Chapter 205: The Decisive Battle of Goryeo

Goryeo and Ningfu, but today there is neither peace nor tranquility here, a tragic battle is unfolding outside the city, stumps and blood are all over the battlefield, countless soldiers are roaring, war horses are neighing, the wounded are wailing, all kinds of sounds are mixed together, together play a concerto of human war!

Zhu Di rode on the horse with a calm face, his eyes were also focused on the situation on the battlefield, and from time to time he would give orders and make some adjustments to the battle array to cope with the changes on the battlefield.

Today will be a decisive battle between Zhu Di and Li Chenggui, before Li Chenggui was entrenched in the area of Shuofang Road, and he was also eyeing Kaijing, and even wanted to counterattack Kaijing at one time, but Kaijing was also panicked at that time, especially after Zheng Mengzhou was assassinated, many Goryeo ministers suspected that Zhu Di made a move, which made Zhu Di's rule in Kaijing a little unstable.

However, soon this situation was reversed, mainly because after the arrival of the Iron Book Army as a reinforcement of the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Di decisively took the initiative to defeat Li Chenggui's army in one fell swoop, and recaptured Shuofangdao and other places, and then wrapped in the power of the great victory, directly cleaned up the interior of Goryeo, and some Goryeo ministers who questioned him were purged.

In this way, Zhu Di's rule in Goryeo was immediately stabilized, and then he also took advantage of the victory to pursue, seven battles and seven victories, killing Li Chenggui all the way back, and finally retreated to Hening Mansion, which is located at the junction of the Ming Dynasty and Goryeo, and then retreated to the territory of the Ming Dynasty.

However, Hening Mansion is also Li Chenggui's hometown, he was born here, Li Chenggui's father has been operating here for many years, so Li Chenggui's roots here are very deep, after he retreated here, he soon requisitioned an army of 40,000 people again, half of which were Jurchens.

The Jurchens in the early Ming Dynasty were not the Jurchens in the late Ming Dynasty, in fact, in the early Ming Dynasty, the Jurchens were extremely miserable, the Mongols suppressed them, the Ming Dynasty also suppressed them, and even Goryeo suppressed them.

Of course, at the same time of suppression, they will also win over a group of Jurchens for their own use, Li Chenggui's father and son are like this, when his father was alive, he won over a lot of Jurchens, and later after Li Chenggui gained power, he continued to win over the Jurchens, and now he relies on his previous relationship and promised a lot of benefits, so naturally there are no Jurchens willing to work for him.

Compared with Li Chenggui's 40,000 army, Zhu Di only has 15,000 people in his hands, of which 10,000 are still Koreans, and the remaining 5,000 are the Ming army, which is also the trump card in his hand.

However, although the troops in Zhu Di's hands are small, the equipment and drills are far superior to the army under Li Chenggui, after all, Li Chenggui's army is temporarily recruited, and it is good to be able to command them on the battlefield, as for the cooperation between each other at all, so although Li Chenggui has a numerical advantage on the battlefield, he does not take advantage of half a point on the battlefield, and now the battle situation between the two sides is still in a stalemate.

At this moment, Li Chenggui on the opposite side finally couldn't help it, only to see that with his order, the Chinese army that had been sitting in the town finally killed the battlefield, this is a cavalry of more than 5,000 people, and most of them are extremely elite Jurchens, these Jurchens as early as when Li Chenggui's father was still alive, they took refuge in the Li family, and once followed Li Chenggui to fight in the south and the north, and made countless contributions.

However, this cavalry was disabled by Zhu Di before, but after Li Chenggui fled back to Hening Mansion, he immediately selected a lot of Jurchen cavalry to supplement it, so that this cavalry recovered again.

Zhu Di didn't dare to have any carelessness in the face of this cavalry, the reason why he was able to cripple the other party last time was mainly because the cavalry in his hands was more elite, and the cavalry against the cavalry, although he defeated the other party, the cavalry in his hands also suffered heavy casualties, and he was unable to replenish his troops in time, resulting in only about 1,000 cavalry left in his hands now.

This time, it is impossible for Zhu Di to send all the remaining cavalry to the battlefield, and with one thousand against five thousand, his chances of winning are extremely small, it is estimated that Li Chenggui also knows this, so he dares to send the cavalry out so confidently and boldly, ready to use this cavalry to break the Ming army's army in one fell swoop, and lock the victory of this decisive battle.

However, Zhu Di had already prepared, and he immediately ordered: "The Iron Book Army meets the enemy!" ”

As the standard-bearer conveyed Zhu Di's order, the long-prepared Iron Book Army also immediately came out from the rear army, and the two wings were already prepared, but the first to meet the enemy was not the musketeers, but the artillery on both wings.

"Boom, boom~" With the roar of the artillery on both sides, the cavalry charging on the opposite side immediately screamed again and again, and one after another hot projectiles passed through the cavalry, bringing up countless pieces of meat and stumps.

