Under the early morning sunshine, Jindalai blooms all over the mountains and plains, bringing with it some intoxicating floral fragrance in the diffuse morning smoke.
The Ming army's bombardment finally stopped, and the long-lost comfort rippled between heaven and earth.
A few Korean soldiers hugged their weapons and huddled numbly in a corner of the city wall, looking at the blue sky with empty eyes, like walking zombies.
The city walls of Seoul have long been in dilapidated condition. Under the attack of Ming army artillery and trebuchets, the originally magnificent city walls and fortresses and arrow towers were turned into piles of rubble, with broken limbs and corpses strewn across the city walls.
Although the Ming army has not yet launched a large-scale siege, the persistent long-range attacks have tortured these Goryeo soldiers to physical and mental exhaustion.
"I really want to eat a bowl of kelp soup made by my mother!"
A Korean soldier moved his throat, his eyes glowed, and he murmured, "I soaked the rice and added the kimchi at home!" Gulu, his throat moved again, "Mom's cooking is always the best.
Got it!"
At this time, a man who looked like an army officer came over and patted him on the shoulder, "If you want to eat your mother's cooking, then defend our Seoul! The king's edict stated that after the Ming people captured Seoul, they would massacre the city.
He’s going to kill us all!”
The Korean soldier, who missed the taste of his mother, still looked at the sky, "But, I saw the notice issued by the Ming Dynasty people said that they will not kill ordinary Koreans!"
There was a slap, and before he could finish his words, he was hit hard by the officer.
"Do you believe the lies of the Ming people? Didn't they come to Goryeo just to rob and kill? After they enter the city, all our things will be taken away by them!"
"We have nothing!" Gao Libing lowered his head and muttered softly.
"What about your family! Your brothers, sisters, and parents are all in the city. Do you want them to be killed by the Ming army...?"
Suddenly, the roaring Goryeo officer pricked up his ears, and then leaned half of his body on the city wall in fear.
As soon as I saw something, my body immediately turned to stone, and my face was full of horror.
"Ming...Ming...Ming...Ming is going to attack the city!"
The officers' shouts rang out from the top of Seoul City, and the dilapidated city walls were instantly filled with warning sounds.
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Outside Seoul, in the Ming army camp, countless Huben soldiers gathered under the orders of the officers.
Archers and crossbowmen lined up in front of the formation, followed by elite infantrymen wearing heavy armor. Looking at it, there seemed to be tens of thousands of people. There were three such formations of 10,000 people in front of the Ming army formation. In the formation of 10,000 people, every hundred people
A small flag is set up, and a big flag is set up for every thousand people. In the queue, the flags are fluttering.
Among the many flags, the golden dragon battle flag and huge yellow umbrella of the Ming Dynasty Emperor Grandson are particularly dazzling.
Zhu Yunxi, wearing a golden helmet, stood under an umbrella, looking at the generals in front of him with a face as deep as water, kneeling to ask for a battle, and said, "You have been on an expedition with me for several months, and now is the last battle to destroy Goryeo.
Once you have asked for your orders, you must destroy the dead and the rotten, and your strength will be like a broken bamboo!"
"If we don't break the city, I'll come and see you!"
"Okay, here comes the wine!"
Zhu Yunxi stretched out his hand, and a golden cup fell into his palm. What was rippling in the cup was strong wine from the Central Plains, and the wine had a refreshing aroma.
"I'd like to give you a toast to all the generals. After the city is broken, I will hold a celebration banquet for you in the King's City of Goryeo. The Queen of Goryeo will sing and dance for you all!"
There was a roar of iron armor leaves, and the siege pioneers Cao Zhen, Zhang Yi and others raised their heads and drank the strong wine.
"Let's go!" Zhu Yunxi drank it all in one gulp and said loudly, "I will beat the drum for you to strengthen the army!"
Several military princes returned to their headquarters and stood in the first row of the queue, under the sun and moon flags.
Dong-dong-dong, war drums like a gust of wind and rain suddenly rose across the sky and the earth. The 200,000-strong army looked at the direction of the central military point platform. On the high platform, the emperor's grandson in golden armor was waving his arms and beating hard.
War drums. Then Cao Guogong Li Jinglong, Ying Guogong Fu Youde, Lan Yu and others also came to the drum and beat the war drums.
In an instant, the three armies were boiling.
"Wonderful victory! Ten thousand victory! Ten thousand victory!"
Suddenly, amid the sound of drums that shook the world, a loud song rang out from the first wave of charging military formations.
The Ming Dynasty, founding rituals and music, Fei Long Yin.
"Thousands of years have passed since the birth of the Holy Lord in China, and the king's spirit has become a dragon lake. He raised his sword from Huaixi, led the brave army, and collected the strong captives in a hundred battles. He drove the pommel and horse, and the soldiers shared the joys and sorrows. They calmed down the wind and dust, eliminated violence and calmed the people, and their achievements were as follows.
