianbao to lead the army to try to attack twice, but was blocked in the city by the Sui army.  Looking at this posture, it seems that the Sui army outside the city is going to use stone bullets to smash the Goguryeo army in Liaodong City to death.

    Jiang Yishi was a little desperate. He had been fighting for so many years and had never experienced such a war.  Why, as the defender of the city, he occupies an advantageous location, but has no power to fight back.

    Seeing that the morale of the military was greatly reduced, everyone was dejected.  At this time, Zuo Xiong suggested that since the Sui army only attacked with stone bullets, the entire army should abandon the city wall and retreat to the city.  When the Sui soldiers reached the city wall, they climbed onto the city to fight with the Sui soldiers.  At that time, the Sui army took into account the siege soldiers and would definitely not throw stones again.

    Zuo Xiong¡¯s method can only be said to be not a solution. If the Sui army fails in the battle for the city wall, Liaodong City will be lost.

    Jiang Yishi's eyes showed a fierce light at this time. For the current plan, there is no other way.

    So Jiang Yishi ordered the soldiers on the city wall to withdraw from the city wall and all lay in ambush inside the city wall.  This is a blind spot for catapults and will not be attacked.

    The Sui army observed the movements in the city on a high slope and found that the city was empty and there was no Goguryeo army.

    Everyone reported this situation to Huang Mingyuan, who immediately understood that Jiang Yishi was preparing to move the battlefield to the city wall in an attempt to mix with the Sui army to prevent the bombardment.

    For Huang Mingyuan, it is true that this is an opportunity to break the city, but the speed of the Sui army's ladders to climb the city will definitely not be as fast as the Goguryeo people to climb the city. In the end, there will still be a situation where the Goguryeo people will fight with more and less.

    How could Huang Mingyuan follow Jiang Yishi's wishes?

    Huang Mingyuan ordered to set the direction of attack at the four corners of Liaodong City, and then use well rails and arrow towers to attack the four corners of the city wall.  The Sui army's siege soldiers only occupied these four corners and were not allowed to expand their victory to the four walls.

    The generals are puzzled.

    Thousands of infantrymen quickly rushed to the city, and then, under the cover of well railings and ladders, began to climb the city from the four corners.  Seeing the Sui army launching an attack, the Goguryeo people in the city immediately boarded the city to fight back.

    However, when these people climbed onto the city wall, they were dumbfounded. Why did the Sui army only occupy the four corners and not move towards the city wall.

    At this moment, the artillery carriages and crossbows that had stopped started roaring again. Because the city wall of Liaodong City was wide enough, there was no need to worry about it.??The soldiers in the four corners were accidentally injured.

    It turns out that Huang Mingyuan knew Jiang Yishi's intentions and was preparing to lure him into attacking.  Due to the construction of ancient city walls, the stairs to climb the city were generally built on both sides of the city gate. They were rarely built at the four corners, and Liaodong City was no exception.  Therefore, the soldiers who boarded the city had to move from the middle of the city wall to both sides, which happened to be a fixed target for the Sui army.

    The Sui army's stone bullets, bows and arrows were as dense as a rain forest, and the Goguryeo army could not resist them.

    At this time, the soldiers who boarded the city also began to attack from the four corners of the city, shooting at the Goguryeo troops on the inside.

    Suddenly, the entire Goguryeo soldiers were in chaos, unable to advance or retreat.

    Jiang Yishi was shocked.

    Although Jiang Yishi regretted stealing the chicken but losing the rice, he also knew that the Sui army must be driven off at this time, otherwise the Sui army would be completely doomed after gaining superior strength on the city wall.

    Therefore, Jiang Yishi ordered Zuo Xiong and An Dianbao to lead their soldiers to attack the Sui troops in the four corners without avoiding stone bullets and bows and crossbows.

    An Dianbao and An Dianbao also knew that Liaodong City was in danger at this time, and Zuo Xiong regretted his bad idea, so they both became fierce and moved forward desperately.

    Braving stone bullets and bows and crossbows, the crowd finally rushed in front of the Sui army and fought with the Sui army.

    As for the Sui army's crossbow formation, the two men almost used their lives to fill it.

    After all, the four corners were narrow and the number of Sui troops who climbed onto the city wall was insufficient. Although the Goguryeo army suffered large-scale casualties, it was unable to fight a war of attrition.

    Huang Mingyuan on the high slope knew that his goal had been achieved, so he ordered the Sui troops who had ascended the city to retreat.

    The Goguryeo people finally drove the Sui army off the city wall, but they also exhausted their last strength.

    Jiang Yishi was not excited about the victory. He knew very well that this was just because the Sui army did not want to waste any effort, because the Sui army could still attack like this tomorrow, but would he be able to recapture the city wall by then?

    Looking at the murderous Sui army outside the city, and at the desperate situation and low morale of the Goguryeo soldiers in the city, Jiang Yishi knew very well that he really could not defend Liaodong City.

    For Goguryeo, this is just a waste, and it is still a meaningless waste.

    Jiang Yishi was preparing to break out to the east. He decided to abandon Liaodong City, which was located in the plains, and headed east into the mountains, relying on various mountain cities to block the Sui army.  (Remember the website address: www.hlnovel.com
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