Chapter 181: Night Attack on Seoul
Although Li Zhongyi commanded the army on the road, the daily march was only ten miles, which was slower than a snail.
Xu Fenglai was as anxious as an ant on a hot pot, but Li Zhongyi's reason was above board, there were many traitors, there were more than 100,000 people, and he had to beware of other people's ambushes.
Xu Fenglai, who didn't know how to march and fight, couldn't convince Li Zhongyi, so he had to stare dryly. The battle reports of Hanyang Mansion that came to him every day were shocking and terrifying.
Half a month later, on a bright moonlit night, the sentinel in front reported that the Seoul garrison of Goryeo had abandoned the city and fled, and the army was in great turmoil, and Seoul, which was more than 30 miles away from here, had been broken by the rebels three hours earlier.
Li Zhongyi immediately came to his senses, and gave the order sharply, "Assemble urgently!" ”
Half a quarter of an hour later, Li Zhongyi stood on the high platform in the camp and gave a loud order: "All lightly armed, only bring weapons, armor, dry food and drinking water, and follow the commander to attack Seoul!" ”
In the camp, more than 15,000 troops gathered, and it was impossible not to alarm Xu Fenglai, who had fallen asleep, with such a big movement.
Xu Fenglai rubbed his eyes, and when he walked out of the big tent, he saw that the vanguard army of the Broken Army had already left the camp.
Action? Xu Fenglai was worthy of being an old bureaucrat, and hurriedly ordered someone to bring his horse, not caring about being disheveled, Leng was rushing to his side before Li Zhongyi came out.
"Li Shuai, the lower officials heard that it was quite unlucky to send troops in the middle of the night." Although Xu Fenglai was very jealous of Li Zhongyi in his heart, the Zhou army under Li Zhongyi was already the only armed force that could be relied on in the central region of Goryeo. He had to bite the bullet and remind Li Zhongyi that he couldn't mess around.
To put it bluntly, if not the situation is critical. Even if Li Zhongyi's subordinates were all dead, Xu Fenglai wouldn't even blink his eyes.
"Hehe, Lao Xu, just look at it, Ben Shuai will definitely make new contributions for your king!" Li Zhongyi smiled softly, turned over the saddle and got on the horse, and took the guards to the barracks. galloped out of the camp.
Although Xu Fenglai was confused, he didn't dare to stay in this camp where the main force was exhausted, so he had to beat his horse and whip to keep up with Li Zhongyi's pace.
The moonlight in the sky is bright. However, the ground was covered with a veil of fog, blurry and difficult to see.
Although the torches were not lit. But. The march of the entire Broken Army was not only very fast, but also silent.
Taking advantage of the rest halfway, a personal servant who had been in the army quietly told Xu Fenglai, "Master, the villain has secretly calculated the degree of the army's march in the dark. An hour is fifteen miles away. ”
Xu Fenglai was taken aback, and then became furious. The surname is Li, in the past half a month, you have been marching during the day every day, and you are only willing to walk ten miles, and you are not willing to walk half a foot more.
On this dark night, the Broken Army could go out fifteen miles in an hour, and Xu Fenglai clearly realized that he was choked enough by Li Zhongyi.
Two and a half hours later, Li Zhongyi led a large group of men and horses to the outside of Seoul.
Thousands of meters away, Li Zhongyi could clearly hear the shouts of killing, crying, scolding and wailing from the city.
Liao Shanhe whispered: "Teacher, the traitors of the Goryeo Kingdom are really greedy enough, it's been the middle of the night, and they still don't stop?" ”
Yang Lie cranked the folding fan in his hand and laughed softly: "The poor and scared mud legs, suddenly killed into the flowery Seoul, hehe, the eyes are all flowered, if you don't grab enough money, there will be ghosts?" ”
Xu Fenglai gasped and looked at the fire-filled city, with mixed feelings in his heart.
Such a strong Seoul was easily breached by a group of ant-like pariahs, could it be said that the Great Goryeo Kingdom has already shown signs of national destruction?
No, I can't! As soon as Xu Fenglai's thought started, he didn't dare to continue thinking about it, the Great Goryeo Kingdom would definitely not die!
In the woods outside the city, a thick felt curtain was erected, candles were lit in the tent, and Li Zhongyi's side gathered Liu Heyang, Ma Guangda and other generals in the army.
Li Zhongyi pointed to the sketch of Seoul drawn by the sentry and whispered: "There are four gates in this Seoul, let's leave the north gate and attack from the east, west, and south gates respectively. ”
Liu Heyang thought about it carefully and took the initiative to ask: "Xiangshuai, the city gate is closed, how can our army enter the city?" ”
Li Zhongyi smiled slightly, picked up a small ladder from his feet, and explained: "My tooth barracks are specially equipped with this kind of small iron ladder, which is very convenient to carry. I expected that the mob in the city would suddenly win such a great victory, and they would be paralyzed and negligent in the city's defenses. When the time comes, I will arrange for you to have a number of tooth soldiers, and they will use this small iron ladder that they carry with them to tie up a few long ladders, and then attack them secretly, and as long as you open the gates, everything will be closed. ”
Liu Heyang glared at him for a while, and then laughed softly: "Seoul is easy to break!" ”
I don't know when it started, in front of this city called Hanyang by the Goryeo people, the soldiers of the Zhou army are used to following Li Zhongyi and calling Hancheng!
