Burning incendiary bombs were hurled into Seoul by the hateful Marines, and the gunners on the five local platforms condescended, firing five salvos to eliminate the guns of the Japanese subordinates at the head of the city, and then immediately called the valuable targets in the city. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

Everything that could be burned was burning, and Seoul became a sea of fire in the blink of an eye, and time seemed to stand still at this moment.

Tokugawa Iemitsu looked at the monstrous flames at the base of the city wall, and he regretted that he had stored them so close to the city wall for the sake of convenience.

The scorching flames crackled the bricks of the walls, and the pirates standing on them first spontaneously burned their eyebrows, and then they began to tap dance on the walls, like fish fished out of a bucket and placed directly on the red-hot iron plates.

The moat outside Seoul began to rise with a white steam, like a thin veil slowly enveloping the city around it.

Tokugawa Iemitsu had given up fighting the fire, leaving the centuries-old city to fend for itself in the flames, and he was about to abandon the castle and retreat south.

A general who went to investigate the military intelligence ran through the flames and ran in front of Tokugawa Iemitsu, and said in a panic: "General, the Xingren Gate, Dunyi Gate, Chongli Gate, and Sujing Gate of Cha, the four major gates of the east, west, south, and north are all Ming troops, and each is equipped with hundreds of artillery, and they want to burn us alive. ”

Tokugawa Iemitsu was extremely angry, and as the commander-in-chief, he had to make a decision, "It is better to break through to the south than to be burned alive, it is impossible for the Ming army to control the entire Goryeo Peninsula in such a short time." After sending the Goryeo Shunyi army to feint to attack the Sujing Gate and contain the Ming army, our troops stormed the South Gate, waiting for an opportunity to break through. ”

The eagles swept over the fighting army, and the remaining Wako and Goryeo sticks, under the command of Tokugawa Iemitsu, launched a desperate assault on the north and south gates in two directions.

The Marines, who had already been deployed, occupied favorable terrain and used weapons such as mortars, conscienceless guns, and flint muskets to pour out all their anger on the Japanese and Goryeo sticks who were about to break through, and repelled wave after wave of enemy troops.

Cao Bingzhang looked at the corpse of the enemy in one place and seemed to be still angry, and leaned over to Guan Shanyue's side and said: "My lord, there is water in this moat, as long as the water is drawn to wash the city wall, the city wall will naturally collapse under the heat expansion and cold contraction, wouldn't it be better to kill the city when the time comes?" ”

Guan Shanyue, who was wearing mountain armor, stood on a high hill with a sword, even if he was thousands of meters away, he could feel the heat wave blowing in his face, he looked down on the battlefield with an embarrassed gaze, and refused Cao Bingzhang's proposal without hesitation.

"No, Zhang Xianzhong went to fight on the Japanese mainland, and the pressure they faced would not be less than that we faced. It was necessary to drag Tokugawa Hidetada in Seoul to buy time for the reinforcements of the Nam-Daejeong camp and the siege of Setelye, and to destroy them near Cheongju Fortress in Chungcheong-do, so as to deter the Gojin and Wa kingdoms, as well as the remnants of the Wa Kou on the Goryeo Peninsula. ”

Cao Bingzhang tapped his armor hard, looked at the enemy soldiers in the city and said angrily: "My lord, the last general will go to Chongli Gate to fight, okay?" ”

Guan Shanyue shook her head, pointed to the form in the city and analyzed: "The sticks at the south gate are feints, although they are all wearing the clothes of the Japanese and using the weapons of the Japanese invaders. The Japanese at the north gate are the main force of Tokugawa Iemitsu, and it can be seen at a glance from the combat effectiveness.

In order to break through, the enemy army is bound to launch a surprise attack tonight. The eastern part of Seoul is firmly in the hands of our army, there are the first batch of officers and soldiers of the Beida Battalion to land in the north, and there is Sebuteng in the west. ”

The vengeful Cao Bingzhang reluctantly glanced at the hot battlefield, and then reluctantly turned around and left.

That night, Tokugawa Hidemitsu really sent more than 2,000 night raiders to attack the Ming army defending the northern city gate. Just when they protruded from the city gate for hundreds of meters, thinking that they had broken through the Ming army's defenses and rushed forward, torches suddenly rushed into the sky all around, and they immediately realized that they had fallen into the trap of the Ming army, turned around and jumped towards the city.

Cao Bingzhang, who was waiting for the middle of the night, would not give the enemy time to retreat, and sneered: "I want to run, it's too late!" ”

Thousands of Ming troops dressed in black cotton armor jumped up from the hillside and sent their warmest greetings to the enemy with flint muskets in their hands.

All of a sudden, the gunfire was loud, and under the powerful firepower, the raiding Japanese were almost completely annihilated.

Tokugawa Hidemitsu, who had escaped back to the city, was about to jump out of his throat, and he was bleeding profusely, holding the Baihui acupoint above his head so frightened that his legs trembled and he was in a cold sweat. The bullet had just grazed his scalp, and if it had been lowered even the slightest, it would have toppled his skull.

The next day, early in the morning, after the East China Sea Division unloaded the officers and men of the Nanda Battalion that had landed, it returned to the aircraft carrier port non-stop to transport the next batch of officers and men.

Without heavy weapons such as artillery and baggage, the Ming army that landed in Chungcheongdo this time was more than 80,000.

