Chapter 194: The Dragon Roars Pyongyang
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"Well, after nearly an hour of shelling, I don't believe that the devil is not fooled"
In the southern city of Pyongyang, Li Rusong rode on a horse and listened to the earth-shaking artillery fire coming from the western city, and couldn't help muttering to himself.
"Brother, we don't have a cannon here, so we have to fight hard with the devil? There are more than 2,000 devils on it, and there is also the defeated general Yoshihiro Shimazu! It is not good for our army to attack the rain like this," Han Bianwai on the side glanced at the devil soldiers who were waiting at the head of the city, and the cavalry came behind Li Rusong and whispered.
Just now, the west of the city fired 10,000 artillery cannons at the Ming army, and the direct attack shook the heavens and the earth, but there was no movement on the south side of the city, and the 4,000 Ming troops quietly lined up in the same place, putting on an offensive posture. After that, there was no movement, and Shimazu Yoshihiro at the head of the city was in a dilemma:
"What are these Ming people going to do? Is it here that the suspicious soldiers are deployed, and they want to drag down part of our army? Or is it deliberate, waiting for our army to be careless and supporting other places empty, and then launch a surprise attack to capture this place in one fell swoop? Pretending to stroke his bare chin, Shimazu Yoshihiro thought suspiciously.
At this time, due to the lack of troops and the large area of Pyongyang City, the 8,000 troops of the devils were already overstretched. Therefore, Shimazu Yoshihiro and Konishi Yukicho had to discuss and decide: put 2,000 people on the one side first, and wait for the Ming army to attack. Again and again. More people were released in the places where the Ming army was attacking, and fewer people were released in places that were not the main attack of the Ming army, or they were replaced by the Korean puppet army.
At this time, the head of Xicheng Konishi was already an ant on a hot pot, and his troops suffered heavy losses under the bombardment of the Ming army, and at the same time, after determining the main direction of the Ming army, the ghost soldiers in Xicheng also skyrocketed from 2,000 to 5,000. Although nearly a thousand people died in the shelling of the Ming army, more than 2,000 were wounded. However, under the command of Governor Konishi, the devil soldiers still relied on the stubbornness of a tendon and the rigidity to the extreme observance of the principles of tactical combat, and stubbornly blocked the attacks of Yang Yuan, Zhang Shijue and Li Rubai.
At present, Xicheng has become a huge meat grinder, the Ming army and the devils are fighting frantically with red eyes, and the corpses of the soldiers killed on both sides are quickly piled up. At this time, Konishi Yukinaga was in urgent need of military reinforcements. Several waves of messengers have been sent. Come and ask Yoshihiro Shimazu to bring someone over immediately.
Just when Shimazu Yoshihiro was puzzled and undecided, the two thousand devil soldiers in Beicheng once again enjoyed the treatment of the previous ghost soldiers in Xicheng: the gunners and artillery of the Ming army were actually transferred here from Xicheng and aimed at the Peony Peak Heights in Beicheng. Once again, there was an indiscriminate bombardment.
Wu Weizhong commanded the troops of the Qi family's army. Take advantage of the shelling. Constantly use weapons such as Divine Fire Crows and Flint Firebolts to attack the defenders of Peony Peak in Beicheng from a long distance. At the same time, a large number of infantry of the Ming army and the Qijia army had already assembled in the rear, and they were about to launch an attack after the shelling.
"Nani? Sweep the Desnay! These Ming troops are really suspicious, and the real main direction of attack is Xicheng. There is a peony peak in the north city, and a powerful mud bombardment warrior, and the Ming people can't beat it at all. Leave 500 people on standby, monitor these Ming people, and then transfer 2,000 Korean troops over" After listening to the report of his subordinates, Shimazu Yoshihiro determined that the main direction of attack of the Ming army was Xicheng, and there was no need to worry about the northern city being easy to defend and difficult to attack, so he immediately led 1,500 people to Xicheng.
"Brother, the devil has finally moved. Only then can we pretend to be grandchildren, and we are lazier than those pee-bubble soldiers in North Korea! Glancing at the ghost soldiers who were hurriedly moving away from the city, Han Bianwai, who had been pretending to be drinking and having fun with Li Rusong, whispered.
"Hehe, wait a while, when the devil completely relaxes, let's just blast down the city gate and kill it!" With a slight smile and the mellow liquor into his mouth, Li Rusong said with a sneer.
