Go back to the Ming Dynasty to be a thousand households

Chapter 291
On the morning of the second day, the troops of the Ming Dynasty came to the foot of the Japanese Castle in Daoshan in mighty force.

Looking at the clouds of flags outside the city, there are densely packed Ming and Korean soldiers, cavalry, infantry, and chariot soldiers.Seeing that all the Japanese soldiers in the city were frightened, they had no choice but to strictly defend themselves.

On a small hill not far from Wacheng in Lidao Mountain, Yang Hao, Ma Gui, Huang Laifu, Gao Ce, Li Rumei, and Marshal Quan Li of the Korean capital all rode their horses and stood on the hill, carefully looking up at the Huge island mountain castle.

Huang Laifu looked dignified. The terrain of Daoshan City in front of him was steep. The entire Wacheng was built on the highest point of the mountain, and the inner city was more than ten meters high.According to the terrain, a large wall more than two miles long was built with stones and strips. Not only that, there are several earth walls and arrow towers outside the stone wall, which can be said to be easy to defend but difficult to attack.

According to Huang Laifu's understanding of Japanese Japanese castles, most of the attackers in Japanese Japanese castles built on the mountain were unable to deploy their forces, even if they attacked the city.The winding corridors in the center also prevent the enemy from deploying their troops and give full play to their manpower advantage.

Relying on hard attack alone will pay a heavy price.This kind of Japanese city, even the cannons can't give full play to their advantages, not to mention that due to the high speed of soldiers and the heavy rain and snow on the road, it is very inconvenient to transport the heavy cannons, so most of the cannons of the Ming army stayed in Gyeongju.At present, there are only some light-duty extermination guns and tiger squat guns in the army, which is even more difficult to fight.

In history, the Ming army shed all their blood under Daoshan City. Will history repeat itself?

Ma Gui and the others also looked solemn, this island mountain city is not easy to fight.Only Yang Gao felt quite high-spirited.Right now, the Japanese have only one isolated city, but their side has tens of thousands of elite soldiers, which can be said to have an absolute advantage.Even if the island and mountain city are dangerous, so what, it will surely fall down like Ulsan city yesterday.

He couldn't help but be fascinated, if after the victory in Ulsan, the news of the victory is passed back to the court, what will the emperor and ministers think of me?

Thinking of this, he became very fond of poetry again, and immediately recited another poem: "One hundred thousand Pixiu came to the court, and the gates of the city were opened in autumn.

Marshal Quan Li of the North Korean capital applauded loudly: "Good poem, Mr. Jinglue is really talented and rich in learning. I have heard for a long time that in the history of Shangguo, there was a Zhuge Kongming who let the thief's mast and oar be wiped out in smoke while talking and laughing. Style, should not be inferior to Kong Ming!"

Yang Hao was happy in his heart, but on the surface he said a few words of humility: "General Quan is too famous, how dare the headquarters compare with Mr. Kong Ming!"

Yang Gao turned his head to Ma Gui and said, "Old General Ma, you order to go down, first let the soldiers set up camp, and discuss matters in the army at noon, and tomorrow we must go all out to take down this Daoshan Japanese city!"

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Near Daoshan City, various camps of the Ming army and the imperial army gradually appeared, and slowly stretched endlessly, with various flags fluttering greatly.

In the camp of the Shanxi Army, the soldiers exhaled thick white air, shouted chant, and drove logs into the hard ground. Although everyone was wearing thick woolen army coats and their faces were covered with grease, But it was still opened by the cold wind.

The weather in North Korea is really too cold. Huang Laifu estimated that it was tens of degrees below zero. With his thick armor draped over his body, he felt icy cold. Under the weak sunlight, there were icy cold lights shining.

Huang Laifu took Jiang Dazhong, Gu Dadao, Azhi and other relatives to inspect the camp.Compared with other camps of the Ming army, the camp of the Shanxi army was set up very quickly, and it was also very standardized.Over the years of becoming an army, the Shanxi Army has already formed various regulations, and the whole army only needs to follow the regulations.

Near noon, the camp was completed, and there was smoke and a tempting smell of meat.Thousands of Shanxi troops, according to their respective troops, laughed and laughed, sitting around the cauldrons one by one, eating moose cakes or miscellaneous biscuits with hot broth.

In addition, there are large pieces of canned luncheon meat and ham to accompany it.

In the Shanxi army, the material supply is very rich. The whole army is dressed in thick woolen winter battle clothes, warm boots on their feet, and each person is equipped with iron armor.For every meal, not to mention enough grain and dry food, there are also large pieces of meat.

After a long time, every soldier of the Shanxi Army is tall and burly, with tight muscles, and his face is full of well-nourished oil.Coupled with the reasonable reward and punishment system in the army, every soldier is full of desire to fight!

While drinking the broth, they stroked their long spears or firecrackers. Everyone muttered loudly that in tomorrow's battle, the heads of a few Japanese people must be beheaded. Mutian to go.

From time to time, bursts of laughter came from the camp.

