Chapter 465: The implication is not worth a penny

No one expected such an attack, it was a real storm of death......

The hull of the ship is divided into two layers, each with twelve guns, and the power of this instantaneous salvo is extremely amazing, especially in the lower guns, which are similar to flat fire.

The Tartar foot soldiers near the shore were all holding shields in front of them, thinking that they could be safe, and the scorching cannonballs flying at high speed smashed the shields, and then the warriors behind the shields were also smashed, and the heavy metal balls would not be slowed down by the obstruction of one or two people.

A cannonball is a bloody road, a road full of flying flesh and blood, and all instant death.

This was the firing of nearly 100 artillery pieces, and the huge roar made the entire Manchu military camp and Seoul shake at this moment, and there were no living people in sight within the distance of 300 paces in front of these five ships.

The whole Manchu military camp was in an uproar, and all the soldiers who were close to the river were desperately trying to get away from the whole terrifying area, and the people thought that the end was coming, and the swords that could frighten them in the past were no longer effective, and they ran in all directions without their lives.

Yujun Wang Duoduo is napping in the tent, the current situation has slowly stabilized, and the next thing to do is to fight for consumption between the two sides.

The sudden jolt nearly knocked him out of bed, and a startled Duoduo rolled over and jumped out of bed, already grabbing a knife in his hand.

But the horses outside were neighing frantically, the soldiers were also in a panic, there were cries everywhere, Duoduo was still a little ignorant, and there was a continuous explosion outside, and the ground was shaking.

Fang Cai's artillery fire had already caused the five gunboats to be affected by the recoil of the guns and began to translate towards the center of the river. The ship was also in a busy mess, and the gun commander and the leader shouted at the top of their voices, telling the soldiers to clean the gun chamber as soon as possible, load the ammunition, and reset the gun.

The captain and first mate on the deck also widened their eyes, and shouted to instruct the sailors to adjust the direction and distance of the gunboat, as close as possible to the river bank. You'll be able to hit farther.

In the second round of shooting, there were fewer casualties among the soldiers and horses in the barracks, but the range of the six-pound and eight-pound long-distance runs was still outside the concept of the Tartar soldiers and horses, and some of the soldiers and horses that had been retracted were still killed and wounded by the shells.

The Tartar soldiers, who had been holding down a little bit, became even more panicked, unlike the ground artillery they had seen in the past, no one knew how far this artillery could hit, the only idea was that the farther away from the river bank the better. These panicked soldiers and civilians added to the chaos in the camp.

The position of Wang Duoduo of Yujun was in the center of the camp, and when he walked out of the military tent, he saw the restless and chaotic military camp, and he did not know what was happening.

A pro-soldier ran over and reported angrily:

"Lord Wang...... Rajah. A few boats came from the riverside, desperately firing at our barracks, and the brothers suffered heavy casualties, and the leader Arla was also killed......"

The words are not finished yet. was slapped a few times by Duoduo on the front placket, and asked loudly:

"Don't shout upside down, how many people are coming from the river, how many cannons are !!"

The soldier had been silent for a long time but could not say anything, and Duoduo knew that the soldier was already frightened, so angry that he threw the soldier directly to the ground, kicked him hard, and shouted loudly there:

"The battalions will be the bannermen. Immediately evacuated inward, and the king passed on the military law, and those who walked indiscriminately were immediately beheaded!! ”

After shouting at the top of his voice, Ao Bai over there also led his own swinging teeth and personal soldiers to rush over, and his side was closer to the river, and the news was accurate, so he hurriedly said:

"It looks like a ship of the Ming army, and I'm afraid that hundreds of cannons will be placed on the ship. We died about 2,000 people. There are more Han army banners and people, and the lower officials have already sent people to press everywhere. ”

"Guns on the ship. I don't believe they can still run to the shore, we don't want the area on the other side of the river......"

Duoduo's pro-soldiers around him gradually gathered, and Duoduo gritted his teeth and got on his horse and began to patrol the battalions, killing dozens of panicked soldiers and civilians one after another along the way, and finally calmed down the situation.

The Tartars were already empty within a few hundred paces of the river, and everyone looked at the gunboats on the river with terrifying eyes, which had completely frightened them.

