1635 Han style rises again

Chapter 937
In 1677, June 6, Pyongyang.

Compared with the Kingdom of Cochin, who understands the general situation and considers the overall situation, conforms to the current situation, and hands over all his country and people to the people of Qi, in exchange for the noble courtesy and endless wealth of the entire royal family, and then enjoys a luxurious, peaceful and happy life.

Then the Kingdom of Korea, located in the Far East, seemed a little overwhelmed, trying to jump repeatedly between the two powerful forces, trying to seek a great future for a small country by walking a very dangerous tightrope.

In the first year of Yongxing in the Great Qin Dynasty (1676), King Sun Kewang of Qin received Zen from Emperor Jianping of the Ming Dynasty, ascended the throne and proclaimed himself emperor, and established the Great Qin Dynasty.The Kingdom of Korea immediately sent a large mission to Nanjing by land to congratulate the Great Qin Emperor on his dominance of the world and establish a new dynasty, and asked the Great Qin to change the disc and issue a document to re-canonize North Korea.

If it follows the principle of majorism in North Korea for hundreds of years, when the Central Plains dynasty changes, it is naturally right to rush to hug the thigh and find a backer.

However, beside the Kingdom of Korea, there is not only a new Qin Dynasty, but also a town of Yunzhou, which succeeds the Ming Dynasty and is determined to restore the Zhu family. It has been eyeing North Korea.

After Emperor Yong ascended the throne in Changning (formerly Ningzhou, today's Sapporo City, Hokkaido), following the unification of Daming and changing Yuan Yanguang, he immediately sent envoys to Hanyang, demanding that the Kingdom of Korea immediately perform the duties of a vassal of the Ming Dynasty and go to Changning. Worship the Ming emperor.

After receiving the questioning from Emperor Yanguang, the kings and ministers of North Korea looked at each other in blank dismay, not knowing how to respond.

Because, the North Korean monarchs suddenly remembered.In the eighth year of Guangde in the Ming Dynasty (1662), when Renyin violated the frontier (in 1662, Qi State and Yongwang Yunzhou Town invaded the southeast of Korea), the Kingdom of Korea signed a peace agreement with Qi State and Yunzhou Town, and there was such a clause That is, North Korea once again reiterated and guaranteed its vassal responsibility to Daming, and promised Yunzhou that as long as the name of Daming exists for one day, it will always be the vassal of Daming and vow not to defect.

Is Daming dead?
It stands to reason that in the land of Shenzhou, the King of Qin received Zen from the emperor of the Ming Dynasty and then established the Great Qin Dynasty. Then, the former Ming Dynasty is indeed gone, and the Kingdom of Korea no longer needs to be a vassal, let alone betray the Ming Dynasty.

However, in the name of Emperor Chongzhen's bloodline, King Zhenyong of Yunzhou ascended the throne and proclaimed himself emperor in Yunzhou after King Qin usurped the Ming Dynasty, continued to rule the Ming Dynasty, and re-raised the banner of the Ming Dynasty.

As a result, the Kingdom of Korea was a little embarrassed.

Are we going to continue to pursue greatness, embrace the thighs of the Central Plains dynasty, and submit to the table?Or maintain the suzerain-vassal relationship with Daming in the past, and bow down to the extremely domineering Yunzhou Yongwang, the current Emperor Yanguang of Daming, as a vassal?

Oops, so tangled!

Both sides are not easy to mess with. Daqin inherited the entire territory of China, with a population of more than [-] million and hundreds of thousands of soldiers. In the eyes of North Korea, it is no different from a behemoth.

Although Yunzhou Town has a small population and low military strength, the officers and soldiers under his command are capable of fighting well. They have invaded North Korea twice and defeated the North Korean army.Yunzhou Town is located in Busan County on the southeast coast, where a firearms force of 400 people is stationed.

In addition, Yunzhou Town has a naval force second only to Qi State in this area, and can raid the coastal areas of North Korea at any time, and even directly enter the Han River by sea to push Wang Jing.

After weighing for a long time, whether it was out of dislike of Yunzhou Town or the expectation of the powerful force of the Central Plains Dynasty, the North Korean monarchs and ministers decided to turn to Daqin.

The Koreans tried their best to perfunctory and evade the envoys sent by Yunzhou, saying that after careful preparations, the Korean Kingdom would send a court angel to Changning to congratulate Emperor Yanguang on his succession to the Ming Dynasty and ask for a reward.On the other side, several messengers were sent to Shenyang, Beijing, and Nanjing in succession, eagerly pleading with the Celestial Dynasty to send a large army into the court to protect the vassals.

