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The North Korean army led by Quan Li marched swaggeringly. As far as the eye could see, the Hanyang City Wall and the North Korean Royal Palace Gyeongbokgung Palace could be seen. Due to the terrain, this distance is about ten to twelve miles.
The current location of the North Korean army is called Songquan Cave. Of course, this is just a place name and does not mean that they all ran to a certain cave.
Songquan Cave is actually located northeast of Gyeongbokgung Palace. There is also a mausoleum outside Hanyang City between it and Gyeongbokgung Palace. Koreans call it Jeongneung, which is the mausoleum of Queen Shindeok of Joseon.
Queen Shindeok was the wife of Lee Seong-gye, the founder of Joseon, and the daughter of the third sexton of Goryeo, Kang Yuncheng, the king of Xiangshan Prefecture, and Mrs. Jiang of Jinshan Prefecture. She was the first princess of the Joseon Dynasty, with the emblem of "Hyeonfei". After her death, she was given the posthumous title of "Queen Queen Sindeok". She was later renamed Queen Sindeok and was buried in Jeongneung.
Such a place is naturally very important to the Li Dynasty, and is usually guarded by soldiers. However, the Korean army had already collapsed since the Imjin Japanese Rebellion. Later, it gradually recovered with the help of the Ming Dynasty's "clearing inventory", and two hundred people were re-stationed in Jeongneung. When the Japanese army came back, the Korean army has not sent anyone to guard it again until now.
Theoretically, Zhenling should be empty now, and Quan Li certainly knew about this, but now he found signs of military activity on the Songquandong hills on the other side of Zhenling.
Quan Li immediately ordered someone to send a telescope for a closer look. It didn't matter what he saw. He was shocked on the spot and asked the people around him: "Did you know that there are Ming troops coming to Beijing from elsewhere recently?"
Everyone around said there was no such news. Quan Li didn't quite believe it, so he called the local host over and asked, and he also said that no new Ming troops had arrived in Wangjing Hanyang recently.
Quan Li was surprised and happy, and said: "That means Zhang Wanbang actually came out of the city to fight our army!"
The people around were also surprised and asked how many troops Zhang Wanbang had. Quan Li smiled and said: "Songquan Cave is higher and you can see at a glance. Zhang Wanbang only has about three thousand soldiers and horses."
Among Quan Li's men, there was a general named Jin Zhizhong who was active recently. He was overjoyed when he heard this and said: "Marshal Du, this Ming army is really used to being domineering and arrogant. A mere 3,000 people are only 11 of our army. If you dare to come and die, this is a good opportunity for our army to defeat the enemy! As long as we defeat Zhang Wanbang's Ming army and take advantage of this great victory, Hanyang City can be conquered without attacking!"
The other generals were also overjoyed to congratulate him, and asked for battle one after another. The fighting spirit of the Korean army was high, and they had the courage to wipe out Zhang Wanbang's troops.
Quan Li couldn't help but feel overjoyed that the military's morale was like this. He immediately ordered not to stop and went directly down the mountain to Zhenling. The North Korean army then took action and prepared their order to go down the mountain.
Wait a minute—why do we need to compile the sequence before going down the mountain? This is because the land in Songquandong is mainly hilly. The North Korean army is on the mountain at the moment, and the bad news is that the road down the mountain is not wide, and can only be used by three horses in parallel - about the same as a cart. Slightly wider.
As a result, the North Korean army's march down the mountain took on the appearance of "just like a snake on a regular mountain", winding and twisting for several miles.
Going down the mountain, there was nothing to say. Unfortunately, when the last part of the North Korean army was about to go down the mountain, a loud noise suddenly broke out under their feet.
The ground was cracked, mud and rocks were flying, and the mountains were shaking like a giant python rising from the ground in response to a disaster. In an instant, countless Korean soldiers were flying around like pots full of beans falling to the ground.
The huge explosive force not only blew the North Korean soldiers at the center of the explosion into pieces with broken arms and limbs, but even the North Korean soldiers farther around were blown away. At least two to three hundred North Korean soldiers were shocked and fell to the ground bleeding. The ground cannot rise.
This astonishing scene shocked everyone. Most people didn't even know what happened, and couldn't understand such an explosion. Many people thought they had offended the mountain god or thunder god, and were so frightened that their whole bodies shook like chaff. He knelt on the ground and murmured an apology in vain.
After all, Quan Li was more knowledgeable. After being stunned for a moment, he realized what was happening and shouted: "Don't panic! This is a mine that was laid in ambush by the Ming army. It was used by Mr. Gaoge when he put down the rebellion in the northwest. It's not anything." The mountain god Thor is furious! Each battalion immediately reorganizes its troops, counts and treats them!"
Quan Li's reaction was not unpleasant, but even so, the morale of the Korean army had been severely affected, and the previous high-spirited situation no longer existed.
Many people saw the scene of landslides and broken limbs flying everywhere. This was a huge psychological blow to a feudal army that was actually at the level of the cold weapon era. So many people had an idea in their minds: Two to three hundred people died before the battle started. This was a very bad omen...
