Chapter 307: Conquering the National Capital of Goryeo (Ask for Subscription!) )
Today's Jinwu Army is not the Jinwu Army that lacked excellent cavalry at the beginning.
In Yanyun, the Jinwu army absorbed a large number of new soldiers who were good at riding in the Yanyun area, and even absorbed a large number of Liao army soldiers.
In addition, the original cavalry of the Jinwu Army has also been fully tempered in countless battles.
Today's cavalry of the Jinwu Army is already the world's first-class cavalry.
Under the leadership of the two fierce generals, Wang De and Zhang Xian, tens of thousands of infantry troops of the Goryeo Jing Army, which had no cavalry protection, were quickly shot and covered by the cavalry of the Jinwu Army......
As for the cavalry of the Goryeo Kyung Army, they have basically been slaughtered by the infantry of the Jingo Army.
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The Chinese army led by Han Shizhong actually set off only five days later than the previous army.
According to the time, it should have arrived at Licheng Port as early as possible.
This is also the time when the staff helped Cai still calculate it before.
Then, man is not as good as heaven.
Not long after Han Shizhong and the others came out of the Bohai Sea, they encountered a strong storm.
In desperation, Li Jun could only take the fleet to the nearest island, one of the Changshan Islands, to escape the storm.
They hid on that island for three days and three nights before the storm was over.
Because the ships of the navy were damaged to varying degrees in the storm, in order to ensure the smooth sailing of the next voyage, Han Shizhong, Li Jun and others spent two days to simply repair all the ships.
When all the ships of the navy were about to be able to travel far, Han Shizhong and Li Jun did not dare to slack off, and they immediately followed the guide sent by Cai Ying to pick them up to Licheng Port.
It's also a coincidence.
The day the Chinese army arrived at Yeseong Port was the day of the decisive battle between the Kim Wu Army and the Goryeo Kyung Army.
Cai still made a quick decision and handed over all the cavalry that could still run to Yang Zaixing, along with his remaining 3,000 pro-troops, and asked him to take them to the battlefield to participate in the battle immediately.
Actually-
The Chinese army brought a lot of cavalry this time, with more than 10,000 cavalry in the Beiwei Army, and 3,000 horse troops in each of the New Fifth Army, the New Sixth Army, the New Seventh Army, and the New Eighth Army, for a total of 22,300 horse troops.
However, because they did not receive professional training, after a long time of turbulence at sea, one-third of the cavalry temporarily lost their combat capability.
In the end, there were more than 13,000 cavalrymen who could really go into battle immediately.
In addition, Cai is still 3,000 personal soldiers.
The total number of cavalry that could go into battle immediately was 16,000.
When the 16,000 cavalry rushed to the battlefield under the leadership of Yang Zaixing, in fact, the victory and defeat of the two sides had already been divided.
Therefore, these sixteen thousand cavalry can also play the role of icing on the cake.
Liu Qi immediately threw most of the cavalry into the battlefield to expand the results of the battle, leaving only the most elite and in the best condition of the 3,000 Beiwei army did not move, but let Yang Zaixing lead them around the battlefield and directly into the capital of Goryeo, Kaigyonla.
After Yang Zaixing received the order, he immediately led 3,000 Beiwei troops to bypass the battlefield, and then went straight to the capital of Goryeo, Kaijingluo City.
I don't know how it was so coincidental, when Yang Zaixing and them attacked the city of Kaijing, they were just in time for Zheng Zhichang to lead hundreds of remnants of the army to flee back to the city.
Seeing that the gates of Luocheng were wide open, and hundreds of remnants of the Goryeo Jing army were defeated, Yang Zaixing immediately relied on the horse under his crotch, left the army, and followed Zheng Zhichang and his party into the city alone.
The Goryeo defenders thought that Yang Zaixing was not to be afraid of only one person, one horse, and one gun, so they let Yang Zaixing in and wanted to close the door and beat the dog.
What made the Goryeo defenders regret their bowels was that Yang Zaixing killed seven people at the city gate with one person, one horse, and one gun, killing hundreds of people, so that none of the Goryeo defenders dared to step forward, let alone close the city gate.
