Chapter 185: A surprise attack on Anbian

The sun had already set, and several bright stars in the sky began to flash. The newly rising full moon poured into the sky with a silvery light. Liaodong in August was already a little chilling. Gray mist rose in the forest, the withered grass and soil were covered with thin white frost, and hundreds of huge fireballs stretched by the river for several miles, illuminating a neat military tent.

The campfire was beating and the camp was crowded with people. The soldiers were busy eating dinner around the campfire. This was the edge of a forest in the middle section of the Tumen River. About five miles away from the Tumen River, a small river meandered several miles away. A month ago, the Liaodong army began a large-scale mobilization. Ninety thousand Liaodong troops were divided into two groups. The Liao king Zhu Zhi led 30,000 Guangning troops to Jiuliancheng to confront the 20,000 Koryo army on the other side of the Yalu River. Deputy General Li Weizheng led 60,000 Liaodong Ten Guards to march east along the Tumen River, looking for the best place to cross the river.

At this moment, Li Wei was negotiating the war with several commanders in the tent. Although he had only three guards directly, Xie Jin, a special envoy in Goryeo, transferred Zhu Yuanzhang's secret decree a month ago. In the secret decree, the Liao King Zhu Zhi was officially appointed as the main general, and Li Weizheng was the deputy general. The two were fully responsible for fighting against Goryeo. With this secret decree, Li Weizheng had the power to command the Liaodong guards. He dispatched troops and gathered the troops of the Liaodong guards together twenty days ago. Then he discussed with the Liao King. The two decided that the Liao King would have 100,000 soldiers and the main force would be the main force on the side of the Yalu River, preparing to cross the river, while Li Weizheng had 30,000 soldiers and actually led the main force to cross the river from the middle section of the Tumen River to surprise the large group of troops of the Goryeo Army.

Half a month ago, Li Weizheng had already obtained Sun Ji's intelligence. From the intelligence analysis, the equipment of the Goryeo Army should be far inferior to that of the Ming Dynasty and its morale was not high. In theory, it should be defeated in one battle. However, Li Weizheng, who was leading the army for the first time, did not dare to underestimate the enemy. He decided to use the strategy of combining Zhengqi to deal with Goryeo.

Li Wei was pointing at a sketch with a wooden stick and said to everyone: "Everyone, according to the information we have obtained, the important food and grass area of ​​Goryeo is in Anbiancheng, while their main camp is two hundred miles away from the important food and grass area. If we can cut off the grain route first and occupy Anbiancheng, the morale of the Goryeo army will be in chaos. Then we will approach the position battle step by step, and victory will belong to our army. Therefore, what we have to do is wait patiently and wait for the good news from Anbiancheng to come."

The generals couldn't help but look at each other. Li Weizheng did not send troops these days. Who would have attacked Anbiancheng? Seeing that they were puzzled, Li Weizheng smiled and said, "In fact, I had already sent troops half a month ago, but I just set out from Lushun Port."

On the endless sea, a fleet of thirty large ships was sailing in line. On the Fu ship led by the Fuku, Chen Wanli, the new Liaodong navy, held a thousand-mile eye and looked into the distance. They set out from Lushun Port fifteen days ago, crossed Danluo Island, crossed the Goryeo Strait, and continued to sail northward in the Sea of ​​Japan. Their target was Anbian Town in northern Goryeo.

Thirty large ships were sailing on the sea with 2,500 soldiers and various military supplies for half a month. Chen Wanli had sailed on this sea countless times in the past decades, but at that time he was a merchant and smuggler, but now he was a general, the dignified general of the Ming Qianhu. After only a year, he seemed to be dreaming. All this came from his benefactor, and his heart was full of endless gratitude, and this gratitude has now become loyalty. He knew that Li Wei was appointing him as the navy Qianhu, but what did it matter? He was willing to go through fire and water for him.

At this time, a thin black line appeared in Qianli's eyes. It was the coast. They had arrived at their destination. Chen Wanli had visited Anbian City twice. Anbian City was only five miles away from the sea and was blocked by dense forests. There was also a river in the north of Anbian City, which could be sailed, but Chen Wanli knew that the city was very close to the coast, and there was no need to take a boat. If you go along the river, they would be exposed to the eyes of the Koreans.

According to the information given to him by Li Weizheng, there are about 1,000 garrisons in Anbian City, and the city wall is not high, less than three feet long. Since there has been no war for more than a hundred years, the city gate is already very dilapidated and can be exploded with thunder.

Although Chen Wanli only became a monk halfway and had no experience in leading the army, his two deputy Qianhu did not have to worry about it. He looked up and saw that the sun had not set yet, so he ordered: "Tell the big ship behind him to slow down and stop moving forward."

With his order, the flag was immediately hung on the mast, and the fleet began to slow down slowly, and finally stopped on the sea about five or six miles away from the coast, waiting for darkness.

Anbiancheng is the current Wonsan Port in North Korea. It is a natural port. Although Goryeo has no sea ban, Goryeo's population and economic and political centers are mainly concentrated on the west coast, and most of the fishermen also operate on the west coast. Although there are a small number of fishermen here, the shadow of war has affected the fishing out, and there is no fishing boat on the sea.

The sky gradually became dark, and the vanguard troops who were on the shore had sent signals that the outposts on the shore had been resolved and could be safely landed. Large ships began to dock on the shore one after another, and teams of soldiers came ashore. Heavy weapons such as artillery and special bridge boards of four feet long were also held by horses. The 2,500 soldiers, except for the 500 navy who controlled the ship, all the other 2,000 people went ashore. They did not stop, but went directly into the forest, and the sea boats immediately left the coast.

