Daming Yuanfu

Chapter 1788 Pingwo ([-])
The battle is about to start, first set the goal.Due to the dangerous terrain, Mudantai in the north of Pyongyang was identified as the first target of the Ming army early on.The intention of the Ming army was to ensure that even if it was difficult to conquer for a while, it was necessary to ensure that this place could be surrounded to prevent the Japanese army from outflanking the Ming army at other city gates.

Facing the roar of artillery from the Ming army positions in Pyongyang, a large number of Jinghua No. [-] and No. [-] guns with longer ranges were divided into different strike ranges and fired continuously. Countless heavy solid bullets fell from the sky and fell on the top of the city or in the city. There is no doubt that you will die if you hit the bullet, even if there is a ricochet or rolling bullet, you will be injured immediately if you hit it, and you will die if you hit it.

Under this kind of fierce shelling that the Japanese army had never experienced, the Japanese army naturally suffered many casualties, and ghosts were crying and wolves were howling at the gates and feet of the city.However, after all, the Japanese army had just finished a long civil war. Even after being hit like this, they still risked their lives to regroup under the command of samurai at all levels and insisted on defending the city.

The interval between shelling by the Ming army was not short. Because the cannons at this time not only needed to cool the barrel, but also needed to clean the barrel, and the bullets were very heavy. Therefore, it took nearly 2 minutes for the No. 1 cannon to fire one round, and the No. [-] cannon It also takes almost [-] minute, which cannot be regarded as continuous shelling.However, in the several rounds of shelling, the Japanese army suffered nearly a hundred casualties in each round, and the losses were heavy. However, they still gathered together and fought back bravely until they fell to the ground.

As the official first show of the Ming Dynasty's aid to the Korean army, the sound of the Ming army's artillery in this battle was shocking, and the vibrations of the mountains and the ground could be felt even ten miles away.Although the city wall of Pyongyang seems to be strong, in this atmosphere, the Japanese army feels like a lone boat in the sea is crumbling.

The generals of the Japanese army and the middle and low-level samurai had long been red-eyed. They tried their best to maintain military discipline, avoid collapse and even organize counterattacks. They were very tenacious in the face of the powerful artillery fire of the Ming army.

They supported each other by relying on the towers and bunkers, and stood firm at the city gates. Japanese generals also boarded the city gates one after another, braved shelling to boost morale, and responded with a small amount of fire from time to time.In the city, Chief Xiaoxi heard the roar of artillery outside the city, which was far from what he had heard or seen in the past, and he was deeply disturbed, and he repeatedly ordered all the guards to stand firm and wait for help.

Among the artillery pieces of the Ming army, if the No. [-] guns were used together, they would have the ability to directly penetrate the city wall, but Li Rusong rejected Qi Jin's opinion and still distributed them.

Li Rusong demanded that the battle must be full of momentum, but now it was more than enough to suppress the city towers, but not enough to destroy the city walls. Qi Jin, who commanded the artillery battle, was quite dissatisfied with this.However, since Gao Wushi and Li Chengliang had just reached a cooperation agreement, Qi Jin did not dare to publicly oppose Li Rusong's intentions.

Fortunately, this time Li Rusong also knew the seriousness, and he gave Qi Jin a few simple explanations before the battle, which generally meant two layers. In order not to lose the last card in front of important towns such as Kaesong and Seoul in the future;
The second is to increase the momentum of the army, which may make the Japanese army feel fearful when facing the Ming army in the future. Before they start fighting, they will think of today's bombardment like earth-shattering, and their combat power will be reduced by several percent.

Qi Jin does not fully agree with these two statements. In fact, he basically agrees with the second statement, mainly because he thinks that it is not necessary to be so.The strength of the heavy artillery of the Ming army is here. Whether it is Kaicheng or Seoul, they are all cities that have been repaired for an unknown number of years. It is impossible to suddenly strengthen them to the point where heavy artillery can't move them.

Now that it can fight, what can the Japanese army do even if they see the gap?Maybe even more desperate.But in the end Li Rusong was the coach, and although Qi Jin was a little dissatisfied, he could only follow through.

When the entire shelling was temporarily over and the gun body had to be cooled, Li Rusong ordered the whole army to attack the city.There are some new situations in this attack. The Ming army took out the fire dragon arrows, swarms of bees, flying sickle arrows, and hundreds of tigers rushing together, which had been eliminated in Liaodong, and used them indiscriminately. Covering offense - but it feels like clearing inventory anyway.