Wang Duoduo of Yujun finally rushed to the direction of the river, and observed the movement of the ship from a safe distance, and he couldn't really see it from a distance, but he could still see the gun ports on the hull that had not been retracted.

Ao Bai may be exaggerating, but there are not hundreds of cannons, the firing power of more than 100 artillery, even if the power of the Manchu Qing Dynasty's own artillery is measured, it is incredibly terrifying, God knows how this Shandong soldiers and horses can make such a powerful weapon.

After seeing the Tartar soldiers and horses on the shore moving away, the gunboats also adjusted their direction and began to sail towards the center of the river.

After the gunboats converged, the large fleet began to move forward slowly, and the Manchu generals who watched all this finally knew what the other party's purpose was.

"Watergate ......"

Ao Bai muttered in a low voice, the city wall of Seoul has a special open passage gate for the waterway, which is convenient for ships to enter and exit, and on both sides of this passage, it is also the same fortifications as the rest of the outer part of the city wall, which is the most difficult area to attack, because the Manchu ships are simple rafts, sampans, etc., in such a situation must be capsized.

As the fleet slowly drove into the vicinity of the water gate, a large number of people could be seen gathering at the head of the city and inside the city, and even if it was as far away as this, cheers could be heard coming from inside Seoul.

An important point in the siege of the city is to cut off the supply in the city, so that the city gradually falls into hunger and panic, but today the fleet swaggered over, and the waterline of the ships was so deep, it must be to transport supplies to the city, and this passage was opened. What else does this blockade mean.

Moreover, the Han River is so wide that it is impossible to block or dig a passage, and the blockade of Seoul has become a joke now.

"If we can't encircle it, let's bulldoze it little by little at the north gate, and attack hard!!"

Duoduo looked at the fleet on the river, almost gritted his teeth and said this, and Ao Bai on the side had a cold face, and Duoduo didn't want to look at it. Simply turned the horses back to the barracks, Ao Bai followed, the current situation, he didn't know what to do, Duoduo paused a little and said:

"Wait for the next order, let the soldiers and horses below go everywhere to levy Ding Zhuang's people, isn't it just a city, and the pile of people can be filled up for him. ”

"Whoever doesn't come forward. Directly cut off the head. ”

Ao Bai also bluntly added that since it could not be encircled for a long time, it could only be brutal, arresting Korean people and filling in the fortifications at the cost of human lives. Until they finally rushed to the city, the Manchu soldiers and horses did not need to spend too much, as long as they drove behind with swords.

After Wang Duoduo of Yujun returned to the camp, he began to arrange, and the entire military camp began to move away from the Han River. Nearly 6,000 troops headed south of Seoul to capture Minfu.

The outside of the city was busy, but the inside of the city was jubilant, the power of the five gunboats was seen clearly from a distance in the city, and the fleet carried a lot of supplies, although most of them were military firearms, and the medicinal materials and food on the ships were symbolically transported.

But the significance is extraordinary. This told the trembling Korean soldiers and civilians inside the city that there was no need to worry about the blockade outside the city, and the fleet was still unimpeded by the waterway.

The water gate is also blocked, and the area where you can enter and exit the open land is not large, and small and medium-sized boats are used to load and unload goods in the city, and then transport them back to the city.

Wang Hai, the commander of the Korean garrison, also left the city in a small boat in the afternoon, and Deng Grass, the deputy commander of the water battalion, the commander of the fleet, was about to leave after unloading, and the two sides handled the handover and acceptance on the ship.

There were three personal soldiers on the boat. The rowing ground was also sailors of the Korean garrison. When the army came to Korea from Shandong, it also took such a big ship. But it was the first time I had observed it up close.

Although these soldiers and sailors did not see it, they listened to their comrades at the head of the city, and the five gunboats were close to the river bank, and the earth-shattering momentum of the roar of the artillery, and the heavy casualties of the Tartars, and this time it was necessary to see this powerful gunboat.