The Iron Book Army is a pure firearms army, not only musketeers in the army, but also equipped with a powerful artillery unit, capable of using fifty artillery pieces, when these artillery salvos, the powerful power almost crushed the cavalry on the opposite side, especially those war horses were frightened by the loud noise and continued to neigh, and the speed of the charge slowed down suddenly.

Taking advantage of the opportunity of the opponent's cavalry being disrupted, Zhu Di once again decisively ordered and sent out the only 1,000 cavalry around him, this cavalry was like a sharp blade, and the opponent's cavalry rushed out of a hole at once, which once again effectively blocked the opponent's charging speed.

In the end, when this cavalry finally killed in front of the Chinese army of the Ming army, they were greeted by rows of muzzles, and the real main musketeers of the Iron Book Army began to wield their might, shooting in turn with three shots, but the small projectiles carried huge energy, even if they were wearing iron armor, it was difficult to block the shooting of bullets, and the speed of the cavalry slowed down, and they could not impact the camp of the musketeers at all, causing rows and rows of cavalry to fall under the muzzle.

"The big picture is decided! Drumming! Zhu Di saw this situation and immediately roared with joy, saying that he actually grabbed the drum from the drummer next to him with his own hands, and then struck it heavily.

The dull and high-pitched drum sound spread throughout the army, which made everyone feel a shock, as long as it was a war drum together, it meant that the time to launch a general offensive had come, and generally at this time their own side had already taken the advantage, so the war drums had an extremely important significance in the army.

In contrast, Li Chenggui on the opposite side watched his cavalry being shot to death in front of the formation, and he was also like ashes, thinking that he could turn over with this trump card, but he didn't expect the firearms of the Ming army to be so sharp that he restrained his cavalry to death.

"Father! Quickly retreat to the city, the front army can't stop it! At this moment, Li Chenggui's son Li Fangyuan also ran over with a bloody face and said loudly, he also led a large army to fight with the Ming army just now, but was scattered by the cavalry of the Ming army, and even he himself was injured.

"Isn't it better to wait for death when you retreat to the city?" Li Chenggui asked with a blank face, Heningfu City has become a lonely city, with Da Ming behind him and Zhu Di in front of him, and there are no reinforcements at all, so he can only wait for death when he retreats to the city.

"That's better than dying now, father, give the order!" Li Fangyuan anxiously urged again, he also knew that retreating to the lonely city was a dead end, but at least it could be delayed for a while.

Hearing his son's words, Li Chenggui finally woke up from his daze, and immediately looked at the battlefield in front of him again, only to see that the Ming army had launched a counteroffensive, and under the attack of the whole army, his own side had been defeated and retreated, especially those Jurchens, who were originally a group of temporarily recruited savages, and it was okay to fight a good battle, but if the battle situation was unfavorable, it would immediately become a mess.

"Withdraw your troops back to the city!" Li Chenggui had no choice but to order, which made Li Fangyuan happy in his heart, and immediately personally escorted his father back to the city, but many of the 40,000 troops outside the city did not have time to return to the city, and were finally locked outside the city gate, and finally either died in battle or surrendered.

Zhu Di won again, and his mood was extremely happy, this was the eighth time he had defeated Li Chenggui, and Li Chenggui had no way back, only such a lonely city in front of him was left, and now there were only two ways left for him, either to defend or surrender, in other words, there was no suspense about Goryeo falling into his hands.

"Congratulations to Your Highness, after Li Chenggui's defeat, there is no possibility of turning over, and Goryeo will also be at your fingertips!" At this time, Yao Guangxiao, who was dressed in black, also stepped forward to congratulate Zhu Di, it took so long and consumed a lot of troops, and Goryeo finally fought down, which was also an extremely important step for Zhu Di.

"Master, do you want to take advantage of the current siege and take Heningfu City in one go?" Zhu Di laughed at Yao Guangxiao proudly at this time, although Zhu Di had often fought in the past, and had won many battles, but this time it was different, because he had destroyed a country by himself, and this sense of achievement made Zhu Di very intoxicated, and even a little carried away.

"Your Highness, although we won this battle, the casualties in the army are not small, and the materials of the Iron Book Army are consumed very quickly, and now they are a little unsupplied, so they must take a rest, and after Li Chenggui has no way to retreat behind him, he will definitely defend Heningfu City, and now a rash attack will only increase casualties!" Yao Guangxiao Shuo Fang also immediately persuaded.

Although Zhu Di was a little carried away, he did not lose his mind, and immediately sobered up when he heard Yao Guangxiao's words, and immediately nodded and said: "The master is right, anyway, Li Chenggui has already been defeated, and guarding Heningfu City can only delay time, it is better to just surround and not fight, and see how long he can consume!" ”

"Your Highness is wise!" Yao Guangxiao saluted again when he heard this.

"I hope Li Chenggui will get to know each other and surrender as soon as possible, so as not to delay too much time, after all, the eldest brother is going to Beiping on this tour, and I haven't seen him for a long time, so I must go back to Beiping to get together with him!" Zhu Di suddenly said with some emotion at this time.