It has to be said that Feng Weiwu, the governor of Liaodong in the Great Qin Dynasty (son of the late Qingyang King Feng Shuangli), was not unhappy. After receiving North Korea's request for help, he immediately mobilized [-] elite soldiers and quickly entered the court.

In the first year of Yongxing, on April 4, Qin soldiers crossed the Yalu River and entered Yizhou. On April 10, Qin soldiers arrived in Pyongyang. On April 4, Qin Bing crossed the Licheng River and arrived in Kaesong.

The North Korean monarchs and ministers were overjoyed when they heard that the Chinese army had entered the court, and immediately repelled the envoys from Yunzhou Town, and told all the merchants and residents of Yunzhou Town in the territory that they must leave North Korea within half a month.At the same time, Gyeongsang-do and Gyeongju were ordered to close the Free Trade Zone in Busan County, and the soldiers and horses of Yunzhou Town were sent away from North Korea.

After hearing the news, Emperor Yanguang of the Ming Dynasty was furious, and immediately declared war on the Kingdom of Korea on the grounds that North Korea did not obey the responsibility of a vassal and insulted the suzerain.

On May 5, the Ming army gathered more than 3 large and small ships and more than [-] soldiers, and landed in a large scale from Busan.

It's ridiculous to say that the Kingdom of Korea, after embracing Qin's thigh and falling out with Daming (Yunzhou), immediately mobilized more than [-] soldiers and horses to besiege the camp garrisoned by the Ming army in the west of Busan City, but failed for several days. Lost troops and lost generals.On the sixth day of the stalemate in the war, more than [-] Ming troops took the opportunity to launch a night attack when the imperial army was slack, and defeated the imperial army ten times its own.

When more than [-] Ming troops landed in Busan, the defeated North Korean troops hadn't recovered from the battle, and could only watch helplessly as the Ming troops launched an orderly landing operation.

The more than [-] Qin soldiers who arrived in Hanyang in advance, under the urging of the Korean monarchs and ministers, quickly went south to fight the Ming army attacking across the sea.

On May 5, more than 16 officers and soldiers of the forward of the Qin Army encountered the Ming Army in Goryeong County, South Gyeongsang Province. They lost the first battle and lost nearly [-] officers and soldiers.

Zhao Changfeng, the commander-in-chief of the Qin army who entered the dynasty and Liaoyang commander-in-chief, received a report from the officers and soldiers who returned from the defeat. He said that the Ming army had many weapons, was rich in battle experience, and was extremely well-trained. In fact, there were few strong troops.

After Zhao Changfeng heard the report, he didn't take it seriously. The forward was weak in combat and returned after being defeated. Naturally, he wanted to exaggerate the enemy's strength a little to cover up his own incompetence.

The small Yunzhou Town, the several territories under its jurisdiction are either isolated overseas or located in remote and wild places. The number of people under its rule is less than a million, and the size of the army is no more than tens of thousands.If it hadn't been for the support of Qi State in the past, it would have been dilapidated and withered long ago.

Now, my great Qin Tianbing has entered the court to protect the vassals. The Qi State may be a little caught off guard, and I don't know how to react for a while, and I haven't made a statement yet.They neither stated that they would continue to support Yunzhou Town, nor did they open their mouths to stop Daqin's military operations, and they were still in a neutral state for the time being.

Therefore, as the coach, Zhao Changfeng wanted to quickly defeat the Yunzhou Town troops with the more than [-] soldiers in his hands. Even if they could not wipe out all of them, it would be best to drive them into the sea.In this way, a fait accompli was formed and Daqin's suzerainty over the Joseon Kingdom was established.

After beheading several low-level officers who fled back, Zhao Changfeng immediately drove the army to continue southward, facing the main force of Yunzhou Town and killed them.My Daqin soldiers and horses came from Liaodong by land, accompanied by more than [-] cavalry, which is Zhao Changfeng's greatest strength.

However, the result of the battle was beyond the expectations of all Qin troops.

After the battle between the two sides, more than [-] Qin troops were almost wiped out by the attacking Ming army, and the coach Zhao Changfeng was also captured alive. In the end, only a hundred cavalry fled back to Hanyang.

Afterwards, the Ming army drove straight in, defeated several court troops in a row, and went straight to Hanyang.

At the same time, a Ming army fleet set off from Gengluo Island, broke into the Han River, and bombarded Wang Jing.

On May 5, more than 27 main forces of the Ming army arrived in Hanyang.The 15-year-old king of North Korea, Li Xuan, was escorted by civil and military officials, abandoned the city and fled to Pyongyang in the north.

After the Ming army occupied Hanyang, they still did not give up, and followed the escape route of the Korean monarchs and ministers, and chased them.

