Chapter 698: No Martial Ethics

After taking the north gate, Lin Tailai's personal guards had only a thousand men, and Yang's army had been exhausted in the seesaw battle at the city gate.

So Lin Tailai didn't dare to rush into the city at this time. After all, apart from the two thousand people annihilated tonight, there should be about ten thousand Japanese soldiers left in the city.

For the time being, he could only guard the north gate. Soon Wu Weizhong and Ye Bangrong annihilated the Japanese soldiers who came out of the city for a night attack, and brought their troops to the north gate for support.

Lin Jinglue asked the wounded Yang Dengshan to lead his troops back to the camp, and left another thousand soldiers in the camp to guard the camp.

The remaining five thousand soldiers entered the city together, and did not go to sweep the Japanese soldiers in the city first, but rushed straight to the south gate along the north-south street.

After the fight at the north gate, the movement also alarmed Ma Gui, the general officer of the second corps in the southern camp.

But General Ma did not dare to act rashly for a while. How could he know that it was not a deliberate commotion by the Japanese army to lure them out of the camp?

Moreover, there was no notification from the North Camp, which made General Ma unsure.

So Ma Gui ordered the columns to prepare for battle on the one hand, and sent several scouts to the north for reconnaissance on the other hand.

More than half an hour later, two groups of scouts reported that Yang Lieutenant General was fighting with the Japanese soldiers for the North Gate, and the battle was very fierce. Yang Lieutenant General had personally led the team to charge towards the gate.

Hearing the news, Ma Gui was shocked and speechless for a while!

First, he was shocked that the North Camp did not say hello and secretly attacked the city in the early morning!

Previously, Lin Jinglue promised that the South City was the main attack direction, and the North City was only a support!

During the day, the North Camp was still fine, and Lin Jinglue had been acting as a support in a proper manner, which made him relax his vigilance.

As a result, at night, the North Camp began to attack!

The second was that he was shocked that the North Camp had already started to attack the city gate, which was much easier than climbing the city wall.

After being shocked, General Ma could no longer sit still, and quickly ordered the columns to leave only 2,000 people to guard the house, and the remaining 13,000 people to attack the city immediately!

It was too late to go around the North City, so he started to rush to attack the South City!

When General Ma rushed to the bottom of the South City, it was already dawn, and the light was still dim. He could only vaguely see some defenders on the city wall.

When the soldiers pushed the shield cart and the hook ladder cart forward, suddenly a torch was lit on the top of the city, and a tall and majestic figure appeared in the firelight.

Then this person shouted to the outside of the city: "Lin Tailai, the Minister of the Great Ming Dynasty, is here, you don't have to rush!

Start clearing the wood and stone blocking the South Gate immediately, wait a moment, and enter the city directly from the city gate!"

Ma Gui: "."

He was wrong, he was really wrong, he shouldn't have laughed at Li Rusong before.

It turns out that the rival of "West Ma" is not "East Li", but Lin Junmen.

Not long after, the doorway of the South Gate was also cleared, and the 5,000 soldiers of the North Camp and the 13,000 soldiers of the South Camp joined forces.

Except for those guarding the camp and the casualties, all the troops that can be dispatched are here.

Ma Gui entered the city from the South Gate and met with Lin Jinglue, his face was not very good.

Lin Jinglue asked: "Old Ma, we were able to break into the city with relatively few casualties after only one day of attacking the city. Why are you still unhappy?

It's not that you are not credited. As long as the city is broken, everyone will have credit."

Ma Gui replied: "General vowed at the beginning that I would lead the attack in the south city, and you would support in the north city."

Lin Tailai sighed and explained helplessly: "The headquarters originally only wanted to support with a bluff, but the Japanese soldiers took the initiative to go out of the city to attack the headquarters at night!

So the headquarters had no choice. We couldn't just ignore the fleeting opportunity, right?

So we could only seize the opportunity to counterattack, and then the headquarters accidentally climbed first and broke the north gate and entered the city, and opened the south gate to welcome you into the city."

If Li Rusong and Li Rubai were here, they would definitely feel that this scene was familiar.

Ma Gui was speechless for a long time, because Lin Jinglue's words were too reasonable and there was no way to refute it.

Who can be blamed for this? Could it be that the Japanese soldiers were blinded by greed and insisted on going out of the city to attack the North Camp at night, which revealed a flaw?

Even if it was General Ma who encountered such a flaw, there was no reason to let it go.

And although Lin Jinglie's tone of "first to ascend" was very understated, it was really not just anyone who had the ability to successfully ascend first.

It can even be said that a warrior with the quality of "first to ascend" is already one in a thousand.

And there may be only a few people with the quality of Lin Jinglie who can climb over the wall wearing 80 kilograms of heavy armor and wield dozens of kilograms of mace for a long time in history, not counting the history of the novel. It is simply a "first to ascend the holy body", and there is no way to be unconvinced.

