Chapter 37: Ye Shen's Courage

By the time the city of Uiju really calmed down, it was already the second half of the night.

Ye Shen's breakthrough into the city gate was only the beginning, and when the more than 4,000 Ming troops entered the city of Yizhou, the two sides fell into a battle of trapped beasts.

The Goryeo general's surname is Hong, and he is also a high-ranking family in Goryeo, and he understands one thing very well, that is, what the combat effectiveness under his command looks like. I am afraid that as soon as the city gates are opened, many people will flee immediately. Running away is contagious.

If one person flees, countless others will follow.

So he pressed on the other gates. Take the Overseer to oversee the battle in the city.

And Ye Shen was also worried about the large number of troops in the Goryeo army. The Jurchens are not used for flowers. So he desperately rushed to the front, and it was naturally impossible to kill this Korean. 10,000 people, even if they stand still and let Ye Shen kill, Ye Shen probably doesn't have the ability. But the biggest problem with people is that the upper limit is very high and the lower limit is very low. Just hit the crash, and the rest of the things don't need to be said.

Ye Shen took his own soldiers and repeatedly rushed to kill on the only avenue in Yizhou City, changing three war horses in a row. Maybe the terrain here is not good enough, the horses can't run, and they are damaged quickly. Ye Shen simply dismounted and fought on foot. Hold torches high and fight the Koreans at night.

But the stalemate lasted until nightfall. Already the limit of these Koreans. Seeing that Ye Shen still dared to fight at night, and the role of the supervising team in the darkness was greatly reduced, there were many Goryeo soldiers, so they simply climbed over the city wall and fell from the city wall to escape.

As a result, the resistance that Ye Shen encountered decreased. Finally, in the middle of the night, let the Goryeo generals open the city gate and escape. Finally, the city was taken.

At this time, Ye Shen was repeatedly soaked in sweat and blood, sitting on the corpse, unable to get up for a long time.

However, it is not them who are the most miserable. Nor are the defeated Koreans. It's the people in the city, although the city of Yiju is not big. But there were a lot of people in it, and the reason was very simple, when Liaodong was in turmoil, a large number of people fled to Goryeo, and there were as many as 40,000 households in the household registration alone.

As for the number of those who are slaves and slaves, it is impossible to calculate.

And in this battle, the main battlefield is that Ye Shen led his headquarters to fight the Koreans on the only street, and the streets in the city of Yiju were not very wide, even if the Koreans had more soldiers and horses, they could not be sent. And what are the Jurchens doing?

The sheep were grazed.

Except for the men and horses of Brother Meng's Timur headquarters, the other Jurchens no longer know where they are? Anyway, it's just a matter of killing it in the dark. As for whether it was the Goryeo army or the Goryeo people who were killed, they didn't care.

And the Jurchens being robbers can be regarded as a tradition. Even Japan has a legend of the Jurchen pirates. Moreover, the Jurchens in these mountains and forests are really not simple people. Raiding homes and robbing houses is even more familiar.

Of course, these Jurchen practices are also good for the war. They climbed over the walls and alleys. When you see people, you kill people, and when you see goods, you rob them, and you don't know where you have killed. The Koreans didn't even know that many Goryeo soldiers found out that the house behind them was on fire.

Only then did he know that the enemy had hit behind him, and the morale of the army was suddenly shattered.

After all, murder and arson are linked.

It's just that Ye Shen couldn't let the Jurchens continue like this, so he took a breath and began to rectify military discipline.

It wasn't until dawn that the people from all walks of life were brought together.

Of course, just to put it away, the punishment of the Jurchen people was also raised high and gently put down, but most of the reward money that should be given to them was deducted.

In recent years, the military discipline of most armies is not much better than that of the Jurchens. Even the Goryeo army was the same in their homeland, otherwise the guest soldiers would not be so hated.

Second, Ye Shen is now alone, and in a fierce battle last night, a lot of Koreans died, and there were probably one or two thousand beheadings. But his own men and horses also lost nearly 300 people.

This kind of frontal fighting. In the bloody battle on the long street, there is almost no room for maneuver, no matter how good the armor is, you can be killed by people. Although Goryeo paid more for it. But the Ming army was only a little more than 1,000 people. Now there is so much loss. How will the war be fought in the future?

Ye Shen was also worried about this. It is even more necessary to tighten the arm of the Jurchens.

