Chapter 534: Li Kun's Remorse
Zhao Lie didn't know what was happening in the Forbidden City, and even if he did, there was no way, it was not something he could control, just as the siege of Hanyang was not something he could completely control. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info
On the morning of the sixth day, there was an unusually loud and bustle in the camp of Jiannu in the north of Hanyang, and soldiers from Jiannu began to pour out of the camp.
The Breakers and Koreans in the city immediately reported to their respective commanders and began to assemble for battle.
When the king of Joseon and his ministers, as well as Zhao Lie, and his entourage rushed to the head of the northern city, they saw an apocalyptic scene.
The ragged and stumbling Korean people who covered the plain were driven by the Jiannu auxiliaries to slowly approach Hanyang City, and among them, some of them could not walk and fell, and they were immediately slashed and killed by the Jiannu auxiliaries, whose movements were as clean and neat as killing chickens and dogs.
It was such a cold-blooded and ruthless massacre that shocked the Korean monarchs and soldiers at the head of the city.
The Korean monarchs and ministers did not experience the large-scale invasion of Hulu, and the last Ding Mao chaos was mainly in the north, even if the bloody massacre and rape and plunder caused the mess everywhere, the Korean monarchs and ministers only heard about it, and as the saying goes, it is better to hear than to see it with their own eyes.
This time, Jiannu placed the bloody slaughter in front of the eyes of the Korean monarchs and ministers, stimulating the controllers of the three thousand miles of rivers and mountains, which was a great insult and provocation to the Korean monarchs and ministers, and removed their last fig leaf.
"I regret not listening to Mr. Zhao's words, many people are burdened by the lonely king this time." Li Liang was heartbroken, he did not let the army disperse the people to the south, because he didn't want to leave the people with the impression that he was a cruel king.
Li Yu is good at gathering people's hearts, and he is a little complacent about this on weekdays, but today's decision has caused many Korean people to die here, which makes him extremely annoyed.
In fact, what he was most annoyed about was that he was afraid that the history books would record this matter, saying that he had vetoed the suggestion of the Ming general Zhao Lie to relocate the people, resulting in the death of tens of thousands of people, so that his 'virtuous name' would be passed down through the ages, so that the reputation he had worked so hard to build would be ruined.
As the king of Joseon, he can control the public opinion of North Korea, but Zhao Lie is the chief soldier of the Ming Dynasty, so he can't control the public opinion of the Ming Dynasty.
As long as there is a record in the Ming Dynasty, North Korea will be heard, then North Korea will not be calm.
"The king has always been generous to his subjects, but this is a cruel and beastly act, and the king must not be too grieved."
Jin Liu hurriedly advised, this is really not the time to discuss this, but to defend the city, to defend the city, when the king always can't grasp the important place, he is also worried about the government.
The other ministers also hurried to persuade them.
Zhao Lie didn't have time to take care of the farce of the Korean monarchs and ministers on the side, he used a telescope to constantly observe the rear of Jiannu, but saw a large force of Jiannu armor soldiers driving a large group of Korean people to the west.
"Dashuai, come to Jiannu, this is going to attack from all sides." Han Jian also saw Jiannu's plan.
"Hanyang City is too big, not for us soldiers to stand on, and the city wall left for the Korean soldiers to guard is an opportunity to build slaves."
Zhao Lie put down the telescope and said.
"It's a shame that adults should prepare early, otherwise they would be really caught off guard." Han Jian also flattered a little.
"There are too many North Korean soldiers here who have not been in battle, and they have a fight with the Beijing camp in Gyeonggi, Daming Dynasty, and if they don't take precautions, I'm afraid they can only cheapen the Jiannu outside."
Zhao Lie helplessly looked at the king of Joseon who was still crying bitterly.
Han Jian also laughed when he saw the chaos of the Korean monarchs and ministers.
Sure enough, soon the Korean defenders of Xicheng sent someone to report the favor, and the Hulu army drove a large group of people to the city.
Due to the high terrain in the southwest and low in the northeast, the Breaker Army undertook the heavy responsibility of defending the northern and eastern cities, leaving the higher terrain in the west and south to the Korean soldiers and the young men in the city.
Today, the Jiannu army attacked from the north and west sides, and it was estimated that the position of the Korean army at the west gate was still the focus of the Jiannu army's attack, and it has always been Jiannu's forte to avoid strong and weak attacks.
But at this time, it is impossible to adjust, and there is also a large army of Jiannu in the north to contain it, so it is impossible to transfer the broken army of Dongcheng to defend the city, if the battle is adjusted, I am afraid that the well-pampered Hanyang defenders will be in a mess, and besides, if Jiannu attacks Dongcheng again, so the Korean army can only defend Xicheng.
When the king of Joseon and his entourage heard the warning in Xicheng, they hurriedly set off for Xicheng, and they were also extremely uneasy about their own soldiers, so they immediately decided to go to the superintendent.
When Li Liang and his entourage came to Xichengtou, countless Korean people had already approached the moat of Xicheng.
Hanyang's moat is nearly three zhang wide and more than one zhang deep, which is also an extremely deep and wide moat, and it is worthy of the name of Hanyang.
The moat is dozens of steps away from the head of the city, and it has reached the attack range of the Korean soldiers and musketeers at the head of the city, but in the face of tens of thousands of Korean people, the Ximen temperance envoy did not dare to order the attack, and he could not make this decision.
