Tang's dining table

The Goguryeo people from Shicheng are not easy to fight!

Guo Daifeng and Gao Kan's two Zhechong Mansion who supported him trapped the Shicheng reinforcements in a valley. Two days passed and they still could not capture them.

I heard the casualties were heavy.

Especially these Goguryeo people also have five hundred armored horses. This thing is very annoying. There is a spiked iron chain between the armored horses. During the charge, seven of Guo Daifeng's infantry were hit. Lingbaluo, if it weren't for the sliding crossbow to help out, he would probably be run away by these Goguryeo people.

It's been two days and the fighting there is still going on.

More and more reinforcements were sent, and I heard that the number had reached more than double that of the Goguryeo people.

The army of the Tang Dynasty has always used less to defeat more, and when encountering powerful ones, it is just one-on-one. This has almost formed the law of the Tang army's combat.

This time, facing the reinforcements from Shicheng, they were unable to win, which was really disappointing.

This is a fully armored army, which means that the infantry are also wearing iron armor instead of leather armor.

Therefore, Yunchu felt that without gunpowder, he would have the same fate if he went up there, and it would not be much better than Guo Daifeng.

Until now, Yun Chu still didn't understand what Li Ji's strategy was. He clearly had gunpowder in his hand, but he didn't use it. He didn't know what he was waiting for.

When encountering such a fully armored army, if you throw some thunder and fire bombs into the crowd, even if they can't kill these people, they can be knocked unconscious. If you send people up to hold them down, these iron bastards will be unable to stand up.

On the third day, Liu Rengui's men came and took away all the spoils of Yunchu's tribe. The entire army watched eagerly as their belongings were being taken away in horse-drawn carriages, feeling very reluctant to part with them.

On the fourth day, Guo Daifeng came back with his army, and he finally bit off the hard bone of the Goguryeo Stone City reinforcements.

However, when Yun Chu congratulated him, there was no trace of joy on Guo Daifeng's face, and the leader of the general who had been following him disappeared.

His military exploits are still very impressive, with more than 3,000 killed in formation...

Yun Chu used to feel honored when he heard how much General So-and-so slashed the formation, but now when he heard the word "Zhen Cut", his teeth became sore.

The greater the number of formation kills, the more tragic the battle becomes. When the two armies are fighting, you are allowed to kill me, and I am not allowed to kill you. They are all born from father and mother, and they are all flesh when they come out. , No one is born with an invulnerable body. If you cut it with a knife, it will break and bleed.

"Shicheng, I won't argue with you anymore."

Guo Daifeng said this while riding on a horse. Perhaps because he was sitting high up and the wind was strong outside, sand got into his eyes, making his eyes red.

"Most of Shicheng's elite have been killed by you in the field battles. Now Shicheng is just an empty shell. It can be broken open with a few hits with a hammer. It would be a pity to give up at this time.

I won’t compete with you for Stone City. After all, this is also part of your credit. Don’t leave any regrets. "

The sad Guo Daifeng roared angrily: "Do you still want to see my joke? You who came from the Western Regions, everyone thinks that my Guo family can't stand you. Have you ever thought about my family? My father and brother died in the war. Kucha City, what else do you want, are you going to be satisfied just watching me die on the battlefield again?"

Yun Chu originally wanted to give him some advice, but when he saw Gao Kan riding over with a gloomy look on his face, he stepped forward to greet him.

"From tomorrow onwards, you will be a former soldier."

After Gao Kan kept issuing military orders, he left. Yun Chu looked at the sad Guo Daifeng and said, "You have to get rid of these useless emotions. I really think it is not difficult to destroy the stone city!"

"Then go ahead and break it. I'll congratulate you in advance." Guo Daifeng said feebly to Yun Chu and left.

Also leaving at the same time were a group of generals and lieutenants who had followed Guo Daifeng down from the battlefield. They looked at Yun Chu very strangely and felt that Yun Chu was continuing to trick Guo Daifeng.

Yun Chu looked at their backs and shouted, "Have your brains been eaten by dogs?

How many armored troops are there in the entire Goguryeo? You have killed five thousand people in Liaodong. Shicheng is now an empty city. Can't you imagine? "

A general with his left arm hanging on his chest looked back at Yun Chu and said, "In this case, the great contribution of Keshi City will be left to Magistrate Yun."

"You are really isolated, right?" Wen Wen limped over. His injury was almost healed. The doctor said that it was nothing serious. At most, there would be a dent on his butt in the future.

Yun Chu turned around and looked at Wen Wen and said, "Why doesn't anyone listen when I tell the truth?"

Wen Wen said: "It's too tragic. In the battle of Ranshigou, Datang and Goguryeo fought in a one-for-one situation. The losses were heavy."

Yun Chu said: "Those are Goguryeo's fully armored soldiers, the best of Goguryeo's elite. It is very rare to fight like this."

Wen Wen sighed and said: "That's the problem. Over the years, the Tang army has become accustomed to attacking more with less. This time, it's one for one with more and less. No one can accept it, let alone Those of us in front of the army cannot accept it, and even the civil servants in Chang'an will never accept it.