All the Japanese troops concentrated their iron cannons to shoot and kill the Pancheng Ming army. Logs, stones, and baked jade were thrown down one after another, and the Pancheng ladder was burned by kerosene from time to time.The battle was extremely fierce at this time. Although the Ming army's guns shook the sky and the earth, it was still difficult to climb the city at this time, and there were many casualties.

After continuing to attack in vain, the Ming army wavered and began to retreat.Ma Dong, the right soldier of the Qixing Gate, shouted and cursed repeatedly, ordering the army to advance, but it was difficult to stop the Ming army from retreating.In fact, Ma Dong knew what the problem was. The problem was that he was not a high-level and pragmatic commander and Li Rusong had strictly ordered in advance not to take heads, so most of the soldiers were unwilling to fight to the death.

Why is it that Li Rusong's prohibition of head-grabbing will make the soldiers unwilling to fight to the death, but the high-level pragmatism will not?Because the high-practical military command puts the most emphasis on fairness, there is a set of strict collective performance measurement standards and reward and punishment measures, and there are Gao Jiajiading who specially supervises the implementation, and actually undertakes the accounting work.However, Li Rusong or Li Jiajun did not have these.

Although it is impossible to replicate the high pragmatism in the system, Li Jiajun also has Li Jiajun's old methods. If we look at the current results alone, it can be regarded as effective.

Just like at this moment, when Li Rusong saw this, he personally led his cousin Li Ruwu and his general Fang Shichun to lead two hundred light cavalry to patrol the city. 5000 taels!" He personally climbed the city to inspire the soldiers.

The order spread to all the sects, and the morale of the Ming army was greatly boosted. Not only did they quickly stabilize their positions, but they also rushed forward and risked their lives to attack the city.

Soon, Yang Yuan took the lead to ascend the city at Qixing Gate and was wounded by Japanese iron cannons. General Ding Jinglu was covering Yang Yuan and was killed by several iron cannons.

Li Rubai was shot in the head by an iron cannon at the ordinary gate. Fortunately, he was fighting and he moved very quickly. As a result, only his helmet was shot off, and Li Fangchun was also injured, being shot through his right arm.

The supervising team led by Li Rusong was also attacked. Cousin Li Ruwu was the first to be shot through his left arm by the iron cannon, but he gritted his teeth and tied up a piece of rag from the dead body, insisting on not retreating to treat the wound;
Fang Shichun was burned on the back by a piece of baked jade thrown from nowhere. If he hadn't been extinguished by his cronies in time, it would be difficult for him to take off the armor by himself, and he might be burned to death;
Even Li Rusong himself was not spared. When he was in charge of the battle, he was repeatedly shot by the Japanese army, his horse was shot, and he was knocked to the ground. Fortunately, he had rich experience in the battlefield and hurriedly avoided the subsequent shooting of the Japanese artillery team. , Regardless of the danger, he changed horses and continued to supervise the battle.

In Mudantai, the Chinese and North Korean coalition forces gathered to attack the key fortress in the north of Pyongyang, which was guarded by the Japanese general Matsuura Jinxin with [-] troops.Most of the soldiers under his command are not soldiers from his territory, but the elite assigned by Toyotomi Hideyoshi to President Konishi, which can be called extremely brave.

The two armies first fired at each other with their own firepower, and as a result, each other suffered casualties. When there was a break, the Ming army launched a surprise attack, and the battle turned into close combat.The southern soldiers led by Ming general Wu Weizhong here are all trained by the direct descendants of the Qi family army. Wu Weizhong himself fought with Qi Jiguang for a long time when he fought against the Japanese in the southeast, and then accompanied him to the north to train the army. He has rich experience. After Qi Jiguang became the commander of the Imperial Guard, he Together with Luo Shangzhi, Mao Guoqi and Qi Jin, they were called the four generals of the Southern Army.

Wu Weizhong ordered the whole army to set up mandarin duck formations. The mandarin duck formations were divided into large formations and small formations. At this time, Wu Weizhong formed a small formation with 11 people as a team. He used long cards and rattan cards to block Japanese arrows, knives and guns, and protected them with javelins and waist knives. After cover the team advances.Two people in the back team held a ten-foot-long wolf whisk to block, and four people advanced with long spears. The last two people held boring palladium to guard and support. .The Qi family swords carried by the Nanbing soldiers were made against the Da Dao and Nodachi swords of the Japanese army. In addition, the Nanbing soldiers had extremely high marching literacy, and their combat power has always been extremely strong.

The Japanese army was really no match for the mandarin duck formation in close combat, and the Korean monks did not retreat. In fact, Wu Weizhong was also shot by iron cannons, and was almost killed by a bullet in the chest.Fortunately, as a general, the armor he was wearing was strong enough. Although the bullet cracked his breastplate and shocked him, his blood gushed with blood, but after he recovered, he was still able to cry out for a deadly battle.

