The First Gongsheng of Ming Dynasty

Chapter 354 Mutiny
The [-] North Korean army suddenly followed Tang Yin and charged as if they had been beaten with chicken blood.

But they found that Wang Jia's people came and ran so fast that they couldn't even catch up. They hid in the mountains and forests as if they had never appeared before.

However, they found a lot of scattered food along the way.

"Three people were caught alive, 30 people were killed, and [-] more heads..."

After the results of the war were compiled, even Li Kejun and others felt that they were cheated.

Why are there so few people?
But the morale of the North Korean army was greatly shaken.

Xu Jing, who was with the army, smiled and said to Li Kejun: "How do you look at it, this Wang Jia's department is here to deliver food to us."

Li Kejun ignored Xu Jing, he went to Tang Yin, and said bluntly: "Even if we get some food, it is impossible for our army to continue marching northward, so please ask the Tang envoy to inform the governor of Liaodong on your behalf that our Korean army has done its best. "

Tang Yin said: "Are you going to disobey orders?"

Li Kejun said directly: "There is nothing we can do!"

At this moment, another messenger arrived and brought news from the northern side of the Hun River: "...the captured captives are said to be from the Huifa Ministry, which has retreated to Huifa City after hearing that Daming and North Korea jointly dispatched troops. Now the Walled City is empty."

Li Kejun said coldly: "They must be talking nonsense, but they are members of Wang Jia's department, how can they know so clearly about Huifa's affairs?"

Tang Yin stepped forward and grabbed Li Kejun, Liu Gui next to him took out his firecracker and pointed it at Li Kejun. The North Korean soldiers rushed to draw their knives, but it was too late.

Li Kejun was "kidnapped" by Liu Gui.

"If you don't follow the orders of the Ming Emperor, you will be disobedient! If you don't even dare to attack an empty city, then you are helping the evildoers, and the leader should be killed!"

Tang Yin was very rude.

Xu Jing was so frightened that he quickly hid behind Tang Yin, he was very puzzled.

Tang Yin, who has always been like an eggplant, has always been so "heroic and mighty"?

How dare you openly kidnap the North Korean coach?

"Don't act rashly." Park Yuanzong, the deputy commander of the North Korean side, came out and said, "We must obey the emperor's will, and we must lead our troops to Duobi City."

Li Kejun asked, "Pu, are you planning to rebel?"

Park Yuanzong said: "I'm saving you."

"You don't need your kindness." Li Kejun was held to his head by a firecracker, but he still seemed to be very strong.

Park Yuanzong didn't care about Li Kejun's protest at this time, he said: "Now that the coach is detained by the superior, I will temporarily take the position of coach. The problem of food and grass can definitely be solved in Duobi City, because the Huifa Department looted a large amount of food... ...Now that you are back in Changcheng, do you have something to eat?"

The soldiers looked at each other one by one.

Drought in North Korea is severe.

It doesn't mean that they will be able to earn a living when they return to Changseong. If North Korea had enough food and grass for them, it would have been provided long ago.

"Everywhere you go, you starve to death. Why take the risk of offending Daming? Now we are coordinating with Daming to send troops to build the state guard. If we win, we will be able to live in luxury. Duobi City is less than a hundred miles away from here, so you are willing." Give up like that?"

"I don't want to!"

As the governor of Pingan Road, Park Yuanzong still has military power in his hands, and his appeal is also very strong.

After his mobilization.

Most of the North Korean soldiers were willing to follow him to Dobi City.

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After the army won the battle, it was only after a small mutiny that they were able to continue marching.

"Bohu, you were too adventurous before!"

Afterwards, Xu Jing went to criticize Tang Yin, and even blamed Tang Yin for not discussing with him beforehand.

Tang Yin said: "This is necessary. I don't care about the life and death of the 5000 people in North Korea. I must fulfill His Majesty's will. Only when I reach Duobi City can I complete the task. As for whether there will be food to sustain it in the future, it is not in my consideration. within range."

"you……"

Only then did Xu Jing know.

In fact, Tang Yin deliberately put the North Korean soldiers to death.

Fortunately, the Ming army proved its strength with artillery, so that the North Korean soldiers felt as if they had gained life.