On May 5, the Ming army encountered more than 30 Qin troops who followed up in Jinchuan, defeated them in World War I, and continued to advance northward.

On June 6th, the Ming army reached Pyongyang, but was desperately resisted by the third wave of Qin troops who entered the dynasty. In addition to the long-distance attack, they did not carry artillery and failed to capture the city as they wished. They retreated to the pine forest more than 4 kilometers away, waiting for the follow-up Soldiers arrive.

Feng Weiwu, the governor of Liaodong, was shocked when he received the news of the defeat of the Korean army one after another.Immediately, thousands of soldiers and horses were assembled again and quickly went to aid North Korea.At the same time, it was quickly reported to the imperial court in the form of five hundred li expedited, that the Northern Ming Dynasty had invaded Korea.

Kewang, the grandson of Emperor Yongxing of the Great Qin who was in Nanjing, was furious when he heard the news, saying that the remnants of the Northern Ming Dynasty overestimated their capabilities and challenged the prestige of the Great Qin without authorization, and they will be severely punished.Immediately, an edict was issued, ordering the governor of Beijing Daying and the male horse of Huaiguo to be the commander in chief, to lead [-] troops into the court and drive out the Beiming bandits.

In mid-July, several battles broke out between the Qin and Ming armies in Pyongyang, Songlin, Jinchuan, Kaesong and other places.Although the Ming army had many firearms and good combat power, its strength was weak, and was gradually forced back by the Qin army to the vicinity of the Han River.

By the end of July, more than 7 main forces of the Qin army successfully recovered Hanyang, and the Ming army slowly retreated all the way to the southeast coastal area.Seeing this, the coach Ma Bao immediately rushed with his troops, trying to complete his meritorious service in one battle and annihilate the Ming army in order to deter the remnants of the Northern Ming Dynasty.

However, when the Qin army approached Gyeongju in early August, there was an urgent report from the rear.The Ming army fleet entered the Han River again, and about 8 Ming troops landed and captured Hanyang again, cutting off the Qin army's retreat in one fell swoop.

After the Qin army heard the news, they were defeated and turned north one after another. The Ming army then covered up and killed more than [-] Qin troops and captured more than [-].

In the end, less than [-] officers and soldiers of the Qin army were able to escape back to Pyongyang. They almost discarded all armored battles, artillery, and all supplies, and suffered the biggest fiasco since the start of the war.

What made the coach Ma Bao even more frightening was that a Ming army with thousands of people came from Zhenzhou (now Vladivostok, Russia) and the northwest coastal area of ​​Hamgyong Road, and went straight to the back of the Qin army. Entering the DPRK, the Qin army gathered together and wiped out all at once.

The Qin army suffered another defeat in North Korea, and it was still a disastrous defeat. Not only the whole north was shaken by it, but also the land in the south of the Yangtze River was undercurrents and public opinion was raging.You know, when the Great Qin was first established, there were not a few gentry and common people who missed the Great Ming Dynasty.Moreover, because of the land, fiscal and taxation reforms that Sun Kewang forcibly pushed forward in the Jiangnan area, thousands of gentry and landlords were offended, and they wished that the new Qin Dynasty would be deflated.It would be best for King Yong to fight all the way back to the Central Plains from North Korea, and restore all the preferential treatment they once enjoyed in Daming.

Although the Minister of Qi State in Nanjing tried his best to dissuade Qin State from peacefully resolving the North Korean incident, don't mobilize people to engage in a meaningless war with Beiming in North Korea, which will waste military and financial resources, so as not to be picked up by the Qing captives and Mongolian Tatars in the north Cheap.

Sun Kewang ignored the persuasion of Minister Qi.

What is a senseless war?North Korea is a vassal of my Great Qin, and was bullied by the remnants of the Northern Ming Dynasty. As the suzerain, it is natural to protect its country and protect the safety of the Northeast of Great Qin.

Now, on the Korean battlefield, Beiming took advantage of our Qin army's unpreparedness to severely damage our northern army, threatening to monopolize North Korea and cut off our vassals.

What's more, my Great Qin Dynasty was first established, and I was defeated in the first foreign war. This is too embarrassing.My old grandson can't afford to lose this man, so he has to gather another army, so that he can teach that remnant of the Beiming who overestimated his strength, and get back his place.

Subsequently, Sun Kewang dispatched more than [-] troops from Jianghuai, Shandong, Henan, Hebei and other places, rushed to Liaodong one after another, and then entered North Korea.

It may be that the country is small and weak. Beiming invested only [-] troops in North Korea. After capturing Pyongyang, it stopped attacking, stabilized the front on the south bank of the Datong River, and then turned to a state of rest, waiting for the Qin army to arrive.

