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The Han River section downstream of Seoul has a very wide waterway, more than two miles wide, which is vast and magnificent.
Led by Xu Changzong, the general of the Korean navy, Liu Zhongqin's navy reached a point 20 miles from Seoul, where they were blocked by more than 80 warships led by Liu Zhengxi, the general of the Korean navy.
Although the enemy had more warships, except for a few two-masted turtle ships, the rest were all shabby small boats. Liu Zhongqin saw them from afar with a telescope and couldn't help laughing: "Damn it, they really don't know how to live or die. They want to mess with me with just a few broken ships."
Liu Zhongqin immediately gave the order, and the ten gunboats lined up in a row and began to move in a zigzag shape. Together, the ten warships had 100 1,000-jin falconets on each side, and the black muzzles of the guns were constantly adjusting their directions to point as obliquely forward as possible.
The two armies were still two miles apart when Liu Zhongqin gave an order and the gunboat's starboard guns began to roar one after another. Heavy projectiles whizzed away and hit Liu Zhengxi's fleet like hail.
Unfortunately, one of the two-masted turtle ships was hit in the first round of salvos; "bang!" The horrible projectiles not only smashed the upper "turtle shell", but also pierced the deck and the port side. Not many Korean sailors on the ship were injured, but many were scared half to death, screaming constantly.
This turtle ship had a thick baffle on the top, which resulted in a high center of gravity. After the port side was pierced, the river water rushed in quickly, and the top-heavy turtle ship capsized in the river. The Korean sailors in the turtle shell had no time to escape and were all knocked underwater.
The Qin army's thousand-jin falconet cannons were still firing shells at a rate of one round per 20 seconds;
It's obvious that Liu Zhongqin, that son of a bitch, is using cannons to kill mosquitoes, and a hundred cannons are firing at the same time, as if the shells are free.
If the miser Qin Mu knew about this, he would definitely skin him alive.
But this is North Korea, the mountains are high and the emperor is far away, and no one can control him.
Those "little mosquitoes" in North Korea had never encountered such a fierce artillery bombardment, although not many of them were hit. But mosquitoes are mosquitoes, and under such a fierce bombardment, they were already scared to death and turned around and fled, forgetting who the defense envoy Liu Zhengxi was.
Ningyuan's 5,000 infantry and cavalry landed at Ma Tou near the mouth of the Han River. After landing, they quickly advanced towards Seoul along the north bank of the Han River, faster than Liu Zhongqin who went upstream.
Li Jilong, the commander of the Five Army Camps, sent 3,000 men to block the enemy at Wangyan Ridge on the north bank. Seeing the Qin army in black and black armor coming in a mighty force, the 3,000 men were already extremely nervous. Then they saw that the Qin army was actually carrying the flag of the King of Korea.
It turned out that when Li Pei was sent out of the city to contact Ningyuan, he not only brought Li Zong's edict, but also the royal flag.
When the 3,000 Korean soldiers were in shock, Li Pei took out Li Jong's edict and went up to persuade them to surrender. After seeing Li Jong's edict, the commander-in-chief Jin Zaiyi surrendered without a fight and instead served as the vanguard for Ningyuan, charging towards Hanyang City.
Before the war started, the atmosphere was tense, and Qin Army Lieutenant General Tian Heng was already full of blood. Miraculously, his seasickness symptoms were mostly cured, and he asked Ning Yuan for permission to lead 500 cavalrymen to attack first.
The Qin army brought a total of 2,000 war horses this time, but most of the horsemen were not used to riding in ships. The cavalrymen were the most seasick, and most of the 2,000 cavalrymen were now counting the stars on the island with Aobai, leaving only these 500 or so men who could still fight.
Tian Heng left a few dozen men to Ningyuan as scouts and messengers, and led 500 men all the way to the city of Hanyang.
Li Jilong, the commander of the Five Military Camps, led tens of thousands of soldiers to attack Hanyang City. The shouts from the city walls were as surging as a wave. He never expected that Jin Zaiyi, who was sent to stop the Qin army, would surrender without firing a single arrow. When Tian Heng arrived at the city walls, he was shocked.
It was too late! Tian Heng's troops swept towards Li Jilong's troops who were attacking the city with a cloud of dust. The huge sound of horse hooves was deafening, and the walls of Seoul were trembling, which was thrilling.
Li Jilong's troops turned around in shock and found a large group of cavalry charging fiercely at their backs. They were all terrified and screamed, running away in all directions like a group of ants in the face of a mountain torrent.
Everyone regretted that their parents had not given them two more legs. The swords and guns in their hands and the armor on their bodies were too heavy, so they threw them to the ground and ran away in panic.
Tian Heng was inexplicably angry, and he didn't know where his anger came from. Anyway, seeing the Korean soldiers running away in all directions without even a fight, he felt very angry, as if the enemy was too disdainful to fight him.
"Kill them!" He roared and ran over the fleeing Korean soldiers without hesitation.
When the Five Guards on the city wall saw the reinforcements coming, they cheered at first. But when they saw the soldiers of the five military camps below the city being crushed and screaming in pain, and the blood all over the ground, it was a horrible sight, they could no longer cheer. They were so scared that their faces turned pale like ghosts.
The combat effectiveness of the Korean army was not very good to begin with, and the situation became even worse after it was defeated by Huang Taiji and became a vassal state of the Qing Dynasty. Internal party struggles, external oppression by the Qing Dynasty, servility became more and more serious, and the army had no fighting spirit. At the same time, the country was getting poorer and poorer, the army was poorly equipped, and there was basically no training in normal times.
How could such an army be effective? No wonder the Qing Dynasty stationed 400 troops in Seoul and they dared not move.
