: The Confucian

On the morning of the next day, the Ming army came to the city of Wa in a mighty manner. The continuous crowds of people squeezed the plains under the city of Wa in a mess.

Looking at the clouds outside the city, full of Ming and Korean soldiers, cavalry, infantry, and chariots. Seeing that the Japanese soldiers in the city were all frightened, they had no other choice but to defend strictly.

On a small hill not far from the island Shanwu City, Yang Hao, Ma Gui, Huang Laifu, Gao Ce, Li Rumei, and North Korean Marshal Quan Li and others all stood on the hill, looking up at the huge island mountain city carefully.

Huang Laifu looked solemn. The terrain of the island mountain city in front of him was steep. The entire city of Wu was built at the highest point of the mountain. The inner city was more than ten meters high. According to the terrain, a large wall of more than two miles long was built with stone strips outside. Not only that, there were several earth walls and arrow towers outside the stone wall, which could be said to be easy to defend and difficult to attack.

According to Huang Laifu's understanding of the Japanese city, most of the Japanese city built on the mountain were unable to deploy troops, even if they attacked the city, the winding corridors inside also made it impossible for the enemy to deploy troops and give full play to their manpower advantages.

A hard attack alone will pay a heavy price. Even cannons cannot play their advantages in this kind of Japanese city, let alone because of the rapidity of soldiers and the heavy cannons are mixed, so it is very inconvenient to transport heavy cannons, which makes most of the Ming army's cannons stay in Qingzhou. At present, there are only some light cannons and tiger squat cannons in the army, which is even more difficult to fight.

In history, the Ming army shed all blood under the city of Daoshan. Will history repeat itself?

Ma Gui and others also had a serious expression. This island mountain city is not easy to fight. Only Yang Hao felt quite energetic. At present, the Japanese only had one lonely city, but they had tens of thousands of elite soldiers on their side, which could be said to have an absolute advantage. Even if this island mountain city is dangerous, so what, it must have been like the Ulsan City yesterday.

He couldn't help but be fascinated. If the victory of Ulsan was defeated and the victory was passed back to the court, how would the emperor and the ministers look at me?

Thinking of this, he was full of poetry and immediately recited a poem: "One hundred thousand Pixiu came to the court, and the city gate was opened. This trip was originally a plan to safeguard the border, and the thief captained him and captured the king!"

North Korean Marshal Quan Li shouted loudly: "Good poetry, Master Jinglei is really talented and knowledgeable. I have heard for a long time that in the history of the country, there was a Zhuge Kongming who had lost the thieves' masts and oars to ashes while chatting and laughing. Master Jinglei's character should not be inferior to Kongming!"

Yang Hao was filled with joy, but on the surface he was humble: "General Quan is too proud, how dare the head office compare with Mr. Kong Ming!"

Yang Hao turned to Ma Gui and said, "General Ma, please continue to let the soldiers camp first. At noon, the army will discuss matters. Tomorrow, we will make a concerted effort to capture the island's Wucheng!"

...

Near Island City, various camps of the Ming Dynasty Army gradually appeared, gradually spreading endlessly, and various flags were flying.

In the camp of the Shanxi Army, the baggage soldiers shouted strong white air and shouted horns, and pierced wood into the hard ground. Although everyone was wearing thick wool-wool military coats and grease on their faces, they were still pulled open by the cold wind.

The weather in North Korea is too cold. Huang Laifu is probably tens of degrees below zero. He is covered with thick iron armor, and the coldness shines. Under the faint sunlight, cold light shines.

Huang Laifu led Jiang Dazhong, Gu Dadao, Azhi and others to inspect the camp. Compared with other Ming army camps, the camps of Shanxi army were still very fast and very standardized. Over the years of the establishment of the army, the Shanxi army had already formed various regulations, and the entire army could implement them according to the regulations.

Nearly noon, the camp was already formed, and smoke and tempting meat smell came out. Thousands of Shanxi troops, laughing and laughing, sat around a large pot of hot broth, eating moose cakes or mixed biscuits, etc.

In addition, there are large pieces of canned lunch meat and ham.

In the Shanxi army, the material supply is very rich. The entire army is wearing thick wool velvet winter battle suits and warm boots on their feet. Each person is equipped with iron armor. Not only does it contain enough food, grass, dry food for every meal, but there are also large pieces of meat.

Over time, every Shanxi soldier was tall and burly, with a tangled muscle, and his face was filled with good nutritional oil. With the reasonable reward and punishment system in the army, every soldier was full of desire to fight!

While drinking the broth, they stroked their spears or muskets. They all murmured loudly that in tomorrow's battle, they would definitely cut off the heads of a few Japanese people. After they got the heads, they would go outside the frontier to exchange for a few acres of land.

From time to time, bursts of laughter came from the camp.

