Global Warring States: Get the Tang Taizong template at the beginning

Chapter 138: Li Xiuning's thoughts on the eve of the siege (Part )
In the middle of the Ming army tent was a middle-aged general in his forties. He looked energetic and his eyes were as sharp as knives. One could tell at a glance that he was a general who had experienced many battles.

Beside him was a civil official - Song Yingchang, the Left Vice Minister of the Ministry of War.

Song Yingchang and Li Rusong, one civil and one military, jointly commanded the Ming army.

In the two rows are deputy generals, deputy generals, lieutenant generals, and guerrilla generals.

The military system of the Ming army was somewhat different from that of the Han and Tang dynasties, but this was not a problem.

Most of these Ming army generals are iron-blooded men, and they will not be a drag in this national war!

"Now that everyone is here, let's start making arrangements for the siege."

"There are seven gates in Pyongyang, namely Datong and Changqing Gates in the east, Lumen and Hantan Gates in the south, Tonggong and Chilsing Gates in the west, and Mitai Gate in the north. The terrain is strategic and easy to defend but difficult to attack."

"There is a Mudan Peak outside the city. It is high and has Japanese pirates stationed in a fortress. It is a support for the city. We must capture this place."

Li Rusong is indeed a famous general. He saw that Mudan Peak is extremely important and must be captured as soon as possible.

"The deployment for this siege is as follows."

"Jizhen guerrilla Wu Weizhong led the infantry in the front, and Liaodong deputy general Cha Dashou led the cavalry in the rear to attack Mudan Peak."

"Central Army Yang Yuan and Right Army Zhang Shijue led their troops to attack the Seven Star Gate in the west of the city."

"Left Army Li Rubai and Lieutenant General Li Fangchun led their troops to attack the west gate of the city."

"Li Rubai and Luo Shangzhi led their troops to attack the Hantan Gate in the south of the city."

"Zu Chengxun led his troops to disguise themselves as local militias and launched a surprise attack on the Lumen Gate in the south of the city."

……

Li Rusong was obviously well-prepared. After everyone arrived, he immediately made arrangements in an orderly manner.

The Ming army surrounded Pyongyang on three sides with one missing. The main force would attack Pyongyang from the south, west and north, leaving only the east unattacked, giving the Japanese army a glimmer of hope so that they would not have to fight to the death.

Li Rusong attached great importance to the battle for the commanding heights of Mudan Peak, and even mobilized Wu Weizhong's Qi family army and Zha Dashou's Liaodong cavalry.

After the Ming army makes its deployment, players participating in the national war can choose to join the Ming army attacking in different directions to strengthen the Ming army's momentum.

Although the number of troops brought by each player is limited, the large number of players' troops gathered together is enough to greatly strengthen the Ming army's offensive.

Li Qian chose to join the troops of Yang Yuan, the central army, and Zhang Shijue, the right army, in attacking the Qixing Gate in the west of the city.

Although Li Qian wanted to see with his own eyes the power of the Qi family army led by Wu Weizhong, the guerrilla commander of Jizhen, it was obvious that conquering Pyongyang City would bring more merits, so Li Qian chose to attack the Qixing Gate.

As for the power of Qi's army, we will experience it sooner or later.

The national war did not end so easily. Only Konishi Yukinaga's First Army was defending Pyongyang City, and there were eight other armies in the south.

After Li Rusong made the deployment, the players returned to their camps to prepare, and when the sun rose the next day and the temperature rose, they immediately began the siege.

Obviously, Li Rusong also realized that if Pyongyang City was not captured as soon as possible, other Japanese troops in the south and Japanese players would continue to support Konishi Yukinaga, and the Ming army would be in an unfavorable situation at that time.

In Fengshan City, just ten miles away from Pyongyang City, there were 600,000 Japanese troops led by the Japanese general Otomo Yoshitsugu stationed.

In the south, the number of Japanese troops is unknown.

