The war is about to begin, and the target must be determined first. Due to the dangerous terrain of Mudan Terrace in the north of Pyongyang, it has long been determined to be the first target of the Ming army. The intention of the Ming army is that even if it is difficult to conquer for a while, it must ensure that it can be surrounded to prevent the Japanese army from attacking again.
The Ming army surrounded other city gates everywhere.
Faced with the roar of artillery from the Ming army positions in Pyongyang, a large number of long-range Jinghua No. 2 guns and No. 3 guns fired continuously at different strike ranges. Countless heavy solid bullets fell from the sky and landed on the city head or in the city, let alone on the spot.
If you hit it, you will definitely die. Even if there is a ricochet or rolling bullet, you will be injured if you hit it, and you will die if you hit it.
Under this kind of fierce bombardment that the Japanese army had never experienced before, the Japanese army naturally suffered many casualties, and the city gates and feet were full of ghosts and wolves howling. However, after all, the Japanese army had just finished a long-term civil war. Even after such a blow, the Japanese army was still fighting at all levels.
Under his command, he risked his life to reorganize his troops and insist on defending the city.
The interval between Ming army bombardments was not short. Since the cannons at this time not only needed to cool the barrels, but also needed to clean the barrels. In addition, the projectiles and gunpowder were very heavy. Therefore, it took nearly two minutes for the No. 2 cannon to fire one round, and the No. 3 cannon to fire one round.
It took almost a minute, so it could not be regarded as an uninterrupted shelling. However, among several rounds of shelling, the Japanese troops frequently suffered nearly a hundred casualties in each round of shelling. The losses were not unbearable, but they still gathered together to hold on and fought back bravely until they were defeated.
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As the official debut of the Ming Dynasty's army to aid Korea, the sound of the Ming army's artillery in this battle was earth-shattering, and the vibrations of the mountains and ground could be felt ten miles away. Although the Pyongyang city wall seemed solid, in this atmosphere, the Japanese army felt as if
It is crumbling like a lonely boat in the sea.
The Japanese generals and middle- and low-level samurai had already become red-eyed. They tried their best to maintain military discipline, avoid collapse, and even organize counterattacks. They appeared to be very tenacious in the face of the powerful artillery fire of the Ming army.
They relied on the city tower bunker to support each other and guard the city gate. The Japanese generals also boarded the city gate one after another, risking artillery fire to boost their morale, and occasionally fired back in small numbers. Inside the city, Commander Konishi heard the roar of artillery outside the city, which was far beyond what he had heard in the past.
Seeing this, he was deeply uneasy and repeatedly ordered the guards of all gates to stand firm and wait for help.
Among the Ming army's artillery, the No. 2 cannon had the ability to directly penetrate the city wall if used intensively. However, Li Rusong rejected Qi Jin's opinion and still deployed them dispersedly.
Li Rusong demanded that this battle must be full of momentum, but it resulted in a situation where it was more than enough to suppress the city towers, but not enough to destroy the city walls. Qi Jin, who directed the artillery battle, was quite dissatisfied with this. However, since Gao Pragmatic and Li Chengliang had just reached a cooperation, Qi Jin also
I dare not openly oppose Li Rusong.
Fortunately, Li Rusong also knew the importance this time, and made a few simple explanations to Qi Jin before the battle. The meaning was roughly two-fold. First, there was no need to use heavy artillery to directly destroy the city wall in this battle, so as to avoid fully displaying the combat power in front of the Japanese army.
In order to avoid losing the last trump card in the future in front of important cities such as Kaesong and Seoul;
The second is to build up the momentum of the army, which may make the Japanese army fearful when facing the Ming army in the future. Before the battle begins, they will be reminded of today's earth-shattering shelling, and their combat strength will be reduced by almost 10%.
Qi Jin does not completely agree with these two statements. In fact, he basically agrees with the second one, mainly because he thinks that it is not necessary to do so. The strength of the Ming army's heavy artillery is here, whether it is Kaicheng or Seoul, that is
The city has been under construction for who knows how many years. It is impossible for it to be suddenly reinforced to the point where heavy artillery cannot hit it in the near future.
