Chapter 31: The Pursuit of the Dead

Hong Tai didn't want to fight with the poor Dongjiang Army in the winter, those under Mao Wenlong were all poor and rampant, but they couldn't fight if they didn't fight, they were almost blocked last year, and this year at least Dongjiang Town must be weakened first, so they can continue to go south to save Li Liang.

The two sides fought another chaotic battle on the edge of the Yalu River, and both injured many soldiers. But in general, it was still the Dongjiang Army that suffered more casualties, and who called their equipment too bad? As soon as he fought, Chen Cheng's assistance from the south arrived.

Kawanaka Osamu is also a Japanese down-and-out samurai, but the family is surrounded by walls but is arrogant, I heard that someone recruited samurai in Kyushu to fight in Korea, and I didn't think about it and signed up, and came to Korea after taking a settlement fee of 200 wen. He is more than one meter eight tall, when the Japanese are generally one meter five hundred and fifty meters six, he simply stands out from the crowd, after Chen Cheng saw it, he directly appointed him as the commander of five or six hundred people, and Yu Lu was one hundred stones per month!

A hundred stones a month, that's 1,200 stone a year, and a military salary is paid for a war, and there are rewards for winning a war, so what else is there to say? Osamu Kawanaka also bowed his head and swore allegiance to the two kings. And King Chen is so burly, half a head taller than him, even if he is a pirate, what about it? Now that they have occupied most of North Korea, it is only a matter of time before they become kings.

No, His Excellency Lin Mengchu has already claimed to be the Black Dragon King. Hey, so it's counted, is it King Chen or Black Dragon King? It's okay when the two have the same order, but what if the order doesn't?

After thinking about it for a while, Kawanaka didn't know the essentials, so he didn't bother to think about it. He whipped a North Korean man and beat him to the point where he screamed. These Koreans, who were regarded as "pawns on behalf of horses", were originally two classes of nobles, but because they opposed Chen Cheng, mainly against the brutal rule of the Black Dragon King, they were confiscated.

Those who committed serious crimes have been either beheaded or hanged after the "criticism meeting", and the rest are those who have committed lesser crimes, or the families of those criminals. Before leaving, Chen Cheng confessed that after all the things were sent to Mao Wenlong, all these people were also sent to Dongjiang Town.

North Korea is now carrying out a vigorous agrarian revolution, these people are class enemies, it is better to die outside, anyway, do not let them go back and prevent the Korean people from living a happy life.

When he heard that a group of Japanese robbers ran behind him, Mao Wenlong couldn't help but be surprised, "What the hell is North Korea, why is there a lot of Japanese robbers again?" ”

Fortunately, Shangyang Dance came with him, and after some explanation, Mao Wenlong couldn't help but be overjoyed. This time, Chen Cheng sent more than 10,000 stones of grain, 3,000 pieces of armor, 6,000 knives and guns, and 100 shotguns. After getting these things, Mao Wenlong's strength increased greatly, and he Jiannu killed in the white mountains and black waters.

Hongtai is a headache for the Dongjiang Army, these guys have average combat effectiveness in frontal combat, but their will to fight is extremely strong, and they will pounce on it as long as they have the opportunity. Those scattered strongholds and peripheral walled cities or something, I don't know how much was gnawed away by the Dongjiang army.

He had the intention to destroy Mao Wenlong with one go, but after fighting for dozens of days, he still failed to completely defeat the enemy, and the Dongjiang Army looked stronger and stronger the more he fought. There were already Koreans under the command of Jiannu, and some of the two classes of nobles escorted by Kawanaka also escaped, and when he told the matter, everything was clear.

Hong Tai no longer entangled with Mao Wenlong, and went directly south with the army to find trouble with those Japanese robbers. Among them, Amin was the most jubilant, he wanted to occupy North Korea last year and dominate one side, but was pressed back by Hongtae. It's a familiar thing to come back this year.

After Kawanakaji handed over the things to Donggang Town, he immediately turned around and ran wildly, running all the way to Pyongyang, and then preparing to defend the city. Jiannu is used to being arrogant, since he came to North Korea, how could he not come to grab one? Dogs will always come back when they are hungry, although this metaphor is not quite correct, but it is also appropriate to put it on Jiannu.

Sure enough, as soon as the Kawanaka Osamu entered the city, Amin, Jierharang, and Yue Tuo had already led their troops to the city. These people swept through North Korea at the beginning of last year, and they didn't pay attention to the North Korean soldiers and horses at all, they were very arrogant, and they didn't do reconnaissance or anything, and they directly began to rob the city.

At the head of the city, Chen Cheng looked at the surging Jurchens and repeated the order again, "Don't shoot without an order!" Violators will be killed! ”

"Yes!"

The walls of the city had not been repaired, and it was evident that there was a large gap. Behind that section of the wall, Chen Cheng pulled four barbed wire, dug several trenches in between, and ambushed six cannons and a thousand shotgunners. He wasn't so worried that his men weren't high enough, but he was worried that their morale was too high.

These North Koreans, who had just turned over to become masters, were very excited all day long, and bowed exaggeratedly when they saw him and Lin Mengchu, if they hadn't ordered the abolition of the etiquette of kneeling, they were afraid that many people would be seen kowtowing to them every day.

