Chapter 56 The Siege of Busan
As mentioned earlier, the reason why Jinju is important is that it is the waterway transportation artery in southern Goryeo.
It can be reached directly by water. Because of this, the siege equipment that Lan Yu prepared before can be quickly transported by water. Of course, Xi's contribution is certainly there. When He Xi was building the industrial system, he unintentionally introduced the concept of standardization, which resulted in standard sizes. Only then can these siege equipment be built in Kaijing. It is then disassembled and quickly assembled after the parts are transported to the front line. Before He Xi came, probably only a few craftsmen could do such a thing. But after He Xilai, almost all graduates of Polytechnic College could do it.
The Polytechnic College now has thousands of graduates. The last group was naturally under He Xi's command. But the less important ones are making a living in various places in Ming Dynasty. Naturally, some of them were able to do this under Lan Yu's command. Once they decided to attack fiercely, the army arrived at Jinzhou City from Kaijing. In about three days, all the siege equipment was put into use.
Even Lan Yu, who had fought many battles, was secretly shocked by this efficiency.
Not to mention the Japanese.
These Japanese looked at the huge siege equipment as if they were growing out of the ground. They all wonder if Daming has the help of ghosts and gods.
But no matter how they think about it, the Japanese have to face Ming's attack.
The Japanese were not as good as the Koreans in defending the city. The Korean crossbows are actually very powerful. The exaggerated long bow of the Japanese is actually not practical at all. Fortunately, the Japanese generals were not fools and mobilized many Korean archers. Suddenly arrows rained down.
The Ming army suffered casualties and continued to attack the city day and night.
But the fighting lasted for three days. There were two to three thousand soldiers who died under Jinzhou City. This is when most of them are wearing armor.
Most of them fell off the city wall. Or were killed by rolling stones. The Japanese casualties were not at all lower than this number. Facing the fierce attack of Daming firearms and sophisticated armor, if the Japanese had not had the advantage of city walls, they would have suffered more casualties than the Ming army.
But after three days.
The gate of Jinzhou City slowly opened. Several old Korean men, naked to the waist, performed the ceremony of leading the sheep. Welcome the army into the city.
Immediately, Ming troops broke into the city to search. The Japanese really left cleanly.
Lan Yu rode to the foot of Jinzhou City and looked at the countless corpses under the city wall and the blood stains on the city wall. He said calmly: "Where did you go to see the Japanese pirates?"
This old Goryeo man said: "Miura. Miura."
Lan Yu was not surprised by the situation in front of him. The reason why his main force came here was not to capture Jinzhou. He was waiting for the other two armies to encircle the Japanese army in the rear. Lan Yu knew Ye Chen and Zhang Yi quite well.
They are all strong men.
When attacking an opponent's horse, there is no need to spread your wings. If Fang Chengfeng alone can win, the value of Zhang Yi lies in that after capturing Tsushima, he can cross the sea to attack other occupied areas of Japan.
Lan Yu is here, all he needs to do is contain the main Japanese force.
After all, this is a traffic artery. Battleground. But no matter what kind of city, all the rear areas fell. There is only an isolated city, and there is no need to defend it.
Lan Yu expected that the Japanese would escape.
The so-called Sanpo includes Busanpo. Today, Busan is not a separate city, but just a port. It is precisely because the Japanese come from the sea that they pay most attention to the port. Busan is also Japan’s home base in Korea.
Lan Yu was not surprised by this. He immediately gave the order and said, "The cavalry will pursue immediately and chase me all the way to Miura."
"Yes." The generals obeyed the order.
There was reverence and elation in everyone's tone.
Reverence is naturally for sapphire. No matter what kind of person. As long as he can lead everyone to victory, the army will worship him, and winning the battle will bring unlimited benefits to the soldiers. How could they not be happy?
It's just that they're happy. He Xi was not happy.
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He Xi was not on the front line, but he was not in Kaijing either.