So the boat deliberately went around a little far, and when they came to the gunboat, they looked closer, and it seemed that the gunboat was extraordinarily huge, and they walked the outermost gunboat responsible for the guard, and the guns were all sticking out of the muzzles on the side of the ship, and the black and swarthy arrangement had a kind of awe-inspiring momentum. The soldiers and sailors were amazed, and there was a beauty in watching this powerful weapon up close.

"My lord, we can also make a gunboat on the earthen fence and the city wall, and when the Tartars arrive, we will open artillery bombardment together from above and below, and let these Tartars be crushed to pieces. ”

A pro-soldier was happy to see it, and said there with a smile, after saying this, the pro-soldiers and sailors were all laughing, Wang Hai originally came to see these artillery, and was teased by them, but he reacted, and when he heard the words of this pro-soldier, he couldn't help laughing and scolding:

"The cost of these five gunboats is almost equal to the military expenditure of the soldiers and horses under the command of the chief soldier of Denglai for a year and a half, do you think it is so easy to get? Back then, the marshal really lived a few years for this gunboat...... This gunboat is the most powerful weapon in our Shandong......"

Hearing Wang Haitian's words, several pro-soldiers gasped and did not make a sound, the power of this weapon naturally does not need to be said, five gunboats, any one of them is taken out, and an attack is the shooting of dozens of guns, such a power is of course the greatest in this era.

While watching and rowing, they arrived at Dunglas's ship, lowered the rope ladder on the boat, and picked up Wang Hai and his party from the small boat.

In this era, the sea voyage was not a leisurely activity, Dunglas's clothes could only be barely called neat, and his beard and hair were messy, which could still be clearly seen after some tidying, and the position of the deputy commander of the water battalion and the commander of the Korean garrison was very different, so when Wang Haihai was on the ship, Dunglas led the captains of each ship and a group of officers and assistants, and stood on the deck of the side of the ship to greet him.

After boarding the ship, the two sides solemnly saluted, and then chatted and went to the fleet command room, which was nothing more than a spacious cabin. After taking his seat, Dunglas took the list of the bookkeepers who accompanied the ship, handed it to Wang Hai, and said:

"This is the goods transported this time, please use the seal after checking it, and the lower official can go back to give the commander his life. ”

Wang Hai took it and handed it to the quartermaster beside him, where the quartermaster checked the entries one by one. Don't look at Dunglas as a foreigner, but this kind of officialdom etiquette, small actions, he is the most standard one among the generals of the Jiaozhou battalion, this may be because as a foreigner, he never wants others to notice this, so he works hard to learn the etiquette and behavior of Huaxia, and the reason why he is extremely serious, Duncera owes himself. Said with a smile:

"Lord Wang crossed the sea on an expedition, occupied the capital of Korea, and resisted the Tartar army several times his own, this period of time was really hard, and the marshal was at sea when he went to sea. I also asked the subordinate to bring a message, saying that it was hard work for the adults, and the handsome man would not forget it in his heart, so please continue to be diligent......"

Hear these words. Wang Hai was a little moved, nodded, and replied solemnly:

"Please ask Deputy Commander Deng to help Wang bring a message to the marshal, with a heavy responsibility, the villain must be hard and diligent, and will not disappoint the high expectations of the marshal. ”

After these initial procedures, the atmosphere was finally a little lighter, and Wang Hai glanced at the two quartermasters and the account room on the side of the checker. Said with a smile:

"With these firearms sent by Commander Deng, if you want to hold Seoul, there will be no problem, and the accumulated reserves in the city can be used for at least half a year...... However, the Tartars do things like beasts, and several methods are cracked by our Shandong, this time I am afraid that we will drive the people to attack the city, and the fleet is docked behind the water gate. I saw a detachment of the Tartars heading south. Compared to arresting the people, it is really troublesome. ”

Although Wang Hai will not spare the lives of ordinary people in North Korea. But tens of thousands of signing troops are coming, and the soldiers can't kill it cleanly no matter how they kill, and the soldiers will also kill tired, so it's easy to be taken advantage of.

"Commander Deng has handed over the goods, there are still some gold and jewels accumulated in the Korean palace here, after loading them together, please go back to Shandong quickly, if you want to be safe here, you also need to send about 3,000 soldiers and horses from the Dashuai side, then you can grasp it foolproof!"

