Chapter 452: Invincible [Subscription Request]

Gao Yuzao is the younger cousin of the current King of Goryeo and the main general of Goryeo's western defense line.

He was crouching behind the arrow emplacement on the top of the city wall, anxiously waiting for news.

There were also crouching Goryeo soldiers under the city wall beside him.

The summer night breeze is gentle.

Soon, two scouts climbed up to the top of the city wall and approached Gao Yu's seat:
"General, just as you expected, a group of Wei troops are coming from the west."

Gao Yuza licked his lips nervously.

When he discussed strategy with King Gao Nanwu, he anticipated that the Wei army was at its peak and would not be satisfied with just one route, but would want to defeat Goguryeo as quickly as possible.

This is where they can take advantage.

Goguryeo made multiple preparations in advance and sent scouts out every night.

At this moment, as expected, Cao's army came from the west and tried to raid Yanshi City.

Gao Yuzuo whispered:
"According to the strategy formulated before the war, we will take action as soon as the enemy approaches."

Looking back from the top of the city wall, the Goryeo soldiers were wearing armor and holding weapons, ready for battle.

Just as Gao Yuzuo and other generals were discussing, Cao's army appeared in the distance.

Yanshi City was built on a high ground. To attack it, one had to pass through a gentle slope with an upward angle, and the terrain was quite dangerous.

Gao Yuzuo leaned over the city wall to observe the enemy's situation.

The Wei army was seen approaching head-on from the low slope opposite.

"Get ready!" Gao Yuzuo shouted.

Outside the city, the Wei army came very quickly.

When they got a little closer, they could see the Wei army. The soldiers in the front row were holding large shields, and the soldiers in the back row were holding long-handled hammers or huge spears, and they were rapidly approaching Yanshi City.

"Do it!"

At Gao Yuzuo's command, the city gates opened wide.

Behind the door, Korean soldiers pushed out wooden carts.

The wooden cart was loaded with huge stones.

These huge stones were polished and smoothed to make them basically spherical. They were used by the Koreans specifically for defending the city.

The huge stone was pushed out from the city and lifted up the wooden cart on the gentle downward slope. The stone rolled down the slope faster and faster, and the impact force increased accordingly.

A row of seven or eight huge rocks toppled from wooden carts blocked the entire gentle upward slope.

The impact it generates will immediately break bones and tendons if you are hit.

Gao Yuzuo showed his figure from the top of the city wall and sneered, "Shoot poison arrows and kill the enemy!"

Goguryeo was mostly mountainous, and there were many poisonous snakes and ferocious beasts in the territory.

The arrows of the Koreans are tempered with snake venom.

Rumble!
Hundreds of torches were lit on the top of the city, making it as bright as day.

Under the light of torches, huge rocks more than half a person's height rolled down to the vicinity of the Wei army with terrifying momentum.

The shield-bearing soldiers in the front row of the Wei army placed their large shields on the ground, while the spear-bearing soldiers in the second row thrust their spears upwards.

Rumble!
The boulders rolled down and were overturned one after another, falling on both sides of the gentle slope.

Gao Shun led the way, standing at the front of the team, raising his hammer, "Forward!"

The troops of the Xianzhen Camp behind him advanced towards the city gate with the clanging of armor.

On the city wall, Gao Yuzu's heart skipped a beat.

It is to be expected that a brave general who is invincible against thousands of people can lift a huge rock.

But it was amazing that an entire army could move the rolling boulders away.

The Wei army has such amazing bravery!
At this time, arrows were flying, and behind the gate of Yanshi City, Goryeo soldiers kept pushing out stone carts and dumping huge stones.

But the huge rocks that fell down several times were all picked up by the soldiers of the Xianzhen Camp with large spears!
When arrows were shot down, they were blocked by the upright surface of the shield.

A small number of arrows hit the heavy armor and were unable to penetrate the defense, so their killing power was minimal.

The Xianzhen Camp resisted the attack of the Goryeo soldiers and quickly rushed up the gentle slope.

"Close the gate, set the door stone, and block the city gate!"

