Chapter 37 Ye Shen’s courage
By the time Yiju City truly calmed down, it was already late at night.
Ye Chen's breakthrough into the city gate was just the beginning. When more than 4,000 Ming troops entered Yizhou City, the two sides fell into a battle between trapped beasts.
The Goryeo general's surname was Hong, and he was also a powerful figure in Goryeo. He knew one thing very well, that is, what the combat effectiveness of his subordinates was like. I'm afraid that as soon as the city gate is opened, many people will escape immediately. Things like running away are contagious.
If one person escapes, countless others will follow.
Therefore, he pressed against several other city gates. Lead the war team to supervise the battle in the city.
And Ye Chen was also worried about the large number of Goryeo troops. The Jurchens are nothing but flowery people. So he rushed forward with all his strength, and it was naturally impossible to kill all the Koreans. Ten thousand people, even if they stood still and let Ye Chen kill them, Ye Chen probably wouldn't have the ability. But the biggest problem for people is that the upper limit is very high, but the lower limit is very low. Just break it down and the rest goes without saying.
Ye Chen led his soldiers and repeatedly charged and killed three war horses on the only road in Yizhou City. Perhaps the terrain here is not good enough for horses to run, and they wear out quickly. Ye Chen simply dismounted and fought on foot. Holding the torch high, he fought with the Koreans at night.
But the stalemate lasted until nightfall. This is already the limit for these Koreans. Seeing that Ye Chen still dared to fight at night and that his role in supervising the troops was greatly reduced in the darkness, many Goryeo soldiers simply climbed over the city wall and fell from the city wall to escape.
As a result, the resistance Ye Chen encountered was reduced. Finally, in the middle of the night, he asked the Korean general to open the city gate and escape. Finally, the city was captured.
At this time, Ye Chen's whole body was repeatedly soaked in sweat and blood. He sat on the corpse and couldn't get up for a long time.
However, they are not the most miserable. Nor are they the defeated Koryo people. But the people in the city, although Yizhou City is not big. But there are a lot of people inside, and the reason is very simple. During the chaos in Liaodong, a large number of people fled to Goryeo. There were as many as 40,000 households in the household registration alone.
As for those who are slaves and maids, how many there are is incalculable.
As for the main battlefield of this battle, Ye Chen and his troops were fighting against the Koreans on the only street. The streets in Yizhou City were not very wide, so no matter how many soldiers and horses the Koreans had, they would not be able to send them. And what are the Jurchens doing?
The sheep are being herded.
Except for Mengge Timur's troops who still have some discipline, the other Jurchens no longer know where they are? Anyway, just kill them in the dark. They didn't care whether they killed the Goryeo army or the Goryeo people.
Moreover, it is traditional for Jurchens to become bandits. Even Japan has legends of Jurchen pirates. Moreover, the Jurchens in these mountains and forests are really not simple people. Robbery of homes and homes is even more familiar.
Of course, these Jurchen practices are also beneficial to the war effort. They climbed over walls and walked through alleys. He killed people when he saw them and robbed property when he saw them. He didn't even know where he had killed. The Koreans didn't even know that many Korean soldiers discovered that the houses behind them were on fire.
Only then did he realize that the enemies were behind him, and his morale was suddenly shattered.
After all, murder and arson are connected together.
However, Ye Chen couldn't let the Jurchens continue like this. He took a breath and began to rectify military discipline.
It wasn't until dawn that all the people were gathered together.
Of course, just to close it up, to punish the Jurchens, they also raised it high and put it down gently, which only deducted most of the reward that should be given to them.
Nowadays, the military discipline of most armies is not much better than that of the Jurchens. The same applies even to the Goryeo army in their homeland, otherwise guest soldiers would not be so hated.
Secondly, Ye Chen is now alone. There was a fierce battle last night, and many Koreans died. Probably one or two thousand were beheaded. But his own troops also lost nearly 300 people.
This kind of frontal fight. In a bloody battle on the long street, there is almost no room for maneuver. No matter how good your armor is, people can pile you up to death. Although Goryeo paid a higher price for it. But the Ming army only had more than a thousand people. Now there are so many losses. How will the war be fought in the future?
Ye Chen was also worried about this. It is even more important to tighten the support of the Jurchens.