Since they can fight, what can the Japanese army do even if they see the gap? They may be even more desperate. But in the end, Li Rusong is the coach, and although Qi Jin is a little dissatisfied, he can only do as he is told.
When the whole bombardment was temporarily over and the artillery bodies had to be cooled down, Li Rusong ordered the entire army to attack and board the city. There was something new in this attack. The Ming army used the fire dragon arrows that had been eliminated in Liaodong to swarm with flying sickles and arrows, and hundreds of tigers ran together.
After all the cluster rockets with all kinds of tricks were brought out, they were used randomly to cover the attack - but no matter how you looked at it, it felt like they were cleaning up their inventory.
The Japanese troops concentrated their iron cannons to kill the Ming troops climbing the city. Rolling logs, stones, and baked jade were thrown down one after another, and the ladders climbing the city were burned by kerosene from time to time. At this time, the battle was extremely fierce. Although the Ming army's artillery planes were shaking the sky and the earth,
However, it was still difficult to reach the city at this time, and there were many casualties.
After the continuous attack failed, the Ming army wavered and began to retreat. Ma Dong, the right-wing soldier at Qixingmen, yelled and ordered to march, but it was difficult to stop the Ming army from retreating. In fact, Ma Dong knew what the problem was, and the problem was not high altitude.
He led the troops pragmatically, and Li Rusong had given strict orders in advance not to snatch heads, so most of the soldiers were unwilling to fight to the death.
Why does Li Rusong's refusal to grab heads make the soldiers unwilling to fight to the death, but Gao's pragmatic military commander does not? Because Gao's pragmatic military commander values fairness the most, and has a strict set of collective performance measurement standards and reward and punishment measures, and there are also members of the Gao family.
Specialized in supervising implementation and actually undertaking accounting work. However, Li Rusong or Li Jiajun did not have these.
Although it is impossible to replicate high pragmatism in the system, the Li Jiajun also has the old methods of the Li Jiajun. Judging from the current results alone, it can be considered effective.
Just like this moment, when Li Rusong saw this, he personally led his cousin Li Ruwu, and his general Fang Shichun led two hundred light cavalry to patrol the city. Seeing that morale was low, he killed several deserters with his own hands, raised his arms and shouted: "The first one to climb the city will be rewarded with silver."
Five thousand taels!" and personally made a sign of climbing into the city to encourage the soldiers' morale.
The order was spread to all the gates, and the morale of the Ming army was greatly boosted. Not only did they quickly stabilize their position, but they also continued to attack the city at the risk of death.
Soon, Yang Yuan took the lead in ascending the city at Qixing Gate and was wounded by Japanese iron artillery. General Ding Jinglu tried to cover Yang Yuan and was killed by several iron artillery fire. Ma Dong urgently ordered treatment and urged his troops to attack the city with all their strength.
Li Rubai was shot in the head by an iron cannon at the ordinary gate. Fortunately, he was fighting hard at the time and moved very quickly. As a result, only his helmet was shot off, and Li Fangchun was also injured and was shot through his right arm.
The supervising team led by Li Rusong was also attacked. His cousin Li Ruwu was the first to be shot through the left arm by an iron cannon, but he gritted his teeth and tied up a piece of rag from the dead body, insisting on refusing to retreat to treat the injury;
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Fang Shichun was burned on his back by a piece of baked jade that was thrown from nowhere. If it were not for the timely extinguishment by his cronies, he might have been killed alive as it was difficult for him to take off his armor alone.
burn to death; scald to death;
Even Li Rusong himself was not spared. While supervising the battle, he was shot by the Japanese army. His horse was shot dead and he was knocked to the ground. Fortunately, he was experienced in the battlefield and hurriedly avoided the subsequent shooting of the Japanese iron artillery team.
, changing horses and continuing to supervise the battle regardless of the danger.
