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

Chapter 242: Teach Koryo Bangzi a lesson
The leader of the Mongolian Tartars, Halazhang stationed in Shenyang, has already cleaned up the mess in Shenyang, counted the losses, and finally caught up.

However, when he saw that the strength of the Ming army was several times that of the Ming army, he did not dare to charge the Ming army. He watched the Ming army withdraw to Liaoyang and was about to join the Ming army in Liaoyang soon. Suddenly, he exploded. .

"Are you still the queen of the great Genghis Khan? Where has the glory gone?"

"Our Mongolian Empire is invincible, and no one in the world dares to be my enemy! Does the Ming army in front of you scare you now?"

"The Ming army can come when they want and leave when they want. If they really want to do what they want, Changshengtian will be angry. Where are your faces?"

"..."

However, although Ha Lazhang yelled and cursed somewhat angrily, the troops belonging to Guantong and Naha did not seem to hear him.

Just like this time the Ming army attacked Shenyang, it was not attacking them.

Looking at their expressions, Harazhang could tell.He was stationed in Shenyang. When the Ming army attacked Shenyang, more importantly, his face was damaged.If he doesn't take the lead in the attack, these people from Naha will definitely not attack first.

After understanding this, Ha Lazhang really wanted to shout: It's like this, and you are still thinking about preserving your own strength. It is really too short-sighted!It's not enough to make a fool of yourself!

But facing this situation, he had no choice.Seeing that the Ming army's help was about to reach the sniper army, it would be really embarrassing if the Ming army broke through this last blockade.

Therefore, Harazhang began to organize his troops to launch a two-sided attack while the Ming army was attacking the Goryeo army, defeating the Ming army in one fell swoop.

After making the deployment, he shouted to the troops coming out of Naha: "Success or failure depends on this one move. For the sake of longevity and the glory of the Great Yuan Empire, I am willing to fight to the death. You guys are still not the glorious Genghis Khan." It’s up to you!”

On the side of the Ming Cavalry, after suddenly sending out troops to force the enemy to stop digging holes, they remained stationary until the main force of the car camp and infantry caught up, and then they took an attacking stance.

The enemies in front of them are the two armies of the Mongolian Tatars and the Korean Bangzi.Among them, the infantry of Goryeo Bangzi formed the main sniper force, and the cavalry of the Mongolian Tatars waited for opportunities on both sides.

In addition, in several other directions of the Ming army, there were also densely packed Tatar cavalry and infantry.Among them, Halazhang's troops were in the rear of the Ming army. It was like a hungry wolf showing its teeth and ready to attack, waiting for the Ming army to show a weakness and then jump forward.

The sound of "woo woo woo" horns and the sound of hooves mobilizing troops and horses were constantly ringing on the battlefield.

Lan Yu, the commander of the Ming army, used his binoculars to look at the movements of the enemies around him. His cold expression remained unchanged. He just ordered five sidecars to be mobilized to the front of the team and marched together, preparing to use the rapid cannons on the cars. Blast away Goryeo's army.

From the moment he made the decision to fight this battle to establish his authority and provide cover for His Highness King Yan, he calculated the provisions, grass, ammunition and other supplies that the entire army had to carry.

After the battle, as the famous general who founded the Ming Dynasty, he also very naturally intentionally controlled the consumption of food, grass and ammunition, and kept it to a similar level.

Now, it is the last battle of this battle, so there is nothing to worry about.

The speed cannon consumes a lot of ammunition once used.Therefore, in previous battles, he did not use this firearm, which consumes gunpowder the fastest, because there was no suitable opportunity.

But now, there is no need to hesitate, you can use it directly.

Moreover, this is a battle to establish prestige. If you don’t show off the good things, you would be a bit sorry for the invention of the Prince Consort!

On the Goryeo Bangzi side, if there was a choice, Li Chenggui certainly did not want to snipe the Ming army.However, the Mongols just looked at him and couldn't do anything without sniping.

Most of his troops were infantry, which annoyed the Mongols, and it was a bit mysterious to return safely to Goryeo.Not to mention, if you don't fight a battle, you won't be able to give orders to the king after you return.

The notification from Harazhang had come, and Li Chenggui decided that as long as he stopped the Ming army, it would be fine as long as there was a stalemate for a while.In this way, Harazhang's side will attack the Ming army, and the Mongolian army on the periphery, which is several times the size of the Ming army, will also attack.At that time, he can paddle here.