As a result, the Beiwei army took advantage of this opportunity to enter Kaijing.
Because of the analysis of Yang Keshi's failed battle example of Yanjing, after the Beiwei army entered the city, under the advice of the staff officer of the accompanying army, Yang Zaixing immediately sent someone to inform Liu Qi to send troops to reinforcements, Yang Zaixing did not choose to attack the palace, but divided two thousand soldiers and horses to capture the various gates of Luocheng to prevent Goryeo's reinforcements from entering the city, and at the same time, led a thousand Beiwei soldiers to be ready to meet the battle at any time.
In this decisive battle, the Goryeo Jingjun was almost exhausted, leaving only the three guards of the Jinwuwei, Qianniuwei, and the prison guards - there were six leaders of Jingyong and one leader under the Jinwu guard, two leaders under the Qianniu guard, and one leader under the prison guard. In total, there were 3,000 cavalry and 2,400 infantry troops in Kaijing City, totaling nearly 5,000 horses.
Judging from the strength of the army alone, the Goryeo Gyeong's army also has the hope of beating the Beiwei army out of Naseong.
But the Jin Wuwei of Goryeo is the army responsible for law and order, the Qianniu guard is the attendant (that is, the honor guard), and the prison guard is the soldier who is responsible for guarding the gate of the palace and the forbidden city.
And so it is.
Knowing that the enemy army had entered the city, Li Ziqian was shocked and hurriedly sent Jin Wuwei to meet the battle.
General Kim Oo Wai and General Kim Oo Wai of Goryeo received the order and immediately led the six leaders to fight with the 1,000 Wei army led by Yang Zaixing on the main road of Naseong.
As a result, Yang Zaixing was like a tiger in the mountains, one person, one horse, and one shot pierced the Goryeo Jinwuwei, and the soldiers of the Weiwei army were defeated by Yang Zaixing in the first battle, and killed hundreds of cavalry of the Goryeo Jinwuwei, so that the soldiers of the Goryeo Jinwuwei fled in fear.
Yang Zaixing wanted to chase down the rout of the Goryeo Jin Wuwei, but was stopped by Wang Lan, a staff officer of the army.
Wang Lan said to Yang Zaixing: "Does the general want to be Yang Keshihu? ”
These words made Yang Zaixing, who had already killed the red-eyed, immediately strangle the war horse.
Yang Keshi failed at the last moment, from a famous general who could have been famous for eternity, and suddenly became a joke, deeply reminding everyone who knew him.
Yang Zaixing is no exception.
Therefore, Yang Zaixing immediately gave up covering the remnants of the defeated army of the Goryeo Jinwuwei, and honestly guarded the city gate, waiting for the arrival of reinforcements.
As soon as he heard that Yang Zaixing had attacked Kaijingluo City, Liu Qi immediately arranged for two light cavalry closest to him to meet Yang Zaixing.
When the battle came to an end, Liu Qi arranged for Li Yanxian, who led the infantry of the New Eighth Army to reinforce, to lead the infantry army of his headquarters to Kaijingluo City for reinforcements.
When this battle was completely a foregone conclusion, Liu Qi sent people to hurry up and report to Cai Ying, who was sitting in Licheng City.
After receiving Liu Qi's good news, Cai is still very happy!
Cai still thought about it, and then handed over Licheng City and Licheng Port to Li Bao and Li Jun to garrison, and he himself personally led the civil and military officials and the remaining men and horses to Kaijing Luo City.
On the way, Cai still ran into Liu Qi, who was finishing.
Liu Qi reported to Cai Ying: "In this battle, more than 70,000 Goryeo Jing troops were defeated, more than 30,000 Goryeo Jing troops were killed, more than 20,000 Goryeo Jing troops were captured, and more than 7,000 intact war horses, more than 19,000 dead and wounded war horses, and countless ...... of armor and baggage."
