Chapter 1107 Twenty-four miles from Seoul
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"This damn North Korean weather, my hometown is not so cold!"
"Bastard, don't be loud in such an action!"
Someone was talking in a whisper, and it immediately attracted a stern reprimand, of course, the scolding was not loud, and dozens of samurai on horseback were moving more than twenty miles north of Seoul. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info
It was still very dark, and there was some light on the horizon, I don't know if it was the first morning light, these horseback warriors did not take the main road, but the mountain road between the mountains and hills, this road is often covered by terrain and trees, and it is difficult for people walking in it to be found on the main road.
There are few horses in Japan, and the soldiers who can ride on horses are generally samurai, but this team seems to be even more different, each samurai is wearing leather armor inlaid with iron, and half of them are still carrying firearms, such equipment is also the first class elite in Japan, not to mention horseback riding.
This unit was the reconnaissance team of the 6th Legion of the Wakos, which was stationed in Jeolla Province in the southernmost part of Korea, and was a samurai of the flag who was directly subordinate to the commander of the corps, Takakei Kobayakawa.
The actions of the Ming cavalry brigade naturally could not be hidden for too much time, and the Japanese had long known and prepared, and began to gather troops to Gyeonggi Province.
Although the garrison of the 6th Army Corps of the Japanese Invaders was in Jeolla Province, as one of the most outstanding generals in the Japanese invasion army, he had always been in charge of the overall situation in Seoul, Gyeonggi Province.
On the 10th day of the second month, it was reported that the Ming army had appeared somewhere thirty miles from Seoul, and as a result, the general Ukita Hideya sent 40,000 troops to the enemy in a panic.
After that, Kobayakawa and Takakei began to send their most elite Qiben reconnaissance teams to search the north and west, in the direction in which the two Ming armies might appear.
"Shh~~~"
The first person in the front of the squad of scouts gave a silencing signal, and everyone stopped talking in whispers.
"Mingkou is ahead, there is a brigade under the mountain pass!"
It was another whispered message, all the people dismounted, checked the halter of the dismount, and came to a certain place on the hillside lightly, after seeing the pointing of the person in front, everyone's body couldn't help but tremble, and in the shelter below, a few lights could be vaguely seen swaying, and the sky had gradually brightened, and everyone could vaguely see that the cavalry of the brigade was stationed there.
"Mingkou is so cunning, he actually came here so quietly."
"It's almost time to be ugly, it's time to be young!"
"Go to Seoul and report back, go quickly!!"
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Li Rusong's team of thousands of cavalry also set up sentries on the periphery, but they were not familiar with the terrain, and the Korean rebels who were still patting their chests and saying that they would fight to the death against the Japanese in Huanghae Road were also gone, and the places they could inspect were limited.
They did not find a Japanese reconnaissance team on the back of a hill somewhere, and when the Japanese reconnaissance team left, the cavalry brigade, which had not been resting for a long time, also began to get up and pull out the camp.
"The general manager, the general manager, the general flag, and the small flag must keep an eye on the people below, and the people are full of food, and the horses must be fed enough!"
Li Rusong said in a deep voice as he walked, while several pro-soldiers hurriedly dispersed to give orders, Li Rusong and Li Rubai walked in the queue together, last night's rest was extremely simple, many people were looking for a dry place to take a nap with felt, and it was not considered to be camping preparations.
After Li Rusong finished speaking, Li Rubai also opened his mouth and said:
"Staring everywhere, you have to take the dry food that you can't eat, whoever wastes food, Lao Tzu will march with whomever you want, let's take three days of dry food this time, waste a little, and you will be hungry on the return trip."
"The camp is in Huanghaidao, let's bring three days of food, we must keep an eye on it!"
Li Rusong also added loudly, this time the four thousand horsemen went out lightly, only with three days of grain and grass, the Li family's personal soldiers, Dingli, there were also many people who had come to North Korea in the past, this time it was said that they knew a small road, they could avoid the defense of the Japanese and enter Gyeonggi Province.
There are light cavalry raids on the left and right, and of course you have to try such a means, in fact, this plan has been implemented quite smoothly, but it is not so easy for a large team of thousands of cavalry to avoid the detection of others, and there are only a few places where they are camped.
It is impossible to enter completely silently, Li Rusong and Li Rubai, as well as the generals up and down, all understand, but they can get a little advantage in the war and get closer enough to the enemy's position.
The whole army was ready, 4,000 men led the horses for a ride, the horses moved, their bodies were warm, and the cavalry mounted one after another.
In fact, when you get to this position, you can already enter the range of Seoul, and the road is easy to walk, and from another point of view, you have entered the war zone.
