Chapter 36: Strike first to gain the upper hand
Ye Chen would not know that there were currently disputes in the Goryeo court, with the advancing faction and the retreating faction becoming a mess. The King of Korea also hesitated. The Ming Dynasty's military might frightened him. But the more frightened I am, the more I want to fight. The reason is very simple. The King of Goryeo was young and vigorous, and he was unwilling to bow to the Ming Dynasty. Because if they bow their heads, the disputed areas on both sides of the Yalu River will be ceded to the Ming Dynasty.
Therefore, we must let Daming know how powerful Goryeo is.
Ye Chen didn't need to know this. All he needed to know was that there were approximately 10,000 troops stationed in Yizhou City. It should be the vanguard of the Goryeo Army.
Moreover, a large army was mobilized behind Goryeo. There will only be more and more enemies, and even after three or five days, tens of thousands of troops will arrive, and Ye Chen is not surprised. This was also the reason why Ye Chen was ready to strike first as soon as he got He Xi's permission.
Although the ratio between us and the enemy is nearly ten to one, Ye Chen's troops are the elite of Liaodong, and the Goryeo army is obviously inferior to the Ming army, even if they have cities. Ye Chen also felt that he could fight a dozen.
To win over the Jurchens, on the one hand, it is to use one more manpower. Even if it’s just waving flags and shouting, that’s fine. Another reason is that the manpower of the Ming Dynasty is already stretched thin. If the Jurchens are pulled over by Gao Li again, they will be even more passive.
After all, Goryeo had always tried to win over the Jurchens, and there was a master at winning over the Jurchens, and that was Li Chenggui.
Li Chenggui's father was the general manager of Yuanshuang City. Dedicated the twin cities of Hamhung to Goryeo. He was able to be promoted to an official position, and the Shuangcheng place was very close to the Jurchen place. Li Chenggui had a very good relationship with the Jurchens. Historically, when Li Chenggui returned to the army to seize power, there were Jurchens who followed him.
Ye Chen checked the three thousand strong men of Meng Brother Timur. These people are all in good physical condition and are good hunters. However, they have not received military training and can fight alone, but not in war. Nurhachi learned this after spending many years under Li Chengliang.
The only good thing is that these Jurchens all brought horses. Ye Chen doesn't need to worry about this.
After all, the Jurchens originally raised horses. Even the Jurchens' horses are much more generous than the Liaodong war horses. In the Liaodong horse market, the main force selling horses is Jurchens.
Ye Chen immediately gave the weapons to Meng Brother Timur. Meng brother Timur was overjoyed and felt that even for these weapons, it was enough to sacrifice his life this time. He immediately said, "Sir, tell me, what do you want us to do?"
Ye Chen said, "Don't do anything. If you have to do something, just guard the baggage."
"Ah-----" Meng Brother Timur said.
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Under the setting sun, Yiju Castle feels desolate.
Meng brother Timur stood on a high place and watched the cavalry of more than a hundred people from a distance, slowly approaching Yizhou City.
To be honest, he knew that when Ye Chen came to attack Yizhou, he was worried that the Jurchens like them would become cannon fodder. However, he did not expect that Ye Chen would know this kind of siege method, leading more than a hundred riders and horses, and slowly approached Yizhou City from the west.
It seems that because there are so many people in Yizhou City, it is almost a military city at this moment. Coupled with the large amount of military supplies coming in and out, the people at the city gate were on alert. The city gate was not closed. At this moment, under the setting sun, I see a group of people holding horses from a distance, but I can't see clearly who these people are?
Ye Chen, on the other hand, was wearing armor and a layer of linen clothes, which was well covered. Although his body was bulging, you could tell at a glance that something was wrong. But you can't see it from a distance.
Ye Mo looked at Yizhou City silently. He has investigated here countless times, and he has even sneaked into Yizhou City many times. He knows everything about Yizhou City clearly. He does not know when Yizhou City was founded. It is very likely that it was during the Song and Liao Dynasties. Anyway, in a word, the city defense of Yizhou City has lagged behind the times. There is no urn city and no outer city. If you rush into the city gate, it will be unobstructed immediately.
He didn't know how a dangerous place like Uiju, which was Goryeo's first line of defense, could do this.
However, it does not prevent him from using it.
Ye Chen felt that the distance was about the same, so he suddenly got on his horse and started driving without saying a word. More than a hundred riders rushed over like a whirlwind.
