Shang Kexi listened to Huang Degong's words, and couldn't help but be speechless in shock, yes, if there was no emperor and Qin Emperor Han Wu twice to expand the territory, there would be no today's Han nationality, let alone today's Han people's thousands of miles of rivers and mountains, today's emperor can have such a grand strategy, it is really admirable.

Shang Kexi is also a general who has led the army to fight for most of his life, and he also does not have the pedantry of some civil officials in the court.

"The emperor is really a rare male lord in a thousand years!" Shang Kexi sighed, and he also very much agreed with the words of opening up the territory, yes, the Ming Dynasty not only has a large population, strong soldiers and horses, but also has more guns and artillery.

"However, what does this have to do with the fact that the emperor did not directly send the Fourth Army of the Navy to land from the sea and directly attack Seoul, the capital of Korea?" After Shang Kexi finished sighing, he remembered the question just now.

Shang Kexi didn't really hope that the navy would land directly from the sea with the Fourth Army and attack the capital of North Korea and destroy North Korea directly, after all, in that case, where would they have the opportunity to make meritorious contributions, the reason why he would ask it was just pure doubt.

Huang Degong smiled again, this time the smile was quite mysterious, and at the same time a little cold.

"Commander Shang thinks that with a population of more than 5 million in North Korea, how many young and strong men can there be at most?" Huang Degong did not answer directly, but asked rhetorically.

Shang Kexi estimated it and said, "About a million." ”

"Yes, so many young and strong young people. North Korea is a kingdom that has been established for more than 2,000 years, even in the Han and Tang dynasties, there is still a small half of the territory of a single country, it can be said that the Koreans have their own history, and they strongly agree that they are Koreans rather than Ming people, if the Ming Dynasty broke through the Korean capital early and forced the Korean king to surrender, at that time, the Korean king may have surrendered, but the rest of Korea must still resist, and even set up another king, in that case, the Ming Dynasty also has to conquer one city after another, and because the capital was broken too quickly, Rather than this, it is better for our army to move south slowly, so that the king of Korea has enough time to recruit more young and strong Koreans into the army, and even after we break through Pyongyang, the army should rest in Pyongyang for at least half a month, so that the king of Korea can gather as much army and youth as possible in Korea under the fear of the danger of annihilation in Korea at all times, so that our army can resist our army on the front line of Seoul, so that our army can wipe it out! ”

After Huang Degong finished speaking, he clenched his fists, and his eyes flashed with a sharp cold light.

"Hey, this plan, clever, really clever!" After Shang Kexi listened, he couldn't help but gasp at first, and then he was extremely admirable, thinking that this plan was very good, anyway, for the Ming army with powerful guns and artillery, how many young and strong troops gathered in North Korea were in vain, and it was best to kill all its troops and young and strong in one go!

Immediately, after the two glanced at the Pyongyang City in front of them, they looked at each other and smiled, both with inexplicable meanings.

Pyongyang City Head.

General Park, the commander of the Pyongyang city of the North Korean army, led a group of North Korean army generals to observe the Ming army at the head of the city.

Looking at the neat and high-morale Ming army under the city, General Park's face was a little gloomy, although he was not afraid of life and death, and his will to resist was extremely firm, but the Ming army was able to kill the city of Pyongyang in just three or four days, which still made him have a lot of pressure.

"General, that's the artillery of the Ming army!" A North Korean army general pointed to the 152 glittering cannons neatly arranged on the Ming army's artillery camp position, his face was a little pale, and his expression was a little frightened.

Although there were not many Korean soldiers who could escape to Pyongyang City, and all the generals were killed, General Park and other North Korean generals in Pyongyang City still learned from the mouths of the remaining North Korean soldiers that the Ming army's artillery was fierce and powerful.

I think that at the beginning, the Qing army was armed with more than 20 red-coated cannons to attack the city all the way, and the cavalry was raging, so that North Korea surrendered, and now, the artillery of the Ming Dynasty must be even more powerful, and the number has reached more than 150 guns, otherwise it would not have hit the city of Pyongyang in just a few days.

"Humph! So what, no matter how many artillery pieces the Ming army has, no matter how powerful it is, there are only more than 70,000 people, and I have 130,000 troops in Pyongyang, nearly twice as many as the Ming army, and I am afraid that I will not be able to hold Pyongyang? General Park said disdainfully, with confidence in his tone.

The Ming army originally had 100,000 troops, but many of the cities that were defended in the rear were left, and only more than 70,000 people reached the city of Pyongyang.

General Park's disdain is not unreasonable, the power of the Ming Dynasty's sharp guns and cannons was only completely revealed in the extermination of Zhang Xianzhong and Li Zicheng, and in the battle with the Manchu Qing Dynasty, but in this era of backward communications, the distance of the battlefield was far enough, and North Korea, which was still under the rule of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, never seriously spied on the specific information of the Ming army, and the Ming army attacked Pyongyang City for a short time, many Korean cities basically abandoned the city after a few cannons, and there were not many North Korean soldiers who could successfully escape to Pyongyang City, and all that can be learned from their mouths is the news that the artillery of the Ming army is very powerful, so from the very beginning, General Park and other generals of the North Korean army did not understand the real combat power of the Ming army, and they did not know that the Ming Dynasty had sharp guns in addition to artillery!

Therefore, General Park also thought that the artillery of the Ming army was more powerful than the red-clothed artillery of the Qing army, and the previous Korean generals were too cowardly, so they abandoned the city and fled, so that the Ming army could attack the city of Pyongyang so quickly.

I don't know the specific situation of the Ming army, so General Park is not afraid.

"Yes, yes, General Park is right, the Ming army is just a little more powerful artillery, with our 130,000 troops, we will definitely be able to hold Pyongyang and successfully resist the Ming army!" Although the surrounding North Korean generals still had some palpitations in their hearts, they still complimented General Park.

General Park immediately smiled and nodded with great satisfaction, what he wanted was to let the officers and men of the Korean army put down their fear of the Ming army, only in this way could they defeat the Ming army.

However, self-confidence is a good thing, but General Park's self-confidence will soon be destroyed by the Ming army.

Under the city, the Ming army has completed all preparations before the siege.

"Report! The artillery battalion positions have been lined up! "An artillery battalion general came to report.

"Good! The breakthrough of Pyongyang is at this moment, pass the order to go down and bombard Pyongyang immediately! Huang Degong ordered.

After receiving the order, the artillery battalion general immediately ran back to the artillery battalion position to convey Huang Degong's order.

"Reload! Get ready to fire! ”

"Boom, boom, boom" The gunners who operated the 152 cannons pulled the ropes at the same time, and the muzzles of the guns instantly erupted with fierce flames, and one after another deadly shells shot out of the muzzles and flew towards Pyongyang.