If he can win the Ming army, then he has the ability to snipe; if he still can't win, he is not prepared to fight desperately, anyway, he has already explained.

On the battlefield, everyone had their own thoughts, and finally the Ming army launched the attack first.

The van opened the way, followed by the Daming infantry, pressing towards the Koryo army.Getting closer, getting closer.

On the Goryeo army's side, the archers and musketeers were all moved to the front, and they were also preparing to shoot and fight.

The cavalry army on Harazhang's side has already protruded, and it is ready to bite the rear army of the Ming army, drag the Ming army, bite the Ming army, create opportunities for other Mongolian troops, and then share the Ming army.

"Ho ho ho ho ha..."

On the side of the Ming army, they shouted in unison, their steps and roar echoed each other, the momentum was huge, and they were getting closer and closer to the Goryeo army.

On the side of Goryeo Bangzi, thinking about the powerful artillery of the Ming army, the queue became a little confused. No one wanted to be bombarded to death by the Ming army's powerful artillery.

Li Chenggui saw that his men were suppressed by the Ming army's momentum and were still a little confused. He was furious and immediately sent his personal guards to supervise the battle.Before the battle, soldiers who cause chaos will be killed without mercy.

At the same time, he was a little weird himself.Why didn't the Ming army fire yet?At this distance, the powerful artillery of the Ming Dynasty should be able to fire, right?

He is actually not afraid of such powerful artillery. Its lethality is limited, but it will cause more panic.However, as long as the army is restrained and does not cause chaos, it will be fine.

However, the Ming army still didn't fire and was still advancing, which made him a little confused.

If he continues like this, he will be within the range of his bows and arrows. Why doesn't the Ming army fire?
At first, he thought of the kind of firearms thrown by the Ming army from catapults. This was really powerful. If it was thrown into the military formation, it would inevitably cause heavy casualties.

However, he had observed over and over again that sidecars were still clearing the way for the Ming army's attack, and no catapults were seen.

Therefore, Li Chenggui was a little confused. What medicine was the Ming Army selling in this gourd?

He doesn't know that Lan Yu is a ruthless person. In order to win, he is definitely a ruthless guy!

Originally, the range of the rapid artillery, if loaded with solid bullets, would exceed the range of the Korean bows and muskets, and it would be able to tear apart the Korean military formation with the firing speed of the rapid artillery without any casualties on one's own side.

However, he had no intention of doing so.

Sapphire still carried out his goal of the battle of Liwei, and ordered the rapid artillery to be loaded with shotguns.In this way, the range of the rapid artillery is much shorter.Although it has a longer range than the Crouching Tiger Cannon, compared with Goryeo's long-range weapons, it is about the same as the effective range of bows and arrows, and slightly higher than the range of Goryeo's muskets.

His approach would definitely cause casualties to the Ming soldiers, but it could greatly injure the Goryeo soldiers.

Regarding the Korean army blocking the road in front of him, Lan Yu deliberately wanted to destroy half of it, thus frightening all enemies.

In order to achieve this goal, the vanguard of this attack is the army directly under Lan Yu himself.He puts the most emphasis on military discipline in military training, and he has this confidence that even if it is a mountain of swords and seas of fire, as long as he gives the order, his subordinates will definitely break through.Originally, it was recorded in history that even Zhu Yuanzhang did not recognize the soldiers trained by Lan Yu, which triggered Zhu Yuanzhang's murderous intention, thus leading to the Lan Yu case, the last of the four major Hongwu cases.

Lan Yu didn't give the order, so the Ming army kept advancing, getting closer and closer to the Goryeo military formation.

Almost everyone's eyes are focused on this place.Obviously, this must be the flashpoint of the war, and then the war in other directions will be linked.

Seeing that the Ming army entered the bow and arrow coverage of the Goryeo army, the Ming army still did not move and continued to advance.

This time, the pressure on the Korean people is very high.Because they know that the Ming army has artillery that is many times more powerful, and it has been triggered but not fired, which is what scares them the most.

No, even Li Chenggui couldn't hold back anymore.He saw that some of his subordinates could no longer hold up under the strong pressure of the Ming army, so he finally issued a military order.

When the Goryeo soldiers received the military order, they were relieved and immediately let go of their bow strings, and the rain of bows and arrows immediately flew towards the Ming army.

One of the advantages of bows and arrows is that they shoot quickly and can shoot arrows continuously, but they cannot last long.

