Daming talker

Chapter 689 Still Impulsive

In the early morning, the exact time is unknown, suddenly a cannon shot was heard from the main attack direction of the west city!
So the government troops in other directions immediately knew that the general attack had begun.

Immediately, there was a loud sound of artillery fire from the direction of the west city. Countless artillery pieces began to fire intensively. For a moment, the sound and vibration were like the collapse of the sky and the earth. The city gate tower, which was a more obvious target, was directly blown down.

Meanwhile, at Lumen in the south city, Lin Jinglüe, who was personally supervising the battle, ordered most of the main forces to move slightly away from the city gate, or hide with the help of the terrain to avoid being seen clearly by the Japanese soldiers on the city walls. The artillery deployed five miles away was also blocked by shield carts and was temporarily not allowed to fire.

Only six or seven hundred soldiers in Korean military uniforms were deployed at the forefront, waving flags and shouting as they rushed towards Lumen.

At this time, a row of crisp sounds of musketry firing came from the top of the city. Compared with the rumbling cannon fire coming from the west city, the sounds of musketry firing were indeed very crisp.

Seeing the Japanese soldiers on the city wall opening fire, hundreds of officers and soldiers in Korean military uniforms immediately dropped their weapons and retreated before they could even rush to the base of the city wall.

However, under the scolding and threats from the suspected supervisory team in the back row, this group of officers and soldiers rushed towards the city wall again, and then retreated even faster.

After several repeated "attacks", the sound of muskets firing was no longer heard from the top of the city.

At this time, the artillery fire from the west gate also stopped, and the main force of the army should have begun the attack and defense of the city wall.

Lin Jinglue, who was supervising the battle, looked at the top of the city wall and said to Luo Shangzhi beside him: "Although the Japanese soldiers' fire guns are sharp, it is far from the point where every soldier has one.

As far as I know, the number of Japanese musketeers is generally about one-tenth of the entire army. Based on this ratio, it can be inferred that the number of Japanese musketeers in Pyongyang is about 1,500.

If this number of musketeers were evenly deployed on all the city walls and on the Mudan Peak in the north of the city, it would obviously not be enough.

After all, the musketeers can only exert their maximum power if they fire in a concentrated manner; if they fire too sporadically, the power will be reduced.”

Luo Shangzhi only wanted to "get there first", which was the expectation that Lin Jinglue had just fooled him into thinking. He was only a lieutenant general now, and there was still a lot of room for improvement.

Hearing that Lin Jinglüe was still rambling, Lieutenant General Luo asked impatiently, "What exactly does Jinglüe want to say?"

Lin Tailai pointed out: "The meaning of the headquarters is that the sound of musket shooting can no longer be heard from the top of the South City, which means that the Japanese soldiers may have transferred the musketeers to the West City where the pressure is greater.

It also shows that the Japanese soldiers in Nancheng have already looked down on us and no longer regard us as a major threat.

Therefore, now is the time to take advantage of the enemy's laxity and launch an all-out attack!"

Following Lin Jinglie's order, dozens of large and small artillery pieces that had been lying idle outside Lumen left the cover of the shield carts and bombarded the top of the city.

At this time, the Japanese soldiers had no experience of direct confrontation with the Ming army, had little understanding of the Ming army's artillery, and knew nothing about the scale of the artillery equipment.

In the original history, when the Ming Dynasty soldiers attacked Pyongyang fiercely, the Japanese pirates also had reinforcements approaching Pyongyang.

However, the Japanese reinforcements heard the rumbling sound of artillery coming from the direction of Pyongyang and did not know what it was, so they turned around and retreated.

After a large number of artillery pieces fired fiercely from the west city direction just now, the Japanese soldiers might have thought that these artillery pieces were all they had, and they didn't think there were many artillery pieces left at Lumen in the south city.

So under the fierce bombardment of dozens of artillery pieces, people and horses on the top of Lumen City were immediately thrown to the ground.

Then the vanguard took off their cumbersome Korean military uniforms, and under the cover of shield carts, pushed the grappling ladders and formally launched a charge towards the city wall.

The Japanese soldiers who reacted quickly began to smash down with bricks, stones and huge trees, most of which hit the huge wooden sign of the shield cart.

Under the cover of shield carts, hook ladders were set up on the top of the city wall, and then a fierce offensive and defensive battle began.

Judging that there was no threat from the muskets, the heavily armored Lin Jinglue had approached the city wall to within twenty feet.

As a civilian official in charge of the overall situation, Lin Tailai should not have been so close to the scene and put himself in danger. He was still a little impulsive due to the stimulation.

On the one hand, I kept reminding myself to stay calm and rational, but on the other hand, I couldn't suppress my eagerness to try.

After all, Lin Jinglie was not a pure scholar who was powerless, he had fought his way to the top by relying on force.

It is also the instinct of a brave general to show off his bravery. He feels itchy when he sees fighting. As the saying goes, "When you have a sharp weapon, you will naturally want to kill."

