Daming Yuanfu

Chapter 1794 Pingwa ([-]) Xingzhou
Ukita Hideka's arrangement seems to be very suitable, but Fukushima Masanori suddenly appeared, and asked with some displeasure: "Wait, Hideka, why don't you let me and Kato play? If the second team and the fifth team The team played, not only the mere Hungju, but even Kaesong can be won again in one day!"

Fukushima Zhengzheng's words seem to be very loud, but there is actually a premise. There is no Ming army stationed in Kaesong now, and the Korean army is nothing more than a chicken in the eyes of the Japanese army. It's really not unusual to break it.

But Ukita Hideka replied: "Since I landed in North Korea, I have not personally captured the city. Although being a general does not necessarily have to make military achievements, I also have the wish to destroy the city and kill the enemy. Of course, even so, I will not Only by monopolizing this skill, the various teams mobilized their forces to attack Xingzhou together.

As for the second and fifth teams, you are all well-known elites. Therefore, in order to prevent the Ming army from making a surprise attack by taking advantage of the cavalry, it is better to ask the fifth team to guard the main road, and the second team to guard against Hanyang. Things are more important than attacking Haengju. "

These words gave Fukushima Masanori and Kato Kiyoshi enough face. Although Fukushima Masanori took credit for himself, but with the attitude of the Ukita Hide family, he was willing to let it go and agreed to take on the task of defending the Ming army.Of course, this is also because Masanori Fukushima is actually looking forward to fighting the Ming army.

Kato Kiyomasa still taunted Konishi Yukina, and said with a sneer: "Xiaonishi, you'd better pray that the Ming army won't come to rescue Xingju, otherwise, after we repel the Ming army, you should be so ashamed, right?"

President Konishi knew that although Ukita Hideka was the chief general, his attitude was still more or less in favor of Kato Kiyomasa, so he didn't say much this time, but just looked at him coldly, without saying anything angrily.

At this time, Xingzhou was also preparing for the Japanese attack. Chuying, the second disciple of Master Xiujing, heard that the Japanese army was going to attack Xingzhou, and he also led hundreds of monks to support him.

Quan Li was very grateful for Chuying's arrival, greeted him personally and expressed his gratitude, saying: "I heard that the Japanese army wiped out the rebels and monk soldiers in Gyeonggi-do, and I was worried about it. Now seeing that the masters are safe, it is really God's blessing."

Chu Ying thanked him and said: "Thank you, General, for your concern. The monks all over the world responded. The Buddha is at ease. How could he be killed by evil spirits? This time, I am ordered by my master to help the general guard Xingzhou." Quan Li thanked again, Please enter the city.

After entering the city, Quan Li summoned the generals and said: "Xingzhou is located in a dangerous place, the throat of the north and the south, and it is related to the overall situation. Because it is such a critical place, the Japanese army will attack sooner or later. Now it seems that it is not expected. Ladies and gentlemen, Our army must stick to the danger, and in the future, Xingzhou can also be used as a frontline station before the restoration of the capital, and it will surely get twice the result with half the effort."

General Zhao Jing looked worried and said hesitantly: "General, Xingzhou has less than [-] soldiers. If the Japanese army comes to attack, how can we defend Xingzhou? Can you consider... Asking the Ming army to rescue?"

Quan Li had expected this question from his subordinates for a long time, and he was not surprised when he heard the words, and replied: "Xingzhou is located on Deyang Mountain. The swamp is densely covered, and only the northwest road can be accessed.

As long as our army takes advantage of this narrowness and arranges it well, it will be difficult for the Japanese pirates to spread out no matter how many troops there are. They can only be turned into small groups and attack in batches, which is more conducive to our army's defense.

Remember, crossbows, fire arrows, rocket catapults, caltrops, etc. need to be checked again to see if they are available. In addition, the fortifications of Xingju must be strengthened again, trenches shall be dug, and two more fences and forts shall be built to delay the Japanese pirates' attack.As for the reinforcements...it is still possible to send someone to the imperial court to ask the Ming army for rescue. "

Judging from Quan Li's words, he obviously prefers to do his best on his own side. As for the Ming army's rescue, it belongs to "it's better if you can come, or don't come."There was nothing he could do about his attitude. After all, the imperial court had just had an awkward fight with the Ming army. It was hard to say whether he would ask the Ming army for help. It was also hard to say whether the Ming army would be willing to help when they heard the request.

However, for Zhao Jing and other Quan Li's subordinates, it must be a hundred times better to be able to ask for help than not to be able to ask for help, so they immediately accepted the order and prayed in their hearts that the matter of asking for help will go well. It could be the Ming army.

Dawn on the twelfth of February.Dawn was just breaking, and the morning mist was thickening.In the cold wind, the Japanese army had already assembled and deployed around the periphery of Xingzhou.Seeing that the Japanese army had arrived, Quan Li ordered that gruel should not be cooked today, so that the entire army would have a full meal of hard food during the war, and was determined to fight to the end.