At Mudandai, the Chinese and North Korean coalition forces gathered to attack the key fortress in the north of Pyongyang. The Japanese general Matsuura Jinnobu led two thousand troops to defend this place. Most of the troops under him were not soldiers from his territory, but were mobilized by Toyotomi Hideyoshi.
The elite troops given to Governor Konishi are extremely brave.
The two armies first exchanged firepower, resulting in casualties on each other. During the break, the Ming army launched an assault, and the battle turned into a close combat. The southern troops led by the Ming general Wu Weizhong here were all trained by direct descendants of the Qi family army, and Wu Weizhong himself was in the southeast.
During the anti-Japanese war, he fought with Qi Jiguang for a long time, and later went north to train the army. He had rich experience. After Qi Jiguang became the commander of the Imperial Guard, he, Luo Shangzhi, Mao Guoqi and Qi Jin were named the four generals of the Southern Army.
Wu Weizhong ordered the entire army to set up a mandarin duck formation, which was divided into large and small formations. At this time, Wu Weizhong set up a small formation, with eleven people as a team, using long cards and rattan plates to block the Japanese arrows, swords and spears, and javelins.
The waist knife protects and covers the advance of the rear team. Two people in the rear team hold a ten-foot-long wolf sword to block it, and four more people hold long spears to advance. The last two people hold boring palladium to guard and support. Each person has a clear division of labor, orders and prohibitions. The overall cooperation is tacit and flexible, and there are many formations.
It is easy to move, capable of both offense and defense. The Qijiadao carried by the Nanbing soldiers was specially designed to target the Japanese army's fighting swords and wild swords. In addition, the Nanbing soldiers have extremely high marching qualities and have always been extremely powerful in combat.
The Japanese army was really outmatched in close combat against the Yuanyang Formation, and the Korean monk soldiers also fought to the death. Wu Weizhong was actually shot by an iron cannon, and was shot in the chest and almost died. Fortunately, as a general, the armor he wore was strong enough, and although the bullet cracked
His goggles were broken, and his blood surged from the shock, but after he recovered, he was still able to shout for a fight to the death.
Mao Guoqi stepped forward to provide first aid, but Wu Weizhong was actually shocked and could not scream, so he entrusted Mao Guoqi to continue leading the battle, but he refused to retreat and still stood in front of the battle as an example. Mao Guoqi was so impressed that he directed even harder, and the Ming army
As a result, they became more courageous. The Japanese army finally began to show signs of being unable to withstand it, and its formation gradually became chaotic.
Another fierce general of the Liaodong Army, Zha Damou, was leading a cavalry, so he had only watched from the sidelines before. Seeing that the opportunity had come, he immediately led all the Liaodong elite cavalry to attack without saying a word.
Either because of their short stature or because their country has fewer cavalry, the Japanese army has always been extremely fearful of the tall horses of the Ming army's cavalry. Where Zha Dashou's elite cavalry rushed through, the Japanese army was scattered and difficult to stop, which was not the case at all.
The opponent, this Li family's Dingqi cavalry is completely on the rampage.
Wu Weizhong and Mao Guoqi were both famous generals who had been fighting for half their lives. They had extremely rich battlefield experience. When they saw the situation, they did not need any higher-level command. They immediately led their troops to follow up and defeat the remaining enemies until they conquered the summit. Matsuura Jinxinsuo led the elite members of the Toyotomi family in
In a short period of time, more than half of them were killed or wounded. No matter how tenacious this Japanese army was, their morale collapsed and they could only fight and retreat into the city.
Zu Chengxun was ordered to violently attack the city at Hanzhimen. He was deeply ashamed after his previous defeat in Pyongyang. This time he not only attacked with hatred, but also repeatedly reminded himself that he must be cautious and think clearly, and never act recklessly out of anger.
Husband’s behavior.
So Zu Chengxun's Ming army first disguised itself as the Korean army and launched a seemingly weak attack. Since the offensive was very weak and it looked like the Korean army, it was naturally despised by the Japanese army, and they even believed that their front line was definitely not Ming Dynasty.
The army's key offensive direction was very relaxed mentally.
