On the seventh day of the lunar month, the Ming army officially began to attack the city.

There are seven gates in the whole city of Pyongyang, two gates of Taedong and Changqing in the east, two gates of Lumen and Hanzhu in the south, two gates of ordinary and seven stars in the west, and Mitai Gate in the north.

Among them, there is a high ground called Peony Peak at the north gate, which is very dangerous.

Li Chengliang instructed Wu Weizhong, the deputy commander-in-chief, to lead the southern troops to attack Peony Peak, while Yang Huan and Yang Shaoxun led the northern troops to attack the West Qixingmen and the West Ordinary Gate, and Li Rusongbu led the northern troops to feint to attack Lumen in the south, leaving only the east for the Korean defenders to retreat.

Wu Weizhong led the southern soldiers to approach the north gate first.

Although Zheng Che was a civil official, he also knew that the north gate was very important, so he arranged heavy troops at the north gate, prepared a large number of firearms imported from the Ming Dynasty, such as earth-shaking thunder and tribulus cannons, and personally came here to supervise the battle.

And the southern soldiers of the Ming army have already pushed the side van out.

Partial vans with a height of more than nine feet and three platforms form a liaison chariot wall.

Behind the wall of the car is densely packed with guns, the upper layer is the gun port, the lower layer is the gun mouth, and the top is also covered with linoleum cowhide.

Then, behind the wall, there are rocket cars and light cars to follow.

Inside the walls, there are dense five-square flags and various types of troops such as cavalry, firearms, and rattan players, followed by rows of car walls that look like a moving castle, slowly approaching the north gate.

And the sound of the crunching wheels crashing into the ground became more and more rapid because of this, and the whole earth seemed to shake slightly for a while.

Zheng Che, the Korean guard, although he was still only watching from a distance, couldn't help but clench his fists, and his forehead began to sweat, because it was the first time he had seen such a large-scale car formation.

Rao is Li Chengliang was also looking north at this time, and when he saw the scene of the southern soldiers going out, he couldn't help but be stunned for a moment, and said to himself: "How much silver does this cost?" ”

So, Li Chengliang instructed Li Ruyu: "Ask General Wu if he needs the Korean people to fill in the trench for them first at the north gate!" ”

Li Ruyu said yes and rode to the north.

"Report! The car array is 800 steps away from the north gate! ”

"Report! The car formation is 500 steps away from the north gate! ”

"Report! The car formation is 300 steps away from the north gate! ”

At this time, on the north side, Wu Weizhong, the main general of the southern army, was in his Chinese army's chariot, still listening to his own soldiers report on the advance of the car formation, while reading the "Book of Han", without any expression, only when he was only three hundred steps away from the north gate, he put down the "Book of Han" and said:

"Give the order, and after a hundred steps forward, stop advancing!"

At this time, Li Chengliang sent Li Ruyu to ask Wu Weizhong on his knees: "I came to ask Wu Shuai on the order of the chief master, do you need North Korean Zhuangding to help fill in the trench first?" ”

"Please go back to Uncle Ningyuan, you don't need people at the north gate."

Because the operation of artillery, the rudder of the chariot and the cooperation of various arms are not for the people, Wu Weizhong also rejected Li Chengliang's kindness, and then continued to read the book.

And Li Ruyan also said yes after giving up, he got on the horse and went back to report to Li Chengliang.

Li Chengliang didn't say anything after hearing this, and said to Li Rusong, Yang Huan and other Liaodong generals: "In this case, all the organized Korean people will be used by you to attack the city, let them fill in the trenches and transport ladders, and lead the camels to the gunners, in order to prevent them from escaping, remember to stay at home to supervise the battle!" ”

"Understood!"

Li Rusong waited for a reply.

Therefore, not long after the departure of the southern soldiers, Li Rusong and other Liaodong iron cavalry drove and organized the Korean people organized by father, son, brothers, master and servant in front, and crossed the horse with a bow and a horse, and also attacked the cities of Pyongyang.

Different from the southern soldiers, the northern soldiers of the Ming army such as Liaodong were equipped with simple equipment and attached importance to courage and courage, so they did not like to use the equipment of birds and chariots, but only liked to use a three-eyed gun plus a bow and arrow and a waist knife, and at the same time wore heavy armor.

It's just that when the northern soldiers are often rushing into battle, fathers, sons, brothers, and servants will rush together to attack the village, that is, one of the main generals will often take the lead with their families.

In today's Ming Dynasty, when the national strength of the Ming Dynasty is strong, the generals of the Northern Army especially love to charge the battle in person, so in the history of the battle of Bihuguan during the Wanli Korean War, Li Rusong and other brothers fought like this.

Even in the Apocalypse period, when Xiong Tingbi passed through Liaodong, when Nurhachi had not yet scared the Liaodong Border Army, the general staff of the Liaodong Border Army still loved to personally lead their families to charge into battle, which was very different from the performance of the eight general soldiers in the Battle of Songjin during the Chongzhen period.

