Chapter 193: Pyongyang Raiders
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"Hehe, Tokugawa Ieyasu is worthy of being a great name who has lived from the time of Oda Nobunaga to the present, and sure enough, there are still two brushes. In the face of the announcement of more than 100,000 troops of Kuroda Kanwei, he actually relied on the fortress of Busan to defend it. Looks like we're going to have to move a bit."
Looking at the information in his hand with a smile, Li Rusong said to the generals present that at present, there are more than 40,000 people in the Ming army, and the morale of the whole army is high after the correction, Li Rusong decided to take the opportunity to attack Pyongyang City.
At present, Pyongyang has a total of more than 8,000 mud bombardment troops, commanded by Yukinaga Konishi and Shimazu Yoshihiro, most of them use cold weapons, only a small number of muskets and bows and arrows, and basically do not have any artillery power.
At the same time, although the Ming army in Korea won a big victory in the early stage, it had not yet succeeded in capturing any city, which also caused dissatisfaction among the Ming Dynasty bigwigs. Although there is no will to urge Li Rusong to speed up military action, it is really not good to drag it out like this.
After killing Kato Kiyomasa, the Ming army had already set up camp to surround Pyongyang, and during this period, they repeatedly defeated Konishi Yukinaga's troops who intended to attack at night, and the time was ripe to attack Pyongyang!
On the thirteenth night of the first lunar month:
"Since last night, more than 40 people, including Jin Shunliang, a female cadre sent by the Japanese Invaders, have all been arrested by Jinyiwei, and no information about our army has been leaked. Tomorrow will capture Pyongyang, and the whole army must work together" Li Rusong said with a serious face on his face, looking at all the generals.
"General Ben will personally lead the Overseer team tomorrow. Oversee the battle in Pyongyang City: Those who fail to attack, slash! Cowering, slash! Snatch the enemy's head and slash! As soon as Li Rusong's words fell, all the generals present stood up and opened their mouths to speak.
"Rest assured, this time we will not record the merits of the battle with the first rank. There will be dangerous mountain troops in all armies, and all the exploits will have a fair record. If there is any record of injustice, General Ben will administer justice. Those who ascend the city first will be rewarded with 5,000 taels of silver! Raising his hand to stop the general's inquiry, Li Rusong said to himself.
Hearing this, all the generals kept their mouths shut. Honestly sat back in his chair: the formation of the dangerous mountain army. All of them are live bosses, no matter how big your official is and how powerful you are, one is one and two is two. Moreover, Shangfeng Li Rusong is also a figure who is not afraid of heaven and earth, and even North Korean officials dare to threaten him. Therefore, the generals present did not hesitate to choose to believe in Li Rusong. Quietly sat in his seat and waited for Li Rusong's order:
"Tomorrow, Yang Yuan, the commander of the left army, will lead an army of 10,000. Attack on the small west gate of the west city"
"The commander of the Chinese army, Li Rubai, led an army of 10,000. Attack on the Great West Gate of the West City"
"Zhang Shijue, the commander of the Chinese army, led an army of 10,000 to attack the Seven Star Gate of Xicheng"
"Wu Weizhong of the Southern Army led an army of 3,000 people to attack the Peony Terrace in the northern city"
Saying this, a man suddenly stood up. interrupted Li Rusong's words:
"The major general's siege deployment, the last general thinks it's inappropriate" Zha Dashou was interrupted by Li Rusong before he finished speaking.
"Don't pay attention to it at this time, just listen to the order!" With an arrogant wave of his hand to interrupt Zha Dashou's words, Li Rusong continued:
"Luo Shangzhi, the general of the Shenji Battalion, led 2,000 elite troops of the Southern Army, and Zu Chengxun, the deputy chief soldier of Liaodong, led 8,000 troops to attack the Hanzhumen Gate in Nancheng. General Ben personally oversees the battle! Meeting! After speaking, Li Rusong did not give the generals a chance to ask, and directly announced the adjournment of the meeting.
The next morning:
"Boom!" An earth-shattering loud bang broke the tranquility of Pyongyang in the early morning and woke up the still sleeping devil soldiers.
"What happened?" Sleepy-eyed Konishi Yukicho asked as he walked out of the room while putting on his armor.
"General Qiyu, something is wrong, the Ming army launched an attack, and many soldiers were directly killed!" An unkempt devil soldier ran to Governor Konishi with a sad face and said.
"Nani? Immediately lead the way" Hearing this, Governor Konishi was startled at first, and grabbed his katana with a burning fire, and followed the soldier closely towards the wall of Pyongyang's West Fortress.
"Boom!" As soon as he ran up the city wall, there was a sudden loud noise, and countless lead and stones fell from the sky, directly hitting a large number of devil soldiers wearing simple armor all over the body.
"Everyone's hidden! It's the big tube of the Ming army! Ignoring the wound on his left arm, Konishi shouted as he searched for a hiding place.
