638 Defeat lures the enemy into a surprise attack by the Japanese The Ming army retreats to Pyongyang in a bloody battle

Such a strange thing as the former coach singled out is called the spirit of bushido in Japan and the spirit of the nobility of the Spring and Autumn Period in China.

Fortunately, "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" has been written at this time, with Lu Bu, Guan Yu, Zhao Yun and others in front, and it is not particularly abrupt for the two armies to line up and the main general to fight alone.

It sounds not easy to gallop a horse, draw a bow and arrows, and shoot an opponent who is also moving quickly on horseback, but it is not easy to operate.

Hatakeyama Yoshishi shot six arrows, and Wu Zhong shot eight arrows, and the two of them either missed or were pushed away by their opponents with their bows.

At first, Hatakeyama was thinking about defeating, but after a few rounds, his competitive spirit was completely aroused.

Besides, if you don't play really, you will be shot if you don't get it right.

Wu Zhong made an effort from a hundred paces away and shot the ninth arrow. The arrow was so accurate that it hit Hatakeyama's helmet, causing him to tremble and almost fall off his horse.

Seeing this, the Ming army erupted in a tsunami-like shout.

Fortunately, the momentum of the arrows was exhausted, and neither the helmet was shot down, nor did it hurt Hatakeyama Yoshisa.

After taking a few deep breaths and stabilizing his emotions, Hatakeyama became happy. Because he still has four arrows left, and Wu Zhong only has one arrow left.

Archery is not only a skill, but also a physical strength. Generally better archers can shoot four or five rounds at full strength in a short period of time, and they need to rest for a while.

Wu Zhong shot nine times in a row from a distance of 100 paces, which was already remarkable. Moreover, riding and shooting immediately is much more physically demanding than the static shooting of archers.

Although the ninth arrow shot by Wu Zhong just now was accurate, when it hit the helmet, the force was already light.

Wu Zhong was already at the end of his crossbow, and after shooting the ninth arrow, he had to take at least a moment of respite before he could shoot the tenth arrow.

Hatakeyama Yoshishi felt that he was stable, so he reined in his horse, stretched out his bow and arrows, and was ready to aim at Wu Zhong and give him a fatal blow.

Seeing this, Wu Zhong also restrained the war horse, and also stretched out his bow and arrows.

Hatakeyama Yoshishi was quite surprised when he saw this, but he didn't instigate the war horse at the first time. Because at this time, Wu Zhong was one hundred and thirty steps away from him, and he had just finished shooting the ninth arrow.

Hatakeyama didn't believe that Wu Zhong could shoot the tenth arrow at such a short interval and wound himself from a hundred and thirty paces away.

After 'rational analysis', making 'assumptions' conclusions is the weakness of human nature.

It's too late, it's fast, between the lightning and flint, Wu Zhong really exerted all his strength, stretched his bow like a full moon, and the last arrow came out of the string.

Hatakeyama Yoshishi was stunned when he looked at the arrows flying like meteors, and when the arrows came closer, he reacted, and quickly tilted his head, but he was able to avoid the key point and was not shot in the face.

But only listening to the sonorous sound, the left ear was cold.

The frightened Hatakeyama touched his left ear, and when he saw the blood on his hand, he was shocked to realize that half of his ear had been shot off.

At the same time, deafening applause erupted between the Ming army and the Japanese army.

Even the Japanese army was convinced, and at first Wu Zhong put on a cheating formation like the Checheng Circle Formation, and the Japanese army was quite disdainful.

But the ten-wheeled cavalry shot down, up to Hosokawa Katsumoto, down to ordinary soldiers, and no one thought that they could be stronger than Wu Zhong.

On the Ming army's side, even Fang Ying was stunned. His Majesty the Emperor is really unusual, there are still such fierce generals hidden under his command.

If it weren't for being singled out to fight against the Japanese army this time, Wu Zhong would still be hiding there.

Wu Zhong was not arrogant or impatient, and slowly rode his horse forward, apologizing to Hatakeyama Yoshiyoshi with his fists. Hatakeyama Yoshinoshi also paid tribute, not only did not hold grudges, but also admired him.

