Chapter 7: Battle of Pyongyang (II)

Huang Taiji's eagerness to marry Hai Lanzhu was beyond Zhezhe's expectations, and he ordered people to report that he was interested in Hai Lanzhu, and then he sent a bride gift to Hai Lanzhu's father Zhai Sangbeile with great fanfare.

Zhai Sang had the intention to betroth Hai Lanzhu to a family of equal status, and Huang Taiji was also among his considerations, but he was not a stupid person. One of his sisters and daughters had already married Huang Taiji, but people could not hang themselves on a tree. If Huang Taiji's status was as solid as a god, maybe he would think about it. Huang Taiji's sudden action caught him off guard. Just agree, it would be equivalent to branding Korqin Mongolia with the mark of Huang Taiji in the future. In the future, he could only follow Huang Taiji with one mind. If he didn't agree, he swept Huang Taiji's face and maybe life would be difficult now. He never expected that there would be a part of his good sister here. It would be difficult to get rid of the tiger, so Zhai Sang could only agree to marry Hai Lanzhu to Huang Taiji.

Just when Huang Taiji was preparing to marry Hailanzhu, Dorgon's army reported to Haoge's three-day massacre in Pyongyang was delivered to him. Huang Taiji was so angry that he was furious on the spot. Before Haoge went to war, he sternly instructed Haoge not to kill innocent people. This time, different from Han or Mongols, those Koreans in the future will be the future people of the Great Jin Kingdom. Huang Taiji was determined to turn North Korea into the rear of the Great Jin Kingdom. With such a massacre, hatred was established. Even if all of them occupied North Korea, this hatred would be difficult to resolve. The people's hearts are the things that maintain the system.

The basis of governance is that if it is a small city, it would be fine if Haoge kills all the people in the city. But Pyongyang is one of the "three capitals" of North Korea. His massacre not only cannot scare some North Koreans, but may also arouse the fighting spirit of the other party. North Korea is not small or big, and there are millions of people. According to his calculations, if it cannot capture Seoul within a month, it would be dangerous. In total, two-thirds of the time has passed. Although the results of the battle are good, according to his calculations, Haoge should at least capture Kaesong and is advancing towards Seoul.

Although Pyongyang's fierce resistance was beyond Huang Taiji's expectations, the mistakes of massacre and wasting three days was unforgivable because of the massacre. He immediately gave an order to relieve Haoge of his right to lead the army and Dorgon led the entire army.

The arrogant and arrogant Haoge naturally would not think that his Ama had exempted his military power to kill a few Korean untouchables. Everything was attributed to Dorgon. It must have been Ama who believed Dorgon's slander, which was to exempt his military power. Originally, the relationship between uncle and nephew was not good. Haoge was the eldest son, and the entire Jin Dynasty might be his in the future, but Dorgon was the heir decided by his grandfather Nurhaci on his deathbed. Moreover, Dorgon was three years younger than him. In the future, the Khanate of the Jin Dynasty might not be his turn, especially among the Jin people, many people support Dorgon. Dorgon is so capable that it is not difficult for him not to be jealous.

Dorgon complained secretly. Huang Taiji's withdrawal of Haoge's power to lead the troops was expected, but it was unexpected that he handed over the 30,000 troops to himself. Although he was the lord of Zhengbai Banner, Huang Taiji had never let him command more than 5,000 soldiers and horses in order to prevent him from being too powerful. This time, he was the thousands of troops under Zhengbai Banner who could really obey his command. It was too difficult to command Zhenghuang, Yinghuang, and Zhenglan Banner under Haoge.

According to Dorgon's own idea, the best candidate to replace Haoge should be Yuetuo, but Yuetuo is hundreds of miles away in Liaoyang. Even if Huang Taiji intends to let Yuetuo replace Haoge, there is no time left.

This time, Huang Taiji was stunned and issued this order without discussing with Fan Wencheng. Changing generals at the last minute is a taboo in military strategists, especially the consequences of switching to command generals during the attack are absolutely immeasurable. In order to make up for his mistake, Huang Taiji decided to lead the main army into the dynasty in advance. Dai Shan and other beiles followed the army to fight, and Amin stayed in Shengjing.

The city was broken on ten days, Haoge slaughtered the city for three days, Dorgon replaced Haoge, Huang Taiji personally led a large army into North Korea and other series of news surged to Zhu Yinglong's desk like a tide.

"With Dorgon's ability, the city will not last for a few days." Zhu Yinglong said worriedly.

"I'm afraid that when the Later Jin soldiers came to the city, the city would become an empty city." Sun Chengzong lowered his head and pondered.

"Haoge's talent is insufficient. Dorgon may not be able to control the 30,000 army in a short period of time. Huang Taiji did not trust his younger brother so much. It's just that he hurriedly led the army into the North Korea." In order to study the North Korean issue, Zhu Yinglong issued an order to summon Yuan Chonghuan from Jinzhou to Beijing, and took this opportunity to reunite him with his wife and children in Beijing.

"Replacing generals at the last stage is a taboo in military strategists. It is normal for Huang Taiji to make mistakes in anger and to be anxious to make up for it. Don't forget that he has a Fan Wencheng around him, who is talented by Zhang Liang." Sun Chengzong added.

