Chapter 941 Bloody Battle in Ulsan (7)

When everyone was in a stalemate, the messenger came to report:

The forward army of Hachisuka's family had defeated Gao Ce stationed in Yanyang City, arrived in Ulsan, and confronted the main force of the Ming army across the Taehwa River.

Regarding this small victory, the Japanese who have been losing all the time can finally make a big statement. It is recorded in the history books, saying: Gao Ce intended to lead an army of 20,000 to attack Busan, but was repelled by 800 warriors. Soldiers come and go.

There is one thing to say, this makes Gao Ce, whose actual strength is only 2,000, embarrassing.

In addition, the object of boasting in the original history of Japan was Tachibana Zongshige, the number one general in the Western Kingdom.

And he had already died in Lu Li's hands, at the gate of Nanyuan City, but no matter what, the large Japanese army did come, whether to retreat, or to besiege the city to help, or, to continue to carry out Yang Gao's stupid arrangement:

put all one's eggs in one basket.

"Let's besiege the city and fight for aid."

The manager sighed helplessly.

Anyone with a discerning eye can see that he has already committed public anger. It is true that the first rank of officials crushes people to death, but so many generals have jointly signed a letter, and Yang Gao will lose his skin if he does not die.

The most important thing is that he insisted on going his own way and led Li Rumei to fight for so long. If there is no result, the court will definitely punish him!

If no one is willing to share the responsibility, there is no need to talk about the end...

In this way, the various ministries began to march towards the predetermined area one after another, buying time for Daoshan City.

Lu Li's 2,000 cavalry and 500 monsters were left behind to participate in the siege.

In addition, there are six thousand direct descendants of Li Rumei.

one day one Night.

Both Yang Hao and Ma Gui felt that they could only fight for such a long time. If they could not win the city, the situation would fester little by little.

Due to the severe blockade, Kato Kiyomasa didn't know that the support he wanted finally came, and he only thought that the Ming army attacked the city to vent their anger because of his broken appointment.

Ever since, the old trick was repeated, and I wanted to continue to delay the time.

The 8,000 Ming army, plus nearly 5,000 soldiers of the Li Dynasty, under the supervision of Yang Hao, did not play any tricks. First, they violently attacked Daoshan City with Franco machine guns and general guns, and then surrounded the city from all sides. .

The troops led by Lu Li had even stronger firepower support. From this, it can be seen that Envoy Yang Jinglue was really impatient and didn't care about who would win first.

Seeing this formation, Naoshige Nabeshima guessed that there might be some accidents, otherwise the Ming army would not be able to use such terrifying firepower.

After vaguely guessing the truth, he began to encourage the soldiers with Kato, so that the dying samurai breathed out and participated in the final battle.

There is no doubt that this war was extremely tragic. The Japanese braved the might of the Ming army's artillery fire at the top of the city, smashing all kinds of huge boulders and rolling logs down.

The coalition forces rushed forward under the hail of bullets, stepping on the corpses of their companions.

The smell of gunpowder smoke soared into the sky, and there were shouts of killing everywhere, and the pungent bloody smell condensed around the city wall, like ice that would not melt for a long time.

Already during the long siege process, the spirit of the soldiers of the coalition army was almost wiped out by the severe cold and boredom. Many soldiers' fingers were mutilated from the cold, and they couldn't even hold their firearms steadily.

Subconsciously, groups of three or four gather together to attack forward, and this is an excellent moving target.

From time to time, a row of smoke floated up, and a group of Ming soldiers fell to the ground in response, blood and minced meat stained the rocks and permafrost red.

Only the East City where Lu Li is located is in better condition. After all, the monsters are the sharpest spears, and they have successfully broken through to Honmaru.

But the other three sides seemed to be very strenuous. Yang Gao even stood behind the team with a big knife in his hand, not allowing the slightest retreat, as long as anyone turned his head, his body would be separated immediately.

Not only that, in order to stimulate the soldiers' will to fight and understand their own determination, he also tied up a guerrilla general who retreated without authorization, and showed his head to the public——

Li Hualong.

Since the outbreak of the Imjin Japanese Invasion, the number of executions of such high-ranking officers by the Ming army in wars can be counted on the fingers of one's fingers.

Under such a strong stimulus, his morale was slightly boosted, and he continued to charge towards Daoshan City, which was like a devil's mouth, despite his fear and physical discomfort.

Li Rumei, a good brother of the economic envoy, was placed in the most dangerous North City to boost morale to the maximum.

Because of this, the Ming army began to reap results. After Lu Li, the other three sides broke through the Ninomaru one after another, and confronted the Japanese archers on the Honmaru.

During this period, Yang Gao decided to increase his troops. He did not move the Northwest Army, and the Southern Army and Liaodong Army who were going to other areas for reinforcements, but sent the guard battalion there.

