Jingtai Fengyun: The First Absurd Emperor of Ming Dynasty

Chapter 628: Fraudulent defeat, luring the enemy, Japanese invaders surprise attack, Ming army retreats to Pyongyang in bloody battle

Such a weird thing like the coach's one-on-one challenge in front of the battle is called the Bushido spirit in Japan and the aristocratic spirit of the Spring and Autumn Period in China.

Fortunately, "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms" has been written into a book at this time. With Lu Bu, Guan Yu, Zhao Yun and others in front, it is not particularly abrupt when the two armies line up and the generals challenge each other.

It sounds very difficult to ride a horse galloping, draw a bow and arrow at the same time, and shoot at an opponent who is also riding a horse and moving fast. It is even more difficult in practice.

Hatakeyama Yi shot six arrows, and Taketada shot eight arrows. Both of them either missed the target or were deflected by their opponents with their bows.

At the beginning, Hatakeyama Yoshi was still thinking about faking defeat, but after a few rounds, his competitive spirit was completely aroused.

Besides, if you don’t play seriously, you will be shot to death if you fail.

Wu Zhong tried his best to shoot the ninth arrow from a hundred steps away.This arrow was extremely accurate and hit Hatakeyama Yisuke's helmet, making him tremble with fright and almost fall off his horse.

When the Ming army saw this, they burst out with shouts like a mountain roar and a tsunami.

Fortunately, the power of the arrows was exhausted, and neither the helmet was shot down nor Hatakeyama Yoshinori was injured.

After taking a few deep breaths to stabilize his emotions, Hatakeyama Yi became happy.Because he had four arrows left, while Wu Zhong only had one arrow left.

Archery is not only about skill, but also about physical strength.Generally, a better archer will need to rest for a period of time if he can shoot four or five rounds at full power in a short period of time.

Wu Zhong shot nine times in a row from a hundred steps away, which is already amazing.Moreover, shooting while mounted requires much more energy than static shooting by an archer.

Although the ninth arrow that Wu Zhong shot just now was accurate, its force was already too weak when it hit the helmet.

Wu Zhong was at the end of his crossbow, and after shooting the ninth arrow, he had to at least take a breath before shooting the tenth arrow.

Hatakeyama Yi felt that he was stable, so he reined in his horse, drew his bow and nocked an arrow, and prepared to take aim at Taketada and give him a fatal blow.

Seeing this, Wu Zhong also reined in his horse and also drew his bow and arrow.

Hatakeyama Yi was quite surprised when he saw this, but he did not immediately mobilize his war horses.Because Wu Zhong was 130 steps away from him at this time and had just finished shooting the ninth arrow.

Hatakeyama Yi didn't believe that Taketada could shoot the tenth arrow in such a short interval and simultaneously injure himself from 130 steps away.

After 'rational analysis', making a 'taken for granted' conclusion is the weakness of human nature.

It was too late to say, but it was too soon. In the flash of lightning, Wu Zhong really used all his strength, stretched his bow like a full moon, and the last arrow left the string.

Hatakeyama Yi was stunned when he saw the arrows flying towards him like meteors. When the arrows were approaching, he realized what he was doing. He quickly tilted his head and narrowly avoided being hit in the face.

But I only heard a clang, and my left ear felt cold.

Hatakeyama Yi, who was still in shock, touched his left ear. When he saw his hand full of blood, he was shocked to realize that half of his ear had been shot off.

At the same time, deafening cheers broke out between the Ming and Japanese troops.

Even the Japanese army was impressed. At first, Wu Zhong put up a cheating formation like the Checheng Circle Formation, which was quite disdainful to the Japanese army.

But after being shot down by ten rounds of cavalry, no one from Hosokawa Katsumoto to ordinary soldiers thought they were stronger than Taketada.

On the Ming army side, even Fang Ying was stunned.His Majesty the Emperor is really extraordinary, he actually has such a powerful general under his command.

If he hadn't been singled out to fight the Japanese army this time, Wu Zhong would still be hiding there.

