Chapter 161 The Bloody Battle at the Bitumen Hall (2)

On the 24th, Li Rusong received a war report from Cha Dashou, and reported a great victory and captured more than 600 Japanese people. Li Rusong was overjoyed when he heard this. After hearing the local Korean natives, he judged that the Japanese army might want to abandon Wang Jingcheng to retreat, so he wanted to lead more than 2,000 cavalrymen from Kaicheng to rush to recruit.

Huang Laifu was shocked when he learned the news. Of course, he knew about the famous Battle of Bitiguan in history. However, the specific situation of the Battle of Bitiguan was not clearly stated in his laptop computer in Wuzhaibao at that time, but he only knew that it was very tragic.

In this battle, there was no winner between the Japanese and Li Rusong's side, but Li Rusong fought against more than 40,000 elite Japanese troops with 5,000 men, and finally killed a large number of Japanese troops, which should be considered a victory.

However, in history, Li Rusong lost all his elite servants, which had a certain impact on his future general of Liaodong. This was something Huang Laifu didn't want to see.

Moreover, Huang Laifu believes that after the Battle of Bidiguan, the first Korean War was basically over and he would not have any chance to fight again. It would be a pity for him to not participate in the famous Battle of Bidiguan in history. Moreover, although Huang Laifu has a little shadow on the siege, he never fears any field battles. This is a chance to make meritorious decapitation, so he asked Li Rusong to go together.

After thinking about it, Li Rusong agreed. The Wuzhaibao army had been idle for a long time, and after hearing the news of the war, everyone was overjoyed. Especially Yang Xiaolu, who followed Huang Laifu, was just smiling.

In history, Li Rusong only brought two thousand men. Now, there are three thousand men of Huang Laifu. Moreover, in the infantry battle, in terms of elite strength, they are stronger than Li Rusong's servants. I believe that the battle at the Bitiguan Pavilion was more certain. Of course, only Huang Laifu knew this.

Everyone quickly moved towards Wang Jing. The trip was all cavalry. Although Huang Laifu led all the infantry soldiers, they were all riding horses, so the troops were moving very fast.

Soon, when the troops arrived at Mashan Pavilion, Li Rusong suddenly grabbed the reins. His long-term battlefield experience made him feel that the movements of the Japanese army did not seem to be that simple. He said to Huang Laifu and Yang Yuan beside him: "This admiral led a thousand people to go first, Huang Laifu and Yang Yuan, you two will then lead the army to follow up."

Huang Laifu was shocked. If this were the case, his plan would not be disappointed. He said anxiously: "The Admiral is in the safety of all the troops, how can he go lightly? Let the General go with the Admiral!"

Li Rusong saw Huang Laifu's anxious look. That look was not something he could pretend. He secretly moved Huang Laifu's loyalty, and Yu Jiang also privately believed that Huang Laifu's love for Li Rusong. Li Rubai and Li Rumei brothers also looked at each other and nodded secretly.

Li Rusong nodded and said, "In this way, General Huang will go with this Admiral!"

Huang Laifu agreed happily.

After the division of troops, Li Rusong, Huang Laifu and others continued to lead the troops. In the afternoon, when passing Lishiling, the front was not far from the Bitiguan. At this moment, the horse was probing the horse and reported that it was a war ahead. The Ming army investigated the Dashou troops and was surrounded by the Japanese army. The war was extremely tragic.

Everyone was shocked, and Huang Laifu's heart beat violently. The battle at the Bitumen Pavilion in history did indeed happen.

Li Rusong asked the horse carefully and then said, "Our troops are surrounded, so we must save them! General Huang, let me kill the enemy."

Huang Laifu knew that the land of Bitiguan in history was a dead place, and the Japanese troops besieged tens of thousands, but he was not afraid and shouted: "Yes, Admiral!"

The two led their troops into the Bitiguan. When the Japanese army saw most of the Ming army coming, the sound of Mingjin withdrawing troops came from the mountain. The Japanese army that besieged Cha Dashou troops dispersed like a tide.

