Tang Yin successfully came out of Yin Bishang's camp and led a hundred people to the camp thirty miles north of the city to meet up with the Chinese army.
But before they had gone far, they saw the light of torches in the distance. It was obvious that Xu Jing had begun to follow his orders and advance towards Hanyang City as agreed.
As for Cheng Jun's situation, Tang Yin is not worried. After all, Cheng Jun only has a team of two to three hundred envoys, and they are not elite soldiers. It is expected that it will not be difficult for Xu Jing to deal with it.
"Envoy, General Pu's people are coming."
Tang Yin stopped his horse at a high place and saw three fast horses heading north along the road.
Tang Yin immediately asked people to intercept him, but when he saw the people sent by Pu Yuanzong coming to salute Tang Yin, "Come on, Marshal Pu has already greeted the gatekeepers and gathered around the training yard." Xiu, Cui Han and other generals, as well as more than 300 of their retinues, have gone to the direction of Changdeok Palace with the previous 100 people. It is said that the king is resting in Changdeok Palace tonight."
"Why is he so anxious?"
Tang Yin was very angry.
I brought more than a thousand people, but you thought it was too little. But you went behind the city gate and gathered a group of old troops and recruiters, and 400 people dared to attack the palace in North Korea
Tang Yin knew that Changdeokgung Palace was one of the three major palaces in North Korea. Gyeongbokgung Palace was mostly used for government affairs, and Changdeokgung Palace was more like the emperor's annex.
"Go back with me, join the troops and attack the city."
Tang Yin suddenly realized that Pu Yuanzong might temporarily betray him, or it might not be consistent with his intentions. Now After releasing Pu Yuanzong, it was a bit like letting the tiger return to the mountain, so now he must go to join the thousand men and horses to have a chance to capture Hanyang City.
Tang Yin tried his best to reunite with Xu Jing's troops.
"It's Mr. Tang." Liu Gui rode forward. When he discovered that it was not North Korean soldiers and horses, but a hundred people led by Tang Yin, he hurried forward to greet them.
After Tang Yin came over, he saw Cheng Jun being tied up on the horse next to Xu Jing's horse.
Cheng Jun asked sternly, "Do you want to use these people to shake the power of the North Korean monarchy? Don't overestimate your own capabilities. Even the Ming Dynasty is not qualified to interfere in the internal political affairs of North Korea."
< p>"Shut up"Xu Jing seemed very impatient. Apparently he had had enough of Cheng Jun's shouting along the way.
Tang Yin asked, "Why don't you shut his mouth?"
"Yes." Xu Jingren was still a little confused.
It is also because he has never had any experience in "rebellion", let alone leading troops, but it is also because Cheng Jun's previous shouts were all in Korean, so Xu Jing could not understand and just assumed that he was speaking. Blind Bibi.
But now he realized that Cheng Jun was trying to get the North Korean soldiers who followed Xu Jing to "bring order to order."
"Thank you, Bohu, for reminding me, otherwise I would have missed something important." Xu Jing looked ashamed.
Tang Yin frowned, reminding you to block itCheng Jun's mouth, what kind of serious thing can this be?
His eyes also fell on Hanyang City, which was more than ten miles away. At this time, Hanyang City was still quiet, and it did not look like there was a chance to attack the city. .
He was also thinking that Pu Yuanzong would not have died in the city because of his haste.
Once the city gate is closed, it will be difficult to enter the city.
Tang Yindao "Let the soldiers of the Ming Dynasty go in front, the soldiers and horses of the North Koreans behind, and the cavalry will follow and enter the city in two batches. If we are late and are discovered by the North Korean leader, we will have to blow up the city gate if we want to enter the city again. It's a long way."
"Yes, yes, hurry up and leave." Xu Jing didn't look like a coach at all.
In other words, even Tang Yin doesn't look like a coach.
Fortunately, the soldiers and horses of the Ming Dynasty and North Korea they brought with them admired Tang Yin's deeds of defending Duobi City for more than three months. They also followed Tang Yin to have a full meal and had the opportunity to "make contributions." ", now they are willing to follow Tang Yin to risk their lives.
Tang Yin led 200 Ming Dynasty cavalry, plus more than 200 cavalry from the North Korean side. The team of 400 people hurried towards the west gate of Hanyang City.
That was the agreed direction into the city.
Before he reached the city gate, he saw soldiers and horses from the opposite side coming to cover him up. Tang Yin was worried that something bad was going to happen.
However, the soldiers and horses were still prepared on the spot and used firecrackers and artillery to resist the invading North Korean soldiers and horses.
But after getting closer, the other party sent an envoy to sue for peace.
"It's General Park's people." Pu Yuanzong's deputy general informed.
