In the early morning, what filled the earth was not the slightly moist morning mist, but gunpowder smoke that had not yet dissipated.
The gray-white smoke lingers in the sky and earth for a long time with a choking smell, and it is also mixed with the disgusting smell of blood.
The city is full of broken limbs, broken arms, masonry and rubble. Between the ruins and under the city wall, there are wounded soldiers who are still alive, howling heart-piercingly, helplessly working in vain among the dead.
They stretched out their hands, imagining that someone would give them a hand.
Beside the city wall of Pyongyang, the siege vehicles as tall as the sky still stand, but they are full of scars, and one of them is still burning with raging fire.
The determination of the Koryo people to defend their homeland can be called strong. When the siege engines were set up at the top of the city, the Koryo people directly used hidden backhands and fierce fire oil.
Facing the Korean surrender soldiers who rushed to the city, the defenders did not show mercy because they were compatriots. The elite soldiers stood at the front to block the impact of the Korean surrender soldiers. At the same time, the dead soldiers jumped on with fire oil cans.
They captured the Ming army's siege vehicles and ignited a raging fire.
In an instant, the exit of the siege vehicle turned into a sea of fire, and more kerosene torches and hot golden dung water vented from the top of the city.
The soldiers who were burned by the fire kept rolling on the soil. Those soldiers who were drenched in excrement and water could grab their scalded flesh and blood with their hands, revealing the white bones of the forest people.
Until now, after a night, the smell of blood floating between heaven and earth is still mixed with stench and the smell of barbecue.
Zhu Yunxi took his personal guards and strolled through the military camp. Yesterday was a tentative attack, and those who charged were all Korean surrendered troops, which were used to consume the Korean defenders. If the city is to be attacked again today, the Ming army will have to attack.
Because more than 4,000 Korean troops surrendered, all of them were killed or injured.
How many of our people have died?
At dawn, the soldiers in the camp stood up under the orders of the officers. Smoke from breakfast also floated in the camp. Zhu Yunxi stood next to an iron pot, stirring the thick hot porridge inside with a spoon, and asked.
Returning to Your Highness, in yesterday's battle, more than 100 of our people died and more than 400 were injured! Fu Rang replied respectfully behind Zhu Yunxi.
Most of the people who died were hit by stray arrows and rolling stones from the Goryeo defenders while supervising the battle under the city. War is about killing people. Although he knew this truth, Zhu Yunxi still frowned in distress.
Your Highness, there is no one who can't die in a war! Lan Yu looked at Zhu Yunxi's face and said carefully, I dare to say something unpleasant, the casualties of a hundred people are nothing!
Zhu Yunxi raised his head and looked at the Goryeo city wall with figures busy shaking in the smoke. Those two walls were the key attack sites of the Ming army yesterday. The walls were already in dilapidated condition. The Goryeo people stayed up all night last night and kept building them.
Gather the corpses of the soldiers who died in the battle. The weather is hot now. We can’t send them all back. Let’s cremate them all! Zhu Yunxi’s eyes moved to the Ming Dynasty tigers in the camp and continued. Remember their names and put their ashes in them.
Okay, send them home. The pension will be doubled. Tell the Liaodong Dusi that more land should be given to the families of the sons who died in the war. They worked for the Ming Dynasty, and the Ming Dynasty could not let their families have worries!
Your Highness loves the soldiers as much as his sons. Li Jinglong said from behind, I believe that the three armies should be circulated to show His Majesty's mercy. The three armies will be even more effective!
Zhu Yunxi squinted and glanced at Li Jinglong coldly. The latter suddenly felt cold in his heart, and immediately realized that he was flattering and slapped the horse on the leg. He lowered his head and stepped aside, not daring to say anything.
The veteran generals in the army, such as Fu Youde and others, looked at each other silently, knowing clearly that His Highness was leading the army for the first time, and his character had not been tempered to the point of being hard-hearted. For these veteran generals, let alone more than a hundred people died.
, even if 10,000 people died, as long as there was military exploits, they would pretend they didn't see it.
It was not Zhu Yunxi's kindness as a woman, but the humanity in his heart, and it was not his hypocrisy. After all, the more than 100 people who died were all soldiers of the Ming Dynasty.
Will we continue to attack the city today? After a while, Fu Youde asked, Your Highness, despite the fierceness of the Korean defense yesterday, they are actually at the end of their strength. If we attack the city today, I suggest attacking from three sides. First, use artillery trebuchets to bombard it for a long time, and then
Then the heavy armored infantry ascended the city.
As long as we stand at the top of the city, we can clear out the outer city of Pyongyang in one day, and in another two days, we can clear out the entire city of Pyongyang. With Pyongyang captured, the door of Goryeo will be wide open and the plains will be vast!
Don't worry about Pyongyang, it will be a matter of time before the city is broken. Zhu Yunxi looked at Pyongyang again. What he is concerned about now is where the reinforcements from Goryeo are. He said with a smile, Pyongyang is the bait for the reinforcements from Goryeo, we can't be anxious now.
When encircling a point and calling for reinforcements, the key is to encircle it. The city of Pyongyang is frightened now, so just encircle it.
