Most of the soldiers of the Korean army were strong men who had been forcibly recruited more than half a month before the war, and they belonged to the rabble of the rabble that was temporarily filled, and they were weak-willed, and after the rout, they had no will to resist and were captured by the Ming army in large numbers.

In the early stage, the Fourth Army, which was 10,000 people, captured nearly 50,000 defeated soldiers.

Immediately afterwards, the Third Army and the Iron Cavalry of the Eighteenth Army, which rode on war horses, pursued fiercely, and the Fourth Army also surrounded and intercepted, and captured no less than 230,000 Korean troops along the way.

"Capture the Korean rout first, and leave the Japanese invaders alone for the time being!" Huang Degong ordered with great sensitivity.

The Japanese have no foundation in North Korea, and the same outsiders as the Ming Dynasty, as long as they can't go to sea, they don't have to worry about fleeing anywhere, and they still can't escape the pursuit in the end, and the Korean army rout is different, these North Korean army routs are all Korean natives, once a large number of people escape, they can rely on a Korean city to resist, the Ming Dynasty plan of this decisive battle can not be wiped out of the young and strong forces of North Korea, it will lose its meaning.

Therefore, it is the wisest decision to deal with the Korean rout first and then the Japanese army.

The Korean army originally had 580,000 on the front line of Seoul, but more than 80,000 were annihilated by Huang Degong in Huangzhou and Kaesong, and nearly 10,000 remained in Seoul and were raided by Yan Yingyuan's Fourth Army, in fact, only about 490,000 gathered in Jiuyunling, and these 490,000 were killed in the Battle of Jiuyunling, about 110,000, so the defeated Korean army was about 380,000.

Today, about 280,000 Korean troops have been captured, and only 100,000 Korean troops are left with the Korean king.

The 100,000 Korean troops who were with the king of Joseon were routed because of the relationship between the king of Joseon, but they have always been extremely strong and have never broken up together, which is also the main reason why Huang Degong ordered the army to directly pursue the king of Joseon in the first place.

The rout of the North Korean troops gathered together is more reassuring than the rout of the North Korean army scattered and fleeing.

At this moment, Huang Degong and the others solved the scattered rout, and finally aimed at the largest branch of the Korean king.

"Boom" iron horse gallop. In addition to staying in Seoul to guard the prisoners, nearly 20,000 iron cavalry, including the Third Army and the Eighteenth Army, rushed directly to the Korean king's place to kill.

After two days of fleeing, the Joseon king and 100,000 other Korean troops broke and fled to the city of Nowwon, 200 miles away from Seoul.

"General Han, can you see that there are other routs coming to Aorwon County?" The king of Joseon asked a Korean general surnamed Han with a tired face.

"Back to the king, except for the 100,000 troops who followed the king, I didn't see other defeated soldiers coming to Luyuan County, maybe they fled to other places, please rest assured! As long as the king is safe, he will definitely be able to regroup and finally defeat the Ming army! After all, General Han was extremely loyal to the king of Joseon, and when he said the back, he couldn't help but add some words of consolation.

The king of Joseon sighed weakly, he was not stupid, he knew very well that the other routs might have fled elsewhere, but it was more likely that they were captured by the Ming army.

In the battle of Jiuyunling, he gathered almost all the young and strong forces in Korea to fight a decisive battle with the Ming army, but he didn't expect to be defeated in the end, which made him desperate, and he didn't have much confidence in the reorganization that General Han said.

General Han also knew that there was little hope, so although he saw the despair of the Joseon king, he didn't know how to continue to persuade for a while.

In the county town of Nowwon, there were tired North Korean soldiers sitting on the ground all over the place, all with blank faces.

"Boom" Suddenly, the sound of the rumbling iron horse galloping came from far and near.

"Ming Army! The Ming army is coming! The defeated soldiers of the North Korean army, who were originally sitting on the ground one by one, suddenly began to shout in horror, like frightened birds, scurrying around, and the entire county town of Nowwon became chaotic.