In addition, it was the coldest time of the year and the Ming army needed a huge city for rest and supplies.

So Li Rusong did not discuss too much with other Ming army generals and players, and directly deployed the siege mission.

At night, the temperature dropped sharply and the wind was biting. A bonfire was lit in Li Qian's camp, and Li Qian's special brigade drank some strong liquor the night before the battle.

The general died in a hundred battles.

This was the first time that Li Qian led his troops in a cold winter. If the soldiers were not allowed to drink any wine, their morale would actually drop.

"My Lord, this place is really cold."

Li Xiuning also drank a bowl of liquor. Her cheeks were slightly flushed, and she looked extremely beautiful under the flames of the bonfire.

"you do not say……"

Li Qian warmed himself by the campfire with his palms.

In this horrible weather, we still have to fight a war.

This national war is not only a confrontation between national strengths, but also a competition of willpower.

Fierce generals such as Yuchi Jingde, Cheng Yaojin, and Li Siye roasted meat over the campfire and devoured the food.

They are strong and have consumed a lot of energy. There will be a big battle tomorrow, so these generals are replenishing their energy and waiting for a good fight tomorrow.

Chen Qingzhi and Wei Rui were much more elegant. They just sat quietly by the campfire, warming themselves by the fire and chatting from time to time.

Both of them were Confucian generals of the Southern Liang Dynasty. They were humble and gentlemanly, and they got along very well.

Pyongyang City will be attacked tomorrow. At that time, I must lead my troops to the front as soon as possible. Then I will have the hope of completing the B-level achievement task "First Merit" - the only achievement, and become the first player to kill a famous Japanese general (third-rate or above) in this national war.

This achievement task is not difficult. You don’t need to kill the main general of the defending army, Konishi Yukinaga. You just need to kill a third-rate Japanese general.

It is not difficult, you just have to rush to complete this task before other players participating in the national war.

The Ming army was divided into different directions. Except for the east, all other directions were mainly attacked without feint attacks. Different lord players chose to join the Ming army in different directions according to their own military strength. It was difficult to say who would win the "first credit".

Li Qian was drinking and staring at the campfire thinking, when suddenly his shoulders sank.

It turned out that Li Xiuning was drunk and fell asleep on Li Qian's shoulder.

Is it true that the sister of Emperor Taizong of Tang, Li Shimin, and the commander of the women's army, has such a bad alcohol tolerance?
Li Qian did not wake up Li Xiuning. He let Li Xiuning fall asleep leaning on his shoulder and continued thinking about things.

After a while, I heard Li Xiuning's gentle breathing...

The next day, when the morning light broke through the sky, the Ming army began to leave the camp and prepare to attack Pyongyang.

Countless Ming troops gathered at the city gates and under Mudan Peak, and the crowd was surging.

Li Qian led five thousand elite soldiers and mixed in with the Ming army attacking Qixing Gate.

The Ming army was huge in number and was the main force in the attack on Pyongyang.

The Japanese troops in the city realized that the Ming army was about to launch an offensive, so they nervously mobilized their troops. Rows of samurai, ronin, spear ashigaru, bow and arrow ashigaru, and cannon ashigaru were lined up on the city walls, and all kinds of city defense fortifications were in place.

The Japanese players in Pyongyang were even more nervous.

Japanese players descended on the national war battlefield and scattered in different places.

Some unlucky Japanese players landed in Pyongyang City and defended Pyongyang City together with Konishi Yukinaga's First Legion, directly facing the Ming army.

They didn't expect that the Ming army outside the city would launch an attack on the second day!
The generals of the Ming army were really ruthless. They didn't give them any chance to deploy troops!
Originally, they planned to join forces with other Japanese troops and Japanese players coming from the south to reinforce and then defeat the Ming army. Now it seems that it is a question whether they can defend Pyongyang before the arrival of reinforcements.

(End of this chapter)