Chapter Ninety-Five: The Three Gates Are Lost

Under the repeated impact of the rushing cars, the north gate of the inner city collapsed, and I saw a fierce military general wearing a cyanotic armor, wearing a snake-eyed black hood, wielding a sickle in one hand and holding the reins in the other, and killed the city without hesitation.

“?(kae)!” The North Korean soldiers defending the city screamed as if they had met a devil, and they were going crazy as they fled, for fear of being caught in hell. That's right, this person is Kato (kato≈kae, dog) Kiyomasa, who has just broken through the north gate and captured the inner city in an instant, and he is the first contributor to the battle of Nanyuan.

Qingzheng led the troops all the way to the south, riding the emperor Shi Limao in the chaos of the left and right stabs, such as into no man's land, at this moment, whether it is the Ming army or the fresh soldiers, but anyone who dares to block his way, will be killed and robbed, the head is in a different place.

Emperor Shakti is an upright mount, six feet three inches tall, and his momentum is enough to overwhelm other famous horses. The name of the horse comes from Shakti, the god who guards the Dharma with Brahma, and the chestnut fur refers to the color of the horse. With its tall image and compelling momentum, this horse and Qingzheng have made great achievements, and this time is no exception.

Because the elite troops were all transferred to the south gate by Yang Yuan, so at this moment there were only more than 100 Ming troops and more than 200 fresh soldiers stationed in the inner city, this point of strength, in front of Qingzheng was as vulnerable as a chicken, tile and dog, after breaking the city, it was scattered without a few resistances, so that 10,000 Japanese troops successfully occupied the core of Nanyuan City.

The camera turned to the south gate, although Yang Yuan was surrounded by elites, but under the continuous attack of 20,000 troops and the non-stop shooting of nearly a thousand iron cannons, he finally showed his exhaustion and began to retreat along the horse road to the east and west gates.

Seeing the Ming army withdrawing from the south gate, the Korean deserters hiding in the city cave were shocked, thinking that the umbrella was gone, Zheng Qiyuan, the leader, cursed angrily: "These Han people, leave us to run for our lives, are we Koreans not even as good as pigs and dogs in their eyes?" Now that the general trend is gone, there is no point in guarding this door, but fortunately, there is a way to survive from this breakthrough. ”

It was the Ming army that was responsible for guarding the gate at the beginning, but the city tower was tightened and was transferred up, so that the burden of guarding was handed over to the fresh soldiers who retreated, who thought that the Japanese army found another way, attacked from the battlement, although this increased the burden of the Ming army, but the fresh soldiers were happy to be quiet, hiding in the city cave and sitting on the mountain to watch the tiger fight, thinking that they could also get a piece of the pie after the Japanese army was driven away.

But now that the Ming army has fled, it will be their turn to suffer, so they naturally don't want to sit still, so they unanimously passed Zheng Qiyuan's proposal, hurriedly opened the city gate, and rushed out of the city. But they never expected that they would not be able to escape in this way, but completely fell into the Ami Hell, more than 200 iron cannon ashigaru and more than 1,000 bows and arrows Ashigaru stood in two rows under the sheep and horse wall, and before the fresh soldiers could fully react, they launched an attack, no, to be precise, it should be a massacre, a brutal massacre.

I thought that the Japanese army at the south gate had all attacked the city, and then dared to open the city to break through the fresh soldiers, but now they finally paid the price for their actions, with the projectiles piercing the chest, and the feather arrows were inserted into the heart, the more than 200 fresh soldiers advanced less than 100 meters before they were all killed, leaving only a few war horses to wander beside the master, hoping that they could stand up and take themselves out of this inhumane place.

At the same time, the south gate of the inner city was also opened, and the north and south of the city ran through the north and south, and there was no suspense in this battle. The Guangjia and Qing Zheng soldiers divided into two routes, one to attack Jin Jinglao, who was stubbornly resisting at the west gate, and the other to attack the east gate and eliminate the elite of the Ming army led by Yang Yuan.

Since it occupies the inner city, it is natural to use it, while marching to the east gate, Qingzheng ordered the gunners to transfer the artillery on the inner city to the direction of the east gate, and concentrate firepower to bombard the battlements defended by the Ming army.

Sure enough, due to the strong intervention of the Guang family, the defense line of the West Gate collapsed instantly, and Changzheng led 7,000 troops to take advantage of the chaos to kill into the city, and went straight to the battlements along the horse road, at this time there were less than 100 people left on the city tower, but they were still fighting bravely, using the narrow characteristics of the horse road to resist the attack of the Japanese army.

"Brothers, I have a heavy trust for the elderly, and I owe you something, so I have to repay it in the next life!" Jin Jinglao burst into tears, trembling and threw the torch at the gunpowder under him, only to hear a loud "boom", and the entire battlement was wiped out in an instant.

"General!" The soldiers who were resisting cried loudly: "Brothers, the general is gone, how can we survive in the world?" Seeing this scene, the fresh soldiers on the battlement also jumped and followed Jin Jinglao.

Changzheng admired his loyalty, and after the war, he buried more than 100 people under the West Gate, so that he could be admired and commemorated by the world, and the heroic deeds of "100 heroes of Namwon" have been passed down by the Korean people by word of mouth since then, until today.

The West Gate was lost, the four-way army began to attack the East Gate with all its might, under the suppression of 40,000 troops and several artillery, the Ming army suffered heavy casualties, and the battle until the evening, Yang Yuan led the gatekeepers of only one hundred and twenty people, and the army led by Mao Chengxian to defend the battlements was only less than two hundred people, if nothing else, the fate of these Ming troops would not be much different from the other three defenders.

When night fell and the Japanese army lit torches to continue the attack, a heavy rain came unexpectedly, not only extinguishing the torches, but also the guns and cannons lost their effectiveness and became a pile of broken copper and iron.

"God help me!" Yang Yuan secretly applauded and instructed the herald: "Tell General Mao to let him take the secret road to join me, and we will break through by night, at least there is a trace of life." ”

After a while, Mao Chengxian led more than ten personal soldiers to the city cave through the dark passage, Yang Yuan was very unhappy when he saw this: "Why only bring so few people to come, don't you know that the more people break through, the better the chance of winning?" ”

Hearing Yang Yuan say this, Mao Chengxian couldn't help but say-for-tat: "Didn't the general just want me to pull a few more people as shields?" Tell you, without those brothers on top, the Japanese will concentrate all their strength on attacking the city gate, what do you think is the chance of victory? ”

"You!" Yang Yuan was annoyed and angry, and immediately raised his knife to cut Mao Chengxian, but fortunately he was stopped by the general in this scene: "General, it is important to break through, let's talk about it when I go back to Seoul if there is anything." ”

"Okay, Mao Chengxian, you remember, Lao Tzu will definitely let you go around when you go back to Seoul! Open the gates! Yang Yuan scolded and scolded, but Mao Chengxian had a disapproving expression, and didn't take Yang Yuan in his eyes at all: "If I hadn't sent troops to answer in the afternoon, you Yang Yuan would have survived until now?!" ”

As Yang Yuan expected, the army of Nabeshima Naoshige outside the city was in chaos at the moment, the old formation had been disrupted, but the new formation had not been set up, and the chaos inside and outside the camp was just an opportunity for the Ming army to take advantage of.

(Tomorrow Chinese New Year's Eve, I wish you all a happy new year in advance!) Yesterday, a friend asked me if I could add more during the New Year, and the bear's answer was "yes", two more tomorrow, one at twelve o'clock at noon, and one at ten o'clock in the evening. )