Mao Guoqi stepped forward to give first aid, but Wu Weizhong was so shocked that he couldn't make a sound, so he entrusted Mao Guoqi to continue to lead his troops to fight, but he refused to retreat, and still stood in front of the battle as an example.Mao Guoqi admired it very much, and commanded harder, which made the Ming army more courageous. Finally, the Japanese army began to show some signs of being unable to withstand it, and the formation gradually became chaotic.

Another member of the Liaodong Army, Zha Dashou, was leading cavalry, so he had just waited and watched, but seeing that the time had come, he immediately led all the Liaodong elite cavalry to attack.

Either because the Japanese army was short in stature, or because there were few cavalry in their country, in short, they were always extremely afraid of the tall horses and human riding equipment of the Ming cavalry.The place where Zha Dashou's fine cavalry rushed past was scattered and unstoppable, and the Japanese army was not an opponent at all. This Ding Jingqi of the Li family was completely on the rampage.

Both Wu Weizhong and Mao Guoqi were famous generals who had fought for half their lives, and had extremely rich battlefield experience. Seeing this situation, they didn't need a higher-level command. They immediately led their troops to follow up and defeat the remaining enemies until they conquered the peak.In a short period of time, more than half of the elite members of the Toyotomi family led by Matsuura Zhenxin were killed or injured. No matter how tenacious the Japanese army was, their morale could only collapse at this time, and they retreated into the city.

Zu Chengxun was ordered to attack Hantanmen fiercely. He was deeply ashamed after the defeat in Pyongyang. Husband's move.

So the Ming army of Zu Chengxun disguised itself as the North Korean army first, and launched a seemingly weak attack.Due to the weak offensive and the appearance of the Korean army, they were naturally looked down upon by the Japanese army. They even decided that their front line was definitely not the key offensive direction of the Ming army, and they were very relaxed psychologically.

However, when they approached the city tower, all the soldiers suddenly took off their Korean uniforms, revealing the mandarin duck battle jackets inside. Seeing the aura of a hundred-fighter elite, the Japanese army was shocked and terrified. The top of the city was shaken immediately, and the city also quickly sent troops to reinforce.

Luo Shangzhi, a member of the Youshenji Battalion who participated in the battle under Zu Chengxun, led the [-] Southern Army, and they were the first to board the city gate.The Southern soldiers in the Ming army are the soldiers trained by Qi's army. Needless to say, their combat effectiveness is unstoppable.

The main general, Luo Shangzhi, is solid in nature but brave and good at fighting. His arm strength is so powerful that he claims to be able to lift a thousand catties, so the army nickname is Luo Qianjin.Luo Shangzhi was not a military official, nor was he born in martial arts. He stood out purely by fighting, and was always admired by Qi Jiguang. He also served in the Imperial Guard four years ago.

This time he was supposed to be gold-plated in the Shenji Battalion where the establishment was reserved. Since the North Korean side saw this battle as an opportunity for military training, more generals should be allowed to experience this war, so he was also temporarily stuffed. A southern army that had been brought in the past was directly transferred to the Korean battlefield.Therefore, even though he was claiming to belong to the Shenji Battalion at the moment, the soldiers under his command had nothing to do with the Shenji Battalion under the Production and Construction Corps.

Luo Shangzhi was still extremely brave this time, killing many enemies, but stray bullets on the battlefield were difficult to defend against, and he was also shot and injured.However, like the previous generals who "can't go to the front line with minor injuries", Luo Shangzhi also persisted in fighting with injuries. Inspired by this, the Ming army really killed the Japanese army again and again and captured the banner, and the Japanese army retreated without hesitation.

The follow-up Ming army continued to ascend the city, and soon opened the city gate.Zu Chengxun viciously ordered the assault and took the blanket door in Pyongyang. He looked around under the blanket door, feeling a sense of elation, but at the same time he felt that it was not enough. He just wanted to continue killing, killing more and more. it is good.

Yang Yuan was a little annoyed when he saw that he could not attack for a long time at Qixingmen, so Ma Dong asked for the No. [-] heavy artillery of his troops to bombard the city.In fact, this move somewhat violated Li Rusong's pre-war instructions, but he didn't care too much when the battle was going badly. After all, Yang Yuan had a different status, and he was Li Chengliang's direct descendant, so it was not a big problem to offend the young marshal a little.

