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

Chapter 245
But how is this possible?
The Ming army broke through the city gate so soon?Didn't you say that Kaesong is a strong city?

In the world, throughout the ages, who has ever heard of anyone conquering a city so easily?

This is absolutely impossible!
Wang Yu thought like this, emotionally unable to accept the more rational conclusion!
At this time, he saw his important minister Li Renren running in in a panic. He didn't even know where he was, and his hair was a little disheveled. If you weren't familiar with him, you wouldn't be able to recognize him.

"Your Majesty, the Ming army has entered the city. If we don't leave, it will be too late!"

Behind him, another favorite, Lin Jianwei, also ran in in panic and shouted: "Your Majesty, the Ming army is coming towards the palace, run away!"

Wang Yu was a little confused after hearing this, and asked in panic: "Where is Cui Qing? Where is Cui Qing?"

When Li Renren heard that the king was still thinking about Cui Ying, he immediately shouted: "Your Majesty, it is Cui Ying who has harmed the country! The minister had long suggested that the king should go on a hunting trip, but in the end he wanted to sing the opposite, and now he is even more trapped. The king is under a dangerous wall, he deserves to die, he deserves to die!"

When he said this, he didn't mention at all that he himself had changed his mind.

"Boom boom boom..."

At this time, the roar of artillery was heard in the distance again.And listening to this movement, it seems that it is coming from several directions.

"kill……"

The faint shouts of killing have become increasingly clear.Basically, it can be heard that they are probably coming towards the palace.

Wang Yu heard the sound of shelling and trembled.At this time, he didn't care about his dignity, let alone whether he was wearing armor or not, so he ran out anxiously, shouting at the same time: "Escort, escort..."

After hearing this, Li Renren and Lin Jianwei hurriedly followed out, shouting the same loudly: "Escort, escort..."

Headless flies can be seen everywhere inside and outside the palace.The maids, chamberlains, and even the guards were all in a state of panic and confusion.

For them, being suddenly invaded by a foreign enemy was an experience they had never experienced before.

In fact, let alone them, all the people in Kaesong, from the king of Koryo to the traffickers and pawns, have never had such an experience.

"kill……"

Chongren Gate already belongs to the Ming Army.

As soon as the navy arrived at Kaicheng, based on previous drills in Tianjin, the troops disembarked and began to attack, which did not cause much chaos.

Regarding the plan to attack and open the city, Yan Wang Zhu Di, Ma Yun and others have discussed it many times on the way to Laide.The deployment of the operation is even more specific to the level of the general banner.

In addition to the 1 army troops participating in the attack, Zhu Di also ordered [-] troops selected from the navy to also attack Kaicheng.

This naval force was something he had been carrying with him for the past few years.Its backbone is the 500 people selected from the emperor's guards during the competition in Nanjing.

To say that the most skilled Yuanyang Formation among the Ming army and the first to use it in warfare was this navy.

Therefore, the combat power of the [-] infantry troops selected from the navy will definitely not be weaker than that of the army.

The soldiers of the Ming army immediately transported the bombardment cannons from the ship, and when the Koryo soldiers were still in a panic, they aimed at the city gate and bombarded it.

The thick wooden door wrapped in iron is theoretically strong enough for offensive and defensive warfare in the cold weapon era.

However, no matter how strong it is, it can't stop the bombardment of the Hongyi cannon, and it was destroyed within a few shots.

Just like when the Ming army attacked Shenyang City in Liaodong, the explosive packets were also thrown onto the city by small catapults when the barbarian cannons bombarded the city gates.

The city gate was blasted open, and the generals defending the city were shocked. They just mobilized the defenders on the top of the city to strengthen the defense on the side of the city gate, but they were baptized by explosives.

After another "boom boom boom" explosive package exploded, even if there were uninjured Goryeo soldiers at the city gate, they would have fled in fright, and dared to resist here!

Guns and artillery are not only lethal, but also have the side effect of intimidating the enemy.Especially in the face of an army that is not strictly disciplined, after encountering an unexpectedly powerful firearm for the first time, the side effect of deterring the enemy is even better!
How good is it?

On the Chongren Gate side of Kaicheng, after being baptized by the Ming army's bombardment cannons and explosive packets, the Ming army captured the city head with almost no effort.

Subsequently, the Ming army began to attack in separate directions according to the pre-planned combat plan.

