At noon the next day, in the east of Pyongyang, the sound of horse hooves rumbled, and a cavalry army in red military uniforms galloped from a distance. The Ming Dynasty flag flying high allowed the guards on top of Pyongyang City to see it and they couldn't help but cheer immediately. .
After Lu Xiangsheng heard the news, he immediately went to the top of the city to watch.
The Jianlu Tanma scattered around Pyongyang were escaping back to their camp from a distance. The Ming Dynasty cavalry roared in and rushed straight to the gate of Pyongyang.
Yes, this cavalry army was the two thousand cavalry led by Li Dingguo who came overland after landing at the seaside.
"Send my military order, and the entire army must assemble and prepare to leave the city to attack the Jianlu camp!" Lu Xiangsheng looked at it intently for a while and immediately ordered.
The young general Li Laiheng next to him was surprised when he heard this, and quickly reminded: "Sir, the cavalry has just arrived, do you want to take a rest first?"
Lin Qingye was also shocked, and also admonished: "Sir, it's not even a day away, why don't we talk tomorrow?"
Jin Sangxian is quite self-aware about military matters. Someone has already suggested it, but he has not spoken. However, it can be seen from his expression that he is in favor of the cavalry resting.
However, after Lu Xiangsheng glanced at them, he turned serious, shook his head and said: "Time waits for us not, we can't afford to wait!"
At this point, seeing their somewhat disapproving looks, he explained to them: "Before the Korean War started, why did Jianlu have to negotiate with his own officials to discuss the matter of King De?"
After a pause, seeing some of them looking confused, he said directly: "What Jianlu is afraid of is that our Dongjiang Army will send troops to contain Jianlu, so we first stabilized our own officers and allowed them to successfully invade North Korea. But at this point, I have led troops to help. Jianlu must have plans to pull out the thorn in the side of the Dongjiang Army! I predict that if the war in Pyongyang drags on for a long time, the Jianlu in various parts of North Korea will definitely give up. Attack North Korea, immediately encircle Pyongyang, and try to take this opportunity to destroy our Dongjiang Army!"
If he couldn't guess Jianlu's purpose, Lu Xiangsheng would no longer be Lu Xiangsheng.
He pointed to the Jianlu camp outside the city and said in a very positive tone: "When our army first arrived, Jianlu not only did not take the opportunity to test the attack, but immediately reduced its defenses, which shows that it is waiting for reinforcements. I am sure that , the Jianlu army attacking Seoul will definitely turn around and come back for reinforcements after hearing the news. Thirty thousand Jianlu troops are enough to eat us!"
"As long as the Jianlu troops eat our Dongjiang army, they will have no worries and can attack Seoul calmly!" When Lu Xiangsheng said this, his expression became more and more serious, and he continued to point to the Jianlu camp outside the city: " The current plan, the strategy to break the situation, lies in whether our army can defeat the Jianlu reinforcements before they arrive. The success or failure of the Korean War depends only on the battle in front of us. Time waits for us not, and I do not say it casually. .”
He had explained it so clearly that both Li Laiheng and Lin Qingye realized the seriousness of the matter, and their expressions became extremely serious.
After hearing this, Jin Sangxian couldn't help but feel a little pessimistic. There are about 10,000 Jianlu outside the city, how can it be so easy to defeat them?
With this in mind, he asked Lu Xiangsheng: "Mr. Governor, have you notified the capital urgently and sent reinforcements?"
"The capital is far away across the sea. Although I have an urgent report, it takes time to transmit the news. Even if reinforcements are sent, it will also take time. I am worried that North Korea will not be able to insist on the arrival of our reinforcements from the Ming Dynasty." Lu Xiangsheng looked at it. Looking at him, he said seriously, "In fact, this time, if Jianlu marched as fast as before, I would be worried that Seoul would have been lost. Fortunately, Jianlu mainly focused on looting this time and did not Take it directly to Seoul. However, this may not be a good thing!"
After saying this with emotion, Lu Xiangsheng calmed down, turned around and told Lin Qingye: "In this battle, you will also send musketeers to assist, and form a separate formation. After I defeat the enemy in front of me, we will take advantage of the opportunity to attack!"
Regarding the Korean army, Lu Xiangsheng did not expect them to fight a tough battle, but in order to defeat the Jianlu army in one fell swoop, the Ming army alone was not enough. Therefore, he had to make demands on the North Korean army.
When Lin Qingye heard this, he immediately agreed: "Don't worry, Governor, this is the last general to lead the army in person and will not hinder the heavenly army."
