Tang Yin smoothly came out of Yin Bishang's station, and took a hundred people to the camp thirty miles north of the city to join the Chinese army.

But before he could go far, he saw the light of torches in the distance, and it was obvious that Xu Jing had begun to advance in the direction of Hanyang City according to his orders.

As for Cheng Jun's situation, Tang Yin was not worried, after all, Cheng Jun only had two or three hundred envoys, and none of them were elite generals, so it was not difficult for Xu Jing to deal with it.

"Your Excellency, General Park's people are here."

Tang Yin stopped his horse at a high place and saw three fast horses walking north along the road.

Tang Yin immediately asked people to go over to intercept him, but he saw that the people sent by the Park Yuan Sect came over to salute Tang Yin: "On the mission, Marshal Park has already greeted the guards at the city gate, and has collected the generals such as Bian Xiu and Cui Han of the Training Institute, as well as more than 300 of their servants, and the 100 people before have gone to the direction of Changdeok Palace." It is said that the lord of the country is staying in Changdeokgung Palace tonight. ”

"Why is he in such a hurry?"

Tang Yin was angry.

I brought more than 1,000 people, and you are still too little, but after you went to the city gate, you pulled a group of old troops and collected people, and 400 people dared to attack the palace of North Korea?

Tang Yin knew that Changdeokgung Palace was one of the three major palaces in Korea, Gyeongbokgung Palace was mostly used for imperial government, and Changdeokgung Palace was more like the emperor's annex.

"Go back with me, after joining the troops and horses, attack the city!"

Tang Yin suddenly realized that Park Yuanzong might temporarily turn against the water, or that it was not in line with his intentions, and now after releasing Park Yuanzong, it was a bit like a tiger returning to the mountain, so he had to go to meet with the thousand men and horses now to have a chance to take Hanyang City.

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Tang Yin struggled hard to meet with Xu Jing's department.

"It's Lord Tang." Liu Gui rode in front, and when he found that it was not the North Korean soldiers and horses, but a hundred people led by Tang Yin, he hurriedly stepped forward to greet him.

After Tang Yin came over, he saw that next to Xu Jing's horse, Cheng Jun was tied to the horse by the five flowers.

Cheng Jun asked sharply: "Do you want to use these people to shake my Korean monarchy?" Don't overdo it! Even if it is the suzerainty of the Ming Dynasty, it is not qualified to interfere in the internal affairs of our DPRK. ”

"Shut up!"

Xu Jing looked impatient, obviously he had enough of Cheng Jun's shouting along the way.

Tang Yin asked, "Why don't you plug his mouth?" ”

"yes?" Xu Jingren was still a little confused.

is also because he has never had experience in "rebellion", let alone leading troops, but it is also because what Cheng Jun shouted before was in Korean, and Xu Jing didn't understand it, so he thought he was blind Bibi.

But now he realizes that Cheng Jun is trying to "set things right" for the North Korean soldiers who followed Xu Jing.

"Thanks to your reminder, Bohu, otherwise it would have been a big mistake." Xu Jing looked ashamed.

Tang Yin frowned, reminding you to block Cheng Jun's mouth, what kind of serious thing is this?

His eyes also fell on Hanyang City, which was more than ten miles away, and Hanyang City was still quiet at this time, not at all like it had a chance to attack the city.

He was also wondering, Park Yuanzong wouldn't have died in the city because he was in a hurry, right?

Once the gates are closed, it will be difficult to enter the city again.

Tang Yin said: "Let the soldiers of the Ming Dynasty be in front, the soldiers and horses of North Korea will be behind, and the cavalry will follow...... Enter the city in two batches. If it is late, it will be discovered by the lord of North Korea, and we will only have to blow up the city gate if we want to enter the city again. ”

"Yes, yes, let's go!" Xu Jing doesn't look like a coach at all.

In other words, even Tang Yin does not look like a coach.

But fortunately, the Ming and Korean soldiers and horses they brought were more admired by Tang Yin's deeds of guarding Duobi City for more than three months, and they also followed Tang Yin to eat and have the opportunity to "make meritorious contributions", which would make them willing to follow Tang Yin to play with their lives.

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Tang Yin took 200 Ming cavalry, plus more than 200 cavalry on the Korean side, and a team of 400 people hurriedly went to the west gate of Hanyang City.

That's the agreed direction into the city.

Before he arrived at the city gate, he saw soldiers and horses on the opposite side covering up and killing him, and Tang Yin shouted in his heart that something bad would happen.

However, he still let the soldiers and horses prepare on the spot, and used guns and artillery to resist the attack on the North Korean soldiers and horses.

But when they got closer, it was the other side who sent a messenger to sue for peace.

"It's General Park's man." There was Park Wonjong's lieutenant general informed.

