Chapter 279 Ping Japanese (4) Siege of Biti Pavilion
Li Rusong invited Liu Chenglong to take a seat. After Liu Chenglong got up, he did not take his seat immediately. Instead, he chanted loudly: "Raising troops to Jianggan at night to say that the three Koreas are not at peace. On the Ming Dynasty, we will hang a banner to celebrate the festival, and the ministers will drink wine and rejoice at night."
. When spring comes, my murderous spirit is still strong, but now that the demonic atmosphere has gone, my bones have become cold. Talking, laughing and speaking out has no chance of winning. I often recall riding on the saddle in my dreams."
Li Rusong stared slightly at Liu Chenglong but did not answer. In fact, what Liu Chenglong was reading was the poem on the fan given to him by Li Rusong.
Although Li Rusong didn't speak, Liu Chenglong didn't take it seriously and said to himself: "The admiral said in his poem that he is always ready for war in his dreams. You can see it below, but in the past few days, the admiral still seems to have forgotten his original intention and only focused on
feast."
It turns out that he still urged the Ming army to continue marching. Li Rusong had a clear conscience about this. He explained: "I have not forgotten it, but I was just disturbed by the military rations. Now tens of thousands of soldiers from the Ming Dynasty have gone south to aid North Korea, which requires a lot of military rations, and recently the sea
There are still ice floes, and the latest grain ship has not yet arrived. Although including the newly obtained Pyongyang military rations, it is still enough to deal with it, but it may not be enough to support the Hanyang expedition.
By the way, I wonder how strong the Japanese pirates are in Hanyang? If they can't be captured in one fell swoop, there will be a stalemate, and then the military food problem will become even more urgent. I heard that North Korea has no food to levy, and I wonder if you have any clever ideas to solve the problem?"
This question is mainly anti-customer. Because of North Korea's economic strength, Gao Pragmatic has already made a thorough investigation through Jinghua Trading Company and Sea Trade Alliance. As for how much grain North Korea can collect at this stage and how much food it can provide to the Ming army, Gao Pragmatic Ratio
Li Hao was much clearer. As for these data, Gao Pragmatic also skipped the calculation process and gave Li Rusong the answer.
In other words, Li Rusong knew very well that North Korea normally did not have the ability to supply the Ming army with sufficient military rations. He also knew that when he asked this question, Liu Chenglong could only make decisions about him.
But surprisingly, as North Korea's staunch main militant, Liu Chenglong hesitated a little, but firmly promised that he would risk his life to complete the food preparation. It didn't matter whether Li Rusong believed it or not. Anyway, he just nodded, and soon
The banquet was suspended.
In fact, it was difficult for North Korea to collect enough grain for the Ming Dynasty army. Therefore, Liu Chenglong immediately rushed to the divided dynasty to discuss with Gwanghaejun and Zheng Zhuo and consider collecting grain reserves from various academies and relatives of the royal family.
Lord Gwanghae also believed that in the academy, clan members were the ones who benefited most from the imperial court, so this time of national crisis was also the time for clan clans to repay their kindness. In addition, Liu Chenglong also suggested that people across the country who are willing to contribute food should be given empty names. In other words
In other words, it is a letter of appointment conferring an official position to a person who has made meritorious service or contributed property.
However, Lord Gwanghae believed that this was selling an official position and could not agree to it. Liu Chenglong had no choice but to persuade him: "The official position obtained is only the lowest level and has no real power. Those who have contributed to the country must be compensated accordingly. This is
Trading name for reality is a last resort in times of crisis."
Lord Gwanghae thought about it again and again, and felt that Liu Chenglong's words were not unreasonable, but this matter might have future troubles, and he did not want to bear the infamy. After thinking about it, he finally decided to report it first and leave this troublesome matter to the king.
After the King of Joseon Li Huo received the report, Jin Guiren felt that the clan members had done their best to support the royal family, and if he collected grain again, he might lose the support of the clan members, so he asked Li Huo how to reply. Later, he saw that Li Huo was ready to approve the request of dividing the dynasty.
Then he asked the king what the reason was.
Li He said: "Let the prince go collect grain from the clan members. Anyway, the clan members will definitely object. If their opposition succeeds, it means that the prince is not thoughtful and his prestige will inevitably decline. If their opposition is fruitless, they will definitely be alienated from the prince. I don't expect them to do anything."
The memorial was changed to be enshrined in the great dynasty.
In addition, since the three capitals are about to be recovered, I can also make preparations for the return of the capitals, and then use the preparations for the return of the capitals and the clan appeals to abolish the division of dynasties and unify the two dynasties. Then I will be in charge of state affairs." Jin Guiren was originally opposed to this matter.
