Ming Zuo

Chapter 971 The Great Retreat

Although he is Jin Liu's nephew, his official voice is completely different from Jin Liu's.

Jin Wensheng is very clean and honest, and pays great attention to people's livelihood.During his tenure as the envoy of the Protectorate of Incheon, Jin Wensheng did many good things to benefit the people.

Therefore, he has a very good reputation among the people and is loved by his subordinates.

This is also the basis for his confidence to stick to Incheon.

Although the city wall had been breached and Xia Jun rushed into the city, the North Korean soldiers who were still alive still did not give up their resistance.

They fought and retreated, taking advantage of every corner.

This created great trouble for Xia Jun's attack.

Street fighting is definitely the worst and most complicated battlefield environment, forcing Xia Jun to slow down and wipe out the remnants bit by bit.

Residential houses in North Korea have low walls, the height of which only reaches the chest of a person.In this way, it is very convenient for people to hide inside, and suddenly stand up and attack.

When such a wall appeared in front of them, Xia army soldiers would become cautious.

A captain lay behind the bunker, and after observing for a long time, he pointed to the wall in front of the deputy captain.

The deputy captain understood and led his team to jump up and touch it from the side.

The others all raised their guns and aimed intently.

When the assault team just ran to the middle of the street, three North Korean soldiers suddenly jumped up behind the wall.They have already drawn the bowstring and started looking for the target immediately.

However, they were fast, and Xia Jun was even faster.

The muskets that had already been aimed opened fire one after another, killing the three North Korean soldiers on the spot.

The deputy captain was afraid of accidents, so he threw a grenade into the wall.

He waited until there was no more resistance before he led someone to post it.

Seeing that there were only three dead North Korean soldiers inside, he was relieved and waved to the people behind.

The whole team rushed forward together, rushed into the yard, and surrounded the house.

A soldier held his shield to his chest and opened the door of the house.

In an instant, more than a dozen guns were aimed at the room.

There are people inside.

But not the defenders.

But ordinary North Korean people.

A man held a hatchet in his hand and looked at the fierce Xia army soldiers tremblingly.

Behind him, a woman held the child tightly in her arms.There is no other way but the silent crying face.

The captain came to the door and looked into the room.Seeing that the house was bare and there was no place to hide, everyone put away their weapons.

"Don't be afraid, we are the Xia army, we will not harm civilians. The battle in the city is not over yet, so stay at home and don't go out for the time being."

The captain took out a small bag of rice and put it at the door, then greeted the soldiers and left.

It wasn't until this moment that the man loosened his body, and the hatchet fell to the ground with a clatter.After walking between life and death, I realized how precious it is to live.

The woman looked up in astonishment, and was quite surprised to see that the soldiers had all left.

When did the army become so talkative?
She quietly moved to the door and looked out, but there was nothing outside.

Even the three defenders who were killed were dragged away by Xia Jun, leaving only blood on the ground and half of the wall that had been blown up.

In order to build this home well, the husband and wife made great efforts, but the result is that it has been destroyed a lot.

But when the woman opened the pocket and saw the white rice inside, she couldn't help but burst into tears.

Since he decided to stick to it, Jin Wensheng searched for food everywhere in the city to ensure military use, so that many people's homes began to run out of food.

Now the new army not only did not disturb the people, but also gave them food, which reassured the North Korean people in the city.

The battle continued until the afternoon, and almost all the remaining enemies in the city were wiped out, leaving only the government office.

When Miao Guangxian and Zhao Xianbing rushed over, they were very distressed when they saw the exhausted appearance of the soldiers.

"Push the artillery over, and if the people inside don't surrender, they will fire."

As soon as the words fell, a white flag was suddenly raised in the government office.

Immediately, the gate opened, and the defenders, who did not have weapons in their hands, walked out dejectedly, kneeling outside one after another.

Gao Ze, the commander of the second battalion, immediately led his men to run up and controlled the surrendered soldiers.

"Leader, political commissar, Jin Wensheng committed suicide."

Only then did Miao Guangxian and Zhao Xianbing know the reason why the defenders surrendered.

When the two entered the government office, they saw the corpse still dangling back and forth in the air.

"This person has a good official reputation, carefully restrained, and find a place to bury him properly."

They also thought that Jin Wensheng was a good official, but it was a pity that he was in a different position and ended up like this in the end.

From the landing on Jianghua Island to the capture of Gimpo and Incheon, Xia Jun spent a total of five days.

Although this process is very long, there is no way, this is already the fastest efficiency.

In this era of landing operations, there are tens of thousands of troops, and without the help of modern machinery, it will not be as fast as you want.

Especially when entering the Han River, all the warships sailed against the current, which seriously affected the speed.

Even the Fuchuan and Haicang boats have no way to enter, so the Cangshan boat and the centipede boat can only run across the river.

Such small boats lead to slower delivery of troops and supplies.

Fortunately, the entire west coast area has been completely under control. Next, the troops will be integrated, and when the first North Korean division arrives, they can move towards Hanyang.

In five days, Hauge, Dorgon and others who were far away in Busan finally received Huang Taiji's edict.

Knowing that Xia Jun didn't care about the battle situation in Busan, but played a big outflank, Hauge and others were all dumbfounded.

"The emperor issued a strict order to retreat. Otherwise, the whole army may be trapped here."

The messenger was afraid that Hauge and Dorgon would not understand the seriousness of the situation, so he deliberately emphasized the tone.

Hauge and Dorgon were extremely helpless. They looked up at Jinjing Mountain in front of them, but they also knew that Huang Taiji's order was not wrong.

After fighting back and forth for almost two months, they still haven't made any progress.According to the feedback from the frontline soldiers, Xia Jun's defense is very easy.

In other words, Xia Jun didn't try his best at all.

With their current strength and means, it is absolutely impossible to break through Busan.

If the Xia army on the northern line really controls the Hanyang line and cuts off the logistics supply line, the [-] army will surely fall apart.

During this period of time, Hauge and others have had a deep understanding of the situation in North Korea.

Even if they are pressing each other in every possible way and using cruel means, there is still no way to squeeze more food and grass from the hands of the North Koreans.

In other words, North Korea is really poor, not pretending to be poor.

Without food and grass brought from the rear, local conquest alone cannot meet the consumption of so many soldiers and horses.

However, it is not so easy for the [-] army to retreat, and proper arrangements must be made.

Otherwise, it would not be a retreat, but a big rout.

Once that happens, neither Hauge nor Dorgon can afford it.

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