Just after the third watch, the entire battalion followed Lin Jinglue's order and took their respective positions, waiting for the Japanese soldiers to sneak attack.
But seeing that the fourth watch was almost over, there was still no movement.
Lin Tailai couldn't help but wonder, could it be that his prediction failed and the Japanese soldiers wouldn't attack tonight?
It doesn't make sense. I have tried my best to imitate the posture of a Japanese official and put on such a realistic look of despising the enemy who regards war as child's play. With the habits of Japanese generals, how could I not want to make a sneak attack?
Moreover, Naoshima Naoshima once relied on sneak attacks to defeat powerful enemies. From a human point of view, subconsciously, he will believe his own successful experience and want to copy it again.
It was half way through the fifth update, and Lin Tailai had already begun to think about how he should rely on his acting skills to regain his face when he meets the generals tomorrow if his prediction fails.
Should we close our eyes and sigh, "It's up to people to plan things, but it's up to God to make things happen", or should we raise our hands and shout, "I can't plan it, it's destiny"?
The former's performance style is more introverted, leaning towards an experiential performance system, while the latter is more extrovert, leaning towards an expressionistic performance system. Each has its own strengths.
As for the flashy scenes during the daytime battle, it belongs to the performance system of traditional stage dramas, which combines routines and stylized performance with experience to arouse emotional resonance from the audience.
Just when Lin Jinglue was thinking about his acting skills, suddenly there was shouting and noise from outside!
You know without asking that this situation must be an enemy attack!
Lin Tailai immediately stood up and ordered to Dayun: "Let's go! Each battalion will proceed as planned!"
Dayun asked: "Why don't you ask Wu Weizhong about the situation first?"
According to the original plan, Wu Weizhong, a veteran of the Qi Army, led his troops to defend the camp and face the Japanese soldiers in a head-on attack.
Lin Tailai responded: "Hurry up and go out now, don't waste time waiting for Wu Weizhong's report!
According to the habits of the Japanese, the number of Japanese soldiers who came for a sneak attack should be about a thousand, and they could not kill more than 1,500.
If there are more, the Japanese generals will be reluctant to invest, and too many people will not be conducive to concealing their whereabouts.
Wu Weizhong's camp has three thousand infantry, and Ye Bangrong's cavalry are cooperating in outflanking them. If you can't defeat a thousand Japanese soldiers despite being prepared, then all of them will commit suicide!"
Immediately, Lin Tailai and Dayun rushed out of the tent, leading a thousand personal guards around the front where they were fighting the incoming Japanese soldiers, got on their horses and detoured from the side of the military camp.
Yang Shanshan, who happened to be ordered to attack the North Gate of Hamhung, also left the military camp from here. Lin Tailai followed leisurely behind Yang Shanshan's camp.
Yang Shenjiang looked at Lin Jinglue who was "chasing closely" behind him, and for some reason, he felt a little panicked.
Will Mr. Jinlue regret it again and want to seize the credit of the sect?
Thinking of this, Yang Dengden rode up to Lin Jinglue, saluted on his horse and asked, "Does Jinglue also want to go to seize the door together?"
Lin Tailai replied with certainty: "The task of attacking Chengmen Cave is yours. Our headquarters will never take your task away. You can rest assured to attack!"
Hearing Duke Jinglue's promise again, Yang Shanshan felt a little relieved.
Then Lin Tailai suddenly asked: "Have you informed Ma Gui of the deployment in Beicheng tonight?"
Yang Dengden replied: "Because we were not sure whether there was really an enemy attack before, we did not notify Nancheng Camp."
I am responsible for attacking the city gate tonight, and I am very likely to win the first victory. Why should I notify Ma Gui in advance?
What if Ma Zongbing takes advantage of the North City to start a fight, launches a fierce attack in the South City, and breaks the city before he does?
Lin Jinglue didn't say much about this, "It's okay if we don't notify you. Once the fight breaks out in Beicheng, Ma Gui will naturally know about it.
Don't waste time, rush to the city gate quickly, come on! I'm waiting for you to enter the city!"
At this time, the Japanese guard Nabeshima Naoshige was standing on the city gate tower, trying his best to look towards the direction of the Ming army's northern camp.
Although the specific situation was completely unclear, it could only be seen that the camp was in chaos, and the sound of fighting could be faintly heard in the supposedly silent night sky.
If he were ten or twenty years younger, Nabeshima Naoshima would have dared to personally lead a team to attack the Ming Dynasty commander-in-chief at night for the sake of great fame.
It's a pity that time is not forgiving. Now that he is over fifty, he no longer has enough force and physical strength. He can only stand here and watch the night attack team set off.
As for the results, there are probably only two kinds of results. One is that the night attack is successful, the Ming army's northern camp collapses, and the reserve team in the city will take the opportunity to attack and expand the results.
The other is that the night attack fails, the entire army is wiped out, and it is impossible for the deployed troops to come back, then the city gate must be quickly blocked with wood and rocks again.
While Nabeshima Naoshima was waiting for the results, he suddenly heard the sound of horse hooves.