He himself also knows the actual combat effectiveness of the North Korean army. Therefore, he said this and made up his mind not to lose face.
As a result, there was immediate movement in Pyongyang. Both the Ming and North Korean armies began to assemble.
When the camp was built outside the city, the commander Yue Tuo was quite surprised when he heard the report from Tan Ma who had escaped: "What, two thousand Ming cavalry troops are here?"
Previously, whether from the soldiers of the Qing Dynasty who escaped or from the descriptions of Ying Erdai and others, they estimated that there were about a thousand cavalry in this new Dongjiang Army. This number already surprised them. The same is true. It would be strange if Yue Tuo was not surprised when he heard that there were two thousand cavalry in the Dongjiang Army, which doubled.
After confirming the number of Ming cavalry, Yue Tuo finally went to the camp gate to see it in person. After it turned out to be correct, he couldn't help feeling a little lucky.
Fortunately, the Qing Dynasty did not give the Dongjiang Army a chance and always attached great importance to the Dongjiang Army. Otherwise, if this new Dongjiang Army was ignored, the two thousand cavalry troops would have caused great trouble to Liaodong.
He was thinking about this when suddenly a guard beside him pointed at Pyongyang and reminded him in surprise: "Master Beile, Pyongyang's enemies seem to be leaving the city!"
When Yue Tuo heard this, he immediately looked at Pyongyang City.
Sure enough, when he looked over, the gates of Pyongyang were already open. Groups of Ming troops were filing out and forming formations in the city. The newly arrived cavalry troops also immediately went over to join up and gathered on the left and right sides of the military formation.
"It seems that the Ming army has seen something in being so anxious to fight Ben Beile!" Yue Tuo looked at this and muttered to himself. Then he turned around and ordered that the entire army be prepared for war, but not to fight.
After a while, outside Pyongyang, the coalition forces of the Ming Dynasty and North Korea began to attack the Jianlu Camp. The military formation slowly moved and approached the Jianlu Camp.
On the top of the city, Jin Shangxian was observing the formation. He was a little surprised that Jianlu, who had always been arrogant, did not take the initiative to attack in this situation. Instead, he kept hiding inside the camp gate without making any movement. Are you afraid of the Ming army?
Lu Xiangsheng's previous battle gave him a lot of confidence, making him think so involuntarily.
The Governor personally leads the army into battle. This battle will definitely be won!
He was optimistic, but Lu Xiangsheng didn't see it that way. When he was in the middle army, he saw Jianlu acting uncharacteristically and just shrinking inside the camp gate, which confirmed what he was thinking. Faintly, he felt that it would be more difficult than expected to defeat the Jianlu army in front of him.
After approaching the Jianlu Camp, Lu Xiangsheng first sent Ye Bushou to provoke at the gate of the Jianlu Camp. Whether it was a fight or an angry scolding, there was no reaction at all in the Jianlu Camp.
Lu Xiangsheng had no choice but to order a storm.
The five Hongyi cannons unloaded from the warship were pushed to the front of the formation and lined up, with the muzzles facing the Jianlu camp, and the artillerymen became nervously busy.
Inside the camp gate, Yue Tuo saw that the Ming army had actually brought the Hongyi cannon. He was shocked and immediately ordered and took corresponding countermeasures.
"Boom boom boom..."
Not long after, the Hongyi cannon roared, and five iron bullets roared towards the Jianlu camp. The fences of the camp were smashed to pieces as if they were made of paper.
However, even so, the Jianlu military camp was still quiet and there was no counterattack. This time the shelling only destroyed the fence of the camp and did not kill any prisoners.
Seeing this, Lu Xiangsheng couldn't help frowning, and immediately ordered another bombardment.
"Boom boom boom..."
The fences of the Jianlu camp were more damaged, and a lot of the conditions inside the camp could also be seen.
Lu Xiangsheng was surprised to find that Jianlu had piles of dirt in the camp. The piles were irregular and irregular. After the iron bullets smashed through the camp fence, they often hit these mounds of soil, splashing a lot of dust at most, but the iron bullets stayed in the mounds and did not cause any damage to the interior of the camp.
"Boom boom boom..."
The Hongyi cannon continued to roar, but it only smashed the fence in front of it. At this time, we could already see the Jianlu camp, just behind the mound, where groups of Jianlu were hiding and waiting.
The artillery lost its function, and Lu Xiangsheng had no choice but to order the entire army to attack and take the initiative to attack the Jianlu camp.