After smelling the scent, many soldiers from the other battalion rushed over to grab a meal. Because Huang Laifu had already prepared enough food and salary in Beijing, and Xing Jie was able to guarantee it well, the current army entering the DPRK did not have to worry about food and drink. Among the soldiers, all carried dry food for at least half a month.Of course, their food cannot be compared with that of the Shanxi Army, they can only eat enough, not well.

However, they knew that the food supply of the Shanxi Army had always been independent, so they were envious and had nothing to complain about. Who told their superior not to be a rich man like Huang Junmen?

Right now in Huang Laifu's camp of the Chinese army, there are Li Rumei and others cheering wildly. While drinking the broth, he is eating large chunks of canned luncheon meat, or biting into dried ham, while vaguely speaking. Qingdi complained: "Damn it, after coming out of Seoul, I've been talking like a bird all day long, it's still General Huang, you eat delicious and spicy food every day!"

As Huang Laifu's senior general, Jiang Dazhong was naturally by his side, and he also said boldly: "Eat and drink enough, and I will kill the thief tomorrow. Damn, Lao Jiang, my hands are already itchy!"

Li Rumei said: "Don't worry, brother Jiang, tomorrow I will fight into this Japanese city together with you. Although this island mountain city is stronger than Ulsan city, under the thunderous attack of my Master Daming, it is only a one-shot attack." thing!"

Huang Laifu drank a bowl of broth in one gulp, but his expression was serious.

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"My lord Jinglue, I think it's wrong to do this in the end!"

In the afternoon, in the commander's tent, Yang Gao summoned the generals to discuss matters. After hearing Yang Gao's arrangement, Huang Laifu immediately stood up and objected.

All the generals in the tent cast their eyes on Huang Laifu's face, and Yang Hao's face also had a flash of greenness, the original elegant look was gone.Yang Gao was already dissatisfied with Huang Laifu during the previous incident in Seoul, and now Huang Laifu disapproved of his arrangement in front of everyone, which was tantamount to blatantly humiliating him, and Yang Gao felt extremely uncomfortable.

He said calmly, "I don't know what advice General Huang has?"

Huang Laifu ignored Li Rumei's gaze. He clasped his fists and said loudly, "Jing Lue intends to lay siege to the Japanese city of Daoshan with heavy troops, and then go to attack the ants. It is expected that the Japanese will be discouraged, so they will definitely go down. The last general thinks that the Japanese After defending the isolated city and losing the way of retreat, we will definitely act like a trapped beast and resist to the end! Not to mention the heavy casualties of our army during the battle, or the time to seize the city will be postponed, and the consequences will be hard to know when the Japanese come to reinforce them!"

All the generals in the tent were deep in thought, Yang Gao sneered and said, "Then according to what General Huang sees, how should our division be laid out?"

Huang Laifu said: "There is a saying in the art of war: Don't stop the army when you return, and the city must be sieged! During the 20-year war to aid Korea, Admiral Li once led the army to attack Pyongyang City. At that time, Admiral Li stayed at the east gate and did not attack. , As a result, the Japanese did not have the heart to resist. The general thought that he could follow the example of Admiral Li, encircle three ques and one, and keep the road from attacking, so that the Japanese would have a way to escape, and they would not be trapped! When they fled , our army can also pursue it!"

Yang Gao sneered, and said: "At first, the headquarters thought that General Huang had some great ideas about his military strategy, but it turned out to be mediocre!"

He slapped the desk, stood up and pointed at Huang Laifu and said sharply: "There is a saying in the art of war that victory is more important than longevity. The Japanese bandit Kato Kiyobe has been besieged by our regiments. If we don't destroy them now, when will we wait? Although The pirates rely on the strong city to defend to the death, but our army is several times stronger than the enemy, as long as everyone is risking their lives to move forward, why worry about not being able to break through the Japanese city?"

What else did Huang Laifu want to say: "Master Jinglue!"

Yang Gao waved his sleeves and said, "I make my own decision, you don't need to say more!"

Huang Laifu's eyes turned red, thinking of the corpses of the Ming army piled up under Daoshan City in history, if the military situation is unfavorable, maybe all four thousand of his children will go in, and when he returns to Wuzhai Fort, what if he sees the local elders?
He pressed his sword and roared, pointing at Yang Gao and said, "Confucianism is insufficient and tricky! Yang Gao, are you trying to kill my tens of thousands of Ming Dynasty disciples?"
Everyone in the tent was stunned, Yang Gao was also stunned for a while, then he trembled all over, pointed at Huang Laifu and said tremblingly: "You, you bastard, how dare you insult me ​​like this..."

Pointing at Huang Laifu, he shouted wildly: "Give me the golden command arrows, left and right, pull this unrespected madman out and behead him!"

All the generals were shocked, Li Rumei rushed out first, knelt on the ground and said: "Master Jinglue, General Huang also spoke bluntly for a while, he did not mean to be negligent, please think twice!"

Ma Gui also came out and said: "General Huang is young and energetic, but he didn't intend to be rude to the manager, please forgive him!"

All the generals also came out to plead for mercy one after another, they all said that it would be disadvantageous to kill the generals before the battle, so please think twice, my lord.

