The 30,000 Northern Army who quietly left the main force were not sent here by Guan. In addition to a complete troop allocation, they also carried a fraction of the Northern Army's siege equipment, which even somewhat affected the use of the main force. But
Think of the number of siege engines they carried.
The Longshan Fortress occupied by Japanese pirates was not built to defend against siege equipment. Its ability to defend against heavy siege equipment was actually very weak. Although it was later strengthened by Japanese pirates, its ability to deal with siege equipment was basically basic.
Not much improvement.
When the defenders of Longshan Fortress saw the Northern Army's 30,000-strong army and the siege equipment deployed, they immediately panicked. Under severe rebuke from several commanders, the Japanese pirates managed to stabilize their morale.
Soon the 30,000-strong Northern Army launched an attack. The siege equipment in the distance began to show its power, beating the Japanese defenders so hard that they could not even lift their heads. The Japanese pirates also thought about counterattack, but the range of the bows and arrows they carried was limited.
The Northern Army's siege equipment was simply out of reach.
Under the cover of those heavy siege equipment, an infantry group of the Northern Army rushed up with a ladder. The Japanese pirates were shocked and wanted to get up to resist. However, as soon as they showed up, they were hit mercilessly by the Northern Army's siege equipment, and they were unable to start.
Effective resistance.
"Baga, don't show your head. Let the enemy go up the city wall and fight them hand-to-hand!" the Japanese general who defended the city, who still had some skills, immediately ordered.
Although the Northern Army charged very fiercely, when they rushed up the city wall one after another, the siege equipment had to extend the attack. The Northern Army was mixed with the Japanese pirates, and the siege equipment must not be able to attack their own people.
Although the Japanese pirates used this method to deal with the siege equipment of the Northern Army, the consequence was that they had to face the well-equipped infantry of the Northern Army. At first, the Japanese pirates could resist for a while with their superior strength, but as the Northern Army became more and more powerful
The more soldiers rushed up the city wall, the Japanese pirates could no longer resist.
Facing the retreating army, the Japanese pirate city guard gritted his teeth and gave the order to withdraw into the city. They wanted to engage in street fighting with the Northern Army. If they were dealing with North Korean soldiers, perhaps in order to protect North Korean civilians and North Korea's own city, the Japanese pirates
They could still hold back the siege troops, but they were facing the Northern Army, an elite force from the Central Plains.
The Northern Army did not care about the North Korean city, and would not put its soldiers in danger in order to protect North Korean civilians. When the Japanese pirates retreated into the city, the Northern Army's general issued an order for the soldiers to advance slowly. When necessary,
Any means can be taken to ensure the safety of our own soldiers.
The soldiers of the Northern Army immediately understood the meaning of their commander. In the subsequent attacks, they used various tricks. As long as they found Japanese pirates, regardless of whether there were Korean civilians inside or what kind of building they were, they would attack them with fire. It was really impossible to attack them with fire.
Wherever poison is used, it must be unconventional means.
The Japanese pirates were retreating steadily. In less than a day, half of the Longshan Fortress had been occupied by 30,000 northern troops. Several thousand Japanese pirates remained, huddled in the area of the fortress where supplies and support for the Japanese pirate army were stored, and put up a stubborn resistance.
Having occupied more than half of the fortress and having identified the place where the Japanese pirates stored food and supplies, the Northern Army's 30,000-strong army has actually reached the final step of its mission.
The reason why the Northern Army detached a small number of troops and came to attack the Longshan Fortress at the critical moment of attacking Seoul was to obtain this batch of food and supplies for the Japanese pirate army. "Start the attack immediately and eliminate the Japanese pirates!"
By this time, the Japanese defenders had actually realized that the target of the Northern Army was this batch of food and supplies. The Japanese defenders knew very well that if they lost this batch of supplies, the blow would be fatal to the already demoralized main force.
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However, facing the majestic Northern Army, the Japanese defenders were demoralized and no longer wanted to fight. The Japanese defenders were very anxious and even began to threaten their soldiers. If this place was lost, not only would they die at the hands of the brutal Central Plains people, but also
Even their relatives back home will be implicated.
To harm their families, the Japanese pirate soldiers instantly burst out with extremely strong will, causing very heavy casualties to the attacking Northern Army.
The commander-in-chief of the Northern Army, seeing the huge increase in casualties, immediately ordered a suspension of the attack. After discussing with several deputy generals for a while, in order to reduce the casualties of the army, he simply gave up this batch of supplies and directly ordered the army to attack by fire.
The thirty thousand troops of the Northern Army surrounded the Japanese pirates, but they did not attack. Instead, they used rockets and other means to frequently attack the Japanese pirates with fire. Soon, fires broke out in various places in the area occupied by the Japanese defenders.
In the fierce battlefield, the Japanese pirates had no way to divide their troops to rescue them. They could only watch helplessly as the fire grew stronger and stronger, and it began to threaten the food and grass resources of the Japanese pirate army.
The Japanese pirates had no choice but to divide their troops to put out the fire. But as soon as they divided their troops to put out the fire, the Northern Army began to attack, forcing the Japanese pirates to be unable to put out the fire. In the end, the Japanese pirates could only watch helplessly as the food and grass started to ignite the fire.
The food and grass in Longshan belonged to the Japanese pirate army. They spent a lot of effort to plunder several months of food and grass from North Korea. Thinking about the amount of this batch of food and grass, the fire was raging, the flames were soaring into the sky, and even the smoke was billowing.
Seoul, a few miles away, could also be seen clearly.
At this time, when the main force of the Northern Army was storming Seoul, the Japanese pirates were put to death and resurrected. They exploded with super strength and caused a lot of casualties to the main force of the Northern Army. Just when the Northern Army was thinking of a way, suddenly
When I saw the thick smoke billowing in the distance, I was stunned for a moment, and then I immediately realized that it must have been the hands of the 30,000 Northern troops!
Naturally, the Japanese pirates also saw the thick smoke billowing in the distance, but at first the Japanese pirates did not think about food and grass. Unfortunately, they did not want to. Someone reminded them to think about it. After seeing the thick smoke, Zeng Yi immediately reported it to the pro-army captain.
The government issued an order for the pro-military governor's office to start spreading rumors among ordinary Japanese pirate soldiers.
Soon those soldiers knew that their food and grass had been burned. This had a huge blow to the morale of the Japanese pirate army. It even exceeded the point where they were defeated by the Northern Army in a contact battle. They were defeated by the Northern Army. No matter what, even if they were really defeated.
, they still had a chance to retreat, but the food and grass were destroyed. Faced with such a situation, it was impossible to raise such a large amount of food and grass in a short time, and they might really starve to death.
As the commander-in-chief of the Japanese pirate army, Ukita Hideie saw the thick smoke in the distance and immediately thought of the food and grass in Ryuyama. His face instantly became very ugly, "Ryuu, Ryozan is over! General Hideyoshi's plan has also been ruined!" (To be completed!)