In order to paralyze the enemy army and make it believe that its side was nothing more than a partial division that had set up a suspicious formation and pinned down the enemy's strength, the 4,000 Ming army, under Li Rusong's order, maintained a formation for more than an hour. They sat lazily on the ground one by one, drinking water, eating dry food, catching lice, basking in the sun, and so on, while the officers set up low tables farther away, and drank and enjoyed themselves in groups of three or five.
"Phew! Ming people idiot, this little trick also wants to deceive the great Kameda-sama? Brothers, don't bother with these Ming people, they are just suspicious soldiers here to contain us. Let's get ready to eat, let those brave North Koreans defend the city, let's have a good time, maybe we will be transferred to Xicheng later! Kameda Sansun, the devil officer in charge of the defense at the head of the city, spat out thick phlegm in disdain, and shouted loudly for the North Korean soldiers to defend the city first, while he led five hundred devil soldiers to prepare to go down to the city for dinner and PC.
"Good opportunity! Send a signal, five arrows at once! Hearing the report that the enemy army had been closely monitored at night, Li Rusong raised his eyebrows, slapped the wine glass on the table and said.
"Whew!" Li Rusong gave an order, and on the position behind him, a soldier immediately released an arrow, and at the same time, the 4,000 Ming troops who were lazy just now swept away the decadence just now, and stood up one by one, staring at the murderous city of Pyongyang not far away.
"Push that thing up, kill the little devil, and let him stand strong on the city wall again!" Sneering and turning over the horse, Li Rusong waved his hand and ordered.
A soldier had already pulled a huge, wheeled cannon to the front of the battle, with the jacket removed and dragged by five or six war horses: the general cannon.
This kind of artillery is Li Rusong's killer weapon for attacking the city, the cannon body is more than three feet long, hundreds of catties in weight, there is a shining star in the front, there is a light door in the back, the charge is more than one catty, the shell weighs three to five catties, and the firing range can reach more than one mile, it is a rather sharp siege weapon.
After years of exploration and manufacturing by the Dangerous Mountain Army, the production technology of the general's cannon has been quite mature, and there is no risk of exploding the chamber at all. On this expedition to Korea, Li Rusong specially allocated six such cannons and dragged them with dozens of horses, on the one hand, to test the skills and performance of the artillery, and on the other hand, to attack such a fortified city as Pyongyang.
Not only the South City Blanket Gate, but also the West Gate and the Seven Star Gate of the West Gate, each city gate of the Ming army moved out a large general cannon, the muzzle of the cannon pointed directly at the city gate, and it was fired under the order of the general.
"Boom!" With a loud sound of shaking the mountains, after five consecutive shellings, the strong city gates including the Blanket Gate, the Great West Gate, the Little West Gate, and the Seven Star Gate were completely bombarded into pieces.
"Haha Kill all the Japanese slaves, right today! Li Rusong laughed wildly, pulled out the horse chopping knife at his waist, and roared.
"Kill!" At this time, Zu Chengxun and others, who had been hiding, had already arrived with their troops, and the 10,000 Ming soldiers at the blanket gate stared at the blood-red eyes, drew their swords and roared in their hands and rushed in.
"Nani? Hurry up and get ready for the battle! Ming ...... Yes! Kameda Sansun was squatting near the city gate drinking, the huge shock of the artillery bombardment directly shook him unconscious, just woke up by his subordinates, he saw a steady stream of Ming troops killed, and before he finished speaking, he was cut off by the cavalry of the Ming army.
"Kill!" A devil warrior in gorgeous armor came back to his senses, pulled out his katana and killed the roaring Ming cavalry, but before he could get close, he was pierced through the body by two huge cavalry spears, like barbecue on an iron fork, and was staggered far away and fell to the ground.
The surprise attack launched by the Ming army was beyond everyone's expectations, 10,000 horses and horses quickly poured in from the city gate, and the devil soldiers who were still eating under the city were stupidly holding rice bowls one by one, standing motionless in place, their faces full of disbelief. Even the North Korean puppet army on the city wall did not make any reaction, and was still honestly "holding on to the spot".
"Kill all the pirates!" Li Rusong rushed into the city first, slashed Huashan with a saber in his hand, and directly split a devil holding a spear in half from head to crotch, and roared regardless of the blood on his body.
More Ming troops poured in like a tide, and the five hundred devil soldiers with blanket doors were completely vulnerable in front of the 10,000 sword-like and murderous Ming army. Most people didn't even have time to react before they were cut to the ground. A handful of elite samurai wielded their katanas and roared to make the last fight, but they were all cut into pulp by the knives without exception.
At this time, Xicheng had also been captured by the Ming army, and Konishi Yukinaga and Shimazu Yoshihiro were completely surrounded by the Ming army, and they couldn't escape! (To be continued......)