Liu Qi said again: "At present, the soldiers are still searching for the remnants of the Goryeo Jing army, but because it is dark, and our soldiers are not very familiar with this place, I am afraid that there will not be much success." ”
Hearing the news, Cai was still even happier!
Cai still investigated it clearly, here in Goryeo Kaijing, there were more than 80,000 people in total, and more than 70,000 were defeated and more than 50,000 were eliminated in this battle, and Kaijingluo City was also defeated.
With this brilliant result, it should not be a problem for Cai to still want to complete the strategic plan he had previously formulated, that is, to seize the southern region of Goryeo (i.e., Korea in later generations).
Cai still instructed Liu Qi: "We are going to live here, not to rob and leave, so you try not to leave trouble, and you must also pay attention to discipline." ”
Liu Qi responded: "No! ”
Cai still did not delay, and after explaining to Liu Qi, he said: "Then I will go to Kaijing first, and it will all depend on you here." ”
Because there was no longer a need for so many soldiers, Liu Qi returned Cai Zhen's 3,000 pro-troops to Cai Zhen, and then personally sent Cai Zhen out of the war zone, and then returned to the battlefield to continue to finish up the aftermath.
When Cai still led 3,000 horse troops and more than 20,000 infantry troops to Kaijing, the sky was already dark.
Knowing that Cai was still coming, Yang Zaixing, Li Yanxian and others led more than 10,000 people to go out to greet Cai Zhen.
As soon as he saw the calm posture of Yang Zaixing, Li Yanxian and others, Cai still knew that the overall situation in the city must have been decided.
In this regard, Cai still sighed very much about the smooth expedition, and even defeated the capital of Goryeo in the first battle.
To be honest, until now, Cai is still like a dream, especially after seeing the incomparably wide moat and incomparably thick city walls of Kaijing!
Actually-
Not long after coming to Goryeo, Cai still listened to Wang Youyi.
Kaegyo originally had no city walls, so that at the time of the Second Goryeo Khitan War, Kaegyo was easily broken by the Khitan and burned to the ground.
In the twentieth year of Hyeonjong of Goryeo, King Wang-hyun of Goryeo accepted the suggestion of the minister Kang Handan and built Gyeongla Fortress.
It is said that the construction of this city was based on 304,400 people.
Listen to the numbers, more than 300,000 people!
The number of people who founded the city alone can tell how strong and grand the city is.
In terms of specific data, its walls are six zhang six feet high, and its moat is fifty-five zhang wide.
And the most powerful thing about this Luocheng is not the high wall and the wide moat, but the gate - it has 22 gates, called Chongren, Xuanqi, Baoding, Guangde, Deshan, Huibin, Xianxi, Tai'an, Hongren, Qiande, Baotai, Xuanyi, Qiyi, Dingping, Xianyan, Ci'an, Changyi, Yingyang, Anhe, Chengdao, Huichang, and Anding.
Close all these twenty-two gates, you can fight, whether the 100,000 army can take down the capital is unknown.
Of course, it doesn't mean that Cai still didn't have the method of defeating Luocheng.
As a modern person, Cai still naturally has several ways to lay down Luocheng, such as using gunpowder to collapse the city wall, like building an airship or a glider to fly inside.
However, none of these methods are trouble-free, all of them have to take a lot of effort, even the simplest use of gunpowder to collapse the city wall, it also has to take time and effort to fill the moat first, like airships and gliders, although Cai still knows the principle of manufacturing, but to really build, it is absolutely impossible to do it without a year and a half.
The key, don't forget, there are not many soldiers and horses in Kaijing, but it does not mean that Goryeo has no soldiers and horses - Goryeo still has more than 100,000 strong troops in the northwest that can fight well, and there are still tens of thousands of horses in the south.
Once Goryeo is given some time, those soldiers and horses will be able to come back to help, and by then Cai may still have to empty the bamboo basket.
It's okay -
Cai still took the lead in conquering the capital of Goryeo, Kaegyeongla Fortress.
With the support of tens of thousands of horses, Cai still rode his claw Huang Feidian and strode into this city destined to be of great significance to him......
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