Chapter 606 Sending troops
As a vassal state of the Ming Dynasty for hundreds of years, the Lee Dynasty of Korea has always obeyed the Ming Dynasty...
Although he knew that the Tiger and Leopard Army that occupied Liaodong had strong combat power, not only defeated the imperial army many times, but even the Later Jin Tartars were no match for it.:.../However, facing the Ming Dynasty's order to send troops to North Korea and 500,000 taels of silver, the Li Dynasty still sent troops to Liaodong without hesitation to attack the Tiger and Leopard Army...
In the idea of King Renzu of Korea, no matter how strong the combat effectiveness of the Tiger and Leopard Army is, it is impossible to defeat the joint attacks of the three forces of the court, the Later Jin, and the North Korean forces... Besides, even if the battle is not going smoothly, with the familiarity of the Korean army with the mountains and forests, it can easily withdraw from the battlefield and withdraw from the North Korean country...
However, things went against my wishes... 20,000 Korean troops were not only defeated by the Tiger and Leopard Army, but also destroyed the entire army... In the end, the soldiers who successfully fled back to North Korea actually had less than a thousand people...
Although the loss of the 20,000 troops made King Ren Zu very sad, the defeat of the Ming court and the army followed closely by Ren Zu was very shocked... After the shock, a trace of worry and panic from the bottom of his heart attacked him...
The North Korea, the Ming Dynasty court, the Later Jin Tartars, and the more than 100,000 troops could not defeat the Tiger and Leopard Army, which had a total force of less than 30,000. How powerful is the Tiger and Leopard Army?
And I actually took the initiative to attack my neighbor with such powerful strength without any reason, which made King Ren Zu of Korea feel scared...
Although the Tiger and Leopard Army stationed in Liaodong suffered heavy losses in this joint attack... But no one can guarantee that after the Liaodong Tiger and Leopard Army recovers its vitality, will it directly send troops to North Korea and take revenge on North Korea...
Therefore, when the powerful combat power of the Tiger and Leopard Army was truly displayed in front of the Korean monarchs and ministers, the entire Korean royal court was in unprecedented panic...
On the one hand, we will step up preparations for war, expand our army, and guard against the possible attacks of the Liaodong Tiger and Leopard Army... On the other hand, we will ask the Ming court for help, hoping that the Ming court will stand up bravely at a critical moment and help the North Korea overcome this possible crisis...
However, the next direction of the matter has once again shocked all the monarchs and ministers of North Korea...
The Ming Dynasty court, which was given high hopes by the North Korea, not only did not have the ability to help it, but instead, under the threat of the Tiger and Leopard Army, threw away almost one-third of the provinces... Even the Ming Dynasty court that he needed to look up to was slippers in front of the Tiger and Leopard Army, not to mention the North Korea country whose strength was simply incomparable to the Ming Dynasty...
Therefore, when the news of the Ming Dynasty's relocation of the capital to Nanjing reached the North Korean Kingdom, the Korean monarchs and ministers were disappointed with the Ming court, and were also full of concerns about the future of the North Korean Kingdom...
And at this moment, something even more serious happened...
The Japanese pirates who were across the sea from North Korea saw that the North Korean troops were greatly damaged, and most of the remaining troops were also transferred to the Yalu River to guard against the Tiger and Leopard Army that might launch an attack... The entire South Korean defender actually had less than 20,000 people, which was empty in force...
Faced with such a good opportunity, the Japanese pirates who have been coveting North Korea's various resources, especially iron ore and grain for a long time, will certainly not let it go...
So, 50,000 well-equipped Japanese pirates directly crossed the sea and landed in South Korea, hoping to take the weak South Korea as its own...
Under the clever attack of 50,000 Japanese pirates, the total force was only 20,000, and the Korean army was scattered, so there was no room for counterattack...
When the news of Japanese pirates invading Korea reached Pyongyang and all the ministers of the North Korean country, 50,000 elite Japanese pirates had captured more than a dozen towns in North Korea in succession and entered hundreds of miles in North Korea...
Faced with this accident that no one expected, all the monarchs and ministers of North Korea were very shocked and angry...
In the eyes of the Korean monarchs and ministers, the Tiger and Leopard Army even defeated its own country, the Ming Dynasty court, so North Korea panicked and feared the Tiger and Leopard Army. However, what are the Japanese pirates who also live on islands and are also vassal states of the Ming Dynasty court?
You must know that at this moment, in the eyes of the Korean monarchs and ministers, the Japanese pirates' status is far inferior to that of themselves.
Under such circumstances, the Japanese pirates dared to attack themselves, which made the Korean monarch and ministers angry...
In order to retaliate against the invasion of the Japanese pirates, the Japanese pirates were driven out of Korea. In addition to the heavy troops arranged on the Yalu River, the Korean king Ren Zu directly gathered 30,000 troops around Pyongyang, and personally commanded them to enter South Korea to fight the Japanese pirates...
