Chapter 329 Hanyang City in the Peripheral Light
Pu Zhengxin's nephew was the North Korean general leading the team. This was a serious situation. He quickly rode out to plead with his nephew. Amin looked at Pu Zhengxin coldly: "Why, the North Korean slave also wants to make the decision on his own?"
When Pu Zhengxin heard this, he was completely paralyzed. He couldn't make the final decision in this situation. He could only watch his nephew's head being beheaded and hung on the flagpole to warn the various departments of the North Korean army.
Chen Cao looked at the corpses under the city wall. This was the second time after Fujian that he saw clearly the power of a rifle. However, Chen Cao also had concerns. After Sun Chuanting and others went to the Middle East, the rifles and bullets produced by Liangfan Arsenal were all divided. Half of them were shipped to the Middle East to reinforce them. During the expedition to Korea, each soldier of the three rifle divisions received only twenty rounds of ammunition.
"There is no spare ammunition..."
Only some people are equipped with grenades, and there is only one.
Therefore, Chen Cao had to make careful tactical plans, because they did not have extra ammunition to supply here. Even if they did, they would have to wait for Zheng Zhilong's fleet to arrive in Incheon, and then return to Shanghai for transportation from Incheon. This time, there was no One and a half months is definitely not enough.
This is the level of semi-industrial manufacturing of bullets, too slow...
"All ministries must save ammunition. Before the decisive battle with Amin, the ammunition must be sufficient."
Feng Zhongping said with a smile on his face: "My lord, please see, once the Tatars attack, we only have a few hundred people to shoot, but there are still a thousand dead bodies."
"You see clearly, they are basically all Koreans."
"These Tartars are not stupid..."
Chen Cao looked around, and then frowned. Although Hanyang is the capital of North Korea, only the gate tower of the four city gates is about six meters high. The remaining city walls and horse roads scattered on both sides of the gate tower are all high. It's only about three meters. Once Jiannu reaches the city, he can jump over the city wall even standing on horseback, not to mention climbing the city.
"Tell all the soldiers to take turns shooting and never let Jiannu get close to the city wall."
Zhao Xin quickly came to the north city. After running up the tower, he reported urgently: "Your Majesty, tens of thousands of slaves are attacking Muyue Mountain. This is an urgent report from the commander of Tang Dynasty."
Chen Cao hurriedly opened the military report, and his brows furrowed into Sichuan: "Are they trying to encircle the area for reinforcements? Or do they want to do the opposite?"
As he spoke, Chen Cao looked at Zhao Xin: "Is there any movement over there at Liu Xingzuo?"
Xin Zhao shook his head: "The scouts we sent out two hours ago have not returned yet."
When Chen Cao heard this, he felt that the Jiannu in front of him was really not a fool, and he could actually backhand a camp to support him. There was a large plain under the Muyue Mountain. Even if he was equipped with a new rifle, Chen Cao did not dare to attack rashly.
Because it can be proved from the course of history that before the advent of machine guns, cavalry was already the absolute force that controlled the situation on the battlefield.
Chen Cao would not be fooled by later movies, in which a group of British men equipped with front-loaded smoothbore flintlocks defeated hundreds of cavalry. As long as it was a spacious plain and the opponent's cavalry was equal in number to his own, then if he wanted to win It only depends on luck and the commander's on-the-spot response. Otherwise, even if you have a rifle, there is no way to directly control the speed of the cavalry.
Unless all the opponents are infantry.
Once the cavalry arrived in front of the musketeers' position, the infantrymen holding muskets could only be passively beaten and slaughtered completely.
"Send someone to notify Tang Yannian and save ammunition, but you must also cause trouble to the slaves who attack the mountain. Let them know how powerful it is."
"yes..."
"Also, Tang Yannian must not be allowed to take the initiative to go down the mountain..."
Half an hour later, the newly prepared 10,000 Korean troops, under the command of Jiannu's master, rushed towards the city wall carrying ladders and large shields.
At this moment, Feng Zhongping was directly in charge of the command. When he saw this, he shouted: "In accordance with military orders, all ministries fire in rotation. They must not shoot empty guns to save ammunition..."
'Bang bang bang...bang bang bang...bang bang bang...bang bang bang...bang bang bang...'
'Bang bang bang...bang bang bang...bang bang bang...bang bang bang...bang bang bang...'
'Bang bang bang...bang bang bang...bang bang bang...bang bang bang...bang bang bang...'
The scene half an hour ago was repeated again under Beicheng. Even with a heavy shield, the Korean army behind the shield was still penetrated by bullets and fell to the ground. Jiannu, who was commanding the center of each team, waved a long knife and ordered those The North Korean army continued its offensive.
Under the city wall, of the three thousand Korean troops who rushed up, only less than three hundred people remained.
The bodies all piled up behind them as they charged.
"The Tatars are right under the city walls..."
"Throw a grenade..."
'Bang bang bang...'
Accompanied by the explosion of grenades, all the Korean soldiers who finally rushed to the city wall were killed. The survivors wailed and their blood flowed like rivers.
Amin's veins popped out, and the three thousand forward troops were completely wiped out. Even the few Dajinniulu warriors he commanded died under the city wall.
