Text: Volume 12, Chapter 2, Section 22 Joining forces in Pyongyang
After Wu Xing, the commander of the army on the right, led his army to annihilate the remnants of the Japanese army in Wolf Forest Mountain, he marched eastward without stopping, and it took 150,000 Ming soldiers to arrive at the Hot Spring Plain in only eight days.
At this time, Wu Xing received an urgent report that the army would not collect soldiers at night, and learned that the army's vanguard, Huang Fuming, the chief military officer of Haexi Town, and Yang Guozhu, the chief military officer of Xuanfu Town, had entered Pyongyang City, and were now confronting the 250,000 Korean troops stationed in the city under Pyongyang.
Wu Xing couldn't help frowning when he heard this, and asked, "Who is the chief general of the Korean army?" ”
"Enlighten the town! After the commander of the Korean army, Li Chol, was beheaded by our army, his general Park Jinxiu took over the command of the army. ”
"Park Jin-so?"
Wu Xing muttered, and then said to Gao Hongguang, Li Dingguo, and Ai Nengqi beside him: "Since this person was able to retreat to Pyongyang City after the defeat of the North Korean army, and block tens of thousands of soldiers in Yulin Camp and Xuanfu Town outside the city, it means that this Park Jinxiu still has some ability, at least much stronger than the previous Li Zhe!" Our army must march as soon as possible and storm the city of Pyongyang, and must not give Park Jinsu the opportunity to reorganize the army and strengthen the city defense! ”
When all the generals heard this, their expressions tightened, and they all nodded yes.
Immediately afterwards, Wu Xing ordered the whole army to speed up, and it took 150,000 soldiers to arrive at the city of Pyongyang in two days, and successfully joined forces with the soldiers of Yulin Camp and Xuanfu Town stationed in the north of the city.
Since then, all 220,000 troops of the right army have arrived at the city of Pyongyang.
Park Jinxiu, the commander-in-chief of the Korean army, hurriedly climbed the northern city wall, stood on the city wall and looked out as much as he could, only to see the mountains and fields or the red sea sweeping in, and the boundless Ming army soldiers rushed to Pyongyang City like a flood of embankments, and it seemed that the precarious Pyongyang City could be completely destroyed at any time!
At this moment, not only was the face of Park Jinxiu, the chief general of the North Korean army, bloodless, but also the thousands of North Korean soldiers at the head of the city were also heartbroken and demoralized.
You must know that the vanguard army of the Ming army, which originally had only tens of thousands of people, had already killed more than half of the hundreds of thousands of Korean troops, and even the original commander Li Zhe was shocked to death, and now how many new Ming troops are coming from outside the city? Not to mention 100,000!
In an instant, the North Korean army in Pyongyang City had no will to fight, and there was an air of despair in the entire army.
Among the 250,000 North Korean troops in Pyongyang, the most desperate person is probably the main general Park Jin-so.
Prior to this, Park Jinxiu was also able to lead the newly defeated army and tens of thousands of Ming troops outside the city to pass a few moves, relying on the absolute superiority in troops and the perfect city defense of Pyongyang City, the Korean army and tens of thousands of Ming soldiers fought impressively, and their performance on the battlefield was quite remarkable.
The reason why the North Korean commander-in-chief Park Jinxiu has such confidence is because he knows that the 300,000 Japanese troops have already killed the Ming army, and it will not be long before the Ming army will not be able to take care of each other, and will be completely defeated under the attack of the North Korean and Japanese coalition forces!
The strength of the Japanese army is a nightmare in the hearts of all Koreans, when the Japanese army swept through Korea, the Korean army of one million could not resist!
However, it is estimated that the strength of the Ming army in Pyongyang is now more than 200,000, which should be all the strength of the Ming army. What does this mean? It shows that the Ming army is already worry-free, so the main general of the Ming army dares to concentrate his troops in the city!
What does this mean?
It shows that the 300,000 Japanese troops who went to cut off the retreat of the Ming army have been defeated, and the Ming army can already concentrate on destroying the Korean state!
"How is this possible? In just a few days, the 300,000 Japanese army was defeated? No way! ”
Park Jinxiu's face became more and more pale, and he kept repeating the word "impossible" in his heart, and his eyes were also dull, staring straight ahead.
Suddenly, Park Jinxiu only felt a sweetness in his throat, and then suddenly spurted out a mouthful of black blood, dyeing all the arrow stacks in front of him red.
Seeing this, the surrounding North Korean soldiers hurriedly surrounded him, and everyone carried Park Jinxiu, who was already paralyzed, off the city and sent him back to the government office in the city.
That night, the camp of the Ming army outside Pyongyang was very lively, and Wu Xing, the chief general of the right-wing army, set up a banquet in the big tent of the Chinese army, and celebrated a series of victories since the right-wing army entered the Korean war, together with Huang Fuming, the chief military officer of Haixi Town, Yang Guozhu, the chief military officer of Xuanfu, Gao Hongguang, the chief military officer of Taeyong Town, Ai Nengqi, the chief military officer of Tashan Town, and Li Dingguo, the chief military officer of Liaonan Town, as well as dozens of generals and garrisons from various towns, to celebrate a series of victories since the right-wing army entered the Korean war.
During this period, Wu Xing, the commander of the army on the right, and the generals drank a bowl of spirits, and then laughed and said: "In this battle, our army first gathered and annihilated more than 200,000 Korean soldiers and horses, and then gathered and annihilated 300,000 Japanese troops, and the loss of soldiers in each department was only about 30,000, which can be described as a remarkable achievement!" Come! Let's drink another bowl for the heroes of the bloody field, congratulations! ”
"For the martyrs of the Ming Dynasty, congratulations!"
