Chapter 544 Breaking through Seoul

Therefore, Zhang San now feels that even if he is no longer there, as long as the Ryukyu Army maintains the efficient operation of the General Staff, then it will definitely be able to continue to lead this era and make Ryukyu invincible.

But now Zhang San just quietly watched the cannon bombardment of the city wall of Hancheng with the two kings, and sure enough, as expected, a section of the city wall of more than 30 meters in just over two hours could not withstand this continuous bombardment and collapsed, Zhang San was very satisfied, and immediately stopped the artillery fire.

The Ryukyu army under the castle quickly approached the collapsed place, and the Goryeo soldiers and farmers on the city wall also hurriedly repaired the city wall under the command of the generals, but when the Ryukyu army reached the 150 steps of the city wall, this repair had to be stopped.

The orderly use of guns and ammunition by the Ryukyu army blocked the Goryeo soldiers' desire to repair the city walls, with one battalion shooting specifically at the gaps, and two battalions dealing with the enemy on both sides of the city walls.

Seeing this, the other two battalions began to move forward and try to climb the gap, but the Goryeo soldiers hid behind the gap, and when they saw the enemy rushing up, they immediately bowed and greeted with bows and arrows.

The Ryukyu soldiers had to stop defending their bows and arrows, and the commander of this regiment in this direction was a lieutenant colonel named Su Zheng, seeing this, he immediately ordered the attacking troops to stop firing back, and there was another crackling of muskets, and the Goryeo soldiers were again suppressed.

At this time, the Ryukyu soldiers began to rush forward again, and the Goryeo soldiers saw that the gunfire had stopped, and they came out again to shoot with their bows and arrows, but the Ryukyu soldiers had to stop again and suppress them with muskets.

At this distance, the spearmen in the front row of the Ryukyu soldiers finally had a chance to play, and they took out their grenades from their arms, took out their fire folds and lit them, and quickly threw them at the enemy's position with the sound of the lead.

In the midst of an explosion, the Ryukyu soldiers rushed to the top of the gentle slope, and there was a cheer from the castle, and the other three battalions also rushed to the top of the slope quickly, while the other regiment below also began to concentrate in this direction and tried to rush in.

The two battalions at the top of the slope, one divided into two teams to defend the walls on both sides, the other rushed down the gentle slope to establish a defensive line, waiting for reinforcements from behind, one of the three new battalions entered the city to support the battalion just now, and the other two went to the walls on both sides in an attempt to occupy this wall.

Zhang San, who was watching from the gunboat, was also very satisfied with this, as long as the gap was opened, then the big thing could be decided, Zhang San's soldiers were dispatched to the gap, and the soldiers of Goryeo were also concentrated at the gap, Zhang San saw this situation and immediately pressed the reserve of 10,000, and ordered the other city walls to also start attacking, delaying the support troops of Goryeo.

The two sides were in a stalemate near the gap for another hour, and the Goryeo soldiers finally could not bear the pressure and began to retreat slowly, seeing that when another regiment climbed the city wall through the gap, the Goryeo soldiers in the city began to crumble.

Su Zheng left two battalions to defend, and immediately led his remaining three battalions to charge towards the city gate, and after a fierce battle, he finally drove away the defenders of the city gate of Goryeo and opened the city gate, and with the opening of the city gate, it marked the complete fall of Goryeo Hancheng.

After Su Zheng opened the city gate, he left a battalion to defend, took out the map and pointed to the Goryeo Palace, which was another great achievement, but he was a little hesitant, not because of insufficient manpower, but because he first won the first merit of ascending the city, and then opened the city gate.

According to the order of the General Staff, Su Zheng's regiment was responsible for climbing the city wall to defend the gap in the city wall and waiting for the opportunity to seize the city gate.

Su Zheng drew a map with his fingers, and when he saw the troops rushing towards the Goryeo Royal City, he suddenly thought of the logistics support problem that Zhang San had been explaining, and immediately shouted: "One battalion and four battalions follow me, target the Goryeo grain depot!" ”

Zhang San was still very satisfied with the super-level performance of this battle, and the Ryukyu Army had already taken Seoul before the Japanese soldiers had completed their disembarkation and assembly, and such speed and efficiency would definitely give the two Japanese kings a lesson that they would never forget.

Zhang San smiled and said to the two kings: "It seems that I have the opportunity to have a banquet for the two of you in the palace of Goryeo, I don't know how the two kings' armies are prepared?" When can I enter the city? ”

The two could only laugh on the side, the troops could not come quickly, so they could only let the Ryukyu army eat meat first, and then they were drinking soup, and after seeing the strength of the Ryukyu soldiers, the two did not dare to show the slightest dissatisfaction.

In fact, the total number of troops in Goryeo Seoul was less than 30,000, and when 5,000 people climbed the city wall through the gap, the outcome was actually doomed, and the reason why the battle lasted for more than two hours was because the Ryukyus adopted a strategy of steady advancement.

In this way, Goryeo had the opportunity to draw more troops to plug the gap, but the gap became bigger and bigger, and more and more people died, and in the end, in just one or two hours of the gap battle, Goryeo killed and wounded half of the city's army.

So after the collapse, the Goryeo soldiers scurried around the city like headless flies, and the street fighting that Zhang San thought did not happen at all, and the king of Goryeo sat on the throne stupidly, completely confused, how could such a strong city be broken so easily?

When the sound of gunfire reached his ears, he came to his senses, it was impossible to escape, and the defense was also weak, and now there were only 600 guards in the royal city, and there was a thin city wall, in the face of the mighty enemy army, the king of Goryeo straightened his crown, and still felt that he died with dignity.

The first to rush to the royal city was Wu Song's regiment, but in the face of the bows and arrows shot from the walls of the royal city, Wu Song still decided to find a few pieces of wood to hit the door, so he ordered people to suppress the archers on the city wall, and at the same time demolished the house nearby, planning to use other people's beams as a wood.

It's just that Wu Song hasn't finished demolishing the house yet, and Lu Zhishen, who came in from another gate, also came to another palace gate, where would Lu Zhishen wait, immediately waved a new Zen staff, and slammed into the palace gate.

Of course, this is also because the so-called palace gate is just equivalent to the level of the courtyard gate of some compounds, if it is a real city gate, Lu Zhishen does not have this ability, and Lu Zhishen took the lead in attacking the palace after breaking the door.

Wu Song was very frustrated when he heard the news, and he didn't care about going to find the crashing wood, so he immediately ordered the soldiers to rush in by a ladder, and he was the first to rush in with a double knife, and this heart was full of anger sprinkled on these Goryeo soldiers.