Chapter 273: Above the Battle of Seoul
After some "persuasion" by Yao Qisheng, Wang [Fu] Chen promised that when the lord received the holy decree to let him withdraw his army, he would definitely withdraw his army. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info
"General Wang, when you were in Yunnan, Wu Sangui was not thin on you, and now Yongli has issued an order to let the marshal withdraw to the south of Xuzhou, which must be Wu Sangui's meaning! If you treat Wu Sangui like this, you are afraid that he will be annoyed and angry. After the Qin Cha left, Yao Qisheng said to Wang [Fu] Chen with a smile.
Wang [Fu] Chen laughed: "Wu Sangui also let a certain gambling win a little, and also sent a few fans to a certain bed, and there is no kindness in addition." On the contrary, it was the lord who rescued Wang's only son at any cost, so that Wang would not be left behind. The lord also entrusted Wang with a heavy responsibility, and Wu Sangui couldn't give it to him! The lord is so gracious, how can Wang betray the lord, how can he be the first rat at both ends? ”
"Good!" Yao Qisheng smiled and nodded, "Let's go, let's go play a few more cards, and drink together after playing." ”
"Not playing with you!" Wang [Fu] Chen's face changed greatly, and he shouted, "Every time I play with you, I lose, and I have never won!" I wonder why you're so good every time? ”
"Hahaha! It's technology! Yao Qisheng laughed and shook his fan away.
Anyway, it is impossible for Yongli's holy decree to be delivered to Wang Yu in a short period of time, and Wang Yu is storming Seoul at this time.
The Ming army recruited 60,000 people near Seoul in the early stage, and the recruited people immediately put into construction, began to cut wood, build camps, and build siege weapons. In the next half month, 80,000 people were recruited one after another, and now Wang Yu has 140,000 Korean people in his hands.
Small boats sailed into the Han River and docked on the shore, and the Korean people, who had been waiting on the riverside for a long time, swarmed up and removed bags of food, ammunition, weapons and armor from the boats.
"Wow, white rice!" Seeing the rice exposed inside a cracked sack, a North Korean citizen screamed.
"What's this?" Another North Korean said, "You're new here, aren't you?" We've been here for more than half a month, and we have white rice to eat every day, as well as tofu and kimchi, and we can still eat meat every few days! ”
"Kimchi? Is it kimchi with chili peppers? The newcomer asked.
Chili peppers are a luxury in North Korea, and ordinary North Koreans eat kimchi, and if they can add some chili peppers to it, it is a superior product.
The old man replied with a smile: "Of course it is added with chili peppers, and you will know when the dish comes up in a while." ”
When it was time to eat, the Korean people lined up to go to the dishes, and they smelled the aroma of braised pork from afar, and walked up to the head soldier who was fighting the vegetables, and the leader scooped a piece of braised pork and a few pieces of potato stewed with braised pork into everyone's bowl, and gave them a spoonful of kimchi.
The newcomer looked at the kimchi in the bowl, which was made of radish and cabbage, and there was a little red in it, obviously red pepper powder, and a few small green peppers.
"It's been a long time since I've eaten such delicious kimchi!" The newcomer to the North Korean was full of praise, "Since the Tartar came, even the cabbage and peppers have to be sold for the worthless dragon money, which is not enough to pay taxes." ”
"It's not the kindness of His Royal Highness the Prince! I heard that His Royal Highness the Prince asked Nam Wang to give us more food, and he knows what we Koreans like to eat the most. Another Minzhuang on the side said.
"His Royal Highness the Prince has arrived!" While I was eating, I suddenly heard a long drink outside.
All the Korean Minzhuang stood up one after another, and when they saw the prince Li Zhuo walking in, the Korean Minzhuang put down the rice bowl, knelt on the ground and saluted, chanting His Royal Highness the prince Chitose.
Prince Li Zhuo made a round around and asked about the people's suffering. When he heard that the Manchu Qing Dynasty had collected extremely high taxes in Korea, issued dragon banknotes, and plundered the wealth of the Korean people, causing the Korean people to live in misery, Li Zhuo was furious. Hearing that those Korean Eight Banners and Korean Green Battalions were more ruthless against Koreans than against Koreans in Manchu Eight Banners, Li Zhuo said angrily: "Those traitors who betrayed North Korea and betrayed their ancestors, if they don't kill them all, they will not be people!" ”
After nearly a month of preparations, the siege of Seoul finally began.
The 32-pounder cannons and 64-pounder cannons carried from the battleship let out a deafening roar, and the whistling shells smashed into the walls of Seoul. The guns were dismantled from battleships and transported to Seoul by boat. The red-hot heavy cannonball smashed on the city wall, and immediately burst into a burst of flying sand and stones, which were shattered by the battlements of the city wall hit by the cannonball, and cracks appeared in the city wall.
"Boom" all kinds of small-caliber artillery also roared, and the overwhelming shells smashed into the city wall, and the city gate arrow tower was shattered in the thick smoke and collapsed with a bang.
The cannonballs fell on the top of the city, and the smoke and dust rose up, and the female wall battlements and rolling wood and stones at the head of the city were smashed to pieces, and the gun emplacements where the artillery was placed were also hit, and the cannons that were hit flew into the sky like toys. The Ming artillery shells fell, the bonfires burning at the head of the city were sparkling, the iron pots boiling the gold juice flew up, the hot dung water splashed, and the North Koreans standing around screamed and fell. The cannonballs fell in the crowd, stirring up a thick mist of blood, and the screams of the city continued.
"Well played! Kill them! ”
"Blow up these Tartar lackeys!"
"The city has fallen, so let's rush in!"
The North Koreans outside the city watched the Ming army's shelling spectacularly, and their mouths let out excited shouts.
The 32-pounder long-barreled cannon and the 64-pounder short-barreled cannon were extremely powerful, and after a few rounds of shelling, the city wall was already full of devastation, coupled with the bombardment of various small-caliber artillery, the city head was in shambles, the female wall battlements were shattered, and all kinds of defending weapons were smashed to pieces.
The old artillery in the hands of the Korean Eight Banners and the Korean Green Battalion had insufficient range, and when the Ming army was shelling, the North Korean gunners guarding the city launched a weak counterattack, but none of the shells could hit the Ming artillery positions. The counterattack of the North Koreans was immediately retaliated by more intense artillery fire, and round after round of shells fell, and the artillery at the head of the city was quickly destroyed.
After half an hour of shelling, the Ming gunners suspended the shelling and cooled down the artillery.
The war drums rumbled, and the North Korean auxiliaries pushed out watchtowers and nest cars, on which stood the sharpshooters of the Ming army.
The "bang-bang-bang" rifled gun emitted a dull sound of gunfire, and the Mini bullet seemed to have an eye, accurately hitting the defenders at the head of the city. The rifles with Mini rounds were loaded quickly, and after a few rounds of firing, there was no longer a single North Korean still standing at the head of the city, and all but the more than 100 people who were killed fled from the city and hid.
After the Ming artillery was cooled, a new round of shelling began. After a whole day of shelling, the shells smashed a gap in the walls.
"Up!" The Marine Corps general, Emperor Hude, wielded a machete and commanded the people and auxiliaries to attack.