Gao Yuzuo was very glad that they were well prepared.

Although the huge rock failed to stop the Wei army.

But he had other plans.

The city gate below was closed, and stones were moved behind the gate to quickly block it up.

"Prepare to pour kerosene, quickly!" Gao Yuzuo shouted.

Yanshi City is a stone city with a city wall nearly three meters high.

Outside the city, the trap camp was approaching rapidly.

The entire army gathered their strength, and the shield bearers in the front used their heavy shields to attack the city gate.

Bang-bang-bang!

The concentrated strength of the thousands of soldiers in the Xianzhen Camp made the heavy shields pushed out from the front row hit the city gate like giant hammers.

The whole city was shaking.

Click!
The thigh-thick bolt behind the city gate broke.

Gao Shun raised the hammer handle with both hands and smashed it with all his strength.

A hole immediately cracked in the city gate.

Some of the stones built behind the door were also knocked down by the blast.

city ​​wall.

Gao Yuzuo shouted repeatedly: "Hurry up and pour kerosene on them and burn them to death!"

Pouring kerosene from the top of the city walls and then setting it on fire to burn the Wei army to death was another defensive weapon prepared by the Goryeo soldiers.

However, before the soldiers in the rear could pour out the kerosene that they had brought up in a wooden basin, something unexpected happened.

Among the Goryeo soldiers who were lighting fires on the city walls, someone suddenly threw a torch into his own brazier.

Outside the city, there were rockets that shot onto the top of the city walls with amazing accuracy, and some of them fell into the kerosene basins.

Flames suddenly rose up.

The fire, fueled by kerosene, immediately covered the surrounding soldiers.

"There is a spy..." Gao Yuzuo turned around and saw the fire on the top of the city, and a thought flashed through his mind.

Below, Gao Shun had already broken down the city gate.

The troops of the Xianzhen Camp were charging into the city.

At this point, Gao Yuzuo also became panicked, with cold hands and feet.

He defended the city and was fully prepared.

However, the elite level and combat experience of this Wei army were far beyond their expectations.

The Han army rushed in so quickly.

Gao Yuzuo suddenly turned his head. A figure climbed up from under the city wall. It was Gao Shun, who was covered in heavy armor.

He landed on the top of the city wall, squatted slightly to relieve the gravity of the fall, and swung his hammer, killing Gao Yuzuo with a muffled sound.

Gao Yuzuo snatched a leather shield from the soldier beside him and used it horizontally to block.

The soldiers around him raised their spears and stabbed Gao Shun.

Relying on his heavy armor, Gao Shun did not dodge at all. He swept his shield horizontally, pushing away the two spears blocking his way and quickly approached.

boom!
The shield in Gao Yuzuo's hand shattered, and the huge force like a mountain torrent made his knees weak and he fell to one knee.

Gao Shun swung the large shield in his other hand to block the nearby soldiers' attacks, and swung the hammer again.

Gao Yuzuo screamed and his head burst apart.

Below, more Wei troops rushed to the top of the city.

There was a team of crossbowmen outside the city, and they also showed up behind the trap camp.

The rocket just now was fired by them.

After Gao Shun killed the enemy general, he looked back outside the city and saw that all his troops had rushed into the city.

As the commander-in-chief, Zhang Liao did not participate in this level of vanguard battle at all.

At midnight.

Yanshi City was captured.

Cao Wei's rear army quickly followed up and entered the city to clear out the remaining troops.

Zhang Liao also came to the top of the city wall and looked towards the east.

More than a hundred miles ahead is Goguryeo’s second line of defense.

When Cao Cao and others formulated their strategies, they fully drew on the historical experience of attacking Goguryeo.

Goguryeo was a neighbor of China and had provoked and declared war on China many times, but it was not destroyed. One reason was that it was far enough away from the heartland of China.

Another reason is that the country is mountainous, which is conducive to defense and difficult to break through.

The Han army came from thousands of miles away, and the long-distance transportation of supplies consumed a lot of resources.

Once dragged into a battle and unable to conquer the enemy after a long attack, they have no choice but to retreat.