The explosion just now used fuse mines produced by Jinghua. In fact, it can be said to be a group of serial mines, dedicated by the Third Company of the 1st Battalion and 2nd Biao of Zhang Wanbang's Department.
The main force of Zhang Wanbang's department is currently located in Zhenling, which is not far away or close. They can all hear the loud noise in the direction of Songquan Cave. The Ming army had been watching the situation there. Everyone in the Ming army heard the explosion clearly, and the generals holding telescopes could see the power of the explosion more clearly.
The loss of two to three hundred people is neither too much nor too much. After all, the total number of North Korean troops is more than 30,000. This one percent loss is naturally not a big deal.
However, what happened next was somewhat unexpected by the Ming army, especially Zhang Wanbang, who frowned more and more as he watched - just such an explosion disrupted the entire formation of the North Korean army.
Obviously the explosion occurred in the rear army, but the North Korean army almost collapsed even in the front army. Many people were inexplicably frightened and ran around. As a result, the generals of the North Korean army had to send out their cronies and supervising troops to behead more than a dozen people in a row. Suppressed the chaos.
Then Zhang Wanbang discovered that it took too much time to reorganize the team. Next, the North Korean army did not set off again immediately, but the generals of each battalion began to lecture, seemingly to encourage their men...
After finishing all this and setting off again, more than half an hour had passed since the explosion, which even made Zhang Wanbang anxious. Fortunately, they set out to continue the march in the end, otherwise Zhang Wanbang would suspect that the battle would have to be postponed until tomorrow, and he and his men would have to "sleep on the grave" tonight.
However, this also made Zhang Wanbang even more scornful of the "last elite" of the Korean army. He believed that the North Korean army's performance showed that their organizational discipline was extremely poor, and the slightest disturbance could make these people panic and panic.
According to Gao's pragmatic statement: Discipline is the foundation of military combat effectiveness. Therefore, the Korean army is obviously not an elite soldier.
Seeing the North Korean army setting off again towards Zhenling, Zhang Wanbang felt a little more relaxed and ordered the entire army to prepare for battle.
The Ming army began to set up their formation. More than 20 sidecars were placed on the front line of the perimeter, with many rocket vehicles mixed in between. The musketeers were waiting behind the sidecars, ready to meet the enemy at any time. The second and third ranks of the musketeers were arrayed in the rear, ready to take turns to supplement the first rank for three sections of shooting.
The sub-center is a circle of square artillery units. The reason why it is placed in the sub-center is that the artillery needs peripheral protection, and the small radius is conducive to the maneuvering of artillery vehicles, so that artillery fire can be quickly and effectively deployed where it is most needed in battle. direction.
Needless to say, as for the center, it is naturally the Chinese military command post, where Zhang Wanbang and his personal guards sit. In fact, his position is not very good from a certain perspective, mainly because he is too close to the artillery, which may be deafening during the battle.
However, there is nothing he can do about it, because his total strength is too small. Although the overall area of this large hollow square is not small, no matter how the formation is arranged, the artillery will not be too far away from him.
Of course, everything has its disadvantages and advantages. The advantage is that when setting up the formation in this way, both he and the artillery will pay special attention to eliminating safety hazards. Things like Dong Yiyuan who almost blew himself up will basically not happen.
The rear-mounted artillery is actually made easier by Jinghua's invention of the adjustable muzzle scale. Otherwise, it is inconvenient to rear-mount artillery like the past because it cannot fire at a large elevation angle. If it is placed in the rear array, it will easily injure friendly forces in front.
The Korean army was delayed for so long that when they arrived at the Ming army's preset battlefield, not only Zhang Wanbang's troops were already ready, but the 3rd Company of the 2nd Biao 1st Battalion, which had previously completed the mine explosion mission, also rushed back to the Ming army's position ahead of them. Was placed into combat formation.
When Quan Li arrived in a hurry, he took one look at the Ming army and immediately breathed a sigh of relief - the Ming army's square formation meant that they could only be beaten passively, and they did not even think about taking the initiative to attack or gain battlefield advantage.
The square formation has always been considered the second-most defensive formation after the round formation. In Quan Li's view, the Ming army actually gave up the initiative and could only be beaten passively. Even if they won in the battle, it would be difficult to win. Change formations and pursue the pursuit after victory.
In other words, the North Korean army should be able to retreat calmly even if the battle does not go smoothly.
Faced with this situation, Quan Li almost laughed out loud. Zhang Wanbang eagerly ran out of the city to fight me, but ended up setting up a turtle formation. What's the point of this besides helping me train my troops?
Since his own advantage was too great, Quan Li quickly recovered from the unexpected loss and ordered to surround Zhang Wanbang's department on three sides, leaving the west side vacant.
This is the most obvious strategy to encircle three buildings. The reason for leaving the west side unencircled is because the best direction to go to Hanyang City from the battlefield is to the west. Leaving the west side in this way will leave a way for the Ming army to escape. Once the Ming army cannot support it, it will flee to the west. At this time, the Ming army's front line will naturally no longer exist, and the North Korean army can pursue and kill them as much as they want.