Tang Yin did not step forward, but asked the North Koreans to go over and receive this group of people. After getting closer, he discovered that there were only fifty or sixty people in total.
"Why didn't you follow Park Yuanzong to attack Changdeok Palace?" Tang Yin felt that the army was in chaos, and now he also wanted to know the situation in the city.
Someone on the other side said something. The translator here brought the words to Tang Yin. "General Park led people to Changdeokgung Palace, but was killed by Im Shihong's people on the way. Now Im Shihong's people are counterattacking." , these fifty people were originally guarding the city gate, but when they found out something was going wrong, they all abandoned the city and fled."
Tang Yin cursed in his heart.
This Pu Yuanzong really succeeds more than fails.
I ask you to guard the city gate first and cooperate with a thousand soldiers and horses to enter the city. If you have to show off, we all know that there are as many as 20,000 to 30,000 defenders in the city. You can achieve success with only 400 to 500 troops
"Entering the city" Tang Yin had no intention of backing down.
Xu Jingdao, "Bohu, let's forget it. You see, the city gate may not be able to be defended."
Tang Yin said angrily, "Just fire at the city gate if you can't get in." Go ahead and blow it up, otherwise you will be left to eat.”
At the critical moment, Tang Yin finally stabilized the morale of the army.
A group of more than 400 people continued to fight towards the west gate. When they arrived at the city gate, they found that the city gate was open and it was quiet inside.
But it was Park Wonjong who summoned everyone at the city gate to the training academy and then attacked Changdeokgung Palace, while those guarding the city gate ran out.When entering the city, the west gate of Hanyang City in North Korea seemed to be undefended.
This also left Tang Yin speechless.
Your North Korean capital is so well defended that even if the city gate is lost, other garrison troops will not know to come and occupy the city gate
"Guard the city gate"
< p> Tang Yin didn’t care whether it was an ambush or not. Anyway, the city gate was right there. The frontline troops were more than forty cavalrymen from the Ming Dynasty. They entered with twelve cannons. The first thing they did after entering the city was to give way to both sides. , and then set up twelve light cannons, and no one fired two rounds first."Boom, boom, boom"
It is better to say that it fired artillery to clear the way, but it was better to say that it boosted the morale of the troops. After twenty-four cannons were fired, there were fires everywhere on the city top, but no fighting was seen. any living creature.
However, this is a great encouragement to the troops who will enter the city later.
After Tang Yin entered the city and made sure to occupy the west gate of Hanyang City, he received the notice: "Sir, there are defenders coming to the city gate under the leadership of Lord Shen Shouqin, but They had already retreated after hearing the sound of the cannon."
Tang Yin did not expect that he would let people enter the city and fire a few cannons, accidentally hitting and frightening the people who were guarding the ground. Withdrew.
"How many people and horses?" Xu Jing asked at the side.
The humane report said, "Master Shen Suqin has led at least two to three thousand soldiers and horses, and they are now on the road to Changdeokgung Palace. It seems that they are going to stop General Park."
< p>It was Ren Shihong again and Shen Shouqin again. There were at least three to four thousand troops on both sides.Pu Yuanzong only brought three to four hundred troops
Tang Yin now needed to quickly judge the situation, but he felt like his head was in a mess.
Whether to fight or to retreat is a question.
If we withdraw, how will we deal with Zhang Zhou when we go back?
If we continue to fight
Even if all the six or seven hundred men and horses later enter the city, he will only have one after all. The men in their early 1000s fought against Shen Shouqin and Ren Shihong's men, almost one against three or even five against them. The advanced weapons were limited to the 200 Ming guards he personally led.
"If I had known earlier, it would have been great to bring the four thousand people who were left behind, as well as so many artillery pieces." Xu Jing on the side was obviously reminding Tang Yin that we are beyond our capabilities now. It's better to run away.
Even Tang Yin was hesitant and even tended to withdraw from the city and wait for Xu Tu to make a big move.
Another messenger arrived: "There are seven to eight hundred soldiers and civilians in the city, carrying farm tools, etc., and they have joined forces with General Park to establish a foothold near the three streets of Changdeokgung Palace"
"What"
Tang Yin frowned.
Pu Yuanzong's three or four hundred men went to complete the offensive and defensive battle with Ren Shihong and Shen Shouqin's three or four thousand men. Even if they were at a disadvantage, ordinary people in the city also joined the battle, carrying hoes. What, with a total of less than a thousand people, they can actually gain a foothold
The North Korean defenders are no more than that.
Don’t say itIt was Tang Yin. Even Xu Jing and others became more confident when they heard about it.
"Rush to the rescue" Tang Yin ordered.