Therefore, there cannot be more punishment.
According to Ye Chen's original thoughts. Just stick to Uiju Castle. Their Uiju Qianhu settlement east of the Yalu River was very crude and could not hold on to it at all. But Yiju City is an ancient city. Even though it has some shortcomings, the city wall is strong enough.
As long as there are sufficient supplies and everyone is united, this small town can be enough to defend for several months. At that time, the army will turn around. What else can the Koreans do?
However, a piece of news soon gave Ye Chen a sense of opportunity.
Ye Shensi thought about it and asked Timur, the fierce brother, "Do you know how many people there were in the Goryeo army yesterday?"
Meng brother Timur pondered for a long time. He thought about yesterday's battle. After a while, he said: "About ten thousand, no, more than ten thousand. As for the specific number, I don't know, but it should not exceed ten thousand." Five thousand people. No, definitely not more than that.”
Ye Chen said, "No, there were thirty-two thousand Koreans yesterday."
Meng brother Timur immediately shook his head and said: "This is impossible. I personally participated in yesterday's war. How can I not know how many people there were. If there were 30,000 people, we would not have won yesterday no matter what."
Ye Chen said: "Yes. Then look at this."
Meng brother Timur was literate, but not very literate. Barely able to understand the official document, he read it word for word: "Consultant Hong Ren of the Mi Zhisi Division, led the five lines of the frontier army -----, 31,000 infantry, 2,800 cavalry. Hundreds of people, navy------"
After reading this, Tamerlane was shocked and said, "It's true. This Gaoli is so ridiculous. Is this self-deception?"
Ye Chen said, "No. This is free money, but I didn't expect it to be so severe. It's probably more than half."
Meng Ge Timur said: "No wonder, the Korean soldiers yesterday were all soft persimmons."
Ye Chen said, "Didn't you see the fighter plane?"
Meng brother Timur said: "Fighter?"
Ye Chen said, "I have wanted to understand before. How dare a mere Goryeo invade the Celestial Empire? Now I understand that the Goryeo army in the eyes of the King of Goryeo is completely different from the Goryeo army in our eyes. In the eyes of the King of Goryeo, our country Here in the Yalu River, there were only about a thousand people. Including Xi'an's Dingliao Guards, there were only 6,000 people. He sent 30,000 people as vanguards, cavalry and navy. He was already going all out, and then he personally mentioned The five guards and two forces, totaling 170,000 to 80,000, may not be able to attack, but there is no doubt that we can defend."
"But now I have to ask, how big is Goryeo's army this time?"
"How many soldiers does his Five Guards and Two Paths have?"
The so-called Five Guards and Two Dao soldiers, the Five Guards are the five armies of the Suwei capital, that is, the Jing army, and the two Dao. One is the soldiers who have just established the Northwest Dao, which is where the Shuangcheng General Mansion is located, which is in dispute with the Ming Dynasty. Horse, the other way is the safe road. That is, the local army to which Yizhou belongs.
It should be noted that the current head coach of the Northwestern Army is Li Chenggui.
Are there any moisture in other armies, and how much moisture is there? It's hard to say. Anyway, the people under Li Chenggui's command have no water. Maybe even super staff. Otherwise, his rebellion in history would not have been pushed all the way to the capital of Goryeo.
Meng Brother Timur looked at the document just now and did not dare to make any random judgments for a moment. If the loss is based on the proportion of these 30,000 people, it is estimated that the Koreans only have an army of 70,000 to 80,000 people. Moreover, the impact of empty pay is not only a reduction in the number of troops, but as simple as that, it will also seriously affect the combat effectiveness of the army.
Meng brother Timur said: "So------"
Ye Chen said, "So, do you dare to march eastward with me? Attack the city walls, burn the grain and grass, and destroy the roads."
In Ye Chen's view, He Xi's mission was to prevent Goryeo from crossing the Yalu River within a few months. There are many ways to accomplish this task. The art of war is to control people without controlling them. Defending Yizhou City to the death is naturally a way of controlling others. And if Qingqi rushes into Goryeo, the first priority of the Goryeo people is to drive him out.
One comes and one goes. Wait until Goryeo is ready again. It will probably be this winter or next year.
Ye Shen is so brave.
