Rise of the 1630s South America

Chapter 996 North Korea ([-])

On August 1653, 8, the south wind was blowing and the flags were flying.

Won Doo-pyo climbed up a high slope with difficulty, took out a binoculars imported from Holland, and carefully observed the army formation of the bandits in yellow.The yellow-clothed thief is also really bold, occupying Baoen County, but not guarding the city, but queuing up the main force, planning to have a dignified field battle.

To be honest, Won Doo Pyo has no confidence in this battle, not even a shred of confidence.This group of yellow-clothed thieves is numerous and extremely fierce, just like the Tartars 17 years ago.At that time, Huang Taiji led more than 2 Qing soldiers, broke through the Ping'an Road and Huanghai Road, and then rushed to Gyeonggi-do. There was not a single army in North Korea that could resist, and even those people even defended the city. less than.

At that time, Huang Taiji first sent a few cavalry to cut off the way for the Korean monarchs and ministers to escape to Ganghwa Island with lightning speed, and then led the main force to surround the superior Korean army. He cheered and cheered again, but he was still defeated repeatedly, and was finally besieged in Nanhan Mountain City.And when the artillery unit led by Kong Youde arrived at the front line, the group of people who knew they had no reason to do so immediately knelt shamefully and signed the treaty of humiliating the country.When the Qing army withdrew, Joseon Injo even knelt for ten miles before returning, losing all face, and the whole of North Korea was devastated.

That battle not only destroyed the courage of the Koreans, but also wiped out the last trace of their relatively capable troops.As a result, after Xiaozong (who had been a hostage in the Qing court for many years) came to the throne, he called all his ministers to discuss the Northern Expedition "Hulu". the Qing court.

Won Doo-pyo was the veteran of the two dynasties. He was a general of the imperial camp when the Jin invaded in 1636. He was old in the army and he was very aware of the shortcomings of the Korean army.Among the 5000-strong army he brought with him at the moment, only the 1636 men from the Imperial Battalion could truly be called a professional army—this was the Imperial Battalion rebuilt after [-]. Died in battle—the rest of the troops were local troops conscripted temporarily, and their combat effectiveness was vulnerable.Let such an army go against the yellow-clothed thieves who have fought for many years, it is no wonder that the elders have no confidence.

There was a dull drum sound in the wind, and the yellow-clothed thieves in khaki military uniforms filed out of the city, and then formed an array in the open field: the banners were flying, the army was dense, the armor was shining, and the guns were like a forest—— No matter how corrupt the yellow-clothed bandits are in North Korea's military discipline, just looking at it right now, they really outmatched the North Korean army when they were fighting in formation. .

"My lord, the soldiers have never been in battle, so they are a little panicked." General Jin Yonghuan of the Imperial Battalion led his soldiers around the formation, and immediately reported to Won Doo-pyo with an ashen face: "The soldiers of the government army in Gyeonggi Province and Chungcheong Province I'm a little uneasy, the officer has led people to suppress it, it's just..."

Won Doo-pyo glared at Kim Yong-hwan, the nephew general, as if he was blaming him for being a general, but he was timid before the battle, so the morale of the whole army fell.If he wasn't the nephew of Jin Yu, the leader of the Western People's Party and leader of the Yi government, the elder elder might have killed him to strengthen the morale of the army, but now, oh, that's all, let's think of a way to deal with the matter at hand. .

"Huh! Huh!" A few shells flew over from the opposite side with a sharp whistling sound. It seemed that the thief in yellow was trying to fire the cannon!Two of the shells landed in the formation of the Icheon Metropolitan Government Army in Gyeonggi-do, causing a commotion, which made Yuan Doo-pyo frown even more.

"Where's Park Yan? Why didn't you fight back?" Won Doo-pyo asked.

"General Park is in the artillery camp. Our artillery doesn't have enough range to hit the bandits in yellow clothes." Jin Yonghuan answered truthfully.

Won Doo-pyo was silent.Pu Yan is the No.1 in the North Korean army who is proficient in artillery. He was born as a Dutch sailor and his real name is Weltevree.Floating to North Korea with two companions many years ago, he was hired by the training capital and has been teaching the making and usage of Western cannons in North Korea.He and Zheng Doo-won, who went to Beijing in 1631 and brought back new cannons, gunpowder, telescopes, chime clocks, maps, astronomy books, Western customs and European theology books, are not many Western scholars in North Korea, and they did well. .

While the two were talking, over twenty hollow iron balls had been fired from the people on the east coast. Although most of them were missed, a few of them fell into the North Korean army formation, and this often caused great disturbance. Noisy and chaos - the North Korean army, really is the mud that can't support the wall!

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"It really is a group of chickens and dogs!" Shao Shude, who was surrounded by officers and soldiers from the stand-up team, put down his binoculars and commented with a smile: "Lieutenant Junior, now you start commanding."

