Chapter 687 Li Rusong, remember this (please give me your monthly vote!)
Although Lin Jinglue said that Liu Chenglong would be given ten days to thoroughly clean up the Ping An Dao court traitors.
But only eight days later, Lin Jinglue suddenly ordered the three armies to start crossing the river!
The Eastern Expeditionary Army, which has been assembled and trained, has been organized into three corps by Lin Jinglue.
Among them, the First Corps has the largest number of troops, led by General Li Rusong, and is divided into three groups: center, left and right.
Yang Yuan, deputy general of the middle route, has nine columns under his command, with a total strength of 13,000 people.
The deputy general on the left, Li Rubai, had nine columns under his command, with a total strength of 11,000 men.
Zhang Shijue, deputy general on the right, has nine columns under his command, with a total strength of 13,000 men.
Including Li Rusong's 1,000 men from the Biao Battalion, the total strength of the First Corps reached 38,000.
Ma Gui, the commander of the Second Corps, had eleven columns under his command, with a total strength of 17,000 men.
Dong Yiyuan, the commander of the Third Corps, had eight columns under his command, with a total strength of 10,000 troops.
In addition to the three corps, the three Biao battalions directly under Lin Jinglue had 6,000 troops, including 1,000 horsemen in Dayun camp, 2,000 horsemen in Ye Bangrong camp, and 3,000 infantrymen in Wu Weizhong camp.
The three corps plus the general's standard battalion have a total of forty-six columns and six general's standard battalions, with a total of 71,000 people.
This troop strength was slightly larger than Lin Tailai's estimate, and far exceeded the strength of the Ming Dynasty's first large-scale invasion of the DPRK in history.
After all, in this time and space, the Ming Dynasty is no longer held back by the Battle of Ningxia, and it will definitely be more calm to deal with the deployment of troops.
Of course, for Lin Jinglue, as long as food and grass can be supplied, the more troops, the better. He is the same as Han Xin on this point.
According to Lin Jinglue's order, Li Rusong's First Corps and the Third Biao Battalion directly under Jinglue were the first echelon across the river, and their main task was to attack Pyongyang.
Ma Gui's Second Corps and Dong Yiyuan's Third Corps were crossing the river behind and had other tasks.
On the seventh day of October, the Great Tomorrow Army, commanded by Minister of Economic Affairs and Strategy Lin Tailai, began to cross the Yalu River in Jiulian City.
According to the plan, 13,000 troops and horses from nine columns in the middle of the First Corps were the first to cross the river.
The generals of these nine columns are Deputy Commander-in-Chief General Yang Yuan, Staff General Li Ning, Deputy Commander-in-Chief Cha Dashou, Deputy Commander-in-Chief Wang Youyi, Deputy Commander-in-Chief Commander Sun Shoulian who guards Liaodong East Road, and Commander-in-Chief Baoding Jizhen Tiao
Wang Weizhen, the former deputy commander-in-chief of the army, Li Rumei, the garrison general of the Yizhou Guard, Yang Shaoxian, the former military commander of the Yi soldiers, and Ge Fengxia, the guerrilla general who commanded Baozhen Jianzun and mobilized troops.
A platform for generals has been set up by the river. The flag of the generals was fluttering in the cold wind. Lin Tailai was sitting in the middle of the platform.
"The headquarters invited the king of your country to see him off, why is there no one there?" Lin Tailai called over the North Korean envoy Li Dexin and asked dissatisfiedly.
Li Dexin said helplessly: "Master Jinglue has previously invited my king to move to Kuandian Fort. How can we see him off in Jiulian City?"
Lin Tailai patted his forehead and said, "I was so busy with military affairs that I forgot about this matter."
Li Dexin: "."
The generals who were preparing to cross the river lined up under the stage and saluted Lin Jinglue.
Lin Jinglue raised his head and looked towards the Yalu River. He saw only water and sky, and in the distance the mountains of North Korea were faintly visible.
Suddenly he raised his hand and pointed to the other side, and said loudly to the generals: "This is the place where you and others have made great contributions and become princes!"
