The end of the Ming Dynasty swept the world

Chapter 382
In the afternoon, Liu Lin, Zhao Yanhu, and Xu Wan called the North Korean generals to discuss how to attack.

Someone raised a different opinion: "The Ming army came from afar and went up the mountain on its own initiative. Why do we attack from the top of the mountain? With an army of [-], if we trap them, we will naturally win without a fight."

Immediately someone seconded: "Tell the brothers to dig holes and build walls along the mountain to surround the Ming army. Although there is water on the mountain, how much food can they bring?"

Most of the camp agreed to the siege and did not want to attack by force.

Because Liu Lin and Zhao Xu had reached a consensus, the three of them agreed.

King Li Ji didn't want to fight the Ming army desperately, just defeating the Ming army, forcing the Ming army to withdraw from North Korea was the goal, if a large number of Ming troops were killed, it would not be good to attract Dongjiang town to retaliate.

If the Ming army is trapped, it will easily lead to a deadly battle for the Ming army, and it will be difficult to deal with it at that time.

Zhao Yanhu was the first to speak: "Ming people occupied Donghua Island and robbed tens of thousands of grains from our island. Those grains were all fine grains for Seoul. They only had more than 1 people, or they brought a few thousand stones up the mountain. Can eat for a long time."

"We have more than 6 soldiers and horses. We consume countless food every day, and we still need to transport it from around Incheon."

"I heard that the Ming army has cavalry, and we haven't found them yet. If the cavalry robs our food, let alone starve the Ming army to death, we will run out of food."

What Zhao Yanhu said made sense, and when everyone heard it, they fell silent for a moment.

They only wanted to trap the Ming army to death, but they didn't expect that they also needed food, and they needed more food than the Ming army.

The largest granary nearby is Jianghua Island, but it was occupied by the Ming army.

Their food needs to come from Incheon or even further away.

Seeing the convincing generals, Liu Lin made a final decision and said, "Needless to say, the Ming army has come to provoke us from afar. Only a bloody battle can show our country's prestige."

"Ming people have called themselves their father's country since ancient times, and they looked down on our kingdom and subjects. This time, they dared to send troops deep, rob our food, and humiliate our king."

"There is only a bloody battle. Teach Ming people well and let them know that North Korea is not easy to mess with."

"Blood battle." Someone roared in the big tent, and soon everyone shouted in unison.

Liu Lin immediately started to arrange, Zhao Yanhu led [-] cavalry to cruise around, first to prevent the Ming army cavalry from raiding the back of the group, and second to keep the food road unobstructed.

According to his estimation, the Ming army came by boat, and there would not be many cavalry, at most one or two thousand cavalry.

Zhao Yanhu took the order, and quickly divided the cavalry into two groups, one with [-] yuan, to search for the Ming cavalry to protect the food road, and the other [-] to guard at the foot of Xinling Mountain to prevent the Ming cavalry from attacking the rear .

While North Korea was discussing, Ding Yi was also summoning generals to deploy tactics.

Xinling Mountain is not high, only more than 100 meters, and the height of 60 meters below is relatively gentle. This section is 60 meters long, and there are many trees, so it is not easy to be bombarded.

The shells hit the past and were easily blocked by trees.

So their soldiers and horses are all at a height of 70 meters. From here, the hillside becomes steeper than the bottom.

At this time, climbing the mountain is more difficult.

There were six guns in his army, and this time he brought a total of more than 6 12-pound and 190-pound field guns.

But some stayed on the boat, and some stayed on Ganghwa Island. This time, only 100 gates were brought to the mountain.

There are fewer cannons because there are more shells and gunpowder to carry.

All the cannons are placed on the top of the mountain, more than 40 meters away from Ding Yi's position. From top to bottom, they can cross Ding Yi's position and hit the enemy below.

The advantage of placing it on the top of the mountain is to ensure that the North Korean army that can climb up the mountain in all directions can be hit.

The disadvantage is that it is not easy to use shotguns, and it is easy to hit your own soldiers and horses below.

Although most of Ding Yi's soldiers and horses were hiding in the tunnels, not all of them.

But considering that the mountain area is relatively large, when climbing up, the people will not be too dense, and the effect of shotguns is small. If the North Korean soldiers are really dense, then everyone can withdraw to the mountain to leave room for shotguns.

After listening to the arrangement of the artillery, Ding Yi thought for a while and said: "War is not rigid, it needs to be adaptable."

"If the North Korean soldiers are surrounded on all sides, it is best to put the artillery on the mountain."

"When the fight starts, see if the North Korean soldiers have a main attack direction. If so, we can make appropriate adjustments."

"Our cannon is small and can be moved. It can be moved down everywhere, so it can naturally shoot shotguns."

Everyone nodded.

That night, Ding Yi stayed up all night in the temple, thinking about his own thoughts.

It's not that I'm afraid of being defeated, but I'm thinking about how to wipe out these North Korean troops, so as to achieve the goal of forcing peace with North Korea.

So at night, he called Shen Shikui over again.

Weng and son-in-law can naturally say anything.

"North Koreans are easy to beat. Once the striker collapses, they may run away at any time."

"We have fewer cavalry, but they have more cavalry, and they are more familiar with the road than us. Once they are defeated, they will not be able to capture any prisoners."

"If it cannot be wiped out, it may turn into a protracted war. This is not good for us. At that time, we can only retreat back to Lushun immediately."

"Ah." Shen Shikui was stunned for a moment, but he didn't expect Ding Yi to talk to him about this issue.

When he was called at first, he thought that Ding Yi couldn't sleep and was worried about winning or losing tomorrow. He didn't expect that Ding Yi was thinking about more advanced issues than he thought, and he actually wanted to wipe out these North Korean soldiers.

"You purposely guarded the mountain and led them to gather troops from all directions to attack, just to wipe them out?" Shen Shikui said with staring eyes.

"Of course, if we can't wipe them all out, it will turn into a protracted war. If we conquer the dynasty, we will lose." Ding Yi said.

Shen Shikui is a veteran, so he can naturally understand this truth.

Once the North Korean army in front of them cannot be completely wiped out, even if they win, the North Korean soldiers will retreat and will soon make a comeback.

At that time, it will enter a protracted war, and it will be meaningless to keep fighting on North Korean soil, and it will not be of any benefit to a guest army like Ding Yi.

The point is that Ding Yi wants to conquer North Korea and get Jeju Island.

If it's really for grabbing food, in fact, you can leave after fighting Jianghua Island.

If you can't force North Korea to get Jeju Island, sending troops this time is a failure.

After thinking for a while, Shen Shikui said earnestly: "Our blunderbuss soldiers are too fierce. If the North Korean soldiers come up, they will probably be defeated by a few salvos."

"Should show the enemy weak, limited kills in the early stage, guaranteed to hurt them, but not afraid of them."

"If they are not afraid of being beaten, they will not run away. When they decide to besiege us for a long time, they will suddenly rush down and have a chance to encircle us."

Ding Yi was overjoyed: "You can try it."

Shen Shikui still has some ability to be the commander-in-chief of a town. This method is not bad. You can't fight too hard in the early stage, and you can't be afraid of them.

If the North Koreans are afraid, they may run away.

Then Ding Yi called the leaders of each battalion, explained the tactics in detail, and discussed the details of the battle.

He even put forward Ding Yi's goal. In this battle, it is necessary to encircle and wipe out the main force of the Korean army, and capture as many as possible.

Everyone was a little excited. With 6 infantry, they encircled and wiped out [-] horses in North Korea. They didn't treat North Korea as human beings. It would take a long time to catch [-] pigs.

(End of this chapter)