Chapter 275: The city of Pyongyang is broken
In the early morning ......of the next day, there was a sound of footsteps in Li Rusong's big tent, which woke Li Rusong from his chair. I saw him slowly open his eyes, and then straighten his armor and strode out of the tent.
Without words, Li Rusong swept away the troops full of resentment, nodded, and walked straight to Pyongyang City with the army. At the bottom of the city, the attacks on the west and east gates were all changed to feints.
Li Rusong pointed at the west gate and shouted: "Fire!! ”
"Boom, boom, boom!!" Several cannons were fired in unison, and suddenly the cannon fire on the head of the city was in the sky, and the rubble flew indiscriminately. The Japanese army fled in a hurry over the city.
"Kill, !!" After a round of shelling is completed, there is no need for Li Rusong to give an order. The cessation of the cannonade is the order.
The Ming army carried the ladder and rushed frantically down the city, and the Japanese troops on the city wall kept throwing rolling stones, hot oil, and dung. As soon as the Ming army rode up the ladder, they climbed up desperately.
These Japanese troops are all descendants of Toyotomi Hideyoshi, especially the First Army of Konishi Yukinaga, which is the descendant of the lineage. Therefore, in the face of the wolf-like Ming army, they were not afraid.
If it is far away, it will be suppressed with muskets and rolling stones, and if the Ming army climbs to the top of the city, it will fight hand-to-hand with the Ming army. In an instant, the Ming army suffered heavy casualties. The Ming army was also red-eyed, and the ladder was pushed by them, and it was over again, and they fell down from the ladder, and continued to climb up without dying.
Anyway, it's just one word: "!" "Kill these brutes.
The west gate and the north gate are under fire, but the south gate is unusually quiet. Eight thousand traitors, that is, two dogs, sat leisurely on the city wall at this time, as if this war had nothing to do with them.
Li Rusong took 10,000 soldiers and horses, and pulled the Franco machine gun to the south gate.
"Boom, boom, boom!!" A round of shelling, gravel flew on the south gate, and the two dogs in the city were in a mess.
"The Ming army is coming, run."
"Ahh My hand, help me,"
"Don't squeeze, who's squeezing Lao Tzu."
“......”
They roared loudly and ran down the city.
The leader of the two dogs saw that this was not good, and hurriedly tried his best to stop it: "Don't retreat, don't retreat." ”
"Boom, boom, boom!!" Another round of shells flew and happened to land not far from him, and he was knocked down by the aftermath of the shells, struggled to his feet, and joined the rout.
They were originally two dogs, and it was okay to fight with the wind, but when they encountered a little resistance, they immediately collapsed. When the smoke cleared, the walls were empty.
Li Rusong and the others looked at each other, with a big question mark in their hearts: "This is won?" ”
"Break the city!" Li Rusong brandished his saber and commanded his subordinates to charge. Suddenly, countless Ming troops rushed to the south gate with cloud ladders.
As soon as the Ming army reached the top of the city, the Japanese army arrived, and the two teams of men and horses fought fiercely on the city wall. The Ming army lost one after another in the siege of the city, and it was already holding back the fire, and now the Japanese army has no advantage of the city wall, and it is the opponent of the Ming army.
After hours of fierce fighting, the Japanese had lost most of them, but they still did not flinch, but engaged the Ming army in hand-to-hand combat. The rest of the gates were scorched, and Japanese reinforcements continued to pour towards the south gate.
If the city is not broken again, the Ming army at the south gate will become a lone army.
Seeing this scene, Li Rusong gritted his teeth and said, "Go and pull up Lao Tzu's general cannon for me." ”
The Great General Cannon, as the name suggests, is certainly of a large caliber. It is said that the cannon body is more than three feet long, weighs more than several hundred catties, has a shining star in front and a door in the back, has a charge of more than one catty, and the lead (cannonball) weighs three to five catties, and the firing range can reach one mile away.
It is large and heavy, and it also has a fatal drawback, that is, it is easy to blow up. If it weren't for Li Rusong's insistence, the Ming army wouldn't have planned to bring this thing.
Li Rusong asked his subordinates to aim at the city gate, "Boom!" A cannon rang out, and the gates were broken. Countless Ming troops poured into the southern city again, and the southern city was broken. Li Rusong was overjoyed, and asked people to bring the city gate to the west gate, aimed at the Qixing Gate, and came with a shot.
The cannon also hit the target, and the cannonball collided with the Seven Star Gate, and a loud sound erupted. After the smoke cleared, the Seven Star Gate collapsed with a bang.
The Ming army, which was still besieging the city, watched the Qixing Gate break, and tens of thousands of Ming soldiers brandished butcher knives, red eyes, and shouted loudly: "Kill!" "Rush into the city.
Seeing that the Seven Star Gate was broken, the Japanese troops in the city lost their last resistance and retreated into the city one after another. The Japanese army ran in front, and the Ming army was frantically chasing after them.
Konishi Yukichang is also worthy of being known as a famous Japanese general, with two brushes, and after the city was broken, he did not immediately abandon the city to break through, but prepared to fight with Li Rusong in the city.
Governor Konishi quickly gathered his troops and gathered them in three places, namely the Yeongjeong Pavilion in Pyongyang City, the Fengyue Tower, and the Peony Terrace in the North City. These three places have one thing in common, that is, they are high, the terrain is dangerous, and it is easy to defend and difficult to attack.
They were ready early, muskets, bows and arrows, and all kinds of rolling stones were waiting for the Ming army to attack.
