Global Warring States: Get the Tang Taizong template at the beginning

Chapter 170 Bloody Battle on the Island City
At Shimayama Castle and Sannomaru, the Ming, Han, Joseon and Japanese armies engaged in a brutal bloody battle, with various weapons colliding and blood flowing like a river.

The Japanese army's iron cannon and archery teams were in a dominant position, firing arrows and cannons at the same time, causing countless casualties to the Ming and Han troops who broke into Sannomaru.

If you want to capture a mountain castle like Shimayama Castle built by a famous castle builder in a short period of time, there is no other way but to make a concerted effort until you reach the Honmaru on the top of the mountain.

The Ming and Han armies were trapped in Sannomaru, and then the Japanese army took advantage of the advantages of Ninomaru and Honmaru to shoot at the Ming and Han armies.

The Ming and Han armies seemed to be attacking several layers of city walls while facing salvos from the defenders on several layers of the walls at the same time.

Li Qian led his brave generals to participate in the attack of the third echelon of the Ming army, broke into Sannomaru, and engaged in a bloody battle with Japanese generals, Japanese players, and Japanese samurai.

The Japanese players who were still defending the Shimayama Castle at this time were all die-hard martial artists. They fought to the death and refused to retreat, causing the Ming army to make slow progress.

Li Qian shot through two Japanese players with one shot, and blood splattered on Li Qian's armor.

Seeing this, all the archers in Ninomaru aimed at Li Qian and shot arrows at him.

Clang clang clang.

The Fire Dragon Spear in Li Qian's hand almost formed a spear net, knocking away the stray arrows one by one.

With Li Qian's martial arts, he was able to block the rain of arrows.

But the soldiers under Li Qian were not so lucky. From time to time, some soldiers were killed by archers and cannon soldiers.

Li Qian's eyes turned red when he saw so many elite soldiers died in battle, and he attacked frantically.

He experienced the reason why the Ming army suffered heavy casualties.

As the attacking party, they were like moving targets and were shot by the Japanese army's long-range weapons.

The Ming and Han armies were unable to break into Ninomaru and could only withstand attacks from above.

Even if we take down Ninomaru, we will still face attacks from Honmaru.

The mountain castle system built by Kato Kiyomasa is extremely easy to defend and difficult to attack.

Boom!

A loud thunder roared and heavy rain began to fall. The soil became hideous and the battlefield became even more brutal.

The Ming and Han armies could only stumble on the muddy soil while attacking the city.

The mountain city was steep and the roads inside were complicated, so the Ming army could only attack the city in batches and take turns, causing them to suffer heavy losses.

There were countless cold corpses lying all over the city of Daoshan.

Ninomaru and Sanomaru seem like natural chasms, difficult to reach.

The heavy rain blurred Li Qian's vision, but he still had to attack in the rain.

In the heavy rain, two Japanese players made howling sounds, and no one knew what they were shouting, and rushed towards Li Qian.

"Go straight to Huanglong!"

Li Qian swung his spear forward with all his might, and a fierce airflow swept across the world. The samurai swords in the hands of the two Japanese players flew out, and they were all killed in the battle.

"kill!"

Two more Japanese players came with swords. These two Japanese players were more powerful, and Li Qian took five rounds to kill them.

The Japanese players who defended Shimayama Castle were all elites of Japan, and they were prepared to die. They used corpses to block the Ming and Han armies in Sannomaru, allowing the Japanese troops in Ninomaru and Honmaru to shoot at the Ming and Han armies.

Outside Daoshan City, Wu Weizhong led Qi's army and a part of the southern troops in a fierce battle with the first batch of Japanese troops who landed from the river to provide support.

This group of Japanese warriors took advantage of the heavy rain to affect the Ming army's vision and attempted to land and gain a foothold.

It happened that Qi's army was restraining the Japanese army. The cold Qi's army swords fell and the Japanese army's blood dyed the river.

Wu Weizhong stood out from the Qi Family Army formed by Qi Jiguang and became a general. He was a very skilled martial artist. He wielded a Qi Family Army sword and killed dozens of Japanese soldiers.