When Quan Li's soldiers semi-surrounded the Ming army in three groups, the Ming army showed no reaction at first. They waited until the Korean army on the southern line entered the range of the Ming army's artillery before they suddenly opened fire.
Why did the Korean army on the southern front enter the range of the Ming army's artillery? It was because their road was the most difficult to walk. Therefore, in order to ensure that the entire army's action would not be delayed, the Korean army on the southern front took a shortcut and entered the artillery range of the Ming army.
Originally, although Quan Li was dissatisfied with the performance on the southern front, he did not pay too much attention to it. After all, the most indispensable thing on the battlefield is accidents. Who can guarantee that everything he predicted on the battlefield will happen and everything he hopes to avoid will happen. Perfect avoidance? It's just enough to watch.
However, the Ming army soon made Quan Li regret this idea.
The artillery of Zhang Wanbang's department of the Ming Army consisted of one battalion, with a total of nearly 600 people, who controlled artillery and rocket vehicles respectively. Among them, the artillery is all Army No. 3 artillery, and a gun crew is operated by five people, with a total of 86 guns; the rocket vehicles are operated by a crew of two people, with a total of 72 rocket vehicles.
Theoretically speaking, since the Ming army deployed a four-sided formation, each side had 21.5 artillery pieces and 18 rocket vehicles. Of course, it was impossible for the artillery to have half a gun, so there must be 22 guns on two sides and 21 guns on the other two sides. But no matter what, there are probably about 20 cannons and 20 rocket cars on each side.
However, the feelings of the Korean army on the southern front were very inconsistent with this "theoretical" value. The Ming army fired a salvo of rocket cars first, and the first wave of 18 rocket cars fired an overwhelming amount of rockets. This kind of weapon has certain explosive properties. It brought frightening large-scale fragmentation damage to the Korean army.
At this time, the North Korean army discovered that the rocket cars used by the Ming army were different from the rocket cars they sent to North Korea. At least the rockets emitted by each rocket car in a salvo must be far more than those sent to North Korea.
This feeling is completely correct, because each of the Ming army's rocket cars fired a salvo of 9*9, which is eighty-one rockets. The propulsion of Ming army rockets relies on the gunpowder at the rear of the arrow to ignite the jet power, and the explosion relies on the gunpowder and broken pottery fragments built in the middle of the rocket.
The structure of this rocket is inspired by bamboo knots. To put it simply, when the power gunpowder at the rear is burned out, there is a lead inside that passes through the vacant compartment like a bamboo knot between the two compartments. After burning in the vacant compartment, it reaches the "bamboo knot" in the middle. The gunpowder in it caused an explosion, which exploded the built-in pottery pieces and caused damage.
As for why an empty compartment is set up between the two gunpowder cabins, of course it is to control the explosion time. Generally speaking, it is to control the explosion at the moment when the power is burned out and hits the ground. This is difficult to be precise, but currently it can be done very differently. not bad.
A rocket car fires 81 rockets at a time that can explode and shoot "surface-damaging pottery shards", which means that even if there are exactly 18 rocket cars in each direction, they can fire 1,458 rockets in one salvo!
In fact, these rockets did not completely hit the crowd of North Korean soldiers. In fact, the hit rate of rockets has always been relatively worrying. The number of rockets that actually hit the crowd this time may not even be a fraction (less than 458), and some of them almost hit the crowd. Hitting the same spot failed to produce the maximum effect.
However, the Korean army felt as if they were facing purgatory!
As they felt, the Ming army's overwhelming rockets fell, and countless pottery fragments flew up in the explosion. There is no point in the accuracy of these pottery fragments, but each pottery fragment can be compared to the darts thrown by the legendary martial arts masters. As long as they hit, they will not die but will be injured.
Although the probability of a single pottery fragment hitting a vital point is very low, its power is not very great. However, the problem is that this thing is really large in quantity. In one salvo, the Korean army on the southern front was blown up and turned upside down. , there were screams everywhere.
The bad thing is the screams. Many people will not die at all, but too many people are injured. The combination of countless hoarse screams made people feel like they were in purgatory. They just felt that everyone around them was undergoing great torture. Even those who were not injured by chance felt chills on their spines and shivered. They didn't know if it was because of the rain. You have to do the same for yourself for a moment.
What's worse is that the injured people will not just scream, but will also run around subconsciously, which suddenly messes up the formation of the Korean army on the southern front and turns the whole thing into a pot of porridge.
Quan Li, who stayed on the northern route, stared dumbfoundedly at the nearly 10,000 elite Korean troops on the southern route, collapsing on the spot after such a mere rocket salvo. All formations and military formations were completely disintegrated in an instant. The entire team seemed to have been cast by a spell, leaving in a majestic manner and returning in a chaotic manner.
Quan Li's mind was buzzing. His mind was full of turmoil, and only one voice lingered: There were nearly ten thousand troops on the southern front, so they were defeated?
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