Tang Yin did not step forward, but asked the North Koreans to go over to receive the people, and when they got closer, they found that there were only fifty or sixty people in total.

"Why didn't you attack Changdeok Palace with Park Wonjong?" Tang Yin sensed that the army was in chaos, and now he also wanted to know the situation in the city.

Someone on the other side said something, and the translator here brought the words to Tang Yin: "General Park took people to Changdeok Palace, but he was killed by Ren Shihong's people on the way, and now Ren Shihong's people are fighting back, and their fifty people were originally guarding the city gate, but they abandoned the city and fled when they found that something was wrong." ”

Tang Yin scolded in his heart.

This Park Yuanzong is really not enough to succeed, and there is more than enough failure.

Let you guard the city gate first, and cooperate with a thousand soldiers and horses to enter the city, if you have to be strong, you know that there are as many as 20,000 or 30,000 defenders in the city, and you can rely on four or five hundred people to succeed?

"Into town!" Tang Yin had no intention of backing down.

Xu Jing said: "Bohu, forget it, you see that the city gate may not be able to hold it!" ”

Tang Yin said angrily: "When you get to the city gate, shoot me cannons!" If you can't get in, you will blow it in, or you will be allowed to eat dry food? ”

At a critical time, Tang Yin stabilized the morale of the army.

A group of more than 400 people continued to kill in the direction of the west gate, but when they arrived at the city gate, they found that the city gate was open and quiet inside.

However, it was Park Wonjong who summoned all the people at the gate of the city to the training center, and then attacked Changdeokgung Palace, and the people stationed at the gate ran out of the city, and the west gate of Hanyang City in North Korea seemed to be unfortified.

This also made Tang Yin speechless.

This is how your capital of North Korea is defended? Even if the city gate is lost, the other garrisons don't know who came to occupy the city gate?

"Guard the gates!"

Tang Yin didn't care whether it was an ambush or not, anyway, the city gate was placed there now, and the front-line men and horses were more than forty cavalry of the Ming Dynasty, with twelve cannons in it, and the first thing after entering the city was to get out of the way, and then set up the twelve light cannons, and no one put two rounds of cannons first.

"Boom, boom, boom......"

It is said that it is to open the way with artillery, it is better to say that it is to inspire the morale of the army, and when the twenty-four cannons go down, there are fires everywhere in the city, but they do not hit any living creatures.

However, this is a great encouragement for the follow-up people who will enter the city.

After Tang Yin entered the city and decided to occupy the west gate of Hanyang City, he received a message: "My lord, there are men and horses of the defenders, and they are coming to the city gate under the leadership of Lord Shen Shouqin, but they have already retreated after hearing the sound of cannons. ”

Tang Yin didn't expect that he would let people fire a few shots after entering the city, and by mistake, Li Deli would scare away the people who were on duty.

"How many?" Xu Jing on the side asked.

The messenger of the report: "Lord Shen Shouqin led at least two or three thousand soldiers and horses, and now they are all on the way to Changdeokgung Palace, it seems that they are going to stop General Park!" ”

It is Ren Shihong again, and he is cautious and diligent, and there are at least three or four thousand people on both sides.

And Park Yuanzong only brought three or four hundred people......

Tang Yin needed to judge the situation quickly now, but he felt a mess in his head.

Is it to fight, or to withdraw...... This is a proposition.

If you withdraw, how can you go back and deal with Zhang Zhou?

If you keep playing......

Even if the six or seven hundred men and horses entered the city in the future, he was only a man of more than a thousand men, and he was just fighting with Shen Shouqin and Ren Shihong's men and horses, and it was almost a dozen three or even five, with advanced weapons...... That was limited to the two hundred Ming guards he personally led.

"If I had known, how nice would it be to bring the 4,000 people who stayed behind, and so many artillery?" Xu Jing on the side was obviously reminding Tang Yin that now we can't do it, let's run.

Even Tang Yin hesitated, and even inclined to withdraw from the city, and then Xu Tu timed.

Another herald arrived: "There are seven or eight hundred soldiers and civilians in the city, with farm tools, etc., and they have already cooperated with General Park to gain a firm foothold near the three streets of Changdeokgung Palace!" ”

"What?"

Tang Yin frowned.

Pu Yuanzong's three or four hundred people went to complete the offensive and defensive battle with Ren Shihong and the three or four thousand men who were on guard, and even if they were defeated, the ordinary people in the city also joined the battle? A bunch of people carrying hoes or something, and the total number of people is less than a thousand, and they can actually stand firm?

The Korean defenders are nothing more than that.

Not to mention Tang Yin, even Xu Jing and others heard about it, and their confidence increased greatly.

"Rush to help!" Tang Yin ordered.