The North Korean gatekeeper's surname was Yin. Tang Yin didn't know his specific name and asked, "Sir, how many men and horses should be left to guard the city gate?"
Tang Yin said, "Save a damn."
At the critical moment, Tang Yin was already swearing.
Xu Jing reminded: "This is our retreat. If we don't keep people, how will the subsequent troops enter the city?"
As he said this, a report came from behind that "Outside the city The men and horses are less than two miles away from the city gate."
"No wait," Tang Yin said, "If we don't rush to help, Pu Yuanzong is afraid that he will be unable to defeat the whole army and rush to help and kill him."
"Kill"
The Ming and North Korean allied forces who entered the city with Tang Yin were also confused by this time.
They haven’t seen any decent resistance so far, and they don’t know why North Korea’s capital defense is so lax. However, apart from Ming soldiers, the coalition forces are North Korean border troops. They have never experienced the North Korean capital. I don’t know whether it’s like this today or it’s always been like this. Anyway, let them attack the palace now and they can just run with it.
Before Tang Yin's reinforcements arrived, the troops led by Pu Yuanzong were indeed at the point where they could not support themselves.
When he learned that the Li people were at Changdeokgung Palace that day, and the defense intensity of Changdeokgung Palace was not as strong as Gyeongbokgung Palace, he thought of capturing Changdeokgung Palace with lightning speed. , depose Li, so that all the initiative lies with North Korea.
While he was following Tang Yin to do great things, he still wanted to achieve things on his own.
He thought he could respond to every call during the attack on Changdeokgung Palace. As a result, the ordinary people in the city supported him very much. This came from the fact that Li expanded the palace in the past two years and seized civilian girls, which made the people in the city There were complaints.
But the defenders in the city, especially the generals of the old sect such as Ren Shihong and Shen Shouqin, were not vegetarians.
However, the defenders such as Ren Shihong and Shen Shouqin were obviously "blinded" by Pu Yuanzong.
In vain, they had no idea how many rebels there were, or even who was leading the troops. They only knew that the west gate of the city was captured for no reason, and it was said that it was an envoy from the Ming Dynasty outside the city. The troops were about to enter the city when they heard the sound of cannons
At this time, Park Yuanzong's army had not been completely wiped out. It was also because the defenders did not know the situation on the other side. At the critical moment, they only wanted to garrison Gyeongbokgung Palace first. and Changdeokgung Palace to ensure that the palace was not lost. After investigating the situation, several other groups of people took back the lost west gate of the city.
Equally confused were the defenders at the other gates in the city, as well as the troops stationed inside the city, and even the troops stationed outside the city didn't understand the situation.
As the saying goes
Tang Yin and Park Yuanzong led few troops, but because they entered the city so smoothly and formed a trend of attacking Changdeok Palace, all parties involved In a situation where the situation of the battle is unclear, no one dares to move.
I am also afraid of being held accountable by Li afterwards.
But as time goes by.
The troops of Im Shihong, who was stationed at Changdeokgung Palace and set up checkpoints to stop Park Wonjong, first discovered that the rebels were just a group of "paper tigers". In the team of less than a thousand people, many of them were holding hoes. The common people who came out were not even equipped with weapons.
Ren Shihong then ordered a counterattack.
At this time, Shen Shouqin's vanguard troops had just come over and completed the encirclement of Pu Yuanzong's troops.
But at this moment, the "boom, boom, boom" sound of cannons came again.
It is also because the Ming Dynasty’s artillery, especially the Hua Pao, has become so famous in the past year. Ren Shihong’s troops had almost forced Pu Yuanzong’s troops to a point of no return, but after hearing the sound of the cannons, , they didn’t even know where the artillery fire was, but they had to retreat.
Because their mission was not to destroy Park Wonjong's rebels, but to defend Changdeok Palace and Gyeongbokgung Palace.
"Bang Bang Bang"
Then the soldiers of the Ming Dynasty opened the way with firecrackers. Tang Yin personally led the cavalry through the streets and alleys and reached Pu Yuanzong's position.
By the time Tang Yin arrived, Ren Shihong's troops had already retreated one street, and Shen Shouqin's reinforcements had also changed their route.
When Tang Yin arrived at the position, he found corpses lying everywhere. When he went to see Pu Yuanzong, he found that Pu Yuanzong was covered in blood.
"There are less than 200 people left"
The 200 people mentioned are not the nearly 400 regular troops he led, but the rebels who followed him. The city residents, but many of the city residents saw that the wind was blowing in the wrong direction and fled temporarily or found a place to hide.
But in this battle, at least five or six hundred people died on Pu Yuanzong's side.
Tang Yin said, "Attack Changdeokgung Palace."
