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As soon as he said this, there were a few roars from somewhere in the north of Seoul... It was the sound of a sugar grenade exploding, and then there was a burst of "cracking" gunshots.
Zhao Desheng was the first to react, "Your Majesty, it's Bukhan Mountain! If there's anything wrong with Bukhan Mountain, Qing Yao can watch Seoul from above!"
Ma Weixing immediately said: "My lord, that is my army fighting with the Qing demon... Beihan Mountain is my defense area, and I have ambushed soldiers at every entrance at the west foot of Beihan Mountain. However, there are many roads in Beihan Mountain It is impossible to block them all. So I just deployed a battalion of troops around Zuduri Peak in the southwest corner of Bukhan Mountain, because it is a commanding height on the north side of the open area west of Seoul, which is very important!"
Zhu Hechi nodded, and said, "Got it! It seems that Kangxi will divide his troops into two groups, coming along the Han River all the way; going all the way to Beihan Mountain, he may reach Beiyue Mountain, or even detour to the east of Seoul .
But they didn't cross Bukhansan so quickly... Let's mobilize the team first!
According to Gu's order, all the towns sounded the wake-up call, and the cooks began to prepare breakfast and three-day field rations. Today's breakfast was served according to the highest standard. There must be broth, rice... and wine and meat!
In addition, let the whole army know once again that there is no distinction between the descendant and the concubine in the Ming army, only military law and military merit.Anyone who has military merit can be promoted, even the position of prince, can also be earned by virtue of military merit... How much glory and wealth they have depends on their own ability! "
Then he said to the people around him: "Su Zhanshan, Ling Zongjun, Liu Yan, Ma Weixing, Zhao Desheng, you go back to the towns to gather teams and wait for the military order issued by the Xinggong Military Division!
Yu Xiaoqian, you go back to the palace first to join the Army Division, gather staff, and formulate a strategy for the decisive battle.
Prime Minister Song and Yin Futai, go and mobilize the people of Seoul to set up defenses immediately, and then send them all the old weapons in the warehouse.All the people who participated in the defense of the city will be given fifty, no, one hundred copper coins a day, and if they die in battle, they will be given [-] copper coins to settle down... In addition, I burned the pontoon bridge on the Han River outside the South Gate !Tell everyone, the lonely king will not abandon the people of Ming Dynasty.The lonely king wants to live and die with them!
Governor Hu, Ming An, follow Gu, let's go to inspect the camps and boost morale! "
Chapter 548 Boiling!Crazy!
On the morning of November [-]th, snowflakes fell one after another, flying and falling with the north wind, turning the mountains, rivers and plains around Seoul into a white picture scroll.The banks of Changneungcheon, about twenty miles northwest of Seoul, have now become a sea of Qing army camps.
The dragon flag of the Qing emperor was erected high above the mountain city of Xingzhou on the west bank of the Han River and the north bank of Changneungcheon...
From Changlingchuan to the east to Dunuimen, the west gate of Seoul, there is a wilderness.The length of this open area is about [-] miles from east to west, and the width from north to south is about [-] miles. The north (northeast) of this open area is Bukhan Mountain, and the south (southwest) is the Han River.
In fact, this area is full of rice fields, and there are many Korean villages scattered here and there.However, it is winter now, and there are no crops growing in the rice fields. After the muddy ground is covered with a layer of ice and snow, it will soon be frozen hard.
The villages where the Koreans lived were all emptied before the Qing army killed them.The residents were either relocated to the Asan area for temporary resettlement, or they hid in the city of Seoul, and those villages were also burned.The thatched roofs of the houses had been burned away, leaving only the bare charred earth walls.
To be honest, the city defense of Seoul is quite bad.Not to mention the low city walls, the gate towers are not very high.Moreover, there is no moat outside the city, especially the west of the city is a large piece of flat land, without any shelter, the enemy can rush straight to the Dunyi Gate.
But even if the city of Seoul is strong enough, at the moment when the temperature plummets and the Han River is about to freeze, Zhu and Qi don't dare to defend the city.Because once Kangxi's army is allowed to pass through the ice of the Han River, his lairs in Yashan, Lishan, and Tangjin will have to be taken by Kang Mazi!