What is this? Nabeshima Naoshige was shocked, and he tried his best to scan the outside of the city with his eyes.
But under the moonlight, large numbers of cavalry suddenly rushed out from the darkness in the distance.
Naoshima Naoshige almost lost his mind. This must be the Ming army cavalry! The third result happened tonight!
As an experienced veteran, Nabeshima Naoshima immediately judged that the Ming army must have been prepared for the night attack, so they quickly divided their forces to seize the city gate as soon as possible!
As for the thousand soldiers who left the city to attack the Ming army's camp at night, don't worry, they will definitely not come back!
As long as the Ming army is prepared, the night attack troops will definitely be wiped out.
The biggest crisis now is that the north gate must not be lost. Once the city gate is lost, everything will be over!
Therefore, there is no other choice. We must repel the Ming army in front of us at all costs, and then block the city gate again!
Even if the soldiers leaving the city are not completely wiped out, it is impossible to risk "leaving the door open" for a few remaining soldiers!
After making the most accurate judgment of the situation, Nabeshima Naoshima stopped observing at the gate tower and went down to the north gate in person to direct the retreat of the enemy.
In such a crucial, even life-and-death situation, he couldn't believe others.
All the remaining elites in Beicheng gathered at the door to defend!
Nabeshima Naoshige, who rushed down from the horse path of the city wall, shouted to his troops: "The life and death of the whole city depends on this gate! The whole army must fight to the death and never retreat!"
Yang Dengden led his troops and horses, quickly dismounted, formed a formation skillfully, and charged towards the door with giant shields as the front row.
However, it suffered an unimaginably fierce defense. After several attacks, it failed to gain a foothold in the doorway.
Although Yang Shenjiang had not dealt with Japanese soldiers before, after Lin Jinglue's tireless science popularization and the experience summary report of the Pyongyang Battle, Yang Shenjiang had a relatively good understanding of the Japanese soldiers' tactics.
But he didn't expect that the Japanese soldiers' resistance and defense at the city gate would be so tough.
General Yang Shen couldn't help but feel a little confused. Didn't it mean that the Japanese soldiers were not very powerful in combat? As long as there were no bunkers, the Japanese soldiers were useless?
After scouring the formation for a while, General Yang Shen suddenly understood that the terrain of Chengmen Cave was very suitable for Japanese soldiers to ride on horses!
The Japanese army relied on their skilled firecrackers to easily focus fire on the small area of the city gate.
Although it takes a long time for the Fire Gun soldiers to reload after three shots, under this special terrain, our own side cannot seize the gap and use the cavalry to attack the enemy's face.
However, the Japanese soldiers could rely on a small number of elite warriors to guard the doorway and wait for the fire gun soldiers to be reloaded.
Therefore, in the special context of the tug-of-war at the gate, the combat effectiveness of the Japanese soldiers was equivalent to a several-fold increase.
Yang Dengshan organized four consecutive strong attacks, killing nearly a hundred people, but still failed to seize the city gate, and he didn't even see hope.
At this time, Yang Shen was very anxious. Duke Jinglue gave him the most important task of seizing the door. If he couldn't win it, how could he have the face to meet others in the future?
What's even worse is that before, I was constantly worried about being robbed of my credit. Is it shameful to be beaten like this?
I wonder if General Yang Shen would be able to balance his mentality if he knew that the opponent he was having a fierce tug-of-war with at the castle gate was Nabeshima Naoshige, the leader of the Japanese army, and his elite subordinates.
However, we cannot retreat at this time. If we stop attacking, the Japanese soldiers will immediately block the doorway with wood and rocks, and our side will lose the best opportunity to seize the door!
Thinking about Duke Jinlue who was supervising the battle behind him and preparing to enter the city, and then thinking about Duke Jinglue's sinister face and sarcastic tone, Yang Dengheng felt that he was going to explode.
"Substitute someone and continue the attack! I will charge into the formation myself!" General Yang Shen couldn't bear it any longer and yelled at the guards on his left and right.
Lin Jinglue, who was watching the formation from behind Yangshan Mountain Camp, said to the Chinese military officer Dayun: "General Yang's progress seems to be not going well. It's almost dawn and we can't wait any longer."
Dayun looked behind him and reported: "Three hook and ladders are coming, drawn by mules and horses."
Under the cover of the shady curtain, the sound of fighting at the city gate, and the sound of the roaring sea breeze in the early morning, Lin Jinglue moved his personal guard Biao Battalion to the east.
When he arrived at the section of the city wall a few hundred steps away from the north city gate, Lin Jinglue dismounted, and his entourage quickly helped put on the eighty kilograms of heavy armor.
Then a sergeant pushed a hook-and-ladder cart and suddenly rushed up, unfolded the hook-and-ladder and set it up on the city wall.
Lin Tailai held a huge shield and climbed up the hook ladder skillfully and flexibly.
At this time, most of the elite city defenders had already moved to the city gate to plug the "gap".
Although there are still soldiers patrolling and guarding each section of the city wall, the density is already very thin.