"Yes." The head of the combat section of the Blackwater Security Command, senior staff officer, and lieutenant Junior answered loudly, and then led his staff and orderlies to the most suitable position in front of the command. He began to give orders seriously.

On the artillery positions that have been set up, twenty or thirty guns ranging from 6-pound, 8-pound, and 12-pound artillery began to shoot fiercely.This is a typical routine of the East Coast army. It starts with artillery, relying on the mobility brought by its height and lightness, as well as its ultra-long range and relatively fast rate of fire, to attack the dense formation of the enemy's neatly arranged formation.

This kind of tactics is difficult for ordinary people to parry, because there are no tricks, it just shows that the horses and horses bully you!The North Koreans are so depressed now, retreating is no longer possible-with their quality, it will only cause a big collapse that makes the enemy laugh out loud-then the only way forward is to go forward, as long as they go through that difficult period, they can only be beaten and cannot fight back During the bombardment period, they will be able to hand in hand with the bandits in yellow. At that time, the effect of their cannons will be greatly reduced.

So, both Shao Shude and Junior, the former commander-in-chief of the enemy, saw the dark North Korean army start to creep towards this side.The ones rushing to the front are probably the county soldiers, because their uniforms are a bit messy and their armor is not very complete (how poor is the North Korean government...), they are roughly divided into several square formations, each with 5000 to [-] It should be divided according to its origin.Behind these phalanxes stand three large formations of about [-] people, which should be the imperial camp of the Korean army. There are some scattered cavalry on the left and right of the imperial camp. The number is not large, only three or four hundred cavalry. It was impromptu after knowing that the yellow clothes thief had a cavalry team.

The hollow iron balls prepared by Yantai Yangmadao Workshop kept falling on the top of the North Korean army formation, and as the distance got closer, the accuracy became higher and higher. Almost every shell would kill and injure seven soldiers. Eight people, the North Korean army will suffer one or two hundred casualties in this round, and the rate of fire of the people on the east coast is almost one to two shots per minute, so they fight...

"Let Zaglaski lead the cavalry to attack! Remember, if the enemy is not moving, go back in a circle; if the enemy is in chaos, cut right in and increase their confusion! He is an old cavalryman and knows what to do! "Lieutenant Junior was very surprised that the North Korean army was shaken so quickly. In his opinion, even the Qing Dynasty's weaker green battalion would not be like this. The North Koreans are really unbearable.

Zaglaski was the first batch of Polish veterans recruited to Shandong that year. After so many years of fighting, he has proved his loyalty to the Great East Bank, so he has been promoted by Shao Shude to the rank of second lieutenant.For this false punishment against North Korea, Shao Shude asked him to bring along a group of veterans from the cavalry regiment to command the [-] cavalry.

Fifteen hundred cavalry riding mixed-blood horses, fully armored, and well-armed, their power on the battlefield is not ordinary.I saw them lined up in a loose formation, cutting obliquely from the left wing of the battlefield (the cavalry on the east bank is generally deployed on the left wing of the army formation) towards the Korean army formation closest to them.This army formation seems to be the prefectural soldiers of Chungcheong Province, who were already a little flustered by the shells from the east bank before. Seeing the unstoppable cavalry charge at this moment, many people panicked and instinctively began to retreat to the rear -their behavior obviously messed up this part of the formation, because many people were squeezed together, some fell to the ground and were trampled, which exacerbated the confusion.

The chaotic formation also blocked a team of North Korean archers rushing over, which made the officer leading the team furious.The cavalry from the east bank quickly charged over. The first dozens of cavalry approached and shot out the projectiles loaded in the short-barreled lance, and then quickly turned the horse's head and circled away in an arc to the outside.

Their shooting caused more North Korean soldiers to flee. Among them, many of them had disheveled faces, patched clothes, and incomplete armor. They scattered most of the county archers who had crowded over to drive away the cavalry on the east coast. Then yelled and squeezed towards the middle.

"It's time!" Zaglaski, who was in the center of the cavalry group, raised an iron spear with a flag of recognition, and then led the cavalry to slam into the chaotic North Korean army. .

There was neither barbed wire or spear arrays to stop the cavalry, nor fast-firing muskets or shotguns. Zaglaski's cavalry was like a sharp knife piercing into the soft belly, without encountering any decent obstacles. Their impact momentum only stagnated for a moment, and they broke through the North Korean army formation with more than [-] soldiers in an instant.But after breaking through this period, he didn't stop, and soon surrounded by his brothers, he drew the saber from the saddle bag under the horse's belly (the cavalry had been discarded in the previous charge to break the formation), and drove away the crying North Korean soldiers. Breaking the soldiers, they went to the second army formed by the county soldiers.

The Koreans are now entering the most dangerous stage. Once this group of well-equipped east bank cavalry is allowed to step on the joint battalion and rampage, it will soon cause a chain reaction among the battalions. At that time, it will be difficult even if they want to be undefeated. up!

(End of this chapter)