Early the next morning, before dawn, the camp of the Ming began to move, and the army was divided into four directions to move closer to Pyongyang. The four directions of Pyongyang were blocked, and there was no intention of encircling three and missing one.

Governor Konishi stood at the head of Pyongyang City, his face a little ugly.

Siege three is missing one, this is the siege battle method that everyone knows, but the Ming Dynasty is not doing that now, they do not encircle three and lack one, and surround all sides, don't they know that this will only make the defenders in the city desperate?

There are two reasons for this, one is that the generals of the Ming army do not know military law, even if Governor Konishi looks down on the Ming Dynasty, he also knows that this is impossible, the North Koreans understand it, and the Ming Dynasty will not understand?

Then there can only be another reason, they want to annihilate themselves.

Whether it was the commander of the Ming Dynasty who was overconfident or really believed that he could do it, Governor Konishi felt insulted, an insult to himself and an insult to his subordinates.

"Kuroda Nagamasa, get your Third Army ready, this time we have to give Da Ming a dismount, let them know how powerful we are!" Konishi said through gritted teeth.

"Rest assured, the commander of the corps, our two corps are in the city of Pyongyang, and it is simply wishful thinking for the Ming army to capture Pyongyang." Kuroda Nagamasa said with a smile: "If it weren't for your caution, I would have wanted to go out of the city and fight the Ming army head-on." ”

President Konishi glanced at Kuroda Nagamasa: "No, it's better to be safe." ”

Although Dongchang's intelligence capabilities are very good, after the war started, the battlefield changed rapidly, and they still got one thing wrong, that is, Pyongyang was not the only First Army of Governor Konishi.

Kuroda Nagamasa's Third Army was also in Pyongyang.

The three advance corps of the Japanese invaders, the 1st and 3rd Corps, were in the city of Pyongyang, preparing to attack Uiju and capture the Joseon king alive. The 2nd Army went north to Hamgyong Province and then entered Daming Province from Hamgyong Province.

After the fall of Pyongyang, the intelligence update of Dongchang was not so timely.

East of Pyongyang.

Cao Wenzhao and He Renlong stood on the hillside, both with binoculars on their chests, glancing at the Korean city wall from time to time, and behind the two people, the artillery of the Ming Dynasty was arranging positions.

"Looking at the number of people in the city, it doesn't seem that there are only 16,000 people as Dongchang said!"

Cao Wenzhao put down the telescope in his hand and said in a deep voice.

He Renlong didn't care, and said disdainfully: "What if there are more?" Wouldn't it be better if there were more, let's fight them, otherwise you won't fight? ”

"The marshal said three days, then Pyongyang City must go down in three days."

"I don't want to be laughed at, wait for your command, I will lead people to attack the city, and I will be the first to climb the head of Pyongyang."

Cao Wenzhao glanced at He Renlong, shook his head, and didn't bother to talk to him,

"Okay, the artillery is going to be laid, and it will start fighting soon, let's go down!" Seeing that Cao Wenzhao didn't speak, He Renlong didn't care, but said, "I don't want my ears to be buzzed here. ”

Cao Wenzhao did not object to this, and nodded: "Then go down!" I don't want to stay here for a quarter of an hour, and I don't know if the Japanese at the head of the city will hold on. ”

He Renlong said disdainfully: "Who cares if they hold on." ”

"Speaking of which, should we send someone to blow up the city gates?" After speaking, He Renlong looked at Cao Wenzhao with burning eyes.

Both Cao Wenzhao and He Renlong knew that defending the city and sealing the city gate was something that must be done in the defense of the city. Some use earth and stones, while others use large stones, so it will be easier to storm the city walls than to blow up the city gates.

However, there is an exception, that is, if the city gate is not sealed, it can easily be blown open.

Cao Wenzhao glanced at He Renlong and shook his head gently: "I won't send people, there will be casualties in that way, let's take a look at the artillery first, you can see the walls of Pyongyang City yourself." ”

"I'm really worried that thing will survive a quarter of an hour of shelling."

He Renlong was still unwilling, and when he heard Cao Wenzhao say this, he immediately became anxious: "You don't think so, the cannon is also fired on all sides, what if the other three sides explode first?" ”

"Taking advantage of the artillery fire, let's send people to blow up the city gate, and even the city wall can be blown up, if it is blown up, we can be the first to enter Pyongyang City, which is a great achievement."

"Although the marshal said that he would break Pyongyang City in three days, I think one day is about the same."

Although He Renlong's words made sense, Cao Wenzhao still wanted to give it a try with artillery bombardment. According to the establishment of the Beijing camp, there are a total of 24 guards, and the east camp and the west camp each have 12 guards.

This time, Zhang Weixian brought out six guards, and the other six guards were in Qi Jiguang's hands.

Each guard had four regimental battalions, two infantry regimental battalions, an artillery regimental battalion, and one cavalry battalion. The two infantry regiments were 3,600 men, the cavalry battalion was 5,000 men, and the rest were auxiliaries, except for 3,600 cavalry.

The artillery battalion was 2,700 men and was equipped with more than 500 artillery pieces of various types.

Although this time he came out, the heavy artillery was not carried, but Cao Wenzhao was very confident in his artillery. This wall of Pyongyang will definitely not exist for long under artillery bombardment.

Under such circumstances, it seems that sending people to bomb the city is a bit more than worth the loss.

In the Royal Lecture Hall, the instructor often said that the life of a soldier is the most important, because the price of training a soldier in the imperial court is not low, and if you can solve the problem with cannonballs, then don't use people.

Seeing that the enemy was wiped out on the way to attack, this kind of remark was even more regarded as the most reasonable by countless people.

However, Cao Wenzhao also knew that what He Renlong said made sense, and after thinking about it, Cao Wenzhao said with a smile: "You let people prepare, try a round of artillery first, I asked the artillery, at least a quarter of an hour, let's take a look first." ”

He Renlong pursed his lips: "I think it's just that the group of people hasn't fired a cannon for a long time, and their hands are itchy!" ”

Although he said that, He Renlong still hurried to prepare.

When the two of them were chatting, the artillery side was almost ready, and when he heard the report of his subordinates, Cao Wenzhao nodded: "Then let's start!" Let the artillery fight well, this is the first battle of our East Battalion, and we must play majestic! ”

"Don't worry, the general will not be disappointed!" The people of the artillery battalion were immediately overjoyed, said a word of joy, turned around and ran away.

Cao Wenzhao shook his head helplessly, these guys are really speechless.

Cao Wenzhao's side arranged almost the same, and the people in the other three directions were also almost arranged, so the artillery soon sounded, first test firing, and then a salvo.

Throughout the city of Pyongyang, artillery roared, and each of the four guards was armed with more than 500 guns, and 300 of them reached the city wall, and all of them opened fire.