To be honest, this kind of words have limited motivating effect on the generals of the Ming Dynasty. Because the grades of military attachés of the Ming Dynasty are generally too high, many generals are unable to be promoted.
For example, when you are standing in front of the general stage, there are piles of deputy generals or staff generals. How can there be so many general positions that can be promoted?
However, everyone's troops are about the same strength, mostly 1,000 to 2,000 men, and they are all treated as one column when Lin Tai comes here.
When all twenty-seven columns of the First Corps' three routes had crossed the river, Lin Jinglue also led the Biao Battalion to cross the river himself.
At this time, the sky was getting dark, and Lin Tae-rae, the savior of the peninsula, finally set foot on the land of North Korea and entered the territory of Pyongyang Province, one of the eight roads.
The two largest cities in this province are called Pyongyang and Anju. They took the first names of each and put them together to call Pyongyang Province.
The naming pattern of the Eighth Routes of Korea is roughly the same. Another example is Hamgyong Road, whose name comes from Hamhung and Kyungseong.
There is also Zhongqing Road, whose name comes from the local Zhongzhou and Qingzhou, and it is not because of "loyalty to the Qing Dynasty".
Li Rusong, the commander of the First Corps who had crossed the river before, greeted him at the riverside and said to Lin Jinglue: "I felt something in my heart and wrote a poem. I hope the army will be upright."
Immediately, General Li composed a poem: "I raised my troops and crossed the river at starry night to fight against the unrest in the three Koreas. Tomorrow's Lord's Day will be held to announce the winter, and my murderous heart is still strong, but my bones are already cold after the demonic atmosphere is gone."
Lin Jinglue snorted coldly: "The war is about to begin, but you are still in the mood to write poetry! How can you succeed if you are so lazy?"
General Li, who was being reprimanded for being arty, was stunned for a moment. Suddenly he had an idea and whispered: "Are you anxious?"
"Get out!" Lin Jinglue scolded.
I'm really not anxious, just a little bit uneasy. After all, the responsibility is a bit big this time. Facing enemies like Japanese pirates, if you make any mistakes, you will be ashamed of the conscience of the time traveler.
There were fierce battles in Ningxia, northwest China, the year before last and the year before last. As long as we follow the historical trajectory and speed up the progress, we can perfectly solve the problem.
So watching Lin Tailai's seven battles with seven victories has always been reckless, but in fact there is not much risk.
But in this expedition to the peninsula, Lin Tailai had some "original" plans that were completely different from the original history, so there were indeed certain unpredictable risks.
Lin Jinglue stayed at Yishun Hall in Yizhou that night, and continued marching south the next day.
Along the way, Lin Jinglue couldn't hold back his curiosity. He rode his horse into a village house on the roadside and took a look at it. Then he came out with a disappointed look on his face.
The guardians on the left and right who were guarding the side asked in confusion: "What's wrong with sitting in the pavilion?"
I only heard Lin Tai talking to himself: "Are women's tops so long now? Nothing is exposed."
The Zhang brothers were baffled, but they were used to the strange talk and weird opinions that would burst out from time to time while sitting in the restaurant, so they pretended not to hear it.
The army continued walking southwest along the coastal plain, and suddenly saw a somewhat horrifying scene again.
From time to time, there are wooden frames on both sides of the road, with dead people tied and disemboweled on them, and even crows hovering on them.
Zhang Wu, the right protector, said angrily: "Could this be done by Japanese pirates? It is really inhumane!"
Lin Jing was slightly embarrassed and replied: "In order to cover up the news about the army, I ordered the North Korean aide Liu Chenglong to clean up the Japanese pirates on Ping'an Road and act as the eyes and ears of the Japanese."
But I didn't expect him to be so bloody. Of course, it may be to scare the people not to commit adultery."
Zhang Wu: "."
Counting along the way, there are at least hundreds of wooden frames so far. We are still hundreds of miles away from Pyongyang, and I don’t know how many more are to come, let alone how many were killed in vain.
