Wanli Youming

Chapter 147

Chapter 147

On the seventh day of the twelfth lunar month, the Ming army officially began to attack the city.

There are seven gates in the entire city of Pyongyang, the Datong and Changqing gates in the east, the Lumen and Hantan gates in the south, the ordinary and Qixing gates in the west, and the Mitai gate in the north.

Among them, there is a highland called Mudanfeng at the north gate, which is very dangerous.

Li Chengliang ordered the deputy general Wu Weizhong to lead the southern soldiers to attack Mudanfeng, and ordered Yang Huan and Yang Shaoxun to lead the northern soldiers to attack the West Qixing Gate and Xitong Gate.

Wu Weizhong led the southern soldiers to approach the north gate first.

Although Zheng Che was a civil servant, he also knew that the north gate was very important, so he deployed heavy troops at the north gate, prepared a large number of firearms imported from Ming Dynasty, such as thunderbolts and caltrop guns, and came here to supervise the battle in person.

On the other hand, the southern soldiers of the Ming army had already pushed out the van.

The side-cars with a height of more than nine feet and a three-tiered platform form a connecting chariot wall.

There are densely packed guns and guns behind the car wall, the upper layer is the muzzle, the lower layer is the muzzle, and the top is covered with linoleum leather.

Then, there are rocket cars and light car walls behind the car wall.

Inside each car wall, there are dense forests of five-party flags, cavalry, firearms players, rattan players and other arms distributed among them, followed by rows of car walls that look like a moving castle, slowly approaching the north gate .

As a result, the sound of the creaking wheels grinding the ground became more and more urgent, and the whole ground seemed to vibrate slightly for a moment.

North Korean defender Zheng Che, although he was only watching from a distance, could not help but clenched his fists, and his forehead began to sweat, because it was the first time he had seen such a large-scale car formation.

Rao Li Chengliang was also looking north at this time, and seeing the scene of the southern soldiers marching, he couldn't help being startled for a moment, and said to himself: "How much money will it cost?"

Therefore, Li Chengliang told Li Ruyu: "Ask General Wu, if he needs North Korean civilian Ding to fill in the trenches for them first at the north gate!"

Li Ruyu said yes, and rode to the north.

"Report! The car array is [-] steps away from the north gate!"

"Report! The car array is five hundred steps away from the north gate!"

"Report! The car array is three hundred steps away from the north gate!"

At this time, on the north side, Wu Weizhong, the leader of the Southern Army, was in his Chinese army chariot. He was still listening to his own soldiers reporting on the progress of the chariot while reading the "Book of Han" without any expression. When the door was only three hundred steps away, he put down the "Book of Han" and said:

"Give the order, after one hundred steps forward, stop advancing!"

At this time, Li Chengliang sent Li Ruyu to ask Wu Weizhong on his knees: "I am here to ask Wu Shuai under the order of the General Master Jun, do you need a strong man from North Korea to help fill the trench at the north gate?"

"Please go back to Uncle Ning Yuan, there is no need for minding at the North Gate."

Because it is not Ding Ke's ability to cooperate with cannons, chariot steering and various arms, Wu Weizhong rejected Li Chengliang's kindness, and then continued to read books.

And after Li Ruzhi said yes, he got on his horse and went back to report to Li Chengliang.

Li Chengliang didn't say anything after hearing this, and said to Li Rusong, Yang Huan and other Liaodong generals: "In this case, all the Korean civilians organized will be used by you to attack the city, let them fill in trenches and transport ladders, and lead camels for the gunners, in order to guard against them Run away, remember to stay with the family to supervise the battle!"

"understand!"

Li Rusong waited for a reply.

So, not long after the southern soldiers set off, Li Rusong and other Liaodong iron cavalry drove the North Korean civilians organized together by father, son, brother, master and servant, with bows and horses behind, and also attacked the cities of Pyongyang.

Different from the southern soldiers, the northern soldiers of the Ming army such as Liaodong had simple equipment and valued courage and courage. Therefore, they did not like to use bird guns and chariots. .

It's just that when the northern soldiers often charge to attack the stronghold, the father, son, brother, master and servant will rush to attack the stronghold together, that is to say, the master general of one side will often lead his servants to take the lead.

Now when the Ming Dynasty is strong, the generals of the Northern Army especially like to go to the battle in person, so in the history of the Battle of Bichiguan during the Wanli Korean War, Li Rusong and other brothers fought like this.

Even in the reign of Tianqi, when Xiong Tingbi was in charge of Liaodong, when Nurhachi hadn't scared the Liaodong frontier army, the generals of the Liaodong frontier army still liked to lead their family members to the battle in person. The general performance is very different.

