The next evening.

Ukita Hideie arrives.

As the general of the left army, his arrival meant that the left and right armies were converging.

Despite the annihilation of the Konishi Army, the Satsuma Army, and the navy building forts in coastal areas, there were still nearly 100,000 Japanese pirates approaching Seoul.

Surrounded by ten!

Toyotomi Hideyoshi clearly displayed his own banner and set up the formation on a hill on the other side of Suwon. His attitude was clear at a glance.

The soldiers of the Li Dynasty in the city felt terrified and uneasy. After all, they had never seen such a large number of enemies.

Due to the limited strength of the Ming army, there were only a few thousand elite soldiers in total. Especially after the Battle of Jishan, Lu Li had to accept the fact that he had 800 Li Dynasty soldiers under his command.

In fact, Ma Gui criticized Lu Li for placing his old troops on the warship, but he had made some achievements in the battle of Suwon, coupled with the huge achievements accumulated in the battle of Nanyuan, and the upcoming arrival of Li Rumei...

This admiral chose to tolerate it.

Especially seeing that those five hundred unruly monsters only listened to Lu Li's orders and were immediately entrusted with important tasks.

There are eight gates in Seoul.

There are two lanes in each of the four directions: east, west, south and north.

One master at a time.

The secondary door has long been sealed, not only on the physical level, but also on the mystical level -

The Taoist priest accompanying the army took action and sealed it with a golden talisman.

It is said that what was consumed was the luck of the two countries, the Ming Dynasty and the Li Dynasty, which were as stable as Mount Tai.

Neither the manager nor the admiral took it seriously, thinking that it would be okay to waste a little bit of the country's luck, so the actors headed by Lu Li naturally didn't say much.

What's more, currently only guarding four gates will reduce the pressure on the troops a lot.

Eight hundred soldiers of the Li Dynasty, five hundred demons, and Zhou Tian, ​​Pan Ming, and Du Quan who led a thousand Ming troops came to assist in the defense.

Lu Li felt quite stable.

As for who should be the leader, naturally whoever has the higher official rank will make the decision. Yang Hao, who is obviously more powerful than Admiral Ma Gui, means this.

Coincidentally, Zhou Tian, ​​who had a pleasant cooperation with Lu Li, also had no objection.

Zhou Tian had no objection, so naturally Du Quan didn't, and Pan Ming... even less.

"You have a grand boss, but he doesn't even have five hundred people under his command." Boss Zhou sighed.

"There is no way, there are too many soldiers and major generals."

Lu Li glanced at the corner where the Li Dynasty soldiers were shrinking, and suggested, "How about I pay you another three hundred?"

"Forget it." Zhou Tian refused directly.

If these guys fail at the critical moment, not to mention it will be effective, I am afraid that they will drag down the soldiers under their command and distract them from taking care of them.

His eyes turned to Du Quan.

Not surprisingly, he was also shaking his head.

Only Pan Ming didn't mind. No matter how unbearable the soldiers used by the Li Dynasty to guard the royal capital were, they still had a certain level of combat effectiveness. It just depended on how they were used.

In this way, Lu Li dispatched 300 troops to him. He led 500 demons and 500 soldiers to guard the main sections of the West City, and the rest was left to Pan Ming and others to guard.

The local demons despised the soldiers for being timid. They had lived for so long and should have been more precious about their lives. However, when they encountered the invaders, they burst out with love for this land and fought to the death.

On the contrary, we are human beings who open their mouths about benevolence, righteousness, and morality, but shut up their mouths about morality, benevolence, and righteousness...

However, the demon then thought about Mr. Lu's character and could only lament that there are so few people in the human race who can truly combine knowledge and action.

Instead, he likes to impose restrictions on others that he cannot do himself.

Looking at the Japanese troops gathered outside the city, and then looking behind them, some of the soldiers were shaking their heads to sift chaff, while others were more or less showing signs of cowardice before fighting.

"To eat, kill pigs and eat meat."

Lu Li issued the first military order.

He knew that the most important thing in defending the city was morale. The coach must be calm, and he himself did not panic. Now if he pays attention to the food of his subordinates and makes the final preparations while eating, morale should be boosted.

However, its effect is limited.

If a little bit of blood and a show of force can make all the soldiers risk their lives and become extremely brave, then Nanyuan can still defend for a long time...

In 204 BC, Han Xin's troops marched out of the Taihang Mountains. The Zhao army in front of them had an absolute advantage in numbers, and the situation was very critical.

