Daming Yuanfu

Chapter 1920 Returning to Japan ([-]) Fighting Ulsan
The allied forces of the Ming Dynasty and the North Korea counterattacked in an all-round way, and Kato Kiyomasa realized that he had hit the trick. He was shocked at the moment, but he was a rare warrior after all, so he quickly calmed down, turned around and wanted to take the head of a general before withdrawing his troops.

Kato Kiyomasa immediately ordered the iron cannon formations to fire, and then observed the situation of the Ming army's various formations, and soon personally led the banner to charge a Ming army.The biggest feature of this Ming army is its lack of firepower. It may be the weakest firepower of the Ming army currently launching a counterattack.

Kato Kiyomasa had a good vision. The Ming army he chose came from three sides in Shaanxi. The firepower configuration was indeed the lowest among the Ming army entering the dynasty. Moreover, the general had only a small number of servants, only about 200.

As the vanguard general who invaded the dynasty twice, Kato Kiyomasa was extremely brave. He raised a sickle spear and beheaded more than ten people one after another, and then killed the general Lu Jizhong face to face.Lu Jizhong also raised his sword to fight, but he was beheaded by Kato Kiyomasa before he could meet.

Kato Kiyomasa originally wanted to cut off the Ming general's head to boost morale, but because the Japanese army was isolated and weak, he was interrupted by Lu Jizhong's family, and he was about to be encircled by the Ming army.Kato Kiyomasa had no choice but to give up, turned his horse's head and ordered to return to the city. The Japanese army fought and retreated, causing many casualties.

Seeing that Kato Kiyomasa was defeated, Asano Nagamasa ordered the city gate to be opened to meet Kato Kiyomasa.Magui hurriedly ordered the whole army to rush forward, and the coalition forces immediately charged to Ulsan.

It was difficult for the Japanese army to resist in a panic, and Asano Nagamasa had to order to retreat to Daoshan to set up a defense line, while Kato Kiyomasa voluntarily stayed behind to delay time.Kato's iron artillery team fired from each bunker, and the rest formed a formation to meet the enemy.

The city of Ulsan also immediately exhausted its weapons, and unexpectedly there were quite a few magical arrows of the Ming army seized from the North Korean army. This accident was completely beyond the expectations of the Ming army.

Kato Kiyomasa, Naoshima Naoshige and Asano Yukunaga were dispersed by the Ming army. Kato was in a state of anxiety, but the Pegasus rushed in but was shot in the horse's neck by a stray arrow. Kato had to jump off the horse and walk forward. Get Naoshima Naoshige.

Naomi Naoshima even lost his helmet, and his disheveled hair was quite embarrassing. He replied that Yukunaga Asano was being besieged by the Ming army not far to the northwest. long.

Asano Yukunaga's guards totaled no more than [-], and there were not many left under the siege of the Ming army at this moment. Kato Kiyomasa broke through the line of defense and got off his horse before stabbing, and all his troops launched a counterattack.

When Asano Yukunaga saw him come to rescue, he was both moved and admired, and shouted: "Your Highness Kato, you don't have to risk your life for me. I have always been prepared to dedicate myself to His Highness Taiko and the Asano family. The army will die together!"

Unexpectedly, Kato Kiyomasa knocked Asano Yukinaga down with a single blow from the body of the gun, and said sharply: "His Highness Taiko and His Highness Nagamasa treat me well, and you and I have always been on good terms, how can I refuse to save you? If you die in battle, how will His Highness Changzheng bear it?

For the sake of the Asano family and to continue serving the Taiko, I want you to withdraw to Shimayama immediately!I will send you guards!There is Naoshige Nabeshima in front of you, don't say too much, retreat immediately! "Yukicaga Asano gritted his teeth and listened to the order, and withdrew to Daoshan under the escort sent by Kato.

Asano Xingchang walked away, Ming general Li Wenyuan led his team to pursue, and Kato Kiyomasa came to stop him.Li Wenyuan didn't know Kato Kiyomasa, seeing that there were only dozens of people around him, he thought he was no more than a general of a certain battalion, so he attacked Kato with two knives.

Li Wenyuan swung his sword like a whirlwind, Kato Kiyomasa took a look and sneered: "Fancy," after a few rounds of parrying, he saw the right time and stabbed Li Wenyuan through the chest and abdomen to death.

