Chapter 105: Advance and Retreat

The army came from thousands of miles. There are not too many baggage belts. 30,000 horses, plus more than 10,000 sailors.

The daily consumption is a lot.

I thought I wanted the North Korean side to supply some, at least some grain and grass. It's just that I never thought that in the face of such a scene.

Zhou Fuchen had just sent someone to report the victory to Nanjing. But the following things are good news for each and every one.

"My lord, someone has been sent to find out, all the kings of Korea have died, and none of the kings of Korea have survived."

Zhou Fuchen had a slight headache and said, "Is there any latest news from Seoul?" ”

"Not yet."

"General Zhou, this may be good news, if Seoul has fallen, then the Qing army's plan will not be unpublicized. There is no reason why we should not know, and such a secrecy shows that Seoul is still there. Yang Shenzu said.

"It's just that Seoul is still there, and we won't be able to hold out for long." Zhou Fuchen said: "If you supply grain and grass from the imperial court, you have to transfer it for one or two months, and it is impossible for the army to last for a month or two, and you want to collect grain from North Korea on the spot." Ganghwa Island is already a blank field, even if you want to recruit grain and grass from the south of Korea, you don't have a name for a while, is it difficult to send someone to rob it? ”

Yang Shenzu said: "Now there are only two strategies to ask the adults to decide, as soon as they enter, the army will be slightly reorganized on Ganghwa Island, and then they will go up the Han River to relieve the siege of Hancheng. ”

"Retreat, then the situation here. Report to Your Majesty and order Your Majesty to send reinforcements. ”

"In the future, don't think about the help of the North Korean side, and take me as the main thing."

Zhou Fuchen shook his head with a wry smile and said, "General Yang doesn't know anything. The money and grain of the imperial court are stretched thin, and the year before last, the Dongyu entered the south of the Yangtze River, and His Majesty easily defeated the Dongyu, but the hole made out by this can be filled, and there was a battle to conquer Taiwan last year. So much so that the debt is piling up. The money and food needed for today's war were all squeezed out by His Majesty, and we, as courtiers, cannot but consider the difficulties of the court. ”

Yang Shenzu really didn't know about this.

Zhang Xuan summarized the overall situation of the country at this level of intelligence, as state secret intelligence, which only people in the inner circle could know.

And although Zhou Fuchen is too heavy in the Privy Council, he can even be said to be the tail of all high-ranking officials in the Privy Council. But he, the deputy of the Privy Council, is still true. So a lot of the situation, he still knows.

Yang Shenzu said: "In this way, General Zhou has already made a decision. ”

Zhou Fuchen said: "There is." ”

He had no other choice. Sending troops to Seoul has become inevitable.

Bolo withdrew from Ganghwa Island, but did not return to Seoul, but set up camp in a place only across the river from Ganghwa Island. The situation here was reported to Azig.

Azig frowned. He will this

Sheets of paper crumpled together. said: "I didn't expect the Li family to be so tenacious. I underestimated him. ”

In the past few days, Azig has attacked fiercely, and has also sent the Han army to attack several times, and the green battalion of the Han army is much stronger than the Korean soldiers.

But it is still under the walls of Seoul, and it cannot be attacked.

It cannot be said that the Qing army did not attack fiercely. But the North Korean soldiers are also quite tenacious. The soldiers trained by the king of Joseon in the past two years may not be able to fight in the field, but it is okay to grit his teeth and defend the city.

In particular, a large number of firecrackers leaned on the city walls. Again and again, the enemy who rushed up was defeated.

No matter how much armor you have, you won't be able to stop the dense fire of a large number of firearms.

However, under the successive succession of the Qing army, there were also several dangerous situations, especially at one point, hundreds of people rushed to the city wall, almost rushed to the top of the city tower, the two sides were short-handed, and blood splashed on Zhou Chang's body. Zhou Chang stood still.

It was Zhou Chang's persistence that kept Seoul under the onslaught of the Qing army. Shaken several times, but in the end it was saved.

It was unexpected.

It is precisely because of this that Azig has the predicament of being under the fortified city.

If you want to break through Seoul first, then Hannam Mountain Fortress, and Ganghwa Island more than ten years ago, it will be effortless.