"This operation is not aimed at annihilating the enemy's living forces, but only needs to be driven out of the north gate." Li Zhongyi deliberately paused and solemnly explained, "For the mob that fled lightly, it is not allowed to chase and beat them. As for the mob with a large amount of grain or gold and silver, it must be intercepted with all its might at any cost. Anyone who violates this general order will be dealt with by military law, do you understand? ”
"Whoa!" The generals' hearts were fierce, and they promised in unison.
Li Zhongyi is generally very easy-going, but once he mentions military law, it falls into the category that must be strictly observed.
Whoever dares to defy military law, no one will doubt that Li Zhongyi will not dare to kill!
After Li Zhongyi finished explaining the major strategic principles, Yang Lie held a booklet in his hand, and clearly conveyed the detailed battle plan of the Senate Division of the Xingying Battalion in an unhappy voice.
"According to the order of the commander, the Senate and the Secretary of the Council have formulated the following battle plan: A: Liu Du commanded the commander's 5,000 soldiers and horses, and after taking the south gate, he should capture the Seoul Mansion occupied by the rebels with lightning speed, and in addition to driving the thieves out of the center, he should immediately sweep away the stragglers around him and drive them out of the north gate......"
"B: The East Gate attack force led by the commander of Ma Du. After taking the east gate, no less than 1,500 soldiers and horses were sent to seize the grain and grass and weapons warehouses first. The main force must not blindly advance rashly, but should slowly advance after the whole team, squeezing the rebels and fleeing to the north gate......"
"C: If the enemy forces resist strongly, immediately use signal strategy five, call for reinforcements around them, and quickly gather and annihilate them. Don't blindly attack ......"
"Ding: The marshal will send 5,000 soldiers and horses to attack the West Gate ......"
After Yang Lie finished announcing the battle plan, Li Zhongyi made a supplementary explanation, "This battle is the real first battle of our army. Facing the battlefield is not child's play, in the chaos of the battle, the situation is changing rapidly, and the commander has granted you two full powers. It can be disposed of on the spot. Anyone who does not obey the order can be summoned to the military judge and beheaded immediately! ”
"Whoa." Liu Heyang's heart was surging, not only was this operation very well planned, but Li Zhongyi gave full command of the battle, which was much easier to do.
Oh, following Li Shuai is a head!
Ma Guangda grinned and said, "Lao Liu." This time, my old horse will not compete with you for the first prize, and you will wait for the food and treasure that I have obtained when you turn back. ”
Liu Heyang narrowed his eyes. He smiled and said, "What is the first and second work?" The Senate Department has long stipulated that those who achieve the operational goal are meritorious, and otherwise, they are inactive or even guilty. ”
Li Zhongyi couldn't help but laugh when he heard this, and his troops paid great attention to collective cooperation, so as to achieve the strategic and campaign objectives of the entire group, as the operational principle of the first priority.
After the battle plan was issued, Liu Heyang and Ma Guangda quietly moved to each attack location with their respective subordinates.
The Ximen attack force led by Li Zhongyi rested in place until the third watch, and then quietly touched the wall of Seoul.
Li Xiaoqi led his tooth soldiers, each carrying a small iron ladder on their shoulders, and touched the bottom of the city wall.
At this time, Li Xiaoqi untied the thick hemp rope from his waist, took another small iron ladder handed by the tooth soldier, and tied it firmly with the rope.
With a small amount of effort, a long iron ladder assembled was put on the city wall by Li Xiaoqi.
Four tooth soldiers, divided into left and right, vigorously supporting the long iron ladder, Li Xiaoqi held a steel knife in his mouth, carrying a large roll of thick hemp rope on his back, carefully climbed the iron ladder, and climbed up with agility.
Just beside Li Xiaoqi, ten long ladders were erected at the same time, and several tooth soldiers climbed up with agility.
Li Xiaoqi climbed to the top of the ladder in a few clicks, and by the light of the skyrocketing fire in the city, he carefully observed the situation on the city wall, well, two naked traitors were teaming up to bully a naked Goryeo woman, their spears were not by their side, they were leaning against the wall not far away.
Li Xiaoqi didn't rush to touch it, but quietly tied the thick hemp rope on his shoulder to the arrow chop, and then slowly put it under the outer city wall.
After a tooth soldier climbed the city wall along the rope, Li Xiaoqi gave up his position, and then with a knife in his mouth and a cat waist, he slowly touched the mob soldiers who were looking for fun.
A mob soldier was riding on the Goryeo woman, enjoying himself.
Li Xiaoqi put the guy aside and touched the back of another traitor who was facing away from him and groping around on the woman.
Quietly touching out the sharp dagger, Li Xiaoqi took advantage of the fact that the traitor wanted to lie on the woman and kiss her chest, he quickly stretched out his left hand to cover his mouth, and gently slashed his right hand under his neck.
The soldier who was riding a woman, suddenly appeared, on the woman's chest, a large area of blood appeared, he just wanted to turn his head to look, a sharp pain in his neck, he could no longer see the sun tomorrow.
Li Xiaoqi's hand quickly grabbed before the Korean woman opened her mouth and screamed, and covered her small mouth with his hand, and before she could react, Li Xiaoqi had already taken out a thick handkerchief and stuffed it into her mouth.
Because he was worried that the language barrier would make a mistake, Li Zhongyi specially confessed to Li Xiaoqi before the war, and for everyone who might delay the overall situation of the sneak attack, including women, if they couldn't control it in time and couldn't make a sound, they could be killed directly.
War is war, this is a clash of iron and blood, and there are not so many so-called sons and daughters. Many times, unwarranted mercy can only do bad, especially if there is a language barrier. (To be continued!)
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