In a blink of an eye, more than a dozen soldiers of the Ming army rushed forward, and Kato swept the thousands of troops with his spear, and the Ming army did not dare to approach.Kato led the charge and stabbed three people in a row, but was held tightly by the handle of the gun by one person, and it was difficult to pull it out for a while.

Kato Kiyomasa was startled, and suddenly saw a flying horse charging towards him.Kato Kiyomasa resolutely threw away his gun and drew his sword, roaring furiously, the sound was like thunder, the general's horse was startled, its front hooves flew into the air, but Kato Kiyomasa saw the opportunity, cut off the horse's leg with a knife, turned over and jumped to kill the general beheaded.

The above is a long story, but in fact it was all in the blink of an eye. The surrounding Ming army did not expect such a strong general in the Japanese army.Kato took advantage of the situation to lead the troops to disperse, and another general blocked the way, this time it was the general - Wu Weizhong, a veteran from the Qi family army.

Wu Weizhong was born in the 12th year of Jiajing (1533). He is 64 years old this year. He came after him because he saw the progress here was frustrated. The two quickly fought each other for more than ten rounds.

Kato Kiyomasa is nearly 30 years younger than Wu Weizhong (actually 29 years younger), and he is obviously superior in terms of strength, but Wu Weizhong's swordsmanship on the battlefield was taught by Qi Jiguang himself. It seems simple but deadly. Also had to concentrate.

After more than [-] bouts, Wu Weizhong was old, his strength was exhausted, and his movements began to slow down. Kato dodged a slash and turned around to elbow. Wu Weizhong was hit on the back and knelt down. , Wu Weizhong leaped vigorously, kicked Kato in the chest, and pushed Kato back a few steps.

But Wu Weizhong couldn't completely escape Kato's knife. Although his leg was not cut, he was also cut obliquely. The soldiers saw that the old general was injured, so they rushed to rescue him.

Kato Kiyomasa was also uncomfortable. It must be known that Wu Weizhong often acted as a vanguard officer of Qi's army in his early years, and he was known for being brave since he was born.Now although he is old and weak, this kick still made Kato Kiyomasa's eyes darken and his throat sweet.In order not to discourage his subordinates, Kato Kiyomasa could only forcefully swallow a mouthful of blood.At this moment, he didn't dare to love to fight anymore, he drew his gun and took the road away.

Fang didn't go far, but he saw two generals breaking through the Japanese army and rushing towards him, Wang Wen and Xu Guowei in the front, Li Ruwu and Mao Guoqi in the back.Kato Kiyomasa took a deep breath and fought the four generals mentally, among which Mao Guoqi was the most difficult to fight.

With the combined efforts of the four generals, Kato Kiyomasa tried his best to hold on to Shukai, and it was really hard to resist. Fortunately, Banner desperately came to rescue Kato, who was able to escape and continued to retreat.At this time, Kato and Banner around him were so bloody, their faces were ferocious, all the soldiers of the Ming army who were chasing were stabbed to the ground, blood gushing like a fountain.

At this time, Kato was already bleeding, he put away his saber, seized his horse and held his gun, his path was unstoppable, he killed dozens of soldiers, but his bloody battle lasted for a long time, his strength inevitably ran out, so he could only retreat one by one.At this time, Asano Nagamasa and Nabeshima Naoshige had built three fences outside Shimayama Castle, and sent troops to rescue Kato and other remnants.

Although the Ming army lost a few generals, its tactics were very successful. Due to the surprise attack, it gained a large area of ​​Japanese city and a lot of supplies, while the Japanese army only had the Daoshan position left.

Ma Guiling Jiesheng led the right, Gao Ce led the middle, and Li Rumei led the left to attack Daoshan in turn.Li Dexin led the Korean army to cooperate with the Ming army's firearms battalion, and then used firearms to help out.

Asano Nagashi ordered Takemori Yoshimori and Iida Kaku to guard the first fence, Morimoto Gitao and Kuki Shiro guarded the second fence, Asano Yukunaga and Ota Kazukichi guarded the third fence, and Kato Kiyomasa and Nabeshima Naoshige led the troops to support them .