Therefore, at this moment, although North Korea still has 50,000 or 60,000 troops... However, except for the 30,000 people taken away by King Renzu of Korea, almost all the remaining troops gathered on the Yalu River... As for Pyongyang, where the North Korean Palace is located, even if the imperial guards are included, there are only about 5,000 people...
When the North Korean military strength was marked on a huge map by Luo Yangxing, the solemn expression on Zhao Yun's face was directly covered with a smile.
Then, he said to Luo Yangxing: "Mr. Luo, the prince is right. If we want to fight the rebellion before the King of Korea and the Japanese pirates react, the most important thing is that the soldiers are very fast..."
"Of course, in addition to this, there is another decisive factor, that is, tore a hole in the Yalu River defense line of the North Korean army in the shortest time, so that the two divisions under this general could quickly break through this line of defense with lightning speed and fight all the way to Pyongyang..."
"Although the King of Korea and the Japanese pirates are in South Korea... but if they receive the news, they will march towards Pyongyang with all their might... They can arrive in the latest four days... So, we cannot exceed three days from attacking the Yalu River defense line of the Korean army to occupying Pyongyang..."
"Three days, except for two days to travel, we only use the time we use to tear open the Yalu River defense line of the North Korean army, and there is only one day left..."
"In other words, we can only successfully capture Pyongyang by tearing apart the Yalu River defense line within one day..."
A breakthrough was torn between tens of thousands of troops in one day. In terms of the comparison of troops alone, it was almost impossible to accomplish in Luo Yangxing's eyes.
So, as soon as Zhao Yun finished speaking, Luo Yangxing couldn't help but ask: "Is it too short for a day... No matter how poor the combat effectiveness of the Korean army is, he is still tens of thousands of soldiers holding weapons, and he is not a pig with no room for fight back..."
"Also, Commander Zhao, there are only three roads where we can enter North Korea. Therefore, the Korean army has arranged 8,000 soldiers on each road and equipped a lot of artillery purchased from the court... I don't know which road you plan to take, Commander Zhao..."
"Yizhou..." Zhao Yun pointed to the map and answered without thinking...
"Yizhou is closest to Pyongyang, and the terrain is wide, which is suitable for us to exert our troops... As for whether we can take over Yizhou within one day, it depends on whether the firepower of our Tiger and Leopard Army is strong enough..."
"I have fought so many battles. Among these battles, I will find a common point... The stronger our offensive firepower, the slower the enemy's reaction speed and greater casualties... So, this time, I will plan to cover the performance of Yizhou with saturated artillery fire and blow the entire Yizhou into a flat ground..."
Speaking of this, Luo Yangxing could clearly feel that a very strong murderous aura emanated from Zhao Yun's body...
The artillery fire cover is a very unfamiliar word for Luo Yangxing, a person from the court. However, as the intelligence leader, Luo Yangxing's ability to understand is no worse than that of ordinary people. Therefore, through his literal understanding of the artillery fire cover, and the huge power of the Tiger and Leopard Army flowering bullets, the murderous aura emitted from Zhao Yun, Luo Yangxing immediately felt a chill from the heart...
At the same time, my heart was filled with sadness for the Korean army defending Yizhou...
In Luo Yangxing's understanding, after being covered by artillery fire from the Tiger and Leopard Army, it is already lucky that one of the ten Korean troops could survive...
However, Luo Yangxing still underestimated the killing and destruction of the artillery team Yizhou...
As a border fortress in the mountains, except for the city walls being built with rocks, other buildings in the city, without exception, are all made of logs...
As an ancient city with a history of hundreds of years, these logs for building the city have undoubtedly become very dry. With just a big fire, they can be burned to ashes...
In this way, the saturation of the Tiger and Leopard Army covers artillery fire as soon as the entire Yizhou City will become a sea of fire...
At that time, even a piece of iron can be burned into iron, not to mention people...
So, when Luo Yangxing was shocked, Zhao Yun directly reminded: "Sir Luo, if you can get the deployment of the Korean army in Yizhou City, it means that there must be our own people in Yizhou City... Now, I hope you will immediately withdraw your own people in Yizhou City before the attack began..."
"Anyway, after our saturated artillery fire is over, the entire Yizhou City will definitely be burned to a white ground..."
"As for those North Koreans, they will die if they die, and it's no big deal..."
Facing the serious expression on Zhao Yun's face, Luo Yangxing also realized the seriousness of this matter... without any hesitation answer: "Thank you for your reminder. I immediately sent a letter to the secret spy Feige in Yizhou City and withdrew from Yizhou City... In addition, Commander Zhao also needs some information from North Korea and sent someone to me directly..."
After saying that, Luo Yangxing hurriedly left the Fourth Army Command...
At this time, the serious expression on Zhao Yun's face not only did not dissipate at all, but became stronger and stronger...
After Luo Yangxing left, he directly ordered a staff officer around him: "The situation has changed. Report to the Chief of Staff immediately. Before sending troops, we will get another 5,000 more flowering bullets... Of course, the corresponding slow horse cannot be missing..."
Chapter completed!