, but after hearing this, I said no more.
Sure enough, the grain requisition aroused strong opposition from the clansmen. After Guanghaijun forced the clansmen to hand over the grain, the clansmen complained one after another. Li He took the opportunity to issue a royal order to the divided dynasties and decided to merge the two dynasties in Dingzhou.
Gwanghaejun was extremely dissatisfied with this: "Up to now, I have been leading the rebel army on behalf of the king, fighting the Japanese pirates, and winning the hearts of the people. What the king cannot do is accomplished by the divided dynasties led by me, the crown prince.
Yes, the people's hearts are in the divided dynasty and not in the main dynasty, so how can they follow the king?"
Zheng Zhuo advised: "My lord, please calm down. Your Majesty and the divided dynasty just did what you should do. Your Majesty led the divided dynasty to overcome the national crisis, not to compete with the king for the hearts of the people. Are you afraid?"
?Are you afraid that after the king abolishes the division of dynasties, he will depose you as the heir apparent?"
Lord Guanghai was suddenly startled, and quickly said that his excited words were nonsense. Zheng Zhuo looked at his nose and heart, as if he had never seen Lord Guanghai's nervousness, but he said: "The hearts of the people have moved towards me.
Please stop being greedy and please obey the king’s orders... given time, opportunities will come.”
Lord Guanghai had regained his composure at this time and said with a calm smile: "I am neither the legitimate son nor the eldest son, and I have never been favored by the king. Therefore, it is even more difficult for me to be canonized by the Ming Dynasty. How could the opportunity come to me? Just don't mention it.
"Kwanghae-kun had a smile on his face, but there was no need to express the frustration in his tone.
Afterwards, King Li Huo of Korea led his entire dynasty to Dingzhou to merge with the divided dynasties, and at the same time promoted Liu Chenglong to be the envoy of the three capitals.
At the same time, the Ming army was actively preparing to regain Hanyang. On January 26, Li Rusong ordered Cha Dashou and Zu Chengxun led three thousand troops. With the Korean defense envoy Gao Yanbo as their guide, they began to fire in the direction of Hanyang.
Investigation.
Coincidentally, the Japanese army also made a similar move, sending more than 150 Monomiban troops led by Kato Mitsuhide and Maeno Nagayasu to the north to conduct reconnaissance. When the two armies encountered each other, they immediately went into battle.
With a force advantage of twenty times, what else can we think about? The Ming cavalry immediately launched a charge against the Japanese. These Liaodong cavalry armed with Wanli II lances on horseback fired at the Japanese iron cannons. Both sides suffered casualties, but the Ming army was obviously
They had the upper hand, and this encounter was a coincidence. The distance between the two armies was too close, and the Ming army's cavalry could easily rush into the Japanese army's formation.
Kato Mitsutai hurriedly reorganized the formation and even launched a counterattack. Zu Chengxun from the other side of the Ming army sneered and led his troops to charge in first. After a melee, the Japanese army quickly suffered hundreds of casualties. Kato Mitsutai hurriedly fled back to Hanyang.
The Ming army also did not expect that Kato Mitsutai's status was actually not low. Judging from the fact that he only led more than a hundred troops, they thought he was just a small leader, so they did not pursue him.
Cha Da ordered the troops to rest for a while and discussed with Zu Chengxun: "Since we can encounter Japanese pirates on horseback, it can be seen that Japanese pirates are also deploying defenses. They have already begun preparations. I think there should be quite a few Japanese pirates stationed in Hanyang."
Zu Chengxun said: "In my opinion, we should continue to investigate Hanyang to find out how many troops the Japanese pirates have stationed in Hanyang, so that we can go back and report to the commander-in-chief. Even if an enemy brigade attacks, with the strength of our cavalry,
The elites must withdraw immediately, and the Japanese pirates will never be able to catch up." Zha Dashou agreed, so the Ming army continued to advance towards Hanyang.
The Japanese army in Hanyang received a report from Kato Mitsuhide, and Kobayakawa Takakage immediately offered advice: "The Ming army Mono Jianban (Tanma) has arrived near Hanyang. Our army should seize the opportunity, quickly concentrate its forces, quickly annihilate this Ming army, and then attack the main road
If you set up an ambush, you will surely win a great victory.
This advance Ming army is only three thousand. If I go out and gather twenty thousand troops, I will not only be able to annihilate them immediately. I can also set up an ambush later and severely damage the main force of the Ming army!"
