Chapter 324 Battle of Luliang
Li Jie was particularly afraid of Aire since he was in Seoul. In addition, the high-ranking North Korean officials who surrendered to Aire caused Li Bo to lose more than half of his majesty in North Korea.
After the palace was surrounded by Jiannu, the palace guards responsible for guarding the palace only had about a hundred people, and they were treated as decorations. Any Jiannu soldier could yell at them, but these people had to smile at every turn.
Airli walked in the huge Gyeongbokgung Palace, and the Korean palace ladies and eunuchs passing by knelt down to pay their respects.
When Li Jie learned that Airli was coming, he hurried to the Qinzheng Hall to greet him: "I didn't know it was the general who was coming, so I was far away to meet him..."
Airli didn't give Li Li a good look, and then sneered: "I'd like to trouble the king to issue an official document, and I will transfer your firearms camp to use."
Li Zhu didn't dare to disobey at all, and then immediately sent someone to write the official document. When he looked up again, Airli had disappeared, and only a few of Airli's soldiers and personal servants were left waiting in the palace.
Thinking of this, Li Zhu became panicked, because every time Airli entered the palace, his concubines and maids would surely suffer.
When Airli appeared in the Qinzheng Hall again, he was buckling his belt: "How is it, has the king finished writing it?"
The servant nodded slightly, Airli laughed, turned and left.
Li Zhu didn't rush to the harem of Jiaotai Hall until the eunuch reported that Airli had left the palace. Airli also knew the depth and never touched Li Zhu's princess, but ravaged his concubines into a state of disgrace.
"Your Majesty, Empress Cheng Shanggong committed suicide..."
"Why..."
Li Zhu sighed with difficulty. He knew that the Ming army was coming, but since the Jin people surrounded the palace city, many civil and military officials rebelled. Now he is a bird trapped in a cage.
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The Han River can be compared with the Yangtze River, but it is only a river basin stage. But in the eyes of North Koreans, the Han River is their mother river. North Korea does not lack water, but even if it relies on the convenience of irrigation in the Han River Basin, it still has no Ways to effectively produce equivalent amounts of food from barren land.
Although Chen Cao's foreign trade company also did business with Jiannu, only a small part of the grain was exported to Northeast China and most of it was sold to North Korea.
"Your Majesty, artillery..."
Chen Cao's telescope clearly saw the Korean army wearing almost the same military uniforms as the Ming army. The only thing that could be distinguished was that their linen outer linings were mainly blue.
Groups of artillery positions are being assembled under the operation of North Korean gunners.
"General Ning Yuan's cannon?"
This kind of artillery was most commonly used by Yuan Chonghuan. It was also improved on the basis of the old general cannon of the Ming Dynasty. It can hit nearly two miles with one shot and is very powerful.
"It seems that Li Zhu is determined to confront us." Cao Shixiu interjected.
Chen Cao put down his telescope and said with a smile: "He dare not refuse Airli's request. Xin Zhao, have the spies from the north come back?"
"Your Majesty, I have been back a long time ago. According to reports, Amin's army is already in Gaoyang, only thirty miles away from Beihan Mountain City."
The area around Seoul is not suitable for horse racing. Chen Cao was a little excited when he learned the news. After all, his opponents were famous for their cavalry battles. Even the Mongols were not their opponents. The only places on the plains of Seoul where horse racing was possible were Bukhan Mountain City and In the middle of Seoul, as long as Chen Cao avoided this place, Amin's army would not be able to cause a big storm.
"Your Majesty, there is a fleet heading south from the north..."
Although Korea has its own written language, even now their official documents are mainly in Chinese characters. The big flag on the fleet going south has a big "李" written on it, and the big flag next to it also says "Ayawara Dai." The four characters "jun".
"Li Er is here to deliver the certificate of surrender..."
Ayahara Prince Lee Seung served as the protector and general of Tongjin at the outlet of the Han River. He had a navy of more than a hundred ships, but their ships were not large, and their main warships were mainly Korean turtle ships. Chen Cao looked at it and saw that there were only three ships, and the remaining ones were about a dozen high-rise ships and dozens of flat-bottomed sand ships.
'Dong dong dong...'
After several gunshots were fired, Chen Cao first saw clearly the white smoke rising from the North Korean artillery position on the north bank, and then billowing waves set off on the Han River.
'Dong dong dong...dong dong dong...'
Li Yan's fleet also launched a fierce artillery battle against the puppet troops on the north bank. Chen Cao was not only puzzled, how could the North Korean army defeat such sharp artillery?
Gao Chong seemed to have seen Chen Cao's thoughts, and said: "Your Majesty, you don't know that the weapons and firearms of the Korean army are sharp, but the combat effectiveness of the soldiers is not high. The only elite unit was trained by Ning Yuanbo Li Rusong." , all troops are equipped with weapons and equipment according to the standard of our Ming Dynasty border army, and the number is only three thousand;
It was just that when Amin invaded Korea, this army fought bloody battles with Amin in Bukhan Mountain City and defeated Jiannu several times. Unfortunately, Li Zhu was timid and finally sold this army and the leading general was detained. He was found guilty of lese majeste and sent to Amin for punishment. "
Chen Cao heard from Liu Xingzuo that the general responsible for leading this army was named Li Chengyu, who fought extremely bravely. Li Zhuo's son also commanded with him, but unfortunately his head was cut off in the end, and the whole family became Amin's slaves.
