Chapter 438: Will you give me the money this time?
When Mei Xiaofei learned from Shen Juncen that Pyongyang City had sent troops to "conquer" their group of mercenaries, the Fourth Marine Corps, he knew that the small mountain village could not stay any longer.
He has no doubt that Shen Juncen and Li Qinghao have eyes on Pyongyang. They have been paying attention to the reaction of the Tatars after the last war. In fact, the mercenary group is already ready to fight again, depending on the number of enemies.
.
Escape is absolutely not allowed.
Mei Xiaofei knew very well that as Pi Island's most important source of food and grass now, if the four naval regiments left Tieshan City and the Tatars came again, Shen Juncen and Li Qingxuan would never be able to resist it. Moreover, if he really gave up this
It will be difficult to come back to this place in the future. With what Shen Juncen and Li Qingxuan are doing now, if the Tatars are unwilling to go to the North Korean king for an explanation, there is no doubt that the families of these two people do not want to be uprooted in the name of betrayal.
, then these two people can only be thrown out as scapegoats.
Although in this short period of time, these two people have brought huge benefits to their families.
As for the rebellion of the two families, it is estimated that there is no possibility at all. If they want to rebel, they are also rebelling against the Tatars, not against their court. Therefore, the fate of Shen Juncen and Li Qingxuan is already doomed, which means that the grain trade will not be over.
Gone.
Therefore, it is still the same rhetoric of Shen Juncen and Li Qingxuan. Fighting can be fought, but they are a group of pirates who invaded Tieshan City. It is understandable that the two of them cannot resist the pirates. In this way, they will be incompetent at best.
, and many rebelled.
It is said that the number of soldiers and horses coming from Pyongyang is more than 2,000. They are the Korean soldiers led by the general who guards Pyongyang. However, the Tatars in Pyongyang are said to have mobilized their entire army. An army of this size is not needed for field battles.
After thinking about it, the current mercenary group of more than 200 people, even if it has been replenished once, is still impossible to be the opponent of the opponent.
The only way is to rely on the city to occupy the enemy.
Tieshan City's city defense is scummy, but even a scumbag city defense is better than no city defense at all. As for the Korean soldiers in Tieshan City, Mei Xiaofei has no hope.
That's great, but it's absolutely impossible to expect them to help.
Moreover, he didn't look down on his combat prowess.
So, he simply asked Li Qingxuan to drive all these guys away, and dispersed all the people in the city who were willing to leave to the villages near the city. Most of the residents of Tieshan City were actually people from nearby villages.
The people in the government said that there was going to be a war, and they were allowed to flee on their own without the government mobilizing too much. When the city gate was opened, at least 80% of the people in the city ran away in almost one day, and the remaining 20% either had nowhere to run.
, or it was run improperly. In short, it can be ignored directly.
Mei Xiaofei has already sent out the message to ask for help from Pi Island, but how long it will take for reinforcements from Pi Island to come and how long he needs to hold on in Tieshan City, Mei Xiaofei doesn't have much confidence in his heart. The only thing he is sure of is
What's more, his commander-in-chief will never ignore North Korea.
Everyone in the mercenary group was busy in Tieshan City. They were a group of guys who didn't know how to be afraid. They were even happily busy with the things they were doing.
The city wall of Tieshan City is not high and not too strong, so the battle on the city wall will not be too fierce. If the distance between the opponent and the city wall is slowed down, it is more important to allow the long-range weapons such as firearms in the legion to take effect.
There is a shortage of everything in Tieshan City, but there is no shortage of iron. To melt the iron ingots and make them into caltrops, you don’t need an experienced blacksmith to do it. You just have to make a mold and pour the melted molten iron into it.
, the remaining people in the city, including the confidants of Shen Juncen and Li Qinghao, worked hard to do such a thing, and they could produce tens of thousands of caltrops in a day.
The four ends of this thing are pointed. When buried in the soil, a pointed end is exposed. If a person steps on it, he will be destroyed, and if a horse steps on it, the horse will be destroyed.
And within the range of firearms, these lazy mercenaries didn't even bother to bury them. They just threw many shiny things that hurt at first sight on the ground, a distance of three to five hundred from Tieshan City.
Light and dark, these things are almost everywhere.
And if the enemy troops in Pyongyang arrive one day late, tens of thousands more caltrops can be produced in the city. Even if the enemy suffers a loss, they can then clean up the caltrops buried in the ground and risk another attack.
To avoid the risk of being struck by firearms, remove any exposed items on the ground.
As long as you spend one night, you will still find them everywhere.
In any case, in Shen Juncen's words, I hope the enemy will retreat when faced with difficulties. Otherwise, unless they use corpses to pave a way, they will not be able to touch the city wall of Tieshan City. No matter how shabby the city wall is, they will not want to
You can touch it.
Such a sinister idea was certainly not something that Mei Xiaofei could have imagined. It could only have come from the hands of veteran veteran Geng Zhongming. Tang Ruowang greatly admired this tactic and claimed that this was the only extravagant defense method.
The Iron Mountain City can only be useful if it has iron ores. The value of the caltrops made of fine iron thrown underground is enough to arm an army.
This is like a robber coming to rob, but the person who was robbed used the gold at home to hit the robber.
It's too luxurious, simply too luxurious.
However, even so, the enemy may still attack the city wall. The number of firearms and ammunition in the mercenary regiment is too small. Mei Xiaofei can't help but miss the musketry team established by his own master. If this happens,
A hundred musketeers and two thousand enemy troops are nothing. He is not afraid of doubling the number.
Unfortunately, he only has a bunch of stragglers and desperadoes in his hands.
In desperation, he could only put several Japanese squads who were good at close combat and squads equipped with axes and guns on the second line. Once the enemy attacked the city wall and caused a lot of damage to the enemy, everyone immediately retreated to the city, and
The enemy engages in street fighting.
In his estimation, by this time, the courage and morale of the Korean army should have been almost exhausted, and even if the Tatar cavalry did not suffer too many losses under the iron caltrops outside the city, they would not be able to perform in the city.
Too big an effect.
His mercenary group had enough space and strength to deal with the enemy in the almost empty Tieshan City.
As long as he delays it until reinforcements arrive, the battle will be considered won.
"There is only one problem left now!" Both Tang Ruowang and Geng Zhongming agreed with Mei Xiaofei's strategy, but Tang Ruowang obviously still had some opinions.
"The mercenaries are all asking, is there any head bounty for this mission?"
Shen Juncen and Li Qingxuan, who were listening on the sidelines, suddenly turned pale. Last time, the head bounty was one and a half taels, but they all escaped from their pockets. But last time, there were only about two hundred people, and this time
, at least two thousand people!
Doesn’t this mean that tens of thousands of taels of silver are needed?
Mei Xiaofei and Geng Zongming looked at the two people together. They didn't have the money, and they probably wouldn't give it to Marshal Jiang.
"Can it be less? The combat effectiveness of our country's officers and soldiers is low. Even if it's one tael of silver, as for the Houjin Tatars, it's still five taels!"
Shen Juncen swallowed his saliva and said with some difficulty: "Actually, the only ones we have to deal with are those Houjin Tatars, right..."