Wanli 1592

Chapter 1068 A kind of strategy?
Nurhachi felt that this was not possible, so he specially arranged for archers with bows and crossbows to protect the soldiers who destroyed traps and roadblocks anytime and anywhere.

When the North Korean guerrillas attacked and harassed again, the losses were more serious. After one or two times, there were fewer people coming. In one morning, Nurhachi highlighted the trap area and approached Kaesong, and the tall Kaesong city wall could be seen from a distance. .

In order to conquer Kaesong, Nurhachi and Li Rusong broke in together with tactics. After a bloody street fight, they defeated the Japanese pirates and successfully occupied Kaesong. Just know it won't work.

The previous trick of scaring open the city gate of Pyongyang with the heads of the North Korean reinforcements is probably not going to work. City, but also dare to go out to fight.

This is not good. Attacking is not acceptable, and there will definitely be strong resistance. Now that there are Qin troops chasing after them, they cannot stay for long, and must leave as soon as possible.

Although he knew that there must be the water he needed in the city, it didn't matter. As long as he broke through the Kaesong area and reached the Linjin River next to Kaesong, he would not be afraid. With such a large amount of water in the Linjin River, how much poison would it take to work?
With this in mind, Nurhachi decided to give up attacking Kaesong, and went directly to the Linjin River to drink a full meal of water, and then the whole army crossed the Linjin River and ran directly to Seoul.

And Nurhachi also noticed that the initial bonus of the invasion has disappeared, and some North Koreans have reacted and prepared to resist bravely. At this time, if the North Koreans can figure out their reality and lose their fear, the situation will become very bad.

Although he also issued weapons to women and children, and their women and children are strong enough, they are still much worse than professional troops. Facing the North Korean army head-on, they may be able to defeat them, but a few battles If you come down, you will be powerless.

After all, one death is one less.

But after thinking about it, what I did was not the last carnival. When I reached the last shore, what retreat did I have?
As soon as he thought of this, Nurhachi couldn't help feeling a little depressed.

But at the moment, it is not possible to show a dejected expression, absolutely not to let the followers know their own despondency, but to let them think that everyone is rushing towards survival and hope, rather than a road to death.

Fei Yingdong is probably the only one who knows his true purpose.

Nurhachi thought so.

Therefore, he decided to lead his troops to bypass Kaesong and arrive directly at the edge of Linjin River to build a pontoon bridge to cross the river.

In the city, Liu Chenglong has already made all the preparations, ready to fight the invading enemy anytime, anywhere until the last soldier dies. With such a big man leading everyone to defend the city, the soldiers immediately feel that they have nothing to fear After that, his morale was greatly boosted, and he decided to fight to the death with the invading barbarians.

Everyone made a lot of preparations, moved the anger to the top of the city, set up the artillery, bows, crossbows, spears, rolling logs, rocks, etc., all were prepared at the top of the city. barbarians.

When the news of the barbarian attack came, everyone was ready to fight. Liu Chenglong went up to the top of the city to meet the enemy, but after observing for a long time, he didn't find any trace of the enemy's attack. Liu Chenglong felt strange and asked the soldiers sent out for guerrilla warfare.

"Didn't you see the barbarians fall into my trap with your own eyes?"

"Yes, indeed it is."

"What about the barbarians?"

Liu Chenglong pointed to the outside of the city.

As far as the eye can see, there is no trace of barbarian invasion.

The soldiers were also very strange, but they insisted that when they went out for guerrilla warfare, they saw a large army of barbarians, and they were definitely coming towards Kaesong. When Liu Chenglong was puzzled, the guard at the east gate reported that he found the enemy army trace.

Liu Chenglong was startled—could the barbarians attack from the east gate instead of the north gate?

So he immediately went to the east gate. After arriving at the east gate wall, the east gate guard reported to him that he found that the barbarians were moving towards the south of the city, some distance away from the city, and it seemed that they had no intention of attacking the city.

Liu Chenglong saw that there was a lot of smoke and dust not far from the gate of Dongcheng City. It was obviously not caused by one or two small troops. So what's going on?

Without finding out what happened outside the city, Liu Chenglong didn't dare to open the city gate to investigate the situation, so he could only send someone to keep watching at the top of the city. He went to the south city and west city, but found no sign of the barbarians arriving here, so The idea of ​​​​surrounding the city is also self-defeating.

The barbarians came, but did not attack the city. Liu Chenglong was very puzzled by this situation.

He could only order the whole army to be on alert, ready to bombard the attacking barbarians at any time.

The artillery of North Korea is basically the standard artillery of the Ming army. It was introduced by the army led by Xiao Ruxun during the Korean War. The firearms of the Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Di periods that were also used in the Korean army were eliminated, and they were replaced with bird guns and Francophones. But the bird gun has not been practiced for a long time, and only the Franc machine gun is quite proficient.

After all, there were also people in the North Korean army who followed Xiao Ruxun in the attack. They witnessed how Xiao Ruxun used the advantage of artillery to defeat the Japanese pirates step by step. Dozens of Franc machine guns are specially prepared for Jianzhou soldiers.

They didn't come.

Kaesong is the last barrier to protect Seoul. Behind Kaesong is the Imjin River, and across the Imjin River is Seoul.

Back then, Japanese pirates blocked the Ming army in Kaesong, Imjin River, and Byejekwan, and were defeated in three places. Xiao Ruxun defeated the main force, lost courage, and directly gave up Seoul and retreated to Busan.

Liu Chenglong wanted to set up defenses on the Linjin River, but firstly, there was not enough troops, secondly, it was a pity not to use such a good city wall as Kaesong, and thirdly, Li Yan had already fled, Seoul was already an empty city, and there was nothing worth guarding. up.

That's why he decided to fight the Jianzhou soldiers in Kaesong, but the barbarians didn't come.

When it was sunset, the barbarians did not come, the soldiers in the city were very surprised, and Liu Chenglong frowned.

In the end, it was decided to use ropes to let down a few strong soldiers to investigate the situation, and then came back to inform Liu Chenglong, and then Liu Chenglong ordered the people in the city to light a fire and cook for the soldiers to have dinner.

After night fell, the barbarians still did not come, but the scouts came back, and Liu Chenglong was very surprised by their report.

"The barbarians are building a pontoon bridge and seem to be planning to cross the river!"

Hearing such a report, Liu Chenglong was even more surprised.

Don't they attack Kaicheng?

Or is this a conspiracy?
Bypassing Kaesong and not attacking, and building a pontoon bridge, did they not intend to attack Kaesong in the first place, or did they want to lure the Kaesong army out of the city, and then use the advantage of the cavalry to destroy the Kaesong defenders?
The barbarians are very cunning, that's for sure, otherwise Pyongyang would not have fallen, and Guo Zaiyou would not have died.

Moreover, Liu Chenglong also understood that if the barbarians did not fight Kaesong and crossed the river directly, they would be able to take Seoul directly.

Although Seoul has been fortified and cleared, there are only [-] defenders, and they can be taken as long as they attack.

But if this is done, the back road of the barbarians will be threatened. It is easy for them to come, but it is difficult to leave.

(End of this chapter)