So after Zhu Heqi arrived in Seoul, he began to build a defense line outside the Dunyi Gate in Seoul.He asked people to dig two shallow trenches in the wilderness three or four hundred steps away from Dunyi Gate, and built a parapet behind the second shallow trench.Seven or eight mounds of fortresses were also built behind the parapet.
The two ends of these two shallow trenches and a parapet were built at the foot of Zudouli Peak in Beihan Mountain and on the west bank of the Han River, just blocking the way of the Qing army.
When Emperor Kangxi's army reached the Changlingchuan area, some Ming troops had already moved out of Seoul, stationed in shallow trenches and fortresses behind earthen walls, and deployed hammer-throwing cannons in the fortress.
Some Qing cavalry who tried to get close to the shallow trench suffered a few hammer-throwing bombardments, and then retreated to the vicinity of Changlingchuan to cover their own army.
At this time, Kangxi had quietly left the mountain city of Xingzhou, put on the blue jacket of ordinary cavalry, and led the ministers and governors under him, crossed Changling River together, and rode slowly outside his camp located in the south of Changling River , to observe the terrain of the battlefield.
The lord of the Qing dynasty has obviously aged over the past few years. Although he is only in his 20s, the skin on his face has become dark and rough due to the wind and sun all year round, and he has also grown a goatee At first glance, it looks a bit like "Uncle Kang".
But his will is still firm, looking at the open terrain in front of him, his eyes keep flickering.The flat land west of Seoul is indeed a good place for a decisive battle... It is flat enough, but not too wide, and there are terrains that can be covered on both sides.Both sides have support behind them, the Qing army is Changneungcheon and Haengju Mountain City, and the Ming army is Seoul.
Kangxi reined in his horse and stared at Beihan Mountain in the distance.
Deng Guangming and Xiao Yu Jackie Chan also came to the frontier together now. The two of them have spent a lot of time in Seoul and are quite familiar with the terrain here.Especially Deng Guangming, he is a battle-hardened veteran, of course he knows what is more important.
At this time, he took the initiative to ride his horse up and leaned up, then raised his whip and pointed to Beihan Mountain and said: "Your Majesty, this mountain is called Beihan Mountain. It is not high. There are many mountain roads in it. Go through it. But to the south of Beihan Mountain is Beiyue Mountain... The northern part of the city wall of Seoul is built on Beiyue Mountain, which is very strong. If you pass through Beiyue Mountain to the east, you can go around to the east or even south of Seoul.
In addition, have you seen the mountain peak of about [-] zhang?That is Zudouli Peak, the commanding height on the battlefield in this area, and it is now controlled by the rebels. "
Kangxi asked: "Is the mountain steep? Can you attack from your back?"
Deng Guangming and Jackie Chan said together: "It's a bit steep, but it can be attacked."
Kangxi nodded silently, Zudou Lifeng is too important!Not only can it cover the troops to attack the opponent's side and rear, but it can also be condescending and spy on the overall situation!
Now it is under the control of the Ming army, which means that the deployment of the Qing army is all under the nose of the opponent, and the left wing has always been controlled by the Ming army... a little unfavorable!
"Your Majesty..." Deng Guangming said in a low voice, "The opportunity of Zudou Lifeng was seized by the rebels, but the opportunity of the Han River is on my side, and the slave estimates that the Han River will be able to run in ten days. Already!"
Once the Han River freezes into an "ice river", Kangxi's army will cross the river on ice, so that they can surround Seoul.
At this time, Tu Hai leaned forward and said, "Your Majesty, Wang Fuchen has already occupied more than half of Beihan Mountain, and he can go around to the east of Seoul at any time. If another group of elite soldiers can cross the river, the south of Seoul will be surrounded. A thief is about to become a turtle in a jar!"
The "encirclement" he mentioned did not mean that the surrounding area was impenetrable, but that the cavalry was used to control the passages in and out of Seoul and cut off the communication between Seoul and the outside world.
Kangxi nodded: "The traitors won't sit still... I guess they will go out of the city to seek a fight! To fight or not to fight?"
Kangxi had quite a lot of cavalry, so he felt that he had the initiative to fight or not.
Not fighting does not mean going back to Kaesong, but retreating to the north of Changlingchuan and waiting for a few days until the Han River freezes hard before fighting.
The Batulu people around Kangxi frowned all of them, thinking in their hearts... If you fight, you will definitely die!It was their subordinates who died!
