Chapter 281 Return of the Japanese Empire (18) Fighting in Ulsan
The allied forces of the Ming and North Korea launched a full-scale counterattack, and Kato Kiyomasa realized that he had been tricked. He was shocked and shocked, but he was a rare warrior after all. He quickly calmed down and turned around to take the head of a general before withdrawing his troops.
Kato Kiyomasa immediately ordered the iron artillery formation to fire, and then observed the situation of each Ming army formation, and soon led the banner to attack a Ming army. The biggest feature of this Ming army was its lack of firepower, which may be the reason for the current counterattack.
The weakest firepower among the Ming army.
Kato Kiyomasa had good vision. The Ming army he selected came from the three sides of Shaanxi. Its firepower configuration was indeed the lowest among the Ming armies entering the DPRK, and there were also few servants around the general, only about two hundred people.
As the vanguard general who invaded Korea twice, Kato Kiyomasa was extremely brave. He raised his sickle gun and killed more than ten people in succession, and then killed the general Lu Jizhong in front of him. Lu Jizhong also raised his sword to fight, but was killed by Kato before they could catch up.
Qingzheng beheaded him, and the servants around him were filled with grief and anger, and desperately tried to recapture his body.
Kato Kiyomasa originally wanted to personally cut off the Ming general's head to boost his morale, but due to the weak Japanese army, he was interrupted by Lu Jizhong's servant and was about to be surrounded by the Ming army. Kato Kiyomasa had no choice but to give up, turned his horse and ordered to return to the city, but the Japanese army
Fight and retreat, with many casualties.
Seeing Kato Kiyomasa's defeat in the city, Asano Nagamasa ordered the city gates to be opened to meet Kato Kiyomasa. Magui urgently ordered the entire army to advance, and the coalition forces immediately launched a charge towards Ulsan.
The Japanese army was in a panic and it was difficult to resist. Asano Nagamasa had no choice but to order a retreat to Shimayama to set up a defensive line, while Kato Kiyomasa volunteered to stay behind to delay. Kato's iron artillery team each fired from the bunker, and the rest formed a formation to meet the enemy.
The city of Ulsan was immediately full of weapons, and there were actually many Ming army magical arrows captured from the Korean army. This incident completely exceeded the Ming army's expectations. The Ming army's offensive was blocked and they could only disperse in all directions.
Kato Kiyomasa, Nabeshima Naomo and Asano Yukinaga were scattered by the Ming army. Kato was in a panic. Pegasus rushed in but was shot in the horse's neck. Kato could only jump off the horse and move forward on foot. After several fights, he found himself in a pile.
Naomo Nabeshima.
Naoshima Naoshige had even lost his helmet and was disheveled. He replied that Asano Yukinaga was being besieged by the Ming army not far away in the northwest. Kato ordered Nabeshima to lead the army to withdraw quickly, and led the elite 100 banners to rescue Asano Yukinaga.
long.
Asano Yukinaga's bodyguards totaled no more than 300 people. At this moment, there were very few left under the siege of the Ming army. Kato Kiyomasa broke through the defense line and dismounted, and his troops launched a counterattack.
When Asano Yukinaga saw him coming to the rescue, he was moved and admired, and shouted: "Your Majesty Kato, there is no need to put yourself in danger for me. I have always been prepared to sacrifice my life for His Majesty Taikaku and the Asano family. I am willing to share with Ming Ming."
The army will perish together!"
Unexpectedly, Kato Kiyomasa knocked Asano Yukinaga down with a single blow from his gun, and said sternly: "His Majesty Taikaku and His Majesty Nagamasa treat me well, and you and I have always been good friends. How could I not save him even if I die?"
If you die in battle, how will His Majesty Nagamasa bear it?
For the sake of the Asano family, and in order to continue to serve Taiko, I want you to evacuate to Shimayama immediately! I will send you a guard! Nabeshima Naoshige is in front of you, don’t say anything, retreat immediately!" Asano Yukinaga gritted his teeth and listened.
Ordered to withdraw to Shimayama under the escort sent by Kato.
Asano Yukicho walked away, and Ming general Li Wenyuan led his team to pursue him. Kato Kiyomasa came to stop him. Li Wenyuan did not know Kato Kiyomasa. Seeing that there were only dozens of people around him, he thought he was just a battalion general, so he attacked Kato with two swords.
Li Wenyuan wielded his sword and created wind, sweeping across the ground like a whirlwind. Kato Kiyomasa glanced twice and sneered: "Fancy," and after several rounds of parries, he saw the right moment and stabbed Li Wenyuan through the chest and abdomen, killing him.
