The 20,000 Japanese army launched a general attack on the Korean city, first firing muskets and bows and arrows at the head of the city, which pressed the Korean army to the point that they could not raise their heads, and then pushed various siege equipment and prepared to attack.

Like their commanders, these Japanese soldiers are also full of confidence.

Although the Korean army did not directly open the gate of the city for them as before, what does it matter? They had already seen the weak combat effectiveness of the other side, and the Japanese army did not take the Korean army seriously at all.

After several rounds of strafing, the Korean troops at the head of the city had already hidden behind the battlements, which strengthened the confidence of the Japanese army - it was just a group of cowards.

When they reach the city, they will flee in the wilderness!

Accompanied by the sound of shouting, the Japanese soldiers kept approaching the city of Pyongyang.

And as they drew closer and closer to the tall wall, they also noticed that there were not only black holes sticking out of the cannon ports between the battlements—

Rumble!

Countless shells flew out, and the Japanese at this time had already entered the firing range, and they were hit mercilessly by the artillery!

The rate of fire of the Furlong guns was extremely fast, one after another, almost without stopping, bringing a dense rain of bullets to the battlefield.

The power of the general's cannon was very great, and when the cannon went down, it actually rushed out of a flesh alley among the Japanese soldiers, and countless Japanese soldiers turned into flesh foam, or fell to the ground and wailed.

The sound of artillery shook the sky, and for a while, no other sound could be heard on the battlefield except for the sound of thunder.

The soldier who did not enter the firing range could not still heed the commander's orders, turned around and fled, refusing to step into the area of death.

By the time the artillery finally stopped, the entire battlefield had eroded.

The vanguard of the Third Army, of more than 3,000 people, was almost completely annihilated, and the flat land was covered with large and small potholes, in which many stumps and broken arms were lying.

Kuroda Nagamasa was dumbfounded, and his voice was full of shock:

"Big, big! Where did the North Koreans get so many big cylinders, and the power is so amazing! ”

"It's like thunder!"

Before the Japanese attacked, they collected a lot of information about North Korea, and they knew that the level of North Korea's firearms was quite poor, and the equipment was basically old-fashioned firearms, and the artillery was similar to that of Japan, and there were not many of them.

So much artillery, where did this come from? You must know that according to their intelligence, an artillery bombardment of this scale, even if it is a Ming army, must be an army of tens of thousands of people!

This round of shelling blinded the commander of the Third Army.

But soon, his shock turned to heartache, followed by anger: this third army was his own descendant troops, and the casualties of more than 3,000 people at once could be said to be the greatest loss of the Japanese army since entering Korea, and he was full of hatred for the Korean troops on the opposite side at this time!

Governor Konishi's First Army ran behind the Third Army because the order was given late, and there were almost no losses, but his brow was also furrowed.

Now is no longer the time to grab credit and property, and anyone with a discerning eye can see that this city of Pyongyang is not simple, not to mention anything else, this terrible firearm alone is a difficult hurdle.

Fortunately, although there were few Japanese artillery, they did have it after all, and they quickly thought of a weakness of artillery - slow reloading.

Even the Furlong machine, after the sub-gun is used up, will fall into a long reloading period.

The two came up with a way - multiple attacks!

They found more than 3,000 troops who had surrendered and attacked the city wall.

Sure enough, they were greeted by another round of turbulent shelling, and the battlefield was once again emptied.

And Governor Konishi keenly noticed that this time, the Furlong machine only fired a few rounds before it stopped roaring, and it was obvious that the reserves of the sub-gun had been exhausted and were about to start filling by hand.

He was overjoyed and immediately ordered the First Army to launch a general attack!

The Japanese soldiers stepped into the battlefield cautiously, and the two hellish experiences had already made them have a great fear of the artillery, and the soldiers in front were ready to die.

But until they were halfway through the battlefield, the cannon that symbolized death did not sound for a long time.

I don't know where I heard a voice:

"Their big cylinders are filling, you guys rush quickly!"

And with this voice, the morale of the entire First Army rose again!

As if back to fighting the "normal" Korean army, they shouted and rushed towards the city wall.

They firmly believed that without artillery, the Korean army would have been easily defeated by them, as it had done at the beginning.

However, when they stepped into a certain distance, a dense crowd of North Korean soldiers peeked out from behind the battlements, accompanied by the sound of drums at the head of the city.

