Chapter 202: Arriving at the West Gate
The killing continued, and from time to time some Qing soldiers who had slipped through the net attacked the head of the city and turned to kill the Korean soldiers on the city wall. Although the Korean soldiers carried out a counteroffensive under the leadership of their respective officers to drive those Qing soldiers off the city, most of these Qing soldiers who took the lead in attacking the city head were the elite horse armor soldiers of the Qing army, and their skills were extraordinary.
Seeing this situation, the face of the Korean lord Li Liang turned pale, he clenched a scimitar at his waist, slowly turned his body and said to the virtuous concubine beside him: "Aifei, it seems that this is the burial place of you and me." ”
Concubine Xian's fair face was full of tears, she slowly held Li Liang's hand, but her face was full of tenderness: "Your Highness, why do you say this, the concubine has spent the happiest eighteen years with His Royal Highness, and the concubine has no regrets in this life, the only thing to worry about is Xuezhu and Xuan Hao, but one of them is in Daming, the other is in Jianghua Island, and the children and grandchildren have their own children and grandchildren, and the concubines will no longer worry about them."
After finishing speaking, Concubine Xian took out a sharp dagger from her waist and put it horizontally on her chest, and said with an indifferent smile: "Later, after those Qing soldiers rush up, His Royal Highness doesn't have to worry about the concubine, the concubine will break off on her own, and she will never be insulted by the Qing soldiers." ”
"Aifei!" Li Liang held Concubine Xian's hand tightly, and was speechless for a long time, and his heart was sad for a while.
After a while, Li Liang also slowly pulled out the scimitar at his waist, and the two of them smiled sadly and aimed their weapons at their chests.
At this time, the guards next to him saw that something was wrong, and hurriedly rushed over to stop the two of them, and begged in a wailing voice: "Your Highness, Concubine Xian, no!" Let's escort you out! ”
"It's too late." At this time, Li Liang said sadly: "As a single king of North Korea, you must not live secretly, the emperor of the Ming Dynasty still has the saying that the Son of Heaven guards the country, although Lone is not good, but it will never even have the courage to martyr." ”
"Your Highness!" The guards surrounded the two of them, dissuading and dissuading, and those who wanted to grab the sword, and there was chaos on the city tower.
Just as there was chaos on the tower, it seemed that a drum beat came from a distance, and as the drum approached, the sound of horses' hooves also came from the west.
"Are the Tartars coming for reinforcements again?" The desperate Li Qi laughed miserably, but the current situation is already bad and can't be worse, even if the Qing soldiers come to reinforce the army, how bad can it be.
Just when Li Liang raised the scimitar again, a soldier ran from the city wall, and I saw him running to Li Liang and kneeling down on one knee, with irrepressible ecstasy in his tone, "Your Majesty, we are saved, the Ming army is coming, our reinforcements have arrived!" ”
"What? Reinforcements have arrived! ”
The sudden surprise made Li Liang feel dizzy in his head, and his body was about to fall after shaking for a while, but the virtuous concubine on the side hurriedly supported him to help him stabilize his figure.
Li Qi stabilized his figure, swallowed his saliva vigorously, and asked eagerly, "From which direction did the reinforcements of the Ming army come from?" How many people came? ”
"The villain can't see clearly, but there must be four or five thousand people, and they're coming towards us from the direction of Incheon right now."
"Good, good!" Li Liang said three good words in a row, and he was overjoyed, and immediately said to the guards beside him: "Tell everyone immediately that our reinforcements have arrived, everyone work hard, and immediately drive the Qing soldiers off the city wall!" ”
"Yes!"
After learning of the arrival of reinforcements, the Korean soldiers, who had been defeated and retreated under the attack of the Qing army, suddenly gained great courage and began to launch a counterattack against the Qing army under the leadership of the officer.
The sudden sound of the drum not only encouraged the Korean lord Yi Liang, but also Amin, who was more than a mile away from the northern city wall, also heard the familiar and familiar drum sound.
"Ming Army, it's the Ming Army here!" Amin, who was very familiar with this kind of drum sound, immediately recognized the origin of the drum sound.
The horizontal flesh on Amin's face trembled, and he said in a muffled voice: "Hmph, it's really not the right time to come, if I come half an hour late, I can capture this city." ”
However, as the general of the Qing army, he naturally will not be affected by his own emotions, he knows very well that the most important thing now is not to let those Ming troops enter the city and meet those Koreans, otherwise it will be much more difficult for them to capture this city again.
Thinking of this, Amin decisively took his only remaining mobile force, 5,000 elite cavalry and 5,000 foot soldiers, all sent to the west to prevent the Ming army from entering Nanshan Hancheng.
One mile west of Nansan Seoul, 2,000 riflemen were in front, 1,000 cavalry were guarding the wings, and 1,000 baggage soldiers and hundreds of baggage wagons were escorted in the middle, heading towards the west gate of Nanshan Hancheng.