If the Ming army attacked, even if it was taken, it would have to pay a great price, and if the Japanese reinforcements arrived, the situation would be reversed. However, when it comes to Japanese reinforcements, Konishi Yukicho shouldn't be able to wait.
Toyotomi Hideyoshi's other troops were in the southern region, and the closest to him was Mori Terumoto's Sixth Army, but this Mori did not listen to the announcement. Toyotomi Hideyoshi still couldn't command him, and he didn't even look at Mori Terumoto's several requests for help from Konishi Yuki, so he threw it into the furnace and burned it.
At the same time, Mori Terumoto also said: "The Korean rebels in the jurisdiction are frequently active, and he is too busy to take care of himself, so he asks Konishi Yukicho to stick to it. ”
After Li Rusong entered the city, he looked at the condescending Japanese army, and did not immediately attack. Instead, they found firewood and piled it under the stronghold, and at the same time pulled in the cannons, and in an instant, the artillery fire under the stronghold was continuous, and the temperature rose instantly, and the smoke and scorching temperature of the firewood made the Japanese army cry bitterly.
Thick black smoke wafted from the entire city of Pyongyang.
Konishi Yukinaga kept coughing: "Ahem, cough ....." Tears came out with snot.
"Little... Xijun, abandon the city quickly, if you don't abandon the city, we will be wiped out. ”
Governor Konishi grabbed the man's collar and roared loudly: "Don't retreat, this is all a ploy of the Ming army." They want us to get out, and if we leave the stronghold, we'll have to ...... dead. ”
"Ahem, cough ......" Halfway through the words, a puff of smoke entered his lungs, and Konishi Yukicho's face turned red.
One of his subordinates weakly proposed: "Konishi-kun, I heard that wetting the cloth with urine and covering your mouth and nose can block this smoke. ”
Governor Konishi hurriedly instructed his subordinates to wet the cloth strips with urine, and then covered his mouth and nose, and if he didn't urinate, he could only ask the brother next to him to borrow something. Suddenly, the whole city was full of urine.
"Konishi-kun, give." The lieutenant handed the strip of cloth wet with urine to Yukito Konishi.
Smelling the smell of urine emanating from above, Konishi almost vomited, but in order to survive, he had to take it and cover his mouth and nose.
Although this smoke can be stopped, but this high temperature is real, Li Rusong is not in a hurry when he sees that the other side is so enduring. While instructing his subordinates to rescue the Korean residents in the city, he asked people to continue firing artillery at the stronghold.
The fire continued overnight, and by the next morning, many Japanese soldiers had been scorched. The smell of corpses wafted throughout the city of Pyongyang, and the stench was so strong that it could not be dissipated for a long time.
Although the Ming army tortured them so much, the Japanese army had not yet collapsed, and they still hid in their strongholds, fantasizing about a heavy rain to extinguish the raging fire.
Li Rusong looked at it, ouch, it's quite bearable. The next day, he was asked to continue to increase the firepower, and then continue to bombard. It was a cloudless day, and the fire continued to burn for another day, and the Japanese army finally could not hold on.
They escaped from the stronghold and prepared to rush out of Pyongyang City, but now the four gates have been blocked, and there is no way to escape, and all the Japanese troops who came out have become live targets for the Ming army, and they have been annihilated by the angry Ming army.
The five devil leaders gathered together again and began to discuss what to do next.
Governor Konishi gritted his teeth and said, "Fight, fight until the Ming army talks with us." ”
Tengtian Qingzheng immediately jumped out and retorted: "Xiaoxijun, you are too optimistic, now I am a fish and a knife." Will the Ming army negotiate peace with us? ”
Governor Konishi glanced at him: "So, if we want to get the capital to negotiate, we have to let the Ming army know that we are not soft persimmons." ”
As soon as these words came out, the four people, including Fujita Kiyomasa, nodded one after another. They all said that they would reorganize their forces and resist the Ming army to the end.
The fire burned for another day, and Li Rusong thought to himself, this time the Japanese army will finally lose its combat effectiveness. When the Ming army stopped the fire and rushed to the city, the Japanese army, which had been smoked by the fire for two days, jumped out again.
They relied on favorable terrain, coupled with surprise, and the first Ming troops suffered heavy casualties. Li Rusong soon got the news that the Japanese resistance was still stubborn.
Li Rusong frowned, not knowing what to do. His staff officer Li Ying took the test, and at this time he jumped out to give advice:
"Admiral, we might as well make peace with them. Let them out of Pyongyang and go to the plains, and our 3,000 cavalry will be ......."
Li Yingxuan once again played his lower limit, although it was shameless, but it was very good against the Japanese. Li Rusong looked at his staff officer playfully, patted him on the shoulder, and said, "This matter will be handled by you, remember not to be too loud." ”
Li Yingqian bowed his hand at him, and walked out with a smile.
At noon that day, the news that Li Rusong wanted peace talks reached the ears of the five old devils.
"Yo Xi, Konishi-kun deserves to be Japan's number one general, and he really expects things like a god." Masanori Fukushima slapped Yukinaga Konishi's ass.
Even Kiyomasa Fujita, who has always been not very good at him, has to admire the strategic vision of Yukito Konishi this time.
Governor Konishi looked at a few people proudly, and then shouted at one of them: "Inoue-kun, the life and death of my 20,000-strong army are all in your thoughts." ”
That's right, this unlucky guy is Hirohiko Inoue, who negotiated with Li Yingjiao for the first time. In this second negotiation, President Konishi is ready to send him again.