Lin Jing slightly sighed: "This is a real war, a life-and-death war between countries."
When the army arrived at Anzhou, the second city of Ping'an Road, Liu Chenglong was waiting here and reported to Lin Jinglue:
"The traitor leader Jin Shunliang, who is active in the northern part of Ping'an Road, has been captured and hundreds of people have been implicated. All of them have been dealt with quickly!
Ensure that the Japanese soldiers will not detect the heavenly soldiers before they approach Pyongyang, as well as the safety of the food and grass transportation behind them!"
Lin Tailai: "."
If he remembered correctly, Jin Shunliang's gang of traitors was actually only about forty people.
But since it was not easy to discourage others from working, Lin Jinglue gave some encouragement against his will.
Liu Chenglong took the opportunity to say again: "I have a small request, and I hope that Mr. Jinglue will grant it."
Lin Tailai said casually: "You say it first."
Liu Chenglong pointed to the two people behind him and said: "These are our generals Li Ai and Jin Yingrui. They hope to regain Pyongyang together with the heavenly soldiers."
Lin Jinglue suddenly realized that he just wanted to take advantage of the military merit, but it didn't matter, since he had to give some bones to raise a dog anyway.
"How many soldiers and horses do they have?" Lin Tailai asked, thinking about how to organize them.
Liu Chenglong whispered: "Three hundred, only soldiers and no horses."
Lin Tailai: "."
I have tens of thousands of troops and you only have 300 infantry. How can you have the nerve to claim that you will "jointly" regain Pyongyang?
Forget it, I'm overthinking it, just throw it in any unimportant direction and use it as a mascot.
The troops were very fast. After resting for a night in Anzhou, the army continued to set off.
The First Corps and the Jinglue 3rd Battalion totaled 44,000 people. Five days after crossing the Yalu River, they arrived at Suchuan, which is located directly north of Pyongyang. It is only a hundred miles away from Pyongyang.
After camping for the night, Lin Tailai summoned Li Rusong, Yang Yuan, Li Rubai, Zhang Shijue and other generals above the rank of branch deputy general for a meeting.
When the generals entered the general tent, they saw Lin Junmen standing with his hands behind his back, meditating on the hung map.
After hearing the footsteps, Lin Tailai slowly turned around and said to everyone: "Sit down."
Then he spoke again: "This place is only a hundred miles away from Pyongyang City, so the army will definitely be unable to conceal its whereabouts any longer.
No matter how careless Mr. Konishi is, he will still notice our army, so we must make siege arrangements tonight.
When a large corps fights, military discipline must be strict! Each column must remember military orders and act in strict accordance with them!"
Li Rusong, the commander of the First Corps, stood up and said: "Don't worry, military! I will make detailed siege arrangements and convey them all tonight!"
Even if you don't count the general camp, there are still 38,000 people and hundreds of artillery attacking the city, so it's not a big problem.
Lin Tailai did not respond to Li Rusong, but pointed to the map and said: "The terrain of Pyongyang is higher in the west and lower in the east, and there is Mudan Peak in the north.
Pyongyang City is long from north to south and narrow from east to west. It has seven city gates. There are Datong and Changqing gates in the east city, Lumen and Hanzhimen in the south city, two common and seven-star gates in the west city, and Mitai gate in the north city.
It is estimated that the Japanese garrison in the city should be between 15,000 and 18,000, and there are also 2,000 Japanese soldiers stationed on Mudan Peak outside the north city."
Li Rusong replied: "Don't worry, military! All generals are already familiar with the situation in Pyongyang City!"
At this time, Lin Jingluo pondered for a while, and suddenly said: "Li Rusong, please remember, I will make the following arrangements."
General Li: "?"
If Lin Junmen directly deploys it, what else can he, the commander of the First Corps, do?
Lin Tailai said quickly and fluently: "Use the west city as the main deployment and main attack direction, the south city as the secondary attack direction, the north city as a containment and support, and the three deficiencies and one east city are surrounded and released.
