Ming Zuo

Jeonju, the capital of Jeolla Province, is located on the rare plain agricultural land in North Korea.

Li Shifang is a veteran, of course he knows that such terrain is not conducive to defense.

Jeolla Province originally had [-] troops, but lost more than [-] in the Nakdong River battle.After Li Shifang came back, he recruited a large number of troops, expanding the army to [-] people.

Although these soldiers and horses are uneven, and weapons are scarce, but at least it gives him some confidence.

Li Shifang knew that if he just defended the city, he would never be able to defend it.

It is necessary to make good use of the surrounding terrain to block Xia's army layer by layer, so that they can take the initiative.

He only left [-] recruits in the whole prefecture, and sent out all the remaining troops that could fight, guarding the main roads and mountains around.

He was waiting, waiting for Xia Jun to retreat and come to negotiate.

However, what he waited for was bad news.

"My lord, Xia Jun has appeared in Jinshan, with a strength of more than [-] people."

Li Shifang was horrified, he checked the map quickly, sweat began to appear on his forehead.

Jinshan is located in the northeast of Jeonju, only a few dozen miles away.It never occurred to him that Xia Jun would either not show up, or he would approach him as soon as he did.

"May Li Wanhu resist?"

The messenger was panicked, which naturally brought the meaning of the frontline defender.

"The Xia army has so many artillery pieces, I don't know how long they can withstand them."

Li Shifang knew very well that Jinshan must not be lost, otherwise his careful arrangement would be completely ineffective.

Xia Jun can pass through the mountains from here and go directly to the city of Quanzhou.

At that point, it will only be blossomed by Xia Jun.

"Tell Li Wanhu that no matter how much the price is paid, Jinshan must be guarded."

The messenger left in a hurry, but Li Shifang's heart was beating wildly.

Although he guessed that Xia Jun would come to fight, he never thought that Xia Jun's first target would be Jinshan.

Before he could recover, an emergency military situation was brought before him.

"My lord, Zhen'an has discovered Xia's army. They have a large number of troops and cannons. Please ask your lord to send more reinforcements."

Li Shifang was hit hard.

Zhen'an is in the east of Quanzhou, which is closer than Jinshan to Quanzhou.

Where did this part of Xia Jun come from?

Bad news will never come alone, or if it doesn't come, it will come one after another.

"My lord, Datian was attacked by more than [-] Xia troops, and the city walls were destroyed in many places. Zheng Wanhu was seriously injured, and he could no longer guard it."

Li Shifang was dizzy and fell directly into the chair.

So far, Xia Jun has been spotted from three directions.

And these three directions are all the way out from Jeolla-do to Gangwon-do, but now they are all blocked by Xia Jun.

Master Li instinctively sensed the seriousness of the situation.

But what should he do?

Geumsan and Jin'an are near Jeonju, so they cannot be ignored.But once Daejeon is lost, the situation is equally dangerous.

and many more……

He suddenly noticed something.

"What is the strength of the Xia army that attacked Daejeon?"

The messenger hurriedly reported.

"It's more than five thousand."

Li Shifang slapped the table and reprimanded him on the spot.

"There are more than [-] Xia troops attacking Jinshan and Zhen'an, and more than [-] Xia troops attacking Datian. Where did the Xia army get such strength?"

Li Shifang still knows exactly how many soldiers and horses Xia Jun has in North Korea.

In his mind, the Xia army in the three directions of Daejeon, Jinshan, and Zhen'an must be the fourth division from Busan.

But the problem is that the main opponent of the Fourth Division is the Qing Dynasty coalition forces retreating north.

That was a full [-] army, and even if the fourth division went all out, it might not be able to win.

At this time, it is completely unreasonable to divide [-] troops to deal with him.

None of the generals present could answer this question, but the messenger who rushed in lifted the fog.

"My lord, the Xia army landed in Mokpo and captured Gwangju. Tan Yang and the Great Wall are in a hurry. The Xia army's banner is the fifth division, and there should be new soldiers joining the battle."

Li Shifang was struck by lightning.

In any case, he never expected that Xia Jun would think highly of him so much that he would send new troops to attack Jeolla-do.

He swallowed hard.

"How many troops are there in Mokpo and Gwangju?"

The messenger was in a panic.

"There are more than [-] troops. Deputy Envoy Luo said that with the troops at hand, he will definitely not be able to resist."

That's more than [-] Xia troops.

The strength of the army is far above that of Li Shifang, and it is still a new banner.

Comparing Xia Jun's establishment, Li Shifang suddenly thought of something.

"Is there any abnormality in the direction of Qingyang and Gongzhou?"

These two places are in the north of Jeonju and are also the gateway to the plains of Jeonju.Once these two places are lost, the Jeonju Plain is tantamount to opening its arms.

A general immediately arranged for scouts to check.

At noon the next day, the bad news came back.

More than [-] Xia troops are moving from Lishan, Asan, and Tian'an, completely blocking the passage to the north.

So far, there are heavy soldiers of the Xia army in the north, east, and south directions, squeezing towards the whole state together.

To the west is the vast sea.

After the entire army of the North Korean navy was wiped out, this direction has completely lost its effect.

In other words, Li Shifang at this moment, even if he wanted to escape, he has no way to go to heaven or to go to earth.

Daejeon's defenders called for help again.

"The east gate has been blown up by the Xia army, and the city may be lost at any time. Zheng Wanhu said that if there is no more reinforcements, Datian will be lost soon."

What can Li Shifang do?

The troops had already been apportioned by him, and there were only [-] recruits left in his hands.Even if you want reinforcements, there is nothing you can do!

The only way is to...

"Go back and tell Zheng Wanhu that if you stick to it, there will be a solution."

The messenger was dumbfounded, but there was nothing he could do, so he could only go back the same way full of grief and indignation.

Under Daejeon City, the fighting was extremely fierce.

"Concentrate the mortars of the whole regiment, and move with the infantry. Wherever the resistance is fierce, I will blow it up."

Holding a binoculars, Hou Chengzu looked at the dilapidated city wall of Datian and the shadows on it, and decided to go all out.

Among the four armies, Daejeon is the farthest from Jeonju.

But one advantage is that once this place is breached, there will only be two small cities, Jilong and Lunshan, in front of them, and they will not be able to stop them at all.

The Nineteenth Regiment can gallop fast and rush into the Quanzhou Plain in one go.

Maybe he could be the first to arrive at the city of Quanzhou.

Under his command, the [-]th Regiment stepped up its offensive.

The mortars followed the footsteps of the infantry, and whenever they encountered a point that the infantry could not attack, the mortar shells were thrown over as if they didn't need money.

The fortifications built by the Daejeon garrison can defend the front, but not the top.

Under continuous and precise mortar strikes, the defenders on the city wall could no longer gain a foothold.

The soldiers of the Xia army finally reached the top of the city and firmly occupied it.

The engineering soldiers stepped forward and used hundreds of catties of explosives to completely destroy the gate of Datian.

The [-]th Regiment flooded into the city like a flood and completely crushed the confidence of the defenders.

Datian defender Wanhu Zheng Rutao was seriously injured and captured, and the rest surrendered one after another.

The door of Jeolla-do was opened.