Li Jilian, the commander of the Five Military Camps, had no way to escape far away in a hurry, so he hurriedly hid under the moat. However, he was seen clearly by the Korean soldiers on the top of the city wall, and someone pointed out his hiding place to the Qin army.
Li Jilong, who was covered in mud, was quickly carried up by Qin Yun and placed in front of Tian Heng. Tian Heng said impatiently, "Chop him off!"
"General, please spare me! Please spare me!" Li Jilong was so frightened that his legs went weak. He fell to his knees with a thud, and kept kowtowing and begging for mercy. He spoke Chinese fluently, "General! I have parents above me and children below me..."
"Do you have a daughter? How old is she?" Tian Heng interrupted him with a chuckle and the dozen or so soldiers around him laughed along.
In order to save his life, Li Jilong shamelessly said, "Yes, yes, yes, I have two daughters who have not yet been betrothed. One is sixteen years old and the other is fifteen years old. They are... beautiful. If the general can spare my life, I will let them serve the general..."
At this time, someone on the city wall shouted: "General, may I ask, are you from the Qin army?"
Tian Heng didn't have time to tease Li Jilong anymore. He responded to the city gate: "I am Tian Heng, the lieutenant general of the Qin Dynasty. At the invitation of the King Linping of Korea, I am here to help Korea drive out the barbarians. Why don't you open the city gate quickly?"
The man in his forties on the city wall replied, "Excuse me, General. Didn't you say you had 10,000 troops? How come you only have a few hundred? Do you have an imperial edict from our Highness or a letter from Lord Linping?"
The man on the city wall was Liu Yixun, the military commander of the Five Guards of Korea. He had never seen the Qin army, nor had he seen Li Pei who had gone out of the city to ask for reinforcements. Although the city was in urgent need of reinforcements, he did not dare to open the city gate without asking for details.
At this time, the Manchu Melezhang Jing De'an had led 480 bannermen to break through the barricades set up at various street intersections by Li Ruifeng, the general who was also the chief servant, and killed 1,000 Korean soldiers, rendering them in disarray.
The Eight Banners soldiers galloped through the streets, hacking and killing people along the way, staining the streets with blood. Even Li Ruifeng, the general who served as the chief servant, was killed by the Eight Banners soldiers. De'an led his troops and rushed straight to the Korean palace.
De'an didn't know that the Qin army had crossed the sea, and thought it was simply a rebellion initiated by the Korean King Yi Jong. But no matter what, he had few soldiers, and the wisest thing to do was to rush into the palace and control Yi Jong first.
On the palace wall, the left prime minister Jin Lu was personally guarding the Gwanghwa Gate, and standing next to him was the inner guard general Yi Pu. The Yulin guard general Jin Tang was guarding the Yingqiu Gate in the west. The two guards, totaling 3,000 men, were ready for battle.
De'an led his army to Gwanghwamun and saw a silver-white Jinluo on the top of the city wall. He immediately shouted angrily: "Jinluo, you have to open the palace gate immediately, otherwise don't blame me for killing everyone in the palace."
Jin Luo shouted in reply, "You are nothing but dogs, sheep and barbarians. Your end has come. Why don't you get off your horses and be tied up!"
"Looking for death!" De'an shouted angrily, drew his bow to full height, and shot an arrow towards Jin Lu on the top of the city wall.
Li Pu, the inner guard, blocked the incoming arrows with his shield and shouted, "Shoot!"
Bows and muskets from the top of the city wall fired at the same time, making a series of loud noises. De'an was furious and roared, "Attack the palace. Anyone who dares to resist will be killed!"
At this moment, Jin Zidian, who had escaped the search, ran out from the corner of the street and shouted to Delong: "General De'an, something bad has happened. The Qin State has sent a large number of naval and land forces from the sea. General De'an, we must break out quickly..."
"What's going on?" Meilezhang Jingde'an rode up and grabbed Jin Zidian by the collar, demanding to know him like an eagle catching a chick. "You said that Qin sent troops to Korea?"
Jin Zidian's collar was holding his neck, his eyes rolled back, and he almost couldn't breathe. He answered with difficulty: "General De... Dean, loosen up a bit... Listen to me, the former party members have always been unwilling to be a vassal state of the Qing Dynasty. They colluded with the Qin State privately and attracted the Qin State's naval and land forces to drive out the Qing troops. General, break out quickly. I received a report that the other side has tens of thousands of troops. It will be too late if we don't break out now."
Only then did De'an realize that this rebellion was not purely an internal matter of North Korea, and he was shocked. He only had 400 men. If there were really tens of thousands of Qin troops coming, could he deal with it
"Charge! Take down the palace for me." De'an thought it was more important to take down the palace first and capture Li Jong.
Under his command, hundreds of Qing troops rushed forward fearlessly. A rain of arrows covered the top of the city like a black cloud, causing the blood of the Korean soldiers on the top of the city to splatter. Those who had escaped the attack by chance did not even dare to raise their heads.
In front of the fierce Qing army, the Korean soldiers were like a pile of shit. They had the advantage of terrain, but were suppressed and beaten by the Qing army. No matter how Jin Lu and others shouted, only a few dared to stand up and fight back.
De'an sent people to swim across the moat, preparing to quickly blow up Gwanghwamun with explosives.
Jin Zidian heard the cheers coming from outside the city and couldn't help shouting in fear, "General De'an, it's too late! Break out quickly!"
It was indeed too late, but countless soldiers and horses were seen shouting and charging towards the south gate of Seoul.
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ps: The number of monthly tickets is getting less and less every day, I am sad. I will shout out again, please give me some monthly tickets.
.(To be continued..)
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