"Don't go." Pu Yuanzong said, "There are at least thousands of people on the other side. They have blocked the road and cannot fight. "In the past."
Tang Yin said angrily, "Are you retreating from the battle?"
Pu Yuanzong said, "If we wait for the four thousand reinforcements, there is still a chance."
" It's impossible." Tang Yin didn't know where the courage came from at this time, and said sternly, "If you exit the city, you will have no chance to come in. Today, your errands have been completed. All that is left is to follow my orders and dispatch troops to attack the city. "
Xu Jing got off his horse and saw the dead bodies on the ground. He didn't dare to go forward. He said from a distance, "Can we still get reinforcements?"
"Yes. That's right." Tang Yin also seemed to be inspired, "Now that the reinforcements are deep in the city, if we can recruit more people to help, we can capture Changdeok Palace faster."
"Report the follow-up troops. Already entered the city"
"Very good, open the way with artillery, wait for reinforcements to arrive, do not guard the city gates, only attack Changdeok Palace"
Tang Yin is now making a desperate move.
There are not many men and horses on hand, but now the defenders are obviously a little timid. This is the critical moment of the struggle between the two sides. Tang Yin knows that he will lose if he gives in.
As an envoy of the Ming Dynasty, he hadOf course, there are 200 soldiers from the Ming Dynasty, and 100 people remain in the coalition formations in Hwanghae Province and Gyeonggi Province. It is impossible to expect that group of troops to attack Hanyang City, but if 4,000 troops enter the city after it is captured, it is possible. To maintain order.
The key now is to see whether Changdeokgung Palace can be captured in one go.
"Disarm without killing"
When Tang Yin led his troops out, he saw other people rushing to help. This group of people was obviously not Shen Shouqin or Ren Shihong.
What they were holding were just ordinary swords, not even archers. When they heard the shouting here was in the language of the Ming Dynasty, they immediately knew that they were "rebels".
Immediately, everyone along the way was included almost "inexplicably".
"Bo Yin, it's me."
The people coming are not considered defenders, but temporary rescuers. They are probably adapting to the wind. If they find If the defenders have the advantage, they will also join the defenders.
But when they came over and saw that the coalition forces had established a foothold, they joined this side without hesitation.
"Tang Shangchun, this person is Cheng Xiyan I told you about. He is the Councilor of the Criminal Cao, and he has many old ministers as colleagues in the city"
Pu Yuanzong originally had no desire to fight and thought of running away.
Now that Cheng Xiyan has also arrived with "reinforcements", he feels a little more confident.
But when he learned that Cheng Xiyan only brought three to four hundred people, he hesitated again.
"How far is this place from Changdeokgung Palace?" Tang Yin was in North Korea, and his eyesight was really dark at night.
Cheng Xiyan said, "There are still three streets, but they are just garrison troops. We have already guarded several streets and cannot kill them."
"Shenji camp opens the way"
Tang Yin didn't waste any time, mounted his horse and continued to direct the battle.
After Ren Shihong and Shen Shouqin's troops joined together, the number of troops under their command exceeded 5,000.
And they are all considered to be the elite of the Korean Imperial Guard.
The so-called elites are just more archers and crossbowmen, and there are even fire-gun soldiers. Their strategy is not to kill them out, but to defend Changdeokgung Palace and Gyeongbokgung Palace.
But it was the soldiers of the Ming Dynasty who came directly to cover them up.
The two sides are still three to four hundred steps apart, which is more than 200 meters away, and they are not yet within the attack range of the North Korean side.
However, there was a "boom, boom, boom" sound from the back.
The shells are coming again.
And every time it hits the ground, it explodes into pieces.
The originally complete defensive formation was directly blown apart by artillery.
But in fact, the artillery was fired from four to five hundred meters away. In other words, as long as the defenders did not fight out, there was nothing they could do about the artillery.
What’s even worse is that after being bombed for a round, the defenders had already reorganized into a battle formation and were preparing to use wooden shields to resist the Ming’s crossbowmen and fire gunners.Ming's firecrackers were also fired.
"Bang Bang Bang"
Two hundred meters away, direct fire was fired. The front row of the defenders held shields against each other, but they immediately discovered that the shields were facing the fire bullets. It's of no use at all.
The soldiers in front were immediately beaten into sieves.
"Kill"
Then the Ming Dynasty's cavalry used fire blunderbuss and cooperated with the Korean archers in the coalition to rush over quickly.
A seemingly complete line of defense was directly opened with a large hole.
"Ah"
The battlefield is very chaotic.
But one thing the royalist defenders did not expect was that they completely underestimated the huge lethality of firearms in such street fighting. Please remember to bookmark, the latest and fastest website is free to read without anti-theft