All the way around the south gate to find an opportunity to meet the retreat of the Qi army, the other way to attack the defenders near Cangguang Mountain, looking for an opportunity to assist the Qi army to break through the encirclement, and then charge all the way to the city to attract the main force of the enemy to besiege Wei to save Zhao's plan, Lord Commander, you are here to command, okay?

Li Rusong also knew that his body did not allow him to go into battle, of course, as a military general with strategy and strategy, this show that was seriously injured and could not get out of the line of fire still had to be done, and the show that the generals around him persuaded him to do was also to be done, and Chu Fan's arrangement just gave Li Rusong a reason not to go into battle in person, which can be said to have given Li Rusong a big step. Wouldn't it be very encouraging to wait until later to spread the rumor that General Li insisted on going into battle in person despite being seriously injured in order to save Qi's army.

If there is a slope, you have to go down.

Li Rusong nodded helplessly, and arranged: "Zhang Shixun took the right army back to the south gate and tried to lead Lord Wu to retreat. Yang Yuan led the left army to Cangguang Mountain to fight the siege and tried to help them break through.

Deputy General Zha and Chu Fan led the Chinese army to feint to attack Qingchangli, the center of the city. The three armies are all under the command of Chu Fan on the front line, by the way, Chu Fan, I now order you to be the deputy chief of the Liaodong Iron Cavalry, and the leaders and guards are all in command of the ranks. ”

The deputy chief of the Liaodong Iron Cavalry, the leading guards are all in command of the ranks, what does it mean?

Li Rubai was the deputy chief of the Liaodong Iron Cavalry before he cut the envoy of the second wave country, and the commander of the guards was the commander of the affairs, and the position can be said to be Li Rusong's deputy, and the position can be regarded as Li Rusong's spokesperson.

Of course, leadership positions are limited, and if someone is promoted, some people will naturally be dismissed, such as Li Rubai, the envoy of the second wave country.

When Li Rusong announced this series of military deployments and personnel appointments and dismissals, it was obvious that everyone was shocked, and you could even see the corners of Li Rubai's mouth twitch obviously.

But everyone should also be prepared for this appointment, if it weren't for Chu Fan's improvement of the Franco cannon, several city gates would not know how much to pay to take it, if it wasn't for Chu Fan's meritorious negotiations, how could there be a chance to bring a battalion into the city and join forces with the outside and the outside, if it wasn't for Chu Fan, maybe Zha Dashou and Yang Yuan would have been ambushed in the city of Xiaoximen urn.

Therefore, Chu Fan's front line commander should be said to be a person who everyone can accept this appointment, after all, except for Li Rusong, there is really no one who can pick a better commander than Chu Fan, and many people here can not die and make war exploits, all of which are due to Chu Fan's contributions.

There is only one person who sneers at this appointment, and of course it is Li Rubai, who has been dismissed from office and is making meritorious contributions.

If you don't return to you, people are better than you, what can you do?

Now it's not intrigue in the court, let alone playing in your old Li family's house, between victory and defeat, on the battlefield where your life is at stake, only the strong are needed.

Chu Fan couldn't help but be a little surprised when he won such an honor, although he did make a lot of contributions, but he was still a little surprised when he was suddenly asked to command the whole army, but since luck came, let's enjoy it.

Wu Weizhong, as the leader of the Qi family's army, was actually a supporting role in this battle, only with 3,000 troops to attack the South Gate, why did 3,000 troops dare to attack the South City?

Namseong is between Pyongyang's Jeongyangmun Gate and Hanmun Gate, the terrain is open, easy to defend and difficult to attack, and the attacking troops rushing in are a live target.

It was the second army that did not take this place as the focus of defense, but when the Qi family army rushed in, they found a phenomenon, the characteristics of the Qi family army - strong cross-country ability.

Although it is an infantry, but because of the struggle with the Japanese for many years, they have developed a special skill, the Japanese are generally a small force, on the shore to rob, after the robbery is finished, to run, either to the mountain, or to the boat, is to the Qi family army specialized in fighting the Japanese also put forward higher cross-country mobility requirements.

For the Qi army, climbing the mountain is the biggest strength, so when the south gate was breached, they did not go to the open area, but climbed the Guangcang Mountain, trying to take advantage of their strong cross-country ability to cross the mountain and join the Chinese army at the west gate.

But their luck wasn't good.

