Chapter 750: Surrounded From All Sides
It can only be said that everyone has their own uses. As long as subjective initiative is brought into play, unexpected results will often be produced.
Konishi Yukinaga's several visits to Shimayama Castle were not in vain, and he unconsciously influenced the Japanese generals in the city.
Lin Tianshuai had already given up hope for the fifth first landing, but he did not expect that Konishi Yukinaga had inadvertently paved a way.
This cannot be considered a fake match. The opponent was indeed defending seriously, but when it was a last resort, it gave a little convenience in the final outcome choice.
On the next day, more than 3,000 newly recruited Korean volunteers launched an attack on Shimayama Castle Ninomaru amid fierce artillery fire.
After paying the price of more than 1,500 Korean volunteers, Shimayama Castle Ninomaru was breached.
The remaining hundreds of Japanese pirates did not surrender or commit suicide, but retreated to Shimayama Castle Honmaru on the highest floor to continue to resist.
The Japanese pirates who lost their ammunition depot could only rely on cold weapons such as bows and arrows, spears, and swords to make a 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The Korean volunteer army, which was no longer able to fight, was withdrawn and replaced by the Ming Dynasty soldiers to continue the siege.
Lin Tianshuai, wearing 80 kilograms of heavy armor, once again showed his power, braved the arrows and stones to climb the main gate of the Dosan Castle, and led the heavenly soldiers to conquer the Dosan Castle in one go.
First climb +1! Total times 5! Historical record obtained!
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 Dosan Castle, Lin Tianshuai suddenly felt bored and even lost interest in interrogating the prisoners. He sent them away and imprisoned them.
Before the fifth climb was obtained, it was a dream that I thought about day and night. But after I got it, I felt that the historical record was just like that.
It must be said that it is really difficult to climb first alive. No wonder you can boast about it for a lifetime if you succeed once.
I have tried so hard, and the right time, right place, and right people are all there, and I have added some water to it, but I have barely managed to make up the record of five times.
Under normal circumstances, the first landing can be said to be a life-and-death struggle. Who has so many lives that can survive five times?
Lin Tianshuai doesn't need to worry about things like cleaning the battlefield. His biggest interest is to count the prisoners.
This time, more than 3,000 people were captured. After two consecutive battles, the number of prisoners accumulated in his hands has reached 14,000.
We can send a wave to Koyama 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, Hosuka Iemasa, Asano Yukinaga, and Chosokabe Motochika, it would be a pity to send them to mine, so they should be kept in hand for the time being.
After arranging matters related to the prisoners, Lin Tianshuai was in the mood to ask about other results.
Ma Gui and Li Rubai, the two main generals, walked into the big tent, but Ma Gui was still in a bad mood, and there was no joy of victory on his face.
Lin Tianshuai was not a nanny, and he had no obligation to take care of Ma Gui's emotions, but just listened to the report.
He only heard General Ma say bitterly: "The two sieges have wiped out all the Japanese pirates in Daoshan City, a total of 14,000 people."
Before the siege, no one knew the exact number of defenders, but there was only a rough estimate.
Now that the city has been broken, the number of defenders can be basically determined by interrogating the prisoners.
However, after hearing the number "14,000", Lin Tianshuai suddenly understood why Ma Gui looked so depressed.
Previously, the number of enemies killed in the blockade of Tokugawa Ieyasu's reinforcements was 15,000, plus the 14,000 defenders of Daoshan City, so the number of enemies killed in the entire "Ulsan Battle" was 29,000.
Only 1,000 less than 30,000, and only 1,000 less than the 30,000 "record" created 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 the modification, Ma Gui can only accept the number of 29,000 enemies killed.
Besides, it is not so easy to modify it. Li Rusong's brother Li Rubai is next to him. Will he watch the results being changed blindly?
"This is fate!" Lin Tianshuai, who got the record first, advised Ma Gui.
Hearing this, Ma Gui completely gave up, and Lin Tianshuai would not modify the results for himself.
After all, the modification would make Li Rusong unhappy, and Lin Tianshuai seemed to have no reason to attack Li Rusong for himself.
If I had known that I would be bolder after defeating the Tokugawa reinforcements, I would have just reported that 10,000 people were drowned!
Suddenly, I heard Lin Tianshuai say, "Although the numbers are difficult to modify, from a statistical point of view, your results are still remarkable."
Ma Gui said with a glimmer of hope, "I would like to hear more details."
Lin Tianshuai said, "In the Battle of Seoul, our 40,000 troops annihilated 30,000 enemy troops, and the average number of enemies killed per person was three quarters.
And in this Battle of Ulsan, our 28,000 troops annihilated 29,000 enemy troops, more than one per person.
So from a per capita perspective, the Battle of Ulsan is ahead of the Battle of Seoul.
No mistake!
In the past hundred years, in the battles with more than a thousand enemies killed, this may be the one with the highest per capita number of enemies killed."
Ma Gui: "."
In terms of statistical results, is there such an item as the number of enemies killed per person?
It sounds more like a consolation prize, but a consolation prize is also 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 up. People should pay attention to emotional intelligence.
After cleaning up the battlefield in Ulsan, except for the two columns escorting prisoners to the north, the remaining 24,000 troops set out for Busan, more than 100 miles away.
Originally, after Tokugawa Ieyasu brought 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 retreating to the Busan area was only 70,000 to 80,000.
The Busan area was the landing point and nest of the invading Japanese pirates, and it is also the last stronghold of the Japanese pirates today, but there is not only one Busan city.
Busan is very close to the nearby small cities of Gimhae and Dongnae, and there are only a few miles between them. So the three cities are mutually supportive, forming a large defensive position.
70,000 to 80,000 Japanese pirates are densely deployed in this small triangular area. I don’t know if they are ready to fight to the end.
The Ming 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 13,000 navy soldiers in the south on Geoje Island.
It was already May of the 21st year of Wanli. The Ming soldiers pressed forward from all four directions, both by sea and land, and firmly besieged 70,000 to 80,000 Japanese pirates in the Busan area.
The conditions for finally solving the invading Japanese pirates were ripe, but the specific results were still unclear.