Taketada was neither arrogant nor impatient. He slowly rode his horse forward and apologized to Hatakeyama Yoshitsune with fists in his hands.Hatakeyama Yoshitsune also bowed his hands in tribute. Not only did he not bear any grudge, but he also showed great admiration.

The battle ended with the Ming army winning, and both sides withdrew their troops and returned to their camps.

Fang Ying and Jiang Yuan held a banquet to celebrate Wu Zhong's victory.Jiang Yuan's military ability was poor, but his political consciousness was extremely strong.During the dinner, it was proposed that Wu Zhong lead Guangning's central defense to withdraw to the western suburbs of Kaicheng. While repairing, he and Zhang Ning jointly besieged Kaicheng.

The next day, Wu Zhong took the order and left.

Next, there were continuous small-scale battles between the Ming army and the Japanese army. The Ming army won more and lost less, and its morale became increasingly high.

But contempt for the Japanese army also spread unknowingly.

On May 29th, the sky was cloudy and threatening to rain.

The sky had just dawned, but it was still gray.

The 12 Japanese and Korean allied forces outside the city rushed out. Li Yao also sent 17 of the most elite troops in Seoul. A total of [-] troops launched a decisive battle against the Ming army.

When Fang Ying and Jiang Yuan discovered each other's intention to fight, they realized that something was wrong.

Although there are more than 10,000 people on his own side, the only real elites are Fang Ying's [-] old Beijing battalion.

The opposing Japanese and North Korean coalition forces had at least [-] to [-] elite troops.

If this is a close fight, it will be difficult for two fists to defeat four hands, and a hero cannot stand against the crowd.

Fang Ying and Jiang Yuan had no choice but to bite the bullet and hold on to the camp. Fortunately, the camp was strong and had artillery and guns, so the enemy couldn't attack easily.

Unfortunately, God was not in his favor, and the two sides fired artillery fire for more than an hour before it started to rain.

This time it was better, the artillery and muskets were quickly soaked with gunpowder.

There were strong winds and heavy rain, the clouds were thick, and the day seemed like night.When the Ming army was not fully prepared, there were omissions and tramples inside, and the camp was finally breached.

The Japanese and North Korean coalition forces poured in along the opened gap, and what followed was a hand-to-hand battle.

The battle was extremely fierce, with the Japanese and North Korean allied forces biting the Ming army and fighting to the death.There was even a wheel battle, and the attacks did not stop at night, so they took turns attacking day and night.

It lasted until June [-]st, when the offensive slackened slightly.Fang Ying led the Lao Jing camp to break up the rear, while Jiang Yuan led the remaining soldiers to withdraw from the battle and retreat toward Kaicheng.

North Korea's Kaicheng army also continued to attack and harass the Ming army besieging Kaicheng.Fortunately, Jiang Yuan commanded the army in advance to dig multiple trenches to block the enemy, and Zhang Ning and Wu Zhong led a small number of elites to fight back desperately, finally preventing the Kaicheng Army and Seoul Army from forming a north-south pincer attack on the Ming Army.

On June [-], Jiang Yuan led his remaining troops to retreat to the western suburbs of Kaicheng to join Zhang Ning and Wuzhong.

It was not until June [-] that Fang Ying led the almost exhausted Laojing Battalion to join Jiang Yuan.

Jiang Yuan and Fang Ying gathered together their defeated troops and retreated to Pyongyang.

Fortunately, Pyongyang City is still firmly under the control of the Ming army, and complete defenses have been built based on the dangerous passes.

Finally, the Japanese and North Korean coalition forces were blocked south of Pyongyang.

The Ming army suffered heavy losses, and Japan and South Korea suffered even greater losses.

The Korean army suffered almost three times the battle losses. The Japanese army was somewhat stronger. It took almost two lives to exchange for one Ming army.

After Hosokawa Katsumoto counted the battle damage, he couldn't calm down for a long time.One hundred thousand soldiers entered the dynasty, but nearly [-] were killed or wounded in one battle.

The North Korean army was not much better, suffering over fifty thousand casualties.

Ming, North Korea, and Japan were all seriously injured and could only rest and recuperate, and could no longer launch an offensive in a short period of time.

(End of this chapter)