At this time, the battle entered a fierce stage. The artillerymen on the shore were beaten and scattered. One of Li Yan's three turtle warships was sunk, one was injured, and many of the ships were on fire.
Not long after, the sand ship that came to meet them docked on the south bank. Chen Cao immediately ordered Feng Zhongping's First Division to cross the river first.
If he hadn't seen hundreds of North Korean troops wearing white clothes and helmets with round rims rushing onto the north bank plain, Chen Cao would never have taken the risk of letting his men withstand the opponent's artillery attack.
With hundreds of human shields charging forward, the leading troops of the 1st Division successfully landed on the beach. After a squad of soldiers rushed ashore, they looked at the braided cavalry galloping towards them. The leading squad leader shouted and put the grenade carried on his waist... The bullet is thrown forward.
Violent explosions sounded on the shore, and the Jiannu war horses were suddenly frightened, making it impossible for them to move forward.
Erlan only had one Jurchen elite under his command. Seeing that he could not stop them, he ordered the Jin soldiers to retreat and let the surrendered Korean puppet troops attack.
Accompanied by fierce gunfire, groups of Dingwu troops boarded the north bank one after another. Under the alternate cover of various ministries, the North Korean puppet troops were defeated and defeated.
Li Yan is a middle-aged man in his thirties, with a long beard and a tall white hat on his head, which gives Chen Cao a sense of whiteness. If it weren't for the silk robe he was wearing. , Chen Cao cannot associate him with the king's younger brother in any case.
Lord Ayara was equivalent to a county prince in the Ming Dynasty.
However, in front of Chen Cao, he was nothing.
Li Er bowed to Chen Cao and said in standard Chinese: "Li Er, my subordinate, pays homage to His Royal Highness the King of Liang."
Chen Cao cleared his throat and then said: "Ayara-kun, let's see the battle situation first. After we get ashore, we will slowly discuss state affairs."
The power of rifles is far greater than that of matchlocks and flintlock guns. The corpses of Korean puppet soldiers and Jian slaves are placed on the plains on the shore, and blood slowly flows along the sand toward the Han River.
Li Er got off the boat with Chen Cao. When he saw the corpses with holes in them, he couldn't help but retched.
Chen Cao was not surprised, but he couldn't accept the bullet-pierced body at first. He had long been used to seeing scenes of being shot on TV that would never appear in the past.
Feng Zhongping came under command and saluted Chen Cao: "Your Majesty, Jiannu has escaped, and the Korean puppet troops have also followed him. Please give me permission to pursue him?"
Chen Cao looked at the war horses that had just crossed the river, and then shook his head: "No more chasing. After all the troops have landed, prepare their armaments, and we will set off for Seoul."
"yes..."
Chen Cao was surrounded by Jin Yiwei and new troops in colorful robes. Li Yan suddenly felt that he was incomparable to the princes of the Ming Dynasty.
Furthermore, he was already at the level of a county king, while Chen Cao was a prince. Even if he was the king of North Korea, he would greet the seventh-rank official who was envoyed to North Korea by the Ming Dynasty with a smile and would not dare to neglect him at all.
Li Er said: "I would like to ask His Highness Prince Liang what kind of firearms are used by his army? They are so powerful."
Chen Cao took a Kangxing rifle from Xin Zhao's hand, and then skillfully pulled the bolt, and the yellow bullet was loaded into the barrel at a speed visible to the naked eye.
"Ayara-kun, this is a new type of musket from our Ming Dynasty. It is astonishingly powerful. In this battle of Seoul, please see how our Ming Dynasty King teaches the slave builders and the Korean puppet troops."
Chen Cao was talking big words, and suddenly Feng Zhongping ran back: "Your Majesty, I am very happy. Our scouts have reported that a large number of slave soldiers and Korean puppet troops are rushing towards Qingpoyi, numbering no less than 10,000 people."
Chen Cao had a dark face. He had just landed here and his opponent was coming to kill him. He was not worried at all, but looked excited. I guess it was because he had something sharp in his hands and he looked down on his opponent at all...
However, the first division in front of us had just successfully landed, the second division had only half of its people across the river, and the third division was still behind them. The opponent obviously knew the truth of crossing the river before hitting the middle of the river.
Chen Cao made a gesture of invitation: "Ayara-kun, let's go and take a look."
Naturally, Airli would not be trapped in the isolated city. His intelligence was that more than 10,000 Ming troops landed in Incheon, and then a group of troops headed towards Guangjin Pass, so the number of Ming troops in front of them could not exceed 5,000. , even if there are still 10,000 people, he has 3,000 Jurchen elites under his command, as well as more than 10,000 surrendered North Korean puppet troops, and sufficient firearm support. Even if the Ming army has an advantage in numbers, it will not be able to survive the leading charge of the North Korean puppet troops. The elite cavalry under his command struck back and everything was over.
Xin Laosan has made meritorious service at Fenshuiguan. According to his rank as brigade commander, his current military title is also the title of guerrilla general. If he has made meritorious service in North Korea, he might be able to become a deputy division commander or even a division commander. .
His second brigade happened to be in charge of the front line of defense. Several of his colleagues at the same level were already extremely envious, because fighting the Korean army was like an adult bullying a three-year-old child.
Thinking of this, Xin Laosan not only turned slightly red: "Xu Tao, you guys go up first..."