It is less than three miles away from Yiju City Gate, about 1,500 meters.
Riding a horse only takes ten minutes at most. This is because these war horses are not racing horses after all. Moreover, they are not just lightly clad riders wearing only underpants, but each of them has a weight of nearly a hundred kilograms. In addition to armor, there are long knives, hand-crossbows, strong crossbows, long bows, and two pots. Arrows, knives, water bottles, dry food, saddles and other things.
It's pretty good to be able to run at this speed.
For the first 500 meters, no one seemed to notice it at the top of Yiju City.
At the second 500 meters, the top of Yiju City began to shout loudly: "Who are you? No running, no running."
The soldiers in front of the city gate also pushed Juma into the middle of the road, trying to block the intruders.
At the third five hundred meters, the city gate is close at hand. Only then did someone realize that the city gate needed to be closed.
Unfortunately, I don’t know whether it’s because there is no such structure as a thousand-jin gate in Yiju City, or it’s more troublesome to use the thousand-jin gate once, because it is easy to lower the thousand-jin gate, but it is not easy to pull it up again. After all, in this era, there is no other power, it is all human power. of.
It's very difficult to think about such a big gate.
However, no matter why they made such a choice. They have to pay for what they did anyway.
Ye Chen galloped forward without losing speed, but he bent his bow and arrows, shooting volleys of arrows. He shot seventeen arrows in one go, killing all the soldiers under the city gate. There were no missed arrows. But he didn't stop at all. As soon as he lifted the reins, the man and the horse seemed to fly past Juma and rushed into the city. As for the soldiers who fell behind him, someone immediately threw a noose and put it on Juma. With the help of horse power, he lifted the horse and pulled it away forcefully. Some of the remaining people did not slow down and galloped into the city, while others dismounted and controlled the city gate.
With the sound of fireworks. A large group of people hiding in the distance also rushed over.
Meng brother Timur is a bit far away, so I can only get a rough look. For a moment, they were all stunned, thinking to themselves, "Can it still be like this?"
Doing so seems reckless. In fact, Ye Chen is both wise and courageous. Wisdom lies in the timing, how far can arouse the enemy's alert, and how far can he be without being regarded as a threat by the enemy. Then there was courage. There were over ten thousand troops in Yizhou City, and Ye Chen almost broke in alone. Open the way for the whole army.
But the whole army is less than half of the enemy's army.
He himself had only a few dozen soldiers around him, but these few people dared to break into the dragon's pond and the tiger's den.
This courage is more amazing than wisdom.
However, Meng brother Timur was surprised and he did not forget the business. He took his three thousand men and horses and rushed towards the gate of Yizhou.
At this moment, Ye Chen has been fighting back and forth between life and death for several times.
There is a street behind the Uiju Castle Gate, and the Uiju West Gate directly faces the East Gate.
Why is it said that the city defense of Yiju has lagged behind a long time ago? It is because many cities in the Central Plains are very simple, with gates on both sides facing each other. In order to increase the difficulty of attacking one side, many cities have barriers between the gates, or simply Stagger it a bit.
The group of people in front of Ye Chen on the streets of Yizhou City became Ye Chen's battlefield.
Ye Chen is not an enemy of ten thousand people. At most, there are hundreds of enemies.
He followed his father Ye Wang since he was a child, practicing in summer and summer. Practice Sanjiu in winter to strengthen your muscles and bones. A person's force will not yield to others, but the peak of personal force is probably the enemy of a hundred people. If there are more than a hundred enemies, it is not just a matter of force.
Even if there are hundreds of enemies, you still have to fight with your brains. Rather than hitting it with physical force.
Just like now, Ye Chen, with his bow and arrow first, made a circle in the city gate with his horse, and the two pots of arrows in his hand were all shot.
After shooting two hundred arrows in one breath, even Ye Chen felt as if his fingers had been cut off and he felt like he couldn't lift his arms. And at the end of the shot, it’s not very accurate. However, the enemy troops inside the city gate were still frightened, and they all fled instinctively.
Ye Chen pulled out his spear and urged the horse to move, regardless of whether he was alone. Still a hundred people. He chased after the tail of these fleeing men.
He cut his way out of nowhere.
And the Ming army rushed in through this city gate, and even the Jurchens were not to be outdone. It was only at this time that the Goryeo generals reacted.