The soldiers and horses walked northward for more than a day, and it was almost a starry night. Finally, on the seventeenth day of the first lunar month, the army arrived at the Duobi City that they had been thinking about.

And even if soldiers only eat one meal a day, there are less than three days left in rations.

"It seems... there are quite a lot of people stationed."

The North Korean soldiers were dumbfounded when they arrived at Duobi City.

Where is this empty city?
What happened to the soldiers lined up neatly on the top of the city?What about their crossbows?

But fortunately, no one from the Huifa tribe came out, and no soldiers from other tribes were encountered along the way. The coalition forces of Ming Dynasty and North Korea just stationed their troops at the foot of Duobi City in such a daze.

this afternoon.

A meeting was held to fight or retreat.

"Emissary Tang, even if you are an envoy of Ming Dynasty, you have no right to decide the life and death of us Koreans. There are at least a thousand bandits stationed in such a fortified city. It will cost a lot to take it down, and they can take advantage of it." Ye Lai set fire to us, we have no choice but to withdraw our troops!"

At the meeting, Li Kejun still used his status as the coach to show off his might.

Tang Yin said: "Do you want to go back? If you don't give you food, you can go wherever you want, whoever wants to go with him, please do it!"

"you……"

Li Kejun discovered that because of Park Yuanzong's "betrayal", now his army actually does not have enough rations to allow them to return to North Korea smoothly.

Pu Yuanzong said: "Let's not talk about whether there is food when we go back. Even if we can go back, do all the soldiers hope to be hungry? Why can't you prove yourself?"

Li Kejun scolded: "You are the only one who has the guts? We can't besiege such a city on all sides, and we can only be stationed on the south side of the city. If we can't take this city like this, how can we prove it?"

Tang Yin said: "Tonight, send some people under the city overnight, I have a way to break into the city."

"Envoy Tang, are you hysterical?" Li Kejun was very angry.

This can make the person who is responsible for translating the conversation next to him very busy.

Most of the people at the scene were middle- and lower-level North Korean officials. They couldn't understand what Tang Yin and Li Kejun said in Chinese. They only knew that the two sides were fighting fiercely.

Tang Yin said coldly: "If it doesn't work, then I will kill you to sacrifice the flag!"

"you……"

This time I feel that it is not Tang Yin and Xu Jing who have met the soldiers, but Li Kejun and his cronies.

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The military council is over.

Pu Yuanzong found Tang Yin and expressed his embarrassment: "Tang Shangchai, I don't know where you heard my name, and I don't know why that Lai Guogong said alone that I can help you achieve great things. But if there is no result in this battle, I will not be able to go back to North Korea."

Tang Yin said: "Are you afraid?"

Pu Yuanzong swallowed and said: "Li Shuai is my confidant of the monarch. This time he was sent with troops to check and balance the strength of the army. Even if I am the governor of Ping'an Road, the military power in my hand is very weak. If If you lose, can you let me go with you?"

"Hehe." Xu Jing, who was listening on the side, smiled wryly, "If you lose, you may lose your life, so who are you talking about?"

Pu Yuanzong looked up at Tang Yin, obviously he was not willing to listen to Daming completely.

But now he is also on the "thief ship".

Tang Yin patted Pu Yuanzong on the shoulder and said: "Don't worry, if you win, you will be a hero of North Korea when you return to North Korea, and everyone will praise you as a hero."

"Difficult." Pu Yuanzong said, "The monarch has always disliked me, and this time I was sent to another place because of this. In North Korea, only those who are close to the monarch can be reused, and most of the court officials who were sent to Ping'an Road were a few years later. will be killed."

Tang Yin was startled.

He suddenly seemed to understand why Zhang Zhou mentioned Park Yuanzong in the tips he gave him, and also mentioned that Park Yuanzong would help him stabilize the overall situation.

Because this is really the best candidate for "rape".

It just happened to be assigned to Ping'an Road, it happened that Park Yuanzong was a member of the army, and it happened that Park Yuanzong meant to help him. Is there anything more "coincidental" than this?
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That night.

Silent night.

The troops of the Huifa Department stationed inside the city, as well as the Ming and Korean coalition forces stationed outside the city, seemed to be doing nothing.

