Chapter 24: Victory in the First Battle

The cannon roared and resounded through the heavens and the earth. Not only did the attacked Japanese wakes up from their dreams, but even their own soldiers in their sleep get up and run out in a panic.

"It's so powerful, it's invincible." Looking at the firelight that erupted from time to time on the river, Wang Gao, who was standing on the shore, couldn't help but sigh and said.

Jue Chang'an, who was standing behind him, didn't look any better, no wonder Shen Chongming was so confident when he talked about this battle yesterday, he was originally happy because he didn't have to charge into battle with his own soldiers, but in the current situation, this matter is really not a thing to be happy about. The Han people have such a strong strength, and the three guards of Jianzhou are not opponents in any way.

The worried look couldn't escape Wang Gao's eyes. But in the current situation, he really didn't know what to say to encourage each other. sighed slightly, and a thousand words were all contained in a heavy beat.

His shoulders were strained, and Jue Chang'an, who was originally a little depressed, woke up like a dream. That is, it is difficult for the free people to follow themselves, what is there to be afraid of?

At the same moment, looking at the situation on the river and on the other side, Narando was extremely happy in his heart. "Sir, I have to listen to your words, the imperial court is so powerful, how can our small Jianzhou Sanwei resist. Alas, poor Wang Gao and Jue Chang'an are so ignorant of life and death. ”

Mr. Hu's face rose, and he was really embarrassed to accept such a compliment from Nalandoji. The imperial court is strong, but after all, this is only a naval army, and it is really on land, and the three guards of Jianzhou have no power to fight. Even if it is still difficult to escape the fate of failure in the end, it is better than sitting and waiting for death now.

But now, he never dared to say this, so he could only respond casually: "Life and death depend on life and wealth, and they don't know whether they live or die, haven't they fulfilled you, the leader?" ”

Nalando smiled proudly, recalling Shen Chongming's polite appearance to him yesterday, and couldn't help but nod and said, "Yes, if a person wants to stand higher, someone must have someone under his feet." The credit of the two of them, this leader will definitely remember it, hahaha. ”

Seeing Nalandoji so proud, Hu Hansan actually felt a sense of resentment in his heart. I don't know that the catastrophe is coming, aren't all the horses of Jianzhou Sanwei being played by Shen Chongming?

There are all kinds of thoughts here, but the Japanese who have been shelled have already messed up.

The Ming army on the other side is increasing day by day, and they are also on guard day and night. However, no one expected that the Han people would not cross the river to attack, but rely on artillery fire in the middle of the river to attack.

Originally, in order to deal with the attack that the Han people could launch at any time, Miyamoto Ichiro arranged 20,000 horses on the first shore. The art of war has clouds, and it is attacked halfway. Although Miyamoto Ichiro didn't know this, he also understood that if he took advantage of the enemy's crossing of the river to strike, their combat power would not be able to be exerted at all, and they could only be slaughtered.

In order to achieve such a goal, one's own forces must be sufficient and dense, and only in this way can the Ming army not be given the slightest opportunity to take advantage of it.

Now that the incident happened suddenly, the previous arrangement was just a cocoon. In the face of the sudden artillery bombardment of the Ming army, most of the 20,000 horses were attacked, and they fell into chaos almost instantly.

Although these 30,000 Japanese are all veterans of battle, they don't want to say that they have encountered them in the current situation, or they have never heard of them. In this way, chaos is inevitable.

"Masao Watanabe?" Looking at the situation on the river, the well-informed Miyamoto Ichiro first thought of the Franc machine warships under Watanabe Masao. This sobriety can only be made by his warship.

But then this idea was vetoed by Ichiro Miyamoto himself. Although Masao Watanabe has a bad relationship with everyone, he is also his own person, and he must have no reason to shell his army. There is no possibility for him, and there will only be ships of the Ming army.

Thinking of this, Miyamoto Ichiro was shocked again. I always thought that Watanabe Masao's Franc fighter ship was already invincible in the world, but I never expected that the Ming army would have such a warship. And looking at the number, it is clearly several times that of Watanabe's house.

"Your Excellency General, the Ming army has shelled!" Musashi came in a hurry, and his face was not embarrassed. The 20,000 garrisons in front were under his command, and he managed to escape with great difficulty.

Ichiro Miyamoto doesn't have to ask to know what's going on. Under such artillery fire, it must have become a mess. "Order, the army retreated, avoiding the artillery bombardment of the Ming army."

Miyamoto Ichiro's order was very simple, and the fearful Musashi was also fiercely relieved, even if he tried his life to resist, he couldn't resist it.

Fortunately, the spirit of bushido did not play a role at this time, and before the order arrived, the 20,000-strong army retreated. Looking at Musashi with an ugly face, Miyamoto Ichiro was not angry, and simply got on the horse and followed the flow of people and retreated.

The shelling lasted for more than half an hour, although it was very enjoyable to watch the flames on the other side, Wang Zhen was indeed dripping blood in his heart. Just for the effect of the thunderous blow that Lord Shen wanted, he put on half of the cannonballs and eleven cannons. It's all white money. Now that he is using it like this, his Fujian sailor has to tighten his belt to live.

He was so miserable, but Shen Chongming ignored it. Then Firelight found that the Japanese on the other side of the river began to retreat, and immediately ordered to build a pontoon bridge to cross the river.