You must know how many Koreans' lives this is, and this decision can only be ordered by the king of Joseon, and no one else can be the master.
But when did Li Liang experience such a scene, he usually called the shots, but what was the situation, what is the situation now, seeing so many people being driven by Hu Lu to attack the city, his heart and gall are broken.
He now thinks about whether the history books will record and conclude his decision if he orders the attack, and whether it will leave a lot of infamy.
He hesitated, and the other ministers couldn't make a decision for him.
Taking advantage of this opportunity, the Jiannu soldiers drove the Korean people and quickly threw sandbags into the moat, and soon the moat was leveled out of a road dozens of steps wide.
Originally, the blockade of the moat could make Jiannu lose a lot of blood, but under Li Liang's hesitation, Jiannu passed through the moat unharmed, and they drove the people directly to the west of Hanyang.
"King, you can't hesitate any longer, or the city will fall." Simon's temperance made him bow down and said in a hurry.
"Alas, fight back, fight back." Li Qi nodded helplessly.
But at this time, the Jiannu armor soldiers who were mixed in with the Korean people had already begun to shoot arrows at the head of the city, and there were more than 1,000 armor soldiers behind them who were also frantically firing their bows and arrows by the moat.
The overwhelming arrows rushed towards the city, but listening to the thudding sound, the North Korean musketeers at the head of the city also began to counterattack.
Most of the soldiers in the city now have wooden shields to protect themselves, and the casualties are not too great, and Li Liang and others hid in the city gate tower, and the Jiannu cavalry rushed forward without carrying cannons at all, so the city gate tower is also impregnable.
The counterattack of the North Korean soldiers with guns and infantry bows brought a large number of casualties to the Korean people under the city.
A large crowd fell to the ground and struggled to shout, but the swords and guns of the Jiannu armor soldiers behind drove the people to start erecting their ladders, and they began to climb up the ladders.
The defenders pushed down the rolling logs and rocks under the orders of the military leaders at all levels, and once a large section of logs and boulders rolled down, they immediately brought a large number of casualties below, and the Korean people below continued to cry and scream, and the entire Xicheng was surrounded by continuous screams, like hell.
Li Liang sat tremblingly behind the table in the city tower, he closed his eyes, but these screams continued to enter his ears, making his heart twitch, fear, shame, and anger churning in his heart, making his face twitch.
The other ministers could only wait helplessly, as civil ministers, they were helpless at this time.
Since the Korean soldiers and young men defending the city pushed the rolling wood and stones and left the protection of the wooden shield, the arrows of Jiannu arrived as scheduled, bringing casualties to the defenders of the city.
Defenders and young men screamed and fell to the ground with their hands covered by arrows and wounds, and then were carried down by others.
But Mu Shi was still pushed down by the defenders in a steady stream, preventing the Korean people from ascending the city, a large number of North Korean people were stoned to death and injured, many ladders were broken, and the North Koreans screamed and fell from a height of one or two zhang.
There were also some bloody Koreans who returned to fight with the Kionnu soldiers, but the unorganized resistance was soon suppressed by the Kionnu soldiers.
Other Koreans walked on the dead and wounded on the ground, carrying ladders and continuing to climb until they were struck by arrows from rolling logs.
The defenders of the city are now numb and attacking the Koreans who climb up with rolling logs and arrows, and the blood of the same people is constantly biting each other in the west city of Hanyang, and the scenes that the Ming Dynasty once staged are reproduced in Hanyang today.
Inside the castle tower, the increasingly chaotic screams outside stimulated the nerves of the Korean monarchs and ministers, and many ministers persisted with their eyes closed and trembling, and they were shocked by the magic sound they heard in their ears.
"The lone king's sin is great, if it weren't for the lone king who couldn't keep this thousand miles of rivers and mountains, why would the people suffer from this, the lone king...
Li Liang, who couldn't stand it anymore, cried loudly, and he regretted this heartache.
The other ministers hurriedly stepped forward to appease, joking, the fierce battle is raging outside the city, you, as the lord of a country, are crying here, this, this is not shaking the morale of the army, how can this work.
Fortunately, the noise outside was too loud, Li Liang's small voice was really nothing, and it couldn't be transmitted ten steps away, at this time, the soldiers guarding the city had forgotten Li Liang in the city gate, they were busy with a lot of work, who could take care of them and the monarchs and ministers who were in the way.
The people under the city continued to pour in, and they fell to the city one after another, and the defenders at the head of the city were also constantly killed and injured under the attack of the Jiannu armor soldiers' arrows, and only the Jiannu armor soldiers suffered minor losses.
At this time, the rolling wood and stones defending the city flew quickly, and the young people who carried the rolling wood and stones to the city were killed and injured by a large number of arrows, and few rolling logs and stones could reach the city.
Soon the defenders at the head of the city found that the rolling logs and stones were about to run out, and the Korean people under the city were still climbing.
At this time, the city was already covered with a thick layer of dead and wounded, and the followers continued to climb the city on their corpses.
With the exhaustion of the rolling wood and stones, only the bow and crossbow and the firearm can hit the people, and this firepower is much worse, after all, the firearm is slow to load, and the crossbowmen are now numb with their arms, and they have reached the limit.
At this time, some of the people had already climbed to the top of the city and fought hand-to-hand with the defenders, and under the command of Dolgon, who was in front of the formation behind, the Jiannu armor soldiers who were mixed with the people began to rush forward. (To be continued.) )