Daming talker

Chapter 750: Surrounded from all sides
All we can say is that everyone has his or her own use. As long as subjective initiative is brought into play, unexpected results will often occur.

Konishi Yukinaga's several visits to Shimayama Castle were not in vain, as he unknowingly and subtly influenced the Japanese generals in the city.

Lin Tianshuai had originally given up hope of ascending the mountain first for the fifth time, but he did not expect that Konishi Yukinaga had inadvertently paved a way.

This cannot be considered a match-fixing, as the opponent was indeed defending seriously. It was just that when it was absolutely necessary, they gave the opponent a little convenience in the final outcome choice.

The next day, more than 3,000 newly recruited Korean volunteers launched an attack on the Ninomaru of Shimayama Castle amid heavy artillery fire.

After paying the price of more than 1,500 Korean volunteers, the Ninomaru of Shimayama Castle was captured.

The hundreds of remaining Japanese pirates did not surrender or commit suicide, but retreated to the Honmaru of Shimayama Castle on the highest floor and continued to resist.

Having lost their ammunition depot, the Japanese pirates could only rely on cold weapons such as bows and arrows, spears, and swords for their final resistance.

The Korean volunteer army, which was no longer able to fight, was withdrawn and replaced by the Ming Dynasty soldiers to continue the siege.

Wearing 80 kilograms of heavy armor, Lin Tianshuai once again displayed his divine power. He personally climbed the main gate of Shimayama Castle, braving the arrows and stones, and led the heavenly soldiers to completely conquer Shimayama Castle in one go.

First time to board +1! Total times 5! Get the historical record!
The first time was Ningxia, the second time was Pyongyang, the third time was Hamhung, the fourth time was Seoul, and the fifth time was Ulsan!
Standing at the highest point of the island mountain city, Lin Tianshuai suddenly felt bored. He even lost interest in interrogating the prisoners and sent them away and imprisoned them.

When I didn’t get the fifth first climb, I thought about it day and night. But after I got it, I felt that the historical record was just that.

I have to say, it is really difficult to reach the top while alive. No wonder you can boast about it for the rest of your life if you succeed once.

I put so much effort into it, and had the right time, place, and people, and with a little bit of water, I was able to barely achieve five records.

Under normal circumstances, being the first to climb the mountain can be considered a life-or-death struggle. Who has so many lives to survive five attempts?

Lin Tianshuai doesn't have to worry about things like cleaning up the battlefield. His greatest interest is counting the prisoners.

This time more than 3,000 prisoners were captured. After two consecutive battles, the number of prisoners in their hands had reached 14,000.

We can send a concentrated wave of troops to Jiashan County, but we need to allocate one or two columns to escort them.

As for the captured Japanese generals such as Tachibana Muneshige, Honda Tadakatsu, Ii Naomasa, Fukushima Masanori, Hachisuka Iemasa, Asano Yukinaga, and Chosokabe Motochika, it would be a pity to send them to mine, so it is better to keep them for the time being.

After arranging matters related to the prisoners, Lin Tianshuai finally had the mood to ask about other battle results.

The two main generals, Ma Gui and Li Rubai, walked into the big tent, but Ma Gui was still in a low mood, and there was no joy of victory on his face.

Lin Tianshuai is not a babysitter and has no obligation to take care of Ma Gui's emotions. He is just listening to reports.

All I heard was General Ma saying bitterly: "The two sieges have wiped out all the Japanese pirates in Daoshan City, a total of 14,000 people."

Before the siege was over, no one knew the exact number of defenders, only a rough estimate.

Now that the city has been captured, we can basically determine the number of defenders by interrogating the prisoners.

However, after hearing the number "fourteen thousand", Lin Tianshuai suddenly understood why Ma Gui looked so depressed.

In the previous battle to block Tokugawa Ieyasu's reinforcements, the number of enemies killed was 15,000. Adding the 14,000 defenders of Shimayama Castle, the number of enemies killed in the entire "Battle of Ulsan" was 29,000.

Only one thousand less than 30,000 people, only one thousand less than the 30,000 "record" set by Li Rusong in Seoul.

Now, the statistics of the results of the battle against the Tokugawa army have been completed, and the number of defenders in Shimayama Castle is fixed and difficult to modify. So if no one takes the responsibility to force a change, Ma Gui can only accept the number of 29,000 enemies killed.

Besides, it is not so easy to make changes. Li Rusong's brother Li Rubai is next to him. He will not just watch the battle results being changed.

"This is fate!" Lin Tianshuai, who got the record first, advised Ma Gui.

After hearing this, Ma Gui completely gave up. Lin Tianshuai would not change the battle results figures for his sake.

After all, the modification would make Li Rusong unhappy, and it seemed unnecessary for Lin Tianshuai to attack Li Rusong for his own sake.

If I had known earlier that we would have been braver after defeating the Tokugawa reinforcements, I would have just reported that 10,000 people were drowned!
Suddenly, Lin Tianshuai said, "Although the numbers are difficult to modify, from a statistical point of view, your results are still remarkable."

Ma Gui said doubtfully with a glimmer of hope, "I'd like to hear more about it."

Lin Tianshuai said: "In the Battle of Seoul, our 40,000 soldiers annihilated 30,000 enemy troops, and the average number of enemies killed per person was three quarters.

In the Battle of Ulsan, our 28,000 troops annihilated 29,000 enemy troops, which was more than one per capita.

So on a per capita basis, the Battle of Ulsan was ahead of the Battle of Seoul.

In the past hundred years, among all the battles in which more than a thousand enemies were annihilated, this may be the one with the highest number of enemies killed per capita.”

Ma Gui: “.”

When it comes to statistics on combat results, is there a item like the number of enemy kills per capita?

It sounds more like a consolation prize, but a consolation prize is still a prize.

Li Rubai really wanted to remind everyone that there were a total of 5,000 Korean volunteers participating in the Battle of Ulsan. If the 5,000 Korean volunteers were counted, the per capita number of enemy kills would not be that high.

But in the end, Li Rubai shut his mouth. One should pay attention to emotional intelligence in life.

After cleaning up the Ulsan battlefield, except for the two columns escorting prisoners north, the remaining 24,000 troops marched towards Busan, more than 100 miles away.

After Tokugawa Ieyasu came with 30,000 troops to support, the total strength of the Japanese army in Korea reached more than 100,000.

But after the Battle of Ulsan, the number of Japanese pirates who retreated back to the Busan area was only 70,000 to 80,000.

The Busan area was the landing point and lair of the invading Japanese pirates, and is also the last stronghold of the Japanese pirates today, but there is not only one Busan city.

Busan and the nearby cities of Gimhae and Dongnae were very close, with only a few miles between them, so the three cities supported each other and formed a large defensive position.

Seventy to eighty thousand Japanese pirates were densely deployed in this small triangular area. I wonder if they were prepared to fight to the end.

The Ming Dynasty soldiers surrounded them from four directions. Lin Tianshuai, Ma Gui, and Li Rubai led 24,000 men in the east, Li Rusong led more than 20,000 men in the north, Li Xu led 15,000 men in the west, and Chen Lin led a navy of 13,000 men in the south on Geoje Island.

It was already May of the 21st year of the Wanli reign. The Ming army was pressing forward from all four directions, both by land and sea, and had firmly encircled 70,000 to 80,000 Japanese pirates in the Busan area.

The conditions for finally resolving the issue of the invading Japanese pirates in Korea have matured, but the specific outcome is still unclear.

(End of this chapter)