Chapter 249 North Korea (six)
Faced with the fierce East Coast cavalry, at this time, if there are experienced generals in the North Korean army, or grassroots officers who are tenacious in fighting and have rich experience in fighting against cavalry, it is actually possible to quickly adjust the layout, abandon the troops that are already in chaos, and keep the remaining troops from being involved in chaos, and gradually reverse the passive situation.
It’s a pity that there were only tens of thousands of regular troops in their country, and most of them were concentrated in the Imperial Camp in Seoul Prefecture or the northern border area. The county soldiers in Chungcheong Province and Gyeonggi Province were actually more temporary recruited farmers. This was the case when the Japanese invaded in 1592. At that time, there were only more than 20,000 soldiers in North Korea, so in the early days, most of the territory was quickly occupied like an armed parade by the Japanese army. It was really too much to think about it.
So, the second military formation was quickly defeated! At this time, Zaglasky took the time to turn his head and glanced at the side of his own formation. The newly built First Army Division, and the 8,000 elite infantry of the Second Division had also begun to operate. The trumpeter played the cheerful "Victory belongs to the Army" march. They walked neatly in front of the cheerful and exciting music. The strict military formation, like a forest of spears, and bright armor, all made the Korean army on the battlefield look at it: This battle is in danger!
After breaking through the third Korean county government formation, Zaglaski led the cavalry troops to kill from the gap, and then slowly retreated to the rear. After rushing for this time, 1,500 cavalrymen and horses were exhausted and needed a rest to continue to fight. After returning to the position of the left wing, Zaglaski and his officers took a rough look and found that only more than a hundred cavalry were missing. Perhaps they were trapped in the formation. Also, when they finally retreated, they were attacked by seven or eight artillery pieces from the rear of the Korean army. The wave of shells shot from the flanks were accurate and fierce. He lost more than twenty cavalry at once.
The Korean cavalry also began to harass him at this time, but not only were they poorly riding, but they were too scarce in number. As soon as they approached the east coast's military formation, they were quickly driven away by musketeers or archers who had been accustomed to it. These Korean cavalry lingered for a while, but they were still unable to make a contribution. In the end, Zagelasky led the rest of the horse team to catch up and defeat them again.
"The overall situation has been decided!" Even Shao Shude, who did not know much about fighting in the battle, found that the victory balance of today's battle had been greatly tilted towards his side. Without commanding the mission, he even had time to think about how to negotiate with the Li Dynasty after this war - um. First, they asked them to completely cut off their relations with the Qing Dynasty; secondly, they should fully liberalize the market, okay, at least a few markets; thirdly, they supply the Qing court with hundreds of kilograms of old ginseng, 30,000 kilograms of iron, a large amount of silk and other tributes every year. They can be cut off. Just hand it over to us; fourthly, we should be responsible for the right to mint coins, after all, we are more professional in this regard; fifthly, clarify the status of Busan, Wonsanjin and Jeju Island. Whether these places are permanently cede or leased, we must discuss...
Just as Shao Shude imagined, the first division of the new army, which served as the main force for the attack, had seven or eight thousand people killed in front of the North Korean county government troops that were in chaos. The three formations of more than 8,000 defeated by the cavalry also shook the county government troops of other state government troops, and at this time the main forces of the two divisions of the East Coast came up. The Koreans finally began an irresistible collapse. At this time, the old Korean general Yuan Dou Piao sent the imperial camp army to the back formation. He could no longer completely save the situation. Today, their defeat was decided - at least these county government troops who were in the current formation were beyond rescue!
Cai Huaze's more than 2,000 firearms troops and Jeon Bong-soo's more than 1,000 Yi army also pressed over from the right, which became the last straw that overwhelmed the North Korean county soldiers - more than 3,000 soldiers from the Icheon Protectorate of Gyeonggi Province instantly exploded the camp. The unreasonable defeated soldiers threw away their helmets and armor, rushed straight to the rear of the formation, and rushed towards the imperial camp formation. The east coast army was leisurely following behind, driving the defeated soldiers to attack the imperial camp formation. The cavalry that had been resting for a round of rest also started to speed up again from the left wing, staring at Yuan Douzhuo's formation with a fierce look. As long as it showed its flaws, the east coast cavalry, like a wolf and a tiger, would rush up and bit the opponent hard.
"The fifth team of the forward team was dispatched, and the hunters lined up to search for important targets and shot freely!" Lieutenant Junior calmly ordered to command a battle of tens of thousands of people, which made him feel extremely enjoyable. Especially his opponent was the weak Korean. Perhaps this was the most glorious moment in my life, Lieutenant Junior thought.
The battle continued step by step according to the script of the East Coast people. North Korean general Kim Long-hwan led thousands of people to come forward, intending to stop the defeated soldiers, but he was soon submerged in the unreasonable retreating crowd. Seeing this tragic situation, Yuan Dou Piao cut off the last hesitation in his heart and began to strictly order all troops to turn to retreat, so as not to be wiped out by the yellow-clad thieves here today.