The general of the North Korean gate was surnamed Yin, and Tang Yin didn't know what it was called, so he asked: "Then my lord, how many people are left to guard the city gate?" ”

Tang Yin said: "Leave a fart!" ”

When the fire burned his eyebrows, Tang Yin had already burst into foul language.

Xu Jing reminded: "This is our retreat, if we don't leave people, how will the follow-up people enter the city?" ”

As he was talking, there was also a report later: "The people outside the city are less than two miles away from the city gate......

"No waiting!" Tang Yin said, "If you don't rush to help, Park Yuanzong is only afraid that he can't be defeated!" All the troops rush to help! Kill! ”

"Kill!"

The Ming Dynasty and the Korean coalition army that entered the city with Tang Yin were also very confused at this time.

They haven't seen any decent resistance until now, and they don't know how the defense of the capital of North Korea can be so slack, but in addition to the Ming soldiers in the coalition army, they have not experienced the appearance of the Korean royal city, and they don't know if it is like this today or all the time, anyway, let them attack the palace now, they just run.

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Before Tang Yin's aid arrived, the men and horses led by Park Yuanzong had indeed reached the point where it was difficult to support them alone.

When he learned that Lee was in Changdeokgung Palace that day, and that Changdeokgung Palace's defense was not as strong as Gyeongbokgung's, he thought of capturing Changdeokgung Palace with lightning speed and deposing Lee, so that the initiative would be on the side of North Korea.

While he followed Tang Yin to do great things, he still wanted to do things alone.

He thought that he could respond to every call on the way to attack Changdeokgung Palace, but the ordinary people in the city supported him very much...... This stems from the fact that Li expanded the palace in the past two years and forcibly occupied the people's daughters, which made the people in the city complain.

But the defenders in the city, especially the generals of the old Xun faction such as Ren Shihong and Shen Shouqin, were not vegetarians.

However, the defenders such as Ren Shihong and Shen Shouqin were obviously also "beaten" by Park Yuanzong.

The lights are dark, they don't know how many rebels there are, and they don't even know who is leading the troops, they only know that the west gate of the city was captured for no reason, and it is said that the envoys of the Ming Dynasty outside the city are also leading troops into the city...... Hear the cannon again......

At this time, Park Yuanzong's department had not yet been wiped out, and it was also because the defenders did not know the situation on the other side, and at the critical time, they only wanted to garrison Gyeongbokgung Palace and Changdeokgong Palace first to ensure that the palace was not lost, and then after investigating the situation, other people and horses would take back the lost west gate of the city.

Also confused were the defenders of the remaining gates in the city, as well as the garrisons in the city, and even the men and horses stationed outside the city did not understand the situation.

It's the ......

Tang Yin and Park Yuanzong did not have many soldiers and horses, but because the entry into the city was too smooth, and the situation of attacking Changdeok Palace was formed, all parties did not dare to move under the situation of unclear battle situation.

is also afraid of being held accountable by Li afterwards.

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Over time, though.

Ren Shihong's department, which was stationed in Changdeok Palace and set up checkpoints to stop Park Yuanzong, was the first to discover that the rebels were just a group of "paper tigers", a team of less than 1,000 people, and there were many ordinary people who came out with hoes, and they were not even equipped with weapons.

Immediately, Ren Shihong ordered a counterattack.

At this time, the cautious vanguard had just come over and completed the encirclement of Park Yuanzong's department.

But it was also at this moment that the sound of "boom, boom, boom" came again.

It is also because in the past year, the reputation of the Ming artillery, especially the flowering cannon, is too great, and Ren Shihong's department has almost forced Park Yuanzong's department to no way back, but after hearing the sound of the cannon, they don't even know where the cannon is going, but they have to retreat.

Because their mission was not to destroy Park Wonjong's rebels, but to hold on to Changdeokgung Palace and Gyeongbokgung Palace.

"Bang ......"

Immediately, the soldiers of the Ming Dynasty opened the way with firearms, and Tang Yin personally led the cavalry through the streets and alleys to the position of Pu Yuanzong's department.

By the time Tang Yin arrived, Ren Shihong's men had already retreated a street, and the cautious reinforcements had also changed their routes.

When Tang Yin arrived at the position, he found corpses lying everywhere...... When I saw Park Yuanzong in the past, I found that Park Yuanzong was covered in blood.

"Also...... There are less than two hundred people left......"

The 200 people mentioned were not the nearly 400 regular troops he led, but the city's citizens who rebelled with him, but many of the city's people fled temporarily when they saw that the wind was not in the right direction, or they found a place to hide.

But in this battle, at least five or six hundred people died on Park Yuanzong's side.