Cha Dashou and other generals were overjoyed when they saw reinforcements coming. They had been fighting hard for a day and a night, although they killed and injured more than 2,000 Japanese troops. However, at this time, there were less than 2,000 Ming troops left in his army, and they were injured. Moreover, everyone was injured. If reinforcements did not come again, they would collapse.

Huang Laifu and others saw that the blood flowed into rivers on the battlefield, and had been frozen into ice by the cold weather. The remaining limbs were everywhere, and the broken military flags and weapons were everywhere. The smell of Japanese corpses burned by artillery rockets came from time to time.

Everyone couldn't help but feel shocked: "What a cruel battlefield!"

Cha Dashou, Zu Chengxun and his two came to Li Rusong. They both lost their composure after the disaster. Zu Chengxun cried and said, "Thank you, the Admiral, for leading the army to help. Even if the last general is torn to pieces, it is difficult to repay the Admiral's kindness!"

During the day and night of war, Zu Chengxun's mood experienced another change. In July, he failed to enter North Korea and tried his best to exaggerate the terror of the Japanese army after returning home. After the battle in Pyongyang, he was disdainful of the Japanese army's combat power. However, during the day and night of battle, the Japanese army's madness, like a devil, made a shadow appear in his heart. If reinforcements do not come, he will indeed collapse.

At this time, he escaped after death, no wonder he lost his composure.

Seeing his appearance, Li Rusong frowned secretly, but Nian Zaizu Chengxun was indeed experiencing a hard battle and was inevitably excited, so he would not talk about him anymore. Although Cha Dashou and Li Ning were also happy, they remained calm.

Cha Dashou reported the war to Li Rusong. Before he finished speaking, Li Rusong had already understood. He waved his hand to stop Cha Dashou's words and sneered: "It seems that the Japanese are trying to lure me to come here, so I'm going to ambush here!"

From his eyes, you can naturally see at a glance that the current environment on all sides is a dead place in the art of war. However, after a long war, the most common thing he does is to put it to death and live without much worry.

Sure enough, the Japanese troops on all sides slowly formed a formation, and there was even more reward for probing horses. Most of the Japanese troops had occupied the Wangkeyan north of Lishiling and blocked the Ming army's retreat. The intentions of the Japanese army were very obvious.

Huang Laifu's understanding of military tactics is of course far inferior to Li Rusong. He saw that the terrain of Bitiguan was narrow and there were many mountains on all sides. As long as he guarded some intersections, he could block the retreat of the army. Some plain areas and muddy areas in the middle of Bitiguan were indeed not conducive to the actions of the Ming cavalry. This was not good for the Ming army, but it was good for the Japanese army.

Huang Laifu thought to himself: "This place is indeed a dead place as history says!"

But he was not panicked, he was just excited inside. Judging from his subordinates' expressions, they were all like this.

Huang Laifu said to Li Rusong: "Admiral, this is the case, our army must defend as soon as possible!"

Cha Dashou saw Li Rusong leading the army to help, but he was implicated by this. He felt guilty and was about to say something, but Li Rusong waved his hand: "No need to say more, prepare for battle!"

Li Rusong was indeed a general family. He could see at a glance that the current terrain was not conducive to defense, and there were enemies on all sides. At this moment, he led Li Rumei to lead a thousand troops, first conquering Huiyin Ridge in the north. After occupying this place, defend first and then find a way.

Because Huiyin Ridge is not an exit retreat, there are not many Japanese troops here, only a few hundred people. The guard is Shishi Lianjiu, the general of Li Rumei's army. Under the fierce attack of Li Rumei, Shishi Lianjiu was caught off guard and defended the Japanese army, and all died.

After occupying Huiyin Ridge, Li Rusong immediately followed the terrain of Huiyin Ridge, gathered 3,000 Huang Laifu's troops and 1,000 his own servants, and added ammunition and weapons of 2,000 remaining soldiers of the Chadasui troops, allowing them to defend together. The troops launched the Crane Wing Formation.