I don't know if the sailors of the Wa Kingdom were frightened or lost by the East China Sea Division yesterday, and the Ming army that landed did not encounter decent resistance at all, and after completing the assembly on the coast, they did not even rest, and jumped over the cities along the road and quickly marched towards the established direction - Cheongju City.

After opening a landing site in Gangneung, Setel left all the baggage and Hongyi cannons in Gangneung, and led an army of 80,000 to fight along the Namhan River to Cheongju Fortress.

At noon, Guan Shanyue stood on the high rammed earth platform and looked up at Seoul, which was still burning after burning all night, estimated that the time was almost up, turned to Cao Bingzhang beside him and said: "Cheongju City is more than four hundred and fifty miles away from Seoul, and by the time Tokugawa Iemitsu runs to Cheongju, the officers and soldiers of the Nanda Battalion have already taken Cheongju City. At that time, it is estimated that Setel will almost complete the meeting with the officers and soldiers of the Southern Battalion.

Now change the defensive strategy, change to encircle the three queyi, and carefully arrange a rout at the south gate, so that the devils must mistakenly think that they have escaped from life. ”

Cao Bingzhang didn't dare to slack off, nodded and said: "It's just that there is not enough time, otherwise these beasts will starve to death, and the last will go and prepare!" With that, he turned around and walked down the steps of the rammed earth platform.

Tokugawa Iemitsu, who was already desperate and ready to cut himself, suddenly got the news of the rout of the Ming army in Namdaemun, just like the dried seedlings finally looking forward to the rain, he didn't want to stay in Seoul for a moment, he didn't even bother to assemble the Goryeo stick, so he led his troops to flee south.

Out of the cage of Seoul, he looked back at the still burning Seoul and was terrified, and he didn't dare to stay for a moment, and rushed towards Cheongju City, the third largest stronghold of the Japanese Kingdom on the Goryeo Peninsula.

The Goryeo stick nerves were always half a beat slower, and it wasn't until all the pirates in Seoul had run out that they realized that their imperial army father had sold them.

The reason why the Japanese were released was because the Marines couldn't eat so many enemy troops, and now there was no reason to let go of the Goryeo sticks.

Guan Shanyue looked at the Goryeo sticks in the city like trapped beasts with an expressionless face, and said to the herald behind him: "Close the door and beat the dog!" The Goryeo people with a sense of justice no longer exist, and they are all scumbags who have been screened by the Japanese Kou. Tell the ministries that you want the city and not people! ”

The herald's banner quickly spread throughout the battalions, and the Ming army, which was fully firearmed, broke into Seoul through the four city gates, and carried out the purification of the scum in the city according to the planned route of extinguishing the fire.

The Ming army was in a group of five, and they did not fight with the Goryeo sticks in the city at all, but used the range advantage of the musket in their hands to clean up the devils who were forcibly mixed in this weeping ancient city.

The overall situation has been decided, Guan Shanyue is too lazy to look at this group of disgusting Goryeo sticks, he got off the rammed earth platform and returned to the handsome tent.

Smecta came to Seoul with the second batch of landing soldiers in the southern camp of the Ming Dynasty, and at this moment, he re-entered his homeland and eight fellow villagers in the official uniforms of the Ming Dynasty behind him, and he was happily standing in Guan Shanyue's handsome tent to depict their own good prospects.

After Guan Shanyue's greetings, he felt that the Koreans still understood the Koreans, so he sat on the handsome seat and asked Smida: "Master Shi, Guan found that the current Koreans not only welcome us at all, but also help the Japanese to attack the king's master. How long has it been since Wanli resisted the Japanese and aided the Korea, are the Goryeo people so unkind? ”

Smida laughed, he now regarded himself as an official of the Ming Dynasty, as if he and Guan Shanyue were in the same camp, and said with a smile: "My lord doesn't know, this Korean people are willing to help the Japanese attack the king so desperately, firstly, the benevolent and righteous people were almost killed by the Japanese and Houjin, and secondly, they were completely frightened by the Japanese invaders.

Under the stick, there is a filial son, and the lower officials believe that as long as the adults come so many times, there will be smart Koreans who follow the king with all their hearts. ”

Guan Shanyue nodded thoughtfully, dragged her chin and said with a smile: "Feelings are like this, in the end, Goryeo people are cheap!" ”

Smida and the seven fellow villagers behind him climbed the high branch of Daming, and in their hearts they had already drawn themselves out of the Goryeo stick, and let out a burst of unbridled laughter.

The Ming general in the handsome tent saw that they didn't care, you look at me, I look at you, and then let out a burst of laughter.

Just when everyone was laughing, two small soldiers dressed in military uniforms stepped into the tent under the leadership of Chen Ergou, who was full of joy, and one of the handsome young soldiers strode forward, lowered his head and handed a sealed letter to Guan Shanyue, speaking in Jiangnan Chinese, and said: "My lord, this is the latest battle report from Liaodong sent by the General Staff by sea, please check it." ”

Guan Shanyue looked at the herald's snow-white hands with a burst of disgust in his heart, he felt that this little soldier's hands were a little white, and at first glance, it was a sneaky and slippery during training, but he still opened the envelope and checked it carefully.

However, the two heralds did not retreat, but stood on both sides of Guan Shanyue with their heads bowed on the left and right.