Early Ming Dynasty: Turning Clouds and Rains into New Learning Saints

Chapter 241

In Shenyang, at the head of the city and below the city, the soldiers of the Ming army were shouting in unison.

In stark contrast, whether it was the Mongolian Tartars, or the Jurchen tribe, or the Koryo army, everything was quiet.

The power of firearms possessed by the Ming army completely exceeded their imagination.

There are cannons that can blast through city gates at such a long distance as before; and the firearms thrown by catapults are even more lethal. When they explode, they are not just a line like the artillery, but a large area. affected.

The most shocking thing is that the muskets of the Ming army are so powerful that they seem to be able to shoot without seeing the action of igniting the fire.Not only that, but the shooting speed was so fast that several rows of Ming soldiers fired in turn, forming an uninterrupted rain of bullets, which was simply impossible for humans to rush through.And it can also be seen that the shooting range is still far away, and all those in the middle fell to the ground, and no one was spared.

How did the Ming army make such a powerful firearm?

How can you fight the Ming army?

At this moment, Li Chenggui finally understood why the Ming army, with its inferior strength, was able to ignore several times the enemy and still attack Shenyang City!

Looking at this scene, the Ming army's drunkard's intention is not to drink at all, but to frighten their enemies!

Thinking of this, Li Chenggui looked towards the Mongolian army and found that the Mongolians, regardless of their size, were all cowering, as if they were afraid that the Ming army's muskets and artillery could hit them at once.

Glancing over, he found that some tribes on the Jurchen tribe were already retreating quietly, apparently cowardly and trying to escape.

Finally, Li Chenggui turned to look at his men and found that there was no difference.The faces of each of his subordinates were a little pale, and there was some fear.

He estimated in his mind that if he ordered an attack on the Ming army at this time, his men might not dare to attack.

Looking at all this, Li Chenggui sighed in his heart.I'm afraid this war can't be fought. This morale is too low!

While thinking about this, he suddenly noticed another movement from the Ming army, so he turned around and looked.Immediately, they discovered that the Ming army soldiers who had captured the city of Shenyang had actually withdrawn from the city.

What are they doing?
The answer will be available soon.

Seeing that the front army of the Ming army changed to the rear army, and the rear army changed to the front army, they began to move.

"Is this?" Li Chenggui looked at it for a while and came to a conclusion in surprise, "Is the Ming army going to withdraw to Liaoyang?"

It seems that the Ming army indeed changed the direction of attack and began to move towards Liaoyang.

After confirming this, Li Chenggui was a little dumbfounded: They went to such great lengths just to tell their enemies that they have the ability to capture Shenyang, and they can come and leave whenever they want, so why not let them?
Thinking of this, a very strong sense of arrogance made Li Chenggui, who had originally planned to be a bystander, feel very uncomfortable.

With him like this, the Ming army's biggest enemy, the Mongolian Tatars, felt like their faces were being slapped by this Ming army!

"Pah", slapped him with his mouth.

Look, we have fewer troops than you. We can come whenever we want and you can't stop us.

"Pa", the second mouth twitched again.

Look, you are surrounded by many times your troops, but if we want to attack Shenyang, we can attack Shenyang, and we can defeat it very easily, treating you like nothing. Do you have any objections?
"Pah", another mouth twitched.

Grandson, watch out, we can come when we want and leave when we want. Can you stop us?
Faced with such humiliation by the Ming army, all the Mongolian Tatars blushed.However, for those ordinary soldiers, Qi returned to Qi, but they did not dare to take any action.

On the other hand, the Mongol Tatar leaders were furious with each other, shouting to attack and stop the Ming army.If this Ming army really wants to be withdrawn, it would be really shameless!

However, the Ming army's firearms had just shown their power, and they had already forgotten it before they were so forgetful.

The Mongol Tatar army just surrounded the perimeter and moved with the Ming army.

The heads of various tribes, as well as the chiefs of the Jurchen tribe and Li Chenggui from Goryeo, were all summoned to discuss the military situation.

Harazhang and Guantong, the highest-ranking people, both had gloomy faces. They looked at a group of people who were silent and had their heads lowered. After looking at each other, Guantong spoke: "The Ming army is about to escape. Right now." This is a good time for us to kill the enemy. Those of you who have never participated in the battle will have no chance to make meritorious deeds if you don't hurry up. I will give you the credit this time."

