Emperor Ming Dynasty

Chapter 577 The situation has changed drastically

"Wu Sangui?"

Startled, Li Hao turned his head and asked, "Isn't this the general soldier from Shanhaiguan who sent slaves into the customs in the past?"

"Now there is peace in the Daming Pass, and the establishment of slaves is defeated. This is the momentum of China's victory over the barbarians."

Jin Ji raised his head and said, "I hope His Highness will try his best to restore North Korea in one fell swoop and wash away the national humiliation."

"Well, I understand."

Li Hao nodded with a thoughtful expression on his face.

It seems that North Korea will learn from the successful experience of Ming Dynasty on a large scale to the west again, and rejuvenating North Korea is just around the corner.

"This city of Pyongyang is still not working."

Witnessing the three-foot-tall Pyongyang City, Wu Sangui felt emotional for a moment, his eyes filled with disdain.

"Yeah, a bastion is the best defense."

Li Chengdong agreed, but there was a smile on the corner of his mouth:
"I heard that in the Liaoxi Corridor, those Jian slaves seem to be crazy, and they keep building bastions. It must be difficult to deal with them there."

"As for North Korea, as long as you cross the Yalu River, you can reach the old lair of Jiannu, Changbai Mountain."

"Li Zongbing is a good idea." Wu Sangui smiled.

For this person, he couldn't help but take a high look.

It seems that Gao Jie's subordinates are not all useless, the thieves are also talented.

Li Chengdong squinted his eyes and looked at him. He didn't care much about Wu Sangui.

How could a traitor get a marquis if he hadn't sold Guan Ningjun?

If the emperor sends me to be his deputy, I must be supervising this person. When the time comes, heh heh heh!
Li Yingren also came in a hurry and greeted the two of them.

Although they are both commanders-in-chief, both of them have titles, so they are naturally a head shorter and lack confidence.

In fact, Wu Sangui and Li Chengdong didn't think much of Li Yingren.

It is difficult for a general who has lost a battle to hold his head up high.

After seeing the queen of Joseon, Wu Sangui, Li Chengdong, and Li Yingren began to meet to discuss how to solve the leadership issue.

One is the leadership of the Ming army. At this time, there are Pingni Army and Pidao Army in Pyongyang. Wu Sangui and Li Yingren are both commanders. Logically speaking, they should be equally divided.

But in fact, no matter in terms of title, seniority or military exploits, Li Yingren was completely defeated, so he could only remain silent and express his obedience.

Since then, Wu Sangui has gained command of the entire Ming army.

At this time, among the Ming army in the dynasty, the Pidao army (including the supporting Beijing camp) had 7000 people, and the supporting rebel army had 10,000 people.

After obtaining the command of the Ming army, he naturally obtained the leadership of the Korean War.

Unlike Li Yingren's respect for the King of Joseon, Wu Sangui directly stated that he would directly take over the command of all North Korean troops.

Including captured North Korean rebels and Pyongyang private soldiers, totaling [-].

In other words, even Pyongyang's defense, he has to personally control, abolishing the Joseon King is just waiting.

The king of Joseon, Li Hao, hesitated again and again, but in the end he gritted his teeth and sent all his military power away for Wu Sangui's sake of breaking the siege of Pyongyang.

Now, Wu Sangui's troops are about 40,000 people.

"North Korean soldiers and horses will all act as auxiliary soldiers, transporting food and grass, and defending the city, let them do it."

Wu Sangui looked at the map in front of him and made a plan.

"Mr. Li, do you have the entire Pyongyang sand table?"

"Yes, but within a hundred miles of Pyongyang." Li Yingren smiled awkwardly.

Of course he knew about the sand table. It was made by the staff officers of the Beijing camp.

"That's it."

Wu Sangui shook his head, and said in a deep voice, "Don't follow the enemy's way of fighting. If he wants to besiege Pyongyang and build camps like nails, let him do it."

"And we, as long as we fight and have victory."

"The Qing army is short of troops. There must not be many real slaves, and most of them are rebels. At this time, we should muster up the courage and attack directly."

As he said, he pointed to Kaesong Road on the map: "This is one of the three capitals of North Korea, and it is also the middle area between Pyongyang and Seoul, and it is also where the grain is stored."

"It must not be allowed to occupy itself."

After all, Wu Sangui even asked to march day and night to raid Kaesong.

Li Yingren was taken aback when he heard the words, and wanted to object, so he faced Wu Sangui's cannibalistic gaze and stopped immediately.

Li Chengdong also agreed, but asked that such a task must be led by him.

Wu Sangui took a deep look at him, and then nodded.

Therefore, the Ming army, who had just arrived in Pyongyang, immediately took a boat the next day, crossed a distance of [-] miles from the sea, and directly entered Kaesong.

The Qing army did not expect it to be so bold and so fast that it would be defeated in a blink of an eye and had to lose Kaesong.

Without the logistics base of Kaesong, those nails near Pyongyang immediately ran out of food and soldiers, and they couldn't hold on for a few days, so they had no choice but to surrender.

Since then, within five days after Wu Sangui came to North Korea, he successfully broke the siege of Pyongyang and pushed the front line forward three hundred miles in one fell swoop.

This also means that if you use troops from Kaesong, you can reach Seoul in just 150 miles and two days of marching.

Recapture the occupied North Korean capital.

As soon as Kaesong fell, Hong Chengchou's thousands of plans were immediately put to waste.

"The Ming army actually increased its troops."

Hong Chengchou was surprised.

What he didn't expect was that the leader of the battle was actually his former subordinate, Wu Sangui.

"Li Yingren is different from Wu Sangui!"

"Just hit it."

Le Kede gritted his teeth and said, "The Ming army only knows how to attack sneakily, and they definitely dare not fight openly."

"Don't throw it away!" Hong Chengchou frowned and waved his hands to dissuade:

"Baile, there are only [-] troops entering the DPRK, and [-]% of them are from the Eight Banners of the Han Dynasty. We can't easily disappear in North Korea."

"After the Ming army is finished, we can replenish it. If we are gone, we can only go back to Liaodong."

At this time, the main force of the Qing Dynasty was all deployed in the north and the Monan grassland.

There were originally [-] troops entering the customs, but only [-] to [-] were left when they returned, and the Manchu Qing was instantly hurt.

For this reason, Dorgon, as Hong Chengchou said, absorbed food and money from North Korea, and drew elite soldiers from the Saurons to the north to supplement the vitality of the Eight Banners Army.

It can be said that it only takes one or two years for the Manchu Qing to recover to one hundred thousand troops in hand again.

This is also the reason why the Manchus and the Qing Dynasty did not use their troops indiscriminately in the Monan and Chahar regions.

Similarly, it is also what the Eight Banners such as Luke Dehun yearn for, to restore the former glory and enter the customs again.

Seeing the turn of the Qing Dynasty, Hong Chengchou, the strategist, naturally rose and was respected.

"How about that?"

Lu Kede said with a gloomy face: "Once the city is lost, the gates of Seoul will be wide open. It must be impossible to keep it."

Hong Chengchou shook his head and said, "North Korea is mountainous, and the Ming army has so many, how can there be enough food and grass?"

"Order all food and grass to be restricted from entering the Ping'an Road. In addition, you will personally lead the army to confront him in Kaesong, and you must not fight in vain."

(End of this chapter)