Chapter 471
Ma Guanghui and Li Benshen led 10,000 Qing troops, and they were unstoppable along the way, killing the Korean army corpses everywhere.
If the Qing army could only summarize Ma Guanghui's mood in one word when he went to the expedition this time, it would be - cool.
The Korean army collapsed when it touched and fled everywhere. The Qing soldiers were killed happily. The Koreans were oiled and fled in a hurry. The Qing army was harvested like chopping melons and vegetables.
For a time, Ma Guanghui, who had been defeated in the hands of the Ming army, regained his strength on the Korean battlefield.
A scene appeared on the battlefield when the Qing army entered the pass earlier. Wherever the Qing army fought, the Koreans immediately ran away. Even before the Qing army arrived, the Korean troops stationed in the city disappeared.
On the way from Pyongyang to Seoul, a Qing army led a general with more than a hundred Qing troops and was able to chase thousands of Koreans, and the Qing army also felt it was very reasonable.
Ma Guanghui and Lee Ben went south from Pyongyang to Seoul, which was extremely smooth.
There were only 10,000 vanguards in the Qing army, but there were more than 100,000 Koreans who were fleeing. The newly recruited North Korean minions were defeated faster and more thoroughly than Lin Qingzhi before. More than 100,000 people were in Kaicheng and were easily defeated by Ma Guanghui.
Ten thousand and over 100,000 were all over the field, and the defeated soldiers fleeing in a hurry, as well as the figures of the Qing army bravely pursued them.
Such a scene is enough to make any general feel a little arrogant and overestimate his own strength.
At this time, even Li Benshen, who was more cautious, gave up his vigilance and only urged the army to move forward.
Within a few days, the Qing army rushed through the Huanghai Road and entered the vicinity of Seoul.
When Ma Guanghui's army arrived sixty miles north of Seoul, he received a message from the Koreans, "The pirates have retreated, and Seoul has been empty."
When Ma Guanghui heard that Zhao Ming had withdrawn, he immediately urged the army to advance to confirm the accuracy of the news.
To the north of Seoul, in the hilly areas near Bitiguan, ten thousand Qing troops advanced rapidly, with hats rising and falling on their heads, and their steps shaking the mountains and forests.
On a hill, several Ming army scouts were staring at the vast and high-spirited Qing army in the woods. Seeing that they were wearing the "Horse" flag and the "Li" flag, they knew that they were the vanguard of the Qing army.
The ten thousand Qing troops advanced rapidly towards Seoul. The Qing soldiers and soldiers were sharp swords and spears, strong shields, numerous guns and cannons, and they knew they were an elite army.
The scout observed for a moment, immediately turned his horse's head and ran down the hill, and took another shortcut to the Bistuya Pavilion.
Zhao Ming, who had already received the news, ordered the Ming army soldiers to hide in the hills.
This time, the Ming army had 6,000 land divisions, because they wanted to block Hong Chengchou and reinforce the rescue of the vanguard, Yu Guowang led a battalion of more than 3,000 elite infantry to block Hong Chengchou. Zhao Ming had only one cavalry battalion, about 3,000 horses, and in addition to the two thousand musketeers drawn from the navy, two thousand advancing killers, and one thousand Japanese soldiers, a total of eight thousand ambushed.
At this time, the scout rushed back to the woods, came to a big stone, turned over and dismounted, and reported urgently: "Qi reported to the Grand Marshal, Bei Zhi and others have already investigated it. Ma Guanghui and Li Benshen have arrived. Ten thousand Qing troops will pass by this place in half a time."
Ma Guanghui and Li Benshen are Zhao Ming's old opponents. Zhao Ming knows that these two people are not bullshit, but they are still capable. In addition, the Qing army has more troops than the Ming army ambushed, and there are 4,000 naval officers and soldiers in the Ming army who are not good at land warfare, so Zhao Ming is still cautious.
Zhao Ming sat on a big stone and asked the scout who reported the news, "Can you know where Hong Chengchou has been?"
The scout immediately clasped his fists and replied, "Cai Zheng, Hong Zhe should have arrived in Kaicheng."
Kaicheng is less than a hundred miles away from Seoul and less than eighty miles away from Bidita Pavilion. The cavalry led by Hong Chengchou can rush to the vicinity of Bidita Pavilion within half a day.
Zhao Ming couldn't help frowning, pondered for a moment and asked, "How is the Qing army equipped?"
The scout hurriedly replied: "Reported to the Grand Commander, there are not many enemy cavalry, mainly infantry. However, although the Qing army's infantry was a green camp, their equipment was very elite. Compared with us, in addition to the lack of armor, they had muskets and field bronze cannons. The marching team was vast and murderous, and they were definitely not a mob."
Zhao Ming frowned slightly. The Green Camp soldiers were actually equipped with muskets and field bronze cannons with the army, which shows that the Qing Dynasty did obtain a large number of firearms from the Western Yi, and they could actually equip the Green Camp.
It is obvious that the combat power of the Qing army's vanguard was not bad, and Hong Chengchou was very close to him, which gave the Ming army an ambush, increasing the difficulty.
At this time, Gu Yanwu said slowly: "Master, the army has set up an ambush, so he can only fight. Although the Green Camp soldiers are equipped with a lot of equipment, they are not as skilled as ours."
Ding Weiyue shouted: "Can our seven or eight thousand soldiers in Donghai Town defeat nearly 10,000 banners, but still not even 10,000 Qing troops?"
Zhao Ming nodded slowly. Since he decided to fight, he had to show his courage. How could Zhao Ming be afraid of the two defeated generals?
Zhao Ming glanced at everyone and said in a deep voice, "The Qing army vanguard has a distance from the main force. Now the army is alone, which is a great opportunity for me to annihilate him. The key to winning this battle is two points. First, cut off the connection between the Qing army vanguard and the Qing army's main force, and second, wipe out the Qing army vanguard before the Qing army's main force breaks through the obstacle."
"As long as you follow the order!" Zhao Ming suddenly shouted loudly, and many generals immediately stood up straight, raised their chests, and looked solemn.
Zhao Ming then fisted and said, "This battle is a quick decision. As soon as the Qing army vanguard arrived, the artillery bombarded the horse army and rushed out directly, breaking the Qing army's ranks and preventing the Qing army from forming formations. The infantry and the Japanese soldiers then besieged three sides and fought in one go to defeat the Qing army."
"Here!" The generals immediately responded loudly.
Half an hour later, under the hills, Qing soldiers carrying weapons, carrying flags and weapons, passed by the road in a mighty manner.
At this time, Zhao Ming stood at the top of the hill, staring at the Qing army marching densely under the hill from the gap between the branches, and raised his left hand.
In the dense forest behind him, countless Ming soldiers looked at Zhao Ming's back, and they clasped their weapons and torches.
Soon, ten thousand Qing troops entered the area where the Ming army ambushed. Zhao Ming suddenly waved his hand and shouted loudly, "Kill me!"
On the hill, the gunners hiding in the woods immediately ignited the cannons, and the sound of "boom boom boom" sounded one after another. In the dense forest of the hills, balls of white smoke rose, and shells roared into the Qing army's ranks, screaming soared into the sky.
Under the banner, Ma Guanghui instantly understood what was going on and shouted, "No, there is an ambush."
This made the Qing soldiers frightened, and at this moment, a silence of thunder came from the hillside. Li Benshen looked up and saw countless cavalry rushing down from the hills and heading straight towards the Qing army.
In an instant, Li Benshen was shocked and waved his sword and shouted wildly, "Hurry up, set up a formation and set up defense!"
Chapter completed!