His words were obviously meant for the Jurchen tribe and the Korean people.After all, this bone is too hard, so let the foreigners consume the Ming army first. This is their consensus.

However, although his words were beautiful, the Jurchen tribe chief, Li Chenggui and others were not stupid: Is the Ming army fleeing?Which eye sees the slightest sign of escape?

Venting his dissatisfaction in his heart, he just pretended to be the Clay Bodhisattva and pretended not to hear it.

When Harazhang saw them like this, he immediately got angry and shouted: "Why, are you deaf? Those who don't contribute at all in this battle are the enemies of my Yuan Empire! Haha, come on, let's see what you can do Can’t you go back?”

This is a naked threat.

The Mongol Tatar generals, such as Gao Basi Temur, Hong Boyan Temur and others, immediately stared at the Jurchens and Koreans with ill intentions, as if they were about to draw their swords if they disagreed.

When Li Chenggui saw this posture, he knew that it would be impossible to continue to shrink his head, so he said: "What kind of vehicles does the Ming army have for protection, and their firearms are powerful. If they attack directly, the losses will be heavy, and it may not be possible." It can be attacked. From the point of view of the officials of the small country, it is better to send people to the front and hang up the road. In this way, the Ming army can be trapped to death. As long as the Ming army's food, grass and gunpowder are consumed, victory will be achieved. It must be ours."

Upon hearing what he said, Guantong couldn't help but be overjoyed. He quickly pointed at Li Chenggui and said, "This plan is very clever. Then it's up to you to dig the road and make sure to prevent the Ming army from retreating."

When Li Chenggui heard this, he looked unfazed by the honor and disgrace, but he was happy in his heart. He quickly responded and then hurriedly withdrew.

Those Jurchens didn't even have time to grab the job, and he had already run out of the camp.

Guantong looked at the Jurchens, his voice became colder, and he ordered: "If you go to harass the Ming army, you must slow down the Ming army, otherwise I will attack them!"

After finishing speaking, he selected a few Yuan generals and asked them to supervise the team.

"My lord, we usually make a living by fishing and hunting, and we are the best at digging. Why don't you let us dig in the ground?"

"Yes, yes, we are the best at digging. The Ming army will never be able to defeat us..."

"..."

The chiefs of these Jurchen tribes were obviously afraid of attacking the Ming army. They were not even willing to harass them. They volunteered one by one, still hoping to win the task of digging roads.

Needless to say, Harazhang lost his temper and frightened the clan leaders so much that they did not dare to speak any more and had no choice but to carry out the military orders.

So, on the battlefield, the Koreans headed towards Liaoyang first.The Jurchens, under the supervision of the Mongolian Tatars, timidly launched harassment against the Ming army.They were riding horses, far away, shouting, and dancing with their teeth and claws, as if they were dancing a shamanic dance.But no matter what, they just didn't dare to get close to the Ming army.

Therefore, the soldiers of the Ming army retreated while enjoying the singing and dancing.

This kind of perfunctory made the leader of the Mongol Tartars yell in anger, and immediately dispatched a supervising team to drive the Jurchens to attack.

It goes without saying how a war with no morale like this would end. With a few casualties, all the Jurchens ran back, which basically did not affect the marching speed of the Ming army.

Fortunately, after such a day of commotion, it was already getting late.

The Ming army did not leave here either, and set up camp to rest with the car camp as a protection.

Naturally, the enemy also stopped.But looking from a distance, the city of Shenyang seems to be busy cleaning up the mess.

After night fell, the Mongolian Tartars organized several nighttime sneak attacks, but the Ming army had experienced generals, and the Tartars had never succeeded in night raids when they came, and they still failed to succeed in night raids when they left. Nothing more than normal.

On the next day, the Ming army continued to move towards Liaoyang.

But the Mongolian Tatars are a little busy.

Two groups of Jurchen tribesmen ran away in the middle of the night last night.

In addition, the Mongolian Tatars also found that the Koreans actually went all the way to dig holes, which was equivalent to allowing the Ming army to move closer to Liaoyang, and they were very angry.

However, Li Chenggui's reply was that the army did not have the tools at hand, and if they were to dig close, they would be afraid that the road would not be dug enough to prevent the Ming army's car camp from leaving.

The Mongolian Tatars had no choice but to ignore the fact that the Koreans had as many as 3 horses. They also sent some of their own people to dig together.Judging from their posture, they seemed to be digging a chasm out of the sky.

