Chapter 324: The Battle of Luliang

Ever since Elli was in Seoul, he had been particularly afraid of him, and the high-ranking North Korean officials who surrendered to Erli had lost more than half of his majesty in Korea.

After the palace was surrounded by Jiannu, there were only more than 100 palace guards in charge of guarding, and they were used as decorations.

Erli walked in the huge Gyeongbokgung Palace, and the female eunuchs of the Joseon Palace who passed by knelt down to say goodbye.

Li Qi learned that Erli was coming, and hurriedly went to the Qinzheng Hall to greet him: "I don't know if the general is coming, I miss the welcome..."

Erli didn't give Li Liang a good look, and then sneered: "I am tired that the king has issued an official letter, which is going to be transferred to your firearms battalion for use. ”

Li Liang didn't dare to disobey at all, and then immediately sent someone to write an official document, and when he looked up again, Erli was gone, and only a few of Erli's personal soldiers and personal servants were left in the palace to wait.

Thinking of this, Li Liang was flustered, because every time Erli entered the palace, his concubines and palace maids would surely suffer.

When Elle reappeared in the palace of Qinzheng, he was buckling his belt: "How is it, is the king ready?" ”

The minion nodded slightly, and Ellie smiled, turned and left.

Li Liang did not rush to the harem of Jiaotai Palace until the eunuch reported that Erli had left the palace, and Erli also knew the depths, and never touched Li Liang's princess, but ravaged his concubines.

"The king, the mother of Chengshang Palace committed suicide..."

"Hey..."

Li Qi sighed with difficulty, he knew that the Ming army was coming, but since the Jin people besieged the palace, many civil and military forces rebelled, and he was now a bird trapped in a cage.

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The Han River can be compared to the Yangtze River, but it is only a basin stage, but in the eyes of the North Koreans, the Han River is their mother river, and North Korea is not short of water, but even if it relies on the convenient irrigation of the Han River basin, there is still no way to effectively produce the equivalent amount of grain from the barren land.

Although Chen Cao's foreign trade company also did business with Jiannu, only a small part of the grain was exported, and most of the export to the northeast was sold to North Korea.

"Lord Wang, artillery..."

Chen Cao's clairvoyant mirror clearly saw the Korean soldiers wearing almost the same military uniform as the Ming army, and the only thing that could be distinguished was that their outer linen was mainly blue.

Groups of artillery positions are being assembled under the operation of North Korean gunners.

"General Ning Yuan's cannon?"

This kind of artillery Yuan Chonghuan used the most, and it was also improved on the basis of the old general cannon of the Ming Dynasty.

"It seems that Li Liang is determined to fight against us." Cao Shixiu interjected.

Chen Cao put down the clairvoyant mirror, and then said with a smile: "He doesn't dare to refuse Erli's request, Zhao Xin, have the spies from the north come back?" ”

"Back to the prince, I have already returned, according to Cha Amin's army is already in Gaoyang, only thirty miles away from the mountain city of Beihan."

The area around Seoul is not suitable for horse running, Chen Cao was still a little excited after learning the news, after all, the opponent is famous for horse warfare, even the Mongols are not their opponents, and the only place in the Seoul Plain where horses can run is only in the middle of North Hanshan City and Seoul, as long as Chen Cao avoids this place, Amin's army will not be able to stir up big storms.

"Lord Wang, there is a fleet of ships from the north going south..."

Although the Joseon Kingdom had its own script, even now their official documents are mainly written in Chinese characters, and the large flag on the southbound fleet has a large 'Lim' character written on it, and the big flag next to it also has the characters 'Ayahara Dai-kun' written on it.

"Li Li is here to send the name certificate..."

Ayahara Maharaja Li Li served as the protector and general of the Han River estuary Tongjin Dadu, and he had a sailor formed by more than 100 ships, but their ships were not large, and the main warships were mainly Korean turtle plate ships, Chen Cao looked at it, there were only three, and there were about a dozen building ships left, as well as dozens of flat-bottomed sand boats.

'Knock knock...'

With a few cannon shots, Chen Cao first saw the white smoke rising from the North Korean artillery positions on the north bank, and then the rolling waves on the Han River.

'Knock knock... Knock knock...'

Li Li's fleet also launched a fierce artillery battle against the puppet army on the north bank, Chen Cao not only wondered, how did the North Korean army defeat such sharp artillery?

Gao Chong seemed to see Chen Cao's thoughts, so he arched his hand and said: "The prince doesn't know, the weapons and firearms of the North Korean army are sharp, but the combat effectiveness of the soldiers is not high, and the only elite unit is still trained by Li Rusong, the uncle of Ning Yuanbo, and all of them are equipped with weapons and equipment according to the standard weapons of our Ming border army, and the number is only 3,000 people;

It's just that when Amin entered Kou Korea, this army fought a bloody battle with Amin in the mountain city of North Han, and won several victories against Jiannu, but it was a pity that Li Liang was cowardly, and finally sold this army, and the leading general was also charged with the crime of disrespect and sent to Amin to fall. ”

Chen Cao heard Liu Xingzuo say that the general who was responsible for leading this army was called Li Chengyu, and he was extremely brave in battle, and Li Liang's son also commanded with him, but unfortunately his head was cut off in the end, and the whole family became Amin's clothed servants.