The two thousand soldiers, led by Chen Wanli and two deputy Qianhu, walked quickly through the forest and rushed towards Anbiancheng. When they were about two miles away from Anbiancheng, the army stopped and rested in the forest, waiting for the scout's information.

At this time, Anbian City was very quiet. It was far away from Liaodong, blocked by mountains and rivers, and was protected by tens of thousands of troops in front of it. Moreover, it was still unknown whether the Ming Dynasty would go to war with Goryeo. Therefore, it was impossible to feel the oppression before the war came here, and it was obvious that it was not panicked because of escaping from the two Han people a month ago. They did not take this matter seriously at all.

It was already late at night, and there was no soldiers on the city wall. There was only a patrol soldier walking around in a fixed manner on the north and south walls, without even looking at the situation below the city wall. Indeed, the Goryeo people would never dream of the Ming army going thousands of miles to rush forward.

As Sun Ji described, the city wall is not high, with only two gates in the north and south. The gate is very dilapidated, but its moat is very wide. With a large river, it dug a circle around to cover the city. The moat is three meters wide. The two movable bridge boards have been lifted up high. There are forests on both sides of the city, and there are almost no forests in the north and south. There are large grasslands in the north and ten miles away. The dark Motian Ridge is convenient to the south.

The scout found out the situation and ran back to report. Chen Wanli and two deputy Qianhu discussed that if they attacked from the north and south, they would easily be discovered by patrol soldiers on the city wall, causing trouble. Therefore, the best way is to attack from the east, and they had prepared special bridge boards.

The soldiers stood up one after another to check their weapons. The army began to act. They quickly moved closer to the edge of the forest. The forest was filled with dense soldiers, less than a mile away from the city wall. With the protection of trees, they could not be seen on the city wall, not to mention that there were no patrol soldiers on the east city wall at all.

"Go!" Chen Wanli gave a low order, and a special small flag team composed of thirty people ran towards the moat. They were all soldiers from a hundred miles away. They were all very fast and tall and strong. Twenty-eight people were divided into two groups, each carrying a special bridge board, and the other two carried an iron pot-like thunder. They rushed to the moat and put on the bridge board in turn, forming a floating bridge. The bridge board was four meters long and two feet wide. The special place was two large iron nails half a foot long at each end. The iron nails were very sharp. Twenty-eight people pressed down hard on both sides of the moat, and the big iron nails were deeply inserted into the soil. The floating bridge became very strong. They were skillful in their movements and cooperated with a tacit understanding. They quickly completed the construction of the floating bridge. Twenty-eight people fell down on the spot, staring at the other two.

The other two were carrying out blasting missions. They ran along the base of the city wall and arrived at the Beicheng Gate after a moment. The Beicheng Gate was made of wooden and was very dilapidated. The gate was tightly closed. Two soldiers squatted down and took off the dark thunder from their backs. The thunder was cast from an iron shell, filled with strong gunpowder and leads at the top. This powerful blasting weapon appeared in the Southern Song Dynasty, also known as the Iron Fire Cannon, which was shot by a catapult. "After an iron fire cannon exploded, the city land collapsed, hundreds of people died in the city, and most of the soldiers were shocked. Later, flowering bullets, landmines, and mines were invented according to its principles.

The two placed the thunders close to the city gate, one of which was placed at the base of the gate, and the other was nailed to the wooden gate. These two thunders were made by the Baoyuan Bureau of Beijing City, and the combustion time was very accurate. As long as the ignition was ignited at the same time, it would definitely explode at the same time.

The two of them took out the flint again, and the fire broke, and two balls of flame appeared in their hands at the same time. They nodded and lit the lead at the same time, igniting the lead, "swish!", and the time for the thunder and lightning to burn was a cup of tea. They turned around and ran back, and they also lay down to the pontoon bridge. At this time, everyone covered their ears, held their breath, and waited for the arrival of that moment with a nervous expression.

The patrolman on the city wall came over, and he seemed to feel something. He looked down for the first time. At this moment, a flame suddenly burst out on the city gate. He heard an explosion of the sky and the earth cracked. The red flames soared into the sky, and a huge ball of white smoke rose, covering the entire northern city gate. Debris and bricks splashed around. Then the entire northern city gate collapsed. The hearts of all the Ming soldiers in the forest seemed to burst open, their ears were buzzing, and many people were hit by the splashed gravel.

Seeing that the explosion was successful, Chen Wanli drew his sword and shouted wildly: "Run into the city, those who do not surrender will be killed without mercy!"

Two thousand Ming troops waved swords and guns, held muskets, shouted loudly, and rushed into Anbian City on the collapsed city wall. The city was already in chaos, and the cry of horror was endless. The doors of every household were opened. The men looked out, but when they saw the Ming army rushing into the city, they were so scared that they closed the door tightly, and found a big wooden stick to hold it over. More than a hundred Goryeo soldiers ran over the street. Most of them didn't even have time to put on their leather armor. They saw countless Ming soldiers coming towards them. They were so shocked that they shouted, turned around and fled, but they were soon overwhelmed by the rolling Ming army.

The Goryeo Military Camp is not far from the North City Gate, and is right behind the inn where Sun Ji lives, consisting of dozens of houses. At this moment, most of the soldiers have not yet gotten up. They were frightened by the loud explosion, and no one dared to leave the house. They were sitting up and talking about it, speculating about what happened. Some said thunder, some said earthquake, but no one thought that it was the Ming army who came.

It was too late when they realized it, "Kill!" The Ming army with murderous aura was like a big wave, and nearly 2,000 people rushed into the Goryeo military camp...
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