Because as soon as the war started, He Xi discovered that Kaijing was too far north. Failing to support the front line, he quickly moved the logistics center to what would become Seoul. But the front line is developing so fast that He Xi will soon go to take charge. Chasing Lan Yu's ass almost all the way.
That’s all.
What made He Xi even more unbearable was the consumption. A lot of consumption.
He Xi's reaction from behind was inevitably a bit delayed. But ten days before the war started, He Xi sent out all the firearms and gunpowder in his hands. On the twentieth day of the war, nearly two-thirds of the iron armor and other cold weapons shipped from Liaodong were transported to the front line. new
As for the reserve of wound medicine, alcohol, gauze, etc. Almost wiped out.
He Xi knew it and had it shipped. It doesn’t mean it’s all used up.
What made He Xi even more uncomfortable was the money.
More than 400,000 taels of silver were awarded almost three days before the war started.
Without these more than 400,000 taels of silver to boost morale, it would be difficult for the Ming army to have such high morale. Of course, another reason for the high morale of the Ming army is to suppress soft persimmons. The most brutal battle in the entire war was the second attack on Jinzhou.
But not many people actually died in the battle.
People will inevitably die in war. The soldiers of the Ming army were much more tolerant of death than He Xi.
Moreover, although He Xi had just arrived in Korea, He Xi had taken care of all the logistics and supplies. He Xi was prepared more based on the experience of later generations. Such as wound medicine, alcohol, gauze, and doctors, etc. In previous wars, there were very few. Only officers could receive medical treatment, while many soldiers were just waiting to die.
This kind of logistics naturally boosts morale.
Of course, this also resulted in the fact that the war had only started for more than 20 days, and many of the supplies He Xi had prepared were all used up.
Nothing more.
What He Xi especially couldn't accept was the loss of ordnance.
After all, as I said before, ordnance is very resistant to damage. He Xi also brought a lot of ordnance, tens of thousands of armors and various weapons. In He Xi's view, it was enough for Lan Yu's troops to conquer Japan. He never expected that it would be over in just such a short time. The prodigal is not like this.
He Xi could no longer sit still.
He decided to go to the front line to meet Lan Yu and explain this issue.
Then he led hundreds of cavalry escorts along the main road, that is, through Jinzhou City, to the front line.
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He Xi hasn't reached the front line yet.
The three armies of the Ming Army have met at Busanpu.
Except for the army that crossed the mountains from Chungju and was still stuck in the mountains and forests, facing constant resistance from the Japanese army, the other armies were all here. However, this partial division will soon be out of trouble. Because the Japanese army that is resisting the Ming army will soon find that the Ming army is coming from behind them. Instead, they were blocked in the mountains and forests.
Nearly 80,000 troops surrounded Busanpo, or Busan Castle.
This city was originally a small seaside town. It can't even be called a county seat. It was after the Japanese arrived that they valued this place and started building it. It doubled in size and was stuck on a peninsula, which resisted attacks on land. There was another small island behind the peninsula. The island was originally a fortification to defend against pirates and resisted attacks on the sea.
The last main force of the Japanese army was in this deformed city.
In fact, the main force of the Japanese army was no less numerous than the Ming army. Ouchi Yoshihiro was quite clever. Under the fierce attack of the Ming army, he quickly shrunk and abandoned many troops as abandoned ones. Concentrate most of your troops here. It can be regarded as preserving the last essence.
Of course, none of the troops that gave up belonged to the Ouchi clan. Most of the remaining troops belong to the Ouchi clan. This is not enough for outsiders to understand.
However, that's all Ouchi Yoshihiro can do.
The strategic deployment that Lan Yu has been preparing for more than half a year has been completed. Lan Yu is not planning to fight here. Because in Lan Yu's view, the Japanese here are already deadlocked. The sea is dominated by the navy, and there is only a small area on land. They can't move, and they can't defend. Even a cauldron
As an important port for transshipment to Japan, Shanshan has a large amount of materials, including grain and grass. For example, Japan itself is short of food, so requisitioning food from Goryeo is also the intended meaning of the question.
But even if they have enough food and grass, how many years can they last? One year, two years, three years?