More than three thousand corpses were placed under Beicheng. The scene was extremely spectacular. It was already three o'clock in the morning, and Amin had to order the whole army to eat and prepare to have a full meal before attacking.
Chen Cao looked at the smoke rising in the distance, put down his telescope, and said: "First Division, leave the city..."
Feng Zhongping was overjoyed and immediately got off the tower.
Squeak...
The First Division, under the command of Feng Zhongping, slowly walked out of the city. However, there were corpses outside the city and they could not march in an orderly manner. When passing by the Korean soldiers or Tatars who were not dead, the first division The soldiers of the division would give them a good blow with the bayonets on their guns.
Xin Laosan, the second forward brigade, looked at the Korean army and the Jiannu cavalry that had begun to gather, and shouted loudly: "The second brigade, with the fifth regiment as the main attack, march forward..."
Looking past the bodies covered in the mud, Xu Tao, the leader of the fifth regiment, shouted, leading his 1,500 men towards the slave-building formation three miles away.
Each unit is spread out on a narrow battlefield based on companies. The current tactics are not like the rifle duels of later generations. When the two sides begin to fight, they will use bunkers as protection or other shelters to attack and advance.
At this time, even if the opponent has firearms, he is still no match for the rifle.
Therefore, the tactic is still to advance in unison for a coordinated attack.
"Archers prepare..."
A North Korean officer drew out his long knife, then looked at the men and horses behind him: "The fire blunderbuss is accurate..."
At this moment, the visual distance is still three hundred steps away, but Amin has already thrown away the chicken drumstick in his hand: "Elli, send people to attack on the left and right wings to eat this arrogant Akito."
"Solantu, you lead two Niu Lu to attack Ming Gou's right wing..."
Airli knew the power of his opponent's firearms. After ordering his men, he asked his cavalry to prepare their bucklers: "The Golden Warrior is invincible, charge..."
Horseshoe formation, most of the men and horses of the First Division are still mixed with new soldiers. Because of Liang Fan's army expansion plan, even the ordinary soldiers of the original First Division have become officers or senior officers of other units.
Even so, high-intensity training is still the focus, and when facing the opponent's cavalry attack, the training manual clearly states that you must stay where you are and fire a three-stage salvo.
Xu Tao still remembers the scene when he faced the Jiannu cavalry in Liaodong when he was still a small flag. At that time, he was still holding a flintlock gun. When the enemy cavalry rushed closer, they could only use the bayonet tip of the gun as a weapon. Using a long spear, after that battle, there were only two people left in his small flag group, including him.
"Stay where you are, conduct training drills, fire three-stage salvos, each unit is a company..."
"Follow orders..."
Chen Cao's heart was in his throat, because the plain in front of him was enough to run about three thousand war horses. With this strength, even if he blocked the enemy with rifles, he still couldn't completely defeat the opponent.
"shot..."
'Bang bang bang...bang bang bang...bang bang bang...bang bang bang...bang bang bang...bang bang bang...'
'Bang bang bang...bang bang bang...bang bang bang...bang bang bang...bang bang bang...bang bang bang...'
'Bang bang bang...bang bang bang...bang bang bang...bang bang bang...bang bang bang...bang bang bang...'
Although the smoke produced by the new gunpowder in this matter was smaller, under such high-intensity shooting, the battlefield was still covered with a layer of white smoke, but compared with the previous situation when more than ten rounds of salvos were fired that blinded the entire battlefield. Much better down the line.
Arrows and lead bullets also flew at the same time, but due to the distance, only a few dozen unlucky ones were hit by the stray arrows, and only minor injuries were caused.
After more than ten rounds of volley fire, Solantu's two Niu Lu subordinates only had more than 200 people left. At this moment, they were frightened by the beating. The dead were all Eight Banners warriors, even his master Amin. If you dare to hide this casualty in front of Huang Taiji, you will definitely be whipped when you return.
"The right-wing Tatars withdrew..."
Chen Cao had climbed up to see the distance. At that time, Zhao Xin walked up to the tower and held his hands in his hands: "Your Majesty, the crown prince of the Joseon Dynasty, Li Yi, is here and wants to see you."
Li Jie was allowed to go up to the city tower. He had heard the sound of muskets a long time ago, but now it was still mixed with the sound of artillery. He didn't know what the casualties were: "Your Highness, King Liang, please send troops to join the battle and defeat Jiannu." ."
Chen Cao looked him up and down with interest, and then said with a smile: "The prince has ever operated a musket?"
Li Li raised his head: "Never used."
"Do you have battle experience?"
Seeing that Li Li's expression was a little sluggish, Chen Cao asked again: "Does the troops of your Crown Prince Yi Wei have any chance of actual combat?"
Only Han Jinzhe and Kong Cheng of the Yiwei Division had guarded Beihan Mountain City before, and there was actually no chance of fighting. However, he did not feel that he could not leave the city without combat experience: "North Korean soldiers and civilians are willing to serve the country."
Chen Cao chuckled, then patted Li Li on the shoulder: "Okay, there are only ten thousand Korean troops in the city, and I see that many of your troops are still wielding water and fire sticks. Don't go out of the city and lose your life in vain. Tell the Jiannu people to laugh at you as Korean stick soldiers."
Chen Cao saw that Li Li's face was slightly red, and then looked at the sky: "This battle will last until evening..."
