Daming talker

Chapter 697 Forced to Help

Just after three o'clock in the morning, the entire camp took their positions according to Lin Jinglue's orders, waiting for the Japanese soldiers' sneak attack.

But as the fourth watch was almost over, there was still no movement.

Lin Tailai couldn't help but feel puzzled. Could it be that his prediction failed and the Japanese soldiers would not launch a surprise attack tonight?
It doesn't make sense. I have tried my best to imitate the posture of the Japanese nobles, and acted so contemptuously as if war were a child's play. Given the habits of the Japanese generals, how could they not want to launch a sneak attack?
Moreover, Naoshige Kōjima once defeated a powerful enemy by a sneak attack. From a human nature perspective, people subconsciously believe in their own successful experiences and want to replicate them.

It was already past the middle of the fifth watch, and Lin Tailai had already begun to think about how he should save face with his acting skills when he met the generals tomorrow if his prediction failed.

Should you close your eyes and sigh, "Man proposes, God disposes," or raise your hands and shout, "If my plan fails, it is fate"?
The former's performance style is more restrained and tends to be an experiential performance system, while the latter is more extroverted and tends to be an expressionist performance system. Each has its own strengths.

As for the flashy scenes during the daytime performance, they belong to the performance system of traditional stage drama, which combines routine and programmed performance and experience to trigger emotional resonance among the audience.

Just as Lin Jinglie was thinking about his acting skills, there were suddenly shouting and noise coming from outside!

You don't need to ask to know that this is definitely an enemy attack!
Lin Tailai immediately stood up and ordered Dayun: "Move out! All camps follow the plan!"

Dayun asked, "Why don't you ask Wu Weizhong about the situation first?"

According to the original plan, Wu Weizhong, a veteran general of the Qi family army, led his troops to guard the camp and engage in direct battle against the Japanese invaders who were attacking him.

Lin Tailai responded: "Hurry up and go now, no need to waste time waiting for Wu Weizhong's report!
According to the Japanese custom, the number of Japanese soldiers coming for the sneak attack should be around one thousand, and at most no more than one thousand five hundred.

If there were more, the Japanese generals would be reluctant to commit them, and too many people would be detrimental to concealing their whereabouts.

Wu Weizhong's camp has 3,000 infantrymen, and Ye Bangrong's camp has cavalrymen to cooperate in the encirclement. If they are still unable to deal with 1,000 Japanese soldiers despite being well prepared, then all of them should commit suicide!"

Then Lin Tailai and Dayun rushed out of the tent, and with a thousand personal guards, they bypassed the frontal battle with the invading Japanese soldiers, mounted their horses and went out from the side of the military camp.

It happened that Yang Dengshan, who was ordered to attack the north gate of Hamhung, also left the military camp from this side. Lin Tailai followed slowly behind Yang Dengshan's camp.

Brigadier General Yang looked at Lin Jinglie who was "chasing closely" from behind, and for some reason, he felt a little panicked.

Is it possible that the Duke Jinglüe will change his mind again and want to seize the credit for the gate?

Thinking of this, Yang Dengshan rode his horse to Lin Jinglüe, bowed on horseback and asked, "Jinglüe, do you want to join us to seize the gate?"

Lin Tailai replied with certainty: "The mission of attacking the city gate is yours. Our department will definitely not take away your mission. You can attack with confidence!"

Hearing the Duke Jinglüe's renewed promise, Yang Dengshan felt a little relieved.

Then Lin Tailai suddenly asked, "Have you informed Ma Gui about the deployment in North City tonight?"

Yang Dengshan replied, "Because we were not sure whether there was an enemy attack, we did not inform the South City camp."

I will be responsible for attacking the city gate tonight and there is a good chance I will get the first credit. Why should I notify Ma Gui in advance?

What if General Ma takes advantage of the fighting in the north city to launch a fierce attack on the south city and breaks the city before us?
Lin Jinglüe didn't say much about this, "It doesn't matter if you don't inform them. Once the fight breaks out in the North City, Ma Gui will naturally know about it.

Don't waste time, rush to the city gate quickly, go ahead! We'll wait for you to charge into the city!"

At this time, the Japanese garrison commander Naoshige Nabeshima was standing on the city gate tower, trying his best to look in the direction of the Ming army's northern camp.

Although the specific situation could not be seen clearly, one could only see that the camp was in chaos, and the sound of fighting could be faintly heard in the night sky that should have been silent.

If he were 10 or 20 years younger, Naoshige Nabeshima would have dared to lead the team to launch a night attack on the Ming commander-in-chief for the sake of great fame.

It’s a pity that time is merciless. Now he is over fifty years old and no longer has enough martial arts and physical strength. He can only stand here and watch the night attack team set off.

As for the results, there are probably only two possibilities. One is that the night attack is successful, the Ming army's northern camp collapses, and the reserve troops in the city will take the opportunity to rush out and expand the results of the battle.

The other possibility is that the night attack fails, the entire army is wiped out, and the troops that went out cannot come back, so the city gate must be quickly blocked with wood and stones again.