Just as they crossed the mountain and were about to enter the city, they passed near the Xiaoxi Gate, and the archers and gunners in the ambush in the urn city near the Xiaoxi Gate were so bombarded by the cannons outside that they couldn't raise their heads, and they didn't see Chu Fan and his group enter the ambush circle for a long time.

But soon after, he found that a group of Ming troops ran down from the Guangcang Mountain next to them, just within the range of their muskets and bows and arrows, condescending, it was a fierce beating, the Qi family army suffered serious losses, and immediately retreated to Guangcang Mountain, but it was impossible to return to Nancheng, because Governor Konishi personally came to cut off their back road.

Governor Konishi received the news that Li Rusong, the commander of the Ming army, was wounded, and then observed the west gate, although the city gate was controlled by the Ming army, but it has not been attacked in the city for half a day, because he thought that the commander of the Ming army may have died, and for a while, Xicheng will not be under too much pressure, so he played various tactics to break down, and wanted to annihilate Wu Weizhong's troops who came into the south city on Guangcang Mountain.

However, he may have underestimated the strength and determination of the Qi family.

Wu Weizhong knew that he was surrounded by the front and back, and there was nowhere to hide, except for hoping for reinforcements, he made another solemn mobilization in the history of the Qi family's army, and he only said one sentence: "The Japanese are at the bottom of the mountain, brothers, kill!" ”

For Qi Jiajun, a native of Zhejiang, the Japanese are their natural addiction, and they are excited when they hear these two words. For them, which one has not been robbed by the pirates?

Which family didn't have a relative killed by the pirates?

Since childhood, their parents have taught them that they are the worst people in the world, and that it is their natural mission to fight them.

Therefore, they don't need to mobilize to fight the pirates, they just need to tell them where they are.

However, they were facing the elite troops of the secondary army led by Governor Konishi himself, and it was not so simple to break through.

In the middle of Guangcang Mountain, Wu Weizhong led the Qi family army and the elite troops of the second wave country to launch the most tragic battle of this war, almost in the way of fighting for life, both sides were killing with their lives, there was no sign of retreat at all, and it was impossible to see which was stronger and which was weaker for a while.

Chu Fan and his entourage went out of the West Gate Urn City, and the newly appointed front-line commander Chu Fan was studying the map, and after a period of analysis, Chu Fan issued several general orders in a row.

The first general order.

"From this point on, all soldiers are not allowed to cut off their heads, and it is useless to rob them, and they will not be counted in the basis for receiving rewards."

This first command made everyone explode.

Although the new commander-in-chief is a powerful character, when everyone heard this, there was still an uproar.

In the Ming Dynasty, how to reward meritorious deeds after the war? It's just by counting heads, you say that you killed thousands and hundreds of enemy soldiers, how can I verify it? So, talk with human heads.

Moreover, not only does the commander reward the soldiers, relying on the head, that is, the commander reports the results of the battle to the court, but also the head is calculated, and the military department gives rewards according to the number of heads.

Therefore, when you are fighting, when you kill someone, you must take away the head, and sometimes after a big victory, there are too many heads to grab, and there are no more people who charge, and they are all cutting off their heads.

Therefore, Chu Fan found out that most of the people were busy cutting off people's heads in Weng Chengli after breaking the West Gate just now, so the battle of the Ming army in Xicheng was not smooth.

Chu Fan knows very well that now is the critical moment of this war, and the balance of victory and defeat is in his own hands at the moment, and at this time, if it is not forbidden to grab people's heads, victory will need to pay a great price.

But the big guy doesn't do it, we are born and died to fight for you, isn't it just to eat? If you don't let the head be cut, how can I ask you for reimbursement? Shall I give you a thousand?

However, the next sentence proved that Deputy General Soldier Chu was not an unreliable person, he couldn't do anything without paying for his work, and he still had good things to say after the bad ones were finished.

"From now on, we will no longer be paid according to work, we will evaluate according to the performance of the team. Now is the time of Shen, you will act according to the order, complete the task I have arranged, and reward 800 taels of silver for each battalion, and 5 taels of silver for the completion of the month

One hundred taels, three hundred taels of silver for the completion of the hour, one hundred taels of silver for the completion of the sub-hour, and no reward for the completion of tomorrow. ”

Performance appraisal? What the heck? But when everyone savored it, they suddenly felt that this arrangement was still very reliable.

