Chapter 736: The Fall of North Korea
"The main force of the Ming Dynasty was resisting Mongolia in the northern part of the Mo, and the Li family army did not defend Dadian and Changdian forts in Kuandian, so that the thieves and enemies rushed in and attacked our North Korea."
Jin Liu said as the North Korean leader discussed the government, crying.
"Your Highness, the bandits went south, and the three northern troops of our country were defeated. Yizhou City was captured within one day."
"Please ask the Ming Dynasty for help as soon as possible!"
Jin Liu was one of the main planners of Renzu's life two years ago.
Anyway, Renzu, also known as Guihai Jingshe, Guihai, Guihai was an armed coup in the Li Dynasty in the third year of Tianqi.
The last King of Korea, Li Hui, reused the power of the Dabei faction, imprisoned his mother, Concubine Renmu, and executed his brothers Linhaijun and Yongchangmao, which led to political chaos.
Therefore, the opposition forces led by Jin Liu of the Western People's Party gradually became dissatisfied.
In addition, Li Hui's policy of getting close to the Later Jin Dynasty also caused public grievances in Korea, providing excuses and status for Li's coup.
Western Party leaders Jin Liu, Li Gui and others supported Li Jue. One night in the third year of the Tianqi period, they raised an army in the western suburbs of Seoul, Wangjing, and attacked the palace from Zhangyi Gate.
Li Xingli, the general in charge of the training of Seoul garrison, was already dissatisfied with Li Hui's policy of getting close to the Later Jin Dynasty, and deliberately remained silent during the coup.
The North Korean army that launched the coup was unstoppable and successfully attacked Changdeokgung Palace and set fire.
After Guanghai Jun Li Hui escaped, he was arrested and exiled to Jianghua Island. His favorite ministers and other members of the Northern People's Party were successively arrested within a year and were all executed.
After the coup, Li Yu continued to respect Concubine Renmu and inherited the throne on his order. He also sent five envoys to the Ming Dynasty in three years and one year.
In the fifth year of the Tianqi period, Li Yu received the imperial edict from Zhu Youxiao, which was recognized by the Ming Dynasty and became the 16th king of the Li Dynasty in the legitimate Korean period.
Therefore, Jin Liu, the main character who planned the plan, became Li Ju’s right-hand man whom he trusted the most.
After Cui Mingji was detained on the Ming Dynasty last year when he was on an envoy to the Ming Dynasty, Jin Liu was appointed as the leader of the political affairs, and the Westerners' war factions even looked up.
Leading the political discussion is equivalent to the chief minister of the Ming Dynasty.
Li Jue had long lost his backbone, so he waved and said, "Send envoys again to ask for help from the Ming Dynasty. If there were no Ming Dynasty, our country would definitely not exist!"
Lee Xingli, the general of the garrison of King Jing of Korea, stepped out and said: "Your Highness, sending envoys to seek help is one of them. We must fight to the death. We cannot give the thieves the impression that our North Korea is weak and can be bullied!"
Fight to the death?
Sorry, Li Wu doesn't have this determination.
He said in panic: "War to the death, why do you want to fight to the death? More than 100,000 soldiers and horses from the three northern roads were beaten to death by the thieves within a few days and fled."
"There are only 8,000 old and weak in the city. How can we defend Wang Jing?"
Li Xingli raised his head and said, "Wang Jingcheng is high and deep, and there are heavy artillery shipped from the Ming Dynasty to defend the city. The last generals have two thousand armored soldiers under their command, all of whom have followed His Highness since anyway!"
"We are willing to live and die with Wang Jing and fight the thieves to the end!"
After saying that, a North Korean general took the lead and said, "That's right, when we follow Your Highness, we knew that there would be today, and we were ready to serve the country."
"Your Majesty can sit firmly in the palace so that the soldiers can work together and their morale will remain strong!"
Sitting firmly in the palace...
Not only did Li Jue not have the intention of spending time in the palace in the Later Jin army project, but he was even feeling like he was sitting on pins and needles now!
Those Tartars killed people without blinking.
As the king, he knew very well how decadent the Korean army was now, and it was probably a dream to resist the Later Jin army.
If I defend Seoul to the death, I would probably be caught by Jiannu, and the consequences might not be better than my uncle!
