"Daming's intention to destroy my North Korea is already extremely obvious!" An old minister in North Korea said bitterly.

Isn't it obvious, the commander of the Ming army clearly said that he wanted to destroy Korea, and even the envoys were beaten, which shows that there is absolutely no room for recovery, and it is impossible to negotiate peace or something.

What is even more chilling is the arrogance of the Ming army, which clearly told them that the reason why North Korea was resting in Pyongyang was to wait for the arrival of supplies from the rear, and the time of the attack on Seoul was also very clear that they would be half a month later.

With such arrogance, could it be that the Ming army was not afraid that they would gather the strength of the whole country to resist in Seoul in the past half a month? Is the Ming army so strong that it doesn't take North Korea seriously at all?

"Your Majesty, there is no doubt about the strength of the Ming army, which was fully demonstrated by the fact that the Ming army captured Pyongyang in just seven days, causing our Korea to not only lose a large area of land, but also lose more than 210,000 soldiers. We have a total of 400,000 soldiers and horses in Korea, and excluding the necessary number to defend various places, we can now mobilize less than 120,000 troops at most! A North Korean official said.

Although North Korea is not big compared to the Ming Dynasty, there are hundreds of cities and counties, in addition to the 20 occupied by the Ming army, there are no less than 90, even if each city and county only leaves a few hundred people to garrison, together it will take tens of thousands of troops, after all, it is impossible for North Korea to really draw out the defense force of all the cities and counties in the country.

"Less than 120,000 troops?" The king of Joseon's lips trembled a little, gritted his teeth and said: "Pyongyang's 130,000 troops can't withstand the attack of the Ming army in one day, if Seoul can only mobilize less than 120,000 troops, how can it stop the Ming army?" ”

Since the Ming army attacked Korea, the progress was too fast, so fast that the whole country was terrified, so no one in the Korean monarchs and ministers doubted the strength of the Ming army.

"Your Majesty, didn't you just give an order a few days ago to let all the young people over the age of fifteen in the country enter the army. You can hand over the responsibility of garrisoning the cities in various places to them, and rotate the army, so that the army in Seoul can reach 180,000, and one million young people in our Korea, and it is enough to garrison the cities in various places with a maximum of 150,000, and you can also concentrate the rest of the people in the area of Seoul, at least 400,000 young people can be gathered, and the Ming army will attack Seoul half a month later, which is enough for the young people gathered by the church to resist with swords, and at that time, there will be less than 100,000 horses, and it will be impossible to break through Seoul and destroy our Korea in the sea of 580,000 in our Korea. A North Korean official suggested.

The king of North Korea shook his hand, once he really summoned almost all the young men in North Korea to the area of Seoul to resist the Ming army, then the production of the entire North Korea would come to a standstill, after all, it was impossible to rely on a group of women, old people and children to produce, and the grain stored in North Korea could not support a few days at all, and even if the Ming army did not attack after half a month, but dragged on for a month, Seoul would run out of food and grass, and the army would collapse on its own.

"Then what if Da Ming also increases his troops?" The King of Joseon asked a crucial question.

Daming alone has more than one million troops, only sent 100,000 troops to cross the Yalu River to capture Pyongyang in seven days, destroying nearly 220,000 North Korean troops, forcing North Korea to prepare to gather the rest of the country's army and young strong resistance, if the Ming Dynasty sends another 100,000 troops, how should North Korea resist!

The North Korean officials were speechless, and their foreheads were full of sweat, yes, they North Korea can recruit all the troops and strong men in the country to resist together, and the Ming Dynasty can also send additional troops, judging from the combat effectiveness of the Ming army at present, this 100,000 army alone will make North Korea almost annihilated, and if you send another one, North Korea will have no strength to resist anyway.

"Your Majesty, the minister has a proposal." A North Korean official pondered.

"Speak quickly!" The king of North Korea looked at the North Korean official and said.

"Your Majesty, it is better to send a messenger to ask for help from the Wakos." The North Korean official's words were like a shock.

"Hiss" not only other officials, but even the king of North Korea was fiercely shocked.

Want to ask for help? You must know that the Japanese invaded Korea 50 years ago, which almost wiped out the country, and the two sides have a national enmity, and the Japanese have been peeking into the territory of North Korea since the beginning of history, asking for help, not to mention whether the Japanese will agree, even if the Japanese agree, what is the difference between it and luring a wolf into the house. If the Ming army was defeated in the end and the Ming army was gone, but the Japanese were unwilling to withdraw their troops, but with the intention of annexing North Korea like the Ming Dynasty, then North Korea was not the same and still had the worry of destroying the country?

"Your Majesty, the Japanese are always much weaker than the Ming Dynasty, and after fighting with the Ming army, the Japanese will inevitably be damaged and defeated by the Ming army, even if the Japanese are unwilling to withdraw, my North Korea also has the ability to compete with it." The North Korean official said.

While the officials and the king of Joseon pondered, their faces kept changing, and they must have struggled a lot.

In the end, the Joseon monarchs and ministers were far more afraid of the Ming Dynasty than they were of the Japanese Invaders.

The king of Joseon clenched his fists tightly, gritted his teeth and said, "Then ask for help from the Japanese Kou!" ”

At the beginning, after the defeat and withdrawal of Toyotomi Hideyoshi in Korea during the Wanli period, Japan fell into civil war again, and it was not until the 43rd year of Wanli that Tokugawa Ieyasu destroyed the Toyotomi family, and the Japanese were reunited, and the Japanese entered the Edo shogunate period.

In the early days of the shogunate, the Japanese restored nominal diplomatic relations with Korea.

In fact, the Tokugawa family, who experienced the Korean War and witnessed how Toyotomi Hideyoshi went into decline and defeat, has temporarily put aside the ambition of invading and annexing Korea, and because he has always been afraid of the revenge of the Ming Dynasty, plus some multi-level reasons in other aspects, since Tokugawa Ieyasu, the Japanese have actually entered a state of semi-seclusion and seclusion, and there is little communication with the Ming and Korea, so for the situation of Korea and the Ming Dynasty, there is not much circulation in the territory of the Japanese Kou.

Currently, the Edo shogunate, the head of the Tokugawa family is called Tokugawa Iemitsu, who is the grandson of Tokugawa Ieyasu.

The sudden arrival of the Korean envoy was a great surprise to the Japanese people.

When they learned that the Ming Dynasty was invading Korea and preparing to destroy Korea, the top leaders of the Tokugawa family and other high-ranking people of the Japanese Kingdom were shocked, and they couldn't understand why the Ming Dynasty wanted to destroy Korea.

In this regard, the explanation of the North Korean envoy is naturally to smear the Ming as much as he can, to describe the Ming as despicable and shameless, and to describe the DPRK as a tragic victim, in short, Tokugawa Iemitsu confirmed the truth of the Ming invasion of Korea.

For Korea's request for help, the whole country was extremely shaken, and at the same time extremely excited, and the heart that had been extinguished for many years immediately derived a large number of ideas, and the Tokugawa family immediately held a meeting to discuss whether to send troops to help Korea deal with the attack of the Ming Dynasty.