parentshiftbook Chapter 821: The Kings And Ministers Of Goryeo Each Have Their Own Agendas, And The Terrifying Heart
Chapter 821: The Kings And Ministers Of Goryeo Each Have Their Own Agendas, And The Terrifying Heart
In March of the 18th year of Hongwu's reign, the Ming Dynasty's envoy returned from his mission to Goryeo and brought back threatening words from the rulers and ministers of Goryeo.
When Zhu Yuanzhang heard this, he was furious and ordered the Duke of Ying, Fu Youde, the Marquis of Wuding Guo Ying, the Marquis of Yongcheng Xue Xian, the Marquis of Changxing Geng Bingwen, the Marquis of Yan'an Tang Shengzong and other generals to lead the Ming Dynasty's 200,000 soldiers and divide them into three groups to attack Goryeo.
Among them, Fu Youde, the Duke of Ying State, led an army of 100,000 as the main frontal force.
Wuding Marquis Guo Ying and Yongcheng Marquis Xue Xian each led an army of 30,000 as a surprise attack force on the left and right sides.
The Marquis of Changxing, Geng Bingwen, and the Marquis of Yan'an, Tang Shengzong, each led 20,000 troops and were responsible for suppressing the Goryeo territory captured by the Ming army.
On the Goryeo side, after seeing that the Ming Dynasty really mobilized an army of 200,000 to attack them, whether it was Goryeo King Wang You, Qing Fuxing, Li Renren, Cui Ying and other Goryeo powerful officials, all their expressions changed with horror.
They just boasted that they had hundreds of thousands of troops, but they never thought that Ming Dynasty actually sent 200,000 troops to attack them!
You must know that during the Ming Dynasty's Northern Expedition to the Northern Yuan Dynasty, the number of troops sent was only about 200,000.
But the question is, how can their Goryeo virtues be compared with the Yuan Dynasty of the past!
Normally speaking, Goryeo is indeed not worthy of the Ming Dynasty sending 200,000 troops.
But after thinking about the tens of billions of tons of iron ore and 15 billion tons of coal existing in Goryeo, as well as a large number of other gold, silver, and copper mines, Zhu Zhang decided to send Tian Wan's army. After all, "483" will dig gold, silver, copper, iron, and coal mines in Goryeo later, if the number of soldiers sent is too small.
So even if Goryeo is defeated, it will easily fall into a war of attrition for public security and stability caused by endless local banditry due to insufficient manpower.
That's why Zhu Yuanzhang sent 200,000 soldiers to defeat Goryeo while leaving some soldiers to garrison in various Goryeo towns.
When the kings and ministers of Goryeo saw the menacing appearance of the Ming Dynasty, they were also timid before fighting. After all, it was the Ming Dynasty that overthrew the Yuan Dynasty.
You must know that in the past, they did not even dare to disobey the orders of the Yuan Dynasty. Now, facing the Ming Dynasty, which is more ferocious than the Yuan Dynasty in the past, how can they not be timid.
It's just that the harsh words have been spoken out before. Looking at Daming's attitude, it's not like they can just bow their heads and admit their mistakes now.
Therefore, the monarchs and ministers of Goryeo just hoped to take advantage of the geographical advantage of being more familiar with the terrain than the Ming Dynasty, and then gather the power of the whole country to see if they could temporarily defeat the Ming Dynasty.
As long as they can briefly gain the slightest advantage in the battle with the Ming Dynasty, and then make peace with the Ming Emperor in the School Disciple, and bow their heads and admit their mistakes, it is still possible to calm down the Ming Emperor's turmoil. of anger.
Therefore, all the emperors and ministers of Goryeo ignored the internal strife and united together to form an army of 150,000.
Then the entire nation's 150,000-strong army was handed over to the command of Li Chenggui, a general who stood out in the war with Bei Yuan and Japanese pirates.
Well, Li Chenggui was the later founding monarch of North Korea.
In the original history, in 1388, there was a Tielingwei dispute between the Ming Dynasty and Goryeo. Wang Yu and his important minister Cui Ying decided to send troops to the northern expedition to Liaodong in the Ming Dynasty, with Li Chenggui as the commander.
