The spiritual pillar that supported the Japanese army in Pusan to defend the city of Pusan despite the extreme lack of water, food, and ordnance was broken. All of this was gone. The 40,000 troops of the Ming Army lined up in formation. The army was like a dark cloud pressing down on the city, full of murderous intent. Hundreds of black muzzles of cannons were aimed at the city of Pusan, symbolizing the determination of the Ming Army not to retreat easily this time. This was like a huge stone that crushed the camel, completely destroying their will to fight.
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From the first city of Pusan to the third from the last, it took less than half a day. The entire Pusan city system was completely destroyed. Only two Pusan cities did not surrender. One belonged to Ishida Mitsunari, and the other belonged to Yukita Xiu's family. The two Pusan cities were next to each other. The surrounding Pusan cities all opened their gates to surrender. They did not make any move, nor could they make any effort to stop it.
As Xiao Ruxun ordered the army to surround the last two Wei cities, she also ordered the army to begin accepting the surrender. She also included the Wei pirates and commoners who had surrendered along with the army. After a rough calculation, the number of Wei pirates and commoners who had surrendered amounted to thirty thousand, and fifty thousand commoners who had surrendered along with them. The last two Wei cities had at most ten thousand pirates and ten thousand commoners left. Taking into account the number of abnormal deaths, they had at most fifteen thousand people in total.
"This war is finally coming to an end."
Yuan Huang stood next to Xiao Ruxun and looked at the main force of the Ming Army that gradually surrounded the two Pusan cities. He sighed from the bottom of his heart.
From the 30th of October until today, on the 2nd of February, within one winter, the Ming Army had completely eliminated the ferocious enemies. The final moment was also coming. As an old man who had been active in the front line against the Japanese for decades, Yuan Huang had personally witnessed the end of the feud between the Daming and Japan.
"A new war is about to begin. I will never give the Japanese a chance to breathe. Mister Yuan, is there any news from Mister Song?"
Up until now, Song Yingchang had fulfilled his promise and did not intervene in the front line. He had been in the rear to allocate food and fodder for Xiao Ruxun, let the wounded soldiers rest at ease, and transferred new soldiers from various places to replenish the strength of the Ming Army. Xiao Ruxun maintained the number of soldiers under his command at about 40,000, which relieved countless worries for Xiao Ruxun. It could be said that without Song Yingchang's full support, Xiao Ruxun could not concentrate all his energy on the decisive battle with the Japanese.
In the following matters, Xiao Ruxun could not avoid Song Yingchang to make his own decisions. He had to reach a consensus with Song Yingchang and make him support the Ming Army to continue the expedition to Japan, capture the Ishikami area, and even fight with the Japanese to consolidate vested interests. It was meaningless to count on the pure people in the imperial court to support him and see the benefits behind this war. He had to win the support of the liberal faction within the civil service system.
He had to take out enough benefits to persuade them to support his military action and resist the pressure of the anti-war faction in the imperial court.
Xiao Ruxun heard some rumors. From the correspondence between him and Song Yingchang, Xiao Ruxun learned that as time went on and the situation of the war became clearer, the forces of the anti-war faction in the imperial court became stronger and stronger. They thought that Daming had fulfilled his duty and there was no need to continue the war. They should eliminate the Japanese pirates in Pusan and then retreat. They knew nothing about Xiao Ruxun's coup d 'état and the killing of Toyotomi Hideyoshi, and they would not be interested.
They would not understand the importance of Japan. At most, they would be interested in Ishikami Ginzan, which was also Xiao Ruxun's biggest bargaining chip — the biggest bargaining chip to get the emperor's support.
All this needed to be realized through Song Yingchang.
Therefore, they needed to take down the last two cities and wipe out all the Japanese pirates before Song Yingchang arrived in Pusan.
"Commissioner Song is on the way and will arrive at the barracks in the evening at the latest. Ji Xin, we don't have much time."
Yuan Huang knew about Xiao Ruxun's plan and was a firm supporter.
"I see." Xiao Ruxun nodded and called Wu Weizhong and Ma Gui.
"Commander Wu, Commander Ma, let's begin!"
Xiao Ruxun gave the order to attack. Xiao Ruxun had to take down these two cities, even if they had to attack by force! For this reason, Xiao Ruxun mobilized 500 cannons of various types. He wanted to use firepower that would make the Japanese doubt their lives and destroy their last will.
Artillery tactics were very common in the North Korean Ming Army. The rate of firearms in the Ming Army of North Korea had also ranked first in the national Ming Army. Their mastery of firearms and technology were also the best in the country. The coordination tactics between firearms and cold weapons were also very skillful. This army could be used as a model for the national Ming Army, so that the national Ming Army could follow suit and carry out military reform — if Xiao Ruxun had this power.
The era of firearms had come, and the era of artillery was gradually approaching. No one could go against the times.
Yes, all of this was irreversible.
"Fire!!!"
With a shout, the roar of the cannons rang through the sky. Outside of the Japanese army's attack range, the Ming army's cannons roared. Cannonballs filled with murderous intent either fell inside or outside the city. No matter what, these cannonballs carried out the Ming army's murderous intent very well.
After half an hour, the sound of artillery stopped, and the whole of Pusan returned to silence.
Not long after, the earth-shaking battle cries rang out.
The main attack on the city that Ishida Mitsunari was defending was led by Li Rusong and his 5,000 Jurchen Liaodong Coalition Army. They were so eager to fight that they dismounted from their horses and fought on foot, acting as the vanguard of the army. The main attack on the city that Ukito Xiu's family was defending was led by Liu Gu of the Sichuan Army who had just arrived in North Korea for a week. Their speed was too slow. When Xiao Ruxun had already led the army to a decisive victory, they had just arrived. Naturally, they could only eat the dust behind the army and reap no benefits. Now, their eagerness to fight was no less than that of Li Rusong.
Each of the two armies had 5,000 men and horses. As the vanguard, they attacked the city separately. For a moment, the sound of killing shook the heavens. Li Rusong and Liu Gu, who were eager to fight, disregarded the casualties and led their own joint army to charge toward the target, regardless of the cost.
There was no need to talk about Li Rusong's army. The Han soldiers and the Jurchen soldiers were united, but Liu Gu's army was a real "Joint Army." Xiao Ruxun only saw yellow-and-black Southeast Asians, black soldiers with black bodies, and white soldiers with obvious Caucasian characteristics. It was indeed worthy of the name "Joint Army." The weapons used by this army were so complicated, the languages they used were so complicated, and the fighting power was so fierce that the Ming Army was shocked.
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