At this time, the same is true, under the bright sun after the heavy snow stopped, Li Rusong led Ma Shilong and other northern generals and their respective families, slowly speeding up, and took out the heavy bow when the speed was accelerating, and only waited for the organized Korean people to quickly fill in the trenches, and then arrived at the city wall in rows to shoot and attack the city.

Naturally, the Ming army would not let the Korean people who were given relief eat for nothing.

During this time, Li Chengliang had already arranged for his family to organize these Korean people, and after building ladders, hitting wood, crossing trenches and other siege equipment, he was responsible for filling in the trenches and carrying the ladders.

At this time, these Korean people were being urged by Li Chengliang and other Liaodong generals to run quickly at the front with ladders or push the carts across the trench.

These Koreans had to run, because if anyone was slow, the family behind them would decisively shoot them, or drive their horses to catch up and cut them to the ground.

The Korean people didn't expect that the Ming army that had helped them before would suddenly be so ruthless, but now they couldn't run away anymore, so they could only grit their teeth and insist on rushing to the city gate.

When the Korean defenders saw these Korean people, they had no thoughts of compatriots, and only fired arrows at these people under the command of the defenders.

After all, these North Korean defenders have not failed to kill good people in the past, nor have they failed to kill and plunder the people.

In their eyes, the only difference between these people and the Ming people is that these people are slaves that they can directly bully and cut.

Therefore, these defenders are not merciless in killing these North Korean people.

As a result, a large number of Korean civilians were shot and killed by North Korean soldiers and fell to death in the trenches.

However, this did not stop the Korean people from moving forward under the threat of the Liaodong cavalry's swords and arrows, so that these Korean people still continued to push the trench carts to the edge of the trench and began to fill the trench.

As a result, the wagons were able to spit out mud and rocks and fill in the trenches.

At this time, after Li Rusong saw that a trench in Nanlumen had been filled up enough to pass the war horses, he directly drove his horse to the periphery of the city first, and pulled his bow to open a series of shots at the defenders of the city, so that many Korean soldiers defending the city did not dare to release their guns again, or only dared to hide behind the battlements to release their guns.

The guns used by North Korea are still the front-loading Tianzi guns and earth-shaped guns used in the early Ming Dynasty, the firing range is only one or twenty steps, and the armor can not be broken at a distance, and the artillery is the same, it is also the technical level of the Ming Hongwu Yongle period, and the firing range is only about 70 steps, and the shooting range is naturally worse.

Therefore, not to mention that the Korean soldiers did not dare to fight because they had been in peace for a long time, and even if they dared to fight, the threat to the Ming army was limited, so that Li Rusong and other Liaodong iron cavalry could cruise outside the city at will.

At the same time, the Korean soldiers who carried the ladder behind also carried the ladder up under the supervision of Li Chengliang Jiading in Liaodong, and hooked the ladder to the city while Li Rusong and other Liaodong iron cavalry and the Shengjuzhen they hired to suppress the court soldiers in the city.

"Dismount!"

The Liaodong cavalry under Li Rusong, who was responsible for the first wave of siege, did not follow his main general to cruise, but only rode outside the trench, and when he saw the Korean soldiers set up the ladder, they began to prepare to dismount and climb the ladder.

In fact, the Liaodong Iron Cavalry will not only be able to raid cavalry raids, but also attack fortifications, because many Jurchen people in Liaodong will form villages to protect themselves, and Li Chengliang must have the ability to capture these villages if he wants to lead Liaodong soldiers to force these Jurchens to be afraid of him.

Historically, Li Chengliang led a large army to capture the main village of Nurhachi's grandfather, Wang Gao, Gule Village.

Ma Shilong, the general in charge of the siege, shouted at his subordinates at this time, and then dismounted with Zhang Guozhong and other subordinates, took out the three-eyed gun on the horse, and stuffed it with an excessive amount of guns and gunpowder.

Zhong Changdong, who was also under the command of Ma Shilong, saw countless corpses in the trench and a river of blood, so he raised his heart to his throat at this time, and unconsciously looked around, and saw that there was a forest in the east, and he was ready to flee from the east later.

He was confident in his ability to escape.

Because, otherwise, he would not easily escape from Tielingwei and go to a large family in Shenyang to work as a horseman, and then he would not easily escape back to Tielingwei.

"The master has an order, whoever goes to the city first will be rewarded with one hundred taels of silver!"

At this time, Ma Shilong suddenly shouted, and when Zhong Changdong heard it, he hurriedly turned his head back, and his eyes began to stare only at the cloud ladder that was being hooked out by the North Korean soldiers, swallowed his saliva, and muttered: "My mother, a hundred taels!" ”

The difference between Li Chengliang and Qi Jiguang's way of leading troops is that in addition to attaching more importance to bravery and advocating that generals take the lead, that is, they must use the generals' hearts to seek wealth and nobility and reward them to boost morale.

"Kill!"

And after Ma Shilong drew his sword and shouted to kill at this time, Zhong Changdong forgot about himself and rushed towards Lumen first.

(End of chapter)