In the blink of an eye, more than a dozen soldiers from the Ming army rushed over. Kato danced with his spear and swept through thousands of troops. The Ming army did not dare to get close. Kato led the troops to charge and stabbed three people in a row, but then one man held the handle of the gun tightly. He was unable to do anything for a moment.
Pull out.
Kato Kiyomasa was startled, and suddenly he saw a member of the Ming Dynasty flying towards him on a flying horse. Kato Kiyomasa decisively abandoned his gun and drew his sword, roared with anger, and the sound was like thunder. The Ming Dynasty's horse was startled, and its front hooves jumped into the air and stopped moving forward.
Seeing the opportunity, Kato Kiyomasa swung his sword to cut off the horse's legs, turned over and killed the general with a leap.
The above is a long story, but it is all in the blink of an eye. The surrounding Ming army did not expect such a strong general among the Japanese army, and could not help but be frightened by it. For a while, they did not dare to press. Kato took advantage of the situation and led his troops to disperse, and there was another general.
Blocking the road, this time it was a general—Wu Weizhong, a veteran of the Qi Army.
Wu Weizhong was born in the twelfth year of Jiajing (1533) and is now sixty-four years old. He saw that the progress here was frustrated and pursued him. The two soon fought each other for ten rounds.
Kato Kiyomasa is nearly 30 years younger than Wu Weizhong (actually 29 years younger), and is obviously superior in terms of strength. However, Wu Weizhong's battlefield swordsmanship was personally taught by Qi Jiguang. It may seem simple but his moves are deadly. Kato Kiyomasa is so powerful.
You will also have to concentrate.
After more than 20 fights, Wu Weizhong finally got old and lost his strength, so his movements began to slow down. Kato dodged a slash and turned around to hit him with an elbow. Wu Weizhong was hit in the back and fell to his knees. Kato turned around and tried to slash Wu Weizhong's left leg.
, Wu Weizhong jumped up hard and kicked Kato in the chest, causing him to take several steps back.
However, Wu Weizhong was not able to completely avoid Kato's knife. Although his leg was not injured, it was also scratched diagonally. When his soldiers saw that the old general was injured, they rushed to rescue him.
Kato Kiyomasa also felt uncomfortable. It should be noted that Wu Weizhong often served as the vanguard of the Qi family army in his early years, and he had a reputation for bravery. Although he has lost his strength now, this kick still made Kato Kiyomasa's eyes darken and his throat felt sweet.
In order to prevent his subordinates from being discouraged, Kato Kiyomasa could only forcefully swallow a mouthful of blood. At this moment, he did not dare to fight anymore, so he drew his gun and ran away.
Not far away, he saw two generals in front and behind breaking through the Japanese army and rushing toward him. In the front were Wang Wen and Xu Guowei, and in the back were Li Ruwu and Mao Guoqi. Kato Kiyomasa took a deep breath and fought hard against the four generals, one of which was
Mao Guoqi is the most difficult to fight.
With the combined efforts of the four generals, Kato Kiyomasa struggled to hold on for several rounds, but it was really difficult to resist. Fortunately, Hatamoto came to rescue him desperately, and Kato was able to escape and continue to retreat. At this time, Kato and Hatamoto beside him were so bloody that they were fighting, and their faces were ferocious.
All the soldiers of the Ming Dynasty were stabbed to the ground, with blood gushing out like springs.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Kato was already bleeding, he put away his sword, grabbed his horse and held his gun. The place he passed was unstoppable, and he had killed dozens of soldiers.
However, after a long bloody battle, their strength was inevitably exhausted and they could only retreat one by one. Asano Nagamasa and Nabeshima Naoshima had already built a three-walled walled city outside Shimayama Castle and sent troops to rescue Kato and other remaining troops.
Although the Ming army lost several generals, its tactics were very successful. As a result of the raid, they secured a large area of Japanese city positions and captured many supplies, while the Japanese army only had the Daoshan position left.
Ma Gui ordered Jie Sheng to lead the right, Gao Ce to lead the middle, and Li Rumei to lead the left to attack Daoshan one by one. Li Dexin led the Korean army to cooperate with the Ming army's firearms camp to support the attack with firearms.
Asano Nagamasa Takemori Yoshimori, Iida Kakuo guarded the first fence, Morimoto Gitaro, Kuki Shiro guarded the second fence, Asano Yukinaga, Ohta Kazukichi guarded the third fence, Kato Kiyomasa and Nabeshima Naoshige led the troops from behind to provide support.