Don't fight... Will Seoul be defended to the end by the Ming army?Namhansan Fortress, Suwon Fortress, Asan Fortress, etc. south of Seoul, will they all be hard to beat?
Compared with those small cities, the big city of Seoul is actually relatively easy to break, and there is more oil and water.
While we were weighing it over and over again, there was a sudden shouting sound from Seoul, which seemed to be shouting in Korean. At first, there were probably thousands of people shouting, and then it became louder and louder for no reason. There are tens of thousands or even 10,000+ people shouting.
Kangxi couldn't understand Korean, so he looked back at Jackie Chan, and Jackie Chan said, "Your Majesty, they are shouting 'Long live the king! Long live the king of Ming...'"
"Your Majesty? King Ming?" Kangxi frowned, "Is it Zhu Heqi? He really came to Seoul? Then who landed in Lushun?"
It turned out that Emperor Kangxi had already received the reliable news from Dengzhou that Cao Yin had brought out - after Cao Yin left Dengzhou, he went to Huang County, where a secret yamen was set up at the sticky pole, and the yamen immediately sent the news to Huang County. It reached Huangdao, where there was a navy of the Qing army, and immediately sent a fast boat to send the news to Haizhou, North Korea.
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When Kangxi was worrying about the real and fake Zhu and Qi, the real Zhu and Qi had already become the "bearded idols" in Seoul. Wherever he rode his horse, it was as if a pan had exploded. Hurray... Those North Koreans were so excited that they almost died, tears filled their eyes, and shouted at the top of their throats.
Among them, the most exciting ones are of course the Ming soldiers from the Korean province who were born as "middlemen, commoners, and untouchables".
They really never tire of hearing words like "Don't ask about your background, just talk about military merits"!
Moreover, Zhu Heqi obviously really wanted to carry it out... The Ming army didn't talk about this in the first place!Zhu Heqi's grandfather was from a beggar's family, so it's impossible for the beggars to be two classes?There is no beggar class in the two shifts!
So those North Korean strong men with bad backgrounds now feel that they have met their relatives... Zhu Heqi is their relatives!
Everyone can't wait to go out of the city to kill the demons.
So what they shouted changed from "Long live" to "Kill the demons! Contribute!"!
The whole city of Seoul gradually turned from boiling to frenzy!
Looking at these instigated North Korean soldiers, Zhu Heqi knew that the time had come to send troops to fight!
Chapter 549 How to fight in line to shoot?
"Kill the demon! Make meritorious service! Your Highness...Long live! Long live! Long live!"
Jin Chengkai, who had just become a Ming subject of "people and people are equal", was probably one of the most fanatical Korean Ming soldiers.
He is not a commoner, but a middle-class man, the so-called concubine born of a concubine.If he was not born of a concubine, then he would be a child of the Anton Jin family... This is the top wealthy family among the two classes of nobles. As long as the children of the Anton Jin family work a little harder, they can live a meal of broth and rice happy life.
However, it was very difficult for Jin Chengkai, who was a concubine and gave birth to a concubine, to take part in the imperial examination. Although there was a famine year, "Nasu Xutong" was allowed to take the imperial examination.However, Jin Chengkai, as a middle-aged man, has no way to get an official position, nor is he entitled to part of his father’s inheritance. His status at home is similar to that of a servant. It’s good that he didn’t starve to death in a disaster year. Su Xutong".
What's more, Jin Chengkai, who was not qualified to take the imperial examination from birth, would naturally not get a good education. Even if he was allowed to take the imperial examination, he would only fail.Therefore, since he was a child, Jin Chengkai could only watch with admiration and admiration for the descendants of the clan to study step by step, take the imperial examination, go to high school, and become an official... until the Confucian sect of Confucianism, who only talked about talent and merit, did not ask about his background. Enter North Korea!
Because it came from the revived Ming Shang Kingdom and had sufficient financial support, the Confucianism sect developed very fast after entering North Korea, attracting a large number of middling people like Jin Chengkai.
And Jin Chengkai is the first batch of children of the Confucianism in North Korea. When the Confucianism first came, he was attracted by the theory of "beheading people and Confucianism"-swords and bullets don't matter if you are a descendant. They are the fairest!