Quan Li personally encouraged the whole army, and said loudly: "Soldiers, I, Quan Li, am fifty-five years old, so I don't have much time left. Although I have been in the army for many years and was promoted to be a general, I always feel ashamed for this! In this national calamity At this time, it has become a long-cherished wish in my life to be able to fight against the Japanese pirates and defend my family and country, but I still have a bigger wish, that is to personally lead the army and completely drive the Japanese pirates into the sea!
Since the Japanese pirates invaded Korea, they have harmed the people, plundered money and food, occupied our mountains and rivers, and destroyed our ancestral temples.The ancestors of the past generations were not allowed to rest in peace. Parents, wives and concubines, children and fellow villagers were all displaced, and their lives and deaths were unknown!
Ladies and gentlemen, if we don't stand up and fight with all our strength today, North Korea will perish, our family and country will be broken, and all of us will die without a place to bury us. At that time, what face will we have to face our ancestors, relatives, elders and fellow villagers under Jiuquan!
Look, everyone, the Japanese pirates are now outside the city, showing off their power, thinking that they will be able to drive us all to death!All soldiers, follow me to kill the Japanese pirates, and vow to coexist with Xingzhou! Encouraged by the whole army in Xingzhou, they kept shouting and murderous. Seeing that the morale was boosted, Quan Li immediately ordered all the troops to enter the city defense position and wait for the Japanese army to attack.

At this time, the sun was rising and the sky was breaking through the clouds. The [-] Japanese troops were all carrying battle flags of various names, and many warriors wore ghost masks on their faces. They were fully armed and shouted in unison. Murderous and wild.When the North Korean defenders saw this situation, compared with the noise and chaos during their own training, they were unavoidably afraid, even terrified.Quan Li encouraged the army again and again, and personally stabilized the morale of the army. With great difficulty, the whole army was calmed down, waiting for the military order.

As expected, the road to Haengju was very narrow, and now it was full of fortifications of the Korean army, so that the Japanese army could only be divided into more than ten teams to attack in turn.

The first Japanese army launched an assault on Haengju under the order of Chief Konishi. Quan Li strictly ordered the entire army not to fight back, and waited for the military order with peace of mind.When most of the Japanese army's first battle had entered the range of North Korea's firepower and range, Quan Li personally beat the drum three times and ordered the whole army to counterattack.All of a sudden, rolling logs, rocks, rockets and bows and arrows were fired, and scattered artillery fires were also fired from various places at the same time.

At this time, the Japanese army was not only caught off guard, but also because of the narrow area and dense formation, there was no place to dodge under the sudden attack, and the casualties gradually increased.

However, Governor Konishi firmly believed that he could break through the North Korean army with a single effort. At this time, he only needed to use the Japanese army's light firepower advantage to knock down the North Korean army's arrogance.Therefore, President Konishi ordered the formation to be reorganized and to gather matchlock guns to fight back.

Surprisingly, however, under North Korea's fierce counterattack, even if Governor Konishi ordered several times, it was difficult for the Japanese army to immediately form an effective counterattack force in the first battle, and they were still unable to break through the first fence.Captain Xiaoxi's hard-fought attack was fruitless, and the casualties of the First Army Corps, which had already lost more than half of it, would inevitably increase further, so he had to order a retreat and let the second team replace it.

Ishida Misunari saw that Konishi was defeated, and hurried forward to ask. Konishi said: "North Korea has carefully built fortifications outside the city of Haengju. Haungju occupies a favorable location and is not easy to attack. Moreover, North Korea counterattacked violently this time. Immediately reorganize, and can't break through even after struggling, can only retreat...It's a shame, I really want to kill all the Koreans in Hangju!"

Mitsunari Ishida comforted him and said: "Mr. Xiaoxi, don't get angry. It's justifiable to retreat. It's not that your command was wrong. It's enough to capture Xingzhou afterwards and then slaughter. I think the North Korean army is only a moment of bloody bravery. The so-called end of the crossbow. I can't pass through Lu Jin. Xingzhou can't last too long, if I go to attack again, I will definitely be able to climb the tower."

President Konishi advises to be cautious, and Ishida Mitsunari goes into battle after saying goodbye to take over the attack.At this time, Ishida Mitsunari still didn't take the North Korean army seriously, but believed that the reason why Konishi was defeated was because the previous Pyongyang World War I suffered too much losses, the troops lost their core elite, and lost their vigor when they charged into battle.

So Mitsunari Ishida led the second team to attack Xingzhou again, but the Japanese army's second team was defended by the Korean army and the battle situation of the first team was exactly the same.In a rage, Ishida Mitsunari took aim at Shishi and took the lead, but unexpectedly, he was hit by an arrow and his head was injured by the broken stones scattered by the thrown stone. If it wasn't for the protection of the hood, he might have had his head cut open.

In this way, it was obviously difficult to break through the fence in the second formation in a short period of time. Instead, the army formation was in chaos because Ishida Mimoto himself was injured.Ishida Mitsunari was quickly rescued to the rear of the army formation, and people kept retreating in the second formation.Seeing this, Ishida was very helpless and had to order to retreat.