This time, Cao's army sent out troops from Buyeo, attacking nearby, thus reducing the consumption of baggage.

More importantly, there are strategic and targeted arrangements.

After defeating Yizhou, the Wei Dynasty gained additional mountain combat capabilities from the Shu Army.

Most of the elite Shu army were absorbed into the Wei army's system.

The strength of the mountain offensive suddenly increased.

In addition to the Xianzhen Camp, Le Jin's team had a large number of Baihao soldiers who were good at mountain warfare. They were also invincible and won battle after battle in the northwest direction of Goryeo.

In the cover of night, Zhang Liao led the Xianzhen Camp and retreated from Yanshi City.

Outside the city, war horses were waiting by the official road.

The soldiers of the Xianzhen Camp took off their heavy armor, and with the cooperation of the auxiliary troops, mounted their horses and headed eastward to launch an attack on the second line of defense of Goguryeo.

The next afternoon.

Goguryeo, Maru City.

"Your Majesty, Yanshi City was captured by the Wei army during a night raid yesterday.

This morning, Wanshi City was also breached."

Inside the palace, Gao Nanwu's square face was furrowed into an obvious "川" shape.

He correctly judged the direction of the Wei army.

The two armies attacked from the west and north.

But he did not expect the fighting strength of the Wei army.

In one night and half a day, the Wei army advanced more than 200 miles and broke through two lines of defense, both of which were heavily guarded city defenses.

If the city defense battle was defeated head-on, it would mean a crushing defeat in terms of combat power.

Any strategy or countermeasure is useless in the face of absolute strength.

"Invite the Military Engineering University to come and discuss matters." Gao Nanwu said.

Wugong was the chief of the three great generals of Goguryeo.

By the way, Gao Yuzuo, who was killed last night, was also one of the three generals.

Last night’s confrontation was not a crime of war, but a simple loss of victory.

In terms of preparation and geographical location, Goguryeo actually had the advantage.

But they were defeated by the strong attack.

Half a quarter of an hour later, Wu Gong came in from outside the hall.

He was middle-aged, about forty years old, wearing armor, with a broad face and very small eyes.

"Your Majesty."

The military worker saluted and said:
"I already know the situation of the battle last night. Our army must shrink the defense line and concentrate our forces to defend it. The north side must also shrink, otherwise we will not be able to defend it. Only by shrinking the defense line can we wait for reinforcements."

The so-called reinforcements were what the Xianbei had said when they contacted Goguryeo before, saying they were willing to send troops to support Goguryeo.

The two sides are in a relationship of mutual dependence.

If Goguryeo could be used to hold the Wei army here, it would undoubtedly give the Xianbei a chance to catch their breath.

But Buyeo's surrender without a fight disrupted the Xianbei's plan.

The Wei army attacked Goguryeo too quickly.

Xun Yu wrote a letter to the King of Goryeo, but Gao Nanwu claimed to be ill and said he could not go. Then Cao Cao summoned him to send troops.

More than half a month later, the Wei army arrived at the city.

It was simply impossible for the Xianbei to provide timely support.

Goryeo wanted to take a defensive stance and wait for the Xianbei to come to its aid.

“Your Majesty, two lines of defense have been breached in succession. If the third line of defense is breached, the Wei army will directly threaten the capital from the west.

I request to go to guard Yucheng and stabilize the third line of defense."

Gao Nanwu was discussing with Wushang when more imperial troops came in.

"The Wei army advanced lightly on horseback and pressed their way to Yuchengdu, which was broken at noon."

Gao Nanwu's hand, which was resting on the low mat, trembled suddenly.

The Wei army broke through three lines of defense in one night and one day, and was less than 300 miles away from the capital.

Gao Nanwu had previously believed that even if they could not defeat the Wei army, they could hold out for several months without any problem.

But at the latest tomorrow, the Wei army will be able to reach Marudu City!

The martial artist on one side, like Gao Nanwu, both came up with the idea of ​​escaping to the east at the same time.

On the other side, the news of Zhang Liao's success in conquering Goryeo's three lines of defense was simultaneously transmitted back to Yecheng!

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