The same is true at this time. Under the bright sunshine after the heavy snow stopped, Li Rusong led Ma Shilong and other northern generals and their families to slowly increase the speed, and when the speed was increased, they took out their heavy bows, and only waited for the organized North Korean people. Ding quickly filled the trenches, and marched into the city wall in rows to shoot and attack the city.

Naturally, the Ming army would not let the Korean people who were given relief eat for nothing.

During this period of time, Li Chengliang had already arranged for his servants to organize these Korean civilians. After building the ladders and siege equipment such as bumpers and trench vehicles, they were responsible for filling the trenches and lifting the ladders.

At this time, these Korean civilians were being urged by Li Chengliang and other Liaodong generals' servants, and they were running quickly in the front with a ladder or a trench cart.

These North Korean civilians had to run, because if anyone took a slow step, the servants behind would shoot him decisively, or drive their horses to catch up and kill them directly to the ground.

The North Korean minding did not expect that the Ming army who had assisted them before would suddenly be so ruthless, but now they could no longer escape, so they could only grit their teeth and insist on rushing towards the city gate.

When the North Korean defenders saw these Korean civilians, they didn't care about their compatriots. They only shot arrows and guns at these civilians under the command of the guards.

After all, it's not that these North Korean defenders didn't kill the good and pretend to be meritorious, nor did they kill the people.

In their eyes, the only difference between these people and Ming people is that these people are slaves that they can directly bully and exploit.

Therefore, these defenders were not relentless in killing these North Korean civilians.

As a result, a large number of North Korean civilians were shot and killed by the North Korean soldiers, and died in the trenches.

But this did not stop the Korean people from advancing under the threat of Liaodong cavalry swords and arrows, so that these Korean people continued to push the trench vehicles to the edge of the trench and began to fill the trench.

The trench car was able to spit out mud and rocks continuously to fill up the trench.

At this time, Li Rusong saw that a ditch in Nanlumen was filled enough to pass the horses, so he immediately accelerated his horses to the outskirts of the city, drew his bow and started shooting at the defenders on the city, causing many Korean soldiers defending the city to be in a hurry. Dare to fire the gun again, or only dare to hide behind the battlements to fire the gun.

The firecrackers used in North Korea were the front-mounted sky and ground blunderbuss that were only used in the early Ming Dynasty. The range was only [-] or [-] paces, and they could not break armor even if they were far away. The shooting range is only about [-] steps, so the shooting range is naturally worse.

Therefore, not to mention that Korean soldiers dare not fight because of the long-term peace, even if they dare to fight, they pose a limited threat to the Ming army, allowing Li Rusong and other Liaodong cavalry to roam outside the city at will.

At the same time, the Korean soldiers who carried the ladder in the back also lifted the ladder up under the supervision of Li Chengliang Jiading in Liaodong. superior.

"dismount!"

The Liaodong cavalry under Li Rusong's command who were in charge of the first wave of siege did not go on a cruise with their own generals, but only rode outside the trench on horseback, and when they saw the Korean soldiers setting up the ladders, they began to dismount and climb the ladders.

In fact, Liaodong iron cavalry is not only good at cavalry raids, but also attacking fortifications, because many Jurchen tribes who violated borders in Liaodong will form strongholds to protect themselves, and if Li Chengliang wants to lead Liaodong soldiers and force these Jurchen tribes to be afraid of him, he must conquer The ability of these stockades.

Historically, Li Chengliang led an army to capture Gule Village, the main village of Nurhachi's grandfather Wang Gao.

The general in charge of the siege, Ma Shilong, yelled at his troops at this time, and then dismounted with Zhang Guozhong and other subordinates, pulled out the three-eyed blunderbuss from the horse, and stuffed an excessive amount of blunderbuss and gunpowder.

Zhong Changdong, who was also under Ma Shilong's command, saw countless corpses lying in the trench and blood flowing like rivers, so he raised his heart to his throat at this moment, looked around unconsciously, suddenly saw a forest in the east, and prepared to wait a while and fled from the east.

He is very confident in his ability to escape.

Because, otherwise, he would not have easily escaped from Tieling Guard to work as a groom in a large family in Shenyang, and then he would not have easily fled back to Tieling Guard.

"My lord has an order, whoever climbs the city first will be rewarded with 100 taels of silver!"

At this time, Ma Shilong suddenly called out. After Zhong Changdong heard it, he quickly turned his head back, and began to stare at the ladder that was being hooked by the North Korean soldiers. He swallowed and murmured: "My Mother, 100 taels!"

The difference between Li Chengliang's and Qi Jiguang's methods of leading troops is that apart from paying more attention to bravery and advocating that generals take the lead, they must use the desire of the generals' servants to seek wealth and honor and encourage morale with heavy rewards.

"kill!"

At this time, Ma Shilong drew his sword and shouted to kill, Zhong Changdong rushed towards the Lumen first, forgetting himself.

(End of this chapter)