Chapter 90: The Korean War II

The blizzard doesn't know when it's coming. In the midst of a blizzard, visibility is low. Even so, looking at it from a distance, there was still a large black shadow struggling to move forward in the snowflakes, it was the cavalry of the Qing army.

Countless cavalry of the Qing army led their horses to walk on the road that was covered by heavy snow and stepped out by the soldiers in front of them in the snow, and stepped on a black muddy road in this snowfield. And the continuous snow, layer by layer, covered the mud, as if trying to cover the mud again.

The cold wind is like a sword, hitting the human body, and the iron armor can resist the sword and gun, but it cannot stop the cold wind. The coldness is like a cold spike that pierces into everyone's body, making people feel numb from pain.

Gradually, the limbs seemed not to be their own.

Azig rode on his horse and let out a sigh of relief, as if a white rainbow, rushed out half a meter away before disappearing into thin air.

"Where have you been?" Azig asked the people around him.

A young general said: "Lord Wang, there are still dozens of miles to cross the Yalu River." ”

Azig said: "How's it going? ”

The young general said: "The little one has already been there once, and it has been frozen." ”

Azig smiled lightly, patted the young general, and said: "Tuhai, you are good, don't be a bachelor in the future, my Manchurian man will definitely see you on the battlefield, you are a bachelor, there is a fart." ”

Tu Hai just smiled, but he seemed to be frozen by the cold, and his smile was a little deformed. said: "Wang Ye Miaozan." ”

Tuhai is also born in Manchuria, but before, he has never fought, and now he is only in his twenties, as Azig said, he was born in a pen-style style, and has been circling in the civil official circle, and now he is a bachelor of Hongwen Pavilion. Walk in front of the Gozen.

If it weren't for the Battle of Anqing, the generals of the Eight Banners would have suffered a lot of losses. Dolgon would not let Tuhai enter the army and come into contact with military power. Because although Tuhai did not express his position, most people regarded him as a person with two yellow flags.

Although Azig has some restrictions on the use of Tuhai and runs errands by his side, he has to admit that Tuhai is quite effective in handling things, and no matter what Azig sends him, he can do it well. Let Azig have some appreciation in his heart, and said secretly: "If it weren't for the blessing of the people." ”

"Let's go ahead and get ready." Azig said: "Cross the river in a moment. ”

"Wow." Tuhai said with a salute on his horse.

Then he drove his horse forward.

It's just that in the wilderness, the snow is so thick that you can't walk fast even on a horse.

Although Tuhai said that it was not far, when he arrived at the Yalu River, it was also an hour later.

Tuhai

Looking up at the sky, the sky and the earth were white. There are no other colors. Ordered to prepare for the crossing of the river.

So the knights wrapped their horses' hooves with a thick layer of steps to prevent the cavalry from slipping on the ice. It's been a while before it's all ready.

Azig looked over, but saw that there was a black pressure behind him, and in the snow, it was very distinct.

There's only 10,000 riders here.

Naturally, Dolgon will not give Azig ten thousand horses, but he will not give Azig too many soldiers, after all, North Korea is also a great enemy in Dolgon's heart, so the army sent by Dorgon to Azig is essentially a partial division.

There were about 50,000 or 60,000 people, of whom 20,000 set out from the capital. The remaining 30,000 are the Liaodong garrison, and there is also a water division, which is the Daqingshui Division that has just been formed. A group of sailors and generals headed by Huang Wu controlled and were stationed in Tianjin. They may not be able to fight anything, but they can use it to escort grain and grass.

It's just that after gathering the generals in Liaoyang, it snowed heavily, and all the generals said that the road could not be done, but Azig tried his best to disagree with the public, thinking that it was just winter, and the further it went, the colder it became. If it doesn't work today, it will work tomorrow.

What is the wind and snow, how can it stop the soldiers?

Therefore, he chose to ride Shiwan in front and the rest of the men and horses in the rear to surprise Korea.

Prepare to break through from the upper reaches of the Yalu River, capture the thief and capture the king first. If you don't get into the city, you will hit Seoul first.

In the cold winter, the garrison of the Korean soldiers was quite lax, and they did not notice it until Azig came to the Yalu River.

