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How to defend this city?

This is the doubt in the minds of the Liaodong defenders now.

If you go up the city wall, you can only get beaten, no, you can get burned.

The enemy is visible and invisible below.

Should everyone withdraw from the city wall?

So what is the use of the tall city walls in Liaodong City?

If the Tang army climbed up the city wall, wouldn't it mean that the other side was condescendingly attacking the people in their city?

Or should we open the city gate and go out to kill for a while?

But if he could go out and charge, he would have done so long ago.

The problem is that in a head-on confrontation, they can't defeat the same number of Datang troops on the opposite side!

What is now placed in front of the Liaodong defenders is really a dilemma.

"Zhixian Yan, what is the name of your trebuchet? How is it so powerful?"

During lunch, Su Dingfang asked enviously.

If you have a trebuchet like this, it will be easy to capture cities and territories.

"This is called an I-man cannon!" Yan Kai proudly introduced the trebuchet he named himself.

"What? Dwarf cannon?" Su Dingfang was a little confused: "Specially used to fight Japanese?"

Is the hatred between Yanzhi County and the Japanese so great? Why do you have such a special name?

But doesn’t it seem like he has a good relationship with the Japanese? This time, the Pipi Shrimp was also sent to help the Japanese attack Pyongyang.

Forget it, the name is not important.

The important thing is...

"Is this cannon for sale in Yanzhi County? How much does it cost?"

Such a long-range weapon, especially when attacking a city without any casualties, can burn the opponent to pieces.

What general wouldn't like that?

"Sell it!" Yan Kai said with a smile, "Of course I'll sell it, because of General Su's friendship with our Kuoding County, I'll give you a 20% discount!"

In fact, the principle of this cannon can be seen, and the craftsmen of the Tang Dynasty can imitate it.

The ones in Kuoding County are just more refined, made of better materials, and stronger.

There is also their modular production. Any one of these trebuchets can be used on other trebuchets after being disassembled.

Therefore, it is not expensive in terms of selling price, and is equivalent to the basic price of ordinary trebuchets in Datang in the past.

Su Dingfang led the army alone and had some military expenses, so he ordered several units on the spot.

Although he also knew that the incendiary bombs were much less powerful.

But even if you throw stones, as long as you can attack the enemy in a safe area, it is better than using the money as a pension afterwards!

After eating, Su Dingfang asked: "Will you continue to burn them in the afternoon?"

He was addicted to watching it anyway.

When we were eating just now, we could faintly smell the smell of meat coming from Liaodong City opposite, which made us feel much more delicious.

Yan Kai looked at Li Anyan, who said directly: "We will fire two more rounds in the afternoon, and then directly fill the river and attack the city."

Although Yan Kai is the boss in name, he still listens to Li Anyan on how to fight this battle.

He doesn't do things where laymen direct experts.

Li Anyan was also the general commanding the troops under Li Jiancheng.

Not to mention competing with T0 Tang Dynasty generals like Li Jing and T1 famous generals like Duan Zhixuan, they are at least T2 level and up.

As far as conventional combat is concerned, there is absolutely nothing wrong with his judgment.

"Attack the city directly?" Su Dingfang was stunned. It was so enjoyable to burn. Why not burn it for a while?

Then he immediately realized that there were not many incendiary bombs in Kuoding County.

"If we fill the river to attack the city, let our army come!" Su Dingfang said.

First of all, Kuoding County was considered a friendly force that came to help. The number was only more than a thousand, while there were 30,000 defenders in the city.

It’s not that we can’t defeat them, but if we really let more than 1,000 people defeat 30,000 people, there will definitely be a lot of casualties.

Secondly, it’s this military merit. They have to get some of it, right?

"Okay, then I'll trouble General Su!"

Yan Kai and the others didn't have any objections to this. Every one of the several military leaders in Kuoding County counted them.

Yan Kai wouldn't say it anymore. None of the people below have much interest in military exploits.

Li Anyan didn't care about the military merit rewards given by the old Li family at all. Now he was just following Yan Kai to repay his kindness and doing what he wanted to do.

Chun Yuzhen was simple-minded and just wanted to follow his uncle Yan Kai. Otherwise, in terms of military merit, he should have been promoted to several ranks long ago.

As for Cheng Huailiang, he has a prominent family background and is still so young now.

The meaning of Cheng Zhijie is that you are already famous enough, so it is best not to receive any more merit, so as not to be regarded as a standout.

He himself is also afraid that if his military exploits are too great, he will be transferred to another place to lead the army. Where can he enjoy the fun and fun in Kuoding County?

Therefore, they were the only team in the entire Tang Dynasty that had the most unique and unique character and did not want any military exploits.

"Okay, then I'll ask people to prepare ladders to attack the city!" Su Dingfang saw Yan Kai and the others agreed, smiled and was about to order troops.

"What are you preparing for?" Yan Kai asked.

"Prepare ladders and other siege equipment. Isn't this a siege?"

"Let's attack directly from the city gate!" Yan Kai said and glanced at Chun Yuzhen.

Chunyu Zhen patted his chest and said, "Don't worry, uncle, we will definitely break through the city gate during dinner today."

"Okay, this is your military order. If you can't get it, just... take your job and run away. Don't come for dinner."

At the end, he added: "Let's eat roast duck tonight."

Chunyu Zhen took a breath, looked at Su Dingfang and said, "As long as General Su's men can't stop filling the river, then I will definitely lead the men to break through the city gate."

There was also Su Dingfang's lieutenant in the camp, who all stared angrily after hearing Chun Yuzhen's words.

It's so disrespectful. The Liaodong defenders were so burned by you on the city wall that they couldn't hold their heads up.

Our people can't even carry dirt to fill the river, and they are just a fool!

"General, let your subordinates lead the team. This section of the moat will be filled in two hours!"

One of Su Dingfang's lieutenants came out to ask for battle.

Then the other lieutenants were not far behind.

Usually, when filling in the moat, one has to brave the enemy's trebuchets and bows and arrows.

The walls of Liaodong City are now so burned that no one can stand on them. If tens of thousands of people can't fill the moat in two hours, they might as well just pack up and go home.

Even if they are all armies of the Tang Dynasty, there are often differences between the armies.

So Su Dingfang wasn't angry and just asked his men to prepare sand.

The siege continued in the afternoon.

There is still no solution to the incendiary bombs washing the city walls.

Then tens of thousands of soldiers from the Tang Dynasty, either carrying it on their shoulders or using carts, began to crazily fill the moat with soil.

I heard that the people in Kuoding County looked down upon them and thought they couldn't fill up the moat in two hours?

The Liaodong defenders naturally knew that they were about to attack the city, and they also tried to attack the city wall with bows and arrows.

But the blazing fire and the thick smoke made it difficult to open your eyes after you went up there. Taking two puffs of the thick smoke made you feel as if you were about to ascend to immortality.

I couldn't see the direction clearly, let alone shoot an arrow.

"I'll go, it feels like our anchor is going to break the city for a day!"

"This white phosphorus is too harsh to cleanse the ground. It's just that there are a few I-man cannons. If we get more than a hundred of them, how can we attack the city? We can just go in and find someone we know!"

An important town in the north of Goryeo, Liaodong City is in danger!