After Chen Yeqing occupied Busan, he began reconnaissance activities in Seoul.

Later, during the attack on the southern region, special attention was paid to gathering information about the defense of Seoul from the captives.

According to the information of various parties, the current strength of Seoul is more than 63,000 troops.

These forces include the Tiger Army, the Xiao Cavalry Battalion, and the Shenji Battalion, which are relatively strong in combat effectiveness and better equipped. There are more than 12,000 people in these parts.

The rest were ordinary armies, most of which were local armies and garrisons that had come in from all over to reinforce them. The equipment is relatively poor, the combat effectiveness is not strong, and there is a lack of training.

At present, Jia Min has two regiments of Chen Yeqing's Third Brigade, although there are only about 3,000 people, but because of their advanced and well-equipped equipment, they are well-trained, and they have rich experience in fighting strong enemies such as Cossacks and Rus, and their combat effectiveness is extremely strong.

The 30,000 cavalry in North Ventura, although it is a traditional cold weapon combat method, has a much higher combat effectiveness than the other side.

The 7,000 people brought by Chang'an were originally trained by the Fu Corps, and although the equipment could not be compared with the Beihai Volunteer Army, they also underwent baptism after the vicious battle with Han Qi in Juyong Pass. The combat effectiveness was also stronger than that of the Goryeo army.

The weakest is the 2,000 or so people from the original imperial court stationed in Goryeo led by Liu Fang and the three of them, but their combat effectiveness is also much stronger than that of the ordinary Goryeo army.

Combined, there must be more than 42,000 people. Although it is a minority in numbers, it does not take much effort to capture Seoul.

Chen Yeqing's battle plan was not to be polite to the other party, but to simply and rudely bombard the city gate with artillery, block the city wall with a rifle, and attack the city gate and city wall together, rush into the city, and kill happily.

According to his plan, he had half a day to defeat the defenders and occupy the whole city.

Chen Yeqing finished talking about his plan, and he immediately became excited. Especially Simary, Shaq, and Vadagas, even more so, they all said that they could kill this time.

Only Jia Min did not squeak and did not express his position.

"Chief Min, this is just my preliminary plan, what do you mean? If you feel that it is inappropriate, you can modify it. ”

Chen Yeqing felt a little bottomless in his heart.

"As a siege plan, this plan is good. Simple and straightforward, you can reach your goals quickly. ”

Jia Min said slowly.

"However, we are not here to besiege the city."

It's not a siege city, it's a big deal, what are you doing here? If they don't attack the city, will they surrender?

Simari was a little slanderous.

The others looked at each other, probably in the same mind.

"The purpose of our coming here is to eliminate the threat of Goryeo to our rear, so that we will have no worries and a stable rear when we operate in Middle-earth in the future."

"If all their armies are wiped out, and even the royal family of Goryeo is destroyed, there will be chaos here. All forces will take advantage of the opportunity. It's messed up here, and the stable rear that we want, there's no more. ”

"Therefore, there can be no chaos here, and there must be a royal family to control the situation here."

"But if you don't hit them, they won't accept it. So you have to beat them. Not only do we have to beat them, but we have to beat them to the core, so that they will listen to us honestly. ”

"Another purpose of ours is to get some strategic materials and money from here. If we completely turn against them, and they fight to the death, it will be difficult for us to achieve this goal. ”

"Chief Min, do you mean that we are going to use both hard and soft measures to finally pull them to our side?"

"Yes, that's what it means. Based on this goal, you reformulate a battle plan and then discuss it. Wei Ruoshui is here, I think he can consider giving full play to his strengths. ”

"His Royal Highness Chang'an is here, and I estimate that the people of the Goryeo royal family will probably be happy to meet His Highness. Liu Fang: They are here, they may have been to the city and the palace, and they should be familiar with the terrain there. ”

"The Goryeo army was beaten so badly by Brigade Commander Chen's 3,000 men, they may be very interested in seeing what your firearms look like? The Iron Cavalry of North Windura, the Mamluk soldiers of Tamara, they have never seen it, and it is okay to ask them to see what these people look like. ”

"Now that we're here, we have winter clothes and everything, and there is plenty of food and grass, and there is no need to rush back to Middle-earth. It's okay to stay here a little longer. ”

"Let's talk about it together and come up with a plan. Your Royal Highness Chang'an, leave this matter to them, let's go out for a walk. ”

With that, Jia Min walked out of the yurt with Chang'an and walked not far away.

Jia Min's personal soldier captain was tall and strong, and Chang'an's entourage Zuo Linliang and Lichun followed not far away.

"You just said this, obviously you already have a plan in mind, why don't you just say it, and ask them to figure it out for themselves?"

Chang'an saw the problem.

"There may be many more battles to fight in the future, and I can't follow them in every battle. They must learn to solve problems on their own. Only when they think carefully about it themselves can they increase their knowledge and remember everything firmly. ”

"Do you know that Scholar Ji and King Beijing are going to Beihai to find you?"