In the battle of Jiuyunling, the strength of the Ming army was shown, which broke the will of the Korean soldiers and fled to Itora County, originally thinking that they had escaped the pursuit of the Ming army, but they did not expect the Ming army to chase after them so quickly, which suddenly caused the fear of the Ming army in the hearts of these Korean army routs.

The Ming army has not really appeared under the city of Luyuan County, let alone started to attack the city, and the city is in chaos first, so if it continues, let alone resist the attack of the Ming army, it will be a problem to continue to flee under the pursuit of the Ming army.

"Don't run, no one is allowed to run!" Some North Korean generals want to stop the current chaos, but unfortunately the fear in the hearts of the North Korean army rout is greater than their fear of the generals, and the fear and chaos are still unstoppable.

Outside the city, Huang Degong personally led nearly 20,000 Ming army iron cavalry to the city of Luyuan County.

Huang Degong made a gesture, and immediately thousands of soldiers dismounted from the backs of the horses, and at the same time removed a large number of cannon parts from the other horses, and began to assemble the cannons on the spot under the gaze of the Korean soldiers on the city wall.

Huang Degong brought 80 field cannons, which were lined up in several columns, and when they were assembled, they shelled the county seat of Luyuan.

This scene undoubtedly frightened the soldiers and generals of the Korean army on the city wall with pale faces and frightened eyes.

They had tasted the power of the Ming army's artillery in Jiuyunling, and it was absolutely awe-inspiring.

In an instant, as the news reached the city, the already chaotic county town of Esohara became even more chaotic, and one by one, the frightened Korean soldiers began to look around for a safe place to hide from the Ming artillery.

"Newspaper"

"Your Majesty, the pursuers of the Ming army have chased them outside the city, and they are about to shell the city!" A general came to report to the king of Joseon.

"What! The Ming army has already caught up? The Joseon king's voice trembled a little, his face was gray and full of despair.

"Don't panic, the king, we still have 100,000 troops in the city, and the Ming army will not be able to attack the city for a while and a half." General Han persuaded the king of Joseon.

"The Ming army may not be able to attack the city for a while and a half, but we have no way to repel the Ming army after all, and the Ming army may still attack the city in the end!" The King of Joseon said with a desperate face and a depressed will.

General Han moved his lips, unable to say a more favorable consolation, yes, in the battle of Jiuyunling, the 600,000 troops of the Japanese alliance army were defeated, and now with the 100,000 willless routs in the city, how to block the attack of the Ming army.

Outside the city, eighty cannons were quickly installed, and the muzzle of the black hole pointed directly at the county town of Nowon.

"Fire!"

"Boom Boom"

Cannonballs whistled and exploded through the walls.

Houses were blown down, and the fleeing North Korean soldiers and civilians in the city suffered heavy casualties.

"Boom! Rumble! ”

"Be careful, Your Majesty!"

Several shells exploded in the courtyard where the king of Joseon was, and no less than ten Korean guards protecting the king of Joseon were killed and wounded under the explosion of the shells, and the Korean generals hurriedly pulled the king of Joseon to dodge.

The artillery bombardment of the Ming army continued, and from time to time several shells exploded in the courtyard where the king of Joseon was located, killing and wounding the guards inside.

The king of Joseon was dragged by General Han to hide in a place where shells could not easily be hit, looking at the shells that exploded in the courtyard from time to time, and the guards who were constantly killed and injured by shells lying on the ground and wailing, the king of Joseon was blind, and his eyes were full of incomparable despair.

Not to mention the king of Korea, General Han also clenched his teeth tightly, and there was also a thick powerlessness in his eyes, although there were 100,000 troops in the city to follow, but the soldiers had no morale and will to fight, once the Ming army entered the city, could they resist the Ming army? Moreover, the Ming army formed an iron cavalry, even if they escorted the king to escape from the city, how could they escape the pursuit of the Ming army's iron cavalry!

It's a dilemma, no different from a desperate situation!