Text: Volume 12, Chapter 2, Section 8, Crowd Offensive (2)

On the southern defense line of the Ming army, more than 7,000 bird gunners of the Yulin Battalion and the C Battalion were divided into two parts, which were guarded behind two chest walls, and the bird guns behind each chest wall formed three rows of horizontal formations, and at this time, more than 3,000 bird gunners of the C Battalion behind the first chest wall were shooting outward in turn.

"Reload in the front row! The middle row is in the front and the back row is ready! ”

Li Mingzhi, the general of the third battalion of the Yulin Battalion, stood behind the first chest wall, and kept roaring loudly, and the sound could almost drown out the sound of the constantly roaring firecrackers. And the more than 3,000 bird-swordsmen also responded calmly, and the three platoons of soldiers took turns to open fire, forming a dense firepower network in front of the Ming army's defense line.

At this time, the more than 200,000 Korean troops on the southern road had rushed to a place only thirty steps away from the Ming army's defense line, but they were never able to go further! The short distance of thirty paces was like an insurmountable chasm, blocking the offensive of the Korean army.

I saw that in front of the Ming army's defense line, half-human-high corpses had been piled up, and it was almost like another breastwork had been built outside the Ming army's defense line. If the attacking North Korean soldiers wanted to rush forward, they had to climb over the breastwork made of corpses, which made it even more difficult for the North Korean army to attack.

The Ming army's defense line from time to time free fire of the Shen machine gun truck, the big Buddha cannon is even more powerful, every roar is like a talisman, to take away a piece of the life of a North Korean soldier.

"Boom!"

Suddenly, the cannon of a big Buddha cannon smashed heavily on the corpse wall in front of it, and suddenly blasted the half-human-high corpse wall into the air, forming a bright red and terrifying blood-colored mist on the battlefield, and there were constantly stumps and broken arms and broken flesh and corpses with blood droplets, enveloping the North Korean soldiers who were charging frantically.

At this time, the nerves of those North Korean soldiers were already tense, and they were frightened by this terrifying and abnormal scene in front of them, and they immediately exploded, screaming and fleeing to the rear.

Looking at the Korean army that had retreated like a tide, Li Mingzhi, a staff officer of the C Battalion of the Yulin Battalion, immediately shouted: "Ceasefire!" Cease fire! ”

And Liu Jinhui, the general of the Yulin Battalion, also shouted: "Let's take a break, the North Koreans have retreated again!" ”

The soldiers of the Yulin battalion were relieved to see this, and then they cheered one after another, and some of them even rushed directly out of the defense line and ran to the battlefield to collect trophies and capture the heads of Korean soldiers.

At the same time, the 150,000 Korean troops who were leading the army to attack the north of the Ming army's defense line were firing at a distance with the soldiers of Xuanfu Town. Under the leadership of the North Korean general Park Jinxiu, the 150,000 Korean troops on the northern route did not attack desperately like the southern army, but only attacked from a long distance with firearms and bows and arrows, as if they were not in a hurry.

At this time, the North Korean general Park Jinxiu, who was commanding the battle in the big formation, noticed something unusual, and found that the fighting on the southern battlefield seemed to be much less, and after a while, it became minimal.

Park Jinxiu's face instantly turned very ugly: "Hmph! It seems that this round of attack was repelled by the Ming army again! ”

Long before the attack, Park Jinxiu vigorously opposed such an attack regardless of casualties, knowing that the tens of thousands of Ming troops in front of him were only a vanguard of the Ming army, not the main force of the Ming army. If the army is defeated in this battle, what can it do even if it is won? Will the remaining remnants still be able to fight against the main army of the Ming army?

"In the words of the Ming people, Li Zhe is a cub who sells Ye Tian and does not feel distressed! These hundreds of thousands of troops are the entire family of my Great Korea, and he wants to fight hard here! ”

Thinking of this, Park Jinxiu's face became more and more pale, and he was even more reluctant to lead the 150,000 troops under his command to attack the Ming army's defense line. Even at a certain moment, Park Jinxiu wanted to have a strong man break his wrist and directly throw Li Zhe here, and led the 150,000 troops under his command to withdraw to Pyongyang City overnight, and the 100,000 troops in the city were held to defend the city, waiting for the 300,000 Japanese troops attacking the rear of the Ming army to attack!

However, this thought only flashed in Park Jinxiu's mind, after all, Li Zhe is the commander of the North Korean army, and he can't just leave him alone, otherwise Park Jinxiu won't be able to convince his generals.

"Wait! When the battle is defeated, I will lead my soldiers to rescue Li Zhe, the bastard commander, back to Pyongyang City! ”

Thinking of this, Park Jinxiu couldn't help but sigh heavily, and was just about to order the whole army to retreat and rest for a while, when he heard the sound of fighting from the southern front again, and Li Zhe, who was obviously commanding the battle on the southern front, once again supervised the attack of the army.

"This bastard!"

As a last resort, Park Jinxiu had no choice but to order the army to continue to shoot at the Ming army on the northern front, so as to contain the Ming army stationed on the northern front and relieve some pressure on the Korean army on the southern front.

Battlefield on the Southern Front.

Li Zhe, the commander of the Korean army, was already furious at this time, and the more than 200,000 troops under his command attacked seven times in a row, but they were all beaten back by only 30,000 or 40,000 Ming troops. So far, the Korean army has not only suffered huge casualties, but has already lost more than 30,000 people, and has not even touched the Ming army's defense line, and has been in a situation of being passively beaten.

This time, Li Zhe concentrated all the musketeers and archers of the whole army, a total of more than 10,000 people, to take the lead, preparing to shoot at the Ming army guarding the defensive line, in order to suppress the firepower of the Ming army, clear the obstacles for the follow-up army, and give those melee soldiers a chance to fill the trenches.