However, what they never expected was that while they were busy, there would be an urgent report from the detective horse, indicating that the National Cavalry Army was coming to kill them.

Sure enough, before anyone could react, they heard the rumble of horse hooves.

When Li Chenggui saw it, he immediately wanted to order a retreat.But the Mongolian Tatars won’t do it here!
The only way to block this Ming army is to dig a road and prevent the Ming army from passing through.The Mongolian Tatars have obviously realized this.

Now, when the Ming cavalry attacked, they had no choice but to gather and prepare for war.

However, before they had finished gathering, another scout came to report that the Ming army in Liaoyang City was going to fight.

If this operation of the Ming army went deep into the hinterland of the desert, then it would definitely be very difficult for the army to retreat.

However, the distance from Shenyang to Liaoyang is only 120 miles.For cavalry, you can easily go back and forth in one day.

Not to mention, the Ming army had already gone back before.Ye Busuo has communication with Liaoyang, and Liaoyang itself will send Ye Busuo to check the situation on the front line.

When the Koreans left Shenyang and headed toward Liaoyang, Lan Yu and others, who were experienced in leading troops and fighting, had already guessed what the Koreans were going to do.

On the Liaoyang side, Xu Da has already arrived, and after Ye Busuo reports the news, he will naturally be able to take corresponding measures.

In this way, the Korean sticks and the Mongolian Tatars who dug the road suffered from two sides.

The Mongol Tatar leader Guandong present became anxious when he saw it. He personally ran to the Koryo people and asked the Koryo infantry to assemble. No matter what, they must block the Ming army and prevent them from opening the road.

At the same time, he also sent people to the rear to spread the news and ask for reinforcements.

Li Chenggui, on his side, had no choice but to order his men to line up.

At this time, if you could see this area from the sky, the situation would be like this.

In the direction of Liaoyang, about five to six thousand Ming infantry troops were moving in an attack formation under the cover of more than 1000 cavalry troops.

About ten miles away from the Ming army, there were about [-] Goryeo troops and about [-] Mongolian Tatars in formation to snipe the Ming army.

About ten miles behind them, [-] Korean troops and [-] Mongolian cavalry were forming formation.Among them, the Goryeo army was mainly infantry, and the Mongolian cavalry was arranged on both sides, also in a defensive posture.

On the battlefield, the Mongolian Tatar and Goryeo messengers were running back and forth, shouting loudly and conveying various military orders.

About two miles in front of them, a Ming cavalry army of about 5000 people had already made an attack posture, but it remained silent.

About ten miles to the north, the main force of the Ming army was driving south under the cover of the chariot camp and cavalry.

On their sides and behind, more Mongolian troops followed.Although they showed their teeth and claws, no Tatar army dared to charge and stop the Ming army from moving south.

Nanxiong Hou Zhao Yong looked at the situation of the Tatars in the army and couldn't help but smile contemptuously and said: "These Tatars are just a mob. If Wang Baobao of the Tatars is still there, then we will have some trouble in retreating like this. But now, look at it They, hehe!”

His qualifications are old enough. He had fought in the north and south before the founding of the country. If he hadn't kept slaves privately, he would have held the title of Duke.Given his qualifications, these words carry weight.

As the coach, Yongchang Hou Lanyu heard this, but was not convinced, and said coldly: "The Tatars are sunset, don't say anything about Wang Baobao, no matter how many Baobao come, they will only add some military merits to us!"

Having said this, he paused, and when he saw that Zhao Yong seemed a little unhappy, he added in a cold voice: "The great prince-in-law descended from the sky, created the Yuanyang Formation, came out of the chariot camp, improved gunpowder, built cannons to blast barbarians, and cannons with great speed. , and this flintlock gun. From now on, if every soldier in the army has a shot, even if their Temujin is still alive, I can teach him how to behave!"

Zhao Yong was dumbfounded when he heard this.

Originally, he couldn't stand Lan Yu's arrogance.However, when he heard these reasons, he was speechless.

That's right, today's imperial officers and soldiers are invincible!

Thinking of this, he was filled with great pride, and he immediately shouted generously: "Today's Tatars are just like chickens and dogs, but the Ming Dynasty is victorious!"

When his personal guards heard this, they all excitedly shouted together: "The Tatars are just like chickens and dogs, but the Ming Dynasty is victorious!"

As soon as they shouted this, other Ming army officers and soldiers followed suit and shouted, looking at the tens of thousands of Tatars around them as if they were nothing.

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