Some Ming troops expanded their results from the city wall and attacked other city gates; some Ming troops launched an attack on the Goryeo Palace along the main road; and some Ming troops saw Goryeo soldiers wherever they could see them. When regrouping, rush there without giving the Goryeo army a chance to regroup.

Most of the soldiers of the Ming army attacked using the Yuanyang Formation attack method.

Regardless of those Goryeo soldiers who abandoned their armor, as long as the Goryeo soldiers showed signs of stubborn resistance, they would kill without hesitation.

When encountering a relatively large number of enemy troops, Ming army soldiers carrying tiger squatting artillery would go to the front of the formation, and after a cannon bombardment, the soldiers would cover up and kill them.

"kill……"

In Kaicheng, there were shouts of killing everywhere.The Ming army wearing red mandarin duck uniforms spread like lava from a volcano in Kaicheng.

Here at Chongren Gate, Ming army officers and soldiers can be seen everywhere.

King Zhu Di of Yan had already climbed to the top of the city. With excitement, he used the telescope invented by Zhang Yifan to observe the battle in the city.

From time to time, he will issue a series of military orders, and then the follow-up troops that are gathering outside the city and in Wengcheng will execute his military orders, and then go to the designated places to fight, raid, support and so on.

"kill……"

In sharp contrast to the Ming army's shouts of killing, the Korean people cried for their fathers and mothers.

In the morning, everything was still fine.Suddenly, why are there enemies everywhere?
I wonder if ordinary people have such thoughts. Even their famous Korean general Cui Ying is confused and cannot understand everything he sees in front of him!
Since receiving the enemy information, he hastily made arrangements to defend the city as soon as possible. Feeling that there was no problem, he hurried to the palace to calm people's hearts.

What he said to the King of Korea was not bragging, but he really thought so.

Since ancient times, a lone army has gone deep into the city and thought about attacking a fortified city with only a small number of troops. How could it be possible to win?It's not like the Huns in the past. They didn't have city walls on the grassland, so they could be raided by the Han people.

This is Kaesong, the first fortified city in Goryeo.The people of the Ming Dynasty are mentally ill, and they even want to steal the city with a mere force, is it possible!

Unexpectedly, Cui Ying just came out of the palace, and before she even left the palace gate, she heard the sound of shelling, and then shouts of killing. She hurried out and saw that the Ming army had actually entered the city!
To be honest, when she heard the shouts of killing and saw the Ming army appearing in the city from Chongren Gate, Cui Ying felt 1 unrealistic and thought he was dazzled.After all, he had been fighting for many years. He even went to the hinterland of the Central Plains of the Ming Dynasty and fought in the Jianghuai area. He had a good idea of ​​the combat power of the Ming army.

Based on Cui Ying's understanding, it was impossible for the Ming army to capture Kaicheng no matter what, let alone capture Kaicheng in such a short period of time.What is the difference between this and the Huns who had no city walls on the grassland?
"Impossible, this is absolutely impossible!"

Cui Ying is a little crazy. Compared to Li Renren and the others, he knows more about military affairs.It is precisely because he knows more about military matters that he feels it is even more impossible!

At this moment, he was shocked by the fact that the Ming army invaded the city so quickly. He was stunned, not knowing how he should face it.

Everything in front of me is so dreamy. Is it a nightmare in a dream?
"kill……"

As the Ming army forward entered the city and got closer and closer, Cui Ying finally came to her senses under the urging of her guards.

However, he sadly discovered that at this time, the Ming army was already everywhere in the city, and the Goryeo army had lost its organizational structure. Even if he wanted to command the resistance, he had nowhere to command it.

But he was a famous Goryeo general after all. He immediately thought about it again. The guards of the palace in the city were at least organic. The Ming army had not yet come to kill them, so they could still resist!
So he immediately returned to the palace.

As a result, as soon as Cui Ying rushed back to the palace gate, she saw the palace door wide open. His monarch, King Wang Yu of Goryeo, was about to escape from the palace under the escort of a large number of guards.

"Your Majesty, you can't leave!" When Cui Ying saw it, she rushed up and loudly exhorted, "As soon as Your Majesty leaves, the morale and morale of the army will be lost, and there will be no possibility of turning defeat into victory! As long as you hold on steady, Ming's soldiers will be young , we will win."

Before Wang Yu had time to speak, Li Renren, who was following Wang Yu, couldn't help but sarcastically said: "Open your eyes and see for yourself, can you still win? Are you blind or do you want to kill the king?"

