Emperor Ming Dynasty

Chapter 576

Li Yingren, who had just left Pyongyang, immediately tasted the sweetness.

The Qing army itself was insufficient in strength, and most of the defense lines in Pyongyang were dominated by the North Korean army, and the Qing army mainly acted as a ballast.

Several military camps were raided one after another, a large amount of armor, equipment, food and grass were harvested, and the captured soldiers and horses were also included in the army.

In this way, not only the supplies were enriched, but even the morale recovered a lot, and Li Yingren's spirit was greatly boosted:

"I can't fight head-on, but sneak attack is always okay!"

The scorching summer is a torment for the Jurchens who are accustomed to the warmth and coolness. As one goes up and the other goes up, I will definitely drag Manqing to death.

It's a pity that just when he was about to make a big move, Li Hao, the king of Joseon, stepped up his horse and sent a message for help.

Tens of thousands of soldiers and horses moved together, preparing to besiege Pyongyang.

Thinking of this, Li Yingren immediately ignored it. The city of Pyongyang is extremely strong and will never be captured for a while.

But he was extremely suspicious of the strength of the North Korean soldiers.

They were all North Korean soldiers and horses, and the North Korean troops who had surrendered to the Qing army screamed one by one, and the North Korean army in Pyongyang was defeated.

Especially in the Battle of Kaesong, the main force of the ants attacking the city was the North Korean soldiers and horses.

"Son of a son of a bitch, isn't it just incorporated into the Eight Banners North Korea? Why is it like a different person?"

After hesitating for a while, Li Yingren was still preparing to return to Pyongyang, but instead of defending the city, he raided the army food and grass behind, making it unsustainable.

And here, in response to the crisis in Pyongyang, Beijing had deliberately moved five red cannons to Pyongyang to defend the city and deter the Manchus.

"Has General Li not come back?"

The king of Joseon, Li Hao, climbed up the tower and saw the ants-like North Korean army outside the city.

Followed by Li Cao Shenjuan, Da Sixian Jinji, Sixian Mansion Executive Yi Song Junji, Sixian Mansion Commander Song Shiyeol, and Ayagawa Mansion Lord Gu Renhou and other royal ministers.

But Wang Yiwen, Huang Gong and others from Longhan accompanied them from side to side, thinking of trusting them.

"Your Majesty, President Li led thousands of people out of the city and won several battles, yet he will not come back easily."

Jin Ji said, "Fortunately, there are still thousands of Ming troops and over ten thousand North Korean troops in the city. As long as they are fully prepared, with the fortification of Pyongyang City and the red barbarian cannons, there is nothing these rebel troops can do."

"Rebels are hateful!"

Li Hao gritted his teeth, beat the city wall, and approached the icy red cannon, fondling it fondly. After a long time, he calmed down:

"These rebels are also North Korean soldiers after all. Unfortunately, after all, they have followed the thieves and are no longer available."

The Korean soldiers outside the city are naturally acting in accordance with the will of the Joseon King in Seoul. Although Hong Chengchou is controlling the country, how can ordinary and ignorant soldiers know?

Because of the same style of clothing, in order to distinguish the two armies, Pyongyang asked its own soldiers to imitate the Ming army and tie red triangle scarves around their necks to show their determination to restore the country.

"Your Highness, the soldiers are ignorant, so don't hurt them too deeply."

Li Shilie went up, cupped his hands and said: "These soldiers and horses are the foundation of North Korea's vitality. When Seoul is restored, aren't these soldiers the luck of our country?"

The rest of the ministers also pleaded for mercy one after another, but Li Hao didn't mention it anymore.

The reason for this is because of interests.

Once they were determined to be rebels, the two classes of nobles who were military officers would definitely be reduced to humble status in the future, and they would never be able to turn over for the rest of their lives.

Which of the two groups of nobles is not a relative, how can they be cold-eyed and ruthless.