The long shield soldiers in the Ming army held up long shields to form a shield array and slowly opened the way in front. Followed by archers and gunmen, with cavalry cover on both sides, they approached the Jianlu camp step by step amid the thundering drums, roaring rhythmically.
On both sides of the Ming army and in the rear were the musketeers of the North Korean army. There were more than 5,000 people in total. They were the most elite ones carefully selected by Lin Qingye from the city defenders.
With the Ming army in front, these Korean musketeers did not panic. They held their guns in their hands and followed the orders. They followed the Ming army and pushed towards the Jianlu camp step by step.
The forwards of the Ming army were getting closer and closer to Jianlu's camp, but Jianlu still didn't react at all and just hid in the camp.
"Kill..."
Finally, the Ming army forward rushed to the vicinity of the Jianlu camp. Then, they let out bursts of roars, and the archers began to shoot arrows at the Jianlu camp.
Almost at the same time, the Jianlu archers hiding in the camp also began to fight back.
In the sky, the arrows flying back and forth almost blocked the sunlight.
Whether it was the Ming army or the Jianlu, there were unlucky people who fell to the ground after being hit by arrows.
This war broke out suddenly.
Bows and arrows were unsustainable, and soon the number of arrows became sparse.
The Ming army in front began to rush into the Jianlu camp. The Jianlu in the Jianlu camp finally showed their figures and also launched a charge against the Ming army.
As soon as the gunmen on the Ming army saw this, they immediately stepped forward and started shooting under the cover of the shield soldiers.
"Bah, bah, bah..."
The sound sounded densely and the smoke filled the air.
Yue Tuo had expected this. He knew that there were gunmen in the Ming army, but relatively speaking, he lacked this unit.
However, he wasn't too worried. Therefore, fire gunners have match ropes on their bodies, and they cannot get too close to each other, otherwise, the burning match rope may accidentally touch the gunpowder of the person next to them, which is very dangerous.
As a result, the density of the fire cannon cannot be high. As long as you rush over, the gunman will be a lamb to be slaughtered.
Not to mention, this time it was not the Qing Dynasty that attacked, but the Ming army. The closer attack shortened the distance between the two sides.
Jianlu, on his side, either holding a shield or pushing a cart, rushed towards the Ming army, which could reduce a lot of damage.
When he got close, he shouted, jumped out of the cover of the carriage, and came face to face with the Ming army.
As long as they fight hand to hand, the Qing army is invincible!
Yue Tuo is very confident about this. At this time, he was even thinking that maybe he could defeat the Ming army in this battle without the emperor's elaborate arrangements!
However, sometimes, wars often take people by surprise. This time, it's no exception.
In the Ming army formation, I saw a group of Ming army gunners standing very densely, firing volleys of guns in turns. The dense rain of bullets was useless even if they were protected by shields. All the soldiers of the Qing Dynasty who rushed over fell in front of the Ming army's formation.
Regarding this situation, Yue Tuo, who was quietly observing in the dark, couldn't help being shocked. When he looked carefully, he finally discovered that there was something wrong with the Ming army's gunpowder. They did not use match ropes to ignite the gunpowder. Therefore, they stood close to each other and fired in five stages, taking turns.
In this case, you must not rush hard.
Yue Tuo immediately adjusted his deployment and issued orders. He mobilized his troops, avoided this group of gunmen, and launched an attack on the Ming army from other places. Of course, Ye couldn't ignore this group of gunmen, so he pushed the thickened carriage directly towards the Ming army's gunmen.
As the distance between the two sides got closer, the gunmen had to withdraw, leaving the main battlefield to the cold weapons, and the hand-to-hand combat began.
Without the threat of firecrackers, the attacking Jianlu were as if they had been given a shot of blood, their morale was even higher, and they roared towards the Ming army.
However, the next step, something surprising happened to them.
When they held up spears and other weapons to kill the Ming army, they were shocked to find that their spears were not as long as those of the Ming army. Before their spears could reach the Ming army, the Ming army's spears hit them.
In the past, the Qing Dynasty's spears were longer than the Ming army's spears, so they often had an advantage when fighting in close combat. Unexpectedly, this time, the Ming army's spears turned out to be longer.
Unprepared, the first batch of Jianlu who fought hand to hand suffered a big loss immediately.
The changes in details gave the Ming army an advantage, killing Jianlu and forcing them to retreat step by step.
"Okay, the heavenly soldiers have invaded the Jianlu camp!" On top of Pyongyang City, Kim Sang-hyun couldn't help but shout with joy.
However, was Jianlu so easily defeated?