The third formation was led by Kuroda Nagamasa. Kuroda Nagamasa learned the lessons of the first two formations and ordered to keep a distance to avoid unauthorized charges beyond the range of North Korea. He ordered the iron artillery team to concentrate on the front of the army to shoot at the fence and hide behind them. North Korean soldiers.

Kuroda Nagamasa was quite confident in his own tactics, and snorted softly, "Xiaoxi was so frightened by the Ming army that he couldn't even defeat the Korean army. As for Ishida, he has never been worthy of the name of a samurai, and he is not capable of fighting at all." talent...

However, this North Korean army has spent a lot of effort in Haengju, but it doesn't matter, as long as it can make steady progress and wait for the advantage of our army to be used, it will naturally be unstoppable. "

However, the two fenced forts in North Korea were really carefully built. The so-called iron cannons of the Japanese army were just matchlock guns, and it was difficult to cause serious damage to the fences.The Japanese army also discovered this, so they raised the iron cannon in their hands and fired upwards, hoping to shoot the projectile into the city.

However, the distance between the Japanese army and the Hungju city tower was far, and although the projectiles were barely thrown into the city, it was a pity that their power was greatly reduced after that, and the Korean army suffered few casualties.Kurodabe shot indiscriminately for a long time, but it was ineffective. Kuroda Nagamasa would continue to suffer losses, so he had to retreat in embarrassment.

And at this moment, Liu Chenglong received Quan Li's request for help from the Ming army, and regardless of the quarrel that had just occurred between the two sides not long ago, he immediately asked to see Song Yingchang, the Ming imperialist strategist.

Liu Chenglong didn't seem to have any pride this time, and said respectfully: "Jingtai, the front line is critical, please send troops immediately! With the combat power of the heavenly soldiers, even if Wang Jing is recovered, the victory is sure, and now the Japanese army is aggressively attacking Xingzhou. , General Quan Li, the guardian of Xingzhou, is in desperate need of rescue, or if the heavenly soldiers send troops to Wang Jing at this moment, it can also relieve the danger of Xingzhou."

However, it is meaningless for him to be anxious. The relationship between Li Rusong and Song Yingchang has been delicate since he withdrew his troops back to Pyongyang. Both sides know what the other side is waiting for now—that is Gao Yushi's instructions on the current situation.

To put it simply, neither Song Yingchang nor Li Rusong will probably make any big moves before Gao Ge's reply arrives, unless there is an urgent situation.

Therefore, Song Yingchang politely declined and said: "The losses and impacts caused by the Battle of Becheeguan were much more serious than expected. Now our army needs some time to deal with some problems. In addition, I have already said that I have asked the North Korean army to return to the unified command of Ming Dynasty." , North Korean ministries are not allowed to fight without authorization.

I don’t know who initiated the Battle of Hungju this time, but I know that the Korean Army has always wanted to fight independently, and I have made it clear to the king that if the Korean Army wants to fight independently, North Korea must show its corresponding strength, then Isn't this an opportunity for North Korea to demonstrate its independent combat capabilities? "

The so-called people have to bow their heads under the eaves. At this time, Liu Chenglong could not maintain the toughness he had not long ago, so he could only persuade: "Jingtai, I can guarantee that the North Korean soldiers and civilians will fight to the end and defend Xingzhou to the death. The most important thing is that Haengju is an important throat between the north and the south. Once it is lost, the Japanese pirates will gradually be in a favorable situation. At that time, whether they march into Wangjing or defend Kaesong and Pyongyang, they will face the strategic oppression of the Japanese army. Therefore, please be a little lenient. Regardless of past suspicions, give a helping hand."

After all, Song Yingchang was a strategist of Japanese imperialism, and if the war against Japan turned serious, he would be directly responsible, so Liu Chenglong thought it made sense when he said this, so he murmured: "Everyone understands that what the envoy said is reasonable, but even if In this way, there is no need for our army to go to great lengths to attack Wang Jing... The time to recover Wang Jing has not yet come, and the reasons for this are all well understood, so there is no need to ask in detail.

As for rescuing Xingju, it was a piece of cake.After the Battle of Bichiguan, the Japanese pirates were afraid of our heavenly soldiers' combat power. Right now, they only need to send out a partial division and bluff to launch a feint attack in the direction of Wang Jing.I predict that if the Japanese pirates know that the Ming army is coming to attack, they will withdraw from Xingzhou and return to Wangjing, so that Xingzhou can be saved. "

In Liu Chenglong's view, Song Yingchang's decision was not the most powerful support for the North Korean army, but it was a great favor after all, and Liu Chenglong still expressed his sincere gratitude.So Song Yingchang sent an order to Zha Dashou and Mao Guoqi, ordering them to lead [-] soldiers and carry artillery and flags to attack Wang Jing.

This order is quite particular: Mao Guoqi is a general of the Southern Army, and Song Yingchang is not worried that he will not accept the transfer order, but Cha Dashou is a direct descendant of the Li family army. At this time, Song Yingchang and Li Rusong are in a situation like a cold war, and his reaction can be seen. He guessed Li Rusong's thoughts.
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