The man who served as the general was Chen Yuwen, his confidant and beloved general. This man had little to do with Chen Yuzhong.

Immediately afterwards, the Ming army general who arrived later snatched him back and sent him to the back camp for treatment.

But his colleague, the guerrilla Yang Wanjin, was not reconciled, and the slight advantage he had paid for at a huge price disappeared, and with the golden drum in his hand, he rushed towards the head of the Honmaru city.

It was still difficult to fight with two fists and four hands. First, he was besieged, and then shot down by dense iron cannons.

Two consecutive generals were injured, and the morale of the coalition forces couldn't help being bruised, and the offensive gradually slowed down.

The siege battle lasted from afternoon to night, and among the allied forces, only Lu Li opened up the situation a little bit.

In this case, Yang Gao waved the flag:

"The enemy in Daoshan city is at the end of their strength, continue to fight! We must enter the city in the middle of the night!"

Under such strict orders, all the ministries did not rest, and continued to attack the city in the dark. With the cooperation of the Taoist priests accompanying the army, the Japanese could not see the specific movements of the enemy, so they simply fired their guns indiscriminately into the darkness.

Both sides are desperate, and at the same time, their thoughts are very depressed. Some Japanese generals wrote in the dead letter with infinite bitterness in their hearts:

We are already discouraged by survival, as long as we can return to our homeland alive and drink a sip of spring water from our hometown, we are willing to be monks even if we are monks.

However, the anomaly of the Ming army further proves that:

Reinforcements are nearby.

Therefore, Kato Kiyomasa had no reservations, took out all the last bit of ammunition, and threw it at the coalition forces like worthless cabbage on the street.

In the vast night, no one knew how many soldiers were hit, seriously injured or killed.

"Dongcheng, take it."

Cut off the flag with the Nabeshima family crest hanging on the top of the city, and replace it with the Lu character flag.

The reason why it was delayed until now is that the Japanese army has a good location and has a large number of artillery, and the second is that the general Kato Anzheng personally resisted, and it is difficult to form an absolute advantage in combat power without using magical powers.

Finally, most of the samurai guarding this city gate are the retainers and bannermen of the Nabeshima family, and they belong to the core combat power—professional samurai.

"Go and inform the envoy."

Lu Li sent one team after another of messengers to leave, and then led less than a thousand soldiers to consolidate the gains and explore inside bit by bit.

The sky is slightly white.

From afternoon to late night, and then from late night to the morning of the fourth day of the Lunar New Year, and it is still going on.

The corpses of soldiers from Ming, North Korea, and Japan were stacked on top of the city and under the city. The blood oozing from the wounds dyed the entire island red.

No need to wait how long, what ten years, hundred years? Now you can clearly hear the crying of the souls of the war dead.

But Yang Gao had no intention of stopping the siege at all. After knowing that Lu Li had successfully captured the east gate, he immediately ordered the other three gates to step up their offensive.

If the Japanese army in the city spreads its forces to the east and tries to drive them away, the other three gates can take the target.

Kato was in a dilemma and dared not divide his troops.

The Japanese army has been fighting back until they are completely exhausted, but the situation is stronger than others. Both sides know that the situation on the battlefield is about to reverse.

However, the Ming army acted too crazy!

Without Lu Li and the Demon Battalion under his command, there would still be suspense in this battle.

"Senior Naoshima, I will leave the other three city gates to you. I will drive out the Ming army in the east."

Kato Kiyomasa looked solemn.

"Be careful. At worst, let's break out and join the reinforcements in the outer circle." Naoshima Naoshige earnestly urged.

It stands to reason that he would not let Kato Kiyomasa leave.

After all, during the siege of Seoul, the other party had fought with Lu Li, but they were defeated and fled. If it had been later, they would have died just like Kuroda Nagamasa.

But Taige ordered someone to secretly bring some things from the mainland to Kato, which presumably could play an important role.

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the other side.

On land, a large number of reinforcements left Xishengpu and rushed from the direction of Yanyang.

Under the suggestion of the general of the Right Route Army, Mao Lixiuyuan, the reinforcements were divided into several teams, led by each daimyo:

Active troops, left and right raiding troops, backup troops, and reserve troops are all available.

Murderously rushed to Daoshan.

At the same time, the naval warships docked at the major ports came from the lower reaches for reinforcements, regardless of losses, and they were in a pincer attack with the army.

"Can Daoshan be taken down?"

The tense Yang Hao was worried about an accident, so he took away the advantage he had finally obtained.

You know, even Lu Li only occupied the top of the city, and lost more than one-third of his troops.

General Li Chao, who was watching the battle by the side, felt his heart skip a beat. What does the coach mean by saying such words?

