Wanli 1592

Chapter 124

Just as Xiao Ruxun expected, what he could think of, and the Japanese pirates on the opposite side could also think that the artillery position was almost built. When the sky was just dawn, Xiao Ruxun noticed that the Japanese pirates on the opposite side had changed, and a large number of Japanese pirates lined up to rush to the river In the various fortifications on the side, they lined up neatly and held iron cannons, as if they were going to deal with the Ming army.

Xiao Ruxun would not give them a chance to shoot, whether it was aimed at the Ming army or at the ice that was not strong enough on the river.

"Pass my order, aim at the Japanese pirates on the other side, and fire!"

Xiao Ruxun gave an order, and the artillery positions of the Ming army fired immediately.

"Boom boom boom boom boom boom boom---"

Countless beautiful big sparks exploded on the Japanese pirates' position on the opposite bank. The flames raged and the shrapnel flew. The Japanese pirates were stunned by the sudden artillery attack. Yoshihiro Shimadzu himself also collapsed. He originally wanted to call up the army to guard against the Ming army Crossing the river, he shot at the ice surface to destroy the ice layer, making it impossible for the Ming army to cross the river, but he never expected that the Ming army would strike first.

What's more unexpected is that the Ming army has so many "stone fire canisters", which can carry out such a high-intensity stone fire cannon covering attack. He doesn't know if there are fifty stone torch canisters in the whole city of Seoul, but the Ming army on the opposite side must have more stone torch cannons Yu Fifty Gates, and Kuroda Nagamasa had reported this important information to the high-level Japanese army in Seoul, but it did not attract enough attention. The reason is very simple, no one has seen it with their own eyes, and those who have seen it with their own eyes are all dead.

He didn't know that there were two hundred large and medium-sized Francophones facing him.

"Boom boom boom boom boom boom boom---"

"Boom boom boom boom boom boom boom---"

After three rounds of salvo, the front one hundred guns retreated to dissipate heat, and the rear one hundred guns pushed forward to start firing.

"Boom boom boom boom boom boom boom---"

It was another three rounds of salvo, and the position of the Japanese pirates on the opposite side was covered by a sea of ​​fire and smoke. At first, you could see the Japanese pirates fleeing, but now you can't see them at all, because Yoshihiro Shimadzu has led the army to retreat, or He ran away with his own soldiers and retainers, and he didn't want more than 1000 iron gunners. He ran away first. He was lucky and ran fast, and he didn't get hit by the artillery fire of the Ming army.

The Jiangfang troops composed of [-] iron gunners and [-] ashigaru collapsed in an instant. The dead and wounded, and those who were not dead or injured saw that the general ran away, so they ran away, and handed over Jiang Fang to the Ming army. Hui came to report to Xiao Ruxun that the Japanese pirates had retreated across the board, and when there was no more Japanese pirates on the other side, Xiao Ruxun nodded in satisfaction, and ordered the army to keep an eye on the river and the other bank. Once Japanese pirates appeared on the other side of the river, they would immediately launch bombardments!
This time Xiao Ruxun miscalculated, originally thought that the Linjin River defense line, an important line of defense, would have to fight back and forth five or six times before the Japanese pirates would let it go, but unexpectedly, the Japanese pirates gave up after only one round.

Until noon, Xiao Ruxun saw that the surface of the river was frozen solid, and when he began to arrange for infantry to cross the river, there was still no trace of Japanese pirates on the opposite side. up.

Xiao Ruxun was a little worried. Is this some kind of plan by the Japanese pirates? They wanted to attack the Ming army halfway across the river, but it was wrong to think about it. The range of my artillery was enough to support the infantry on the other side of the river. Even if the Japanese pirates come, it is a dead end.