According to Ma Gui's private comparison, the ancient Qin Qiong and Yuchi Jingde were probably not good enough in front of Lin Junmen. The lower limit of Lin Junmen's military power may be Lu Bu, and the upper limit may be Xiang Yu.

While General Ma was daydreaming, he heard Lin Jinglue impatiently say: "Alright, alright, we have only broken the gate, and have not taken the whole city yet. You don't have time to waste time here on entanglement and quibbling!"

The old military leader Ma Gui said without temper: "Please give the order!"

Lin Tailai ordered: "The officers and soldiers of the North Camp have participated in the night battle. They are a little weak, so they are responsible for guarding the city gates and street corners, blocking and intercepting the fleeing Japanese soldiers.

And your 13,000 officers and soldiers of the South Camp are responsible for sweeping and clearing out the Japanese soldiers in the city!"

Ma Gui listened to the order and said: "Yes!"

Lin Tailai then asked: "Japanese soldiers have a habit. After the city gate is breached, they will still fight to the end with the help of streets, courtyards, and earthen fortresses, so your southern camp should not think that it is just cleaning, your task is still very heavy!

According to my estimate, there should be eight to nine thousand Japanese soldiers in the city now. They have become frightened and scattered everywhere. Your southern camp has enough troops. "

Nine columns followed Ma Gui into the city. Although Hamhung City was known as the largest city in Northeast Korea, its area was only that small. Nine columns were definitely enough.

Ma Gui got the order from Lin Jinglue and was about to turn around and leave when he was suddenly stopped by Lin Jinglue again.

After hesitating for a moment, Lin Tailai reminded Ma Gui: "Refer to the experience of Pyongyang City and learn more from advanced experience."

Ma Gui didn't understand for a moment, what advanced experience is there in Pyongyang City?

Lin Tailai hinted: “After Pyongyang broke through, the casualties of the officers and soldiers were very small, and the Japanese soldiers were cleared at the minimum cost.

Our army of the Ming Dynasty traveled thousands of miles and fought in foreign countries. Every soldier is so precious. If you can sacrifice one less, you will lose one less. "

General Ma suddenly realized that the "Pyongyang City Experience" mentioned by the military was that when faced with Japanese soldiers fighting in the streets based on courtyard walls and earthen fortresses, they should use more fire attacks and less manpower to attack.

I heard that after the city of Pyongyang was captured, the city was filled with charcoal and large blocks were burned down.

The smell in the city made even Li Rusong unwilling to live in the city. He would rather live in a tent ten miles outside the city.

Ma Gui couldn't help but ask: "I am familiar with the Three Kingdoms. Even after Zhuge Wuhou burned the vine-armed soldiers, he also lamented that it would harm the peace of heaven and his life. Aren't the military sects afraid of God's punishment?"

Lin Tailai snorted coldly and said forcefully: "I am doing justice for heaven and carrying out heaven's punishment! If the gods dare to torture me for this, then I will kill the gods together!"

Ma Gui: "."

Suddenly, he felt that he and Lin Junmen were not the same species at all. Is this the true face of the banished immortal in the sky?

After sending the spiritually baptized Ma Gui to work, Lin Tailai took off his heavy armor and rested on the city gate tower.

By winning first and then scoring, he has completed his work and leaves the rest to others.

He, Lin Tailai, was essentially a kind man, but he couldn't bear to see many scenes that were too cruel.

I was eating to replenish my strength when suddenly a smell of burnt smell floated over with the morning wind. I had enough of this smell in Pyongyang.

"Zong Sang!" Lin Tailai put down the food in his hand, "How can anyone eat this!"

At this time, an old Suzhou guy took the opportunity to come over and said, "Let's sit in the restaurant. Many brothers want to make some suggestions. Can you stop using maces?"

"What's wrong? Do you look scared?" Lin Tailai asked angrily.

The old man from Suzhou said: "You don't need the military merit of the head to sit in the palace, so let your brother pick up the head to get some merit.

But if you use a mace to crush your head every now and then, and the brothers watch in vain but there is no head to pick up, it is really a big loss. "

Lin Tailai: "."

Do you think I don’t want to use normal weapons to look cool?

But in the often one-to-many combat environment of the city, the mace is indeed the most convenient. It can hit hard, break armor, crush skulls, spikes, etc. It is all-powerful.

Just as Lin was discussing the trade-off between practicality and handsomeness with his old man, Lieutenant Commander Dayun ran up and reported: "General Ma has encountered an obstacle. He can't make the decision. Please ask the military to come over and take command!"

Lin Tailai was puzzled. Why couldn't he make the decision after burning all the way? So what if the whole city is set on fire?

Why is this Ma Gui so unable to handle things? He is much worse than Li Rusong in this regard!

So Lin Tailai had no choice but to interrupt his rest, get up and rush over with his guards.

After holding my nose and walking through three or four streets, I saw Ma Gui again.