However, when Li Chenggui marched to Weihua Island in the middle of the Yalu River, he disobeyed orders and returned to the army. He invaded Kaijing, exiled Cui Ying, and forced Wang Yu to retreat. This was known as the Weihua Island Returning Army in history.
The return of the army from Wahwa Island sounded the death knell of the Goryeo Dynasty. Li Chenggui took real power, but because the support of the Wang family could not be underestimated, he did not immediately wear the royal robe.
In 1389, Li Chenggui deposed Wang Yu's son Wang Chang and called his father and son the descendants of Xin Min. He took the opportunity to eliminate Cao Minxiu, Li Yi, Mai Anlie and other opponents.
Li Chenggui supported Wang Yao, the seventh grandson of Goryeo Shenzong, to succeed King Gongrang. In April 1392, Goryeo loyal minister Zheng Mengzhou was killed. On July 12 of the same year, King Gongrang was deposed. On July 17, Li Chenggui was promoted to the throne. .
However, the name of the country of Goryeo was not immediately deactivated. It was not until February 15, 1393, that Emperor Taizu of the Ming Dynasty issued an imperial edict to "remove the name of the country of Goryeo and use the name of Korea."
And Li Chenggui, who now has the army in hand, is also dissatisfied.
It's just that this time Li Chenggui controlled more troops than in the original history, and the Ming Dynasty was also more aggressive than in the original history.
If Daming is not temporarily defeated, I am afraid that if he disobeys orders and returns to attack Kaijing, Daming will be able to follow him and attack Kaijing immediately.
Therefore, Li Chenggui's idea was to temporarily repel Daming, giving Daming a small setback, and at the same time use this setback to show Daming his abilities.
Then he immediately mobilized his troops to attack Kaijing, captured the King of Goryeo Wang You and others, and then dedicated them to the Ming Dynasty, and apologized to the Ming Dynasty. While calming the anger of the Ming Dynasty, he also exchanged the support of the Ming Dynasty for him.
In order to achieve this goal, Li Chenggui also targeted the left and right divisions led by Wuding Marquis Guo Ying and Yongcheng Marquis Xue Xian.
Prepare to swallow the two left and right side divisions led by Wuhou Guo Ying and Yongcheng Hou Xue Xian to show your ability.
After all, the two flanking divisions on the left and right have only 30,000 troops, and he has a full 150,000 people. Five against one, they can't lose even if they fight with their feet.
Even if it were not to ensure his absolute victory, Li Chenggui would have planned to lead his 150,000 soldiers and horses to confront the 100,000 main army led by Ying Guogong Fu Youde.
After all, he has an army of 150,000 people, and he occupies a favorable location, while the opponent only has an army of 100,000 people who are far away and tired of traveling by boat.
However, Li Chenggui thought that if he really defeated Ming's main army of 100,000 head-on, it would not only cause Ming a small setback, but also cause Ming to lose face greatly.
By then, I am afraid that Ming Dynasty will become angry and mobilize more troops to attack Goryeo.
Once that happens, even he will feel a lot of pressure.
After all, the size difference between Goryeo and Ming Dynasty is really huge.
Even if the Ming Dynasty loses ten times, it will not necessarily hurt their muscles and bones, but if Goryeo loses once, it may be destroyed.
So after careful consideration, Li Chenggui finally set his target on the left and right armies of the Ming Dynasty.
In Xijing (Pyongyang), relying on his familiarity with the geographical advantages, Li Chenggui led an army of 150,000 troops early and blocked the front of the right division led by Wuding Marquis Guo Ying.
We plan to first devour the right side army led by Wuding Marquis Guo Ying, and then go to swallow up the left side army led by Yongcheng Hou Jixian.
When the 30,000-strong right side division led by Wuding Marquis Guo Ying appeared, Li Chenggui led 50,000 cavalry to charge towards the Ming army, followed closely by 100,000 infantry.
Looking at the sudden appearance of the Goryeo army, Wuding Marquis Guo Ying showed no trace of panic on his face and said in a deep voice:
"Artillery regiment, one regiment is ready to launch!"
As Wuding Marquis Guo Ying's order came down, five hundred soldiers from the artillery regiment pushed the iron barrel cart to the front, and the soldiers beside him immediately lit the fuse.
As the fire fuse finished burning, there were hundreds of loud "bangs" and bursts of smoke rose around the iron barrel.