Kuroda Kanbei agreed with this: "Ming general Li Rusong has been delayed in returning after seeing his things. He will definitely send troops to investigate again. If he fails to return after seeing him twice, he will definitely be anxious and it will be beneficial to our military plan."
In this regard, Kobayakawa Takakage added: "What His Highness Kuroda said is absolutely correct. If the Ming army does not dare to advance due to concerns, it will not be able to move out. Our army will be able to avoid the real situation and disrupt its deployment. In this way, the dominance will be exhausted."
Take my hand; if the Ming army becomes angry, they will send out a large number of elites, and they will be ambushed by me, and the main force will be severely damaged. From now on, our army will be able to take full advantage.
Since the Ming army's great victory over our first division, it has been overwhelming wherever it goes. It is a time of arrogance and arrogance, and they must be dismissive of our army. If they see a few enemies who are late in returning, they are expected to lead the elite troops immediately.
Attack, if that’s true, then it’s exactly what I want!”
The Ukita Hide family was overjoyed when they heard this, and immediately arranged the arrangements as they said. So 20,000 Japanese troops poured out of Hanyang and set up an outpost in Hongjiyuan. Ming general Zha Dashou discovered that a large number of Japanese troops were leaving the city, although he was surprised by the Japanese troops.
The commotion was huge, but they also believed that the Japanese troops were not strong enough to evacuate quickly, so they retreated to the north of Hanyang between Toshihyeon and Byokjeokwan, and built fortifications with artillery and tanks.
, prepare for war with all their strength, showing the spirit of the Liaodong Iron Army.
This time, the Japanese army's Kobayakawa Takakage Division consisted of four formations. The first formation was led by Tachibana Muneshige and Takahashi Tongshou, with 3,000 men. The second formation was led by Kobayakawa Takakage himself with 8,000 men. The third formation was led by Kobayakawa Hideho, Motoyasu Mori, and Tsukushi Hiromon.
Leading 5,000 people, the four formations are 4,000 people from the Yoshikawa Hiroshi family.
On the twenty-seventh day of the first lunar month, during the Chou period, the Tachibana family leader led Mono Miban to discover traces of the Ming army's troops in Toishi Xian, north of Wangjing, and immediately reported back to the army. So the Tachibana Division went first, and the other troops successively marched towards Toishi Xian.
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After Tachibana Muneshige arrived with his army, due to the heavy fog, the Tachibana army began to have breakfast and formed their troops, and launched an attack on the Ming army at Chenshi. Zha Da was ordered to launch artillery fire and launch rockets with various old-fashioned firearms.
Shotguns blocked the front lines, and new artillery bombarded them from a distance.
Since the range of the new artillery was far beyond that of the Japanese matchlocks, the Japanese army was hit by artillery fire before their positions were established, and the formation was scattered. Zu Chengxun took the opportunity to lead the cavalry from both wings and defeated the front of the Japanese army. Zha Dashou ordered to stop the pursuit and continue to reinforce.
Defend and send someone to report to Li Rusong Pegasus.
Li Rusong became suspicious when he saw that Zha was greatly affected and that Zu Chengxun had not returned. Although he did not think that the three thousand elite cavalry led by these two veteran generals would be directly annihilated, these three thousand elite cavalry were the direct descendants of the Li family's army.
, but cannot be ignored.
Therefore, Li Rusong and his fifth brother Li Rumei immediately led a group of family generals and a thousand fine cavalry to set off to respond. They also ordered their general Yang Yuan to lead a thousand fine cavalry to follow up, and then ordered their second brother Li Rubai to lead the main force of Liaodong to follow up.
At this time, Zha Dashou and Zu Chengxun were defending with all their strength in Biti Hall. Since most of the cavalry were on foot, the position was almost breached several times. Seeing that the ammunition was almost empty, more than 300 to 400 soldiers were killed and many were injured.
Just as the two were discussing whether to give up the defense and restore the cavalry status to break out and retreat, Li Rusong personally led a thousand fine cavalry and rushed there. He still used typical Li Rusong tactics, directly attacking the center of the enemy's formation and killing the Japanese front line on the spot.
shake.
But in fact, the center of the Japanese army at this time was not Kobayakawa Takakage's central army. The main force of the second formation led by Kobayakawa had not yet arrived. Only Kobayakawa Takakage and his banner were the first to arrive.
Tachibana Munege rushed to greet him, and Kobayakawa Takakage heard that Li Rusong had arrived with only more than a thousand men. He did not care about the disadvantage of the Japanese army at this time, but was overjoyed: "There are only a thousand reinforcements and Li Rusong is here in person? Hahahaha! Li Rusong, the leader of the Ming army, is so rash.