You see, this battle will definitely lead to questioning of Gao Kan and accountability to Guo Daifeng after the war.

That's why they people are so unhappy. "

Yun Chu said: "Since I don't want any credit, I really have to attack this stone city this time."

"Let's add armor pieces to the jumping soldiers. We still have a lot of armor pieces from Yincheng. Use all that can be used."

Shicheng, as the name suggests, is a stone castle. Like Beifeng City, it is the backbone castle on this land. However, Beifeng City is more like a food distribution center, while Shicheng is a pure military fortress.

From Jin Dacheng's mouth, Yunchu learned that the defender of this city was Jiang Taiyu, Yuan Gaisuwen's brother-in-law.

Beisha, Beifeng, Pingguo, Jili, Jian'an and Yincheng, which had been conquered by Yunchu, all belonged to this person, and he was the real frontier official of Goguryeo.

Shicheng is hidden in the mountain col. The city is surrounded by mountains on three sides, and the city wall is surrounded by mountains. All of them are made of artificially cut stones, built with wedge-shaped granite stones, and built into the cliffs.

The city wall is about sixteen miles long, with four gates in the east, west, south and north. The city wall is three feet high.

It is definitely a place that is easy to defend but difficult to attack.

Such a place, if placed in Yunchu's previous life, would definitely be a good place to visit.

At that time, you can chat with your friends about how to attack this city and how to defend this city.

Now, he needs to take the troops to conquer the city, which is very embarrassing.

Although what Yunchu told Guo Daifeng was true, even if there were no fully armored soldiers, the large-scale city defense equipment here must be complete.

As he said, this stone city is just a hard shell, but how to break this hard shell is a difficult problem.

No wonder neither Gao Kan, Guo Daifeng, nor the generals were afraid of this city.

"General, I heard that there is a mountain road in the back of Weishan Mountain that can enter Stone City. How about we test it?"

After hearing Jin Dacheng's words, Yunchu perked up and said, "Tell me, how did you know this road?"

Jin Dacheng said: "This road is actually a ghost road."

"What does ghost road mean?"

"It means you can only walk at night, not during the day. The most abundant thing in Shicheng is salt. The salt here is supplied to the entire Liaodong. The salt people cook the salt on the seaside and then send it to Shicheng. From Shicheng, it is sent to various parts of Liaodong, even Hebei There is also a lot of salt from Shicheng.

In Goguryeo, like the Tang Dynasty, salt was also sold by the government. The price of the salt sold by the government was very high. Therefore, there were many private salt dealers. These private salt dealers did not know where they got the salt from, so they would steal it from ghost roads. Leave the city gate.

The younger one was responsible for the grain supply in Beifeng City. Salt was too expensive, so he had to deal with some private salt dealers. Only then did he learn that there was such a way. "

After hearing what Jin Dacheng said, Yunchu looked at Wenwen and shook his head. Yunchu also sighed and said: "Private secrets come from the government, and ghost roads also come from openings deliberately made by government interests.

Once the army approaches the city gate, all the openings in Shicheng will be tightened immediately. The convenient road before has become a dead end at this time, and a surprise attack on this road seems to be unfeasible. "

After letting Jin Dacheng leave, Yun Chu said to Wen Wen, "It seems that the only way is to attack by force."

Wen Wen said: "There is no unstoppable road. Let's go to Shicheng and take a look. I don't believe that there is an unconquerable fortified city in this world."

Yunchu also knew that it was too early to start worrying now. He could only make a decision after actually seeing this stone city.

Just after dawn, Yunchu's troops had already broken camp and headed north. As a former army, it is natural to open roads through mountains and build bridges when encountering water.

Most of this place is a plain land with many villages. However, the villages have long been empty of people.

Yunchu went in to check and found that people here were still leaving in a hurry, and the evacuation time would not exceed two days.

Yunchu deliberately made the army behave lazily, hoping that the Goguryeo people would sneak attack.

As a result, no one was fooled and they ran very thoroughly.

Since Shicheng is a military city, it is impossible for them to let these people enter the city during the war. So, where did so many Goguryeo people go? Yunchu thought this was a very interesting topic.

Since they had doubts, they naturally asked for proof. Yang Jing and the three brothers of the Wang family left the army with their non-slave regiment and searched for the escaped Goguryeo people in the plains and hills.

There were many deserted military forts along the way. The people inside should have entered Shicheng, which proved Yunchu's inference that Shicheng was empty.

Yun Chubu walked to the south gate of Shicheng without any danger.

Looking at the tall city walls and towering towers, Yun Chu's mouth turned bitter. This was the first time he faced the majestic city of Goguryeo.

Thinking of what he said to Guo Daifeng, it sounded very sarcastic at this moment, and it seemed that he was really trying to trick poor Guo Daifeng into continuing his stupid fight with Shi Cheng at the expense of his subordinates' lives.

Chapter 2, I continue,