Yuwu!"
Boom, boom, boom, the war drums sped up again amidst the songs of the soldiers.
The drum stick, which is as thick as an arm, is like a windmill in Zhu Yunxi's hand, hitting the drum head down and down.
"Yu Lei looked over the river city, and the wind and clouds surrounded the emperor's camp. He drove the dragon and tiger Zou Heng on the tower, launched the flying artillery and drove Liujia, surrendered the captive generals, and defeated the Hu soldiers."
"Talk and laugh like a long whale, the courage of the three armies increases, a uniform, the universe is peaceful. From then on, the Chinese and barbarians are unified, and the empire is established. Celebrate, China is at peace!"
Boom, the last drum beat fell.
Zhu Yunxi used a drum stick as a knife, pointed at Seoul, and shouted, "Attack the city!"
Two hundred thousand people shouted, "Attack the city!"
Such a majestic and fierce sound made the mountains tremble and the rivers flow backwards.
The Koreans at the top of the city looked at the Ming army's position in horror, their weapons already somewhat unsteady.
At this moment, they seemed to feel the city wall under their feet trembling slightly.
Boom! Boom!
Suddenly, bursts of suppressed thunder came from the underground, just like before a storm. But the power of this thunder was unprecedented.
In the blink of an eye, the heaven and earth began to tremble violently, and the magnificent city walls of Seoul shook violently amidst the continuous thunder.
Then, in everyone's sight, under the city wall of Seoul, the ground exploded and the soil rolled. It was as if a dragon was about to break out of the ground.
"The earth dragon is turning over?" The frightened Korean people didn't know what happened and thought it was an earthquake, so they shouted wildly.
Boom!
Between the sky and the earth, smoke suddenly rose into the sky, and the walls of Seoul suddenly expanded and twisted again. With the sound of fire and explosions, countless bricks and stones flew, and the walls of Seoul collapsed.
"Broken city, broken city!"
Two hundred thousand Ming troops raised their weapons and shouted wildly at the smoky Seoul.
Boom, boom, that was the sound of falling masonry.
The smoke and dust were blown away by the wind, and three huge gaps suddenly appeared on the wall of Seoul.
The broken masonry and rammed earth formed an uneven slope, paving a road for the Ming army to enter the city.
"Destroy this beast!" Zhu Yunxi ordered loudly, and the flags of the Chinese army flew in the air.
"God bless the Ming Dynasty! Kill!"
The Ming army was at the forefront. The veteran general Jingchuan Hou, with half white hair and beard, roared and rushed out like tigers with his nephew and others. Behind him, tens of thousands of Ming troops rushed towards the gap in the collapsed wall of Seoul like a tide.
"Brothers, go in and grab it!"
The methods used by veterans to motivate their soldiers are simple and crude, but the most direct and effective.
Tens of thousands of soldiers, devouring mountains and rivers like tigers!
At this time, the dizzy Koryo soldiers stood up weakly from the ruins, looking for their companions and officers at a loss. When the city wall collapsed, an unknown number of people were killed and buried by bricks and stones. But at this moment, they had no time to pull their own.
In Paoze, the Ming army had already started charging along the slope.
"Guys, hold on! Shoot!"
At this moment, Li Fangguo, the second son of the King of Goryeo, arrived with a group of elite soldiers. Standing on the widest gap, facing the charging Ming army, he received a hail of arrows from above.
"rush!"
The Ming army shouted in the rain of arrows, with an iron shield like a wall erected at the front. When the bows and arrows hit, sparks flew everywhere.
Swish, swish, the Ming army's crossbowmen also began to counterattack.
Amidst the rain of arrows, people on both sides continued to fall. Although the city wall collapsed, the Ming army turned up to attack and was slightly at a disadvantage. But the brave man wins when they meet on a narrow road, and the Ming army is all heavy armored infantry, so they directly withstood the Korean arrows.
Rain, climb up.
With a click, Cao Zhen cut off the bow and arrow stuck in the armor's waist, held up the iron shield with one hand, and threw a flying axe.
Among the Koreans on the city wall, one person screamed and fell down.
Seeing how brave their commander was, the charging Ming army became even more energized.
There were only three arrows left in the battle, and in the haste, the number of Korean archers was not enough to suppress tens of thousands of people. The vanguard of the Ming army had already rushed right in front of their noses.
The two torrents collided violently.
Among the rebels, the veteran general Cao Zhen directly grabbed the spear thrust by the Koreans. With a pull of his iron arm, he pulled the opponent directly into the Ming army. Then in an instant, the Korean soldiers were killed by the soldiers beside him.
The soldiers hacked him to death with swords.
"Break the city!"
Cao Zhen shouted loudly, took his nephew and others, opened the way with an iron shield, and rushed in directly.