As a general of Qi's army, Wu Weizhong was adept at attacking and killing the Japanese army.

The reason was that the number of Japanese troops was too large, and Wu Weizhong's Qi family army was only a small part of the Ming army.

The Qi family army was faced with a Japanese army that was several times or even ten times larger in number, and was caught in an unprecedented hard battle. Outside the outskirts of Daoshan Castle, there were more than one Japanese army coming to support them, and they were numerous.

The outer Ming troops fought desperately to block the Japanese army, buying time for the Ming army attacking Shimayama Castle to tie down the enemy's reinforcements.

In the heavy rain, shouts and roars were heard one after another, and there were flashes of swords and countless corpses.

The brutality of this battle was even greater than the Battle of Pyeongyang.

The Battle of Pyeongyang was originally just an encounter between two armies, but then it evolved into a major war.

The attack and defense of Shimayama Castle had forced the Japanese army into a desperate situation. The outcome of the national war was at stake, and both sides refused to give in.

One side wants to attack and the other side needs to defend.

Attack resolutely and defend tenaciously.

One side wants to rescue, the other side wants to block reinforcements.

The Japanese troops who came to relieve the siege attacked desperately, while the Ming troops who came to block the reinforcements fought desperately to contain them.

Even Li Rusong, the veteran commander of the Ming army, was worried and gloomy.

This was the most difficult and bitter battle since the arrival of the Ming army.

The defense of the island mountain city is too terrifying and impregnable. The mountain city's defense system makes people extremely desperate.

When Emperor Taizong of Tang, Li Shimin, was attacking Goguryeo, his army was blocked for two months at the city of Anshi, which was also a mountain city.

At that time, Goguryeo was still a powerful country, and Anshi City was a mountain city that was easy to defend but difficult to attack, so the Tang army was temporarily blocked.

As winter approaches, it will become more difficult to supply the Tang army. Li Shimin finally chooses to withdraw his troops, preserve his strength, and leave Goguryeo to the later Tang emperor to deal with.

This may be the difference between Li Shimin and Yang Guang. Both of them attacked Goguryeo, but one acted within his capabilities and felt that the time was not ripe. After plundering part of the enemy's population and weakening the enemy's strength, he decisively withdrew his troops and engaged in a protracted war.

Yang Guang launched three expeditions to Goguryeo in an attempt to defeat the enemy as quickly as possible, but each time he incurred great losses of manpower and money, and suffered heavy casualties, which eventually led to chaos in the Sui Dynasty.

This also indirectly reflects that the mountain city is easy to defend but difficult to attack.

It was more like attacking a mountain than attacking a city.

Part of the city wall is integrated into the mountain, making it difficult to destroy even with catapults.

Mongke, the Great Khan of the once powerful Mongol Empire, died tragically at Diaoyucheng.

The Ming army encountered the same trouble. They were unable to capture Shimayama Castle and suffered heavy losses, while reinforcements from the Japanese army surrounded them from all directions.

Li Rusong's mood was like the gloomy sky over the battlefield.

If the Battle of Ulsan fails, the two sides may fall into a stalemate.

"Ming Jin retreats the troops."

As night fell and the heavy rain continued, Li Rusong knew that he would not be able to capture Daoshan City in the next one or two days.

Perhaps the Ming army needs to readjust its deployment.

"My lord, if we continue to fight, I'm afraid all our soldiers will be killed or wounded!"

Di Qing killed a Japanese general with one sword. In the heavy rain, Di Qing, wearing a mask, looked like a ghost, shocking the morale of the Japanese army.

When Di Qing saw that more than half of the soldiers who followed Li Qian to attack Ninomaru were killed or wounded, his heart bled.

Li Qian's troops had never suffered such heavy casualties.

"We must take down Ninomaru!"

Li Qian was troubled by the Japanese army's mountain city defense system. He knew that if he could not capture the Honmaru in one go, the next time the Ming army attacked, it would just be a repeat of the same mistake.

Just then, Li Qian heard the sound of the troops retreating.

If I have something to do during the day, I will stay up late at night to catch up.

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(End of this chapter)