It is said that the Crane Wing Formation was one of the eight formations of Zhuge Liang. It is the basis of ten thousand formations and one of the most commonly used formations in China for a long time. After being passed to Japan during the Tang Dynasty, it was used by the Japanese Uesugi and Takeda. After careful research, they continued to develop and utilized, combined with the Japanese fighting style, and developed into the main combat formation from the later Warring States Period to the Edo period of Japan.

However, at this time, both the Ming Dynasty and Japan were widely used in the crane wing formation. The main feature of this formation is that the crane's wings are very wide after being expanded, which expands the enemy's enemy surface and causes general damage. The attack surface of this formation is wide, allowing the army to attack one point with multiple attack surfaces, thereby devouring the entire enemy's troops.

According to Li Rusong's arrangement, the crane wing formation is divided into several formations.

First, in front of the Ming army, many Flanger artillery tanks were arranged. The gunners were mainly the gunners of the Cha Dashou Division. They could fight again because they added the guns brought by Li Rusong. Since Li Rusong did not bring many gunners, these gunners of the Cha Dashou Division were tired, but were dead and insisted on fighting.

Behind the chariot, most of the musketeers of Huang Laifu's troops were arranged in front of the 1,500 people. In addition, there were some archers of Huang Laifu's troops. Musketeers and archers were in front, and musketeers were even in front of the archers. The two mainly serve as long-range attacks on opponents.

In addition, the musketeers and archers are arranged in a staggered manner, which is to cover each other. The reason for this is that the musketeers are loading for a long time, not as fast as the archers, but have a long range and strong attack power, so they are mostly placed in front. The archers have a fast firing speed, but have not a long range and have little attack power, so they can only cover. When the musketeers are loading, the archers come forward to attack. When the musketeers are loading, the archers retreat to the rear and the musketeers attack again.

In this way, continuous firepower is formed.

This is the first formation of the Crane Wing Formation. There are also some musketeers arranged behind the first formation for preparation.

At the end of the first formation, there are also the cold weapons, swordsmen and gunmen of Huang Laifu's troops, used as short-term troops. When a long-range attack causes a killing effect, short-term troops will be used to attack, and at the same time, they will also prevent the opponent from attacking the musketeer.

Huang Laifu commanded in the first formation.

In the second formation, Li Rusong arranged a cavalry unit of thousands of people here as the main elite assault troops. It was mainly Li Rusong's cavalry, as well as some cavalrymen with strong combat capabilities in Cha Dashou's troops, led by Li Rubai and Cha Dashou. They were set up in a semicircle with the semicircle facing outward, so that they could not only engage in frontal combat at any time, but also fight against the two wings. At the same time, they protected the third formation and the central army. Moreover, if the semicircle was pulled into a straight line, it would be a longer attack surface and could annihilate more enemies.

In Li Rusong's arrangement, if Huang Laifu's first formation successfully killed the enemy, the cavalry of his second formation would then come out and give a severe blow to the Japanese army. If the first formation fails, the rear formation can also be protected.

At the same time, some flag bearers were arranged around the second formation and raised them high after the first formation, giving the Japanese army a sense of intimidation and also maintaining high morale in the second formation and the third formation troops behind them.

The third formation is the central army. Here is the location of the main general Li Rusong and the location of the general flag. This is the core of the entire army, but because the troops are mostly arranged to the first and second formations, the left and right defenses of this formation are relatively weak.

In order to prevent the Japanese army from attacking from the sides, Li Rusong arranged some swimming troops in the back of both sides of the central army. At the end of the entire formation, some Wuzhai Fort musketeers and others were arranged the same as the first formation.

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When Li Rusong was setting up, the Japanese generals in the Biti Pavilion also watched the movements of the Ming army intently.