After drinking, Wu Xing continued: "Now the officers and men of all parts of our army are gathered under the city of Pyongyang, tomorrow the army will rest for a day, and the whole army will be dispatched early the morning after tomorrow to attack the city of Pyongyang!" ”
Dozens of Ming army generals in the big tent of the Chinese army shouted in unison: "Get the order!" ”
At this moment, a general manager who did not collect 100 people at night rushed into the big tent of the Chinese army, and after saluting Wu Xing, he said loudly: "Qiqi Town!" There was a situation in Pyongyang, and for some reason there was a sudden fire in Pyongyang, and the defenders in the city were also clamoring loudly for some reason! ”
Wu Xing stood up suddenly when he heard this, and a pair of tiger eyes flashed with a burst of essence in an instant.
"The generals will obey!"
Dozens of generals in the big tent of the Chinese army stood up together: "The last general!" ”
"The whole army is assembled, and the troops will immediately come to the city of Pyongyang!"
"Order!"
Only an hour later, 220,000 soldiers of the Ming army left the camp, and it was not long before a large formation was formed two miles outside the city of Pyongyang.
I saw that Wu Xing gathered all the artillery carried by the Ming army in each town, and the huge artillery array composed of a total of 660 artillery pieces of various types was magnificent, and it was shocking under the illumination of countless torches in the Ming army's large array.
After all the soldiers and soldiers of the army were ready, Wu Xing quietly looked at the city of Pyongyang in the distance, and found that the North Korean soldiers on the head of the city of Pyongyang were already in chaos at this time, and the city of Pyongyang was still on fire, almost half of the night sky was illuminated as if it were day.
"Something big must have happened in Pyongyang!"
Wu Xing said to the generals around him: "Pass the order!" Order the iron cavalry of each town to block the gates of Pyongyang City, and the rest of the main infantry army to prepare for a siege night battle! ”
"Order!"
With Wu Xing's order, a total of more than 40,000 iron cavalry soldiers in the six towns of the Ming army were dispatched separately, and it did not take long for more than 40,000 iron cavalry soldiers to be divided into more than ten formations, sealing all the six gates of Pyongyang City, large and small, and several main roads outside Pyongyang City were also blocked by Ming army iron cavalry soldiers.
At this moment, the city of Pyongyang has been completely cut off from the outside world and has become a complete island!
Seeing that the siege of Pyongyang City by the soldiers of the army had been completed, the main general Wu Xing yelled and said, "The artillery battalion is fired!" ”
"Put!"
"Boom! Rumble! Rumble! ”
"Boom! Rumble! Rumble! ”
"Boom! Rumble! Rumble! ”
With Wu Xing's order, all the 180 big Buddha cannon guns of the Ming army's battalions opened fire, and the fierce artillery fire immediately smashed the head of Pyongyang to pieces, and the Korean soldiers on the head of the city could not hold on at all under such fierce artillery fire of the Ming army, and the already very chaotic defense directly collapsed completely at this time!
"God cannon ready! Put! ”
"Whoosh! Sou! Sou! ”
"Whoosh! Sou! Sou! ”
"Whoosh! Sou! Sou! ”
After the 180 Great Buddha cannons bombarded continuously for half an hour, the 240 divine machine gun wagons in front of the Ming army began to exert their might, and the arrows like a torrential rain instantly swept all the moving objects on the head of the city of Pyongyang, and the head of the city where the figures were shaking was empty in an instant, but there were countless corpses and wreckage on the ground!
"Tiger Venerable Cannon Advance!"
After a roar, the two hundred and forty Tiger Zun cannons were pushed forward by the gunners, until they were less than a mile from Pyongyang before stopping.
"Son! Concentrate your fire! Bombardment of Pyongyang gates! Put! ”
"Tom! Tong! Tong! ”
"Tom! Tong! Tong! ”
"Tom! Tong! Tong! ”
The 240 Huzun cannons were all filled with cannons, and the north gate of Pyongyang City was reduced to pieces in just one round of bombardment, and the next few rounds of bombardment turned thousands of North Korean soldiers stationed behind the city gate into minced meat on the ground!
At this time, Wu Xing, who was watching the battle in the Chinese army, saw that the city of Pyongyang had been blasted open, so he shouted: "Kill into the city!" ”
"Wan Sheng! Wansheng! Wansheng! ”
More than 100,000 soldiers of the Ming army's large array roared angrily and rushed to Pyongyang City in the midst of the fire, and in a blink of an eye, they captured the north gate and rushed towards the city like a tide.
However, the more than 200,000 Korean troops in Pyongyang could not resist, and after seeing the Ming soldiers who rushed into the city, they scattered one after another and collapsed on the spot.
At this moment, the morale of the officers and men of the Ming army in various towns was greatly boosted, and they rushed back and forth in Pyongyang City, and it took less than an hour to occupy all strategic points in Pyongyang City. After that, more than 100,000 soldiers of the Ming army, under the leadership of their respective superiors, surrounded and annihilated the soldiers of the collapsed Korean army in the city.
In addition to the North Korean soldiers who fled around the city, there were also many North Korean soldiers who took advantage of the darkness and chaos to escape from the city, trying to escape under the cover of night.
However, these Korean soldiers who were lucky enough to escape from Pyongyang were very unfortunate to encounter the Ming army's iron cavalry.
The iron cavalry soldiers of the Ming army, who had been waiting for a long time, roared and killed one after another, and tens of thousands of iron cavalry soldiers were in the wilderness under the cover of night, wantonly slaughtering the fleeing Korean routs, as if they were training slashing skills.
Under the siege and interception of tens of thousands of iron cavalry soldiers, the North Korean soldiers who escaped from the city could not escape at all, and were slaughtered by tens of thousands of iron cavalry soldiers in less than an hour.