The battle ended with the victory of the Ming army, and both sides collected their troops and returned to their camps.

Fang Ying and Jiang Yuan set up a banquet to celebrate Wuzhong's achievements.

Jiang Yuan's military ability is not good, but his political consciousness is extremely strong. During the banquet, it was proposed that Wu Zhong lead the Guangning Zhongwei to retreat to the western suburbs of Kaesong, and while repairing, he and Zhang Ning besieged Kaesong together.

On the second day, Wu Zhong took the order and left.

What followed was a continuous skirmish between the Ming army and the Japanese army, in which the Ming army won more and lost less, and morale became more and more high.

But the contempt for the Japanese army also spread unconsciously.

On May 29, the sky was cloudy and rainy.

The sky was just slightly bright, and it was still gray.

Outside the city, 120,000 Japanese and Korean troops poured out, and Li Yao also sent the most elite 50,000 troops in Seoul, a total of 170,000 troops, to launch a decisive battle against the Ming army.

When Fang Ying and Jiang Yuan discovered the other party's intention to fight the battle, they knew that something was wrong.

Although there are more than 100,000 people on his side, the real elite of a hundred battles is only Fang Ying's 30,000 old Beijing camp.

And the Japanese and North Korean coalition forces on the other side have at least eighty or ninety thousand elites with strong combat power.

If this is a short-handed encounter, it is difficult to defeat four hands with two fists, and a hero can't stand up to a large number of people.

Fang Ying and Jiang Yuan had to stubbornly defend the camp, but fortunately, the camp was strong, and there were cannons and muskets, so the enemy could not attack idlely.

However, the weather was not beautiful, and the two sides used artillery to bombard each other for more than an hour, and then it began to rain.

Now it's good, the gunpowder of the artillery musket is quickly drenched.

The wind was stormy, the clouds were thick, and the day was like night. The Ming army, in the case of insufficient preparation, had internal omissions and stampedes, and was finally breached by the barracks.

The Japanese-Korean coalition forces poured in along the open gap, and what followed was a hand-to-hand and hand-to-hand battle.

The battle was extremely tragic, and the Japanese-Korean coalition army bit the Ming army and fought to the death. They even started a wheel war, and the attacks did not stop at night, so they attacked in turn day and night.

It lasted until 1 June, when the offensive was slightly reduced. After Fang Ying led the Laojing camp to break, Jiang Yuan led the remnants of the army to withdraw from the battle and retreated in the direction of Kaesong.

The Korean Kaesong army also continued to attack, harassing the Ming army besieging Kaesong. Fortunately, Jiang Yuan commanded the army to dig many trenches to block the enemy in advance, and Zhang Ning and Wu Zhong led a small number of elites to fight back desperately, and finally did not let the Kaesong army and the Hancheng army form a north-south flank attack on the Ming army.

On June 4, Jiang Yuan led the remnants of his troops to withdraw to the western suburbs of Kaesong to join Zhang Ning and Wuzhong.

It was not until June 7 that Fang Ying led the almost exhausted Lao Jing camp to join Jiang Yuan.

Jiang Yuan and Fang Ying only had a slight sum up, and then reined in the defeated troops and withdrew to Pyongyang.

Fortunately, the city of Pyongyang was still firmly under the control of the Ming army, and relying on the dangerous barriers, a complete fortification was built.

Finally blocked the Japanese-North Korean coalition forces south of Pyongyang.

The Ming army suffered heavy losses, and the losses of Japan and South Korea were even greater.

The Korean army paid almost three times the battle losses, and the Japanese army was a little stronger, almost two lives, in order to replace the Ming army alone.

After Hosokawa Katsumoto counted the battle damage, he couldn't calm down for a long time. 100,000 entered the dynasty, and nearly 60,000 were killed and wounded in one battle.

The Korean army did not get much better, and more than 50,000 people were killed and wounded.

The Ming, the DPRK, and the Japanese were all badly damaged, and they could only rest and recuperate, and they could no longer launch an offensive in a short time.

(End of chapter)