Azig was going to give the order to cross the river. But I saw that the snowflakes in the sky suddenly stopped, and it seemed that the clouds in the sky were also thinner. Looking up, the sky seemed to be one level higher. Azig suddenly laughed and said, "God help me." As soon as he saw the celestial phenomenon, he knew that the snow was about to stop, and even if it didn't stop, it wouldn't be any bigger.

When it snows, the road is difficult, but when the snow melts, the road is still difficult. Only in the days after the snow, when the weather is cold and the snow has not yet melted, it is easiest to march, just send people to open the way, the snow is solid, and the horse's hooves are added anti-slip measures, and the speed can be faster.

Isn't that a blessing from heaven for Azig?

Azig gave an order: "Cross the river." ”

The cavalry of the brigade divided into several routes, and the hooves of the horses wrapped in cloth stepped among the solid ice, and crossed the Yalu River unhindered and entered the territory of Korea.

And at this time, the North Koreans did not know at all.

Gyeongbokgung Palace.

Gyeongbokgung Palace is the main hall of the Joseon Palace. But it is also a lot of hardships, in the Wanli War, it was burned by the Japanese invaders, and later in the two Qing invasions, it was destroyed, and it was repaired after that, and it looks like there are some new ones.

The king of Joseon sat on the main seat, but there was a man who kept gold

Money rattail braids. There was no trace of respect on his expression, but an aggressive attitude, and he said sharply in Chinese: "Great King." It is still necessary to think clearly, otherwise the 3,000 miles of rivers and mountains in North Korea will be destroyed by the hands of the king, and the king will not regret it. ”

For the Korean aristocracy, Chinese was the lingua franca, so the Joseon king could understand it without a translation.

The king of Joseon said timidly: "The adults are angry, the adults are angry, the flagpole of the small country is against the will of the nine kings, but the court is too demanding, and it is the honor of the DPRK to take the Korean noblewoman as the celestial dynasty." But there is too much grain and grass, and in the past few years, the imperial court has used troops and repeatedly transferred North Korean grain and grass. ”

"North Korea is a small country, and there is not much grain and grass, but now it has doubled, and it is really a small country that can't get it."

"If only the adults could reduce it. Naturally, small countries will find a way to fulfill the requirements of the upper country. ”

The Qing envoy sneered and said, "The nine kings have a life, and not a grain of rice can be missing. ”

"Then forgive me." The king of Joseon also said stiffly. After all, he is the head of a country in North Korea, and he still has some confidence.

The Qing envoy sneered and said, "Don't make a mistake about yourself, the king. Then he shook his hand and strode away.

Seeing this, the king of Joseon hurriedly got up and said, "Your envoy is less step, your envoy is less step." "Catch up step by step, chase to the gate of the palace, and see that the Qing envoy has gone away. Only then did he straighten up and said lightly: "Tell me to go down, send someone to take care of the Qing envoy, and treat you well, and don't lose your courtesy." ”

"Yes." A little eunuch said.

The king of Joseon then straightened his clothes and returned to his seat.

The king of Joseon has already made up his mind that this time he will never agree to the Qing court. He has tens of thousands of elite soldiers directly under him, as well as more than 100,000 local soldiers in other parts of North Korea. In addition, the Qing court lost troops in the south, and he had no intention of attacking the Qing court, so he only relied on the mountains in the north to resist the attack of the Qing army, prolong the war, and then ask the east to ask for ministers, as long as the Qing court realized the strength of Korea. The Qing court would certainly look the other way at Korea.

As soon as the king of Joseon had collected his thoughts, a man stumbled into the hall and said loudly: "Your Majesty, wolf smoke, wolf smoke." ”

When the king of Korea heard this, his heart was shocked, he wanted to try a battle with Dongyu, but he didn't expect that this battle was today, the cold outside rushed into the palace with this person, so that North Korea suddenly remembered the winter more than ten years ago, it was also cold, the emperor's army broke into Korea, conquered Hancheng, and the first emperor fled to Nanshan Hancheng. Eventually, Namsan Seoul was also breached.

Joseon had no choice but to worship soldiers and submit to the Qing court. He also began his nearly twenty-year proton journey. How could he forget. This year is an ugly year, and it is difficult to repeat the mistakes of the Bingzi Rebellion.

All the eagerness of the king of Joseon was gone, and there was only a chill to the bone. endlessly eroded his body, and he only felt that he was out of breath from the cold.