Emperor Ming Dynasty

Chapter 575
The night is hazy, the bright moon is facing west, the early birds on the branches droop their eyelids, keep looking ahead, and jump on the dense and disorderly branches.

In the bushes below, some animals trembled, as if they smelled danger, and fled in a panic.

In the distance, on the open flat ground, near the water source, a simple camp was built, with about [-] people, and several teams of cavalry patrolled it. The lights were sparse, and it looked quite orderly.

"Soldier, shall we fight now?"

In a forest two or three miles away from the barracks, a group of about [-] elite soldiers quietly hid, staring at the army.

"Later!" Li Yingren gritted his teeth, wiped the scars on his face with herbs, and patted the mosquito on his neck.

"Yes!" The lieutenant quickly responded.

After he left, Li Yingren raised his head and looked at the moon that was gradually going west, with a trace of sadness in his heart.

God is pitiful, when he came to North Korea in high spirits, he planned to expel Jiannu like his ancestors in the Wanli period, and rebuild the prestige of Ming Dynasty.

Who would have thought that even though he had [-] soldiers and horses, and even more than [-] Beijing battalions, he was still beaten terribly by Hong Chengchou and Luck Dehun.

If he hadn't fled back to Pyongyang in time, and the navy had come to Datongjiang to help, the Korean kingdom would have been completely destroyed long ago, and he was also defeated and killed.

As a result, the viscount that had been accumulated with great difficulty was also deprived, and only the title of Acting Chief Soldier remained.

With his political and business background, he didn't understand that the emperor was watching, or hesitating. After all, the situation in North Korea couldn't go any further, and no matter how bad it was if he guarded it, it wouldn't go bad.

But he, Li Yingren, couldn't just stand still and remain unchanged. If the situation in North Korea remained the same, the next time he would be sent would definitely be the Hou and Bo of the Fifth Army Commander's Mansion.

"Venus--"

After thinking for a long time, suddenly the guard at the side reminded him, Li Yingren looked up, the moon was about to disappear, and the morning star was extremely bright.

Summer is short and winter is long, and it's only four o'clock so fast.

"kill--"

Li Yingren made people put on the armor, and under the protection of his personal guards, he ran out of the woods, looking as aggressive as a tiger descending the mountain.

When the army reacted, the Ming army was already close in front of them, and it was too late to react, and the camp was breached.

jingle--

The well-trained Ming army rushed into the camp while waiting for work, and fought in groups of three and four.

The Korean soldiers and horses who got up in a daze were basically collapsed at the touch of a finger.

There was only a group of cavalry of a hundred or so who put on their armor in a short time. Under their helmets, there was a thin strip on their foreheads that appeared faintly.

"Ming thief is so courageous. Since he dared to leave Pyongyang for a hundred miles, he really doesn't know how to live or die."

Manchu muttered, Akdan brandished a big knife, and a group of Jurchen soldiers behind him also screamed, their faces were full of ferocity.

As soon as this elite Jurchen cavalry came out, the Ming army's offensive stagnated for an instant, and turned upside down in a blink of an eye.

Seeing this, Li Yingren couldn't bear it anymore, and immediately said: "Where's the archer? Shoot the horse for me—"

Taking advantage of this time, Li Yingren ordered people to drive away the Korean rebels and civilian husbands, and headed towards the Jurchen cavalry.

A group of soldiers who had prepared for a long time also stepped forward.

"Damn Ming army, kill, kill—"

The soldiers of the Qing Dynasty kept fighting, and their fearless demeanor shocked many people. Seeing the sudden change in the situation, some people couldn't help but grinned even more.

"puff--"

Suddenly, the cavalry on the horse were suddenly pulled off the horse, and then displayed on the horse's back.

Akdan was startled, what's going on?

There were disorderly troops in front, back, left, and right, and some Manchu warriors were dragged off their horses by binding cables one by one, dragged for a few steps, and then hacked to death.

He opened his eyes wide, and finally saw clearly the tricks of this group of people, it was unbelievable.

"Hahaha, Jiannu wants to die—"

Li Yingren was overjoyed, this trick works, that's great.

Due to the disadvantage of the number of people, coupled with the strange move, it took less than half an hour for the huge camp to be destroyed.

And this is just a small army on the grain transportation road.

"Burn all the food, and bring all the armor and weapons—"

Li Yingren ordered in a deep voice, holding a flying stone rope in his hand.

Originally, a stone was tied to the other end of the rope, which was one of the hunter's methods of dealing with wild beasts, but in his hand, besides the stone, there were many iron hooks in the shape of a crescent moon.

This is Li Yingren's reference to the hunter's flying stone rope, and ordered people to make it specially to deal with cavalry.

Once targeted, they will be entangled with iron hooks and ropes, and then quickly pulled off the horse, losing their names.

If it is in a confrontation between the two armies, or in a plain area, the effect of the flying stone cable is not strong, but this is in North Korea where the mountains are densely covered with incomplete roads, and the flying stone cableway is very effective.

Half an hour later, the army was quickly isolated, and the camp was on fire.

A few hours later, the expected food hadn't arrived, and a military camp tens of miles away immediately sent people to inspect and found corpses and ashes all over the ground.

In the next few days, the military camps near Pyongyang were harassed and exhausted. This kind of military situation quickly spread to Seoul.

Hong Chengchou was sitting in a side hall in Jingfu Palace, looking at these military situations, he immediately realized that something was wrong.

He got up, came to the map, stared at it for a long time, and said: "It seems that I am recharging my energy, and I am ready to break free from the rope."

Although the previous victory failed to completely wipe out the Ming army and regain Pyongyang, it made the Pyongyang regime face an unprecedented predicament.

Hong Chengchou built dozens of camps within a hundred miles of Pyongyang, guarding vital points in all directions, and curbing the expansion of Pyongyang.

Then narrow the range little by little, let it suffocate to death.

The reason why he did not completely wipe out the Ming army in Pyongyang was essentially because he was afraid of the increase of the Ming army.

If Pyongyang is destroyed and the Wanming army is defeated, then Beijing will inevitably become angry and send more troops to save face, and the situation in North Korea will get out of control again.

At this time, Pyongyang was able to barely breathe, but was restrained, making the Ming Dynasty think that it was still under control.

Taking advantage of this time, he can accumulate strength and calm down the entire North Korean Eighth Way.

Wait until the situation is ripe and all opposition forces are eliminated before regaining Pyongyang.

Even if the king of Joseon, supported by the Ming army, lands and fights again, it will be difficult to reach the sky.

Without someone to lead the way, why should the Ming army fight against him?

It's just that he didn't expect that Li Yingren still didn't want to give up at this time, and even wanted to fight the trapped beast.

"Okay, since you want to win the battle, I'll give it to you."

Hong Chengchou smiled slightly, and immediately issued a military order, asking Luck Dehun to send more troops to threaten Pyongyang, prompting Li Yingren to return to defend the city.

The nails fall one after another, and when you want to pull them out one by one, you have to endure their pain.

(End of this chapter)