However, when they approached the tower, all the soldiers suddenly took off their Korean uniforms, revealing their mandarin duck jackets. Not only did their marching speed suddenly accelerate, but their formation also changed from loose and disorderly to neat and orderly in a very short period of time.
Looking at the momentum of an elite from a hundred battles, the Japanese army was shocked and terrified. The city top immediately shook, and the city also quickly divided its troops for reinforcements.
Among those who participated in the battle under Zu Chengxun were General Luo Shangzhi of Shenji Battalion, who led 600 Southern troops. They were the first to board the city gate. The Southern soldiers in the Ming army were customarily called soldiers trained by the Qi family army, and their combat effectiveness was not much.
It is said that after boarding the city gate, they immediately start a mandarin duck formation to cooperate with each other. With a small number of enemies, they can be unstoppable.
The commander-in-chief, Luo Shangzhi, was a pragmatic but brave and good at fighting. He was said to be able to lift a thousand kilograms due to his extraordinary arm strength, so his military nickname was Luo Qianjin. Luo Shangzhi was not a military official, nor was he a martial artist. He stood out purely by fighting.
Qi Jiguang admired him so much that he served in the Imperial Guard four years ago.
This time, he was originally to be gilded in the reserved Shenji Battalion. Since the Korean side saw this battle as an opportunity for military training, and more generals should be allowed to experience this war, he was temporarily blocked.
A southern army that he had led in the past was directly transferred to the Korean battlefield. Therefore, although he is officially affiliated with the Shenji Battalion at this moment, in fact, the soldiers under his command have nothing to do with the Shenji Battalion under the Production and Construction Corps.
Luo Shangzhi was still very brave this time and killed many enemies, but it was difficult to prevent stray bullets on the battlefield, and he was also shot and wounded. However, like the previous generals who were "slightly injured and could not leave the firing line", Luo Shangzhi also continued to fight despite his injuries, and Ming Ming
Encouraged by this, the Japanese troops indeed fought back the Japanese troops one after another and captured the flag. The Japanese troops at Hanzhimen retreated.
Subsequently, Ming troops continued to attack the city and soon opened the city gates. Zu Chengxun fiercely ordered an assault and captured Pyongyang's Hanzang Gate. He looked left and right under the Hanzang Gate, feeling quite elated and happy, but at the same time he felt that it was not happy enough.
, I just want to keep killing, and killing, and the more I kill, the better.
Yang Yuan was a little annoyed when he saw that he could not attack Qixing Gate for a long time. Ma Dong asked him to load his No. 2 heavy artillery to bombard the city. This move actually violated Li Rusong's pre-battle instructions to some extent, but he couldn't care less when the battle situation was not going well. After all,
Yang Yuan's identity is different. He is a direct descendant of Li Chengliang, so it is not a big problem if he slightly offends the young commander.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Therefore, Yang Yuan agreed to Ma Dong's request, and the Jinghua No. 2 heavy artillery began to focus on targeting. Under the continuous bombardment, the Seven Star Gate gate was opened and the city wall was destroyed.
The Ming army advanced with the chariot battalion led by Qi Jinsuo, and with artillery cover, they stormed into the Seven Star Gate.
Since Qi Jiguang entered Beijing, Qi Jin's command can actually be regarded as a direct descendant of Gao Pragmatic. In terms of logistical support, it is definitely second to none in Liaodong. Therefore, this Ming army is indeed a strong force. The Japanese army will be defeated immediately.
He was defeated step by step.
By this time, the Japanese army's city defense was gone and they could only retreat to the inner city. As a result, the Lumen and Ordinary Gates, which were originally slightly slower to attack, were also captured by the Ming army one after another.
Governor Konishi nervously gathered the defeated troops and used his main force of 7,000 to defend the inner city. There were many streets in Pyongyang and were narrow. Governor Konishi, Soyoshi and other generals made full use of the terrain and took advantage of the iron artillery. In fact, they were somewhat defeated in the future.
It feels like street fighting in the era of hot weapons. The front troops of the Ming army were shot and fell to the ground, making it difficult to advance.
