After the Battle of Gwanjin, Pyongyang's defense was handled by Prince Fei Yangguo and King Kim Jae of Joseon.

Six years ago, Azig led his troops into Shengjing to try to seize the throne, and he had a long-term relationship with Hong Chengchou, and finally Fei Yangguo and Jin Zidian expressed their support for Hong Chengchou as regent.

The two were promoted to the prince for their merits and guarded the important town of Pyongyang.

After Fei Yangguo and Jin Zidian arrived, they learned the lessons of the previous Ming army's siege of Pyongyang, built a large number of forts in the vicinity of Peony Peak, and stationed a large number of troops to defend Cangguang Mountain and along the Datong River in the east.

Pyongyang was the political, economic and cultural center of ancient Korea, and was already the capital of North Korea in 194 B.C. and has been expanding in scale for thousands of years.

During the Joseon period of the Lee dynasty, the Joseon king made Seoul the capital, and Pyongyang became the capital of Pyongan Province and became an important military town in the northern part of Korea.

Pyongyang City is divided into four parts: the inner city, the middle city, the outer city, and the north city, with a total of 18 large and small city gates, and Pyongyang is close to Peony Peak in the north, Cangguang Mountain in the west, and Dadong River in the east.

Now with the careful arrangement of the Qing Kingdom, it is even more difficult to forcibly conquer it.

On 16 February, the Ming army arrived at the city of Pyongyang, and on the 17th, the reconnaissance and deployment were completed, and the battle to conquer Pyongyang officially began.

The two sides first engaged in three skirmishes at Peony Peak and under the city of Pyongyang, testing each other.

The Peony Peak in the north of the city and the city of Pyongyang are at the corner of each other, and more than 5,000 Korean soldiers led by Kim Zidian are stationed on it.

Peony Peak is like a thorn, stuck on the Ming army, and it can't be pulled out.

On the 18th, Mao Yuanyi, the commander of the Northern Route Army, sent Tuba, the leader of the Mongolian Urat Division, to lead 5,000 Mongolian soldiers to attack Peony Peak, and at the same time sent Wuzhituo to lead 2,000 men and horses of the Horqin Department to respond.

These two Mongol leaders were the deputy protectors of the Northern Protectorate, and in the first year of Tianwu, they voluntarily surrendered to Zhu Cihong on the Hulunbuir steppe.

Seeing that they are old and have no chance to go to war in the future, Tuba and Uzhito are desperate to make meritorious contributions and win a knighthood for future generations.

Mao Yuanyi is a real person, and he stretched out his hand not to hit the smiling person, so he naturally responded to this matter.

However, he strictly ordered all units to concentrate on combat, and not to harvest the enemy's head until the end of the battle, and to fight seriously!

At this time, the mainstream of the Ming army was still harvesting the enemy's head for military merits, and Mao Yuanyi was worried that these Mongols would delay the war for the sake of military merits.

On the eighteenth day, ten thousand golden rays of light tore through the fog that shrouded the city of Pyongyang, and everything under the city finally appeared clearly in front of the North Korean soldiers at Peony Peak.

The black pressure of the Ming soldiers swarmed over like a dark cloud, and Tuba ordered: "Warriors, prepare to attack and make meritorious contributions!" ”

The cavalry of the Urad division went up from the flanks, and the infantry also approached the warning ring of the Qing army one after another.

However, these Koreans were condescending, and the sentinels immediately discovered the intentions of the Ming army, and the gongs and drums of the early warning sounded all over the mountain.

As the cheers on the peony peak rang out one after another, all kinds of guns were heard continuously, accompanied by the sound of bows and arrows.

The counterattack came so violently that the Mongol soldiers also let go of their footsteps and rushed forward, the warriors at the forefront of the charge ran while releasing their guns to counterattack, and some Mongolian soldiers who were not used to muskets pulled their bows and arrows to suppress the Qing army on the mountain.

Tuba, who is already sixty years old, shouted: "Warriors, cheer me up, we can't lose the face of our northern army in this place where birds don't!" ”

"Ulla!"

Inspired by the leader, the Mongol soldiers rushed forward under the rain of bullets and bullets of the Qing army.

At the same time, the artillery support of the Ming army was also in place, and they began to fire artillery to attack Peony Peak.

In an instant, the sound of cannons shook the heavens and the earth, the mountains moved, the wilderness was obscure, the smoke rose to the sky, the side was dozens of miles, the rockets were like weaving, the fire and the wind were fierce, and the trees were burned.

On the Qing army's position, a young Korean soldier was digging a trench with an iron fork in his hand as a cover.

His name is Choi Nyima, and he is an ordinary soldier of the North Korean flag, saying that he is a soldier, but in fact he has only been conscripted into the army for five months, and has only participated in some basic training.