The Ming army dispatched the No. [-] artillery, and North Korea dispatched the Shengzi artillery obtained from the Ming army, and began to shoot continuously at the first fence. A Ming army took the opportunity to rush up and tried to seize the first line of defense under the cover of artillery fire, but was captured by Takemori. It was blocked by Yoshinori and Iida Kok.

It has to be said that although the Japanese artillery is not good, the matchlock guns are very dense, and there are ten No. [-] guns from Jinghua on Daoshan to help out. Although the offense is weak, the defense is enough.

Although Jie Sheng felt that the number of Japanese artillery was not enough, with the cooperation of a large number of matchlock guns, it was still difficult for the Ming army to resume its offensive immediately.Jie Sheng, as a Mongolian general, knew that the Han generals could retreat but he could not, so he shouted to march, took the lead, and was almost hit many times.

However, although the offensive has not yet achieved actual results, the first fence of the Japanese army was also destroyed by the firepower of the coalition forces of the Ming and North Korea. Jie Sheng knew that he could break through if he worked harder.

At this time, Gao Ce's Central Route Army suddenly caught up to help in the battle. After a shock, the guerrilla general Chen Yin took the lead in breaking through the first fence. road fence.

Ma Gui and Li Dexin ordered the Ming and North Korean coalition forces to advance the firearms battalion. There was a burst of gunfire on the battlefield, and the Japanese army's position was filled with dust. desperate situation.

Jiesheng and Wu Weizhong led their troops to cooperate with each other, interspersed and advanced, and divided and surrounded Takemori Yoshimori and Iidajiao.Jiesheng led Qingqi to charge forward, Wu Weizhong took advantage of the situation and stepped forward, the Japanese army was defeated.The coalition forces then launched four consecutive charges towards the second fence. Mao Guoqi took the lead, and the Japanese generals Morimoto Gitao and Kuki Shiro were forced to retreat.

Guerrilla Chen Yin and Mao Guoqi led troops to attack the third fence, Asano Yukunaga and Ota Kazukichi tried their best to block it, and Naoshima Naoshige also led a team to help, but Wu Weizhong blocked it.

The battlefield was littered with corpses, and Ma Gui shouted to march, but Li Dexin had a different thought at this time: he knew that Li Rumei was a high-handed brother-in-law, so he hoped to create conditions for Li Rumei to make great contributions—as long as he did it, he would be a high-ranking boss. It is impossible for Zhi Zhiming to fail to see it.

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 didn't want Chen Yin to take the lead, so she called for gold to withdraw the troops on the grounds that the soldiers were exhausted.

When Ma Gui heard about Mingjin, he was very baffled, and went to question why Mingjin was called. Li Dexin explained that the artillery of Shengzihao was old, and if it continued to bombard, it might explode, but without the artillery cover, "the heavenly soldiers would be damaged too much, and the morale of the coalition forces would be demoralized." ".

Ma Gui originally wanted to say that even without the artillery of the Korean army, the No. [-] artillery of the Ming army would be enough to complete the cover, but considering that Li Dexin is currently a powerful member of the Korean court supporting his own side, so although he was dissatisfied, he still held back his words go back.

After that, the Ming army continued to attack for several days, but because the Japanese army refused to fight lightly and just insisted on holding on, they failed to capture the Wacheng of Daoshan.North Korea's follow-up troops arrived one after another, but the Japanese army remained behind closed doors, waiting for help.

At this point in the battle, the Ming army discovered that the structure of Wacheng was really difficult to fight, and its biggest feature was the use of the terrain of the mountain city.Under the premise of attacking the mountain city, the Japanese city always makes it difficult for the attacking side to deploy troops. The front-line offensive troops often do not exceed two to three hundred people, and at the same time it also limits the use of artillery. An angle suitable for shelling.

Time passed day by day, and the short autumn in southern North Korea passed quickly. This ghostly weather suddenly entered the severe winter, and it caught up with the rain and snow, the cold wind cracked the skin, and the heavy rain continued.

The roads in the Ulsan area and as far as Hanyang, the entire southern part of Korea were muddy and slippery. It was difficult for the Ming army to transport gunpowder, projectiles, grain and grass to the front line in time, so they had to be transported by sea.