, God is really helping me. Killing Li Rusong alone is far better than killing a dozen Ming army generals, and it is better than killing over ten thousand soldiers. The Ming army will collapse quickly without its leader, and then it will be time to counterattack.
The Tachibana family's three thousand soldiers are enough to rival the other family's ten thousand. Tachibana Munege, you have the reputation of being unparalleled in the Western Kingdom, and you are facing an unparalleled general in the Ming Dynasty. Do you have the courage to take down Li Rusong's head!"
Tachibana Muneshige was happy to go, and Kobayakawa Takakage immediately supervised the battle personally and strictly ordered the entire army to encircle. Tachibana Muneshige was in high spirits, and the entire army went out. Everyone got the order to kill the Ming army commander Li Rusong. The Tachibana family immediately accepted the order.
The Japanese army then began to encircle the Ming army. Tachibana Munesege led 500 troops to wedge the enemy frontally and then retreat, luring Li Rusong into the trap. Tachibana Munesege personally led the main force to attack the Ming army's right wing, but the Ten-ji company
When Jiu was preparing to withdraw, Ono Shigeyuki's team in charge was blocked by the Ming army's artillery. After a hard battle, they broke into the rendezvous and alternately attacked Li Rusong's troops with Tachibana Munesege.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Ono Shigeyuki is a famous golden helmeted general among Kobayakawa's subordinates. His horse roared out and went straight to Li Rusong. Li Rusong was killing the enemy and did not notice this.
The men were coming to kill, but fortunately, Li Yousheng, who was with him, hurriedly escorted and protected Li Rusong. Li Yousheng led his horse to charge back, and fought with Ono Shigeyuki. Unexpectedly, before he could count, he was pulled off his horse with a hook by the Japanese soldiers nearby, and was immediately chopped to pieces by the Japanese soldiers who came forward.
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Li Rusong's fifth brother, Li Rumei, saw that Li Yousheng died in such a battle. He was so angry that he drew his bow and arrow in the distance, and killed Ono Nariyuki with one arrow. Japanese general Anton often saw Ono Nariyuki killed for a long time. He was so angry that he urged his war horses to charge and slash
Many people in the Ming army were killed. Li Rumei snorted coldly, walked through Yang again, and accurately shot his throat with an arrow. Anton Changjiu fell off his horse and died.
Another fierce Japanese general, Shigege Ogawa, was killed and fought with the guerrilla general Li Youyi. After seven or eight rounds of fighting, he was beheaded by Li Youyi. However, Li Youyi was accidentally pulled off his horse by a hook and was stabbed by more than a dozen spears.
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When Li Rusong saw that he had lost all his close men, his eyes were red and furious. He led his troops to charge the enemy again. Japanese general Ono Ichiro came to stop him, but Li Rusong struck him and cut him in two with his sword.
At ten o'clock, the Japanese general took advantage of Li Rusong's old strength and failed to catch up with his new strength. He caught up with Li Rusong and engaged in a fierce battle. Li Rusong was at a disadvantage when he engaged in the battle. He roared and used force to force his opponent back, but it was still difficult to determine the victory.
Lose. It was Li Rumei who was an expert in martial arts and had the courage to take action. While the two were fighting fiercely, she shot Shi Shilianjiu in the left chest with an arrow, causing Shi Shilianjiu to fall off his horse with a plop.
After the bloody battle, Li Rusong, Cha Dashou, and Zu Chengxun reunited to prepare for a breakout. Seeing that the situation was not good, Kobayakawa Takakage once again ordered the front troops to fight to the end, and continuously urged the follow-up troops to speed up their advance.
At this time, Zu Chengxun took the lead and fought several battles among the rebel army. He beheaded the Japanese general Kuye Zhongsheng, and Chibian Yongsheng was defeated;
Go out and pick up the Japanese general Anton Xingzhen with a gun.
At this time, most of the Japanese armor was made of bamboo, which had a lower level of protection than the fine iron armor of the Ming army. The Japanese iron artillery in the melee was not easy to use. There were only a few in the first place. Now it is difficult to concentrate firepower. In addition, the battlefield area
Because of the intolerance, it was difficult for most of the Japanese troops to spread out immediately, and they could only advance in batches.
On the other hand, the soldiers of the Ming Dynasty were tall and powerful, with full impact. They were equipped with Wanli II-type lances and fine steel sabers. They were extremely powerful in both medium and close combat. Therefore, the soldiers of the Ming army were able to outnumber the enemy, and they did not lose in the bloody battle.
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