After smelling the fragrance, many soldiers from other camps rushed over to have a meal. Because Huang Laifu had prepared sufficient food and salary in Beijing, and Xing Jie was able to provide good support, he did not have to worry about food and drink in the army entering the North Korea. Each soldier carried at least half a month of dry food. Of course, their food could not be compared with the Shanxi army, and they could only eat enough, not good food.

However, they knew that the Shanxi army's food and salary supply had always been independent, so no matter how envyed, there was nothing to complain about. Who made his Shangguan not a rich man like the Huang Junmen?

At present, in Huang Laifu's Central Army camp, Li Rumei and others were cheering and shouting. While drinking the broth, he ate canned lunch meat in large pieces, or biting dried ham meat in big mouthfuls, while complaining vaguely: "Damn it, after coming out of Seoul, I will be light in my mouth all day long. It's better, General Huang, I eat delicious food every day!"

As Huang Laifu's senior relative, Jiang Dazhong was naturally with him. He also said boldly: "Eat and drink enough, and kill the thief tomorrow. Damn, Lao Jiang has long been itchy!"

Li Rumei said: "Don't worry, Brother Jiang, I will join you in this Japanese city tomorrow. Although this island mountain city is stronger than Ulsan City, it is just a matter of one round under the thunder attack of my Ming Dynasty King's Army!"

Huang Laifu drank a bowl of broth in one sip, but he looked solemn.

...

"Mr. Zheng Lei, I will think this is inappropriate!"

In the afternoon, in the commander's tent, Yang Hao recruited all generals to discuss matters. After listening to Yang Hao's arrangement, Huang Laifu immediately stood up and spoke out against it.

The eyes of the generals in the tent were on Huang Laifu's face, and a blue air flashed across Yang Hao's face, and his former elegant appearance was gone. Before the incident in Seoul, Yang Hao was dissatisfied with Huang Laifu. In addition, Huang Laifu disagreed with his layout in front of everyone, which was equivalent to openly losing his face. Yang Hao felt extremely uncomfortable.

He said sternly: "I wonder what General Huang has to do with his superiority?"

Huang Laifu ignored Li Rumei's gaze, and he clasped his fists and shouted: "The wise man wanted to siege the island and mountain of Japanese cities with heavy troops, and then attack the ants. He expected that the Japanese would be scared and could go down in one go. However, the last general thought that the Japanese were trapped in the lonely city and lost their retreat, and they would definitely do the trapping beasts and resist to the end! Not only did our army suffer heavy casualties in the world, but they might have delayed the time to seize the city. After the Japanese came reinforcements, the consequences were hard to tell!"

All the generals in the tent were pondering, and Yang Hao sneered: "How should our division plan according to what General Huang saw?"

Huang Laifu said: "The military strategy says: Don't stop the return troops, and the siege will be hidden! In the 20-year battle to aid Korea, Admiral Li led his troops to attack Pyongyang City. At that time, Admiral Li stayed at the East Gate and refused to attack, and the Japanese general Xiaoxi retreated. As a result, the Japanese had no intention of resisting. The last general thought that they could follow the example of Admiral Li, surrounded three quotas and one quota, and stayed at the same time, so that the Japanese would not have the act of trapping beasts! When they were defeated and fled, our army could also pursue them!"

Yang Hao sneered and said, "Our department originally thought that General Huang had any outstanding military strategy, but it turned out that he was just right!"

He slapped the table, stood up and pointed at Huang Laifu and said sternly: "There is a military strategy, and it is more important to win, but not long-term. At present, the Japanese pirate Kato Kiyobu has been surrounded by our army. If they do not destroy them at this time, when will they wait? Although the Japanese pirates rely on the strong city to defend their lives, our army is several times higher than the enemy. As long as everyone risked their lives to move forward, why worry about not breaking this Japanese city?"

What else did Huang Laifu want to say: "Master Jinglei!"

Yang Hao waved his sleeves and said, "I will decide my intentions, you don't have to say more!"

Huang Laifu's eyes were red, thinking of the Ming army's corpses piled up in history under the city of Daoshan. If the military situation was not good, perhaps all his 4,000 children would be rushed in. When he returned to Wuzhai Fort, what if he met the local elders?

He roared with his sword and pointed at Yang Hao and said, "The Confucianism is not enough to make a plan! Yang Hao, are you going to kill my tens of thousands of children in the Ming Dynasty?"

Everyone in the tent was shocked, and Yang Hao was stunned for a while. Then his whole body trembled, pointed at Huang Laifu and said, "You, you man, how dare you insult me ​​like this..."

He pointed at Huang Laifu and shouted: "Please give me a golden arrow, and let the unpretentious madman be pulled out and killed!"

All the generals were shocked. Li Rumei first rushed out and knelt on the ground and said, "Master Jinglei, General Huang also said bluntly for a moment, not intentionally neglecting, please think twice!"

Ma Gui also came out and said, "General Huang is young and energetic, but he is not intentionally rude to the ruler. Please forgive me!"

All the generals also came out to plead for mercy, and they all said that killing the generals in front of the formation was not good, so please think twice.