Then hundreds of meters away, the Korean army was rushing towards the soldiers of the Ming Dynasty. Suddenly, there were loud "rumbling" sounds, and the terrifying tremors even spread to the Ming army hundreds of meters away. in the formation.
Countless Goryeo soldiers were blown up by the Ming Dynasty's "heartless cannons" and died on the spot.
Even the Korean soldiers who seemed not to have been hit by the bombing were still walking when they suddenly fell to the ground bleeding from their orifices.
Among them was Li Chenggui, who took the lead and charged forward. He died silently. Before his death, Wuding Marquis Guo Ying didn't even know who he was.
Holding a telescope in his hand, Wuding Marquis Guo Ying couldn't help but exclaimed:
"I didn't expect that the 'Heartless Cannon' modified by the Kesheng Benheng clan would be so terrifying. Even if it is not hit by a frontal explosion, as long as you are in the center of the explosion, you will still bleed to death from the seven orifices due to the impact of the explosion shock wave!"
The so-called "heartless cannon" is naturally the masterpiece of Yan Changqing, and Yan Changqing is also relatively familiar with the heartless cannon...
In the anti-Japanese dramas of his previous life, this kind of heartless cannon often appeared on the scene, and it did show off its majesty on the battlefield.
Its production method is also extremely simple, and its principle is also very crude, but its lethality is absolutely amazing.
To put it simply, the principle of heartless guns is a bit similar to mortars, or speculation.
It mainly consists of four parts: launch tube, propellant, isolation plate and explosive package.
The launch tube is to first make something similar to a gasoline barrel.
Although the Ming Dynasty did not have so-called gasoline barrels, it was not difficult at all for the blacksmiths of the Smelting Department to build some similar iron barrels.
This iron barrel serves as the barrel and provides a simple guide for the explosive package.
After that, the iron barrel should be tilted at 45 degrees, with the mouth of the barrel facing outward, and the lower part should be buried in the soil or built into the turret to help the barrel unload the force and reduce the risk of explosion.
Or it can be installed on a railway car to facilitate movement and barrel unloading.
The bottom of the barrel must be filled with propellant and then connected with a long fire wire.
Above the propellant, a layer of wooden boards is used to isolate it.
On the wooden board, near the mouth of the barrel, put a bundle of explosive bags, usually about ten kilograms.
After igniting the fire line, the propellant will quickly give out propulsion force, and the explosive package in the barrel will be launched fiercely forward, exploding among the target crowd.
As for the heartless cannon, the most powerful thing is not the explosion, but the terrifying shock wave generated by the explosion.
Wherever the explosive package passes, all living creatures within a radius of twenty meters may not be injured.
But even if there are no wounds on the body, he will eventually bleed to death, as if his internal organs have been shattered, so it is called a heartless cannon.
After briefly admiring the power of the heartless cannon, Wudinghou Guo Ying did not let go of the Goryeo army that was in chaos at the moment, but continued:
"Artillery Regiment, Second Regiment, prepare to launch!"
"Artillery regiment, the third regiment is ready to launch!"
"Artillery regiment, the fourth regiment is ready to launch!" 2.6
Although only a few thousand Korean soldiers were killed in the ten consecutive round-trip bombings of heartless artillery, the blow to morale was undoubtedly huge.
In addition, those Goryeo soldiers who were killed by heartless cannons were all bleeding from their orifices, and they looked like evil spirits.
It even made the Korean soldiers think that they were enemies of the Ming Dynasty, so they suffered such retribution from ghosts and gods demanding their lives.
It didn't take long for the morale of the 150,000 Korean soldiers to completely collapse, and then they began to flee in all directions.
This is the dimensionality reduction attack of hot weapons on cold weapons!
In terms of lethality and deterrence, hot weapons far exceed cold weapons.
Wuding Marquis Guo Ying was not surprised by this, and then ordered the 1st to 10th artillery regiments to conduct several more cycles of shelling.
Only after the 150,000 Goryeo army was completely dispersed to prevent them from gathering again and forming a small army to hinder them, Wuding Marquis Guo Ying just ordered the Ming soldiers to capture the scattered Goryeo defeated soldiers.
And as the 150,000 soldiers of Goryeo were defeated in one battle, Goryeo as a whole was unable to organize any decent counterattack.
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