Therefore, there can be no more punishment.

According to Ye Shen's original thoughts. It is to hold on to the city of Uiju. They were very humble in the Thousand Households of Uiju in the east of the Yalu River, and they couldn't hold on to it at all. However, Uiju Fortress is an ancient city, and despite all its problems, the walls are strong enough.

Only with sufficient supplies and unity of mind, with this small city, it is enough to defend it for several months. When the time comes, the army will turn around. What else can the Koreans do?

It was just a piece of news that soon made Ye Shen smell the fighter.

Ye Shen thought about it, and asked Timur, the elder brother, "Do you know, how many people were in the Goryeo army yesterday?" ”

Brother Meng's Timur pondered for a long time, he thought back to yesterday's battle, and for a while, he said: "About ten thousand, no, ten thousand is more." As for the exact number, I don't know, but it should not be more than fifteen thousand. No, definitely not more than that. ”

Ye Shen said; "No, yesterday there were 32,000 Koreans."

Brother Meng's Timur immediately shook his head and said, "This is impossible. Yesterday's war, I personally participated in it, how many people do not know. If there were 30,000 people, we wouldn't have won yesterday anyway. ”

Ye Shen said: "Yes. Look at this. ”

Brother Meng, Timur, was literate, but not very literate. Barely able to read the official documents, he read them word by word: "With the secret division of the Senator Hong Ren, lead the border army of the five roads-----, foot soldiers, 31,000 people, cavalry soldiers, 2,800 people, and the sailors ------"

Reading this, Brother Meng's Timur was taken aback and said; "Really. This Goryeo is ridiculous. Is this self-deception? ”

Ye Shen said; "Nope. This is empty salary, but I didn't expect to be able to eat so badly, I guess it's more than half. ”

Brother Meng Timur said: "No wonder, yesterday's Goryeo soldiers were all soft persimmons. ”

Ye Shen said; "Didn't you see the fighter?"

Brother Timur said: "Fighters? ”

Ye Shen said; "I figured it out before. Just Goryeo, dare to offend the Celestial Empire? Now I understand that the Goryeo army in the eyes of the king of Goryeo is completely different from the Goryeo army in our eyes. In the eyes of the king of Goryeo, there are only more than 1,000 people in our dynasty here on the Yalu River, plus the Dingliao guard in Xi'an, but 6,000 people, he sent 30,000 people as the vanguard, and there are cavalry and sailors. It was already all out, and then he personally raised five guards and two soldiers, totaling as many as 1780,000, and the attack may not be possible, but there is no doubt about the defense. ”

"But now I'm going to ask, how many troops are there in Goryeo this time?"

"How many of his five guards and two soldiers are there?"

The so-called five guards and two soldiers, the five guards are the five armies of the Suwei Jing Division, that is, the Beijing army, two roads, one is the soldiers and horses that have just established the Northwest Road, that is, the place where the Twin Cities Governor's Mansion is disputed with the Ming Dynasty, and the other road is the Ping'an Road. That is, the local army to which Yiju belongs.

It is specially noted that the commander of the current Northwest Provincial Army is Li Chenggui.

Do other armies have moisture, and how much moisture? It's hard to say, anyway, the people under Li Chenggui's command have no moisture. Maybe even supernumerary. Otherwise, he would not have been able to push all the way to Goryeo Jingshi in the history of his rebellion.

Brother Meng, Timur, looked at the paperwork just now, and didn't dare to judge it for a while. If the proportion of these 30,000 people is reduced, it is estimated that the Goryeo people will only have an army of 70,000 or 80,000. Moreover, the impact of empty salaries is not only a decrease in the number of troops, but also a serious impact on the combat effectiveness of the army.

Brother Timur said: "So ------"

Ye Shen said; "So, do you dare to go east with me? and stormed its walls, and burned its grain and grass, and destroyed its roads. ”

In Ye Shen's view, He Xi's task was to make Goryeo unable to cross the Yalu River within a few months. There are many ways to accomplish this task. And the way of the art of war is to control people but not to control people. Sticking to the city of Yiju is naturally controlled by others. And if the light cavalry rushes into the territory of Goryeo, the first task of the Goryeo people is to drive him out.

One comes and one goes. Wait for Goryeo to be ready again. It is estimated that it will be this winter, or next year.

Ye Shenzhi is so bold.