Leaving Pyongyang City and crossing the Taedong River, Li Rubai, the commander-in-chief of Liaoxi, was very elated, but after entering Gyeonggi Province, Li Rubai did not have any words on his face and smiled, and he was also worried immediately.
"Big brother, the civilization here is earlier than ours, and there are too many paddy fields for planting rice in this place, the paddy fields are muddy, and our cavalry is spread out, and it is too troublesome in the paddy fields!"
Li Rubai was talking here, but Li Rusong didn't make a sound with a calm face, Li Rubai straightened up and looked around on the horse, and said in a low voice:
"North Koreans know how to talk big, in Pyongan Province, Hwanghae Province, a group of people say what the rebels say, what they say are willing to fight to the death, as soon as they enter Gyeonggi Province, they all run clean, this Gyeonggi Province chaos is there, there is not a ghost shadow along the way, and there are tens of thousands of fucking rebels......"
"Now that you're here, you're going to try it!"
Li Rusong, who has always disapproved of coming here, said in a deep voice at this time, the sky is getting brighter and brighter, the sun has risen, Li Rusong looked around on the horse, and said slowly:
"This place should be the best place in North Korea, there are paddy fields, there are many flat land, and the climate is warmer than the north, such a good place, the Japanese will not let go easily!"
After saying this, both of them fell silent, and the brigade continued to move forward slowly, and the sentinel detectives who ran in front kept returning, reporting what they had seen and heard in front of the Chinese army.
"General, I have seen the Japanese camp in front of Seoul!"
"General, the outpost can already see the walls of the big city in the distance......"
While they were passing the message back and forth, there was a moment of confusion ahead, and several cavalrymen could be seen, rushing up to the grass on one side, and in a short time, the front had already returned.
"There are Japanese sentry detectives, three people have been shot dead, and the rest have fled."
In the distance, the sound of drums could be faintly heard, but at first it was not so clear, and the sound became louder and louder, as if thunder was sounding in the sky.
"The battalions are in good spirits, and they are about to take on the enemy!"
Li Rusong raised his voice to give an order, and the soldiers who were waiting for the order beside him shouted and beat their horses one after another, and ran to the positions where the battalions were located to deliver orders.
Li Rubai on the side spit on the ground. Spit, but he checked the weapon he was carrying, and muttered in a low voice:
"The old man is indeed stunned!"
As we marched all the way to Seoul, there were fewer and fewer ups and downs on both sides of the road, and the terrain became flatter and flatter, and the 4,000 horsemen marching in the column gradually became a horizontal formation.
If you rush into the city to capture the city, the cavalry is naturally the easiest column to give full play to the speed advantage, but listening to the drums in the direction of Seoul getting louder and louder, who knows that there will not be any lucky thing waiting for you to seize the empty city.
You can see that a team of about 4,000 Japanese soldiers and horses is approaching, and most of the 4,000 people behind them are tan-colored flags, and the ashigaru pikemen are the mainstay, and the cavalry and iron artillery are at the forefront of the group.
These more than 4,000 people are nothing, what really moved the Ming army was that the brigade of men and horses behind these more than 4,000 Japanese soldiers, looking at the position of the Ming army, the Japanese soldiers and horses seemed to be endless, gathering from three directions.
The drums were constantly beating, and in the midst of the drums, the sound of horns or conches was whining, and the array of soldiers and horses was actually very quiet, but with so many people, only a little sound from each place would make the battlefield extremely noisy.
The mounts of the Ming army's horse team all became agitated, and the cavalry had to desperately restrain their horses to keep the formation from scattered, and the speed of moving forward was also slowing down.
"It's ...... It's ......"
Li Rubai muttered a few words, suddenly became irritable on the horse, and scolded loudly:
"Didn't you say the empty city! These mongrels ......"
Halfway through speaking, but stopped shouting, Li Rubai felt that his throat was dry, swallowed a few mouthfuls of saliva, turned his head and said to Li Rusong beside him:
"Big brother, let's go, it's still too late, there are many pirates, and I can't catch up!"
Li Rusong stared at his younger brother a few times, shook his head and smiled, and said leisurely:
"Violate the military order and military law, and then escape from the battle, and when we go back, what face will we have to meet the people of the world, and at that time, our Li family will really be finished."
Li Rusong hung the bow and arrow on the side of the saddle, pulled out the waist knife in half and inserted it into the scabbard, and said in a loud voice:
"Since you're here, let's fight, throw this life here, worthy of yourself, worthy of your father, and worthy of Daming, second, you go back to your own team to press the formation, don't lose the face of the Li family later."
Li Rubai lowered his head and raised his head again for a while, hugged his fists and signaled, and rode his own horse, Li Rusong looked at his back and smiled, turned his head and asked the guard:
"Where is this!?"
"Back to the general, the North Koreans here are called Biho Pavilion."
"What a strange name!"
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