At this time, seeing the Koryo army shooting bows and arrows, the Ming army immediately pulled up the baffle on the van, and the following soldiers held up their shields and began to block them.

"Chop chop chop..."

The bows and arrows of Gaoli Bangzi were nailed to the side carriages, to the fenders, and more to the ground, making a lot of noise.

Continuous shooting of arrows. Although the Ming army also took good protection, there were still relatively unlucky soldiers of the Ming army who were hit by bows and arrows in parts that could not be protected, or were injured to the point of sustaining more arrows, or were injured. After hanging up the arrow, he still continued to move forward.

Seeing that the Ming army was still advancing, Li Chenggui's expression changed a little.

He claimed to be the best general of Goryeo, and he was the most powerful in training and fighting.However, after comparing them on the battlefield, at least in terms of military discipline, he found that his men were not as good as the Ming army.

Despite the rain of arrows and casualties, the Ming army did not appear in chaos and continued to advance. It seemed that nothing could stop the Ming army from advancing. Li Chenggui was really shocked.

At this moment, he regretted a little. Perhaps he would rather offend the Mongols and the king than directly let his subordinates confront the Ming army.The military discipline of the Ming army is really scary!

While he was thinking, suddenly, he saw the Ming army's forward stopped while advancing.

The indomitable momentum was finally broken, which made everyone in the Goryeo army heave a sigh of relief.Just now, the Ming army braved the arrow rain to attack, which put them under too much pressure.

However, they immediately discovered to their horror that five artillery pieces were exposed on the front five sidecars of the Ming army.

Li Chenggui also saw it, but he was relieved.Because he saw clearly that the five artillery pieces were definitely not the very powerful cannons he had seen before, the kind that could bombard the city gate from a long distance.

But he still had some doubts, why did the Ming army stop and fire when they were so close?The range of this kind of artillery is almost the same as that of a bow and arrow, so isn't it also similar to the artillery in his army?
While he was thinking, he suddenly saw gunpowder smoke coming out of the Ming army's sidecar.

"Boom boom boom..."

The speedy cannon finally began to fire, and the moment smoke rose into the sky, the archers and gunmen on the Goryeo army fell to the ground one by one.

It was just a round of artillery bombardment, and there was a big gap in the front of the Koryo army formation.There were heavy casualties.

Most of the Goryeo sticks hit by shotguns were injured but not dead. They were lying on the ground crying for their fathers and mothers.

This scene stunned everyone who was paying attention to the war here, or almost all the Tartars and Koreans on the battlefield.

When did artillery damage become a patch instead of a line?

What kind of artillery is this and why is it so powerful?

They were still thinking, and while they were looking at the scene in front of them dumbfounded, with expressions of disbelief on their faces, the Ming army's artillery roared again.

"Boom boom boom..."

Suddenly, another large piece of Goryeo sticks fell to the ground and howled.

This time, everyone was dumbfounded again.

what happened?

Didn't the Ming army's artillery just fire?How could it be possible to fire again so soon?How is this possible?
In this era of sudden fire guns, the firing speed of the super fast artillery far exceeded their imagination.It can be said that it is not an exaggeration to shatter their worldview.

At this moment, most people were dumbfounded, staring at the artillery on the Ming army's sidecar with incredulous eyes.Only the Korean stickmen who faced the Ming army's artillery could not care less about their surprise, ignored military discipline, and began to run away in panic.

However, at this moment, the speed cannon roared again.

"Boom boom boom..."

After three rounds of shelling, the pre-loaded muskets had not yet been used up. The Korean sticks in front of them were either dead or wounded and fell to the ground, or they fled away from the Ming army in large numbers.It was as if something very scary was chasing them behind them.

I threw away my armor and only regretted that I ran slowly!

Faced with the scattershot offensive of the powerful speeding artillery, the most elite army of Goryeo and the No. 1 general of Goryeo no longer existed at this time.

In front of the Ming army, a very large gap appeared.

Lan Yu immediately gave an order, and the Ming army soldiers behind the side carriage immediately used the Yuanyang Formation's pursuit formation to cross the side carriage and pursue Gaoli Bangzi.

"kill……"

The Mongolian Tatars from other directions were all dumbfounded when they saw this scene.Even Harazhang, who was ready to attack, ordered to stop the attack.

The Ming army was powerful beyond imagination.Who else dares to attack with such powerful artillery?

(End of this chapter)