The pouring rain had been pouring for half an hour and there was still no sign of abating, and the entire Jiuyunling battlefield was full of shouts and guns. Blood and rain mixed into the ravine, and then flowed towards the outside of Jiuyun Ridge, and the red blood flowed as if it had flowed out of the sea of blood in the corpse mountain.

The Korean soldiers and the Japanese soldiers had white lips and frightened eyes, and they constantly avoided the attack routes of the various military formations of the Ming army.

The battlefield of Jiuyunling is very large, and there are many soldiers of the Korean army and the Japanese army, more than ten times that of the Ming army, so although the offensive of the Ming army is fierce, it is unstoppable to constantly tear apart the Korean army and the Japanese army.

"Boom, boom, boom" and fierce artillery fire also continued to explode on the battlefield, taking the lives of one Korean soldier or Japanese soldier after another.

However, the soldiers of the Korean army and the Japanese army did not collapse, and even a small number of them fled because the battlefield was large enough that other generals soon intercepted them. Although the Korean army and the Japanese army could not take the Ming army, they could barely maintain an undefeated situation with an absolute number of reliable numbers, but it is difficult to say how long it will take for the army's morale to be hit more and more.

Half an hour later, no matter how much they did not confront the Ming army and constantly avoided the offensive of the Ming army, the fierce artillery fire never stopped, and there were Korean soldiers or Japanese soldiers falling under the guns of the Ming army all the time.

Just over an hour after the war began, no less than 100,000 Korean and Japanese troops were killed or wounded.

"Hehe, the North Korean and Japanese coalition forces have been defeated on a small scale from time to time, and the morale of the army has been completely shaken, and it may be defeated on all fronts at any time!" Shang Kexi laughed.

Shang Kexi did not personally command the battle formation, but stayed on the high slope with Huang Degong to watch the battle.

"Calculating the time, the Fourth Army should also arrive, and the rout of the Korean and Japanese coalition forces is inevitable!" Huang Degong also smiled.

About ten miles west of Seoul, after Yan Yingyuan landed from the sea with the Fourth Army, after an hour's rapid march, he finally vaguely saw the walls of Seoul, the capital of Korea.

At this distance, the dense gunfire in the direction of Jiuyunling can already be heard.

Yan Yingyuan wiped the rain from his face and said with a smile: "It seems that the king of Joseon and the Japanese did not place the decisive battle in Seoul, but in Jiuyunling!" ”

said so, but Yan Yingyuan was not the slightest stranger to this, but there was a hint of truth in his smile, it seems that Yan Yingyuan had long expected that the king of Joseon and the Japanese would place the decisive battle in Jiuyunling.

Also, although Seoul is a big city, it can accommodate 200,000 or 300,000 people is the limit, and it is impossible to fit more than 600,000 people in the Korean Japanese alliance, and only Jiuyunling is suitable.

"Big brother, are we preparing to launch a surprise attack from behind and defeat the Korean and Japanese coalition forces in one fell swoop?" Feng Houdun also wiped the rain from his face and asked.

"No, let's attack Seoul directly!" Yan Yingyuan shook his head and said.

"Attack Seoul directly?" Feng Houdun was a little puzzled, shouldn't he have defeated the Korean army and the Japanese army first?

"Yes, attack Seoul directly." Yan Yingyuan nodded and said: "The emperor sent my Fourth Army to land from the sea to support, not because he was worried that the Third Army and the Eighteenth Army would not be able to defeat the Korean Japanese Coalition Army, but because he was worried that the Korean and Japanese Coalition Army would be too numerous, and after the defeat, due to the lack of manpower of the Third Army and the Eighth Army, they could not be captured in large quantities, so the role of our Fourth Army was mainly to cut off the back road of the Korean Japanese Coalition Army, so that after the defeat of the Korean and the Japanese Coalition Army, there was no way to retreat, and we could only be captured by a large number of us." ”

Feng Houdun realized that Seoul's proximity to Jiuyunling was the retreat of the Korean and Japanese alliances, and attacking Seoul could play a role of killing two birds with one stone, not only cutting off the retreat of the Korean and Japanese alliances, but also because Seoul was attacked, the Korean and Japanese alliances fighting in Jiuyunling must have been in great turmoil, and they also effectively supported the operations of the Third Army and the 18th Army in Jiuyunling.

"Prepare for a full-arms battle and attack Seoul!"

The 20,000 soldiers of the Fourth Army trampled on the rain on the ground and rushed to Seoul at full speed.

Seoul is the capital of North Korea, and it is also the largest city in North Korea, like Pyongyang, it has a moat that is rare in North Korea, and it is not easy to attack, but Yan Yingyuan expected that the Korean army and the Japanese army poured out of their nests in Jiuyunling and fought a decisive battle with Huang Degong and others, Seoul must be empty, and there is no defense, and the probability of the Fourth Army quickly capturing Seoul is as high as ninety percent.