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The Ming army dispatched No. 3 artillery, and North Korea dispatched the Shengziha artillery obtained from the Ming army and began to fire continuously at the first fence. A Ming army took the opportunity to rush forward and tried to seize the first line of defense under the cover of artillery fire, but was blocked by Zhumori.
Yisheng, blocked by Iida corner.
It has to be said that although the Japanese artillery was not powerful, the matchlock guns were very dense, and there were ten No. 3 guns from Jinghua on the island to help. Although the attack was weak, the defense was adequate.
Although Jie Sheng felt that the number of Japanese artillery was insufficient, with the cooperation of a large number of matchlock guns, the Ming army's offensive was still difficult to resume immediately. As a Mongolian general, Jie Sheng knew that the Han generals could retreat but he could not, so he shouted to march
, took the lead and was nearly hit many times.
However, although the offensive had not yet achieved actual results, the Japanese army's first fence was also destroyed by the firepower of the Ming and North Korean coalition forces. Xie Sheng knew that he could break through if he worked harder.
At this time, Gao Ce's middle route army suddenly rushed to help. After an impact, guerrilla general Chen Yin took the lead in breaking through the first fence. Jie Sheng and Wu Weizhong led troops to stop Zhumori and Iida's troops, and ordered Chen Yin and Mao Guoqi to continue attacking the second fence.
Road fence.
Ma Gui and Li Dexin ordered the Ming Dynasty allied forces to advance the firearms battalion. There was a loud sound of artillery on the battlefield, and the Japanese army's position was filled with dust. The Ming army also dispatched magic arrow carriages to set fire to rockets. Under the smoke and smoke, the Japanese army's defense fell into chaos.
Desperate situation.
Jie Sheng and Wu Weizhong each led their troops to cooperate with each other, advancing in and out, dividing and surrounding Takemori Yoshimori and Iida Corner. Jie Sheng led his Qingqi to charge forward, and Wu Weizhong took advantage of the situation to step forward. The Japanese army was defeated. The coalition then launched four consecutive attacks on the second fence.
In the charge, Mao Guoqi took the lead, and the Japanese generals Morimoto Gitaro and Kuki Shiro were forced to retreat.
The guerrillas Chen Yin and Mao Guoqi led their troops to attack the third fence. Asano Yukinaga and Ohta Kazuki fought desperately to block it. Nabeshima Naoshige also led a team to come to the rescue, but was blocked by Wu Weizhong.
The battlefield was littered with corpses, and Ma Gui shouted to march, but Li Dexin had a different idea at this time: he knew that Li Rumei was Gao's pragmatic brother-in-law, so he hoped to create conditions for Li Rumei to make great achievements - as long as he did it, with Gao Ge Lao
It's impossible not to see how wise he is.
So, seeing that the third fence was about to be breached by Chen Yin, Li Dexin found that Li Rumei was still far behind, so she did not want Chen Yin to take the first victory, so she ordered the troops to retreat on the grounds that the soldiers were tired.
When Ma Gui heard about the Ming Jin, he was very confused and ran to ask why the Ming Jin was called. Li Dexin explained that the Shengzihao artillery was old and if it continued to bombard it, it might explode. Without the artillery cover, he was afraid that "the sky troops would suffer too many losses and the morale of the coalition forces would be greatly reduced."
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Ma Gui originally wanted to say that even without the artillery of the North Korean army, the No. 3 gun of the Ming army would be enough to complete the cover. However, considering that Li Dexin was currently a powerful person supporting his side in the North Korean court, he held back his words even though he was dissatisfied.
go back.
After that, the Ming army continued to attack for several days, but because the Japanese army refused to fight easily and just held on, they were unable to capture the Japanese city of Daoshan. The Korean follow-up troops arrived one after another, but the Japanese army still closed the city and waited for reinforcements.
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When the battle reached this point, the Ming army discovered that the structure of the Japanese city was really difficult to defeat. Its biggest feature was the use of the terrain of the mountain city. Under the premise of attacking the mountain city from the rear, the Japanese city always made it difficult for the attacking side to deploy its troops and attack on the front line.
The strength of the troops often does not exceed two or three hundred men, and at the same time it also limits the use of artillery. Not only can't they place a few cannons, but they can't adjust an angle suitable for bombardment.
Time passed day by day, and the short autumn in southern Korea passed quickly. The weather suddenly entered the harsh winter, with rain and snow, cold wind cracking the skin, and continuous heavy rain.
From the Ulsan area to Hanyang, the roads throughout southern Korea were muddy and slippery, making it difficult for the Ming Army's gunpowder projectiles and grain to be transported to the front line in time, and they were forced to switch to sea transportation.
