I, Zhu Youjian: the first prodigal son of the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 186
"The Ming army landed from the east coast and came all the way to Seoul?"

As soon as this statement came out, several people present were dumbfounded.

Especially Zu Dale and Wu Xiang, the two 'general soldiers of the Ming Dynasty', were even more disbelieving: "Impossible, Mao Wenlong's tens of thousands of soldiers are still eight hundred miles away, how can they spare their hands to attack Seoul? "

"That's right, even if Mao Wenlong wanted to die, he wouldn't dare to go deep alone like this."

"It doesn't seem to be Mao Wenlong's soldiers," the lord of Koryo settled down and drank a few mouthfuls of tea before saying, "According to reports, this army is not Mao Wenlong's soldiers.

It's Zheng Zhilong's navy! "

Zheng Zhilong's navy?

Everyone felt a little more confused.

The navy landed and attacked the city all the way, that is to give up their own advantages, this is clearly the way to defeat!

"Zheng Zhilong's navy is nothing more than a group of pirates, so nothing to worry about." Wu Xiang said indifferently, "In terms of field combat capabilities, apart from Mao Wenlong's [-] iron army in the Ming Dynasty, there are more than [-] soldiers and horses from our Liaoxi general;
Lord, how many soldiers and horses have the opponent come to? "

"I don't know, it should be no less than 1 horses." The lord of Koryo turned his head and asked the eunuch who had reported: "How many soldiers and horses does the other party have? Cavalry or infantry?

How about the firearm configuration? "

The eunuch fell to his knees with a 'plop', and said in a hissed voice: "The flying newspaper didn't say this, it only said that it was no less than [-].

By the way, all infantry! "

infantry?

The Lord of Korea, Zu Dale, Wu Xiang, and several Baylors who built slaves breathed a sigh of relief.

[-] infantry, no matter how powerful the firearms in their hands, they can be easily suppressed and killed by mobilizing [-] to [-] cavalry, so there is no need to worry about it.

"Zheng Zhilong has always been cunning, why did he lose his head this time and send [-] infantry to fight? Could it be that there was fraud in it?" Wu Xiang was a little worried, and asked in detail.

"There should be someone behind," Zu Dale was also puzzled, "I have dealt with Zheng Zhilong several times, and I have done a few deals in firearms and food. According to my judgment, this person seems to be generous and righteous on the surface, but Meticulous in the use of soldiers;
It can be said that it is the kind of businessman who counts pennies and pennies.

Lord, don't underestimate the enemy. "

The Lord of Koryo nodded slightly, and immediately sent an order to continue the investigation. At the same time, he began to mobilize the army to prepare for the enemy.

……

But on the other side, [-] Ming veterans sent by the idiot Emperor Zhu Youjian, led by the great eunuch Wang Chengen, landed from the east coast and headed straight for Seoul.

The distance is more than 300 miles, and there are more than a dozen cities on the way. There are seven or eight thousand guards in total, but they are all local armed forces. How can they be compared with their army of tigers and wolves?

Therefore, attacking a city or pass is basically a horizontal push.

Dozens of new-style cannons are pushed up, pushed under the opponent's nose, and after a few random rounds, a city gate will collapse together with the city gate and building above it.

Then, step by step, move forward steadily.

The bows and arrows, matchlock guns, etc. in the hands of the Koryo defenders have a short range and are not very efficient. Basically, they are similar to hunting, and they are taken away in one wave...

There is a basic rule on the battlefield.

That is, when the casualty rate of one side reaches about one-fifth, it is basically on the verge of collapse.

And once there is one-sided firepower suppression and a one-third casualty rate, the battle will be impossible to fight at all, and there will often be a collapse of thousands of miles and defeat like a mountain.

No matter how powerful the general is, he cannot control this situation.

Therefore, the offensive of Wang Chengen and the [-] veterans can only be said to have gone smoothly.

Potential like a broken bamboo.

In less than two days and two nights, it has advanced two hundred miles.

On the way, some cavalry from Koryo also attacked and harassed them, but under several rounds of musket fire, they became prey rushing across the field, and the veterans of the Ming Dynasty swallowed them up with just a few mouthfuls.

How could the logistics and supply troops spend all their time searching the cities and passes of the Koryo Kingdom, packing up and taking away all the valuable things.

As for what can't be taken away, just burn it with a fire.

Anyway, Zhu Youjian, the idiot emperor, made it very clear that in war, what you fight is supplies, what you fight is resources, and if you can't take away the resources, you will burn them directly.

Do not leave a grain of food to the enemy, this is a basic order.

As for the massacre of the city, it was strictly prohibited.

With the usual style of those [-] veterans of the Ming Dynasty, this kind of battle with the wind is simply a good opportunity to grab the head and win merits. In the past, if a few cities were not slaughtered, where did the military merits and the pitiful rewards come from?

However, it's different now.

Long live God, not short of money...

……

"Report to the prince, Seoul is more than forty miles ahead, ask the forward battalion for instructions on the next plan." A sentry came galloping, sitting on horseback and asking for orders.

"The soldiers are divided into three groups." Although Wang Chengen is a eunuch and has never been on any battlefield, after all, he has followed Wei Zhongxian for a long time and knows a little about the marching and formation.
"Order the vanguard battalion to assume the posture of facing the enemy head-on, and advance steadily to prevent the opponent's cavalry field troops from charging."

"The other several thousand people, in a state of mutual assistance on both sides, moved forward to protect the safety of the vanguard battalion, the central army and the supply troops."

"As the order continues, the situation on the battlefield is fleeting. Let the generals act in camera."

When the messenger left, the chief eunuch Wang Chengen silently wiped off the cold sweat from his forehead.

This kind of thing of rushing ducks to the shelves, only the idiot emperor would dare to do this, right?Sending an eunuch who doesn't know the art of war to fight is like a joke...

However, Wang Chengen also knew in his heart that the reason why Long Live Lord dared to be so reassuring and bold was that he was relatively reassuring about the equipment and individual soldiers of this army;

on the other hand.The most important thing is to be too reassured about the so-called 'guerrilla warfare'.

When the enemy advances, we retreat, when the enemy retreats, we advance, when the enemy is tired, we fight...

It hurts to think about it.

Then it's better to completely decentralize power and let the group of temporary 'training' veterans below do the tossing.

Because the idiot emperor's order was too willful, basically all the preparations were not made, so they were left on the shallows on the east coast of Korea!
Next time, we must find a way to bring a few people who can fight with us...

Wang Chengen was worried, but he didn't know that the idiot emperor had asked Zheng Zhilong to send dozens of maps of Koryo to the 'veteran' who commanded the front line.

Moreover, there was also a secret decree, which was probably to 'make full use of the advantages of the new firearms, give full play to the advantages of guerrilla warfare, fight if you can, and find a way to hold him back if you can't, and fight to the death slowly...'

In short, it is very unreliable.

Still, that's enough.

These [-] veterans began to know how to fight after fighting.

Isn't that guerrilla warfare?

This, we can do.

In the past, whether it was guarding the border or suppressing bandits, didn't it often happen?In the face of the opponent's superior force, let's avoid it, or "avoid its edge", and wait for an opportunity to attack the opponent's seven inches.

To put it bluntly, isn't that just 'flying a kite'!

No, just let it go, and put the cannon directly on Seoul's nose?
The siege battle is about to start!
(End of this chapter)