In the previous attacks, although Li Zhe also mobilized some musketeers and archers to participate in the battle, the number was not too many. Because in the Korean army, musketeers and archers are elite soldiers and horses, and it is extremely difficult to replenish once there is a loss, so Li Zhe has never been willing to use them on a large scale.

But now, in the face of the huge casualties of the army, the situation that has never been able to be opened, Li Zhe can no longer take care of so much. Li Zhe, who is now red-eyed, sent all the musketeers and archers to the front line desperately, as long as he can break through the defense line of the Ming army, even if he fights all these soldiers and horses, he will not hesitate!

"Rush forward! Break through the defense line of the Ming army, and the commander will be rewarded! As long as this Ming army is defeated, all the baggage and money of the Ming army will be owned by the meritorious soldiers! ”

Listening to Li Zhe's reward, those North Korean soldiers who were used to being poor on weekdays finally regained some of their morale. After all, both horizontal and vertical are dead, maybe if you are lucky enough to defeat the Ming army in front of you, you can grab real money in the Ming army array, and you will not have to worry about eating and drinking for the rest of your life!

As a result, Li Zhe left 20,000 soldiers and horses to guard the Chinese army, and the remaining 170,000 troops were all pushed onto the battlefield, led by more than 10,000 musketeers and archers who formed a formation.

Looking at the resurgent Korean army, Huang Fuming, the chief military officer of Haexi Town, looked grim, and knew in his heart that the Korean army was about to start desperately.

"The North Koreans are going to start sparing their blood now? How will they fight the battle after that? ”

Putting aside the doubts in his heart, Huang Fuming looked at the more than 10,000 musketeers and archers in front of the Korean army, knowing that the enemy army was not good, and hurriedly ordered the artillery in the defense line to open fire, focusing on the long-range soldiers and horses of the Korean army!

After receiving the order issued by Huang Fuming, Li Genqi, the general of the Yulin Battalion Artillery Battalion, roared loudly: "The big Buddha Lang machine is ready to fire a salvo!" Ready, set! ”

"Boom! Rumble! Rumble! ”

"Boom! Rumble! Rumble! ”

The 30 Great Buddha Lang machine guns deployed in the Ming army's defense line fired two rounds in a row, and the relatively neat Korean military formation was immediately shattered and devastated, and those Korean gunners and archers bore the brunt of the attack and suffered many casualties. Many people turned around and tried to run, but then they were hacked to death on the spot by the melee soldiers behind them.

A North Korean general shouted loudly: "All the army forward! Don't go back! The commander has an order, the front team of the whole army attacks, the rear team presses the formation, and those who dare to retreat will be killed by the front team! ”

Seeing this, the entire Korean army was overwhelmed, and in an instant, the large formation was stabilized, and it continued to advance, and after a while, it advanced to a place about 100 steps away from the Ming army's defense line.

At this time, Li Genqi, the staff general of the Yulin Battalion Artillery Battalion, roared loudly again: "Divine machine cannon salvo!" Ready, set! ”

"Whoosh! Sou! Sou! ”

"Whoosh! Sou! Sou! ”

"Whoosh! Sou! Sou! ”

Unlike the Great Buddha Lang cannon, which is not easy to load, the loading speed of the Shenji gun truck is very fast, and five rounds of salvo fire were carried out in a short period of time, and the dense and fierce arrow rain suddenly formed an impermeable city wall in front of the Korean army, and instantly swept the Korean soldiers to the ground in pieces.

More than 10,000 musketeers and archers in front of the North Korean army suffered heavy casualties, and at least 4,000 people were killed and wounded under several rounds of shelling! The large array composed of firecrackers and archers could no longer be maintained, and the remaining more than 5,000 people could only fight on their own, scurrying in front of the formation.

The Korean generals who supervised the war hurriedly sent people to suppress the ammunition, and gathered all the remaining more than 5,000 musketeers and archers to re-array.

"The artillery of the Ming army has been fired, shoot in formation immediately!"

Although more than 5,000 Korean musketeers and archers were already panicking, they still formed a very messy horizontal formation under the organization of Shangguan and were ready to open fire.

Almost at the same moment, Li Mingzhi, the general of the C Battalion of the Yulin Battalion, also shouted: "Three rows of volleys on the outside!" Put! ”

"Bang! Bang! Bang! ”

"Bang! Bang! Bang! ”

"Bang! Bang! Bang! ”

In an instant, the entire southern front battlefield was filled with thick smoke and roared to the sky, and tens of thousands of musketeers and archers of the Yulin Battalion and the Korean army opened fire at the same time, suddenly forming a barrage of hedging and sweeping towards the armies of both sides!

At least more than 2,000 North Korean soldiers were killed on the spot by the salvo of the soldiers of the Yulin Battalion and the C Battalion, and the only remaining Korean musketeers and archers were killed and wounded, and they immediately collapsed and fled to the rear. At this time, the supervising team behind them couldn't care about suppressing the deserters, and they were also killed and wounded under the salvo of the Ming army soldiers, and they were also in the process of being scattered!

The soldiers of the C Battalion of the Yulin Battalion, which was stationed behind the breastwork, were much better, and although the firepower of the North Korean army was also very fierce, the breastwork in front of the soldiers stopped most of the firepower. The rest of the arrows were also blocked by the armor on the soldiers, and did not cause many casualties to the soldiers of the C Battalion. It was the firecrackers of the North Korean army who really caused damage to the soldiers of the C Battalion, and many of the soldiers were hit by the firecrackers on their upper bodies exposed outside the breastwork, and they immediately fell to the ground in pain!

In this round of shooting, the soldiers of the C Battalion also paid a heavy price of more than 300 casualties!