Only Huang Laifu was still cold, just standing quietly by pressing his sword, looking at Yang Hao squintly.

Yang Hao looked at Huang Laifu, who was rebellious and hated him. However, the pleading of the generals also reminded him of the Governor Xing Jie who gave him a thousand words and ten thousand words before leaving. He must hold back his anger at Huang Laifu and not let him have anything to do. If there is any problem in the future, he can just tell the emperor.

He also said that the emperor attaches great importance to Huang Laifu, and because of the bond expedition in the east, many civil servants in the capital have expressed concern about Huang Laifu's safety. At this time, Yang Hao suddenly realized how strong the background behind Huang Laifu is, and he can show it for a moment, but he cannot bear the consequences afterwards.

However, the more this happens, Yang Hao feels even more hatred. He glared at Huang Laifu and said, "Okay, it's all the generals who plead for you. The death penalty can be avoided. But you are openly disrespectful and should be punished. Let me take the general out of my position and blame Huang Laifu for twenty military sticks to serve as a warning!"

At this moment, there was a sudden noise outside, and the noise became louder and louder. Yang Hao shouted: "Who is making noise outside in the important military area?"

Soon, the personal guard came in and said in a panic: "Report to Master Jingliu. The Shanxi Army heard that the Lord was going to kill General Huang, and the generals had already started to make trouble. They came all the way and were about to kill the generals!"

At this time, everyone heard Jiang Dazhong's loud voice faintly: "Your wife's child, who dares to kill my adult's head? I will chop his head!"

Then there was a huge response from the Shanxi army!

Yang Hao was immediately at a loss and was about to attack the Japanese. If the Shanxi army mutiny in front of the formation, no matter what Huang Laifu later on, his strategy would definitely end.

All his momentum disappeared immediately. Looking at everyone, Qiqi Ai Ai said: "This, what should I do?"

For a moment, the generals looked at him with a look of contempt. This change was so scared like this. Can such a person lead the army? Or Ma Gui came out and said, "Don't worry, Master Jianli, this is just a misunderstanding of the soldiers. As long as General Huang comes out of the tent and talks with everyone, the soldiers will disperse!"

Yang Hao immediately said, "General Huang, hurry up and leave the tent and tell the soldiers!"

...

When Huang Laifu came back, Yang Hao thought that nothing had happened just now, and even forgot about the charge of Huang Laifu. Everyone continued to discuss military affairs, but Yang Hao still insisted on the layout just now. He was a strategy, and the generals were helpless.

Moreover, in the war affairs assignment, there was no Huang Laifu. In addition, there were 4,000 elite Shanxi Army, including the auxiliary soldiers. It can be said that it was the most powerful army in the Ming army at present, and it seemed that Yang Hao had forgotten it.

During this process, Huang Laifu kept saying a word. Finally, he came out of the account and thought to himself: "I want to see how this old man died!"

Thinking of him leaving with hatred!

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In the afternoon, according to Yang Hao's order, tens of thousands of Ming troops and the Korean troops set up their formation, surrounding the island-mounted Japanese city into dozens of circles, layered with flags like clouds, which made the Japanese army in the city frightened.

Kato Kiyomasa, who was watching from the city, also had a serious expression. At this time, there were less than 20,000 people in the city and were short of clothes and food. Can he withstand the Tang army? However, he had no way out, and the Japanese soldiers in the city also had no way out!

On the second day, in the early morning of the 25th, the Ming army attacked the entire line and launched a brave attack on the Isanshan Wo City. After the Ming army's artillery fire was fired, the guerrilla Mao Guoqi led the Zhejiang troops to start the first attack on the Isanshan. Until the evening, it broke through the three Japanese camps on the periphery of the Japanese army, and the Japanese retreated to the inner city of the Isanshan to defend.

Although the battle on this day did not capture the inner city of Daoshan Wucheng, it was considered a reward for destroying the outer periphery of Daoshan. Yang Hao couldn't help but feel proud, thinking that he could plan his own strategy and Daoshan Wucheng was just around the corner. What did Huang Laifu know? He would still be besieged in the city?

On the 26th, Gao Ce led the attack, but only left a piece of corpse on the hillside below the inner city, and the attack failed. The reason was very simple. The inner city of Shimayama was built along the mountain, with a steep terrain and a limited bombardment effect. The Ming army's three-eyed guns and bows were not as powerful as that of the Japanese iron gunners, and failure was inevitable.

On the 27th, the Ming army failed to attack again. Every time the Ming army attacked, guns and bullets were fired in the inner city of Shimayama, and the bodies of the Ming army's dead were piled up several times under the city.

On the 28th, it started to rain heavily, and the weather in North Korea was even colder. On this day, thousands of horses and livestock of the Ming army were frozen to death. On this day, Yang Hao was even more cold. When the army received information, the Japanese reinforcements began to come.

"Is it really what Huang Laifu said?"
Chapter completed!