"Your Majesty, the Jin army has reached forty miles outside Wangjing City!" A garrison soldier came over, "The 20,000 troops in the south of the king who served the king have all been defeated."
"Li Xiuchen, the general of Nanyidao, who led the king, was killed by Ajige and died in battle!"
Upon hearing this news, there was even more noisy discussion in the royal court.
Li Xingli was also a little surprised and grabbed the soldier's collar and yelled: "Are you exaggerating?"
"Li Xiuchen is not an incompetent person. He has a army of 20,000 South and a king-supporting army. How many people are there in Ajige, and four thousand people?"
"How is it possible that four thousand people defeated us 20,000 and killed the general?"
The soldier was full of grievance and cried: "It's true that Nan Yidao army was defeated by Ajige sixty miles away from Wangjing City."
"I heard that Azig led a team of white-armored cavalry to rush into our army, as if he had entered a no-man. He would be knocked down by the commander of our army in one meeting!"
Li Xingli took a few steps back and took a breath of cold air.
Didn’t the Tartar soldiers be defeated by Xiong Tingbi in the field two years ago? How could they still have such strong strength?
It seems that the strength of the Eight Banners soldiers has not declined much, but it is the strength of the Ming army, which has made a qualitative leap.
From the difficulty of defending the city, it was to the defeat of the Eight Banners in the field two years ago.
How did the Ming army do it?
The speed of the Later Jin army was so fast and its momentum were obviously unpredictable and resisted by the entire Korean Kingdom.
The entire eight Korean roads were ineffective in using these lonely troops to penetrate deep into the Later Jin army!
The defensive ability of the North Korean army nationwide is not as good as the 20,000 Liao troops stationed at Kuandian Liubao, which Xiong Tingbi has recovered in recent years!
When the Later Jin army faced the current Ming army, it was no longer so easy to siege cities and fight in the field, but they turned to attack North Korea, which was still the same as beating their sons.
Li Xingli stopped talking because he knew the difference between him and the other party.
Li Xiuchen was not an incompetent person. He was easily defeated and killed by the Ajige 4,000 Eight Banners Cavalry in the field.
This shows that it is not much different if you go there.
Seeing that the civil and military officials in the court were speechless, Li Jue sighed and said, "Tell me my king's edict, retreat to Jianghua Island!"
"Ask reinforcements from the Ming army stationed in Pidao!"
The news of the continuous fall of various places and the continuous defeat of the four reinforcements in the South made the entire Wangjing ministers have no intention of resisting.
Seeing that the Later Jin Dynasty was about to run to the city of Hanshan, Li Jue hurriedly dispersed the court, and led civil and military officials and thousands of Korean King Jing garrison troops to flee to Juehua Island with light and simple clothes.
However, Concubine Renmu insisted on living and dying with Wang Jing, and said nothing to leave.
As soon as the Wangjing garrison and the king retreated, all the Korean people in Hanshan City were panicked and fled with their families.
At this moment, just twenty miles away, the Later Jin army had just defeated the king-supporting army in the southern four roads of North Korea.
Horse hooves were covered with flying dust.
The Later Jin army was chasing the Korean royal army all over the mountains, screams kept coming. Huang Taiji and the princes and princes Belle rode on the horse with satisfaction, and said with a smile:
"It's refreshing, it's refreshing!"
"Ben Khan has been feeling so tired for two years. He suffered another loss from Li Xijue in Xindian. Now he finally found the feeling he used to be!"
Fan Wencheng smiled and said, "Yes, it's still Little Beller's keen eyes and he saw that North Korea is just a bunch of native chickens and tiles, and it is difficult to resist the attack of Dajin."
However, when everyone was happy, Dorgon was full of hesitation.
"Slow, too slow!"
"Khan, please send an order to tell the army not to worry about the remaining enemies. It is nothing to defeat the North Korean army. It is better to attack the North Korean King Seoul as soon as possible!"
"We have been delaying in North Korea for four days. The situation in Liaodong is changing rapidly, but the Ming army is constantly changing for a while!"
Huang Taiji was at the moment of his complacent ambition. He was quite unhappy when he heard this. He did not directly order and said perfunctorily:
"Ben Khan knows!"
He was quite proud and did not continue to adopt Dorgon's opinion.
Chapter completed!