Chang'an is not very interested in Jia Min's words now, and she is more concerned about this issue now.

"I didn't know before, but I heard Wei Ruoshui say it this time."

"Do you know why they're looking for you?"

"I don't know, you know?"

"Well, well, I don't know either. Maybe I can't stay in the imperial capital anymore, and I want to go to you. ”

Chang'an actually wanted to say it, but he was embarrassed after all.

"When we go back, I guess they'll come to us, and we'll know what we're going to know by then. You're tired, go and rest. ”

"It's fine."

Regarding the change of dynasty, neither of them mentioned it. In fact, both of them understand that there is no need to say too much at this time. This topic is a bit heavy, and there is no need to say too much.

Chang'an walked a few steps, and Jia Min stopped her.

"Chang'an, don't be too anxious, it won't be long before we return to the imperial capital."

Chang An didn't speak, nodded, and turned around. After taking two steps, tears flowed again.

This time it was tears of joy.

She understood that this was Jia Min's promise to her.

By the time we had dinner in the evening, a new battle plan had been drawn up. Jia Min read it, made slight modifications, and approved the plan.

In the evening, we had dinner and wine together, and everyone was very excited.

Tamara met Chang'an, and for some reason, she was very enthusiastic.

After eating, she also pulled Chang'an to her and talked to Chang'an for a long time.

Jia Min, on his side, was a little worried. I'm afraid that Tamara will be open-mouthed and will say anything to Chang'an.

Early the next morning, Chang'an saw Jia Min, and his expression was really a little strange. Jia Min knew something was wrong, so he turned around and asked Tamara.

Tamara frankly admitted that he told Jia Min everything about Beihai. Even the fact that she hung white silk in Nijiabao and showed white silk to her ancestors did not fall behind.

"Okay, Tamara, count yourself ruthless."

Jia Min wanted to cry without tears, so he had to leave depressed.

What's wrong? Am I saying something wrong? Am I telling the truth?

Seeing that Jia Min seemed unhappy, Tamara was puzzled.

According to the battle plan, at nine o'clock in the morning, the blockade of Seoul began.

The blockade was not comprehensive, and the three gates of the north, south, and west were sealed, leaving an east gate, which was allowed to enter and exit as usual.

Jia Min's army reached the edge of the moat and confronted the defenders on the city wall.

This distance is beyond the reach of the defenders' bows and arrows and firearms. However, it was within the range of rifles and machine guns.

After only one round of artillery bombardment, the crossbows and Franco's machine guns on the city walls were bombarded by the field artillery of the 3rd Brigade, followed by rifles firing accurately at the defenders on the city walls. Quickly kill all the defenders above,

After that, the defenders of the city walls tried to erect new crossbows and franc machines, but, blocked by rifle fire, failed.

After several rounds of fighting, the opposing side no longer dared to show its head on the city walls.

According to the general rule, it is time to attack the city at this time. However, no offensive was launched.

Although there was no attack, the shelling of the city began.

The artillery fire was also not fierce, and from time to time two guns were fired. He didn't aim carefully, and it seemed that he was firing indiscriminately at the city.

There was no large-scale attack outside the city, and the defenders did not attempt to launch a counterattack.

A day passed.

In the evening, when the defenders were about to close the east gate, they were attacked fiercely, and two thousand Windula cavalry rushed into the city, and killed them for a while, but in less than twenty minutes they withdrew.

After coming out, Chen Yetong blew up the east gate. Since then, the east gate can only be opened, and it can no longer be closed.

The shelling did not stop at night, and every now and then, several shots were fired into the city. In the silence of the night, the sound of artillery is especially noticeable.

At midnight, another troop of Windula cavalry, after striking through the east gate, wandered around for a while, and then came out again.

If you are a careful person, you will find that the number of people when you come back is dozens less than when you go in.

The dozens of them quietly stayed in the city, carrying out what Jia Min called a "special operation" mission.

This night, the city remembered the sound of artillery from time to time, and the residents of the city, many of whom did not dare to sleep, did not know when the kind of shells that would explode would fall on their heads.

Two shells exploded, causing a large fire. There were also firecrackers in several houses, although no shells fell, but they also mysteriously caught fire.

People spent the long early winter night in fear.

At midnight the next day, another group of more than 2,000 Windula cavalry entered the city, rushed and killed the defenders of the city for a while, and then withdrew.

Although it is not known when the shells will fall, at dawn, people still have to get up and work for the day.

People who took to the streets found that many posters appeared on the walls and on the streets.

At this time, Goryeo used Chinese characters, and when I found a literate person, I recognized the words on the poster, saying that if you don't surrender, you will slaughter the city.

Then people found out that there were officials running on horseback in the streets, and then there were rumors that it was the military department secretary and the household department secretary who had been killed at home last night.