North Korea, Pyongju.

Li Yuanzong was worried, he didn't know what was going on, the logistics supply of the army, the replenishment of soldiers and other things suddenly became a little astringent, not as smooth as before.

And Li Yuanzong also clearly knew that Han Minghun and others did not collude with the Ming army.

Then there is only one possibility: the national strength cannot support it!

Actually, it's not hard to understand.

Because of the first line of defense before, there was no city, but it could not be fought and could be retreated directly, and it was the beginning of the war, the country was full of strength, and there were few wars, and now the second war has begun, the Ming army has been on strength as soon as it comes, and the country has been supported for more than a year, and all major towns have to reserve a lot of grain.

Because it is an offensive and defensive battle in the city, there is no way to retreat.

After retreating, there will be Kaesong, and after Kaesong, there will be Seoul, the capital of North Korea, and the survival of the second line of defense is related to the survival of North Korea, and it must be fought to the death.

Therefore, there must be more grain storage.

As for the replenishment of troops, there is no way to do it, North Korea only has such a population.

Originally, North Korea had a population of about 8 million, and the maximum number of violent soldiers was only 780,000, but now it has an army of more than 500,000, which is already very difficult, and half of the country has been reduced to the occupation area of the Ming army, which is almost the last strength of North Korea.

If we replenish the soldiers, we can only recruit all those weak-crowned young men and old people into the army in the remaining land.

Therefore, the replenishment of soldiers is slow, and Li Yuanzong can also understand it.

After thinking about it, a soldier covered in blood rushed into the tent and said loudly: "Commander Li, Yuecheng has been lost, most of our defenders have been killed, and the remaining part of the troops are retreating to Pingzhou after breaking through the siege, and the enemy's right flank army has already entered Yuecheng, and the next step is to attack Pingzhou!"

Li Yuanzong bowed his head and motioned to his soldiers to stay with this soldier to recuperate.

Then he said to one of his own soldiers, "Go and ask the two commanders of the Black Iron Guard to discuss the military."

After the Ming Dynasty changed formations, the two commanders of the Black Iron Guard, Zhang Ting and Li Zhifang, were full of pessimism about the next battle, including Li Yuanzong.

However, after many days of discussion, the Black Iron Guard still did not fall into the rhythm of the Jingo Army.

At present, there are still more than 20,000 Black Iron Guards stationed in Pingzhou.

Anyway, it was the right wing of the Ming army that attacked Pingzhou - the right wing that had been ravaged by the Black Iron Guard, and it was the weakest of the Ming army's third-line soldiers and horses.

Therefore, the North Korean side unanimously believed that as long as the right flank of the Ming army was defeated, there was still hope for the second line of defense.

Although there were steam tanks and the Jinge group army on the right flank of the Ming army, there were more than 20,000 people in the Black Iron Guard, using the strong city defense of Pingzhou to weaken the lethality of the Ming army's steam tanks, and then using the city wall as a cover, the Black Iron Guard was condescending and had an advantage over the Jinge group army.

And there is also a superiority in troops.

Hold Pingzhou, or even defeat the right flank of the Ming army, then the Black Iron Guard will have strategic space and time to support their own center and right flank, and then revitalize the second line of defense.

It can be said that holding Pingzhou is the only way to put it to death and survive.

A moment later, Zhang Ting and Li Zhifang arrived.

Zhang Ting is a veteran, and Li Zhifang is too young to speak, only eighteen years old, the two partners of the Black Iron Guard are actually very weird, but the effect is actually very good.

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Zhang Ting is old and spicy, and he adapted to firearms very early.

And Li Zhifang's military talent is outstanding, especially the strategic and tactical vision of firearms, he sees it very thoroughly, if it were not for the Ming Dynasty did not leave time for North Korea, Li Zhifang is likely to be North Korea's "Wang Yue" in the future.

Li Yuanzong said to the two: "The battle report from the front just now, the city is broken, more than half of the battle is damaged, and the rest of the people are on the way to retreat to Pingzhou, or in a few days, Pingzhou will face the right flank of the Ming army."

Zhang Ting said: "As expected, I just don't know how much battle damage the attack and defense of Yuecheng have caused to the enemy."

The city is not big.

The walls were not thick or even higher, about two feet thick and about two feet high

The rammed earth wall of Mo Liangzhang is difficult to block the continuous bombardment of the Ming artillery, once the city wall is broken, the Jin Ge group army with the steam tank to break through, the city can not be defended.

Li Yuanzong said: "The specific situation is not yet clear, but Pingzhou should be prepared."

Zhang Ting said: "The city of Pingzhou was originally strong, originally three feet thick and three feet high, and now it has been strengthened one after another, using Qingshi to build a high wall close to the outside of the city wall, the artillery and tanks of the Ming army can not break through the city wall, we mainly discuss the allocation of troops."

Li Zhifang looked a little further, "The problem is that even if we hold Pingzhou, although there are also important towns with strong walls like Pingzhou on the middle and back roads, without the cooperation of firearms troops, it is estimated that it will be difficult to escape the defeat of the army, and once the middle and right roads are breached, Pingzhou will fall into an embattled situation."

Li Yuanzong and Zhang Ting glanced at each other, everyone knows this.

What can be done!

Because we don't have so many firearms troops to compete with the Ming Jinge Group Army, we can only defend Pingzhou first, and then use the city to attack and defend on the middle and right flanks to consume the strength of the Jinge Group Army.

In short, it is to use more flesh and blood in exchange for part of the battle losses of the Jinge Group Army.

Strive to achieve the strategic goal of the Jin Ge Group Army after breaking through the center and right flank, and not having the strength to outflank its own left flank, so that once your left flank is defeated by the right flank of the Ming army, the second line of defense will be attacked.

Otherwise, you can directly prepare for the future.

Because after Pyeongju is Kaesong, after Kaesong is Seoul, if Pyeongju and Kaesong are lost, there will be no third war.

So the second front is basically the decisive battle between the Ming Dynasty and the Korean War.

North Korea won, but it can last for years or even decades.

If you lose, you will lose your country!

A general under Li Yuanzong's command sighed: "There is no point in discussing those now, with the distance between Yuecheng and Pingzhou, the Ming army will probably arrive at the city in four days, we must continue to strengthen the city wall as much as possible in these four days, and build more fortifications for the Black Iron Guard, and allocate the troops, after all, the right wing of the Ming army only has 15,000 Jinge Group Army, and your Black Iron Guard still has about 28,000."

Zhang Ting said, "Thirty thousand!"

Li Yuanzong bowed, "On the first front, I have already dispatched people to replenish the troops lost by the Black Iron Guard, and the ammunition is also sufficient, so my arms and soldiers are twice as large as the Ming army, and the chances of victory are still not small!"

The spirits of the crowd were lifted.

But only Zhang Ting and Li Zhifang were expressionless.

Chance?

didn't fight, the ghost knows if there is a chance of winning, it is the invincible Jin Ge Group Army in the world, and the power and performance of firearms and the types are not comparable to the Black Iron Guard.

Li Yuanzong said: "The next war will be a battle related to the fate of our Korea, everyone, we have no way to retreat, and then retreat is Kaesong and Seoul, as a soldier, we can only fight to the death at this time!"

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