Why?

Generally speaking, a battalion has four or five hundred people, and if the killing goes smoothly today, it can get more than five hundred heads at most, but the price is to sacrifice many people, and five hundred heads are nothing more than a thousand taels of silver reward, and because the tasks performed each time are different, sometimes there is no large-scale fighting, and the number of heads is very small, and the reward is basically no more than one hundred taels. Therefore, if you can complete the task as soon as possible, you can basically get a relatively high reward, even if it is not good, you can complete the task before the time, and you can mix it with three hundred taels, which is still very affordable.

So soon, everyone agreed with Commander Chu's proposal.

However, Li Rusong may not agree very much. Because you, Chu Fan, don't let you cut off people's heads, how can Li Rusong go back and ask for a reward for his merits to the imperial court? You also generously agreed to give such a high reward below, one in and one out, General Li suffered a lot.

The second general order.

"In addition to the three routes of the left army, the right army, and the central army just arranged, they acted according to the deployment, and ordered Zu Chengxun, who was fighting at the Qixing Gate, to change the feint attack to a real attack, and Li Rubai took 500 people to the east gate to replace Li Ning's 2,000 people, and asked Li Ning to immediately detour to the south gate to help."

But I heard Zha Dashou ask: "Li Rubai? ”

It's no wonder that Cha Dashou asked this question, Li Rubai and Li Rusong are completely different, probably because they are spoiled at home, they act exaggeratedly, they are tricky, they can't be literate, they can't be martial, they are basically a waste material, and the mixed deputy commander-in-chief is also due to the promotion of his father's Yin Jue and his brother, and the commander of the Chinese army is actually because his brother is generally in the Chinese army, so he takes him with him, so he doesn't leave his sight and cause trouble, and the actual command of the Chinese army is his brother Li Rusong, he is just a name.

The North Gate and the Seven Star Gate turned into a real attack, which can be understood, increasing the pressure on the enemy army and breaking them one by one, but sending Li Rubai to the East Gate with only 500 people, can you not have doubts about it? Chu Fan saw Cha Dashou's confusion, and said with a smile: "There must be a shortage of teachers, understand?" ”

Zha Dashou nodded as if he didn't understand.

The third general order.

"All the artillery outside the West Gate and the Little West Gate gathered, stationed at the South Gate, and acted at the opportunity."

After receiving the order, the generals began to split up, and the scouts also fled to their respective targets.

War, in fact, is the art of command, and it is obvious that Konishi Yukinaga's artistic cells are a little less than Chu Fan.

Here Wu Weizhong is leading 3,000 troops and 30,000 elite troops of Konishi Yuki, because the number gap is too large, the second army gradually gained the upper hand, Wu Weizhong himself was seriously wounded, and most of the Qi family's army retreated to Guangcang Mountain. Seeing that the battle situation was becoming more and more unfavorable to the Qi family's army, he heard a loud shout: "Look at the sword!" ”

I saw that from the great plain of Nancheng, a group of cavalry killed the generals, rolling dust flying all over the sky, and the leading general was Zhang Shixun, the commander of the right army.

The cavalry team joined the battle group, and the situation changed instantly, and the small west line of the Qi family's army, which had been forced to retreat, was scattered by the cavalry from the side, and a force rushed into two.

About 20,000 people who fought close to Qi's army were the first half, and more than 10,000 people near Konishi Yukichang were the second half.

The military quality of the second army is still good, seeing that the cavalry of the Ming army arrived, the first half immediately moved closer to the half-mountain on the west side of Guangcang Mountain, because the cavalry was not good at mountain combat, the second half gradually shrunk, and moved to the half slope of the east side of Guangcang Mountain, and the second army that ambushed the Qi family army from Xiaoximen Wengcheng also chased out from Weng Chengli at this time, and resisted the north back of the Qi family's army.

If Guangcang Mountain is drawn on a flat map, it is basically an oval with length up and down and narrow left and right, then at this time, the position of Qi's army is basically located in the center of the circle, and Zhang Shixun's cavalry is located on the left side outside the ellipse.

The front half of Konishi's elite troops were below the ellipse, the upper half was above the ellipse, and the secondary army of Konishimon Urn City was on the right side of the ellipse.

Although the cavalry dispersed the elite troops of Konishi Yuki, the Qi family army was surrounded and outflanked on three sides, and the situation was still very critical.