After a day of fierce fighting, the Ming army's attack on the city was unstoppable in the morning, but in the afternoon the two armies were in a stalemate in the inner city. The Japanese army defended the city desperately in kiln forts and narrow rooms. The Ming army felt that the casualties were too great after the strong attack, and then turned to
They were set on fire, but the two armies were still at war.
At dusk in Xishan, Li Rusong ordered the troops to retreat.
That night, Li Rusong prepared to persuade the Japanese troops to abandon the city and flee. Liu Chenglong did not understand why he wanted to let go of Governor Konishi, and North Korean Marshal Kim Myung-won also believed that he should not let a single Japanese pirate go.
Li Rusong explained: "The Art of War says that a city must be besieged. Under a heavy encirclement, the enemy will be trapped and still fighting. If we want to fight to the death, although I can destroy it, it will also cause a lot of unnecessary casualties to our army."
On the contrary, if there is a way to survive, the enemy army can be wavered. Some in the army want to escape and others want to fight. Therefore, the fighting spirit is weakened, which will definitely reduce the casualties of our army. Then our army only needs to ambush the enemy when they flee.
As for the power of our cavalry, as you have seen with your own eyes today, it is definitely not something that the Japanese army can take advantage of. Therefore, if the enemy escapes and we pursue, our army will definitely be able to capture it easily." Only then did the two important officials of North Korea know that Li Rusong did not intend to let go.
To defeat the enemy, we just want to destroy them with the least casualties, so we express our understanding and agreement instead.
So Li Rusong sent a message to Commander Xiaoxi: "My military strength is enough to annihilate you, but today we have killed too many people, and there is peace in the world. I can't bear to kill too much, so I will stay here temporarily to give you a way to survive."
At this time, the reinforcements of the Japanese Third Army, Otomo Yoshitō, had witnessed the fierce and unusual fighting power of the Ming army during the day, and there was a lot of debate in the army. They really did not dare to fight anymore, so they retreated without permission.
Governor Konishi saw that his side had many casualties and that if the battle continued, there would be no First Army Corps tomorrow and it would be impossible to hold on to Pyongyang. He wrote back to Li Rusong and said: "If you are willing to withdraw, please don't stop me." Then Governor Konishi
Gather the entire army and leave the city overnight to retreat toward the Datong River.
After finding out that the Japanese troops had fled, Jin Mingyuan asked Li Rusong whether he should pursue him. Li Rusong said in surprise: "He asked me not to stop him, but I have never agreed?" Jin Mingyuan was stunned.
Liu Chenglong hurriedly said to Jin Mingyuan: "Not to mention that soldiers are always tired of deceit, the Japanese army and we are life and death enemies. How can we tell them this? Admiral Li did not promise not to pursue! The so-called letting them live...
...This road is indeed open!" Jin Mingyuan could only smile bitterly.
Li Rusong said nothing and ordered the entire army to pursue them. In January, when the Datong River was frozen, a small group of Ming and Korean troops ambushing along the river immediately blocked the attack and delayed the Japanese army's southward retreat. The main cavalry of the Ming army pursued them to the Datong River.
On the other side, he saw that the Japanese troops were retreating south. He originally planned to charge with cavalry, but after thinking about it, Li Rusong was worried that the large force of cavalry would collapse the ice, so he felt a little hesitant.
Qi Jin saw what he was thinking and immediately suggested shelling the ice. Li Rusong was indeed a man born for war. He immediately understood what Qi Jin meant and quickly ordered the shelling of the river. When the ice broke, only the Japanese drowned.
As many as thousands of people.
With great difficulty, Governor Konishi climbed ashore with the help of his trusted aides. He could not care less about the ice water on his body and led the remaining troops to flee towards Kaicheng.
In the Battle of Pyongyang, the Ming army lost 796 people and injured 1,492 people. The Japanese army suffered more than 10,000 casualties. The First Army, which fought all the way from Busan to Pyongyang with almost no obstacles, was defeated and was completely defeated.
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