Therefore, Yang Yuan agreed to Ma Dong's request, and the Jinghua No. [-] heavy artillery began to focus on aiming.Under the burst of shelling, the gate of Qixing Gate was opened and the city wall was destroyed. The Ming army led a battalion of chariots led by Qi Jinsuo to charge forward, covered by artillery, and aggressively attacked Qixing Gate.

Since Qi Jiguang's entry into Beijing, Qi Jin's troops can actually be regarded as a high-level direct descendant. In terms of logistics support, it is definitely second to none in Liaodong. Therefore, this Ming army is really strong. He was defeated steadily.

At this time, the Japanese army's city defense was over, and they could only retreat to the inner city. As a result, the Lumen and Common Gates, which were originally attacking slowly, were successively captured by the Ming army.

President Xiaoxi nervously gathered the defeated soldiers, and put out the main force of [-] troops to defend the inner city.There are many and narrow streets in Pyongyang. Japanese generals such as Konishi Yukio and Soyoshi Tomo made full use of the terrain and gave full play to the advantages of iron cannons. In fact, it felt a bit like street fighting in the era of hot weapons in later generations. The front teams of the Ming army were shot and fell to the ground. advance.

One day of fierce fighting, the Ming army attacked the city unstoppably in the morning, but in the afternoon the two armies fell into a stalemate in the inner city. Arson was set on fire, but the see-saw between the two armies was still there.

At dusk on the western mountain, Li Rusong ordered to withdraw his troops.

That night, Li Rusong was going to persuade the Japanese army to abandon the city and flee. Liu Chenglong was puzzled why he let go of Konishi, and Marshal Kim Ming-won of the North Korean capital also thought that the Japanese pirates should not be let go.

Li Rusong explained: "The art of war says that a siege must be closed. Under heavy siege, the enemy will be trapped and desperate to fight. 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 out, the enemy's army can be shaken, some people want to flee, some people want to fight, so the fighting spirit is weak, and the casualties of our army will be reduced, and then our army only needs to ambush when the enemy flees.

In terms of the power of our cavalry, as you two have seen with your own eyes today, they are definitely not the vanguard that the Japanese army can beat, so our army will surely be able to take the enemy away from our pursuit. Only then did the two important ministers of North Korea know that Li Rusong did not intend to let the enemy go, but only wanted to destroy them with the least casualties, so they also expressed their understanding and agreement.

So Li Rusong sent a letter to Chief Xiaoxi: "My force is enough to wipe you out, but today there are already too many kills, there is no peace. This commander can't bear to kill too much, so I will stay temporarily and let you wait for a way out."

At this time, Otomo Yoshito's headquarters, the reinforcement of the Japanese Army's Third Army, saw the fierce and unusual fighting power of the Ming army during the day, and the whole army was in doubt.

Seeing that there were many casualties on his own side, and if the fight continued, he was afraid that there would be no more First Army Corps tomorrow, and it was impossible to continue to stick to Pyongyang. He wrote back to Li Rusong and said: "I am willing to retreat, and don't stop it."Then Xingchang Xiaoxi gathered the whole army and went out of the city overnight to retreat to the Datong River.

Finding out that the Japanese army was fleeing, Jin Mingyuan asked Li Rusong whether to pursue him or not. Li Rusong was surprised and said: "He asked the commander not to stop him, but why did the commander agree?" Jin Mingyuan was stunned.

Liu Chenglong hurriedly said to Jin Mingyuan: "Let's not say that soldiers are not tired of deceit, the Japanese army and us are life and death enemies, why should we talk to them about this, just say that Admiral Li did not promise not to pursue! The so-called let them live... ... This road is indeed released!" Jin Mingyuan could only smile wryly.

Li Rusong didn't say much, and ordered the whole army to pursue.When the Datong River was frozen in January, the small Ming army and Korean army ambushing along the river immediately blocked it, delaying the southward retreat of the Japanese army.The main cavalry of the Ming army pursued to the Datong River, saw that the Japanese army was retreating south, and originally planned to charge the cavalry, but Li Rusong thought about it, but was worried that the large cavalry would collapse the ice, so he hesitated.

Qi Jin saw what he was thinking and immediately suggested bombarding the ice surface.Li Rusong is worthy of being a man born for war, he immediately understood what Qi Jin meant, and quickly ordered the bombardment of the river.Now the ice broke, and thousands of Japanese soldiers drowned.

President Xiaoxi managed to climb ashore with the help of his cronies, and, ignoring the icy water on his body, led the remnant army and fled towards Kaesong.

In the first battle in Pyongyang, the Ming army killed 790 six people and wounded 490 people.The Japanese army suffered more than [-] casualties, and the First Army, which fought almost unimpeded from Busan all the way to Pyongyang, was defeated and its spine was broken.
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