At that time, Taizu Li Chenggui did not establish his son Li Fangyuan, who had made great achievements, but replaced his youngest son Li Fangshuo. This immediately caused turmoil, and the first prince rebellion broke out.

Taizu Li Chenggui fled to his hometown in Hamjeong-do and raised an army and confronted Taizong Li Fangyuan. After 500 years of Joseon, hundreds of thousands of people in Hamjeong-do have been second-class people and rebelled repeatedly.

If they were really regarded as rebels against the party and became lowly, these two classes of nobles would be involved too much, and whichever family had no in-laws would even set them on fire.

Furthermore, the two classes split their bets. No matter which side wins, it must not be completely wiped out, otherwise it will not be fun next time.

"Eight Banners North Korea, Manchuria is really sinister."

Song Shilie raised his head and said, his eyes were full of resentment: "This is a conspiracy of the Qing Dynasty. Your Highness can't believe it, or you will follow the Tao."

"I understand!" Li Hao sighed: "Even the Eight Banners Han army has it, so what if we add the Eight Banners North Korea?"

"Jian slave is hateful, hateful—"

In fact, there were quite a few Koreans in the Eight Banners of the Manchu and Qing Dynasties. One was a prisoner who helped the Ming Dynasty attack the Manchus, and the other was a Korean who voluntarily joined them, such as Xianjing Daoists.

But the current setting of the Eight Banners North Korea is that it blatantly wants to annex North Korea, and its ambitions are fully exposed.

Just ask, who doesn't hate it?

In this way, tens of thousands of North Korean rebels besieged Pyongyang, and began to attack the city with ants one after another. It was just a spectacle, but there was not much strength in reality.

Li Yingren could bear his temper and has been wandering outside the city of Pyongyang, attacking the rebel army's food and supplies, which can be described as exhausting.

In this way, it is naturally impossible to pull out those camps that are like nails, and it is useless.

This is what Hong Chengchou hopes to do.

Spending time holding Pyongyang down, he cleaned up North Korea's eight affairs and wiped out those restless two classes.

Politically, officials were separated to make a wish, and even included in the Eight Banners Korea. Militaryly, they resolutely suppressed and never tolerated. This can be said to be handled by Hong Chengchou with ease.

Unfortunately, Beijing did not give him a chance.

In the third year of Shaowu, on the eighth day of the seventh month, more than a hundred warships from the East China Sea Division transported [-] Ming soldiers to Pidao, and then went upstream with the Datong River to Pyongyang.

This army was menacing. There were nearly 3000 people in the cavalry alone. As soon as they entered Pyongyang, they swept across the entire battlefield and rescued the city of Pyongyang that had been besieged for half a month.

The battlefield was in a mess, the number of captured North Korean rebels reached [-], and countless people fled. This was a rare victory in the Korean battlefield.

And the protagonist who created this great victory was Jinghou, the general of the North Korean rebellion, and Wu Sangui.

As his deputy, he was Gao Jie's general in the past, now Daming Anqiuzi, and Li Chengdong, the deputy general of North Korea's counter-insurgency.

During Gao Jie's rebellion, Li Chengdong was resolutely instigated, surrendered to Emperor Shaowu, and then entered Nanjing as a baron.

Later, he went north to build meritorious service, conquered three cities, captured more than [-] people, was promoted to viscount, official to general, and now he was promoted to deputy commander in chief.

Of course, if the people of later generations look at it, they can't help laughing, this is the general soldier of the rebellious minister.

But there is no doubt that the guilt of leading the two in this plane is not deep, and they are both familiar with war horses, so they are naturally paired together.

However, it is fundamentally the emperor's bad taste.

How interesting it is to turn the rebellious ministers in history into loyal ministers.

Li Hao and other Korean monarchs were overjoyed, while Li Yingren had an ugly face and greeted them with difficulty.

Regardless of the official title, both of them are above him.

(End of this chapter)