Chapter 1099: One Blow
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"Little hand, you actually took the lead, it's okay, I'll ask the uncle for credit for you later
Kuno Shigekatsu's head had been cut off, and a cavalryman beside Zu Chengzhi ignored the bloody head and tied it directly to the saddle
Zu Chengzhi was also elated, won the first battle, and beheaded the enemy general, this is not a small credit, no matter how you say it, it can also offset many previous sins
Hundreds of them chased after each other, and they were talking, but they heard the roar of artillery in the direction of the battlefield just now, and there was also a large group of people shouting to kill, and one of the people of Zu Cheng was wondering, but there was a herald and a horse came and gave a loud order:
"Master Zu, the general army ordered you to attack immediately, and the Ximen army has begun to attack."
The so-called general soldier means that Li Rusong's second general soldier is naturally Li Rubai, and these troops are the private soldiers of the Li family, which is not very formal, and the name is also appropriate
Zu Chengzhi didn't dare to slack off, and hurriedly shook the reins and led the team to the West Gate, where the battle had just begun, and when he arrived at the West Gate, he found that the West Gate was already boiling
Not only did the thousands of paces led by Fang Cai, Mou Li Rusong obviously drove the brigade of his own formation forward, and the artillery was also pushed up, if there was no debris blocking the door hole of the western gate of Pyongyang City, then the gate was just a thick wooden gate inlaid with iron, and the four cannons were aimed at the second artillery shell, and the door had already cracked a few holes
The three-pound and six-pound guns were pushed to the front and bombarded the walls on both sides, and the Kou could no longer organize a defensive situation in this direction
The city gate finally couldn't withstand the beating of the cannonballs, and there was a violent blocking sound inside, and the whole gate cracked and opened inward, perhaps the door inside was bolted, and the door was opened, and you could see the corpses in the doorway, and the city gate was smashed out of holes one by one, and sawdust was splashed in the hole, and many people who wanted to block the door died in it
The Ming army can take care of so much, the generals shouted and shouted, driving the soldiers forward to this situation, and they didn't care about any family soldiers and private soldiers with armor on their bodies were rushing to the front, and cutting off the enemy's head was a merit, and it was also a great achievement to enter the city first
It is impossible for the soldiers and horses of the Ming army to rush in like this, and you can see that the ashigaru inside rushed out under the leadership of the samurai, and the drawbridge in front of the west gate has not been dragged up, and the Ming soldiers have already filled in the trench of the city for a long time, and they also rushed over
The cavalry may not be convinced by the cavalry against the foot soldiers, and now the two sides are fighting for control of the city gates, and it is the foot soldiers against the foot soldiers
The infantry soldiers are all in a hurry to meet each other, the battlefield in front of and behind the gate of the city is very narrow, and the iron artillery can no longer be used, but there are still people in the Ming army who can shoot bows and arrows
After all, it was hung from the head of a person, and the shot was considered a person, and the defense of the ashigaru was pitifully low, and there was no way to resist such bows and arrows, and those samurai were better in bamboo armor and leather armor, and they were much better at fighting with long knives and spears than Ashigaru
But the martial arts that can be boasted of in front of the ashigaru are nothing in front of the Li family's family pacesetters, and the Li family's soldiers are also full-time soldiers, specializing in martial arts, just for battlefield training, compared to these samurai, the Li family's family soldiers, armor and weapons dealers may have a great advantage
The two sides collided together, only a slight pause, the Ming army began to push inward, the rear team of the Kou was constantly shot by bows and arrows, the rear team became thinner and thinner, there was no way to give the front team enough support, the front team was already falling behind, and was pushed back step by step
Kuno was defeated outside, and the people in the city all saw the momentum of the cannon bombardment of the city walls and gates, and everyone also saw that their morale had fallen to the extreme
The soldiers and horses of the Kou thought that they had been in battle for a long time, and they were all arrogant, especially after the ambush of Zu Chengzhi's thousands of cavalry in the city of Pyongyang, they felt extremely arrogant, and the stronghold in the north of Pyongyang was annihilated by the Ming army, and there were not many people who fled back to the scene of the battle, but what they saw and experienced completely collapsed the confidence of the soldiers and horses, and it turned out that the Ming army was so strong
The cannon that shattered the sky and the earth made the cowards frightened, and it was reasonable that they had no morale and could not maintain the battle situation in the cold
It didn't take much effort, the West Gate has been captured by the Ming army, and there is a lucky thing for the Kou of Pyongyang City, that is, this city is imitating the city of the Ming Dynasty, and there is an urn city after regulating the city gate, which can rely on this to barely defend it, but everyone knows that this will not last long, and the other party's artillery will definitely not be able to support it
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"Knock on the city gates one by one, this time it's not to wipe out all the Koukou, but to seize the city, and when the city gates are opened, they will not be able to hold it and flee first."