Lin Jianwei on the other side of Wang Yu also complained: "It's all you who put the king in danger, otherwise, the king would have left long ago!"

Cui Ying was so angry that she wanted to vomit blood, she burst into anger, and shouted sharply: "As long as we hold our ground, and the Ming army is small, we will definitely win. Otherwise, will we throw my capital city of Koryo to the Ming army?"

When Wang Yu heard this, he finally spoke and said to him with a somewhat ugly face: "I ordered you to command the entire city's army and destroy the Ming army!"

After saying that, he ignored Cui Ying and left in a hurry.

Li Renren, Lin Jianwei and others all followed Wang Yu and left in a hurry.

Other officials, chamberlains, maids, guards, etc. naturally followed their monarch to escape.

After just a while, Cui Ying and his guards were the only ones left at the palace gate.

The size of the palace gate made Cui Ying and others look small and lonely.

Cui Ying looked at this scene and immediately despaired.

At this moment, the sound of chaotic footsteps came from the palace again, and it seemed that another large group of people came out.

Alarmed by the voice, Cui Ying came back to her senses, and a glimmer of hope appeared on her face.As long as there are people, more and more people around them can resist the Ming army's front, then the position can be stabilized.

At this moment, with the shouts of "Your Majesty, Your Majesty", a group of people from the palace appeared.But there were a lot of concubines and their maids and so on.

It may be that the King of Goryeo was in a hurry to escape and threw all his wife and children into the palace.

These women carried many things in large and small bags.In a hurry, some packages fell to the ground, mostly gold and silver jewelry, rouge and gouache, silk and satin, etc.

I picked up some in a hurry and ran away in a hurry.In the end, Cui Ying was left with only chicken feathers on the ground.

"It's over, it's over, Kaicheng is no longer safe, our capital city of Korea is about to fall..."

At this moment, Cui Ying's face was ashen, as if in mourning.

In the end, it was his guards who held him up and chased their king's ass.

..............................

On Wang Yu's side, while he was fleeing in a hurry, one of his subordinates came to report: "Your Majesty, the Ming army commander on the other side of Tai'an Gate seems to have only about 1000 people, which is far away from Chongren Gate."

When Li Ren heard this, he couldn't wait for Wang Yu's reply and immediately ordered: "Let's go to Tai'an Gate!"

After finishing speaking, he turned back and complained: "If it weren't for Cui Ying, a stupid pig, we would have left the city long ago, how could we be blocked in the city by the Ming army!"

Thousands of people began to turn toward Tai'an Gate in the chaotic streets.Although Wang Yu did not show his flag, the other headless flies saw so many people heading to the same place and subconsciously followed them.

The flow of people going to Tai'an Gate together is increasing.

This situation was also noticed by the Ming army soldiers who were charging into the city, and several armies immediately began to pursue them.

Wang Yu and others finally arrived at Tai'an Gate, only to find that the city gate was wide open and there were a lot of corpses on the ground outside the city gate.More people are hiding here at the city gate and dare not go out.

Seeing Wang Yu and a group of civil and military officials appear, the leader here immediately went up to report: "Your Majesty, this road is blocked!"

When Wang Yu heard this, he immediately asked: "It doesn't mean that the army only has a thousand people. What are you afraid of? Get out quickly!"

"No, the Ming army has very powerful artillery. If they block the door, anyone who leaves the city will die!"

After hearing this, Wang Yu looked outside and heard the shouts of killing in the city. Naturally, he was unwilling to give in. He immediately drove the panicked soldiers and rushed out.

"Boom boom boom..."

The reason why the Ming army had so few soldiers was because they deployed fast cannons here, blocking the city gate and firing bullets at them.Each speed cannon has six muskets, which can fire continuously to block the city gate.

If the Goryeo troops in the city are commanded, organized, and indeed elite, then even with super-fast artillery, they may not be able to block the city gate.

But in today's situation, it is simply impossible.A group of fearful soldiers could usually bully the people, but it was difficult to defeat even the Japanese pirates, let alone others.

After charging for a round and seeing the power of the rapid artillery, no one dared to rush out of the city anymore.

At this time, the Ming army who was fighting along the city wall was already approaching, and there were still Ming troops chasing behind them. So, no one cared about their monarch, they all dispersed like headless flies, and they could not escape. Everywhere.

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