After the troops crossing the river have been reorganized, the relatively light artillery will be brought over. After the defense is completed, even if the Japanese pirates attack while the heavy artillery is crossing the river, it will have no effect?
Xiao Ruxun didn't want to understand, but still arranged for people to start building a simple load-bearing bridge that can be used to cross the river, so that heavy artillery can cross the river, and the rest of the troops lined up on the spot. The 300-man cavalry team set off first to investigate what the Japanese pirates were doing in the direction of Seoul. In addition, they focused on investigating the situation of the Japanese pirates around the Byejo Pavilion and the nearby terrain. If the enemy is overwhelming, they should retreat as soon as possible.

The Ming army crossed the river in an orderly manner, but the Japanese pirates never came to attack and defend the river to restrict the Ming army. Xiao Ruxun was puzzled, but from Yoshihiro Shimadzu's point of view, it is actually very easy to understand.

When his position here was hit by the artillery of the Ming army, Yoshihiro Shimadzu knew that this line of defense had lost the meaning of restricting the Ming army, no matter how many obstacles there were, but no one was guarding it, the steel fortress It doesn't make any sense, let alone a piece of frozen soil.

This piece of permafrost actually lost the ability to restrict the cavalry. The cavalry of the Ming army will soon be able to gallop freely. At that time, the two major killers of artillery and cavalry will swarm up. The Japanese army that lost the city can only completely become the experience value of the Ming army.

He saw clearly and was afraid, so he ran away decisively. This decision was right. He stayed there and could only become cannon fodder under the artillery fire, and was killed miserably, just like Somo Tachibana, but he escaped , escaped so simply and thoroughly that Xiao Ruxun couldn't catch him even if he wanted to.

So Xiao Ruxun held a military meeting in Paju on the east bank of the Linjin River to discuss the next battle plan.

"Now that the Linjin River has been crossed, our army only needs to go one step further to reach Seoul. If we take Seoul, the Japanese pirates will be at the end of the day, and our army will be able to march to the southernmost tip of North Korea without bloodshed. The Japanese pirates also know the current situation. According to my judgment , They may mobilize more than [-] troops to concentrate in Seoul to fight against us. In Seoul, you must take the Bijou Pavilion!"

Xiao Ruxun pointed to the location of the Bitu Pavilion on the map and began to assign tasks to the generals.

Bichi Hall is located [-] miles north of Seoul, close to Gongshun Yongling Mausoleum, at the junction of Huiyinling and the plain area.

The geographical environment here is divided by Biti Pavilion and the nearby Gaoyang City. To the north of Biti and Gaoyang is the Huiyinling mountainous area, with undulating peaks and ridges. There is only a small road in the middle, and the terrain in the south is flat. The hills that are not too high above sea level sandwich the avenue in the middle. It is the exit of the last mountainous area north of Seoul. From ancient times to the present, this is the only way from Kaesong to Seoul, and because it is the transition from the mountains to the plains The terrain, so it is a battleground for military strategists.

There is a place called Lishixian six miles south of Bichiguan, which is the last line of defense west of Seoul, and also the last mountain pass. After passing through here, there is Yimapingchuan in the south. Therefore, Tachibana must first control this place before the Ming army can pass. It is impossible to enter the range of Seoul to toss in the mountainous area near Bichiguan.

Once the Ming army breaks through the Bichiguan area and passes through Lishixian, the flat land around Seoul can be used for cavalry to gallop freely, and there will be no obstacles. The Japanese pirates who lack cavalry will have to use iron artillery to meet them. Occupying an overwhelming advantage, the Japanese pirates could not overwhelm the Ming army in terms of firepower anyway.

The densely packed iron artillery array once destroyed the famous Takeda cavalry, but what a fluke it was. Only an insider understands that if you want to replicate the glory of Oda Nobunaga's defeat of the Takeda cavalry here, it is purely a dream, and they can only become the Ming army. A live target, one round of volley and it's all over.

If it reaches that point, in order to preserve their vitality, the Japanese army will have to retreat into Seoul to defend, give up the field battle, and there is no other way. Once Seoul is surrounded by the Ming army, the entire central high-level headquarters of the Japanese invading army will be surrounded by the Ming army. Once the army has wiped out everything, there is no need to fight this battle. Taige has no other way to go except to admit defeat directly. If the fight continues, Japan will definitely perish.

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