And at this moment, Yang Yuan's reinforcements also reached the top of the ellipse. It seems that the situation is very complicated, but in fact, it can be summed up in one sentence: the Qi family army was surrounded by the second army, and the second army was surrounded by Zhang Shixun and Yang Yuan.

Most of the time, one of the tendons of the people of the second wave is in the desperate and tactical execution, but in terms of strategy, they are still improvised. Konishi Xingchang expected that if he continued to attack the Qi family's army, even if the Qi family's army was slaughtered in the end, he would be surrounded by the inside and outside, and the losses would inevitably be heavy, and if he was forced to the top of Guangcang Mountain, the consequences would be unimaginable.

Thinking of this, Governor Konishi made a decision that he would regret for the rest of his life - the first half and the second half were all transferred to the north side of Guangcang Mountain, and they joined forces with the troops of Xiaoximen Wengcheng.

Speaking of this strategic deployment, there is no big problem, a combination of troops, can effectively avoid the risk of being surrounded by the Ming army inside and outside, after a combination of troops can attack the Ming army in the direction of the West Gate, down through the south of the city to retreat to the Seven Star Gate, can be said to be offensive and retreat can be defended.

But compared to people, it is often a little worse.

Although the second army claims to be a defender of 120,000 people, but there is still a certain amount of moisture here, except for the traitorous troops who have no combat effectiveness, the real second wave country is only about 100,000 people, but most of these 100,000 people come from the warlords of the second wave country, not Toyotomi Hideyoshi's people, basically belong to the miscellaneous army, and the real troops that belong to Toyotomi Hideyoshi's line are the first army led by Konishi Yukinaga and the second army led by Kato Kiyomasa.

Chu Fan and Cha Dashou didn't take much effort to drive the defenders in the center of the city away, or actually scared them away.

Because Konishi Yukinaga took away the elite troops of the First Army, and Kato Kiyomasa of the Second Army led the elite troops to the Seven Star Gate and the North Gate, because these two gates had been a feint attack for a while, and this time it suddenly became a real attack, although the number of Ming troops was not too much, but once these two gates were broken, the second army would completely fall into a situation where the two sides were opened, and he immediately led troops to support the two gates. The defense in the center of Pyongyang was much more empty, and the troops left behind were either traitors or some miscellaneous troops with weak combat strength.

Seeing that there was no resistance left in the center of the city, Chu Fan ordered the troops to turn to the southern city.

Governor Konishi never expected that he had just completed the joint army and was about to face Yang Yuan, Zhang Shixun, and Qi Jiajun, when he suddenly felt a little cold behind his back, because he had met his lifelong enemy, Chu Fan.

The left, right, and middle armies are the core and main force of the Liaodong Iron Cavalry, and the Qi family army is also the most powerful force that has experienced a hundred battles and is the most powerful force of the Ming army, and almost all the main forces of the Ming army have gathered near Nancheng. Because the non-main force was playing with artillery outside the North Gate and Qixing Gate, but due to the strong artillery support, the non-main force was also in full swing, attracting the Second Army of the Second Army to support.

The main force fought the main force, and the number of people on both sides was basically equal, and this battle should have been very exciting, but due to the sudden mental insanity of Yukinaga Konishi, it led to an irreparable defeat.

After the main force of the second army combined with the west of Guangcang Mountain, it encountered the attack of several Ming troops from the top of Guangcang Mountain and the north side, due to the impact of performance appraisal, all the troops wanted to complete the task as soon as possible and receive the highest bonus, so they fought very hard, and the Ming army occupied the top of the mountain, condescending, and the people of the second wave made a strategic loss, so the head of Konishi firmly pointed the breakthrough to Chu Fan's Chinese army on the Great Plain behind, he believed that the Ming Army on the Great Plain did not have a condescending advantage, and Chu Fan had less than 10,000 people on this side, And the three troops on the side of Guangcang Mountain together were nearly 20,000 people, and he decided to pinch a soft persimmon first, and then break them individually.

In the early stage, it was indeed as he thought, the cavalry of the Chinese army accounted for only a minority, and the infantry accounted for the majority, and they did not have any advantage on the Great Plains. Passive resistance on the side of the secondary army came

The Ming army's right army, left army, and Qijia army attacked, and the other side let go of the offensive, beating the Chinese army led by Chu Fan to the death, until the Chinese army was defeated and retreated.