Li Rusong said to Li Rubai in the border soil in a solemn voice, Li Rubai nodded heavily, turned around to arrange and ordered, although Li Rubai is far inferior to Li Rusong, but after all, he was born in the gate and has been in the position of the general soldier for so long, these standing affairs still understand
After giving these orders, watching the cavalry and infantry of the Li family put into the battlefield, Li Rusong turned to look at Zu Chengxun, after the west gate was taken, Zu Chengxun was called back to the main formation by Li Rusong, Zu Chengzhi was smoky at this time, but the color of the fire on his face was very excited, and the guards around him were holding the head of the long field and were also elated
Li Rusong nodded, looked at the first level with a smile on his face, and quipped:
"Why is this face twisted into a ball, like it has been poisoned"
"The adult is really good eyesight, this kid has a medicine on the knife that slashes people, which is the kind used to shoot tigers, so there is this look"
"It's a bit clever, wait for this time, you and I will go to Xuanfu to do it slowly, and there will be no less glory and wealth than here."
Listening to Li Rusong's words, Zu Chengzhi hurriedly knelt down and kowtowed, he knew that his family was fighting desperately, and there was finally a return, and he might not be able to stay in Liaoning in the future, but he could go to Xuanfu to ask for a background, after all, Li Rusong had too few people available around Xuanfu, and Zu Chengzhi had followed him for many years
Li Rusong smiled and asked Zu Chengzhi to kowtow a few times, and then said in a deep voice:
"You lead the troops and horses of the headquarters to Li Ning's side, and set up an ambush on the road in the direction of the east gate together, and today our army can break into the city, and the entanglement in the city will be more troublesome, but tomorrow and tomorrow, you can force the Kou to give up, and when the time comes, save you and make meritorious contributions."
The cavalry ambushed the enemy brigade, this is indeed a good opportunity for meritorious service, Zu Chengzhi kowtowed excitedly, thanked himself, and hurriedly went
Originally, I thought that the bombardment of the army near the city was just a test to besiege the city, and the siege battle would start the next day, but the cadres of the first army of the Ming army did not expect the Ming army to move so quickly, as a test contact, after the Kuno Shigesheng was killed, the Ming army did not pause at all, and immediately advanced to the city gate and broke through the first checkpoint of the city defense
When they didn't see the combat effectiveness of this Ming army, the soldiers and horses were quite confident and even quite arrogant, they didn't expect that they would rely on the defense of the city to defend them, so naturally they would not block the city gate and the city gate hole, but wanted to attack from the city gate, so all roads were quite smooth
The original arrogance was too late to remedy the North Korean city gate after realizing that it was wrong, that is, it could be done thick wood clad iron, in fact, it was not too thick the city gate, Li Rusong led the Ming army this time with enough artillery, gathered artillery, knocked on the city gate, and then the foot soldiers and cavalry poured wide,
There is an urn city behind the city gate, and the role is not too great, and the bows and arrows and iron cannons of the Kou can not block the artillery bombardment of the inside of the urn city, and in terms of the internal regulations of Pyongyang City, the construction of many places cannot be said to be qualified, and the city walls collapsed everywhere under the roar of artillery
When it was dark, the battle had already developed into the city, after all, there were more than 20,000 troops in the city, and it had been operating here for about half a year, and when it was dark, the situation was finally stalemate, and the fighting of cold weapons in the narrow streets and alleys where the artillery could not be used was extremely fierce, but at least this kind of fighting was not a one-sided attack, and the Ming army advanced and stopped
It was already dark, there were too many uncertainties in the night battle, and the danger was also very great, and Li Rusong's dispatch of troops this time was to be safe, and he immediately ordered to stop the offensive and shrink a certain area to set up fortifications, so that as long as the next day the situation was reached, he was very sure that he would expel the Kou from Pyongyang
Although the Ming army had already camped in the city and set up fortifications, the Kou army did not take advantage of the situation to counterattack, except for a few places where small-scale battles were still going on, most places had actually quieted down
The two sides fought to the death until night, but there were several streets in the city that formed a safe area across the city
"My lord, organize a sword drawing team tonight to attack the Ming army at night, otherwise the situation will be more embarrassing tomorrow."
The original Fengyue place in the north of Pyongyang has now become the core of the First Army Corps, which was full of confidence and now the situation has collapsed, everyone is dark-faced, and the authority of the commander of the army no longer exists, and everyone is there to admonish and admonish
"Organize the sword drawing team, that is the most loyal and elite soldiers of the various departments, if they fail, I'm afraid that many ashigaru will flee immediately, we have already seen the use of the sword drawing team in the night attack, our people are good at night fighting?"
Konishi Yukicho rejected this proposal with a dark face, and someone immediately said loudly:
"Someone just reported that the Ming army was already transporting artillery into the city, and if it were tomorrow, it would be ...... in this death-like city."
"All armies are preparing tonight and breaking through tomorrow" is not finished