President Xiaoxi smiled and said, "Following the banner, it turns out that the one who came to support the Tang Dynasty Admiral Li Rusong, and the Tang Dynasty Admiral Huang Laifu!"

During the Battle of Pyongyang, the powerful musketeers of the Wuzhaibao army left a deep impression on Governor Xiaoxi, so since then, Governor Xiaoxi paid attention to Huang Laifu.

Kobayakawa Takake smiled and said, "Very good, this time I caught a big fish, and I just happened to catch them all!"

Although the 20,000 Japanese troops attacked and investigated the 3,000 Ming troops, they still couldn't capture them for a long time. The stubborn combat effectiveness of the Ming army also made the Japanese generals frightened. However, at present, the commander of the Eighth Army and the governor of Wang Jing, Ukita Hideo-gun, led 20,000 people to arrive, and his confidence increased. They had 40,000 people to deal with thousands of Ming troops. No matter how much the loss was, if Li Rusong could be killed, it would be worth it.

Ukita Hidea also smiled and said, "Very good, Takayaka, everything here will be left to you!"

Although the Ukita Hide's official position is smaller than that of Takake Hayakawa, Takake Kohayakawa has commanded here for a day and a night and is familiar with the situation on the battlefield. The Ukita Hide's family generously handed over the command of the battlefield to him.

At the same time, Ukita Hidea also said to President Konishi: "Konishi, it seems that your plan has been successful. If you can kill the Admiral of the Tang people, you will make a great contribution!"

President Konishi just saluted Ukita Hidea and looked at the movements of the Ming army over there.

While the Ming army was busy with arrangements, the Japanese were not idle. Soon, under the supervision of the Japanese generals, the Japanese troops surrounded by various routes formed a square formation. The warrior team, the iron cannons were light feet, the long spears were light feet, the bow and arrow team was light feet, etc., and they were densely unfolded.

Speaking of which, over 10,000 people were boundless, and forty thousand Japanese troops slowly unfolded, with flags like clouds, slowly forcing towards the Ming army on the mountain.

Seeing the situation in front of him, Huang Laifu had a very excited smell. Yang Xiaolu next to him was constantly wiping her hands, and her face had turned into an excited iron red.

Looking from the mountain, the Japanese army was as dense as ants, but everyone was short. Huang Laifu sighed. When he saw the Mongols before, he thought they were short enough, but he didn't expect the Japanese to be shorter.

However, we cannot underestimate them. Although these Japanese are much shorter than the Mongolians, in terms of combat effectiveness, they are several times higher than them. You should not underestimate the enemy!

Suddenly, the sound of war drums came from the other side of the mountain. Immediately, the Japanese troops at the foot of the mountain screamed and rushed towards the Ming army on the mountain.

The second wave of the Battle of Bitiguan finally began again.

In this battle, both sides invested their most elite troops.

Among the Ming army's participating troops: there were 2,000 people in the remaining troops of Cha Dashou, 3,000 people in Huang Laifu's troops, and 1,000 people in Li Rusong's troops, totaling 6,000 people. The head commanders of the Ming army were Li Rusong. Deputy generals were Huang Laifu, Li Rubai, Li Rumei, Zu Chengxun, Cha Dashou, Yang Yuan and others. In addition to Huang Laifu's more than 3,000 people in the horse infantry, the rest were mostly cavalry.

The Japanese army participated in the war: part one of the Japanese Third Army, part one of the Fourth Army, all of the Sixth Army, and most of the Ninth Army, totaling more than 40,000 people. The Japanese commanders include Governor Konishi, Nagamasaki Kuroda, Takake Kohachikawa, Hidekashi Hashiba, Soshima Tachibana, and others. Deputy generals include: Mitsutaki Kato, Shigekashi Kurokawa, Nobua Koto, Kiji Goto, Kazuki, Kazuizuki, Nakaki Ono, Nakaki Ono, Nakaki Kazunaga, Yukita Ando and others.

The war has begun, who will eventually win?
Chapter completed!