The first time he was sent abroad, Wang Hai thought that he had a brilliant performance, but these 5,000 soldiers faced the other party's 30,000 soldiers and horses, and they were alone overseas, and they were surrounded by a group of scheming vassal subjects, which was really too risky, for the sake of the overall interests of the Jiaozhou battalion, Wang Hai would rather appear timid and ask for stability.

Dunglas nodded respectfully, but at this time, he suddenly turned his head and ordered the others in the cabin to "go down first", and when everyone went out, he approached Wang Hai and said:

"The marshal also has a sentence for the lower officials to tell Lord Wang, you don't need to defend this Seoul for too long, before July, the Tartars' soldiers and horses will definitely withdraw from the siege and leave, and then the adults should not lead the army to pursue the Tartar army, but only need to advance steadily and advance the army to Anzhou or Dingzhou. ”

Anju and Dingzhou, similar to the place of Kaesong, holding one place is equivalent to cutting off the traffic and exchanges between the two sides, but these two places are already close to the location of Dongjiang Town, which is the junction of North Korea and Liaodong, and is still trapped under Seoul.

For Dunglas's sentence that suddenly appeared, as if it was the same judgment of Zhuge Liang and the unpredictable prophet in the commentary of the romance, Wang Hai did not question it, his eyes lit up, but he understood what Dungrass meant, and he was quiet there, and couldn't help but stand up excitedly, and said excitedly:

"It's finally done! God bless me Shandong, God bless the handsome!! ”

Dunglas also stood up and said with a smile on his face:

"Lord Wang said well, God bless the handsome, we in Shandong must have the favor of the mandate of heaven, and the lower officials will leave after the handover of the goods, and I wish you success. ”

The reconciliation between the quartermaster and the account room over there has been completed, and everyone saw Wang Hai walking out of the cabin with a happy face, and they didn't know what was going on.

Early the next morning, the fleet set sail, slowly disappeared from the field of vision of all the soldiers and horses, less of the henchmen on their sides, the Manchu offensive began again, after yesterday's shelling, the casualties were great, and the corpses were buried and burned at night, so that the entire Tartar military camp was demoralized.

The siege can begin at noon. But it became more and more miserable, originally the people were building fortifications outside, and the Tartar soldiers were still worried about some of their casualties, but now they don't care about it.

The Manchu soldiers and horses held in several directions, and then drove the people to fill the fortifications in front of the north gate of Hancheng, and those who retreated were immediately beheaded, and the Korean garrison led by Wang Hai also arranged the main force in this direction, and those people did not hesitate to fire when they reached the firing range.

The sound whistled. The cannonballs fell, smashing countless dead and wounded, and in order to avoid the landing point of the cannonballs, they accidentally stepped on the trap and were stabbed to death by wooden thorns.

Whoever ran over, the swords and spears of those soldiers and horses were unceremoniously beckoned to the past. All those who ran to the front were killed there, and the frightened civilians ran towards the fortifications, and so on, and so on, until the Korean people in the slaughtered land finally understood a truth and went to the city to fill the fortifications. You may be killed by a cannonball, but if you run back, you will definitely be slashed by the Tartars.

Weighing between this possibility of death and mortality, everyone knows what to choose. The fortifications around the north gate of Seoul were filled in little by little, and gradually extended inward.

On this day, the defenders of Seoul and the Tartar soldiers outside the city did not fight with each other, but on this side of the fortified area, there was a sea of corpses and blood, and both sides were killing those Korean people.

If the artillery of this era wants to go far, it can only use solid shells, but the killing of solid shells is the killing of the landing point and the subsequent ricochet killing, just a line.

The firing of a dozen guns was also no more than a dozen lines. But the Korean people were nearly 10,000 people, and they couldn't be killed by this cannonball, and from noon, they advanced slowly, only two hundred steps away from the earthen enclosure outside the city wall, and when it was dark, everyone was physically and mentally exhausted, and even the Tartar soldiers who supervised the battle behind were a little weak. That's what it means to retreat.

The first group of young men who were captured arrived in the afternoon. And it was added to the ranks of the trenches and the walls, and the Tartar troops were in a short time. Human resources are almost limitless.