But in this way, the power to blockade Busan has been diluted a lot. Chen Lin and Deng Zilong both said that this may lead to the blockade being broken. However, extreme weather cannot be controlled by humans. At present, we can only hope that Japan will also be affected by this ghost.
The weather made it difficult to attempt smuggling.
In addition, the firepower of the Ming army is also greatly reduced during the rain and snow season. It seems that it is not easy to suppress the Japanese army on Daoshan from going down the mountain. The attack will definitely be hopeless for a while. The terrain of Daoshan is steep, the city is high and the walls are thick, and the supply in the city seems to be difficult.
It was still sufficient, but the Ming and North Korean coalition forces could not attack for a long time, their fighting spirit gradually declined, and the siege was far less vigorous than the first day.
The Japanese army relied on the building facilities in the city to shield them from rain and snow, and paid attention to keeping the gunpowder dry at all times. They fired back with artillery and matchlocks day and night, and soaked the projectiles with poison. Even if the victims did not die, they would have to spend more energy to treat them.
After many days, the casualties were heavy, and the Ming Army's Jie Sheng Department suffered even more casualties and was forced to retreat back to Jinhae for repairs. The coalition generals gathered to discuss this. Admiral Ma Gui frowned deeply and said: "Since the war in Ulsan, the coalition officers and soldiers have been bathed in blood.
We fought hard, but the Japanese city was strong and dangerous, making it difficult for our army to deploy firearms. In addition, the continuous rain and snow made it difficult to use firearms, so the power was no longer strong, the soldiers were tired, and their morale declined.
Although there is no clear evidence that the Japanese army has its back to the sea, it is possible that the Japanese navy has secretly sent supplies, and the relief may not be a big problem. After discussion by the generals, it is better to encircle the point and send reinforcements.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Firstly, during the siege, you can guard against the incoming Japanese reinforcements; secondly, you can also take turns to rest and reorganize the coalition forces, prepare weapons and food, and then seize the island after the cold winter.
Late. But I don’t know...if we report it to the cabinet in this way, will the cabinet agree?"
Li Dexin looked troubled and said: "In the past, under the personal supervision of Mr. Gao Ge, the heavenly soldiers were always invincible. If the admiral reports this, I'm afraid... something is wrong."
Ma Gui frowned and said: "The cabinet has always had a sharp eye. In this battle, our soldiers fought day and night and took turns to rest. However, the battlefield situation is bad and our army has lost the opportunity to attack the city. It is precisely to avoid sudden changes in the war and being unprepared. We
I only made this suggestion with the generals."
Li Dexin sighed: "Admiral Ma, you are a famous general in the country and have been on the battlefield for many years. Students would not dare to disagree with the admiral on military affairs, but now the Japanese bandits are only holding on to Daoshan and resisting to the death, while our army has fought hard to no avail...
If you don't obey, now we are not in good position at the moment. We are short of supplies and exhausted. This is all true. But the admiral should know that this is also miserable for the Japanese pirates. Therefore, it is during this severe winter that our army captures the enemy.
Island Mountain Opportunity.
If we go by what the generals said, our army can indeed be fully rested, but after the severe winter, will the enemy's reinforcements continue to flow in, and the capture of Daoshan will be elusive? If this small Japanese castle on Daoshan cannot be captured for a long time, what will happen to Ge Lao?
What a blow to our prestige? From the student’s point of view, we must capture Dosan Japanese Castle as soon as possible at all costs!”
North Korean leader Li Shanhai also agreed with Li Dexin: "I also believe that although it is very disadvantageous for us to continue to attack the city, if we want to capture Daoshan as soon as possible, we must do it before the Japanese pirates reinforce it. Now the Japanese pirates may have found their way
The method of obtaining supplies is different due to the distance. They are already completely superior to us in terms of supplies. Therefore, the longer the delay, the more difficult it will be to conquer the islands and mountains.
Although our Korean army is not as good at fighting as the heavenly soldiers, we will fight to the end this time... We are grateful to the heavenly soldiers for doing their best to help North Korea recover. How can North Korea not fight to the death! If the admiral has military orders, I, Li Shanhai, will also fight to the end...
Comply.”
When Li Shanhai said this, even Ma Gui couldn't hold on any longer. After all, the weak Koreans said they could still fight. How could he, a dignified admiral of the Celestial Empire, say he couldn't fight? So, the Ming and North Korean coalition forces no longer discussed delaying the fight.
The offensive would be resumed after winter, but they would once again attack Daoshan with all their strength despite the severe cold.
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