The iron fork in Trinima's hand is his weapon, which is basically the status quo of all North Korean flag recruits, and there are many people who use similar weapons with him.

Facing the Ming army all over the mountains, Cui Nyima was very frightened, and he had the impression that the Ming army treated the enemy very cruelly.

Finally digging out a little cover, Cui Nyima couldn't wait to jump into the pit to avoid the fire of the Ming army.

I only heard a "poof", and it seemed that someone around me had fallen.

Cui Nima looked left and right, and saw a veteran next to him lying on the ground in a daze, with a small hole in his head, and his face was full of red and white liquid.

He knew that this veteran was killed by the sharpshooters of the Ming army when he was counterattacking.

At this time, Trinima was extremely frightened, holding the iron fork and ready to run away at any time.

According to Niu Lu Jang-kyung, if the army is scattered, run to the Pyongyang fortress and continue the battle there......

It doesn't matter if you don't fight, you can eat and save your life is the king.

On the position of the Qing army, seeing such fierce artillery fire and the Ming army surging closer and closer, the Korean king Kim Zidian's face changed slightly, and he was afraid, wanting to abandon the mountain and run away.

At this time, a herald came running over and said loudly: "Lord, the edict of the regent of the imperial father has arrived. ”

"How?"

Hearing that it was the order of the old thief Hong, Jin Zidian's tone seemed a little unconfident.

To be honest, he was not willing to face the army of the Ming Dynasty, but the entire peninsula was under the control of the Qing State, and Jin Zidian really had no choice, he was afraid that Hong Chengchou would invite him to dinner.

The herald said: "The imperial father and the regent decree that Prince Zheng Zilharang has led 40,000 Manchurian elites to aid Pyongyang, so you must hold Pyongyang and wait for reinforcements to arrive!" ”

Jin Zidian's face was overjoyed, and he asked, "Where is the elite of the Eight Banners now?" ”

The herald was very respectful and replied: "Back to the prince, I have been out of Shengjing the day before yesterday, and it is estimated that I will arrive tomorrow!" ”

"I hope it's not a lie!"

Jin Zidian's heart relaxed a little, and he said in a deep voice: "I know, pass the order, put up a red flag, and fight back in an all-round way!" ”

Hearing this offensive order, Trinema was desperate, he threw away the iron fork in his hand, and scavenged the entire body of the veteran who had just been killed, including firecrackers and silver coins, and joined the battle head-on.

The Qing army set up red and white flags on Peony Peak as a communication signal to liaise with the defenders in Pyongyang.

Fei Yangguo, the prince of Pyongyang, who was sitting in the city, had also just received an edict from Hong Chengchou, and when he saw the red flag shaking desperately on Peony Peak, he did not dare to slack off, and hurriedly ordered artillery support in the city, flanking the Ming army from each other, and desperately resisting the battle.

The Qing army in the city used artillery to cover the Ming army attacking Peony Peak on the city wall.

"Rush up to Lao Tzu! Occupy Peony Peak and kill all the two Tartars! ”

Ignoring the artillery fire, Tuba shouted vigorously, this is an excellent opportunity to be knighted for meritorious service, if you don't take advantage of this moment to make meritorious service, and wait for the army to take Pyongyang and Shengjing, then the Urad Department will not even have the opportunity to drink soup!

"Ulla!"

The Mongol soldiers rushed out from behind the rocky bunkers, and rushed forward desperately while firing their guns.

The roar sounded, and the shells flew above the heads of the Ming army, exploding in front of the Ming army, and several rounds of artillery bombardment blocked the offensive of the Mongolian soldiers.

Immediately afterwards, the projectiles on the battlefield rained, and the Korean swords and spears on the mountain were outwardly sharpened, and the forest was like a hedgehog hair.

The Mongol soldiers were not good at attacking positions, and in the face of the situation of flanking from both sides, as well as the artillery offensive, the attack was frustrated, and the casualties of the Urat division were not light, and they were in a dilemma for a while.

The Horqin tribe next to it was also hit, and the leader of the Urito tribe of warriors died tragically, so he ordered to stop the attack and hastily withdrew.

Seeing the retreat of the Korqin Division, Tuba knew that he had lost the ability to continue the attack at this moment, and he yelled very unwillingly: "Retreat! Order the warriors to get out of here! ”

Outside the battlefield, Zhu Youneng, surnamed Guo, personally led a thousand Manchurian cavalry to Peony Peak to meet the defeated Urad and Horqin troops.

On the Peony Peak, there were bursts of cheers.

King Kim Zidian of Joseon looked at the retreating Ming army at the foot of the mountain, and breathed a long sigh of relief, cleaning himself and living one more day.

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