Just as Naoshige Nabeshima was waiting for the result, he suddenly heard the sound of dense horse hooves.

What is this? Naoshige Nabeshima was horrified and desperately scanned the outside of the city.

But in the moonlight, large numbers of cavalry suddenly rushed out from the darkness in the distance.

Naoshige Kojima was almost scared to death. This must be the Ming cavalry! Tonight, a third result appeared!

As an experienced veteran, Naoshige Nabeshima immediately judged that the Ming army must have been well prepared for the night attack, so they quickly dispatched troops to seize the city gate at the first opportunity!

As for the one thousand soldiers who went out of the city to attack the Ming army camp at night, there is no doubt that they will not be able to come back!

If the Ming army is well prepared, the night attack will surely lead to annihilation.

The biggest crisis now is that the North Gate must not be lost. Once the city gate is lost, everything will be over!
Therefore, there is no other choice. We must repel the Ming army at all costs and then block the city gate again!

Even if the soldiers leaving the city were not completely wiped out, they would not risk leaving the door open for a few remaining soldiers!
After making the most accurate assessment of the situation, Naoshige Nabeshima stopped observing from the city gate tower and went down to the north gate in person to command the retreat of the enemy.

In such a crucial, even life-threatening situation, he didn't dare to trust others.

The remaining elite troops in the North City also gathered at the gate to defend it!

Naoshige Nabeshima rushed down from the wall and shouted to his troops: "The life and death of the whole city depends on this gate! The whole army must fight to the death!"

Yang Dengshan led his troops, quickly dismounted, skillfully formed a battle formation, used huge shields as the front row, and charged towards the gate.

However, they encountered an unexpectedly fierce defense, and after several attacks, they were unable to gain a foothold in the doorway.

Although Lieutenant General Yang had never dealt with Japanese soldiers before, after Lin Jinglue's tireless popular science education and the experience summary report of the Pyongyang Campaign, Lieutenant General Yang had a relatively good understanding of the Japanese soldiers' tactics.

But he didn't expect that the Japanese soldiers' resistance at the city gate would be so tough.

Lieutenant General Yang couldn't help but feel a little confused. Wasn't it said that the Japanese soldiers were not very strong in combat? As long as there was no cover, they would be useless?
After patrolling the battlefield for a while, Lieutenant General Yang suddenly realized that the terrain of the city gate was extremely suitable for the Japanese soldiers!
Relying on their skilled musketeers, the Japanese army could easily concentrate fire on the small area of ​​the city gate.

Although the musketeers need a long time to reload after three shots, in this special terrain, their side cannot seize the opportunity to use cavalry to attack the enemy.

However, the Japanese soldiers could rely on a small number of elite warriors to guard the gate tightly and wait for the musketeers to reload.

Therefore, under the special background of the tug-of-war in the gate, the combat effectiveness of the Japanese soldiers was increased several times.

Yang Dengshan organized four consecutive strong attacks, with nearly a hundred people killed, but still failed to capture the city gate, and there was no hope. At this time, Yang Cangjiang was extremely anxious. The Duke of Jinglüe had entrusted him with the most important task of seizing the gate. If he couldn't take it, how could he face others in the future!

What’s even worse is that I was constantly worried about having my credit taken away from me. Isn’t it embarrassing to be beaten like this?
I wonder if Lieutenant General Yang would be able to calm down if he knew that the opponent he was engaging in a fierce tug-of-war with in the city gate was the Japanese army's main general Naoshige Kobe and his elite troops.

But they could not retreat at this time. If they stopped attacking, the Japanese soldiers would immediately block the door with wood and stones again, and they would lose the best chance to seize the door!

Thinking about the general who was supervising the battle behind him and preparing to enter the city, and then thinking about the general's weird face and sarcastic tone, Yang Dengshan felt like he was about to explode.

"Change people and continue the attack! I will charge into the battle line myself!" Lieutenant General Yang could no longer bear it and yelled to his left and right guards.

Lin Jinglue, who was watching the battle from behind Yang Dengshan Camp, said to the middle officer Dayun: "General Yang's progress doesn't seem to be going well. Daybreak is almost here. We can't wait any longer."

Da Yun looked behind him and reported: "The mules and horses are coming with three hook ladders."

Taking advantage of the darkness of the early morning, the sounds of fighting at the city gate, and the whistling sea breeze, Lin Jinglüe led his personal guard battalion to move eastward.

When they reached the section of the city wall a few hundred steps away from the north gate, Lin Jinglue dismounted, and his attendants quickly helped him put on eighty kilograms of heavy armor.

Then another soldier suddenly rushed forward pushing a hook ladder, unfolded the hook ladder and placed it on the city wall.

Lin Tailai held a huge shield and climbed up the hook ladder skillfully and flexibly.

At this time, most of the elite defenders had been transferred to the city gate to plug the "gap".

Although there are still soldiers patrolling and guarding each section of the city wall, the density is very sparse.