There are about 5,000 Japanese soldiers in Beicheng tonight. A thousand of them have probably been wiped out when they went out to attack the city at night. About 1,500 elite soldiers are fighting in the city gate cave.
The remaining troops, excluding the reserves and rest, must be deployed and monitored on several miles of city walls.
So when Lin Tailai climbed to the top of the city wall, only about ten people gathered to stop him at the first time.
Lin Tailai, who was covered in eighty kilograms of heavy armor, stood firmly on the top of the city, like a fortress with both offense and defense!
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Throw the giant shield to hit people, and then take the long-handled mace from the follower behind you!
He used his arms to exert tremendous force and swung out a sweeping blow, which was unstoppable and caused a sound of piercing the air!
Continuously hit the heads of three Japanese soldiers in the front, and the heads and hats were smashed together!
Several Japanese soldiers in the back row had their faces spattered with blood and were so frightened that they lost their souls! They even forgot to escape and stood there motionless!
Lin Tailai was not polite and dealt with them all one by one.
There were also one or two hundred other Japanese soldiers gathered who saw this scene not far away, as if they had seen a horrifying evil spirit with its skull smashed. They were so frightened that their legs were weak and they could not move forward.
In this way, the position at the top of the city was temporarily stabilized. Three hook ladders were set up on the city wall. Lin Jinglue's personal guards and officers and soldiers from the Biao Battalion climbed up to the top of the city in a steady stream.
When he saw dozens of people gathering around him, Lin Tailai shouted loudly and took the initiative to rush toward the Japanese soldiers with his bodyguards.
At the castle gate, the Japanese guard Nabeshima Naoshige kept shouting for half an hour to boost morale. His voice was hoarse and he was exhausted.
But he knew that the Ming army on the opposite side must be more tired, and now it was time to compete for will!
The party that wins in the end must be the one with strong will! Naoshima Naoshima will not lose to anyone in terms of will!
Once again, the Ming army's attack was repelled by relying on the terrain of the gate, and Nabeshima Naoshima showed a happy smile on his face.
Suddenly, shouts of fighting and killing came from above the city wall. Nabeshima Naoshima looked up and saw a large group of Ming troops!
The leading Ming military general was taller and more powerful than Kato Kiyomasa, holding a terrifying bloody mace!
This group of Ming troops on the city wall appeared so suddenly, just as suddenly as a large group of Ming troops appeared outside the city the day before yesterday!
Hundreds of our own defeated troops who were supposed to be defending on the city wall were being chased by the Ming army. They rushed down the horse path from the top of the city and fled toward the city gate!
Baga! Naoshima Naoshima turned around and ran away without hesitation, running faster than a defeated army!
The experienced Nabeshima didn't need to make any calculations to understand that the soldiers around him had been exhausted, and they would not be able to stand if they were defeated by his own troops again!
As a person with a strong will, you need to know when to turn in. Fenglinhuoshan turns in like the wind!
The general's tactics of the Ming army were so terrifying! He first lured himself into attacking the city at night, and then used the strategy of pretending to attack the city gate to attract his own main force!
As for the real killer move, it is to send the bravest generals to climb the city in a remote place and penetrate the defense line!
Outside the city gate, General Yang Shen personally led his team to attack the gate three times. Finally, he was shot in the abdomen and was injured, and was carried out desperately by his guards.
Before he fell into coma, General Yang Shen ordered with tears in his eyes: "Go back to the camp, I will lead the military law myself, and I will bear all the responsibility for the crime."
After saying this, General Yang Shen felt ashamed to face his soldiers, tilted his head and fainted.
At this moment, the nearby sergeants suddenly shouted excitedly: "The Japanese soldiers have retreated! The Japanese soldiers have retreated!"
Yang Shenjiang, who was lying on the wooden board, suddenly jumped up and looked towards the city gate with wide eyes.
Oh my god, did you succeed in scoring the first goal?
At this time, the sky was dawning, and a tall and majestic figure like an iron tower gradually appeared in the doorway.
He also waved his mace in the direction to say hello and shouted: "General Yang! Are you okay?"
Yang Dengden: "."
I fought hard all night. What did I fight for?
Lin Tailai strode to Yang Shanshan's side, looked at the wound, and said thankfully: "It's okay, it's not serious."
Yang Shenjiang said bitterly: "Jing Lue Gong promised not to take the first credit."
Lin Tailai replied helplessly: "What the headquarters said is that it will not interfere with your task of attacking the city gate and give you the opportunity to score the first goal.
But if you can't attack for a long time, what can the Honbuin do? For the sake of the overall situation, the Honbuin is forced to have no choice but to climb into the city first, then go around and break through.
Don't worry, I'll give you credit as well! After all, you attracted the main force of the Japanese soldiers in Beicheng and most of the muskets, creating a good opportunity for the headquarters to board the city.
The third time I ascend the throne first, my military merit will be half of yours!"
Yang Shenjiang felt a sweetness in his throat and passed out again.
If you commit evil in your three lives, your army will be timid! If you are full of evil, your army will be the first to attack!