Tang Yin said: "Attack Changdeok Palace." ”

"Don't go." Park Yuanzong said, "There are at least thousands of people on the other side. They set up all the roads and couldn't get through. ”

Tang Yin said angrily: "Are you retreating? ”

Park Yuanzong said: "If you wait for the 4,000 reinforcements, there is still a chance." ”

"No way!" Tang Yin didn't know where he got the courage at this time, and said sharply, "If you withdraw from the city, you will never have a chance to kill in." Your errands are done today! All that's left is to listen to my orders and send men and horses to attack the city! ”

Xu Jing got off the horse and saw the dead bodies all over the ground, he didn't dare to go forward, he said from afar: "Can you still pull reinforcements?" ”

"Yes, yes, yes." Tang Yin also seemed to be inspired, "Reinforcements! Now that we're deep into the city, we can get more people to help, and we'll be able to take Changdeokgung Palace faster. ”

"Report ...... The follow-up has entered the city......"

"Very good, the artillery will open the way, wait for the reinforcements to arrive, do not guard the city gates, only attack Changdeok Palace!"

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Tang Yin is now a desperate gamble.

There are not many people on hand, but now the defenders are obviously a little timid, it is the critical time for the two sides to wrestle, Tang Yin knows that once he admits intimidation, he will lose.

As an envoy of the Ming Dynasty, he had 200 Ming soldiers in his hands, and of course 100 people remained in the combined army of Hwanghae Province and Gyeonggi Province, and it was impossible to expect that group of men and horses to attack Hanyang City, but if it was captured, 4,000 men and horses entered the city, it was possible to maintain order.

Now the key is to see if we can take Changdeokgung Palace in one go.

"Disarm or kill!"

Tang Yin came out with his troops, and saw another galloping men and horses coming, and this group of people and horses was obviously not cautious or Ren Shihong.

What they were holding was nothing more than ordinary swords, not even archers, and when they heard the shouts from here in the language of the Ming Dynasty, they immediately knew that this was a "rebel".

Immediately, all the way to the people, it was almost "inexplicable" to be co-opted.

"Bo Yin, it's me."

The people who came were not considered the defenders, but the temporarily organized galloping men, probably also seeing the wind and ruddering, if it was found that the defenders were superior, they would also join the side of the defenders.

But when they came and saw that the coalition forces had gained a foothold, they did not hesitate to join the side.

"Tang Shangcha, this person is Cheng Xiyan I told you, he is a senator of Xingcao, and he has many old ministers as colleagues in the city!"

Park Wonjong didn't have the heart to fight, so he thought about running away.

Now that Cheng Xiyan has also arrived with "reinforcements", he feels a little more confident.

But when he knew that Cheng Xiyan only brought three or four hundred people, he hesitated a little.

"How far is it from Changdeokgung Palace?" Tang Yin is in the country of North Korea, and his eyes are really black at night.

Cheng Xiyan said: "There are still three streets!" However, the guards have already defended several streets, and they can't be killed! ”

"The Divine Machine Camp opens the way!"

Tang Yin didn't talk nonsense, got on his horse and continued to command the battle.

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After Ren Shihong and Shen Shoudi's men and horses converged, the number of people in his department had exceeded 5,000.

And they are all the elite of the Korean Imperial Forest Army.

The so-called elite is just a few more crossbowmen, and even firecrackers, their strategy is not to kill, but to defend Changdeokgung Palace and Gyeongbokgung Palace.

But it was the soldiers of the Ming Dynasty who directly covered up and killed.

The two sides were still three or four hundred paces apart, that is, more than 200 meters away, and they had not yet reached the range of attack of the North Korean side.

However, there was a "boom boom" sound from the back release.

The shells are coming again.

And every time it landed, it exploded directly.

The defensive formation, which was originally very complete, was directly blasted by the artillery.

But in fact, the artillery is fired from a distance of four or five hundred meters, which means that as long as the defenders do not kill it, there is nothing they can do about the artillery.

What's more...... After being bombarded for a round, the defenders had already regrouped into battle formations and were ready to use wooden shields to resist the crossbowmen and firecrackers on the Ming side, but the firecrackers on the Ming side were also fired.

"Bang ......"

Two hundred meters away, direct fire was fired, and the defenders were holding shields in front of them, but they immediately spotted ...... The shield is useless against firebolt bullets.

The soldiers in front were then beaten into a sieve.

"Kill!"

Immediately, the cavalry of the Ming Dynasty quickly advanced with firearms and the archers of the Korean side of the coalition army.

A seemingly complete line of defense was directly opened into a gap.

"Ahh

The battlefield is chaotic.

But there was one thing that the royalist defenders did not expect, and that was that they completely underestimated the tremendous lethality of firearms in such street fighting.

(End of chapter)