At the west gate of Seoul, the guard here is a Korean general surnamed Kim, with 2,000 Korean soldiers under his command.

General Jin was wearing waterproof grass clothes and leading his soldiers to patrol the city wall of the West Gate, when suddenly, a large number of figures suddenly rushed out of the rain curtain three or four hundred meters away.

"Hey, that's, Ming Jun!" General Jin recognized the clothes on the Ming army, and his eyes widened instantly.

"Enemy attack! Enemy attack! ”

"Quick, put away the drawbridge and close the gates!" General Kim yelled.

Because of the readiness to respond to the sudden situation of Jiuyunling at any time, several city gates in Hancheng are open, at this moment suddenly found that there is a Ming army to kill, the soldiers on the city wall urgently stirred the iron cable, ready to put away the hanging ball, at the same time there are more than ten soldiers at the city gate to push the heavy city gate, ready to close the city gate.

General Jin's face was very ugly, and he didn't understand how the Ming army could be killed under the city, could it be that Jiuyunling was defeated?

Thinking of this, General Jin shook his head, impossible, the sound of guns and cannons in Jiuyunling has not subsided, it is impossible that the army has been defeated, even if the army is defeated, the Ming army should not be the first to come to the city gate.

The top priority is to hold the city gate and never let the Ming army enter the city.

More than a hundred meters from the city gate, the Ming army stopped beyond the range of the bows and arrows of the Korean army on the city wall.

"Fire!"

"Bang bang bang" rifles began to fire intensively at the soldiers of the North Korean army on the city walls.

The bullet shattered the raindrops in the air and flew quickly towards the Korean soldiers on the city wall.

"Poof! Burst! "Two North Korean soldiers who had just secured the drawbridge were shot dead.

Bullets kept hitting the iron locks of the drawbridge, and although it was raining heavily, a large number of sparks were still splashed, and the sound of ping-pong was endless.

It would not be easy to break an arm-thick iron cable by shooting with bullets alone, and the Fourth Army would certainly not do so.

"Cannon ready!" More than a dozen field cannons braved the heavy rain to quickly assemble, and due to adequate preparation, the cannons were quickly assembled, and the gunners adjusted the muzzles.

"Reload!" The cannon with the muzzle adjusted is loaded with shells.

"Fire!"

"Boom boom" shells exploded on the city walls, focusing on bombing the drawbridge cables.

At such a close distance, as well as the experienced experience of the gunner, the accuracy of the cannon reached its limit.

The suspension bridge cable was accurately blown off by a dozen shells.

"Bang!" The drawbridge that had been taken up smashed down with a bang.

Inside the city, behind the closed city gate, a large number of Korean soldiers were carrying stones, preparing to temporarily seal the city gate and prevent the Ming army from easily entering the city through the city gate.

Outside the city, the Ming gunners adjusted the muzzles again.

This time, the muzzles were almost flat, and the target was the closed gates.

"Fire!"

The "boom boom" shell hit the city gate, and with a bang, the city gate was blown to pieces, and more than a dozen North Korean soldiers hiding behind the city gate were swept upside down by the air wave carrying broken wood and gravel, and they were covered in blood.

"Rush!" The city gate was blown open, and Yan Yingyuan did not hesitate to order the soldiers of the Fourth Army to take the opportunity to enter the city.

The West Gate exploded, and the only 2,000 Korean soldiers guarding here were already frightened, and they could not stop the Ming army from entering the city, and even after several rounds of attacks by the Ming army, this part of the Korean soldiers simply surrendered, and the Fourth Army fully controlled the West Gate.

"Scatter and capture the other three!" Yan Yingyuan ordered the soldiers of the Fourth Army to disperse and attack, capture the other three gates of Seoul, and completely occupy Seoul!

As Yan Yingyuan expected, the North Korean army poured out, and there were less than 10,000 Korean soldiers left in Seoul, how to stop the 20,000 soldiers of the Fourth Army of the Ming Army who were like wolves.

In less than half an hour, the Fourth Army took full control of all the gates of Seoul and began to clear the remnants of resistance in the city.

Of course, the city gate has been fully controlled, and the remnants of resistance in the city are not to be feared, Yan Yingyuan except for leaving 10,000 people such as the artillery battalion and some soldiers to continue to clear the remnants of the resistance in the city and attack the outside of the Korean palace, the remaining 10,000 soldiers of the Fourth Army will be sent out of the city to kill the Third Army and the Eighteenth Army in Jiuyunling to support the Third Army and the Eighteenth Army there, and give the final blow to the Korean and Japanese alliances.