For the pontoon, Zhang Chi has long been prepared. A few days ago he had already begun to collect boats in a series upstream. At this time, Shen Chongming gave an order and immediately lit a bonfire to transmit the signal.

The upstream prepared generals had already received the signal, and with an order, two pontoon bridges composed of nearly a hundred small boats went downstream. As the head boat continued to move eastward, the two pontoons gradually revealed their shapes.

Half an hour later, the two pontoon bridges were built, and the soldiers of the 2,000 Shenji Battalion and the 3,000 Battalion, who had already crossed the river by boat, had already cleaned up the battlefield.

When all 60,000 infantry troops crossed the river, the sky was just bright. Shen Chongming did not stop, and with his order, the 60,000 troops fought in three ways.

On the right side, Nalandoji served as the main general, leading 20,000 troops to sweep the enemy north of the Jiangjie, Lakeside, and Xinpu line. Shen Chongming in the middle of the road personally sat in charge of chasing the defeated Japanese invaders on the banks of the Yalu River. On the left side, Xiong Dabiao led the troops, first sweeping away the remaining enemies along the Yalu River from north to south. Later, Sinuiju went southeast to annihilate the Japanese along the way, until Pyongyang.

This soldier was divided into three ways, which immediately made Wang Gao and Jue Changan anxious. Because Shen Chongming's move was very fatal to the two of them, he actually separated the men and horses of the three guards in Jianzhou, and each guard formed a road with 10,000 Han people.

In this way, the previously agreed law of mutual care is impossible to talk about, and once something really happens, you can only deal with it alone, and there is no one to help you at all.

But Shen Chongming's arrangement is reasonable, and it is impossible to object to it at all. Therefore, although Wang Gao and Juechang were unwilling, they could only obey orders.

However, Shen Chongming didn't think about what he wanted to do with them, this was all after defeating the Japanese Kou, and dealing with them now would be a mess. Moreover, these three roads are only an auxiliary role in his plan, and the real highlight is still on the 20,000 cavalry.

According to the information provided by Li Futong, the place where the Japanese invaders hoarded grain was in Pyongyang, and the consumption of the army in peacetime was also transported out of Pyongyang. Therefore, Shen Chongming can conclude that the last way for the attacked Japanese invaders must also be in Pyongyang. The first strike was the strongest, taking advantage of the fact that the Japanese troops were wandering outside, and took the lead in taking Pyongyang with the speed of the cavalry.

As a result, not only did the Japanese have no food and grass, but even the method of relying on the power of the city to resist the imperial army would not work. The only way left for them is to abandon Pyongyang and move to Nampo, another big city recently. Nanpu is not well prepared, and it will naturally be much easier to attack when the time comes, which is very advantageous for himself.

Therefore, after the 60,000 troops set off in three ways, Shen Chongming, who temporarily handed over the military affairs to Brother Erdan, ordered Zhang Chi to lead 20,000 cavalry through Bochuan and go to Pyongyang via Dingzhou, Anzhou, and Suncheon. Although this is a long detour, the victory is that the terrain is flat along the way, which is conducive to cavalry marching. With the advantage of the cavalry in speed, they were sure to arrive before the Japanese gathered to Pyongyang. In this way, taking advantage of the lack of Japanese troops in Pyongyang, it will be easy to defeat them.

Zhang Chi led the troops to set off, and Shen Chongming ordered someone to find Wang Zhen, who was cleaning up the mess on the battlefield.

"My lord, what kind of errand do you have to do?" Wang Zhen rushed to see Shen Chongming with great interest, his face full of expectation. The task of the sailor has come to an end, and if he wants to make some more achievements, he can only lead his troops ashore to kill the enemy.

Wang Zhen's thoughts, how could Shen Chongming not know, if he had the opportunity, he should let this guy establish a marine corps, otherwise in the long run, he would have to hold back.

"Well, there's something for your sailor to do." As soon as Shen Chongming said this, Wang Zhen's shoulder collapsed for a while. The so-called soldiers and horses did not move the grain and grass first, should it be to let themselves transport grain again.

"Immediately take your people to the sea near Nanpu, pay attention to the hidden tracks, and wait for the Japanese sailors to throw themselves into the net." Shen Chongming pointed to Nanpu on the topographic map and said. Nanpu is close to the sea, which is an important fishing town, and the reason why it is a big city is that the fishing industry and shipping are very developed.

"The Waiko Mariner?" Wang Zhen, who originally thought that he had no credit to gain, couldn't help but get excited, "My lord, there is still a sailor in the wokou?" ”

Shen Chongming was stunned for a while, and then his head was full of smoke. "There is no water master in the Japanese Kou, do you think that the official is full of food and wants you to transport grain and grass from Fujian all the way here!"

"Yes, yes, the last will be dull, and the last will be a rice bucket." Wang Zhen laughed again and again, "My lord, just wait and see, how many ships I have in my mouth, and how many ships will sink to the bottom of the sea." ”

Saying this, Shen Chongming, who is essentially a businessman, was even more unhappy, and reprimanded: "Loser, you want to be captured, do you understand?" ”

Wang Zhen was stunned, and nodded hurriedly: "Yes, yes, all of them are captured, and all the warships of the Japanese Kou must be captured!" ”

"Hehehe, it's good to know, let's go quickly." Shen Chongming smiled and waved his hand.

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