Pyongyang, located in the northwest of the Goryeo Peninsula and straddled by the Taedong River, is named for its flat terrain.

Pyongyang was the political, economic and cultural center of ancient Goryeo, and has been the capital of Goryeo since 194 BC, and has been a top priority of Goryeo since ancient times.

Since ancient times, Pyongyang has been the capital of Pyongan Province, and the city is divided into four parts: the inner city, the middle city, the outer city, and the northern city, with a total of 18 large and small gates. Moreover, Pyongyang is bordered by Peony Peak in the north, Cangguang Mountain in the west, and the Taedong River in the east.

But what is unbelievable is that such a fortified city was directly abandoned by the Goryeo king Yi Han under the advance of the Japanese Konishi Yukicho and others, and the Japanese invaders easily occupied Pyongyang without spending a single soldier, which has to be said to be a garbage-level example in military history. But on the Koreans, normal.

If it is freezing today, the Japanese have been in the city for a long time, and if they want to conquer it again, how easy is it?

But the current situation is that Pyongyang's battle must be fought, and if it is not fought, it must be fought!

If the Dongying Japanese invaders are allowed to occupy the two national capitals of Pyongyang and Seoul, then once the spring flowers bloom and everything recovers, once the two families of Yushiba Hideyoshi and Shibata Katsuya are encircled, it will be even more difficult for the Ming Dynasty and the Goryeo coalition to level the situation.

Therefore, from any point of view, Pyongyang is a hard bone that must be gnawed down, but it is also the hardest nut to bite.

Li Rusong was quite hesitant to attack Pyongyang, although he very much agreed with my tactical arrangement, but for this kind of fortified city, it is normal for the battle losses of the attacking and defending sides to reach 3 to 1, and this is probably a price he cannot afford.

Therefore, in the last letter I received, Li Rusong strongly invited me to meet for a meeting to discuss the march into Pyongyang.

Naturally, I readily agreed, and soon we met on the battleship on the Yalu River to discuss how to gnaw on this bone.

Li Rusong sat in the cabin, drinking one glass after another, which showed how much pressure he was on. I looked at him in silence and drank with him. It took him a long time to express his worries, and the first one was how to spend the long distance from Uiju to Pyongyang under the watchful eye of the Japanese invaders!

Once the stealth fails, discovered, and ambushed, all previous gains may be ruined! This is a weight that no one can afford and must not be allowed to happen.

Moreover, there is still a cavalry stationed on the Peony Peak in the north of Pyongyang City, and the situation of fighting with Pyongyang City is also a big problem, how to break through this fortified city with the mutual support of the other side, and to complete it before the arrival of backup, this is simply an impossible task!

I watched him quietly, drinking, distressed, helpless. Suddenly, I felt a little funny, so I laughed out loud.

This famous general of the Ming Dynasty asked me why I was laughing with a stunned face, and then he understood, grabbed my sleeve and asked, "You already have an idea?" Qilan, say it quickly! We share the glory and disgrace of this battle, tell us what you think, and let's work together to tide over the difficulties! ”

I smiled faintly and said, "I can't hide from it, just go openly, what's so difficult about this!" ”

Li Rusong didn't understand what I meant, and frowned: "You mean that the light cavalry is prominent, taking advantage of the other party's lack of time to report information, relying on the cavalry to attack the city in one fell swoop?" No, no, no! If it is still possible in the city of Uiju, the city of Pyongyang is too high, and the equipment of the light cavalry cannot be improved! ”

I shook my head and sighed, "Definitely! Definitely! I mean light and heavy equipment together, and go with a clear fight! ”

Li Rusong was dumbfounded and said, "Go clearly? Qilan, don't you know the situation in Pyongyang City? Confused about the Wako as Goryeo waste? ”

I shook my head again and said, "Definitely! Definitely! I am not a person who does not eat the fireworks of the world, I have lived in Dongying for many years, and I am well aware of the cruelty and cunning of the Japanese Bandits, but it is not difficult to understand the past! ”

The old man was stunned for a long time, grabbed my sleeves with both hands, and said eagerly: "You said it! What is the sale? My father often said that Qilan's wisdom is unparalleled in the world, and if there is something difficult to do, discuss it with him, there must be a way! ”

I laughed twice, and I was not pretentious, so I said my opinion.

What I mean is actually quite simple - I have already made a verbal agreement with President Konishi to form an alliance. Now I can send a man of my voice to Pyongyang to discuss with Governor Konishi the details of cooperation, the first of which is that if I let go of the water supply line, they will give up the city of Pyongyang as a price.

In other words, I want them to trade a Pyongyang for peace in the rear. Although this is an unequal condition, it does not seem to be an unacceptable thing to add to the condition that the two sides form an alliance and jointly deal with Shibata Katsuya.

Li Rusong frowned at first when he heard this, and as soon as he finished speaking on my behalf, he immediately jumped up, patted me on the shoulder and said, "If you really say this to the other party, I'm afraid he won't refuse no matter what!" ”

I smiled and said, "Exactly, if he is determined to cooperate with me, it is imperative to withdraw from Pyongyang." ”

Li Rusong said with a smile: "It is more likely that they pretended to agree to our conditions, but in fact they coaxed us to receive them, but they rebelled and caught us off guard!" ”

"And we can take the plan and pretend to be sincere to receive the city, and when we get to the front, with your brother Li here, is it still a problem to have a Pyongyang?" I followed his lead.

Li Rusong looked up to the sky and laughed, patted me on the shoulder a few times, smiled and smiled, suddenly retracted his smile, and looked at me quite seriously.

I'm curious, what the hell is this guy doing with a smile and a cool moment?