The coalition forces outside the city even started to cook fires early in the morning, and until midnight, the camp outside the city was quiet, only the patrolling troops were still active.

Different from the general siege wars in the border areas of the Ming Dynasty, this time the coalition forces were stationed less than two miles away, but it was not easy for the cavalry in the city to rush over, because their gates were very narrow, and only two soldiers could come out at a time. The cavalry, and the city is built on the mountainside, easy to defend and difficult to attack, and the rugged road is not convenient for the cavalry to charge.

But if the coalition forces attacked the city, not to mention using bows and crossbows, even if they threw some stones and rolling logs down, the coalition forces would suffer heavy casualties.

Therefore, the army in the city did not intend to rush out of the city.

at midnight.

Li Kejun was called to Tang Yin's tent, and someone guarded him.

Tang Yin, Xu Jing and Pu Yuanzong are all there.

Tang Yin also said: "According to Duke Lai's instructions, Duobi City is the strongest fortress of the Huifa tribe, and it is also its second largest city. The trade of various tribes is usually carried out here. If we can win Duobi City, Our food and grass problem will be solved."

Li Kejun asked, "Is it that easy?"

"Wait."

Tang Yin looked at the sky outside.

Xu Jingdao: "The weather outside is cloudy and rainy, the most suitable for ambush."

Even Pu Yuanzong was puzzled and asked: "Who is ambushing? Wait for the people from the Huifa Department to come out and catch him by surprise?"

No one answered him, and no one explained anything to the North Koreans.

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"Boom!"

Long after midnight, everyone in the camp was drowsy.

There was a loud bang, and it seemed that the ground was shaking.

Just when Li Kejun and Pu Yuanzong were wondering what happened, Liu Gui came in from outside the camp and said happily, "Master Tang, a big hole has been blown out of the city wall!"

"what?"

This time not only Li Kejun was surprised, even Park Yuanzong was also surprised.

There were less than [-] people from Daming, and they brought some artillery. Could it be that... Daming used artillery to blow up a gap in Duowall City, a city with thick walls just because of its name?

Liu Guidao: "Now we can attack the city!"

Tang Yinze said calmly, "Don't worry."

Park Yuanzong asked: "Is there a gap in the city wall? Why don't we rush to attack the city? This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity."

Even Li Kejun looked at it with the same puzzled eyes.

Tang Yin said: "Have you forgotten our errand? We are going to take down the multi-walled city. Now that the city wall has been blown down, they won't be able to repair it for a while, and even if it is repaired...they think they can bear it a few more times ? After they dawn, all the soldiers in the city have fled, and it won't be too late for us to attack the city."

Pu Yuanzong widened his eyes and said: "Tang Shangchai, if we really wait until dawn, then the people from the Huifa Department will take away a large amount of food and grass, we..."

Tang Yin asked sharply: "If you encountered this kind of siege battle, would you take food, grass and goods, or run for your life? It would be nice if they could bring some close-fitting goods. Unless they think that Daming's army will not pursue it! "

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Now the decision rests with Tang Yin.

Li Kejun had no right to issue orders, and although Park Yuanzong was the interim coach, he had to listen to Tang Yin.

So much so that after waiting for more than an hour, the sky was still a little dark before dawn, and he couldn't help urging: "It's almost time for a business trip!"

Tang Yin has been waiting for Liu Gui's information.

Until Liu Gui came in and reported: "There are no less than a thousand thieves in the city who fled from the north of the city!"

Tang Yin said: "Their hearts are broken, they can attack the city! Order to attack the city! The cavalry is in front! Prevent ambushes!"

"Yes, yes." Park Yuanzong hurried out to order.

After Li Kejun was escorted out, Xu Jing exclaimed: "Bohu, you can do it. Why do you suddenly become so courageous now? It looks like you can get some kind of uncle Xinjian."

Tang Yin said angrily: "Uncle Xin Xin, it's good to save my life! Do you think I don't want to fight with them? Minimize casualties as much as possible, so as to delay the war to the greatest extent and wait for our reinforcements!"

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Tang Yin seemed to have a premonition that the West Route Army that Daming sent troops from Liaodong would not be able to come for a while.

So his strategy of using troops is completely different from Wang Shouren's.

