Of course, Li Hao would not just send his troops to the battlefield.
The morale of the North Korean army is extremely low, and they have not yet been familiar with the new weapons. No matter how good the weapons are, they still need people to control them, right?
And even if he is familiar with the weapons, he does not dare to send his troops to fight in the field - what if he loses again?
So in the end, the North Korean generals finally came up with the strategy of holding on. Defend with Pyongyang City as the center to resist the Japanese attack.
The Korean army also began to receive equipment brought by the Luzon Governor's Mansion. Cars of gold and silver were transported to ships, and boxes of arms were unloaded.
The services of the Luzon Governor's Mansion are in place. Along with Yan Zichong, there is also a group of 100 instructors who are responsible for teaching the Korean army how to use firearms, and also to reorganize these troops that have no combat effectiveness. Yan Shiyi does not want to As soon as the arms were sold, the Japanese were cheap.
The only trouble is that the Japanese army is pressing forward step by step and they are in a hurry.
Fortunately, although the North Korean army ran fast and many cities were abandoned, it was impossible for the Japanese army not to take advantage. After all, they still needed to allocate troops to guard the cities and search for property and resources, which delayed some time.
According to the calculations of the instructors brought by Yan Zichong, the Japanese army will arrive at Pyongyang in about seven or eight days.
After seven or eight days, there was still a bit of a rush, so Li Huo mobilized another 5,000 soldiers to stop the Japanese army from moving north.
The remaining soldiers picked out the fire gun soldiers and other relatively elite ones and began to receive weapons and receive training from the instructors.
At the beginning, these soldiers were actually very scared. After all, North Korea's firecrackers at this time were the same as those of the Ming Dynasty in the last period. They used insufficient materials, rough workmanship, and explosions were common.
This batch of artillery and muskets were more powerful than the muskets they used before. In the North Korean army's perception, they should be easier to explode and more powerful, so they were even more afraid to try.
Especially those who had never used fire guns before. Listening to the fire gun soldiers' rumors, they were even more frightened and did not dare to approach these firearms. In the end, the instructors were forced to demonstrate in front of them in person, which gave them a little peace of mind.
Luzon's firearms are naturally of high quality. As long as they are operated according to the specifications, it is difficult to explode the chamber, and soon the Korean army will no longer be afraid.
So under the guidance of the instructors, the soldiers began to become familiar with these new weapons - although they were not actually that new, and the traces of use were obvious, but what else could they demand now?
On the other side, Yan Zichong finished the calculation and was already smiling.
"We sold 10,000 matchlocks, 600 furlongs, and 100 cannons. In addition to gunpowder and cannons, we got a total of 58,000 taels of silver."
The staff will report to him after making statistics.
Of course, this was sold at a huge premium. The cost of the gun was only 7 taels of silver a piece, but it was directly sold for 4 taels of silver a piece. The iron small flange machine cost 3 taels per door, but the price was directly raised to 15 taels. The general can only sell twelve taels of artillery for fifty taels.
The most important thing is that these equipments are left over from the Luzon military. Many of them have almost reached the end of their useful life and were originally meant to be destroyed. Now selling them to North Korea is tantamount to using waste and they are making pure profits.
How could this not make Yan Zichong happy?
Of course, Lu Song's reserves are more than this, but Li Huo has no money. Originally, he could not bring out much after Wang Jing's fall. After such a wave, Li Huo's small treasury has bottomed out, and even if it continues It was too late, so Yan Zichong had no choice but to give up the idea of continuing to do business.
As for Li Huo, this deal is not a loss. If he can resist the Japanese army and attract the Ming army's aid, then he will regain North Korea and still lack the fifty-eight thousand taels on hand?
Especially after the test firing, Li He suddenly discovered that the power of these firearms was much better than what they were equipped with, which made him even more confident.
Although some of the firearms were seriously worn, he just wanted to be able to survive this wave. What's the use of having too good quality? As long as Big Brother is protecting him, who dares to touch him?
Time passed like this day by day.
The Japanese army finally occupied a series of important towns in North Korea from Busan to Seoul and then to Kaesong, and looted enough wealth. Each of them made a lot of money, so they rushed towards Pyongyang with greater desire and ambition.
Among the nine major Japanese armies, the commander of the First Army, Yukino Konishi, and the Commander of the Third Army, Kuroda Nagamasa, led 20,000 Japanese troops and marched into Pyongyang.
Although they brought 20,000 people, this was not because they valued the North Korean army, but because capturing the important town of Pyongyang would be a huge achievement. Everyone wanted to take it. After a final dispute, they agreed to capture this city together. Pyongyang city.
As for the 30,000 North Korean troops gathered in Pyongyang, they didn't take it seriously at all - now the North Korean troops are almost running away, and their combat effectiveness is really unflattering. It's no wonder that the Japanese army looks down upon them.
The fact did not exceed their expectations. The five thousand Korean troops who were ordered to stop them, relying on the favorable terrain and well-built fortifications, only lasted for two days before being defeated. After taking a rest, they continued to move forward. The city of Pyongyang is already in sight.
What was different from what they expected was that the royal flag was erected on the wall of this city, and a large number of imperial troops were vaguely standing there.
President Xiaoxi narrowed his eyes, and he felt something was wrong.
Long-term combat experience reminded him that this North Korean army seemed to be unusual.
Kuroda Nagamasa's mind was filled with Toyotomi Hideyoshi's reward after breaking the city, and he was about to issue an attack order to his third army.
"Kuroda-san, it's better to be patient and calm. I think this Korean army is different from the previous ones. I might as well wait and see first before making any plans."
Governor Konishi stopped him and persuaded him that his intuition told him that the North Korean army on the opposite side was not as easy to deal with as before.
However, Kuroda Nagamasa was already dazzled by the series of victories, and the wealth in Pyongyang made him extremely jealous. He waved his hand and said:
"Since our army entered the DPRK, we have been invincible. Everyone in the DPRK has heard the news and become frightened. Just like Huangfu Yizhen put down the Yellow Turban Rebellion, the enemy invaders have no power to fight back!"
"Xiao Nisang, you are worrying too much. Today's court people no longer have the power to resist us!"
"Don't look at these North Korean soldiers standing on the city wall, but as soon as our warriors go up, they will flee like rats and rabbits!"
Kuroda Nagamasa laughed and mocked the Korean army unscrupulously.
Governor Konishi was also silent when he heard this. The series of previous performances by the North Korean army were really hard to arouse any vigilance.
Maybe, I just worry too much?
While he was thinking, Kuroda Nagamasa over there had already issued the order to attack.
Seeing this, Governor Konishi had no choice but to order the First Army to press forward.
(End of chapter)
