The eldest son of the red mansion

Chapter 764 Conquering Korea (2)

Feng Mo was riding a horse, and seeing the situation on the battlefield from behind the formation, he had already tilted to his side.So he ordered the cavalry under his command to charge the opponent from both sides to cooperate with the infantry to put pressure on the Goryeo army.

Lin Jianlong saw that his cavalry had suffered heavy losses after another battle, so he hurriedly blew his horn and ordered the cavalry to retreat.

As a result, something went wrong at this moment, and the cavalry naturally scrambled to be the first when they heard the order, and they got out of formation and fled back together.

But behind them, the Musketeers of the Central Plains formed a formation and slowly pressed towards the army formation of Goryeo.

Lin Jianlong is too late to regret it now. He knew that he refused to defend Pyongyang City, so he would go out to camp and fight the opponent.

Just when Lin Jianlong was regretting, he suddenly heard the sound of horseshoes. He looked up, and it turned out that the cavalry from the Central Plains had already covered and killed him.

Lin Jianlong is also a hero, otherwise he wouldn't be able to become the king of Goryeo as a commoner.

Seeing this situation, Lin Jianlong immediately ordered two infantry to stop the cavalry, not to defeat them, but to block them for a while, so that he could rearrange his formation.

Who knew that what he thought was good, but the result was far beyond his expectations.

Those Central Plains cavalry who came over from both sides were equipped with six-eyed muskets in addition to horse heads.

These six-eyed muskets can fire six times in a row. Although it is very difficult to reload the eggs after firing, for the cavalry, they can shoot six times in a short period of time, and what awaits their enemies is a rain of bullets. .

Therefore, the soldiers who blocked the cavalry on both sides were beaten to pieces by the cavalry of the Central Plains in just one round.

Then Feng Mo's cavalry rushed in from both sides, and their formation was messed up in the army formation of Koryo.

Seeing that the opponent's camp was in chaos, Feng Mo knew that the opportunity must not be missed, so he immediately blew the horn and ordered the whole army to press together, to give the opponent a thunderous blow.

Koryo's side was already messed up by the cavalry, but this time it was fired non-stop by musketeers, facing them with countless bullets.

These cold-weapon troops were not used to hot-weapon attacks, and they only persisted for less than a quarter of an hour, and the 10 troops in Koryo collapsed.

Although Lin Jianlong ordered his own soldiers to go forward and hack and kill these fleeing soldiers, but this time the defeat was too fast, there were too many people fleeing, and his soldiers could not suppress them very quickly.

Seeing this situation, Lin Jianlong sighed a little, knowing that the general situation was over, so he didn't delay any longer, and led his soldiers on fast horses to Pyongyang to escape.

After Feng Mo fought again, he saw that the opponent was in disarray. In order to destroy the opponent's vital forces on the largest scale, Feng Bai ordered the cavalry to quickly penetrate behind the opponent to prevent the opponent's army from escaping.

These Korean soldiers had already been frightened out of their wits by the musketeers, and now that their retreat was blocked, they immediately lost their fighting spirit.So Gao Libin knelt down and surrendered one after another.

Seeing countless Koryo soldiers surrendering one after another, Feng Mo immediately ordered the cavalry under his command to gather all the surrendered Koryo soldiers together.

Next, Feng Mo took his troops to rest on the spot and clean up the battlefield.

After a night of statistics, the results of a great war finally came out
Feng Mo held the report in front of him, and the smile on his face never stopped.

It turns out that this time the war between the two sides, because the country of Korea did not expect the Central Plains, and now it has all been weaponized, so it was caught off guard and suffered a big loss.

Most of the 30 horses were lost, 6 to [-] were killed, and [-] to [-] were captured.It is estimated that there are tens of thousands of those who escaped according to the percentage. Those who can follow the puppet king of Koryo to return to Pyongyang are at most [-] to [-].

Feng Mo had already made his own arrangements for the captives.

The next day, Feng Mo ordered all the captured officers to be executed, and then he assigned those soldiers under his command who had made meritorious service to these prisoners to serve as centurions.

After a week of rectification, these captive soldiers were temporarily able to follow the soldiers and provide some logistical support for the soldiers.

As for why these captive soldiers are so honest, it turns out that Koryo has been a vassal state of the Central Plains for thousands of years, and I feel awe from the bottom of my heart for the Central Plains Dynasty. None of these Korean soldiers had much intention of resisting.

The use of captured soldiers is also a common measure used by these generals under Jia Ke's command. Just like when Jia Ke subdued the Eight Banners of the Manchus and went south to conquer Annan, Feng Mo also followed suit this time, taking the 10,000+ The captive soldiers have been rectified and ready to attack the city.

Besides, Lin Jianlong returned to Pyongyang with the remnants of the defeated generals, and after rectifying the troops, only 2 or [-] people returned with him, and the rest of them have disappeared.

Lin Jianlong was really scared now, he didn't expect the Central Plains soldiers to be so powerful, and this battle cost him all the elite of Korea.

Lin Jianlong is now in a dilemma. If it is a fight, judging from the situation a few days ago, it is undoubtedly a moth flying into the flame and killing himself.