Wang Shouren is the kind of fearless person who rushes forward to do his best, while Tang Yin's strategy can be summed up in two words... dogged.

Even when charging into battle, Tang Yin was able to implement these two words to the fullest.

He clearly trampled the opponent's city wall, but he still took his time and waited for most of the defenders in the city to run away in fright before ordering the attack.

To put it bluntly, this is for the best benefit of the war situation... But in fact, it is because Tang Yin is afraid of death, afraid of being broken in a world of ice and snow.

But there is also a little advantage... This fully proves that Zhang Zhou's understanding of him is "correct".

Zhang Zhou was willing to let Tang Yin come to North Korea to lobby for troops, and let Tang Yin personally accompany the army into the territory of Jianzhouwei, because he took a fancy to his "precious quality", and because Tang Yin likes to shrink back, Zhang Zhou also wanted to try Tang Yin Where is the limit on defense.

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The soldiers entered the city smoothly.

To the delight of the North Korean army, there were indeed a large number of food and goods that had not been removed in the city. As a strong fortress, Duobi City became a warehouse that could not be emptied when the enemy fled.

After the soldiers entered the city, in addition to arresting the old, the weak, the sick and the disabled, they also looted goods, as if whoever got it would belong to him.

On the contrary, the Ming soldiers seemed very calm.

At this time, Pu Yuanzong admired Tang Yin so much that he went to see Tang Yin and went to the city with Tang Yin.

"It is said that the defenders in the city originally had nearly 2000 people, all of whom were the elite of the Huifa Department. But after the city wall collapsed last night, they knew that there were Ming soldiers in the attacking army. They had no intention of fighting and fled in a hurry!"

Park Yuanzong looked very excited, "The food is enough for us to eat for many days. Should we hurry up and transport all these back to North Korea?"

Tang Yin asked back: "Did you get the result you wanted?"

"This……"

Park Yuanzong had already entered the city to enjoy the glory of being a victor, but at this time he was asked speechless.

Just taking down a multi-walled city that is almost empty, even if some food and goods are brought back, it will not be able to make up for his crime of "mutiny". Li wants to kill him as if he is killing him for fun, and he will be regarded as a North Korean traitor, no one will help him.

Tang Yin continued: "Now we are going to garrison here to repel the invading enemies. By the way, we will use this as a foundation and wait for the reinforcements from the Ming Dynasty to arrive."

"what?"

Pu Yuanzong thought that he had made a contribution, but now he found that he seemed to have committed a crime.

It was completely used by Tang Yin.

Stationed in the multi-walled city... Doesn't this mean it is an empty city?Not to mention the Fafa Department!Even other tribes, I'm afraid they won't let it go... After all, there are gaps in the walls of the multi-walled city, and it's not so easy to garrison. Who doesn't miss the strong fortress built by the Huifa tribe halfway up the mountain?

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After the soldiers entered the city, they immediately fortified the places in the city where they could be stationed.

According to Tang Yin's instructions, Pu Yuanzong went to give chicken soup to the North Korean soldiers: "Dear comrades, the Ming army will soon arrive at Duobi City, and send us countless grains and supplies to help us occupy Jiannu's land. Territory, plunder their population back to North Korea, you can also become marquises and worship generals, and you will no longer be ordinary soldiers! Not only will you not have to starve to death, but your family will be full in the future!"

As I said before, it doesn't help much.

The last sentence is more useful.

For the North Korean soldiers on the expedition, being able to eat is more important than anything else.

then……

The city was huddled into a ball, and 5000 people built a defense line, waiting for the Jurchen tribes around Jianzhouwei to attack.

As a result, there was no movement for three days.

Even Xu Jing ran to Tang Yin to complain: "Didn't it be agreed that the tartars will come after we occupy the Duobi City? Why haven't we seen you yet?"

Tang Yin said: "Wait a little longer."

Xu Jingdao: "Do you have anything else?"

Tang Yin asked: "Then do you want the Tartars to come, or the Ming army?"

Xu Jingdao: "Where is Daming's army?"

Tang Yin said helplessly: "We sent out a few sentries before, but they were all beaten back halfway, and some were directly set up and strangled without any news...It seems...the tartars are going to launch a fierce attack on us."

(End of this chapter)