Listening to the heavy drums around him, looking at the team that was marching forward in a neat formation, Pang Gang felt a burst of pride in his chest, this is his own army, this is the army equipped with the most advanced and sharpest firearms in this era, they will follow themselves to fight in this vast continent, so as not to let this calamitous nation suffer from foreign invasion and ravages again, and at the same time, they must also lay a great reputation for this country and nation!
"Report!" A night bully came to Pang Gang, only to see him raise his left hand parallel to his chest, and after giving a military salute to Pang Gang, he said loudly: "Report to the general, there are more than 2,000 Tartars in front of us in an attempt to prevent us from entering the city through the west gate, and tens of thousands of Tartars are coming from the north to try to flank our army!" ”
"Okay, I got it!" After Pang Gang waved his hand to let this Ye Bu take it down, he immediately called Da Zhuang and Li Yuan and ordered: "Da Zhuang, you now lead a thousand riflemen to lead me, and you must use the fastest speed to open the passage into the city." Li Qianhu, you also brought a thousand riflemen to protect the left flank of our army, and you must not let the Qing soldiers get close to our army, do you understand? ”
"Yes, obedience!"
Da Zhuang and Li Yuan led the order, and soon the 2,000 riflemen who were originally at the forefront were immediately divided into two teams, one in front and one on the left, and the cavalry on the left also turned the dock to the right flank of the formation, and their task was to prevent the right flank from being threatened by the enemy.
At first, they received a report from spies that about four or five thousand Ming troops reinforced Nanshan Hancheng and did not care at first, but sent 1,000 foot soldiers to drive away these Ming troops, who thought they knew the Ming army's combat strength very well.
But one of the heralds brought the latest order from Erbeyler, and ordered them to send most of them to intercept this Ming army, and it would be a great success to intercept it outside the west gate before the arrival of their own army.
When they first heard this order, the two Jialazhangjing burst out laughing.
"Erbeile, this is too careful, when will even a mere four or five thousand Ming troops be able to make us so jealous, do we still need the whole army to go out to destroy them?"
Another Jialazhangjing smiled and said: "Okay, since it is Erbeile's order, we will naturally obey it, I will first bring two thousand warriors over to drive those Ming troops away, and you can continue to attack the city." ”
"Well, that's fine!" The original Alazhangjing nodded.
"Scum!"
"Hurry up, keep up, no one is allowed to be left behind!" Da Zhuang trotted towards the West City Gate with a thousand riflemen while urging loudly.
"My lord, the Tartars are here!" Someone reported earlier.
Da Zhuang looked up, but no, thousands of Qing soldiers in red armor lined up and strode towards him: "Okay, everyone stops, all line up!" Gun loaded! ”
With Da Zhuang's order, a thousand riflemen stopped, took off the rifles on their shoulders, took out the ammunition from the waist pouch on their waists, and began to reload, and a clattering sound suddenly sounded around them.
Looking at the dust and smoke raised by those Qing soldiers in front of him, Da Zhuang sneered in his heart, and ordered to the people around him: "Everyone pay attention, no one is allowed to shoot without the order of this official, and those who shoot indiscriminately will be killed!" Follow me now! ”
"Whoa!"
After Da Zhuang finished the order, he led the riflemen to walk forward with neat steps.
As the two armies approached, the two sides gradually saw each other's figures and faces clearly.
I saw that the armor of these Qing soldiers in front of me was painted red, which looked quite similar to the armor of the Ming army at first glance.
The two teams of soldiers and horses approached quickly, and the air was filled with a tense atmosphere, and even the Korean and Qing armies that were fighting fiercely on the western city wall stopped fighting and quietly watched the two sides approaching quickly under the city.
The distance between the two sides soon approached one hundred and fifty paces, and Da Zhuang quickly ordered the riflemen to stop advancing, and after standing still, they immediately raised their guns flat, and aimed their guns at the Qing troops rushing in a dense formation, only to hear Da Zhuang's thick voice sounding in front of the formation.
"Put!"
"Bang Bang Bang"
Different from the original bird gun, the sound of the Mini gun was very crisp, and in a burst of crisp sounds, the Qing army that had been swarming suddenly fell down like cutting wheat.
"What's going on? How could the firearms of the Ming army be so powerful! Jia Lazhangjing, who was directing the charge of the Qing army, was taken aback when he saw this, he rubbed his eyes vigorously, and then looked forward, what appeared in front of him was still the scene just now, and countless Qing soldiers fell in a pool of blood.
"Bang Bang Bang"
Before this Jia Lazhangjing could react, the second platoon of guns rang out again after an interval of less than ten seconds, and the Qing army, which originally thought that the Ming army would not be able to fire a second shot in a short period of time after firing one shot, fell down again
Two consecutive uninterrupted blows blinded the Qing soldiers, including the two Jia Lazhangjing, everyone was stunned on the spot.
(To be continued)