It stands to reason that there should be a letter from King Yan. If His Highness is not at ease, give me a cavalry and I will go there myself! Lan Yu pondered and said, Pyongyang is surrounded by our people, and Pingcheng, the commanding heights, is also in our hands. Korean reinforcements
If he comes, Hinoki is the only way to go. There is no need to stop him. All he needs to do is send some scout horses, keep an eye on them from a distance, let them in, and then join forces with the King of Yan. It would be best if they are marching and we send troops to both sides at the same time. His Highness is here
In front, King Yan was on the side, blocking the way and attacking...
Jiang is still too old. Although the encirclement and reinforcements have been carefully considered by the veterans, there are few people who can't talk about the terrain of Goryeo like Lan Yu. And no one can accurately calculate the time difference of the war like him.
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At this moment, suddenly a general, under the guidance of Zhu Yunxi's bodyguard, strode over.
Your Majesty Zhang Yu, please see Your Highness Taisun!
Those who came were Zhu Di's trusted generals, and they must have discovered traces of Goryeo reinforcements.
But met the Koreans? Zhu Yunxi asked anxiously.
Returning to Your Highness, Goryeo's army marching north has passed Sui'an and is only thirty miles away from Hinoki. There are about 4,000 cavalry and more than 50,000 infantry. They are under the banner of King Jingxing's rebel army of Goryeo. King Chitose of Yan led his army to station in Changxing.
Here, we can attack the flanks of the Goryeo army at any time.
(Looking at the map, Pingcheng, Changxingli, and Hinoki are shaped like a triangle.)
Okay! Zhu Yunxi clapped his hands, first destroy the reinforcements, and then break through Pyongyang! With that, he said to the generals awe-inspiring, Fu Guogong continued to pose as if he wanted to attack Pyongyang, and the others followed me to join forces with King Yan! He also said to Zhang Yu, go quickly
Reply to King Yan and tell him to watch the Goryeo reinforcements to death. If the opponent notices something is wrong, he must bite him and not get away!
Well! The generals agreed with a roar.
The Ming army's battle line of more than 100,000 troops extended from the high ground outside Pyongyang City to Pingyang City in the form of steps. When the Korean reinforcements arrived, the Ming army did not need to march long distances. It only needed the front army to cross the shallow Datong River.
The only way to reach the reinforcements of Goryeo is Hicang.
The military situation was raging. Under the walls of Pyongyang, the Ming army continued to assume the posture of attacking by force, accumulating earthen walls with great momentum. In fact, secretly, the large forces had turned their guns.
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In the mountains and forests, King Zhu Di of Yan was hiding in the shadows, watching the Korean reinforcements marching at the foot of the mountain with some approval in his eyes. He was a vassal king who had fought many battles. He started from the grassroots and valued first-hand military intelligence.
Even when fighting deep in Mobei, he often took the lead in exploring horses.
You see, the march is rapid but not chaotic. The cavalry is in series with the head and tail, the archers are in the middle, and the spearmen are outside. If you encounter an enemy, you can immediately form a formation on the spot! Zhu Di whispered to the generals around him, the leader of Goryeo is a man who knows his soldiers.
General!
Although he said it solemnly, there was still some contempt in the eyes of the proud soldiers under his command.
Qiu Fu, a general under Yan Fan, said, "Chitose, I have something unclear! Why did the Korean reinforcements not take the pine forest road and enter Pyongyang directly, but instead walked sideways? Didn't they come directly to the door?"
You, you are used to fighting big battles, and you haven’t turned your head! Zhu Di smiled and said, Goryeo is a small country, and the whole country’s efforts are only a few hundred thousand troops. The reinforcements have entered Pyongyang, which can ensure that Pyongyang is not lost, but it is not
There is no benefit to the overall situation!
Goryeo's troops and horses are all hoarded in the Pyongyang area. If the Ming Dynasty sends another 200,000 troops and horses to surround them, and then recruits another 100,000 troops to march straight into Seoul, how can he resist?
To break the siege of Pyongyang, Goryeo must fight in the field. The only way to survive is to attack from the side. We, the Ming Dynasty, surrounded the flanks of Pyongyang's army, recaptured the high ground of Kaesong, and formed a horn with Pyongyang!
Qiu Fu thought for a long time, but seemed to understand, and said, "It's a thousand-year-old sage, but a rough guy like me knows the wheel knife, but he can't think of these joints!"
It's not what I thought! Zhu Di smiled and sighed, this battle was all the work of the emperor's grandson. From the beginning, what he wanted to fight was the battle to destroy the Goryeo Sheji! As he said that, he frowned slightly, so
The battle is a big game of chess. At first, I thought it was the veteran generals in the army who gave him the idea, but later I found out that it was the veteran generals who persuaded them despite all opinions!
As he said that, he sighed, he is really a genius!
He, Qiu Fu and others looked a bit contemptuous. No matter how wise His Highness Taisun is, he can't compare to Chitose who has experienced hundreds of battles. When it comes to fighting, no matter how well you think about it, the fight will be different.
At this moment, footsteps were heard in the dense forest behind everyone.
Everyone clenched their weapons and saw a scout coming anxiously. Is Chitose here?
What's wrong? Zhu Di asked with a frown.
Cavalry! The detective horse was breathing heavily, and Wang Bi, the Marquis of Dingyuan, came to report that the Korean cavalry was found in the direction of Sichuan. There were about 20,000 people, and they seemed to be preparing to outflank our back!