For them, the life of the son-in-law is the life, and the life of the concubine is also the life!
Therefore, Jin Chengkai also dreams that one day he can become a high-ranking official with an annual income of more than [-] shi brown rice by "beheading people for meritorious service"... Don't think that this [-] shi brown rice is too little. It is not easy to eat enough food. For ordinary people, earning a hundred stones a year is simply a dream.
And this dream, Jin Chengkai has already realized half of it!
Although his official position is not high, he is only a deputy leader (equivalent to a platoon leader), but his annual income has reached more than [-] shi of brown rice!
And what makes him feel even more ecstatic is that he is not a "middleman" now, but a subject of the Great Tomorrow Dynasty, and the ascent channel is completely opened... As long as you make meritorious deeds, you can rise step by step, even Prime Minister Zuo. Such a slight possibility!
And the "sage" who brought him hope, wealth, and status is now riding a gray horse, braving the wind and snow, standing right in front of his team, and delivering an inspiring speech.
However, the Korean Ming soldiers who had just had a full meal of broth, rice and big meat, and drank a little wine, all fell into a frenzy. No one really cared what Zhu and Qi said, they just wanted to cry long live with tears in their eyes.
This level of fanaticism is even worse than that of Zhu Heqi's old Chaozhou brothers.
Just when the frenzied atmosphere was approaching its peak, Zhu Heqi had stopped his speech, drew out his saber, and pointed at Dunyi Gate.
Immediately afterwards, the suona sound of the whole team's assembly rang out among the infantry columns.
Jin Chengkai knew that the time to send troops... has come!
At this time, he had completely forgotten his fear, and only the desire for merit and prosperity remained in his heart—this was something he could see and touch since he was a child, but he couldn't get it no matter how hard he tried.
So he was thinking about it when he was dreaming and when he was not dreaming, and he was almost crazy!
"Long live! Long live! Long live Daming! Long live the king..."
Jin Chengkai and other Korean Ming soldiers shouted long live, carrying their flintlock guns and lined up in the most excited mood. They drove out from their respective camps and marched arrogantly and vigorously along the road leading to Dunhuang. Walking along the streets of Yimen.
At this moment, on both sides of the street, there are people in Seoul and officials from the Korean province of Ming Dynasty who are as excited as they are.
Because of the arrival of the Qing Yao army before, the big guys were more or less afraid... Qing Yao is very fierce, killing people without blinking an eye!Moreover, all of them are highly skilled in martial arts, killing North Korean soldiers is like playing for fun, it is extremely terrifying.
But now they saw the Great Tomorrow Soldier who was shouting Long Live, and their morale was almost soaring to the sky. The fear in their hearts was swept away in an instant.
Many young men from North Korea who hadn't signed up for the army because they were too cowardly, regretted it a bit now, as if they missed out on some big prize.
Therefore, the North Korean officials who were going door-to-door in the streets and alleys were immediately surrounded by people who eagerly signed up...
At this time, Zhu Heqi had already returned to the Military Division of the Xinggong Palace located in Qingde Palace.Gyeongdeokgung Palace is located in the west gate of Seoul, very close to Dunui Gate of the west gate.It was originally the former residence of Li Chenggui before he usurped the throne, and it was later converted into the Li Palace.
It is said to be a palace, but it is actually an ordinary large courtyard with one-story bungalows inside, and the courtyard walls are built of stones—the Bukhansan Mountain in the north of Seoul is a granite mountain, so Seoul lacks everything here. There is no shortage of granite stones.Therefore, although the walls of Seoul are low, they are made of hard granite stones.
"My lord, the snow has lightened and the wind has also weakened. I just tried it outside the city. The wind and snow will not affect the shooting of the flintlock."
As soon as Zhu Heqi entered the main hall of Qingde Palace, Yu Xiaoqian came to report to him: "I also ordered someone to build a bunker against artillery on the wall near Dunyi Gate...you can command from there, You can also sit in Qingde Palace."
While listening to Yu Xiaoqian's report, Zhu Heqi walked quickly to a map platform, "Ah Qian, the morale of the army is very high now, it seems that they can work hard!"
"Joining the Army Division also means the same thing!" Yu Xiaoqian said, "Let's fight while our morale is high and the Qing army is exhausted from afar!"