Unfortunately, retreat in battle has always been one of the most advanced military arts. With these negligent training, the North Korean army obviously could not complete such difficult things. As a result, the hurried retreat quickly turned into a retreat, especially after their general Kim Longhuan was shot with Minnie bombs by the East Coast hunters who came out, the retreat soon fell into a complete disorder. Both generals and soldiers lost their fighting spirit at this moment, and they were like two-legged sheep and allowed the East Coast people to drive them away and slaughter them. The 30,000 troops collapsed.
The battle ended two hours later. Except for the Black Eight Banners heavy infantry guarding Shao Shude, the rest of the troops were dispatched. For no other reason, they just chased the north and captured the two-legged North Korean sheep everywhere. To be honest, this was not a particularly easy task, because the Koreans were familiar with geography and threw away most of the equipment, so they moved in very fast. Therefore, when the troops were withdrawn in the evening, the front line reported that the entire army had only captured less than 10,000 Korean defeated soldiers. And according to their estimates, the number of Korean defeated soldiers who ran away was no less than 10,000, because the Korean army left on the battlefield was actually only six or seven thousand (including many wounded soldiers, but they would soon turn into "corpses"). Nearly half of the Korean soldiers involved in the battle ran away, which surprised the people of the East Coast - Dog Ri's turn in too fast.
But no matter what, even though these Korean soldiers ran away half of them, in a short period of time, these troops had disappeared from the establishment, and the next thing that was placed in front of the East Coast people was actually smooth. You should know that after Emperor Xiaozong of the Li Dynasty ascended the throne, the rebuilt imperial camp (the original imperial camp had been completely lost in the battle of the Later Jin invasion) was only more than 20,000 people, which would ruin most of Yuan Doupao to Baoen County. If the whole city of Seoul heard the news, I wonder what would cry like.
After the Battle of Baoen County, the army on the east coast did not stop much. On August 24, the Yi Cong Army, which had expanded to nearly 3,000 people, entered the empty Qingzhou Prefecture. Then the army continued to advance and conquered the panicked Tianan County, Quanyi County, Yashan County, Xinchang County and other places in the next few days. After the Battle of Baoen County, a considerable number of Korean defeated troops fled here, but when they heard that the yellow-clad thieves were killed, these frightened birds either surrendered or fled, and none of them dared to stop to resist, which made Shao Shude even more determined to slaughter Li Chao.
After the main force arrived at Yashan and Xinchang, the counties around Yashan Bay, they immediately sent light cavalry to contact Busan and asked them to quickly send ships to Yashan Bay to carry prisoners and spoils, and to transport a batch of supplies to supplement the military reserves that had bottomed out due to the wars in recent days.
From Yasan Bay to the north, it was already the core of North Korea. Shao Shude ordered the Yi army to join the army, Quan Bongzhu's army and Cai Huaze's army, with the cooperation of the Zaglaski cavalry, to occupy Pingze County after a slight battle on August 30, and attacked northward and advanced to Gyeonggi Province. This caused a large-scale panic among a few Korean county soldiers in front of him - the Battle of Baoen County. The 30,000 army of the old general Yuan Dou Piao collapsed in one day, and the news reached Chungcheon Road. After Gyeonggi Province, the local governments of the Lee Dynasty were all trembling, and there were also many troops that fled when they heard the news. It can be seen that the Chungcheon Road was almost finished. If the people on the east coast were willing, they could easily capture it.
Of course, Shao Shude had no intention of attacking Zhongqingdao in a short period of time - they did not have such a big appetite to occupy these places. After all, it was easy to defeat the Koreans, but long-term occupation was not so simple. When Japan entered North Korea, it was invincible at the beginning. The Korean army had almost no enemy to unite, but once Japan divided its troops to occupy the land, it immediately found that it had fallen into the mud, with enemies everywhere, and suffering.
The Japanese invading army, which had more than 200,000 troops, did not dare to easily occupy the entire territory of North Korea. Shao Shude, who had only more than 20,000 troops, naturally did not dare to praise this Haikou. If you are more pragmatic, learn from Huang Taiji back then and then get the benefits. This is the correct way. Shao Shude did think so at this time. He led his main force to rest and recuperate in the Yashan Bay area - the brothers who fought for several days were indeed very tired - by the way, he discussed with everyone the conditions to ask the Koreans for the next peace talks.
In their speculation, the monarch and ministers of the Li Dynasty in Seoul should have received news of the defeat of the 30,000 Yuan Dou Piao army in the Battle of Baoen County. After discovering that the Imperial Camp suffered such a crushing defeat, the Li Dynasty should understand that relying on the 6,000 infantry and 1,000 cavalry left behind in Seoul, the 6,000 cavalry left behind were probably unable to withstand the fierce attack of the yellow-clothed thieves. At this time, anyone who was a little rational should understand that peace talks about is the best choice for the Li Dynasty.
In fact, this is true. On September 2, the chaotic Li Chao court finally responded: After Xiaozong begged, Song Shilie, a famous Western Party member who was idle at home and a Confucian scholar, finally agreed to preside over the peace talks, and left the capital the next day, accompanied by dozens of followers, and headed towards Yashan County.
Chapter completed!