With muskets in their hands, they aimed at the Japanese soldiers below and lit the arquebuses.

Perhaps the Korean army in the past cowered like a mouse in front of these Japanese soldiers, even if they aimed at it, they would tremble, and there would be situations such as disrespecting orders and firing without authorization, but at this time they seemed very calm.

The instructor's admonition was on the one hand, and the huge losses caused by the artillery to the Japanese army, on the other hand, they watched countless Japanese troops being destroyed, and now the fear in their hearts has dissipated a lot.

"Smack!"

A platoon of guns, rushing to the forefront of the Japanese army fell in response.

The accuracy of the arquebus was not high, but there were many people, and the projectiles were dense, and a large line of Japanese soldiers was also beaten into broken sacks.

With the hoarse shouts of the instructors, they quickly retreated, and another row of soldiers stepped forward behind them, maintaining the continuous fire.

Three-stage strike, an unpretentious tactic, but it has a miraculous effect.

During the conquest of the Nanyang Islands, the Luzon army used this tactic to destroy countless indigenous countries, and the current Korean army, under the guidance of instructors, relied on this tactic to give the Japanese army a heavy blow.

However, the Japanese army was not vegetarian, they had just experienced the chaos of the Warring States and had rich combat experience, so they quickly organized themselves and fired at the North Korean army at the head of the city.

Two rounds of fire, with hundreds of people falling on both sides.

At this time, the Luzon instructors at the head of the city also found that the Korean army had begun to be chaotic, and they pushed and shoved, refusing to go to the city to open fire.

When the wind was favorable, they were heroic, but now once the Japanese returned fire, they immediately returned to their former appearance, greedy for life and afraid of death, and no one was willing to go to the first row to withstand the attack.

However, the fighting quality of the Japanese army was obviously much stronger, although there were hundreds of casualties, but the ranks were still in order, and once again fired a salvo.

More than 100 North Korean soldiers fell to the ground, and the remaining North Korean soldiers retreated in horror, and the Japanese army took this opportunity to advance again, and Konishi Yukinaga and Kuroda Nagamasa also seemed to see the dawn of victory!

In the next moment, the dawn was shattered.

The artillery had been reloaded during this time, and at this critical moment they began to roar again.

The formation of the First Army on the spot had not yet dispersed, and more than 2,000 people were killed on the spot, and the rest of the soldiers fled by the road.

Yukicho Konishi and Nagamasa Kuroda watched all this with dark faces.

In a one-day attack, they lost more than 5,000 men, a quarter of their troops.

The two of them knew in their hearts that there was a high probability that they would not be able to capture this city.

But after all, they were not reconciled, and stayed on the outskirts of the city for two days, launched several small-scale sneak attacks, and as a result, thousands of people died, and finally had to retreat.

The fighting could no longer continue, they were already fewer than North Korea, and now they were suffering so badly, not to mention the small number of troops, and their morale had fallen to the bottom.

They dared to come because they knew that the North Korean army had little combat effectiveness, but the actions of the defenders in Pyongyang told them that they were different.

The opponent's combat power and equipment are simply different from before!

Governor Konishi didn't dare to stay anymore, now it's just a few thousand dead, if it drags on any longer, once they are back, it's not impossible for the whole army to be wiped out!

This is what Konishi Yukicho thinks too much, he sees that the other party can repel his attack, and thinks that the other party's combat effectiveness is very strong, but in fact, in just seven days, the essence of the Korean army has not changed, and it is completely dependent on the Japanese army's defenselessness and the sharpness of firearms.

And Yan Zichong was also secretly relieved after learning that the Japanese army had retreated, and sternly refused the requests of several Korean generals to try to go out of the city to pursue.

These guys, a victory, can't tell the difference between the big and the small.

The fact is that if there were no city walls, but in the field, the arquebus rate of fire was far from enough to stop the Japanese cavalry, even with the addition of artillery.

And according to the observation of the instructors, when these Korean troops and cavalry reach a distance of about 100 paces, these guys will definitely break and flee, and they don't have to fight.

Now the only way for North Korea is to hold on and wait for the arrival of the Ming army, which has the ability to fight in the field with the Japanese army.

Thank you "Silence Little C" for the tip, thanks!

(End of chapter)