The end of the Ming Dynasty swept the world

Chapter 380 When soldiers approach the city, what they say makes sense
The ministers quickly became three opinions.

One is to consider cooperating with Ding Yi, because Ding Yi's record is indeed strong, much better than that of Mao Wenlong.

The second is to think that Ding Yi is a bandit. Since he cooperated, why didn't he find Seoul directly, but took down Ganghwa Island first, and he is Da Ming
The courtiers obviously have bad intentions, so they should report to the Ming Dynasty and let the Emperor of Ming punish him for his crimes.

Another group of people actually called to gather all the soldiers and horses from all over the country to take back Jianghua Island and teach Ding Yi a lesson.

The number of the first two factions was about the same, and they were arguing endlessly.

Jin Shangxian was furious after watching it for a while, and suddenly shouted: "Stop arguing, I will ask you one thing, what if Jin comes to attack later?"

"Will the Ming Dynasty send troops to help us, or will Ding Yi come?"

Everyone was speechless and silent.

Jin Shangxian said again: "The more than [-] stone grains and rice in Jianghua Island are now in the hands of Ding Yi, so what if you don't agree?"

Report to Emperor Ming and expect him to punish Ding Yi?
You are joking, Zu Dashou fled back to Liaodong before the battle, the emperor of Ming Dynasty called him several times, but he turned a blind eye, what did the emperor do to him?
As long as Ding Yi stays in the Dongjiang River and holds a strong army, who can punish him?

The ministers remained silent.

As for gathering troops from all over the country to attack, it’s fine if you win, but what if you lose?
After a long time, someone whispered: "Ding Yi is too deceitful, why did he attack Jianghua Island first?"

The lord of the country, Li Zhen, finally sighed and said, "When the soldiers come to the city, what they say makes sense."

Everyone was speechless again.

Ding Yi sent envoys to talk about it. I am afraid that the first thought of these courtiers is to arrest them first and send them to the capital of Daming.

Now that he told Li Zhen that the soldiers were approaching the city, what Ding Yi said made sense.

But war is the continuation of politics.

After all, North Korea is considered a country, with [-] soldiers and a population of one million. They also looked down on these barbarians. In the end, Ganghwa Island was breached, Namhan Mountain City was surrounded, and all reinforcements were defeated before surrendering.

While the ministers were discussing, various armies inside and outside Seoul and near North Korea were gathering to take back Ganghwa Island and teach Ding Yi a lesson.

No results were announced that day. The intention of Li Yu and the officials was to fight with Ding Yi first to see how strong his troops are.

If you can't even defeat my North Korean troops, how can you help me defend North Korea?
What's more, Ding Yi asked for 50 shi, and 30 shi every year in the future. Of course, North Korea refused.

After the meeting ended, it was already past seven o'clock in the evening when Jin Shangxian returned to the house.

He quietly came to the study, and saw someone sitting there drinking tea, it wasn't Lu Chao.

"My king's will is undecided. I may have to fight with you again." Jin Shangxian sighed, and said in plain language: "I tried my best."

Lu Chao laughed loudly: "Why bother to ask for hardships? If you lose your generals, why bother?"

Jin Shangxian showed displeasure on his face: "Whoever wins and who loses may not necessarily."

"Such a simple truth, why can't you monarchs and ministers understand?" Lu Chao said: "I all know that Houjin is Cao Cao, and we are Dongwu and Shu."

"As long as we join forces, we will be able to resist Houjin. If we fight each other, wouldn't it be possible for Houjin to defeat each other?"

"Then why are you occupying my Ganghwa Island and robbing me of food and rice?" Jin Sangxian said angrily.

"Hey" Lu Chao sighed, imitating Ding Yi's tone and said: "Those people in North Korea regard Ming as their father country."

"You have to talk to them carefully, most of them don't take us seriously."

"So if you want to talk about reason with them, you must go with cannons and cavalry."
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The morning of the 3th.

Incheon Huashui Wharf, Dongjiang ships are docked on the shore.

Dongjiang soldiers and horses got off the boat in an endless stream, and then assembled eastward.

At this time, it has officially landed on the territory of North Korea, and to the east is Guangyu County, where you can cross the Han River and go to Seoul.

But Ding Yi estimated that the North Korean soldiers and horses would cross the Han River by themselves, looking for a decisive battle with the Ming army.

The place he chose was Incheon, where he waited for work with ease.

At this time, after three transportations by the navy, Ding Yi's [-] soldiers and horses had already arrived in North Korea.

Among them, the defenders of Jianghua Island are 1 people from the first battalion of the Ruan Siqing Navy, 2000 from the Xilaojing Navy, and 6000 from Chang Jiangang, a total of [-] people.

The remaining 1 people from various ministries are now taking turns disembarking and gathering.

Because of the large number of people and horses, it took two trips to transport it from Ganghwa Island to Huashui Wharf.