There are a total of about 5,000 Japanese soldiers in the North City tonight, 1,000 of whom went out of the city for a night attack and have probably been wiped out, and about 1,500 elite soldiers are fighting at the city gate.

The remaining troops, excluding the reserve troops and those who are resting, will be deployed and monitored on the city walls that are several miles long.

So when Lin Tailai climbed onto the city wall, only a dozen people gathered to stop him.

Lin Tailai, wearing eighty kilograms of heavy armor, stood steadily on the top of the city wall, like a fortress with both offensive and defensive capabilities!

First to board +1! Total 3!

He threw out a huge shield to hit the person, then took the long-handled mace from the follower behind him!
He exerted his might in both arms and swung the stick fiercely, sweeping it across the air with unstoppable force!
He swept the heads of the three Japanese soldiers in front in succession, smashing their hats and skulls together!
Several Japanese soldiers in the back row were splashed with blood and were so frightened that they lost their souls! They even forgot to run away and stood there motionless!

Lin Tailai was not polite and dealt with them all one by one.

There were also another one or two hundred Japanese soldiers who had gathered and saw this scene not far away. They were so frightened that their legs went weak and they could not move.

In this way, the position on the city wall was temporarily stabilized. Three hook ladders were placed on the city wall, and the officers and soldiers of Lin Jinglie's personal guard battalion climbed up to the top of the city wall continuously.

Seeing dozens of people gathered around him, Lin Tailai shouted loudly and took the initiative to rush towards the Japanese soldiers with his personal guards.

On the other side of the city gate, the Japanese garrison commander Naoshige Nabeshima had been shouting for half an hour to boost morale, and his voice was already hoarse and he was exhausted.

But he knew that the Ming army on the opposite side must be more tired, and now was the time to test their wills!
The winner in the end must be the one with the strongest will! He, Naoshige Nabeshima, will not lose to anyone in terms of will!

Once again, the Ming army's attack was repelled by relying on the terrain of the gate, and Naoshige Nabeshima showed a gratified smile on his face.

Suddenly, there were sounds of shouting and killing coming from the top of the city wall. Naoshige Kojima looked up and saw a large group of Ming troops!

The leading Ming general was taller and more powerful than Kato Kiyomasa, and held a terrifying bloody mace in his hand!

The appearance of this group of Ming troops on the city wall was so sudden, just like the large group of Ming troops that appeared outside the city the day before yesterday!

Hundreds of their own defeated soldiers who were supposed to defend on the city walls were being chased by the Ming army. They rushed down from the top of the city along the horse path and fled towards the city gate!
Baka! Naoshige Kojima turned around and fled without hesitation, running faster than the fleeing soldiers!
The experienced Nabeshima understood without any calculation that the soldiers around him were already exhausted from fighting, and if they were charged by their own defeated soldiers, they would not be able to hold their ground!
As a person with strong will, you need to know when to turn around. Fenglinhuoshan turns around like the wind!

The general's tactics were so terrifying! He first lured the enemy to open the city gate for a night attack, and then used a feint to attack the city gate to attract the enemy's main force!
As for the real killer move, it is to send the most courageous generals to climb the city wall in a remote place and break through the defense line!

Outside the city gate, Lieutenant General Yang personally led the team to attack the gate three times, but was unfortunately shot in the abdomen and was carried out by his personal guards.

Before he fell unconscious, Admiral Yang ordered with tears in his eyes: "Go back to the camp. I will be in charge of the military law and bear all the responsibility."

After saying this, Lieutenant General Yang felt ashamed to face his soldiers, and he tilted his head and fainted.

At this moment, the soldiers nearby suddenly shouted excitedly: "The Japanese soldiers retreated! The Japanese soldiers retreated!"

Admiral Yang, who was lying on the wooden board, suddenly sat up and looked towards the city gate with his eyes wide open.

God bless me, I finally got the credit for scoring the first goal.

At this time, it was dawn, and a tall and majestic figure like an iron tower gradually appeared in the doorway.

He waved his mace in greeting and shouted, "Commander Yang! Are you okay?"

Yang Dengshan: “.”

I fought all night, but what was I fighting for?

Lin Tailai strode to Yang Dengshan's side, looked at the wound, and said thankfully, "It's not deep."

Yang said sadly, "The General promised not to take the first credit."

Lin Tailai replied helplessly: "Our department said that we will not interfere with your mission of attacking the city gate, and give you the opportunity to be the first to break the gate.

But you have been unable to take the city for a long time, what can this department do? For the sake of the overall situation, this department was forced to climb the city first and then break through the gate.

Don't worry, you will be rewarded as well! After all, you attracted the main force of the Japanese soldiers in the north city and most of the muskets, creating a good opportunity for the headquarters to climb the city.

This department was the first to reach the summit for the third time, and you deserve half of the credit for the military achievement!"

Admiral Yang felt a sweetness in his throat and fainted again.

The three lives of evil, the army is afraid of fighting! The evil is full, the army is the first to attack!

(End of this chapter)