However, Lin Jinglie may not realize how much pressure a big shot like him standing so close to the front would bring to others.

Looking at the minister standing behind him, Lieutenant General Luo Shangzhi also became blood-thirsty and climbed up the ladder himself!

Even the Minister of Strategy was already standing here. Where else could a small lieutenant general like me hide except rushing forward?

But just when he had climbed halfway, Admiral Luo was hit by a huge tree and rolled off the ladder. His luck was really bad.

Lin Tailai subconsciously walked forward a distance and watched the injured Lieutenant General Luo being carried away. He also heard Lieutenant General Luo muttering, "The vanguard is gone, and the general is gone too."

The next wave of attacking soldiers saw that the Minister of Strategy was blocking their way, so they stopped and stared at him blankly.

Lin Tailai took a deep breath and shouted, "Follow me! Cover me!"

Then the Minister of Strategy grabbed a huge shield, rushed to the ladder truck, and quickly climbed up along the ladder.

The heavy armor and giant shield that could crush others seemed unable to limit Lin Tailai's speed, but provided powerful defense.

Facing the flying rocks and wood like rain, Lin Tailai approached the battlements on the city wall in the blink of an eye.

On the other side of the battlement, there were three or four Japanese soldiers holding spears and swords, trying their best to stop Lin Tai from climbing the city wall.

Seeing this, Lin Tailai used all his strength and smashed the huge shield towards the heads of the Japanese soldiers, knocking down two of them.

Another Japanese soldier stabbed at him with a spear. Lin Tailai reacted quickly and slightly turned sideways to avoid the spear head, then grabbed the spear.

At the same time, Lin Tailai used the force to jump onto the parapet, then he used the spear in his hand to exert force again, directly lifting up the entire body of the Japanese soldier at the other end of the spear!
However, the shaft of the spear could not withstand the force and broke in the middle. As a result, the Japanese soldier who was lifted up fell directly from the city wall and died.

When the Japanese soldiers on the city wall saw this scene, they were all shocked and terrified!

Although the Japanese soldier was only 1.5 meters tall, it was not something a normal person could lift into the air with a spear! What kind of monster was the majestic giant standing at the battlement?
In a flash, Lin Tailai jumped from the battlement into the city wall and picked up a very familiar-looking samurai sword, or Japanese sword, from the ground.

Among the Japanese who were blocking the battlements just now, there should have been a Japanese general, but he was knocked unconscious by the huge shield.

After picking up the Japanese sword, Lin Tailai stabbed the Japanese general on the floor through.

At this time, Lin Tailai muttered to himself, not knowing who this Japanese general was.

If I could find out his name afterwards, since he was the first person I killed, my name would go down in history.

The other Japanese soldiers around also reacted and rushed forward to attack with spears raised. The only weapon used by ordinary Japanese soldiers was the spear.

Lin Tailai quickly took a few glances and saw a group of small people who were not as tall as his chest.
Their equipment is uniform, with a conical hat on their head, a "vest" on their upper body, and a "lotus leaf skirt" around their lower body. From an aesthetic point of view, it is indeed a bit eye-catching.

Without time to think too much, Lin Tailai, who was wearing heavy armor, brandished a Japanese sword, dodged the spears and rushed into the Japanese soldiers. Like a tiger entering a pack of wolves, he fought directly in close combat to limit the power of the spears to the greatest extent.

With the tremendous strength of Lin Tailai's arms, the well-made Japanese sword played an extremely effective role in the melee!

Often, with one strike of the sword, the neck and shoulders of the Japanese soldier could be cut off together!
After beheading several people in this way, Lin Tailai was already covered in blood! There is a poem that says: "He is like a demon lord from heaven, a true Tai Sui God on earth!"

The Japanese soldiers in the front row were so frightened that they would rather be chased and hacked away than retreat. They had completely lost the courage to fight the enemy!
Lin Tai felt that he had been through hundreds of battles since he traveled through time, but he had never enjoyed chopping as much as he did today.

There is no need to hold back at all, it feels so good to kill, kill, kill.

It’s just that this Japanese sword is a bit brittle and it broke after chopping dozens of people.

Behind Lin Tailai, the military officer Dayun and his most courageous guards also rushed to the city wall and followed Lin Tailai to fight.

The Japanese soldiers defending the city walls of Lumen finally collapsed and began to flee into the city.

Lin Tailai, whose whole body turned red, felt a little tired, so he sat on the bricks to recover his strength, while giving follow-up orders to the columns in the south city.

The soldiers participating in the attack on the city wall took a temporary rest and reorganized, while the other soldiers passed through the city gate and quickly advanced into the city until they encountered strong resistance.

The Japanese soldiers also built six fortresses in the city, but the South City was a "detachment" and not the main force, so they did not have the strength to launch a large-scale attack in the city, so they could just divide and surround it first.

Then Lin Tailai instructed Dayun: "The Japanese general I stabbed to death has great historical significance. Cut off his head and keep it carefully."

