Chapter 956 The First Barrier
The two armies of Zhao Yun and Zhang He conquered Seoul!
Although this result was expected, it did not affect its shocking effect in the slightest.
As the former capital of Lee's North Korea, Seoul's political status is not inferior to Pyongyang's, and even in some respects, Seoul's status is even higher than Pyongyang's.
Fortunately, Park Yin's method of controlling the army is different, otherwise this news will definitely deal a fatal blow to the morale of the Pyongyang defenders.
Pyongyang City, because Park Yin personally sits in the town and a large number of North Korean active military players, did not cause much fluctuation due to this news, but Huangzhou City not far away was shot!
In order to face the Pingzhou army, Pu Yin mobilized all the forces he could mobilize. Naturally, a city like Huangzhou City, which is theoretically at the rear, would not have too many troops left behind.
Faced with the siege of a large group of rebels, the defenders of Huangzhou City naturally had to find their own way, and forced recruitment of residents into the army became an inevitable choice.
A large number of aborigines were forced to join the army, which greatly reduced the ratio of the player's army to the aboriginal army, and invisibly weakened the control of the Huangzhou city commander over the army in the city.
And the fall of Seoul—maybe North Korean players didn’t react much after hearing the fall of Seoul, and they might even gloat about it, but in the eyes of the aborigines, Seoul is the capital, and its status is extremely high!
The news of the fall of Seoul spread to Huangzhou City, and the aboriginal defenders in the city fell into great chaos. Then, under the instigation of some people with ulterior motives, a large-scale mutiny occurred in Huangzhou City, and the aboriginal army rebelled on a large scale.
Of course, the rebel army besieging the city would not let go of this good opportunity, and cooperated with the army anyway in the city to successfully capture Huangzhou City.
However, Huangzhou City soon fell into chaos. The quality of the rebel army was uneven, and there were many thieves. Coupled with the tension brought about by the war, after the rebel army broke through Huangzhou City, large-scale massacres and looting occurred.
The turmoil in Huangzhou City lasted for a whole day, and it gradually quieted down at nightfall the next day. Huangzhou City was eventually jointly controlled by the four forces, but the intrigue between the four forces never stopped for a moment, and a huge city was turned into a miasma.
Leaving aside the matter of Huangzhou City, the eyes turned back to Pyongyang City again.
Although Hanyang City fell and Pyongyang became the last stumbling block, Shang Ji also involuntarily stepped up his offensive.
The biggest problem facing the Pingzhou army now is the energy barrier that comes with the wall of the king's city. Without the energy barrier, even if the North Korean side has an artifact to bless and repair it, it is impossible to catch up with the speed of destruction.
After repeated inquiries, everyone including Xi Zhicai, Guo Jia, Xun Yu, Deng Yan, etc. did not have the trick to break the energy barrier, so Shang Ji could only adopt the most primitive and simplest method-smash it!
The powerful siege equipment such as the city-destroying dragon cannon, the city-destroying dragon cannon, and the super-magic cannon will not be able to increase for a while, but the torch stone chariot, heavy city-breaking crossbow, etc. are no problem.
Six days later, there were three times more siege equipment outside Pyongyang, many of which were temporarily removed from the walls of Pingzhou.
Thanks to the strength of the Pingzhou Navy, Pyongyang City was built along the river. Otherwise, it would take a month or two to transport so many large equipment.
The newly transported siege equipment is naturally not as powerful as the city-breaking dragon cannon. Most of the siege equipment such as torchstone chariots and heavy-duty city-breaking crossbows have an attack distance that is not as good as the North Korean defenders at the top of the city. This means that they want to launch an attack on the city wall. It is necessary to enter the effective range of the enemy and carry out a close-to-face bayonet attack.
Shang Ji is not an indecisive person, and the sacrifice he should make will never be ambiguous. With one order, tens of thousands of large siege equipment are slowly approaching forward under the push of the soldiers, and the real bloody battle broke out!
For half a month in a row, the Pingzhou Army relied on its range advantage to fight against the Pyongyang defenders every day, which made the Pyongyang defenders suffocated (only for player troops, the morale of the aboriginal troops was basically cleared, if there were not a large number of The player's army was suppressed, and they had mutinied long ago), and now seeing that the Pingzhou army dared to output with their faces, there was another burst of ecstasy under the shame and anger, and they began to command the army to fight back.
The city wall can't see the edge at a glance,
The flames of war are also invisible at a glance!
The Pingzhou army relied on its excellent equipment and the special title of merchant destroyer of the city, while the Pyongyang city defenders were condescending, and the two sides fought back and forth, or blood and blood flew everywhere!
Siege battles are always the bloodiest. Because of their sharp equipment, the Pingzhou army often breaks down the enemy's walls at the least cost, and then swarms up to end the battle. The relaxed and satisfying battle made many people forget the cruelty of orthodox siege warfare.
In just one day of all-out siege, the Pingzhou Army killed 48,000 people on the spot! This is just the number of casualties, and there are still about 70,000 wounded who are receiving medical treatment. The number of casualties today directly exceeds half of the previous cumulative casualties.
You must know that these are all the elite descendants of the Pingzhou Army, and the sudden occurrence of such a large number of casualties made Shang Ji, who was already mentally prepared, very worried.
While the personnel suffered heavy losses, about 5,000 siege equipment of various types were destroyed or damaged due to accidents, accounting for about one-fifth of the total number of equipment.
As for the results of the battle, this is not easy to count.
Naturally, it was impossible for the two sides to just use siege equipment to bombard each other. During the period, there were also sniper attacks and counterattacks. Around the destruction of siege equipment and anti-sabotage, the elite troops of double counterattack repeatedly fought. In this kind of fighting, the Pingzhou Army probably killed 130,000 enemy troops.
Although the number of enemies killed is nothing compared to the total number of 20 million enemy troops, but the 130,000 are elite, and the troops in Pyongyang that can have this kind of combat power are less than one-tenth of the total force!
As for the number of casualties caused to the defending army during the confrontation between the two sides, it is impossible to make a specific statistics due to objective reasons. We can only take a relatively conservative approximate figure-160,000!
Of course, the 160,000 were basically cannon fodder troops, not to mention 160,000, even 260,000 or 360,000 Puyin would not feel bad. It's just that the massive damage to the defensive equipment arranged at the top of the city makes Pu Yin worry.
Because of the war and Park Yin's extreme rule, the various data of Pyongyang City have long been low to the limit, and the production efficiency has also been greatly reduced. Even if Pu Yin sent soldiers to put knives on the necks of craftsmen, subject to the rules of the system, the production efficiency would not be much higher.
In addition, materials are needed for production. The food reserves in Pyongyang are quite sufficient, and the materials that can be used to manufacture city defense equipment are basically bottomed out. Once the equipment is damaged, it will be extremely difficult to replenish!
Of course, Shang Ji didn't know Pu Yin's irritability, and the full-scale siege continued the next day!
The intensity on the second day was significantly lower than that on the first day, and this downward trend was maintained until the fifth day.
At noon on the fifth day, with another round of volleys from the city-breaking dragon cannon, the attack finally reached the threshold of the energy barrier.
Twenty-one days of violent bombing finally broke through the energy barrier of the city wall of Pyongyang.
The strength of the defense of the royal city can be seen from this!