What Wang Hai said yesterday on the ship became a reality so quickly, and when it was almost afternoon, Wang Hai placed two thousand foot soldiers between the earthen wall and the city wall, ready to attack and drive the people back if necessary.

Those fortifications, at this time, have become an obstacle to the Korean garrison itself, and even if they were to attack, they could only follow the two reserved roads, the best time to attack, and the place to achieve the greatest results of the sortie, but the people overturned and filled in all the obstacles.

After all, the foot soldiers and cavalry of the Jiaozhou camp can only exert the greatest effect in field battles on flat ground, and the firearms of these years, if they want to have the effect of slaughter, they have to be like the salvo shelling of the five gunboats.

The palaces of the Joseon royal family and the various ministers in the city were dead silent again, and they were already somewhat confused about the situation, at first the defenders frequently attacked to gain the upper hand, then the Tartars began to build a long siege, and then the huge ships of Shandong arrived to open the waterway.

When the waterway was opened, everyone was already not only worried about the siege of Seoul, but today there is another such siege of the city, and if this trend continues, the fall of Seoul does not seem to be too long, after all, North Korea can still capture hundreds of thousands of people near Seoul.

The princes and ministers of North Korea are not thinking about the life or death of their own people, but about whether the change of master on their heads will affect their glory and wealth.

Fortunately, during this time, most of the soldiers and horses of the royal capital were busy defending the city, and they did not look closely at the various princes and nobles, and the nobles and nobles of North Korea began to connect again.

There is only one topic to discuss, whether to use some means to surrender Kaesong, but how to use this means is to make people think about it, and now the only iron weapons that can be used by each family are decorative swords, maybe there are also wood knives and kitchen knives, and those soldiers in the capital are elite and strong.

How can the rabble with decorative swords, kitchen knives and sticks resist the slaughter of the other party, I am afraid that this rush will be taken, and it is very difficult for the common people in this city to mobilize, and at present, the people of Seoul, as long as they have served in the garrison army, can be exempted from paying taxes, with this policy, the civilians of Seoul who are overwhelmed by the excesses and miscellaneous taxes are really not easy to say.

It's one thing to succeed or not. Whether the glory and wealth can be preserved is another matter, and in the end a result was reached, and the Zuo Yizheng and the local government of Seoul conspired together, and the current local government officials in Seoul are also the only organized military forces in the city, plus the families and guards of each family, there may be a little chance of success.

This person naturally will not carry it hard with the army of the North Korean garrison, and the cannons on the head of the city can be both inside and outside. If there is something wrong in the city, and the cannon is directly turned over to bombard, then everything will be over, and the idea of this Zuo Yizheng Lord is to invite the Lord Douhu to the banquet in the name of the king of Joseon, saying that it is to reward the hard work of defending the city for a few days, and then rush up to the banquet to take it, so that the garrison army is leaderless. Take the opportunity to open the city to welcome the soldiers and horses of the Manchu Dynasty.

Regardless of the use of people to fill the ditch and push the wall, desperately moving forward, being killed by the sound of artillery, and being slashed by the supervision team behind him There were more than 4,000 Korean people on this day, not to mention the great loss. Even the overseers were so tired that their muscles were sore, and the garrison troops in Seoul were also tired enough.

There was no movement on either side that night, and when it was dawn the next day, a large number of North Koreans were driven out of the barracks, crying and screaming. Go to this fortified area and work.

In the head of the city, Wang Hai observed the situation of the other party with a clairvoyant mirror, and it was obvious that the North Korean Ding Zhuang Minfu, who had suffered heavy losses yesterday, was replenished today.

"Order, go down, the musketeers will go up today, and the artillery, except for the small cannons, will be drawn to the head of the city and bombarded downward. At the head of the city, five more brigades were brought up. ”

The heralds below led the order, and Wang Hai paused and said again:

"Don't go out of the city, arrange patrols in and on the city, and ......report any situation immediately."

Wang Haitian was halfway through his words, and suddenly nothing could be heard, and his voice was instantly drowned out by terrible cries and howls, and the Korean civilians with simple tools and even empty hands were driven away by the Tartar soldiers behind. Finally the madness erupted. Desperately rushing towards the fortified area.