In the first ten days of October, the whole of North Korea has entered the early winter season, and the Qin army, which received reinforcements, launched a violent counterattack regardless of the severe cold weather.

Facing the turbulent offensive of the Qin army, the Ming army retreated southward in great strides, abandoning Pyongyang, Songlin, Jinchuan, and Kaesong successively, and retreating all the way to Hanyang.

When the Qin army's logistics supply line was stretched, a Ming army in the northwest area of ​​Zhenzhou and Xianning Road, relying on its familiar geographical advantages, used the capable Sauron and Hezhe tribal soldiers with a small number of musketeers to frequently attack the Qin army. The logistics route greatly increased the difficulty of the Qin army's supply.

In the face of the sneak attack of the Ming army, the Qin army had to set aside enough soldiers and horses to maintain a stable logistical supply.Those tough squads of the Ming army are just like the armored men of the Qing Dynasty in the past, tough and resistant to battle.

Sometimes, in order to attack the logistics convoy of the Qin army, the savages recruited by the Ming army could even bury themselves in the snow for more than an hour, and then suddenly launched an attack when the Qin army was not prepared.They are full of armor, like a human-shaped mech monster, invincible to those who stand in their way. Qin Jun often has to pay a price of more than a dozen people to kill them.

With the arrival of the severe winter season, the front lines of the Qin and Ming armies gradually stabilized on the front line of the Han River and entered a stalemate stage.This result not only shocked the North Korean monarchs and ministers, but also surprised the Great Qin court in Nanjing.

The military strength of Beiming is not weak!

In March of this year, as the temperature gets warmer, the two sides will fight again.The Qin court successively mobilized another [-] troops into North Korea, increasing the number of the Qin army to nearly [-], forming an absolute crushing trend against the Ming army.

However, the huge military advantage of the Qin army did not evolve into an absolute victory in the following months of war, but instead fell into a quagmire-like tug-of-war.

The fighting method of the Ming army is very simple and clear. It is to rely on the relatively strong cities in North Korea to gradually consume the strength and food of the Qin army, and then use its most advantageous sea power to launch frequent flank assaults on the Qin army, or Based on the high and treacherous terrain in the northwest of Zhenzhou and Xianning Road, a small group of capable troops was dispatched to raid the rear of the Qin army.

Even, a Beiming squadron consisting of three retired warships from the Qi State rushed to Shanghai County, Songjiang Prefecture, bombarded the port, and intercepted the merchant ships of the Qin State, which shocked the Nanjing court.

"This battle was a bit difficult!" Ma Bao, the coach of the Qin Army's aid army, stood at the head of Pyongyang City, looking at the lush mountains in the distance, and couldn't help sighing softly.

"Yes, Commander." Jilin General Soldier Yuan Fujie nodded and echoed: "Even if we drive all the Beiming troops out of North Korea in the end, but they have a strong sea force, they can still launch frequent raids in the coastal areas, and it is impossible to guard against them. At that time , it will not be possible to deploy more than [-] troops in North Korea for a long time. This must not drag our Daqin to death!"

"But if you can't protect the vassals of North Korea and completely defeat the remnants of Beiming, how can your majesty swallow this bad breath?" Ma Bao shook his head and said, "But if we want to get into a long-term entanglement with Beiming like this, it will be detrimental to our Great Qin and will waste our national power. .”

"The commander-in-chief is worried that there will be changes in the northern Qing Dynasty?"

"In the past few years, our Great Qin Frontier Army has frequently marched north, constantly raiding the borders of the Qing and Mongolia, which has dealt a fatal blow to them and seriously weakened their strength." Ma Bao smiled wryly, "But since the Korean War last year, , the trip to the north was suspended immediately, and this move might bring relief to the Qing and Mongolian Tatars. What is even more worrying is that once the war in Korea falls into a stalemate, the north will definitely not be peaceful, and it will even affect the Northwest. Unpredictable changes have occurred in the situation with the Southwest.”

"But we don't want to withdraw our troops hastily when the war is at a stalemate. Otherwise, I, Daqin, will not only lose the heart of the Korean vassal, but may also make Beiming take advantage of the situation....Your Majesty, we will definitely not allow it."

"At this time, Qi Guo should take action."

"Qi State?" Yuan Fujie was startled, "Which side will they help?"

"Which side to help?" Ma Bao smiled, "It is estimated that they will not help either side. However, they will definitely come out to persuade the fight. After all, last year, our Daqin and Qi just signed a comprehensive strategic cooperation agreement. There is a covenant of allies. And Beiming has always been Qi's little follower, and he dare not disobey Qi's words."

(End of this chapter)