At this time, the battle entered a white-hot stage, the artillery on the shore was scattered in all directions, one of Li Li's three turtle warships was sunk, one was wounded, and many of the buildings caught fire.

Not long after, the sand boats that came to meet them docked on the south bank, and Chen Cao immediately ordered Feng Zhongping's first division to cross the river first.

If he hadn't seen hundreds of Korean troops dressed in white and wearing round-brimmed helmets rushing to the North Shore Plain, Chen Cao would never have risked letting his men withstand the impact of the opponent's artillery.

With hundreds of human shields charging ahead, the vanguard of the 1st Division successfully landed on the beach, and the non-commissioned officers of a squad rushed ashore and looked at the pigtailed cavalry rushing on horseback, and the leading squad leader shouted and threw the grenades and bullets he carried on his waist forward.

A violent explosion sounded on the shore, and the Jiannu warhorses were suddenly frightened and made it impossible for them to move forward.

There was only one Jurchen elite under Erlan's command, Niu Lu, and when he saw that he couldn't stop it, he ordered the Jin soldiers to retreat and let the surrendered Korean puppet army go up.

With the fierce gunfire, one after another of the Dingwu army landed on the north bank, and under the cover of various divisions alternately, the Korean puppet army that fought was crushed.

Li Li was a middle-aged man in his thirties, with a somewhat long beard and a high-pointed white hat on his head, which gave Chen Cao a sense of white impermanence, if it weren't for the silk robe on his body, Chen Cao would not have thought of him as the king's younger brother anyway.

Ayawara Maharaja was equivalent to a county king in the Ming Dynasty.

However, in front of Chen Cao, he was nothing.

Li Li bowed to Chen Cao, standard Chinese: "Li Li, a subordinate minister of the country, meet His Royal Highness King Liang of Shangguo." ”

Chen Cao cleared his throat, and then said, "Ayahara-kun will look at the battle situation first, and then we will slowly discuss state affairs after we go ashore." ”

The rifle was far more powerful than the arquebus and flintlock pistol, and the corpses of the Korean puppet army and the Jiannu lay on the shore plain, and the blood slowly flowed down the sand to the Han River.

Li Li and Chen Cao got off the boat together, and when he saw the pierced corpse, he couldn't help retching.

Chen Cao was not surprised, that is, he couldn't accept the bullet-pierced corpse at first, and he was used to seeing the scenes that would not appear at all on TV in the past.

Feng Zhongping commanded and saluted Chen Cao: "Lord Wang, Jiannu ran away, and the Korean puppet army also ran away, my department asked for instructions on whether to pursue?" ”

Chen Cao looked at the war horse that had just crossed the river, and then shook his head: "Don't chase it, after the troops land on the shore, prepare their armaments, and let's set off for Seoul." ”

"Yes..."

Chen Cao was surrounded by a variety of brocade guards and new troops, and Li Li suddenly felt that he could not compare with the prince of the Ming Dynasty.

Moreover, he is at the level of the county king, and Chen Cao is the prince, even if he is the king of North Korea, when he encounters the Ming Dynasty's envoy to North Korea, he must greet him with a smile, and he does not dare to slack off.

Li Li said: "Your Majesty asks His Royal Highness King Liang, what kind of firearms does the army under his command use?" It's so powerful. ”

Chen Cao took a Kang Xing rifle from Zhao Xin's hand, and then skillfully pulled the bolt, and the Huang Chengcheng bullet was loaded into the chamber at a speed visible to the naked eye.

"Ayahara-kun, this thing is my Ming Dynasty's new musket, the power is amazing, this battle of Seoul, you see how my Ming Dynasty taught those Jiannu people and the Korean puppet army troops."

Chen Cao was talking big, and suddenly Feng Zhongping ran back again: "Lord Wang, Daxi, our scout has reported that a large number of Jiannu soldiers and Korean puppet soldiers rushed from the direction of Qingpoyi, with no less than 10,000 people. ”

Chen Cao has a little black face, his own side has just landed, and the opponent is coming, this guy is not worried at all, but his face is excited, I think it is also because he has a sharp thing in his hands, and he looks down on the opponent at all...

However, in front of him, the first division had just successfully landed on the shore, and the second division had only half of the people who had crossed the river, and the third division was still behind him.

Chen Cao made a gesture of please: "Ayahara-kun, let's go and have a look." ”

Erli naturally will not be trapped in the lonely city, his intelligence is that there are more than 10,000 Ming troops landed in Incheon, and then another group of troops went towards Guangjin Pass, so the number of Ming troops in front of him will not exceed 5,000 people, even if there are 10,000 people, but he has 3,000 Jurchen elites under his command, as well as more than 10,000 Korean puppet troops who surrender to Cheng, and there are enough firearms to support, even if the Ming army has an advantage in numbers, but under the vanguard charge of the Korean puppet army, the elite cavalry under his command will strike backward, and everything is over.

Xin Laosan has made meritorious service in Fenshui Pass, according to his rank as a brigade commander, the current military lord is also in the title of guerrilla general, if he has made meritorious service in North Korea, he may be able to mix a deputy division commander or even a division commander.

The defensive line in front of him happened to be in charge of his second brigade, and several of his colleagues were already envious, because fighting the Korean army was like an adult bullying a three-year-old child.

Thinking of this, Xin Laosan's face was not only slightly red: "Xu Tao, your department will go up first..."