Jingtai Fengyun: The First Absurd Emperor of Ming Dynasty

Chapter 616: Li Aoming gambles on humanity to survive and reverse the situation
Why Jiang Yuan only dared to mutter in his heart was because he had previously proposed that Japan would send troops to join the war to resist the Ming Dynasty and aid Korea, but Fang Ying looked unbelievable and thought these were all fantasy.

Fang Ying also has his own reasons. First of all, Japan is also full of internal contradictions. In name, the emperor is unified, but in fact there are many vassal towns and a lot of "Jiedu Envoys" in the local area.

These Jiedu envoys would be considered as burning incense if they didn't get together into a porridge pot. How do you expect them to unite to aid North Korea and fight against the Ming Dynasty?
Secondly, even if Japan is willing to send troops, sending [-] to [-] troops will not work, so it must send [-] to [-] troops anyway.But we also had to assemble the army, organize naval warships to transport troops, and land in North Korea. This took less than a year and a half to complete.

Even if they finally succeed in marching into North Korea, how to supply so many soldiers will still be a big problem.

Therefore, Fang Ying basically did not consider Japan's participation in the war.

Moreover, Zhu Qiyu repeatedly emphasized that priority should be given to ensuring the safety of the main army, which also provided a theoretical basis for Fang Ying's step-by-step strategy, causing Jiang Yuan to dare not make a direct argument.

The Jurchens make a living by fishing and hunting, and the places they live in are deep mountains and old forests.Therefore, the army composed of Jurchens is mainly infantry.Moreover, the Jurchens at this time were all light infantry, and were not armed to the teeth like they would be 150 years later.

After the painstaking efforts of several generations of kings, North Korea finally trained [-] heavy infantry specifically to restrain the Jurchens.

In the original strategic layout, North Korea's biggest foreign enemy was the Jurchens, and no one expected that Ming Dynasty would personally participate.

Today's force distribution, Li Chengyu has 2 heavy infantry, local government troops, and temporary conscripts totaling more than 1 people, plus more than [-] Jurchen soldiers.

The Ming army had 3 old Beijing troops led by Fang Ying, and the court had 8 reinforcements to transport heavy artillery. The total number of auxiliary troops and grain transport troops was [-].

There are more than 3 North Korean troops in Kaesong, including [-] heavy infantry and more than [-] local troops.

In terms of military strength, the North Korean army had the advantage, because the main force of the Ming army was shrinking in Pyongyang and did not want to participate in the war with all its strength, so the next step became a duel between the North Korean army and Li Chengyu.

In the beginning, it was naturally a regular project.Fang Ying gave Li Chengyu a lot of artillery, and Li Chengyu directed the soldiers to dig trenches and tunnels while firing at the artillery of the Kaicheng defenders.

Well, everyone can predict the result: progress is extremely slow, the artillery is too far away and cannot hit the city wall; the artillery is too close, and in turn is bombarded by the artillery on the top of the city.

Shooting downwards from a high place has a much farther range than shooting upwards from a low place.

Li Chengyu, who had always been known as a Confucian general, also began to sit in the camp and curse.

Fortunately, Li Chengyu had confidants around him and was not alone: ​​Dong Shan and Li Manzhu, the two commanders of Jianzhou Guard and Jianzhou Left Guard, were secretly lurking in Li Chengyu's camp.

Dong Shan and Li Manzhu did not want to openly rebel against the Ming Dynasty.And Li Chengyu had already established himself as the Golden Emperor, so Dong Shan and Li Manzhu had to keep a low profile and did not dare to be openly tied to Li Chengyu.

Jiang Yuan and Fang Ying didn't hear the news at all, they just turned a blind eye.Especially Fang Ying, she was used to dealing with the chieftains in the south every day.

After withdrawing the others, leaving only Dong Shan and Li Man, Li Chengyu cursed: "This great emperor is really vicious and vicious.

Obviously, as long as the main force of the Ming army moves between Kaesong and Seoul, it will cut off the connection between the two.Then we can take advantage of the empty defenses in Seoul and capture it quickly, and then the situation will be settled.

But Jiang Yuan refused to agree, and Fang Ying repeatedly refused.

