Seoul is like a deeply scarred warrior with blood flowing all over his body.
Zhao Pu, a civil servant, also picked up a weapon and slashed at the Japanese soldiers who were ascending the city. When the knife cut into the person's body, Zhao Pu's hands could not stop shaking.
The sergeant shouted and rushed to kill.
People kept dying around me, and people kept coming up.
Human life is worthless at this time.
Zhao Pu grasped the steel knife and stared with red eyes: "If the city is lost, how can we have the face to see our fathers and fellow villagers, and how can we protect our wives and children! Even if we die today, we will die on the city wall! Kill me!" "
The hoarse shout inspired the surrounding sergeants.
The battle for the city wall became extremely fierce.
The Japanese army sent ninjas and elites to ambush among the corpses under the city, which really caught the Seoul defenders off guard. When they reacted and organized a counterattack, the main force of the Japanese army had arrived.
This time, the Japanese army no longer chose to attack one after another like a tide, but overwhelmingly attacked with all their strength.
Kyogoku Chimitsu looked at the chaotic situation on the west wall, and sneered at Takeda Yoshimitsu and Uesugi Zenhide: "Li Fangyuan's people are nothing more than this."
Uesugi Zenhide grinned: "Don't blame them, it's really a battle of this level. These people have never seen it before. They don't even have basic experience. They only rely on blood. The morale created by courage can indeed sustain us for a period of time, but on the battlefield, morale alone is not enough."
Takeda Yoshimitsu nodded heavily.
The person guarding the west city of Seoul was Li Ji, the military commander of the entire Seoul city. Unfortunately, he was a civil servant, not a general. Even for military generals, just like that, few military generals in the Joseon Dynasty had experience in offensive and defensive warfare.
When the elite shogunate troops scaled the city wall, the Seoul defenders were in chaos. Some sergeants were retreating, some were attacking, and some gave up suppressing the shogunate troops below the city and turned to deal with the shogunate troops above the city wall.
And these will destroy their last hope.
Kyogoku took out his sword and pointed it at the city wall: "If you don't like the taste of the meat, you must occupy the granary first! This time, you must be as sharp as my sword, and don't give them the chance to destroy the granary!"
Uesugi Zenhide's face was sallow, and the meat was not delicious.
But it’s impossible not to eat!
Yuanzhou did not receive sufficient supplies, not again this time, and he would have to rely on eating meat for the rest of his life!
It is an indisputable fact that Li Ji lacked experience in commanding troops.
At the most critical moment, Li Fangyuan retained his distrust of military generals and handed over the army to civilian officials as commander-in-chief. This was a fatal mistake.
But this decision has profound implications.
You know, Li Fangyuan's father Li Chenggui was the leading general, and the Li dynasty came into existence after rebellion.
Although Li Ji's surname is Li, he is not from Li Fangyuan's family.
Li Chenggui only brought 30,000 to 40,000 soldiers back then, but now there are more than 100,000 soldiers in Seoul. How could Li Fangyuan safely hand it over to a general? Even a relative like Li He could not trust him.
Sometimes, when decision-makers make plans, their priority is not the result of victory or defeat, but whether doing so poses a threat to themselves.
Choosing the plan that poses the least threat to one's own power rather than the plan with a greater winning rate is the mentality of some emperors and kings.
And this kind of mentality often brings disaster.
It is true that Li Ji was very talented and could write poems, but behind his talent, he was still a civil servant with a pen in his hand. He had read military books and never faced battle.
It is a pity that Li Ji is not a talented scholar and he does not understand war.
Facing the gaps that kept appearing on the city wall, Li Ji hurriedly ordered: "Stop them, stop them!"
The people here mobilized to rush over
They killed the enemy who climbed the city, but there was a weak point in the city wall here, and because of the lack of suppression of the enemies below the city, more enemies were able to get closer to the city wall.
Li Ji shouted: "We must defend the city!"
The sergeant couldn't hear it. There were shouts of killing and screams everywhere. It was exciting at this time.
The heart has no role anymore, the real competition is the will and the response.
When Kyogoku Chiguang scaled the west city wall with almost no obstruction, the fierceness and killing force that broke out from this force made it impossible for the Seoul defenders to resist.
The rout expanded from one crenel to five crenels. As more and more Japanese troops climbed onto the city wall, the unstoppable rout finally occurred.
Li Ji took out his knife and tried his best to kill the fleeing sergeants. He killed more than ten people in a row, but he still couldn't stop the fleeing situation!
Kyogoku stared at Li Ji in the distance, stopped the urge to fight, and glanced at Takeda Yoshimitsu and Uesugi Zenhide: "Takeda Yoshimitsu, come and clear the city wall, Uesugi Zenhide, follow me into the city!" "
The granary is the most important!
Takeda Yoshimitsu agreed, and led the people to rush toward Li Ji while screaming.
Kyogoku Chimitsu led a group of people to kill the horse road and rushed straight to the west granary in the city.
Li Ji fell into despair and the city wall could no longer be defended.
Beicheng.
YoshiMie’s sword struck Li Yu on the shoulder, and she shouted and pushed Li Yu back!
Li Yu raised his left hand to grab the sword, fell straight down, and thrust out the steel sword in his right hand!
Yoshima Mie was stunned for a moment, unable to hold back her momentum, and threw herself directly on Li Yu's steel knife, which pierced from the stomach to the back.
Li Yu was in agony. As soon as he pushed away Yoshima Mie's body, his pupils suddenly condensed!
Hosokawa Yorimoto jumped up, pierced Li Yu's heart with his spear, twisted violently, and shouted sharply: "Yoshima Gohide, you will be the deputy general!"