Dayun said helplessly: "General! You issued an order earlier that the government troops are not allowed to waste time cutting off heads!"

Lin Jinglue was very skilled in double standards and said: "That is an order given to you. This department does not need to execute it."

Then Lin Jinglüe pointed at the city wall and said, "Can we follow the brick path on the city wall to the ordinary gate on the west side?"

Dayun shook his head. "The situation is not clear, and the map doesn't clearly indicate it."

As can be seen from the map, although Lumen is located in the south city, it is more towards the southwest corner.

From Lumen, turn west along the city wall, and then turn north. Not far away is the ordinary gate of the west city, but I don't know if it is actually passable.

"Let's see if we can get through the city wall directly!" Lin Tailai stood up. "Anyway, the main task of breaking through Lumen has been completed, so we can do whatever we want with the rest."

Da Yun replied, "If the governor is willing to investigate, he can bring a thousand men from our headquarters and another three hundred archers to deal with any sudden enemy attacks."

Afterwards, Lin Jinglie returned the military command of Lumen to the injured Luo Shangzhi, and then led his personal soldiers to explore along the city wall.

After clearing out small groups of patrolling Japanese soldiers along the way, they turned north to the west city wall and finally encountered a large group of Japanese soldiers.

After a fierce battle, Lin Tailai led his troops to defeat the Japanese soldiers, and now they could see the collapsed city gate tower.

"It looks like we can really get through!" Lin Tailai ordered in surprise: "Charge! Seize two gates in one go!"

Just at this moment, the Japanese soldiers defending the ordinary gate of the west city suddenly seemed to have received some orders. They retreated from the city gate like a tide and all withdrew back into the city.

By the time Lin Tailai rushed along the city wall to the ordinary gate tower, the Japanese soldiers here had all run away.

Dayun couldn't help but sigh and said, "There are also people who know the art of war among the Japanese soldiers. They retreated so decisively."

It was already afternoon. Outside the city wall of Pugong Gate, Li Rubai, who was in charge of commanding eight columns to attack Pugong Gate, frowned.

Two rounds of artillery bombardment and several assaults had been organized, with 150 casualties, but the city was always one step away from being captured.

This state of always being "one breath away" is the most torturous.

The only good news is that the other main attack direction, Qixing Gate, has not been breached so far.

Today we concentrated our most powerful forces to attack the West City Ordinary Gate and the Seven Star Gate. As long as our progress does not lag behind the other side, the situation is not bad.

Li Rusong, the commander of the First Corps and in charge of supervising the battle in the West City, rode over here and asked his brother Li Rubai, "Have you climbed the city wall?"

Li Rubai said with a bitter face: "I climbed the city twice but failed to gain a firm foothold."

Li Rusong instructed: "Don't rest, each battalion will take turns to charge the city! The Japanese soldiers also have limited equipment!"

Then Li Rusong said sternly: "You are afraid that Qi Shaobao's disciple Lin Jinglue will favor the southern troops, so you asked me to replace you to supervise the battle here so that I can get credit for you.

Although Lin Jinglue didn't say anything, he must have had some thoughts in his mind! I'll take the responsibility for you with my dignity.

But if you don’t make any contribution, you will bear the consequences yourself!”

Li Rubai's forehead was covered with cold sweat, and he hurriedly continued to organize elite troops to attack the city wall.

I even began to consider whether I should get injured on purpose to escape punishment later?

At this moment, the guard standing on the cloud platform in charge of lookout suddenly shouted: "Retreat, retreat! All the Japanese soldiers on the city wall have retreated!"

The two Li brothers suddenly raised their heads and looked towards the ordinary gate. The Japanese soldiers who were supposed to be flashing on the parapet had indeed disappeared without a trace.

"Is there some trick here?" Li Rusong said to himself.

Regardless of whether it is a trick or not, we have to send people to the city wall to try it out.

When the reorganized elite siege troops were halfway up the ladder, a huge figure covered in red suddenly appeared on the top of the city wall and looked at each other in bewilderment.

What surprised the government troops outside the city even more was that judging from the outline of the armor on this man, it should be in the Ming Dynasty style.

"I am Lin Tailai, the Minister of State Affairs of the Ming Dynasty!" The huge red figure shouted at the soldiers outside the city, "I haven't seen you for a while. Commander Li, how are you?"

Li Rusong: "."

Damn it! You are a civilian official, are you addicted to climbing the city walls? Can you give your fellow military officers a chance to survive?
Li Rubai, who was standing beside him, was horrified: "No way? Lin Jinglie surrendered to the enemy?"

Li Rusong was so angry that he almost vomited blood. He wished he could send his own brother back to his mother's womb and retrain him.

After revealing his identity, Lin Tailai lowered his head and said to the soldiers climbing the ladder: "Don't climb anymore, wait for our headquarters to open the city gate and walk in through the city gate."

Outside the city, General Li suddenly lost interest. Everything seemed so dull. As long as that person was there, he would always be the center of attention.

(End of this chapter)