In front of Ma Gui, Japanese soldiers built an earthen fort along the street. Behind the earthen fort seemed to be a wide gate.

Standing on a high place and looking at it, you can see that the gate is of high standard. If you look closely, it has five bays. The walls on both sides of the gate are also much taller than ordinary walls.

In the courtyard, you can vaguely see pavilions, palaces, and a large number of cypress trees.

Lin Tailai asked in confusion: "Namoshima Naoshima and the remaining soldiers are here to defend?

What's there to hesitate about? Aren’t there all wooden buildings inside? Is it easy to set a fire? "

Ma Gui said with a grimace: "I asked a few Koreans what the Hamheung Palace is here."

Lin Tailai is not said to have dabbled in the history of Korea, but he can also be said to be completely ignorant. Why has Korea failed to produce an outstanding historical strategy game nearly a hundred years later?

"What is Hamhung Palace?" Lin Tailai asked again in confusion.

Ma Gui replied in detail: "The ancestor of the current Li Dynasty of Joseon, named Li Chenggui, was born here. He also lived here most of the time before he became the king of Joseon.

Now it is called Hamhung Palace, and it is a place used to worship Li Taizu and his ancestors in the past dynasties. "

After hearing this, Lin Tailai finally understood. No wonder Ma Gui felt that he couldn't bear it. This was not a technical issue but a political issue.

It turns out that this large courtyard is the place where the "python" flew in the Li Dynasty of today's Korea. It also worships the founding ancestor of the Li Dynasty and earlier ancestors.

The political status of Korea, if you find an analogy in the Ming Dynasty, might it be similar to the shrines of Xiaoling, Huangling, and Zuling together?

Faced with a place like this, we really need to think about the political consequences for a while.

At this time, on the upper floor in front of the main hall of Hamheung Main Palace, Japanese guard Nabeshima Naoshige was talking to his son Nabeshima Katsushige.

Shengmao said: "Father is indeed very resourceful. We stayed here and the Ming army did stop attacking."

Nabeshima Naoshige sighed: "The situation is over, even a little bit of ingenuity is still vulnerable in the face of absolute strength.

I really regret taking you to conquer North Korea now, but I am even more worried about leaving you alone in the country, but it is useless to say anything now. "

Katsushige asked: "What should we do now?"

Naoshima Naoshima was silent for a moment and replied: "I will commit suicide here, and then you can surrender to the Ming army on the grounds of preserving your father's body!"

We are huddled in the Hamhung Palace and let the Ming army surrender. All we want is to give you a chance to surrender.

Otherwise, the Ming army would set fires arbitrarily all the way, and it would be difficult to even make a serious surrender. "

Sheng Mao cried and said: "Father! Why is it like this! A son just follows his father!"

Naoshima Naoshima closed his eyes and said: "If you commit suicide, my Nabeshima family will be completely cut off!

And there is no point in me surrendering. It will only be humiliated, which is far worse than committing suicide.

When you surrender in order to save your father's body, you can at least preserve a little reputation of filial piety. As for the future, you can only rely on yourself.

If you can still return to China, for the sake of committing suicide for your father, maybe there will be someone who can take care of you.

This is the best ending solution a father can come up with in the current desperate situation. "

Shengmo knelt down in front of his father and cried loudly.

Naoshima Naoshima scolded: "Don't cry! Go downstairs first! Then come up and collect your father's body!"

People in the Ming Dynasty also pay attention to etiquette and justice. If you bring your father's body and ask for surrender, they will accept it! "

Shengmao stood up, but before he could go downstairs, a rocket suddenly shot in and ignited the wooden railing.

Nabeshima Naoshima's eyes widened, and he stood up subconsciously. Looking outside, he saw rockets shooting into the compound one after another, and the door in front had been set on fire.

It was obvious that the Ming army had no regard for where this place was, and started setting fires again for the minimum cost, with no intention of leaving anyone alive.

Shengmao, who hadn't gone downstairs yet, cried again, this time he really cried.

Baga! What a beast! Naoshima Naoshige was so angry that he vomited a mouthful of old blood. Why did the Ming army not respect martial ethics at all?

This is the residence and ancestral temple of the founding ancestor of the Li Dynasty. As an ally of the Ming Dynasty, do you also set fire to it so unscrupulously?

As a person from Greater China, even if the two armies are fighting, can't we abide by the Confucian etiquette rules?

Can't we give Nabeshima and his son a chance to show their loyalty and filial piety?

Looking at the Hamheung palace with rising flames, Ma Gui anxiously asked Lin Jinglue: "Are you okay?"

Lin Tailai let out a long sigh, "Our army did not stop the vicious Japanese soldiers from setting fire to the Li Chao Xianxing Palace. The headquarters will be impeached and criticized again, and may even be severely reprimanded by the emperor."

The self-defeating themes that come to your doorstep are not for nothing.