But I heard Li Rusong say solemnly: "Qilan, I hope we will not be enemies in our lives!" ”

I smiled and said, "Brother, you and I are officials in the same dynasty, why do you say this!" ”

Li Rusong said solemnly again: "The world is unpredictable! I once again make a statement to my brother - no matter what the road ahead is, if one day it is really time to make a choice, as long as there is the interests of my Li family, I am willing to share it with the Qilan brothers! This is not a lie, Qilan needs to keep it in mind! Remember! ”

I know he's talking about concerns about the possible consequences of Nurhachi's group, but how can I say that? In the last wish of the second uncle before his death, he made it clear that I should beware of Li Chengliang. Now that Li Rusong has come to woo me, well, even if I have to make a choice one day, then I will also aim at Nurhachi!

In other words, try to target the initiator of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, and if possible, let the Li family go?

Let's talk about the future!

The discussion was decided, and Li Chengliang did not ink, and sent Shen Weijing, who was the most eloquent, to contact President Konishi. Shen Weijing left by boat, with twenty guards. Seeing him go away, Li Rusong and I began to discuss specific tactics.

In the face of a fortified city like Pyongyang, adopting appropriate tactics is the key and the only way to win.

Looking at the sand table piled up by the soldiers with sand and gravel, Li Rusong and I had a surprisingly consistent idea - to encircle three and lack one, leaving a way for the Japanese to survive so that they would not fight to the death.

As for the selection of offensive priorities in several directions, the two of us invariably focused on the south gate - Lumen!

The height of Lumen is relatively low, and the terrain is the flattest. If it is said that it is easy to break, it must be the South Gate - that is, the Lumen Gate is the easiest to take!

The attack must be led by a wise and brave general, but only if there are feints to attack the Seven Star Gate and the Ordinary Gate in the west of the city first, and there is a team of horsemen to contain Peony Peak! Only then can it break through Pyongyang's city defenses and attack the city!

At this time, I also made a suggestion - if we let our army go to attack the south gate in our own service, I am afraid that the other party's attention will be all focused here. So I suggest that that the troops be disguised as the Goryeo army, and downplay the importance and hostility of the Wakos, so that they can focus more attention on the enemy forces in the direction of Seongseo and Peony Fang!

Li Rusong listened to my suggestion, and immediately understood what I meant, shook hands with me and laughed!

It is a well-known fact that the Goryeo army is weak, and if the Japanese see that the most dangerous direction of attack is a Korean army, they will wake up laughing when they dream!

So my suggestion was happily accepted, and Li Rusong didn't talk nonsense, only made one request - it was hoped that I could work with Ye Sizhong to use the four thousand Guanning iron cavalry to hold the retreat of the enemy after the rout, ambush in the shadows, and annihilate the enemy in the wilderness as much as possible when the enemy broke through!

Or maybe there are enemy reinforcements in the rear, and we hope we can hold it off as much as possible to buy them time to siege the city.

As for the frontal battle of the siege, it was completely handed over to their Liaodong army. After all, they are a full force with heavy firepower, unlike us who are all cavalry, superior to field battles and weaker than siege cities.

Naturally, I have no opinion on such a harmonious proposal. I just accepted it happily!

Time flies, and in a blink of an eye, it will be the twenty-ninth day of the lunar month. A few days before this, I asked Hua Mei to take Kite and Lan back to Beijing to spend the Spring Festival with my old father-in-law.

At first, the three of them were reluctant to leave me, after all, this was our first Spring Festival after marriage. But thinking about the old father-in-law staying alone in Beijing, Hua Mei and the others couldn't bear it, but they didn't want me to have no one around me during the festival.

After thinking about it, Kite followed Hua Mei to Jingshi, while Lan stayed by my side and accompanied me for the Spring Festival.

Of course, this is also due to the fact that Huamei and Kite are relatively closer, probably because they had the experience of falling into the water together when they first went to sea!

With a lot of Korean ginseng and other supplements given to me by Li Rusong, they hurried to Tianjin Wei by boat. According to the time, they should be able to rush back to Jingshi before the Chinese New Year's Eve, and I can be regarded as slightly relieved of a worry.

In fact, I had one more thing in my heart, and after thinking about it, I called Qi Xingguo and asked him to go home too, see Qi Dudu, and spend the New Year with him, maybe this is the last year.

Although Qi Dudu drove him out at the beginning, I understood that it was so that Qi Xingguo could leave, otherwise, with this kid's temperament, I am afraid that he would have to stay for his father to die no matter what.

But no matter what, people's hearts are flesh after all, Qi Xingguo went back, even if Qi Dudu was unhappy on his face, he must be happy in his heart! After listening to my words, Qi Xingguo was in tears, but he was full of joy and sorrow, and I was also heartbroken beyond words, so I could only increase the amount and let him bring supplements, and quickly sent someone to send him back to Penglai, and made an appointment to come back after fifteen.

In this way, time flickered to the Chinese New Year's Eve. On the night of Chinese New Year's Eve, we received very good news!

Governor Konishi agreed to our terms and was willing to cede the city of Pyongyang!

The handover time of the two sides - the fifth day of the Lunar New Year!

In other words, we still have five days to prepare and make the journey to Pyongyang City!

That's enough, I secretly figured it out. Arashi knew that there was going to be a war, and gently took my hand, indicating that he was going to fight with me.

I shook my head and gently hugged her into my arms. There are some things that women still don't want to get involved in, and it's a great achievement to manage the fleet for me, isn't it?

Lan also understood that he couldn't be willful at this time, so he could only nod silently with tears in his eyes and gently approached my arms......