"How many troops are going to be dispatched?" Zhu Heqi asked, "How should the formation be arranged?"
“No.15镇负责北汉山、北岳山以及城东和城南的防御。第二镇、No.11镇、No.12镇的24个步兵营将会背靠堑壕线列出两排大阵。前后两排分别是十二个营和十一个营，前排的十二个营列出三列横队，分别由No.11镇总兵赵得胜和No.12镇总兵刘炎指挥。
The eleven battalions in the back row formed a column, commanded by Ling Zongjun, the commander-in-chief of the second town.
There are three hundred steps between the front and back rows, and there is another battalion that seizes the villages at the front and establishes a support point.
The first town, as the general reserve of the whole army, was on standby behind the trench line outside Dunyi Gate.
All cavalry were also deployed behind the trench line before the engagement began.
The artillery is divided into two parts, and the rocket launcher is directly controlled by the military division of the palace, and is first deployed behind the trench line.Long guns and hammer-throwing guns are in the hands of the town and battalion headquarters respectively.
In addition, a battalion in No.15 Town was deployed on Zudouli Mountain, and it was also under the direct command of the Military Division of the Xinggong. "
Zhu Hechi nodded, "Just arrange it like this! If we start to act now, when can we complete the deployment?"
Yu Xiaoqian said: "It will take one and a half hours to deploy the troops and build forward artillery fortifications... The artillery bombardment before the attack should start after lunch."
The formation method Yu Xiaoqian mentioned is actually a standardized thing, and Zhu and Qi have nothing to add, so they nodded and said: "Okay, let's do it... the lone general sits on the city wall and commands the entire army ! The lonely king's banner is placed on the tower of Dunyi Gate!"
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Outside the Qing army camp twenty miles away from the city wall of Seoul, Emperor Kangxi also realized that the Ming army would take advantage of the high morale to send troops.
Kangxi put away his binoculars, turned around and said to Tuhai, Suo'etu, and Mingzhu beside him: "The rebels are about to send troops... They left the city behind and took the risk to attack. They have already made a mistake, but this is also a last resort. For this reason. But with so many weak North Korean soldiers in the rebel army, how can they fight with muskets? It seems that my Qing Dynasty’s national fortune is about to rise again!"
After saying this, Emperor Kangxi laughed loudly and said boldly: "After today's battle, my Qing Dynasty will dominate the world again. It is still my Qing Dynasty's world!"
Chapter 550 Who is the Fortune of China?Low Sugar or High Sugar?
Of course, Emperor Kangxi's rhetoric was not unfounded, although the national fortune of the Qing Dynasty continued to decline under his wise leadership, hitting new lows repeatedly.
But this does not mean that Emperor Kangxi is an incompetent and stupid person. In fact, he is a very capable monarch, and he is very good at adapting and learning!
For Kangxi, there is no immutable ancestral law in the Qing Dynasty... As long as the national destiny of the Qing Dynasty can last, as long as the Qing Dynasty is still the world of Aixinjueluo and the Eight Banners, anything can be changed, anything can be changed change.
Therefore, the political reforms, economic reforms, and military reforms that Kangxi has implemented in the past few years have been extremely vigorous, and all of them have achieved good results...Although most of his reforms are a bit concerned about the present and not for the future...but when the national crisis is at stake, he only cares about the future. If you don't care about the present, you will be fine, the world in the future will be someone else's property!
Among Kangxi's various reforms, the most effective one is undoubtedly the military reform of the Eight Banners New Army.
Compared with the Eight Banners new army now and the Eight Banners soldiers in Guangdong eight years ago when the third prince Zhu was born, the change is simply earth-shaking.The Eight Banners soldiers of eight years ago were able to show off in the corners of East Asia and Northeast Asia. When compared with Europe and West Asia, they are definitely out of date.
But the new Eight Banners army has not only learned to fight the "high sugar war".Moreover, through continuous learning and exploration, a set of tactics such as trench defense, queue shooting, skirmish ambushes, cavalry assault, and artillery bombardment were cleverly used under "low-sugar conditions" to fight against "high-sugar enemies". Tactics.
And "high sugar", "low sugar" and "sugar free" will soon become the most important criteria for measuring the strength of an army!
"High sugar" is better than "low sugar", and "low sugar" is better than "no sugar", which will also become a generally accepted criterion.