On the 3rd, Ding Yi chose the battlefield near Xinling Mountain, and according to the size of the mountain, he brought [-] infantry.

On the left side of Mount Sinnyeongsan is the later Incheon Grand Park, and on the right is the Aibo Museum. There are forests on both sides, and later generations will also be parks with countless vegetation.

Ding Yi's soldiers and horses stationed halfway up the mountain.

When the North Korean army comes to attack, they need to attack up the mountain.

Some generals asked, why not fight with North Korea?
Last time in Japan was Shou, this time Shou again?

Ding Yi said that the Koreans are not as good as the Japanese. If they defeat their forwards in a field battle, the entire North Korean army may retreat and flee.

In the original history, the Houjin conquest of North Korea was the same. Houjin surrounded the mountain city of Nanhan, just like the Daling River.

In fact, Hou Jin did not kill many North Korean soldiers.

Ding Yi intends to hit North Korea hard this time, and force North Korea to sit on the negotiating table as soon as possible. The only way is to lure them to attack, and then hit their army hard, just like the tricks he used to fight Japan.

If it was just a small defeat, and the North Koreans ran away as soon as they were defeated, Ding Yi would soon fall into a long pursuit.

Once deeply involved in the Korean battlefield, it completely violated Ding Yi's purpose of fighting.

He decided to defend Xinling Mountain again, and the Koreans will inevitably gather more soldiers and horses to attack like Japan.

At that time, a battle will determine the tripod and severely damage the imperial army. Ding Yi will be able to end the war of conquering the imperial court in the shortest time.

After listening to it, all the generals felt that it made sense.

So Ding Yi ordered the whole army to take ten days of rations and head to Xinling Mountain.

If the North Korean army does not come to a decisive battle, or just encircles but does not attack, they will withdraw to Huashui Wharf and Ganghwa Island to lure the North Korean army to attack.

It is only [-] kilometers away from Huashui Wharf, and only [-] kilometers away from Jianghua Island. If you run, you will arrive there in a few hours.

Xinling Mountain is more than 70 meters high, and there is a pond on the top of the mountain. It is a low mountain in the shape of a rectangle.

There is also a small temple by the pond. After they went there immediately, they found an old monk in this temple who could speak Chinese.

Ding Yi occupied his temple as the headquarters, gave the old monk ten taels of silver, and sent them down the mountain.

He is still the old routine, with [-] infantry guarding the mountain, Zhang Jing led [-] horsemen down the mountain, hiding in the forest in Incheon Grand Park.

Because he felt that the North Korean army was easier to fight than the Hou Jin army, Ding Yi did not desperately do the fortifications, and was afraid that if the fortifications were completed, it would be a waste if the North Korean army did not come to attack.

Some people installed some sandbags, dug a few ditches, and covered them with planks (or cut down trees) and sandbags. People hid in the ditch to prevent shelling and bows and arrows.

This kind of fortification is relatively simple, first dig a ditch, then cover the ditch with wooden boards, and then cover with sandbags.

It is more difficult to dig in the mountains, but it is better than no fortifications.

On the 7th, North Korea officially decided to go to war with the Ming army after discussions between the monarch and his ministers.

After mobilization, they gathered as many as [-] troops to cross the Han River to find the decisive battle of the Ming army.

In fact, Li Zhen didn't want to fight Dongjiang soldiers. He wanted to cooperate with Ding Yi in his heart, but he couldn't stand the clamor of those main fighters.

Moreover, Ding Yi occupied Jianghua Island first, and then asked for a large amount of food. It was really humiliating. Li Zhen had no choice but to think that after the war, he would have an explanation to his subjects, and let Ding Yi not dare to underestimate us in North Korea. people.

This time, there were 15000 troops from Liu Lin, the commander of Ping An, 15000 from Zhao Yanhu, the governor of Jiangyuan, and 30000 from Xu Wan, the left soldier.

The three soldiers and horses are all North Korean elites. Among them, Liu Lin is a famous general in North Korea. He is equipped with a large number of bird guns and is known as the strongest firearms unit in North Korea.

The three troops are commanded by the famous general Liu Lin.

On the 8th, [-] troops crossed the Han River, and Jiang Jinxin, the envoy of Zhongqingshui, wanted to take his sailors to Ganghwa Island to find Dongjiang soldiers and sailors for a decisive battle.

Liu Lin categorically opposed it, saying: "As long as we defeat the Ming army by land, their navy will naturally retreat without a fight."

In fact, he was afraid that Jiang Jinxin would lose to the navy of the Ming army and lose his ships.

Jiang Jinxin's Zhongqing navy only had a few hundred ships, and there were not many large ships. I heard that the Ming army had nearly a hundred ships and countless artillery. A single salvo leveled the coastal defenses of Jianghua Island. Liu Lin didn't want him to die in vain .

(End of this chapter)