When I opened my mouth to speak, I couldn't hear it clearly. The soldiers in and out of the city were all a little stunned by this crazy momentum, Wang Hai grabbed the herald, yelled and repeated the order, and the herald ran down in a panic.

Those North Korean people Ding Zhuang didn't want to do any work at all, and the people in front were directly pushed forward by the people behind, and their bodies were already involuntary.

There are traps, one by one, the old and weak who ran in front of the North Korea were directly dropped in, one person was stabbed to death by wooden thorns, and when he was not completely dead, the second person was buried in it, and it was impossible to avoid it, and the people in front were pushed by the back, and the way to cross the pit was to fill the pit with people.

Sometimes the people above the pit are not dead, or even pierced by the wooden thorns below, because the ground is a little lower, and after a person trips, he is trampled by countless people, and he can no longer stand up.

The officers of the garrison behind the earthen enclosure were giving orders hoarsely, and the soldiers who had already been between the earthen enclosure and the city wall had climbed onto the platform behind the earthen enclosure and put the ground fire guns in their hands on it.

The artillery on several earthen platforms behind the earthen enclosure did not start firing from the beginning, and seeing so many people rushing over, the deterrence and damage that the artillery could play were extremely limited, so there was no need to waste ammunition.

In this attack, these Korean Ding Zhuang forwards were only more than 180 steps away from this earthen encirclement, and then they worked frantically, using wooden sticks, wooden shovels, and hands to destroy the fortifications that had cost huge manpower to build, and slowly advanced forward.

The lieutenant general on the side was a little anxious, and shouted loudly in his ear:

"My lord, we have killed too many people this time, will the North Koreans in the city react in any way? ”

Wang Hai turned his head and said with a smile:

"A life that is not worth a penny, die and die!"

These words were drowned out in the shouts outside, and several artillery pieces on the head of the city were already the first to fire, condescending shots, heavy metal projectiles fell into the crowd, and the lethality was bonus, but these extremely powerful shells fell into the crowd, as if water droplets fell into a river, and even ripples would not rise, and they would be silent.

The army of the Tatars followed from a distance, and it was supposed that they should be following these people Ding Zhuang to take advantage of the situation to attack the city, but they were far away, and when they saw the madness of these Korean civilians, they were afraid that they would also be involved.

The distance quickly advanced to within a hundred paces, and the firecrackers who had been waiting on the earthen fence immediately opened fire, and this time it finally had a noticeable effect.

The people in the front row were knocked down one after another, and after the shooting, these people turned around and got off the half-high platform, and the firecrackers behind them were on top, and when they went up to shoot again, they found that these people had rushed to a distance of about eighty paces.

The forts in the earthen enclosure were also firing at this time, and the artillery at the head of the city fired a third round, and the artillery on the earthen enclosure was ready to reload the shotgun after the shooting, ready to shoot at close range.

Spearmen in plate armor stood close to the walls, and they could not interfere with the fire of the musketeers, but they had to be on top at all times, using their spears to drive down the approaching men.

After the tense reloading, the musketeers were about to carry out the third round of musketeers, but they found that the momentum in front of them had obviously slowed down.

The reason that makes the North Korean people crazy is that there will be a greater probability of death in the back than in the front, but now that a step forward, it will take a lot of people to the next, and they also know the trade-offs, they rushed forward because they were afraid of death, not because they were fearless, and the scene gradually quieted down.

The sound of several cannons in the city can be heard clearly, but those cannon fodder can't help but move forward because of the push of the rear team, and the third round of fire is also fired.

The last two rounds of firing finally put the last straw on this madness, the cannon fodder did not dare to take another step forward, after a lot of noise, before the fourth round of firearm shooting, the North Korean cannon fodder turned around and ran towards the Manchu Tatar camp, and the people in and below the city of Seoul were relieved.

If this madness continues, I really don't know if I can withstand it.

This time, instead of slashing and slashing the troops, the Manchu soldiers ran back to the camp with cannon fodder, and they were equally afraid that this madness would be inflicted on themselves.

Everyone was tired, and night was fast coming......