With Cha Dashou's column and Wu Weizhong's camp, they attacked Mudan Peak in the north of the city and contained the Japanese soldiers in the north city;
Seven columns of Yang Yuan, Wang Youyi, Sun Shoulian, Wang Weizhen, Yang Shaoxian, Ge Fengxia, and Li Rumei attacked the Seven Star Gate of the West City;
Eight columns, Li Rubai, Zhang Jie, Qian Shizhen, Qi Jin, Fang Shihui, Gao Sheng, Wang Wen and Shi Chaoqing, attacked the ordinary gate of the West City.
The five columns of Zhang Shijue, Zhang Qigong, Liang Xin, Zhao Wenming, and Gao Che were responsible for coordinating the Seven Star Gate and the Ordinary Gate. After breaking the city gate, they were responsible for quickly entering the city to fight on the streets and expand the results of the battle.
The two columns of Luo Shangzhi and Wang Bidi joined Ye Bangrong's camp, and the troops of Li Ai and Jin Yingrui of North Korea attacked Lumen of Nancheng.
Li Fangchun's column and Zu Chengxun's troops pretended to attack the Hanzhi Gate of Nancheng.
Three columns of Li Ning, Zhao Zhimu, and Zhang Yingzhong circled the city and went to the south to ambush at the Datong River, where they intercepted the Japanese soldiers who fled south.
Li Rusong, you are supervising the battle in the northwest, and our headquarters is supervising the battle in the southwest!"
General Li didn't know how powerful he was, but he felt that Lin Junmen's tone was so powerful. Could he imitate it in the future?
Looking at Li Rusong in a daze, Lin Tailai frowned and said, "Li Rusong, please repeat it to me."
General Li looked confused: "."
Damn it! Who can remember the deployment of more than thirty units after listening to it once?
The other deputy corps-level generals looked at General Li with sympathy. Fortunately, they did not need to repeat the story.
Lin Jinglue seemed to be disappointed and shook his head, "Then I'll say it a few more times. Li Rusong, remember it."
General Li, who recently fell in love with writing poetry and aspired to military literature, finally took out his pen and recorded his deployment on manuscript paper.
After truly explaining the deployment, Lin Jinglue said: "In addition, I would like to emphasize three points.
First, the Japanese soldiers had sharp firepower, so they should make good use of the previously built wooden carriages for protection and reduce the casualties of the officers and soldiers. After all, there would be many battles in the future.
Second, Konishi Governor built six so-called fortresses in the city based on the city walls, which are what Koreans call caves, which are considered a kind of small fortresses.
Japanese soldiers were accustomed to building such fortifications and lived in caves to ensure their own safety.
If our army invades the city, these Japanese soldiers will rely on the caves to carry out tenacious defense.
Try not to forcefully attack these caves. Instead, use fire attacks and set fire to the caves. This can save worry and effort.
Third, the Second and Third Corps in other directions of the overall situation will take action. The attack on Pyongyang City here must be fought as quickly as possible.
Therefore, the merit will not be recorded with the head this time. Don't let the soldiers waste time on cutting off the head. The one who breaks through quickly will be rewarded!
After I have finished speaking, the order is conveyed to the column and the meeting is adjourned!"
The next day, the army continued southward from Suchuan and arrived at Shun'an, which was only more than 40 miles away from Pyongyang City, and then made final rest and preparations.
The vanguard Zha Dashou sent someone to report. President Xiaoxi, who was deceived by Shen Weijing, was still thinking about negotiating a peace and sent someone to inquire. How should he deal with it?
Lin Jinglue replied: "Entertain them with good food and drink, and say that we are here to negotiate peace. The soldiers and horses are all just to force a peace negotiation, and then let them go back."
At the same time, he said to Shen Weijing who was accompanying the army: "How about you go to the Japanese camp again and deceive Governor Konishi to the end?"
Shen Weijing: "."
There was no technical difficulty in deceiving Yukinagako Konishi, but when the army attacked the city, could he still come out alive?