In the distance, tens of thousands of large and small Furang machine guns and Tiger Squat guns opened fire almost simultaneously, aiming at Pyongyang's western city under the orders of various gunners carefully selected from the firearms battalion. The huge noise shook the entire city of Pyongyang, and countless lead and stones fell from the sky like a meteor shower, frantically pouring on the heads of the devil army, and suddenly a crowd turned on their backs.
"Haha Lao Zhang, since Qi Dashuai was transferred, we haven't fired so happily for several years, right? A gunner, who was in his forties, stuffed the sub-gun into the mother's gun, opened fire immediately after a little calibration, and watched the shells fall on the city of Pyongyang, and couldn't help but say to the deputy beside him.
"It's true, back then, Qi Dashuai took us to fight tartars in Jimen, which was called a pleasure. The Tatar cavalry claimed to be invincible, but they met the marshal, and they couldn't even touch the city wall," the deputy next to him said with a look of nostalgia while busy filling the gun.
"Dog Wokou, who was beaten by our handsome back then, was like a mourning dog, looking at the banner of our Qi family's army, he only had to escape. Now you dare to fight us in Pyongyang? Brothers, fight for our Lord Wu and kill this group of dwarfs! Cursed in a low voice, the gunner turned around and shouted loudly at the gunner of the Qi family army beside him.
"Hehe, don't worry. We have eaten and drunk well these days, and we can still receive full military salaries and pensions. Just because of this General Li Bing's benevolence and righteousness towards us, our Qi family army can't drop the chain for his old man today! A young gunner in his twenties smiled, quickly reloading and calibrating the gun, and said to the gunner officer who had spoken first.
"Alas, since Qi Dashuai left, our Qi family army is like a motherless child. Let us fight hard with the dogs, and deduct our military salaries and materials with all our lives, and TMD is also greedy for our military exploits! What a thing, a few young masters and lambs in the capital, as well as the dog slaves who licked PY for the eunuchs, actually dared to look down on Qi Dashuai. It's still this General Li who is benevolent and righteous, and it's interesting enough to be able to fight," a few soldiers carrying shells and medicine also interjected, their eyes full of nostalgia for the past and an inexplicable hope.
Here, the Ming army fired 10,000 cannons, and the gunners were still in the mood to chat, and the devil soldiers on the head of the city were miserable, although Pyongyang City was tall and strong, but there were not many solid bunkers for defensive artillery.
As a result, Captain Konishi and other devil officers gave priority to entering the bunker to hide, and most of the devil soldiers were miserable, so they could only huddle into a group pitifully, trying their best to rely on tall battlements and rudimentary shields and other tools to defend against artillery fire falling from the sky.
"Ahh A devil soldier's arm was hit by a stone, and the huge force directly broke his arm, revealing Bai Sensen's bones. The soldier could not bear it any longer, and jumped to his feet screaming, but was hit by the lead and stones that fell from the sky, and his head was smashed to pieces like a broken watermelon, and the red and white flew in all directions, and the headless body fell straight to the ground with a dull sound.
More devil soldiers huddled behind the battlements, trying to shrink their bodies in an attempt to dodge the lead and stones that fell from the sky. Most of them were shot through the body by lead and stones, and blood flowed down the wounds, but the wounded did not dare to move in the slightest:
Just now, there were a lot of devil soldiers, and they couldn't help but want to lie down to heal their wounds, but as soon as they moved, they were beaten into a sieve by dense lead and stones because they lost the cover of the battlements and shields.
"Long live the big mud bombardment samurai, kill!" A devil samurai who had been huddled behind the battlements could no longer bear this feeling of grievance, roared and stood up, drew his katana and waved it desperately.
"Click" This guy directly hit the countless medicines and messy ammunition, and the whole person was directly torn to pieces, red blood, organs, minced flesh and Bai Sensen's bones and ballast, scattered in all directions. It was like a rain of flesh and blood in the vicinity, and it was extremely hideous and terrifying.
The surrounding devil soldiers looked at the scene in front of them in horror, covered their mouths tightly, and let the vomit directly plug in their mouths, flowing out of the gaps in their fingers, and their whole bodies trembled like chaff, but they didn't dare to make a sound. They are afraid that if they speak out, they will be like the dead and will end up dead.
In the entire western city of Pyongyang, all the devil soldiers were numb and curled up in their hiding places, allowing the medicine, lead, and stones to fall from the sky, tearing apart the bodies of themselves and their companions and making countless wounds, and then silently waiting for themselves to die of their injuries.
During this period, many devil soldiers couldn't bear this aggrieved way of death, so they roared and rushed out of their hiding places, letting out a beast-like roar and wanting to make the last fight. But they couldn't even touch the shadow of the Ming army, they were shrouded in overwhelming artillery fire, some were torn apart by artillery fire as soon as they appeared, and many more jumped off the city wall and fell into flesh.
After nearly an hour of shelling, the Ming artillery began to gradually stop shelling due to overheating. Under the command of Governor Konishi and other officers to kick and beat, the devil soldiers walked out of hiding one by one. The Ming army is attacking! (To be continued......)