But when it comes to surrender, I am afraid that the Central Plains people will not accept it. Even if they accept it reluctantly, they may not be able to save their lives.

After thinking about it, Lin Jianlong felt that he had no other choice but to fight desperately, using the three thousand miles of Goryeo to continuously consume the troops of the Central Plains.Only in this way can the people of the Central Plains see the heavy losses and the losses outweigh the losses before they can retreat. At that time, they will submit a few memorials to please them, and the emperor of the Central Plains will go downhill when he sees that the gains outweigh the losses.

So Lin Jianlong immediately issued an order, ordering those left behind in Seoul to immediately assemble the southern troops and go to Pyongyang for reinforcements.

Unexpectedly, Lin Jianlong's will has been going on for half a month, and there is no sound in Seoul.

At the beginning, Lin Jianlong thought that those ministers were actively raising troops for him and had no time to reply to the letter, but as time went by, he felt something was wrong.

Even though he was busy for such a long time, he was able to reply a memorial to himself, so Lin Jianlong sent a scout to investigate near Pyongyang.

As a result, the news of Tan Ma's return was like a basin of cold water pouring over his heart.

It turns out that all the towns south of the Han River have been strictly guarded and cut off the connection with the north.

Lin Jianlong didn't know that those fools under his hands had betrayed again.

It turned out that after Lin Jianlong left Seoul, the ministers under him connected with each other. Finally, these people sent their leaders to discuss together, and felt that Lin Jianlong could not resist the army of the Central Plains Dynasty anyway.

These people were nothing but fools, and it was because of Lin Jianlong's power in Koryo that they surrendered to him.

Now that the soldiers from the Central Plains came to fight, these people began to use their advantage of judging the situation. They felt that it would be better to join the Zhongyuan Dynasty, which could save their lives and wealth. Otherwise, when the Central Plains soldiers defeated Lin Jianlong, it would be too late for them to surrender.

So these ministers mobilized their forces to secretly control the defense south of the Han River.

A few days later, the news of Lin Jianlong's defeat spread back to Seoul, and these ministers became even more unscrupulous, directly blocking all traffic arteries and bridges south of the Han River, isolating the north and the south.

At the same time, these people sent messengers to Sinuiju by boat to deliver news to the defenders of the Central Plains Celestial Dynasty and send up and down lists.

Feng Mo was heading towards Pyongyang, but when he received news from Sinuiju on the way, he knew that the nobles in the south of Koryo had turned against Lin Jianlong and surrendered to the Celestial Dynasty.

This is really a good thing, as long as Lin Jianlong is wiped out in Pyongyang this time, the war in Koryo will be calmed down. Next, according to the emperor's wishes, the descendants of the former king of Koryo will be killed. back to court.

Feng Mo then ordered the army to move faster, and they arrived in Pyongyang within three days.

After Feng Mo's army arrived, they immediately blocked the siege of Pyongyang.

While Lin Jianlong was on the top of the city, seeing hundreds of thousands of soldiers outside the city, and the soldiers were overwhelming, his heart was completely chilled.

And the generals under Lin Jianlong's hands also had thoughts that they shouldn't have.

However, Lin Jianlong has come through so many years of political struggles, and he is the most dangerous until now, so he holds the army tightly in his own hands, and all the generals have been relieved of their military power. Without his order, these people can't mobilize a single soldier One pawn.

Although Lin Jianlong knew that this was a lingering death, but people are like this, can live a day is a day, who would like to die?
It was only on the third day after Feng Mo surrounded Pyongyang that he prepared to attack the city.

After Lin Jianlong received the news that the opponent had already formed an array, he did not dare to neglect, and immediately ordered all his troops to go to the city to fight desperately.

But his idea is good, but the reality is very cruel.

How could Feng Mo let the soldiers climb the top of the city and carry out a bloody siege?

Feng Mo first concentrated all the artillery to the north gate, and then ordered the captured soldiers to prepare behind the formation.

Following Feng Mo's order, more than 100 artillery pieces of various types bombarded Pyongyang City together.

This ancient city was not built to guard against artillery, so its resistance to artillery is very poor.

Feng Mo's artillery bombarded for nearly two hours at a time, and the city of Pyongyang was bombed to pieces, and many places had collapsed.

Seeing this situation, Feng Mo knew that it was all right, so he immediately ordered the captured soldiers to start charging. At the same time, in order to fear that the captured soldiers would defect, he also ordered his musketeers to hold up the formation. As long as the captured soldiers judged, they would shoot immediately.

Fortunately, these captive soldiers seemed to have recognized the situation clearly and didn't have any thoughts of judging chaos. They took all kinds of knives and guns and climbed up several collapsed city walls.

There are only 4 to 10,000 horses in the city of Pyongyang now, facing the [-]+ captive soldiers swarming in, they will be overwhelmed immediately.

Although Lin Jianlong desperately commanded the battle, after all, the enemy was outnumbered and his own morale was not high. Seeing this situation, he knew that the situation was over, so he took his soldiers back to the palace in Pyongyang.

(End of this chapter)