A great fighter plane was wasted like this.Let's storm Kaicheng. No matter how many people die, we won't be able to take it down. "

Dong Shan snorted coldly: "We have seen this great Emperor of Heaven with our own eyes. He is extremely cunning and cunning. He is really nothing.

It's really a pipe dream if you want to get something from him.

He now wants us to fight with the North Korean army, and it would be best if we all die together. Li Chengyu shook his head: "This is a conspiracy. We know clearly that the Emperor of Heaven thinks so, but there is no turning back. We have no retreat and no other choice." "

Li Manzhu, who had been silent all this time, suddenly made a bold suggestion: "How about we attack Seoul with our entire army?
If the Kaesong Army does not come to help, we will storm Seoul.

If the Kaesong Army comes to help, we will set up an ambush in the middle, wait for work, and beat the Kaesong Army hard.

If the Kaicheng army sends a small number of reinforcements, we can completely surround and annihilate them.If the Kaesong Army sends the main force back and forth to aid Seoul, then Kaesong will be empty. I don't believe that the Ming Army can still stand still and not take the Kaesong that is brought to its lips. "

Li Chengyu pondered for a long time and then sighed: "I also have this intention, but it is too risky and I have never dared to implement it. Now that the situation is like this, I can only give it a try."

Dong Shan and Li Manzhu both expressed their willingness to do their best to help Li Chengyu conquer Seoul in one fell swoop.

The mobilization and deployment of all aspects continued until the eighth day of July.

In the early morning of the ninth day of July, Li Chengyu abandoned his positions on the east, west and north sides of Kaesong, leaving only 1 auxiliary troops in the south to block the Kaesong army by relying on trenches. Dong Shan and Li Man also had [-] elite troops stationed in the mountains. Set up an ambush.Li Chengyu himself led more than [-] people to bluff and besiege Seoul.

Early on the morning of July [-], Li Chengyu brought artillery to the gates of Seoul and immediately set up artillery to attack the city.

Li Yao was awakened by the sound of cannons. Since becoming the king of Korea, Li Yao has been frightened five or six times a day, quite like Emperor Zhaolie of the Han Dynasty.

Of course, since he had not been canonized by the Ming Emperor, the Korean king was regarded as a tyrant, and he seemed to be dishonest and unruly, and everyone above and below him had doubts about this.

Li Yao would be hesitant if there was any disturbance, let alone artillery fire outside the city.

Seoul was already depleted of troops, and most of the explorers sent out were interested in the Supreme King, so they worked outside in a perfunctory and ineffective manner.

That is because Li Chengyu claimed to be the Emperor of Jin Dynasty. If he came to serve the king under the banner of Qingjun, maybe the Seoul army would be able to open the city gate and welcome the king's army.

Because the soldiers and civilians in Seoul were unable to work, Li Chengyu led his troops to the city, and Li Yao got the news.No one could have imagined that Li Chengyu was so fierce that he would dare to cross Kaicheng and attack Seoul.

Once it is attacked from the north and south by the Kaesong Army and the Seoul Army, the entire army will be destroyed.

Li Yao hurriedly summoned Quan Zhu and others for a secret discussion. After discussing the countermeasures, he hurriedly summoned the city army to return reinforcements.

On July 23, the [-] elite troops of the Kaesong Army first broke through the [-] troops left by Li Chengyu to besiege the city, and then marched straight to Seoul.

In the early morning of July 24, when the Kaicheng army was half asleep, Dong Shan and Li Manzhu led the ambush troops to rush out.

The advantage of Dongshan's side was to wait for work and attack suddenly; but the Kaesong Army's side had a numerical advantage, [-] to [-]. After the initial rush, they quickly stabilized their position.

Then the raid turned into a fierce battle. Both sides had no way out and could only engage in a life-and-death fight. The battle lasted from early morning to dusk. In the end, Dong Shan's side collapsed first.

Since the Ming army had no time to join the battle, the overall situation was decided, and all that was left was to pursue death and the north.

At this point, the war situation in North Korea changed again, and Li Yao actually found a glimmer of hope from the cracks.

The rapid changes in the battle situation are vividly interpreted at this moment.

(End of this chapter)