Yoshima Gohide agreed and led the men to rush forward.
Li Yu is dead.
Pu Wei, the deputy general of the North City Wall, was unable to maintain the situation, and the defeat was a foregone conclusion, so he had to follow the sergeant to withdraw into the city.
Nancheng.
Li He used his last bit of strength to pull out the steel knife and let the blood spurt on his face. Hosokawa Hechi rushed forward, cut off Li He's right arm with a knife, then slashed with the knife, and Li He's left arm fell off.
Blood spurted out.
Li He remained unfazed, just looking at the Hosokawa River.
Hosokawa Hechi shouted angrily, the tip of the knife pierced Li He's heart, and shouted: "Kneel down!"
Li He took two stiff steps back, but still kept his chest upright.
Hosokawa Hechi was still about to take action, but Hosokawa Yorimoto came over and raised his hand to stop him: "He is already dead."
"But he's still standing!"
Hosokawa Hechi was unwilling to give in.
Hosokawa Yorimoto stepped forward, looked at Li He who was looking at him with wide eyes, walked behind him and touched him. He cut open his clothes with a knife, revealing a wooden frame, tightly wrapped between his legs and waist. superior.
"That's why he's standing!"
Hosokawa Yorimoto sighed secretly.
The veteran in front of me can be regarded as a loyal and brave person.
Hosokawa Hechi put away his knife and said nothing more. He looked at the defeated Korean army and spat out bloody spit: "Is this the Seoul that Li Fangyuan placed high hopes on? I thought it would be so difficult to conquer!"
Hosokawa Yorimoto chuckled: "The war is not over yet, but it will be soon."
Li Huan cried.
The southern city wall was completely lost.
Beicheng.
Hatakeyama Motoguchi was jumping around and scolding his mother. Li Tianyou, who was defending the city, was really powerful. Even an elite sneak attack was blocked and killed by Li Tianyou, who was mobilized in an orderly manner, stabilizing the situation.
What makes Hatakeyama Motokuni and others even more painful is that the ground north of Seoul
The terrain is too high to be attacked by force. Even after the news came that the south and west walls had been knocked down, Hatakeyama Motokuni and others still didn't even touch the crenellations of the walls...
Li Tianyou is good at fighting, but he has not been entrusted with important tasks. He is only a defender in one direction, and he is still a defensive direction.
Wrong employment and wrong arrangements made the fall of Seoul inevitable.
After the Yamana clan led people to conquer Dongcheng, Beicheng could no longer support it.
Li Tianyou issued an order to withdraw into the city for street fighting and led the troops in an orderly manner.
They retreated in an orderly manner, retaining their strength, and placed a large number of antlers and twigs in the lanes to block the Japanese pursuit.
However, there is only one Li Tianyou in Seoul.
The war lasted from night to dawn, and the main force of the Japanese army entered the city to engage in street fighting. The sky was full of flames, and there were lights everywhere.
Kyogoku Chimitsu finally seized the granary.
The soldiers in the city did not have the consciousness to die. Unlike the soldiers in Yuanzhou, they did not dare to die together. They were eager to prolong the street fighting, fearing that they would starve if they burned the food.
With the Japanese troops from West Nangcang and East Nangcang, they stabilized their position and began to clean up the Korean troops in the city. The battle lasted for three days and three nights, with corpses covering every street, but the battle still did not end.
The most difficult thing to chew is Li Tianyou’s command in Beicheng.
After paying a heavy price, Shiba Yoshishige decided not to keep the granary in Beicheng nor send people to attack, but directly threw burning wood from the city wall.
It's summer, and there are many wooden buildings in the city, which are connected together when burned!
Li Tianyou stood in the sea of fire, with his brothers fighting behind him.
"Burn the food and let us die for our country."
"Let's go on the road together so we won't be lonely."
"YangMeng, are you afraid?"
"Don't be afraid of death. Those who are afraid are still alive."
Li Tianyou turned around, mounted a horse, and ran towards the burning granary. The horse seemed to understand Li Tianyou's intention and wanted to escape, but Li Tianyou didn't allow it.
The white horse jumped up and jumped into the sea of fire.
Seoul is like a dead old man, crawling with corpse insects and starting to stink.
Shiba Yoshitaka ordered the grain to be transported out of the city and camped outside the city.
It’s impossible to live in the city.
"Now, only Matsukyo is left!"
Kyogoku stared at the map with light in his eyes, his eyes full of coldness.
Without Seoul, would Li Fangyuan still stay in Songjing and wait for death?
besides!
Daming, you guys can't hold your breath, when are you going to take action?
Seeing that the army was exhausted and seriously damaged, Shiba Yoshigeage, Hosokawa Yorimoto and others decided to rest on the spot for three days and march to Songkyo three days later.
Jinling, Fengtian Hall.
As usual, the eunuch Sun De and his servants inspected the Fengtian Palace to ensure that there were no more mistakes before closing the doors and windows and waiting for the next morning court to open.
"You all go to the east and take a look. I can just take a look at the west."
Sun De ordered.
The servant did not dare to disobey, so he followed the order and left.
West side hall.
Sun De found two jars, opened them, and looked at the black oil inside, with a bit of sadness in his eyes.
"Zhu Yunwen, you are a good emperor."
"It's just that someone has to repay the blood debt. I live an ignoble existence, holding on to my broken body, just for today."
"Zhu Yuanzhang, when you were killing people like crazy, never thought that this day, you would be rewarded for your evil deeds..."
The kerosene was poured out.
Sun De picked up the fire stick, blew out the flames gently, stared in the direction of the throne, loosened his hand, and whispered: "This fire will burn a new world, don't you think so? Haha..."