Do you want to run? !

"The enemy in the city has reached its limit. If you can't kill them in one go, you will have no chance in the future."

"That's right, I still have 5,000 elites under my command, who can reinforce Arrow Beach, where the terrain is open and suitable for meeting the enemy."

At such a critical moment, General Li Chao didn't care about preserving his strength, so he acted very caring.

Looking around, Yang Gao shook his head and said:

"The siege ministries are exhausted. It is really embarrassing to fight again. Wait until noon to see what to do. If it doesn't work, withdraw decisively."

Regarding this matter, he already had a draft in his mind.

After the two armies of Bai Sai and Yang Dengshan, the defense of Jiantan was handed over to Wu Weizhong and Zu Chengxun, and the other troops retreated from the Daoshan area in an orderly manner according to their own conditions.

As soon as the plan was announced, there was an uproar in various ministries.

Bai Sai is a guy from the Northwest, with a straightforward temper, he managed to win the battle, arranged for defense, and came back directly to find Yang Gao.

Again:

The enemy's reinforcements this time are only more than 60,000 people at most, and our army is 40,000 people, plus Li Chao's soldiers and generals. With the formation of the formation, we can fight a battle without any hesitation!

Why are you so useless?

I don't do it!

Hearing this, Yang Hao felt restless——

Although he is unwilling to admit that he has missed too many fighter opportunities, it is true.

If Li Rumei is not allowed to eat alone, the city has already been taken.

Don't want to assassinate the tiger, give up the illusion of capturing Kato Kiyomasa alive, the army will be sent together, and the city can be taken before the enemy reinforcements arrive.

However, Yang Gao, who made too many mistakes, no longer dared to gamble, no, it should be said that he lost his nerve.

The failure of the first strategic counter-offensive is acceptable, as long as the report is written better, and officials from the same faction help to talk, you can barely pass the test.

But if the loss of troops is too much, it will be difficult to make a deal... and there may be a loss of head.

Yang Hao was flustered, he couldn't listen to Jin Bai Sai's words at all, and told him to obey the military order and go back to stand by.

The coach is so useless, how can he give up the game, the barbarian got angry, sat down at the gate of the camp, refused to move, and sang grassland songs to make jokes and mock Yang Gao.

The envoy of Jinglue didn't want to be entangled, so he cursed in his heart: barbarian in the Northwest.

Directly bypass him and leave, and arrange the latest strategy.

Looking at the empty camp of the Chinese army, and the smoky Daoshan City not far away, he put on a complicated mood, rode his horse, and left the camp.

What will happen next depends on whether a breakthrough can be made at noon.

And if history doesn't turn a corner, Bai Saihui will suddenly fall off his horse and die drunk within two days after returning to Seoul.

A generation of brave generals just died inexplicably on a foreign battlefield. If there is nothing in it, who would believe it? It must have something to do with the narrow-mindedness of the warden Yang Gao.

"After many years of planning, all the efforts of the whole country have been devoted to unite the people of the whole country of Korea, and they will be abandoned once, and the court will hate it."

The Economic Envoy has ordered that all ministries be fully prepared. If there is no major breakthrough in Daoshan City, the precious luggage will be destroyed immediately.

Lu Li, who had just won the East City Gate not long ago, received this order, and hated Yang Gao even more in his heart.

"In the afternoon, if there is any change, you immediately run to the direction of Seoul, don't care about the soldiers. At that time, there will naturally be a chance to meet again."

This is what Lu Li told the monster.

As for the soldiers under his command, they will cooperate with him to move into the city, looking for opportunities for major breakthroughs.

In fact, the Ming army still had the upper hand in this battlefield. The Japanese army in the city was dying, and they could shoot if they defended. It was purely a dream to let them open the city to kill the enemy.

In the same way, if you are hungry like this, the strength of swinging the knife is not as good as before. Only the banner and the general are qualified to eat something serious.

"Kato must have some new hole cards. The worst plan is that I will die with him."

Walking in the bloody city, Lu Li said to the black-maned horse, "What are your plans? If the situation is not optimistic, you can return to Seoul and wait for the final reinforcements to arrive."

"It's all downhill from now on."

After saying that, the black-maned horse raised its head very proudly, and replied: "A good horse doesn't care about two masters."

The general wants to fight to the death, but the envoy prefers to run away. It is entirely conceivable how much this will affect morale.

However, the key is to look at the battle of Daoshan.

Within two hours, if the three city gates are opened, the internal Japanese army is severely damaged, and either of Kato and Nabeshima is killed, Yang Gao, who has got the fig leaf, can let go a little bit.

As for the Battle of Daoshan, it was up to Lu Li.

Send him early, why be so embarrassed?

All the generals think so.

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