The Young and Vigorous Eighth Prince

Around noon, the Silla army finally arrived at the city wall of Youdu Prefecture, and the 100,000-strong army surrounded the four city gates as quickly as possible.

In addition to the 60,000 soldiers stationed at the East Gate, the remaining three gates were each guarded by 10,000 soldiers. This was to prevent the army in the city from launching a surprise attack on them, and also to prevent the people and the army in the city from escaping after Youdu Prefecture was breached!

Jiang Fan, Niu Wu, and Zhou Zheng watched all this coldly, with a hint of sarcasm on their lips. Let alone 100,000 people, even if 300,000 people came to besiege the city, the final result would only be that they would be annihilated.

The idea of ​​blocking the four city gates to trap the people in the city is extremely childish.

After surrounding the entire Youdu Prefecture, Li Suigang quickly ordered his men to begin attacking the city. He stood in front of his tent and watched from afar as the attacking soldiers pushed siege vehicles towards the city wall, his face full of contempt and ridicule.

Although the attacking army had only 60,000 soldiers, he felt that he could easily capture Youdu Prefecture with just these 60,000 soldiers.

At this moment, he was fantasizing about how to plunder after entering the city. You know, although Youdu Prefecture borders the Northern Barbarians, it is a border area.

But there are six or seven hundred thousand people in Youdu Prefecture, six or seven hundred thousand people, all of them slaves, and there is countless wealth in the city. His eyes are almost shining.

Twenty siege vehicles were assembled at the fastest speed and pushed towards the city wall. The Silla soldiers attacking the city were full of excitement and laughed wildly from time to time.

Seeing the rampant appearance of the Silla army, the soldiers guarding the city wall were filled with rage. In their eyes, the enemy was just a bunch of chickens and dogs.

If they rushed out, they could probably disperse and kill tens of thousands of soldiers in one round. But the commander wouldn't let them do it, and they felt helpless and aggrieved.

Niu Wu and Zhou Zheng looked at the complacent and arrogant Silla soldiers, with cold light flashing in their eyes and a hint of sneer on the corners of their mouths.

Jiang Fan looked calm as he looked at those forgetful Silla soldiers. He felt that through them, he saw the Korean country in his previous life. Aren't they just that arrogant?

He smiled playfully, looking forward to seeing what expressions these guys would have when they really exerted their strength.

Twenty siege vehicles were quickly driven to the foot of the city wall. The entire siege vehicle was extremely heavy, and on top were ladders leading to the city wall, which were much better than the siege ladders of Dashi and Liaoxia that had been seen before.

Silla's siege vehicle was a groundbreaking product. No wonder they were so arrogant and felt as if they were invincible. This siege vehicle alone was enough to make them proud.

If Jiang Fan had not developed thermal weapons, no one would be able to deal with such a siege vehicle, and in the end the enemy would just attack the city wall until the city was broken!

However, the gunpowder in his hand is not vegetarian. No matter how powerful the siege vehicle is, it cannot withstand the bombardment of gunpowder.

Niu Wu quickly asked someone to bring in explosive packs, ready to throw them at the siege vehicle at any time. Just one explosive pack was enough to blow up the heavy siege vehicle.

As for the Silla soldiers who had already boarded the siege vehicle, they were directly aimed at by rifles and shot one by one.

Although we show our weakness to the enemy, we cannot let them attack the city walls. We just need to make sure that the enemy cannot figure out the situation on our side.

Therefore, not all the Silla soldiers attacking the city could enjoy the attack of rifles, and some of them were also attacked by bows and arrows.

There was also a part of the group that deliberately made them think that the city walls could not be defended, so they put them inside the city walls. However, those Silla soldiers who were put into the city walls had no time to show their strength, and then they were shot to pieces by random bullets!

In the Silla army's camp, Li Suigang watched twenty siege vehicles being pushed under the city wall, a look of pride on his face.

They found the method of siege from some ancient books, among which the siege vehicle is the most useful one in the ancient books. In addition to the siege vehicle, there is also the gate siege vehicle.

However, compared with siege vehicles, gate-attack vehicles are easier to operate, and if the gate is blocked by boulders, they will be useless. Therefore, they gave up making gate-attack vehicles.

This siege vehicle allowed the Silla army to sweep across the entire northern barbarian land and drove the Jurchens to an even farther northern barbarian land.

Looking at the siege vehicle mounted on the city wall, he couldn't help but smile.

"Young Marshal, with the strength of Youdu Prefecture, they can only hold out for two hours at most under our attack, and they may even hold out longer! Once we take down Youdu, we'll see if Daxi and Dayan will tremble in fear, and then kneel down and surrender!"

"Yes, young commander, with our siege vehicles, we can conquer any city. Just wait and see. Once we conquer Youdu Prefecture, we will be rich!"

"Yes... All the women and wealth in Youdu Mansion must be taken away! Just selling slaves can make us a fortune! Haha..."

Several generals laughed wildly and talked to each other, as if Youdu Prefecture was about to be captured.

At this moment, the Silla soldiers on the siege ladders had already rushed towards the city wall, and the dense manpower kept rushing towards the city wall.

However, Li Suigang and others frowned, feeling that something was wrong. For some unknown reason, some people on the siege ladders inexplicably fell down.

Some people fell down after being hit by arrows, but some people were not even hit by arrows, and then fell down the siege ladder. Moreover, from time to time, muffled sounds came from the city wall.

Seeing this situation, Li Suigang put away his smug look and looked over with surprise.

Moreover, more than two quarters of an hour had passed since the siege began, but their men were still unable to break through the city walls. Logically speaking, with a magical weapon like a siege vehicle, it should be very easy for their soldiers to attack the city.

But why was it so easy for the people on the city wall to block them? In the past, the defenders on the city wall would have collapsed under such an attack.

With a slightly cold look, Li Suigang quickly gave the order for the archers to attack. Generally, archers are needed to assist in sieges, so that the attackers can attack the city walls faster.

With the siege vehicle as a powerful weapon, Li Suigang gave up the idea of ​​using archers to assist. But who would have thought that after this battle, it seemed difficult to attack the city wall without the help of archers.

With the archers in place, they posed a certain threat to the soldiers on the city wall. However, Li Suigang discovered that the archers on his side died in large numbers for no apparent reason.

This situation made him stand up from his seat immediately and look towards the city wall in astonishment.

He was far away and didn't know what happened, but he felt a sense of uneasiness in his heart. The archer's death was too strange.

How could he know that his archers were facing the rifles on the city wall and were shot in the head almost one by one by the sharpshooters.

The power of archers cannot be compared with that of rifles. Such a battle is really unfair.