Only Huang Laifu remained motionless, just stood still with his sword pressed, squinting at Yang Gao.

Yang Gao looked at Huang Laifu, who was rebellious and rebellious, and hated him very much. However, the pleadings of the generals also reminded him that Governor Xing Jie had never confessed to him before leaving. Nothing should happen to him.If you have any questions in the future, you can discuss them with the emperor.

He also said that the emperor attaches great importance to Huang Laifu, and because of the bond issue, many civil officials in Beijing and China have already expressed concern about Huang Laifu's safety in the expedition.Only then did Yang Hao suddenly realize how strong the background behind Huang Laifu was, and he could be quick for a while, but he couldn't bear the consequences afterwards.

But the more so, Yang Gao hated it even more.He stared at Huang Laifu and said, "Okay, everyone will plead for you, and you can be exempted from death penalty, but you are so disrespectful, you should be punished, left and right, pull the general out for me, and punish Huang Laifu's twenty army sticks severely, as a warning Xiaoyou!"

At this moment, there was a sudden commotion outside, and the noise became louder and louder. Yang Gao shouted: "An important place in the army, who is making noise outside?"

Not long after, the personal guards came in and said in a panic: "Report to Mr. Jinglue. The Shanxi army has heard that Mr. Huang is going to kill General Huang. There is already a commotion. They are coming all the way, and they are going to kill the general!"

At this time, everyone heard Jiang Dazhong's loud voice faintly: "Your daughter-in-law's son, whoever dares to behead my lord, I will behead him!"

Then there was a response from the Shanxi Army, which was huge!
Yang Gao was at a loss for what to do immediately, the Japanese attack was imminent, if the Shanxi army mutinied before the battle, no matter what happened to Huang Laifu afterwards, his strategy would definitely come to an end.

Immediately, all his aura disappeared without a trace. Looking at the crowd, he said: "This, this, what should I do?"

For a moment, all the generals looked at him with expressions of contempt. With this little change, they were so frightened. Can such a person lead the army?It was Ma Gui who came out and said, "Your Majesty Jinglue, don't worry, this is just a misunderstanding of the soldiers. As long as General Huang sends out the account to everyone, the soldiers will disperse!"

Immediately Yang Gao said: "General Huang, hurry up and tell the soldiers!"

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When Huang Laifu came back, Yang Hao acted as if what happened just now hadn't happened at all, he seemed to have forgotten even the matter of blaming Huang Laifu.Everyone continued to discuss the military, but Yang Gao still insisted on the layout just now, he was strategic, and the generals were helpless.

Moreover, Huang Laifu was not included in the battle assignment. Including the auxiliary soldiers, there were a total of [-] elite Shanxi troops, which could be said to be the most powerful army in the Ming army at the moment, and Yang Gao seemed to have forgotten about it.

During this process, Huang Laifu did not say a word, and finally he came out of the tent, thinking: "I want to see how this old man dies!"

Thinking of him bitterly and leaving!

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In the afternoon, according to Yang Gao's order, tens of thousands of Ming troops and the North Korean army launched a battle, and surrounded the Japanese city of Daoshan into dozens of circles, with layers upon layers and flags like clouds.

Kato Kiyomasa, who was watching from the top of the city, also had a dignified expression. At this time, there are less than [-] people in the city, and they are short of clothes and food. Can they withstand the army of the Tang Dynasty?But he has no way out, and the Japanese soldiers in the city also have no way out!

On the second day, that is, in the early morning of the 25th, the Ming army attacked across the board and launched a brave attack on the Japanese city of Daoshan.After the artillery fire of the Ming army, the guerrilla Mao Guoqi led the Zhejiang soldiers to launch the first wave of attack on Daoshan. Until the evening, they broke through the three outer Japanese villages one after another, and the Japanese retreated to the inner city of Daoshan to defend against the fortified wall.

Although the battle on this day did not capture the inner city of the Japanese city of Daoshan, it destroyed the outer city of the Japanese city, which was considered a fruitful harvest.Yang Gao couldn't help being complacent, thinking that he was planning a strategy, and the Japanese city of Daoshan was about to fall, so what did Huang Laifu know, that the city must be sieged?
On the 26th, Gao Ce led the attack, but only left a piece of corpses on the hillside under the inner city, and the attack failed.The reason is simple. The inner city of Daoshan was built on the hillside, the terrain was high and steep, and the bombardment effect of the artillery was limited. The three-eyed blunderbuss and bows and arrows of the Ming army were not as powerful as the iron gunners of the Japanese army, so failure was inevitable.

On the 27th, the Ming army's attack on the city failed again. Every time the Ming army stormed the city, bullets were fired randomly on the inner city of Daoshan, and the bodies of the Ming army's dead were piled up under the city.

On the 28th, it rained heavily, and the weather in North Korea was extremely cold. On this day, thousands of horses and livestock of the Ming army were frozen to death.But on this day, Yang Gao's mood was even more gloomy. The army got information that the Japanese reinforcements began to arrive.

"Is it really what Huang Laifu said?"

Yang Gao thought to himself.

(End of this chapter)