On the snow outside the city, Amin looked at the quiet city of Pyongyang and said arrogantly: "I'll just say that these North Korean barbarians are extremely weak, how good is it to directly annex them?" The Great Khan had to make them vassal states! ”

Zilharang said on the side: "The Great Khan naturally has his reasons. ”

Amin laughed and said: "What bullshit, this time we will defeat North Korea, we won't leave!" ”

He kicked the horse in the belly and rushed into the broken wall. He is a typical Hu man, with a personality like a wolf, he is extremely fierce when he sees a weak enemy, but he will be intimidated in seconds when he encounters a hard stubble. Now that the North Koreans have run away, of course his tail is going to reach the sky.

Hundreds of soldiers and horses from the Jurchen headquarters poured in through the gap, and then crashed into the barbed wire.

"Huh?"

"Poof!"

"Oops!"

"Stop, stop, there's an ambush ahead!"

But the Jurchens in the back didn't care, even if there was an ambush, were our Jianzhou warriors still afraid of hand-to-hand combat with people? As far as the North Korean gang is concerned, they are far worse than the Ming army, and they can be beaten to death with a wooden stick. Two or three hundred people were squeezed in, and many of them fell into the trench, pierced by the spikes at the bottom of the trench, and let out a burst of screams.

But the effect of the barbed wire is not as good as Chen Cheng and Lin Mengchu imagined, the elite soldiers of this era are all in good armor, even if they touch the barbed wire, will it be over if they press it on it? Of course, the effect of the blockade was still there, and hundreds of cavalry were blocked a few feet behind the city walls, advancing very slowly.

Seeing that Houjin Jun had fallen into the trap, Chen Cheng was not polite, and with an order, the cannon roared, and the six cannons fired together, blowing up the gap. Thousands of shotgunners poked their heads out of the rooftops, from the end of the street, and fired at the barbed wire walls.

Amin rushed to the front of the place, unable to advance, and retreated backwards, and was blown to pieces by the cannon on the spot. After a round of artillery fire and Hulun platoon guns, the corpses of the war horses and the Houjin armor soldiers were piled up all over the ground, looking very bloody. At the head of the castle, Osamu Kawanaka also poked his head out with his Japanese and fired projectiles below.

In Japan, there are many people who are good at using muskets, and Chen Cheng gave them another hundred good guns, and immediately beat the Jurchens into screams. The Jurchens outside the city were taken by surprise and then rushed into the city with a roar. If you don't rush, no matter what, Amin used to be one of the four major Baylors, even if he was not liked by Dai Shan and Hong Tai and others, it was also the top level of Houjin, if he died in battle, I don't know how many of these people who came with him would lose their heads.

The technical and tactical level of the Later Jin army was similar to that of the most elite Ming army, but they were more numerous and their military discipline was more severe. What the Ming army can fight is only the families of various generals, and the rest of the tens of thousands of troops are used to make up the numbers and eat empty salaries.

Waves of Houjin cavalry rushed in, and then were blown into meat sauce by the artillery. Lin Mengchu held a pistol in his left hand and a long knife in his right hand, and organized the soldiers to fire round after round of volleys. Gradually, the corpses of the Jurchens blocked the road. No matter how brave a mortal is, he can't stand up to gunpowder and steel.

At the head of the city, Chen Cheng also equipped more than a dozen of his own soldiers with AKs, a big killing weapon, and no matter how many Jurchens there were, it was not enough to kill. After losing more than a thousand men, the Jurchens withdrew two or three miles in terror, and tried to regroup, and then after two more shots, killing and wounding fifty or sixty people, these barbarians finally got honest and galloped towards the north on horseback.

But where is it so easy? Chen Cheng is not Zu Dashou, Yuan Chonghuan and others can let Jiannu come and go. When the Houjin army retreated, he had already chased after it with more than 100 cavalry, and Kawanaka Zhiya and Shang Yang Wu also followed with more than 500 infantry each.

The infantry pursued them for twenty miles, killed some of the enemy soldiers who had fallen behind, gathered some horses and returned to Pyongyang. Chen Cheng and Lin Mengchu have been hanging the Jurchens with cavalry, although there are only more than 100 cavalry, but they have guns. A dozen AKs and hundreds of double-barreled shotguns ask if you are afraid.

Seeing that I don't know if it was the Japanese or the cavalry of the Koreans who chased after them, the Houjin soldiers still wanted to ambush them, but how could this be successful? Chen Cheng led the cavalry around the back of the ambush, first bombarded it with one shot, and then more than a hundred guns fired together, and the more than 500 Houjin troops immediately collapsed.

Chen Cheng led the army to chase and kill all the way behind, and broke the ambush of the Houjin army three times in a row. The Jurchens, who were frightened by the killing, did not dare to stay any longer, and galloped towards the north with their horses. The speed of their running and the skill of their movements made Chen Cheng breathtaking, and he couldn't catch up. He had no choice but to collect his troops and return to Pyongyang.

In this battle, with 4,000 to 30,000, more than 2,000 were cut at the first level alone, and 1,500 war horses were captured, showing the majesty of the Black Dragon King. Whether it was the Houjin Army, the Dongjiang Army, or the Koreans, they all felt the shock of the heavens and the earth falling apart.

When will pirates be able to fight like this? If pirates were so capable of fighting, how did the Ming army push the pirates into the sea decades ago? Could it be because the Ming army at that time had Gundam?