Therefore, Han Xin formed an array with his back to the Taiping River and fought a life-and-death struggle with the enemy. In the end, the Han army risked death and survived, defeating the Zhao army, creating a legend of a legendary military god.

How similar is the current situation in Seoul to a last-ditch battle?!!!

However, Lu Li felt that there might be some misunderstanding here. Most people believed that a last-ditch battle was about bursting out with astonishing strength in a desperate situation, achieving a counterattack, and completely defeating the enemy.

In fact, the reason why Han Xin chose to fight a last-ditch battle was not to defeat the enemy, but to allow the Han army to maintain its position and prevent it from being defeated by the enemy with superior strength.

The real strategy that led to the Zhao army's defeat was to send people to sneak into the enemy camp in advance, and suddenly change the Han army flag there, making the Zhao soldiers on the front line mistakenly think that their rear camp was attacked, and the battle line was instantly in chaos.

They retreated one after another and won the battle.

In Lu Li's mind, in order to reproduce this operation, the following three basic conditions must be met:

First, soldiers must have absolute trust in their commander.

This point, aside from the soldiers of the Li Dynasty who were responsible for killing people and killing people, both the Ming army and the demons were able to do it.

Second, the strength comparison between the two sides should not be too disparate.

Of course, the so-called disparity refers not only to the number of soldiers, but also to the weapons and equipment of the enemy and ourselves, as well as the time and location.

All things considered, they barely accounted for half.

Third, there must be other supporting plans.

Otherwise, what to fight with?

Just relying on the courage that the soldiers burst out when they are in desperate situations may be able to create a temporary miracle, but it will not last long at all.

But the defenders are by no means fighting alone. The Liaodong Army is on the way. It is conservatively estimated to have more than 10,000 men, all of whom are experienced cavalrymen who have fought against Japanese invaders.

Of these three basic premises, Lu Li believed that his side had the majority and could barely make it all together.

Therefore, he was very optimistic about the overall situation. No matter what happened, he would still make a profit by dragging one or two Japanese generals on the road.

City head.

Ximen garrison general Lu Li acted as a cook, setting up a grill in front of everyone, and then grilled the whole pig, which had been cleaned, and was smeared with honey water from time to time...

Soon, the aroma spread far and wide.

Pan Ming came over and tore off a piece of his front elbow and took it away.

On Sunday, Du Quan followed suit one after another.

After the generals guarding the other three gates learned about this, they followed suit one after another. No matter whether it was useful or not, they should show off their posture first. If they couldn't scare the little devils outside, couldn't they also scare the allies?

It is indeed a strategy thought up by General Nanyuan.

The Japanese looked from a distance and saw an old acquaintance sitting in Xicheng, roasting pork as steadily as a mountain...

The expressions on the left army's troops from Hideie Ukita on down were all very exciting. The old monkey who had set up the formation slightly behind him also remained silent for a long time after hearing the news.

The guy who initially felt troublesome in Nanyuan and took the initiative to let him go, actually arrived in Seoul first.

…

Maybe it was for the sake of wrangling, after all, the Japanese like to gather everyone together for meetings no matter what they do, or maybe they were frightened by Lu Li.

From arriving in the evening, to setting up the battle array, to nightfall, the sun rose the next day, but the attack had not yet begun.

noon.

There was finally movement in the Japanese camp.

However, it was not a formal attack, but there were signs of an attack.

Another Japanese army of about ten thousand people arrived.

Lu Li was about to prepare something to continue baking and tell the world what it means to be truly calm in times of crisis, when he suddenly heard a crash and the sound of thousands of horses galloping outside the city.

Taking a closer look, the Japanese were unkempt and dirty from top to bottom.

The North Korean king Li V, who was originally guarding Beicheng and planned to maintain an elegant posture so as to cooperate with the Ming army in the "empty city strategy", changed his face and was frightened.

I saw platycodon painted on the flag of this team, and the horse seal said:

Namo Myoho Renge Sutra.

In addition, there are "thousands of ladles" fluttering in the wind.

After thoroughly seeing the scene, Li V's feet weakened and he almost collapsed to the ground. Fortunately, the guard nearby Konomi had quick eyesight and quick hands to hold him up. Otherwise, this show would not only be ineffective, but would greatly affect the morale of the coalition forces.

Demon Kato Kiyomasa!

Platycodon is the family crest of Kato Kiyomasa, and Kato Kiyomasa is extremely, no, crazy about Nichiren Buddhism. Therefore, his regiment will write the Nichiren Buddhism classic "Namo Myoho Renge Sutra" on the horse seal, which is known as the title.
To be continued...