But in this way, the power to block Busan has been diluted a lot. Both Chen Lin and Deng Zilong said that this may lead to a breakthrough of the blockade.However, the extreme weather is beyond human control, and now we can only hope that the Japanese side will not dare to try to smuggle it easily due to this ghostly weather.

In addition, the firepower of the Ming army was also greatly reduced during the rainy and snowy season. At present, it seems that it is not easy to suppress the Japanese army on Daoshan and dare not go down the mountain. The attack must be hopeless for a while.On the other hand, the terrain of Daoshan was steep, the walls were high and the walls were thick, and the supplies in the city seemed to be sufficient. The coalition forces of the Ming and Dynasties were unable to attack for a long time, and their fighting spirit was gradually declining. The siege of the city was no longer as hard as it was on the first day.

The Japanese army relied on the buildings and facilities in the city to cover the rain and snow, and paid attention to keeping the gunpowder dry at all times. They fought back with artillery and matchlock guns day and night, and soaked the projectiles with poison.

After many days, there were heavy casualties, and the Ming Army's Rehabilitation Department suffered heavy casualties, so they were forced to retreat back to Jinhai for recuperation.The generals of the coalition army gathered together to discuss this. Admiral Ma Gui frowned deeply, and said: "Since the war in Ulsan, the soldiers of the coalition army have fought bloody battles. It was already difficult to use, so the power was lost, the soldiers were tired, and the morale declined.

And the Japanese army is backed by the sea, although there is no clear evidence, but it is likely that the Japanese navy has smuggled supplies, and the relief may not be a big problem.After the generals have discussed it, it is better to encircle and fight for aid.

During the siege of the city, one can prevent Japanese reinforcements from attacking; the other can also take turns to rest and reorganize the coalition forces, prepare armaments, food and grass, and seize the islands and mountains after the cold winter.But I don't know...if it is reported to the cabinet department in this way, will the cabinet department be able to agree? "

Li Dexin looked puzzled, and said: "In the past, under the supervision of Elder Gao Ge himself, the heavenly soldiers have always been invincible and invincible. If the admiral reports it like this, I'm afraid...something is wrong."

Ma Gui frowned and said: "The cabinet has always been astute. In this battle, our soldiers fought day and night and took turns to rest. However, the situation on the battlefield is bad, and our army has lost the opportunity to attack the city. It is precisely to avoid unexpected changes in the battle. It is only with the generals that I have this proposal."

Li Dexin sighed: "Admiral Ma, you are a famous general of the upper kingdom, and you have been on the battlefield for a long time. The students did not dare to disagree with the admiral on military affairs, but now the Japanese pirates are only defending Daoshan stubbornly, and our army has fought hard to no avail...

If I don't follow, now the time and place are not in my favor, the supplies are in short supply, and the soldiers are exhausted. This is the truth.But the admiral should know that this is also miserable for the Japanese pirates, so it is this severe winter that is the opportunity for our army to capture Daoshan.

According to what the generals said, our army can indeed be fully rested, but after the severe winter, will the enemy's reinforcements continue to flow, and the capture of Daoshan is nowhere in sight?If this small Daoshan Japanese city can't be attacked for a long time, what kind of blow will it be to Ge Lao's prestige?From the point of view of the students, it is necessary to capture Daoshan Wacheng as soon as possible at any cost! "

North Korean leader Li Shanhai also agreed with Li Dexin's opinion: "I also think that although continuing to attack the city is not good for us, if we want to capture Daoshan as soon as possible, we must rush before the reinforcements of the Japanese pirates. Now the Japanese pirates may have found The method of obtaining supplies, due to the difference in distance, they have already surpassed us in terms of supplies, so the longer the delay, the more difficult it will be to conquer the island mountain.

Although our North Korean army is not as good at fighting as the Heavenly Soldiers, we will be able to fight to the end this time... We are grateful to the Heavenly Soldiers for doing their best to help North Korea restore the country. How can North Korea not fight to the death!The admiral has military orders, and I, Li Shanhai, will obey them. "

After Li Shanhai said these words, even Ma Gui couldn't hold on anymore. After all, the weak North Koreans said they could still fight. How could he say he couldn't fight?Therefore, the coalition forces of Ming and North Korea no longer discussed delaying the winter to resume the offensive, but attacked Daoshan again with all their strength against the severe cold.
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