"Heror Sun Ge's words are right. Fan Wencheng is a man with outstanding plans. With him to assist Huang Taiji, Huang Taiji is like a fish in water, which is a great threat to my Ming Dynasty." Zhu Yinglong said.

"What the emperor said is that Fan Wencheng is now the Han minister valued by Huang Taiji. Every strategy of Huang Taiji has his own shadow. Unfortunately, he has learned everything he has become a lackey for the Hulu, which is really hateful!" Sun Chengzong didn't know whether it was anger or regretful Fan Wencheng, and even Zhu Yinglong himself had a complex emotion about Fan Wencheng.

The corrupt Ming Dynasty could not give him a stage to show his ambitions, but Huang Taiji gave him the limitations of history that he could not see the harm of a backward civilization leading an advanced civilization. He thought that by unifying China with force, he could end all disputes and allow the world to be unified and the people to live a happy and peaceful life. He was wrong here. His vision was too narrow. He only saw what he could see, but not the whole world. Therefore, he became a traitor that the Han people later criticized, while the Jin people regarded him as a slave. This is Fan Wencheng's sorrow.

"Yuan Aiqing, what is the whereabouts of Zhang Zhongchang?" Zhu Yinglong has always loved talents, and North Korea is also a territory he must conquer. Therefore, this talent who has forced Haoge's 20,000 elite soldiers with thousands of soldiers is naturally very concerned.

"Your Majesty, the three days after Haoge's massacre, our intelligence agencies in Pyongyang also received damage. There is no news about Zhang Zhongchang at present." Yuan Chonghuan replied.

"Is there any news about the Shadow?" Zhu Yinglong turned to Zhou Huaian who was standing on one side and asked.

"Haoge is also ordering people to look for Zhang Zhongchang everywhere. As of two days ago, Weichen received nothing from the news." Zhou Huaian replied.

"Yes." Zhu Yinglong nodded and said, "I ordered people to continue pursuing this person. I really want to see him."

"Yes, the emperor." Zhou Huaian responded, stood beside him with his head down.

At this moment, in the North Korean Embassy, ​​the North Korean envoy Han Yuan was on pins and needles and needles. At Zhu Yinglong's instructions, he ordered people to quietly reveal it to him, and told him the news that Haoge had been massacred for three days. Han Yuan wanted to face Zhu Yinglong and beg the Ming court to send troops to North Korea, but he did not receive any news from the country, so he did not dare to make a decision easily. He was so anxious that he was about to go crazy.

The Korean Palace in Seoul was also in chaos. Pyongyang was lost. The news of the three-day massacre of the Jin people reached the ears of the North Korean king Lee Nei. The young king fainted on the spot. The civil and military ministers were furious and pinched the people and poured medicine soup, which finally helped Li Nei wake up.

Before he could finish shocking with a group of Korean civil and military officials, the "Kaicheng" one of the three capitals was surrounded by the Jin army again. Kaicheng was too close to Seoul. It was not an exaggeration to say that it was the last screen in Seoul. Kaicheng could not be defended, and Seoul became dangerous. The Korean monarch and ministers were suddenly in chaos. The quarrel between the pro-war faction and the surrender faction almost overturned the Qingyun Palace.

In the end, even Li Nai herself lost her opinion and had no choice but to bring out Queen Renmu, who was Li Nai's grandmother (Li Nai was born in vain and was not inherited from blood, but Li Nai was able to succeed to the throne as king, and this grandmother made the greatest contribution, so Queen Renmu had extremely high prestige in the court and the opposition). As soon as Queen Renmu came out, she immediately set the principle of perseverance. The hundreds of years of history of the Joseon Dynasty in the Lee family had reached the critical moment of life and death. The Jin people suddenly treacherously sent troops to Korea. She experienced much more storms than Li Nai. Huang Taiji's current ambition is no different from Toyotomi Hideyoshi back then. If he surrendered, he could only survive in the world. Queen Renmu, who is familiar with Chinese history, knew very well how the Lord of the Southern Tang Dynasty died. Surrender was death, and fighting was also death. Instead of her cowardly death, it was better to die with dignity.

Queen Inmu's decision immediately awakened the vast majority of the surrender factions, inspired the determination of the monarch and ministers of North Korea to defend Seoul, and aroused the blood of the subjects to defend their families and the country. Then Li Yu ordered the women and children in Seoul to withdraw to southern Korea and stay and help the army to defend the city. As soon as the order to defend the city was issued, countless North Korean men sent away their parents, wives and children, picked up weapons around them that could be used as weapons and stayed. In just a few days, Seoul had become a military fortress.

Surprisingly, North Korea did not send anyone to ask for help from the Ming court this time, which made Zhu Yinglong puzzled. After knowing that the war was over, he realized that if North Korea asked for help from the Ming court at that time, then the North Korean army would not fight to the death, because once people had a support, they might have a kind of slack. This slack is not only spiritually, but also physically. Fighting for waiting for reinforcements and fighting for their own lives is definitely two different spiritual levels. Although Zhu Yinglong decided to take the initiative to send a team of officers into the North Korea, under the command of Zu Dashou, Seoul was resisted by less than 30,000 regular troops and 100,000 young and strong resistance, which could only hold weapons similar to kitchen knives. It was not until Huang Taiji transferred out a secret weapon - artillery from the base camp. After persisting for more than a month, Seoul was captured. Its tragic and tragic level made later military and historians sigh.
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