Azig had to make a choice, whether to attack Seoul or to deal with the reinforcements of the Southern Dynasties first.

Now after several days of fierce attack, the North Korean army surrendered, with heavy casualties, and the Han army also suffered a lot of losses, even the headquarters of the Eight Banners of the Qing Army, but also wounded many soldiers. However, adhering to the law that it is difficult for us and even more difficult for the enemy, I have reached the limit of wanting to come to the North Koreans.

Continue to attack, there will definitely be a day when the breakthrough will be breached.

But casualties aside, just say that if the Xia army comes to help in a big way, it will be a hidden danger at that time, but it will be a hidden danger, at this point, it is not bad to slow down.

Azig pondered for a long time and looked at the walls of Seoul.

The walls of Seoul are no longer in shape, cracks and cracks, and there should be additional mud of different colors, plus the color of blood, and other stains. Plus the potholes of artillery bombardment. It looks messy. Azig knew that although Seoul was strong, it could not hold up under artillery bombardment.

However, the weather was bitterly cold, and the dripping water turned into ice.

Because of the severe cold weather, the city walls were frozen.

But the spring flowers bloomed, and the ice disappeared.

The wall was like a castle on the beach, and it fell down when it was pushed down.

This is the watering of success and the watering of failure.

Watering in winter can freeze the walls and make them as solid as stone.

But when the ice melted, the water seeped into the walls. The walls were all earthen walls, so it was as if they had been blistered, and the walls were unsalvageable.

If you think about it carefully, spring bloom is just a month.

If this is within this month's time, it is not too late to attack the Xia army first, and then attack Seoul.

As for if the North Koreans dare to come out of Seoul, it is much simpler. Azig was only worried that the Koreans would not dare to fight in the field, and he was not afraid that he would go out of the city to fight.

"Report." A person knelt on the ground, didn't dare to raise his head, and said, "Lord Wang, Xia Bing has moved." ”

This news reached Azig's ears, and the corners of Azig's mouth hooked slightly, and he said, "It couldn't be better." ”

Although Azig can't find fault with Bolo's behavior, he can't look down on it in his heart. In his mind, even if Jianghua Island is not easy to defend, it should be fought a battle, first thwart the prestige of the Xia army, and then it is not too late to retreat. But Bolo is also a clan, and Azig is not easy to say.

He had the Xia army to attack first, but if the Xia army was guarding Ganghwa Island. He also had some hesitation.

In fact, he knew that the Korean army and the Xia army were completely different.

To deal with Ganghwa Island, which was occupied by the North Korean army, he could simply send a partial division. But for Jianghua Island, which is occupied by the Xia army, it is necessary to wait solemnly and be ready to gnaw hard bones.

This summer's army went out of Ganghwa Island, but it was a great opportunity.

Azig immediately ordered Tuhai to lead the men and horses of his headquarters, and lead the Han army, the first part of the Korean army, to watch Hancheng, and the army turned around and went south, about to fight a big battle with the Xia army.

"Dangdangdang." The sound of gold spread throughout the battlefield.

The Qing army retreated in large numbers. On the top of the city of Seoul, he was stunned for a moment, and then cheered loudly, and the sound of cheers for a while was earth-shattering.

I have to say that Azig judged well, although Azig fought very hard, but the head of the North Korean city insisted very hard.

If it weren't for the soldiers at the head of the city, they were all selected by the king of Joseon for two or three years, and there were many elites who were not elite, at least they were well fed and clothed. With this, it is the foundation of being able to fight, and they all thought that the king of Joseon was supervising the war at the head of the city, so they held on to it with a breath of anger and gritted their teeth.

Plus in Seoul, under the control of the king of Joseon. With all kinds of support, there is no shortage of supplies above the city.

But for a long time.

The minds of Seoul were shaken.

How long it can last, Zhou Chang doesn't know. He just knows one thing, that is, he insists on persevering and persevering, and persists until he dies.

Now that the Qing army is retreating in a big way, Zhou Chang's heart is relieved, and he suddenly has a feeling that he can't stand. In the past few days, he has consumed no more mental energy than he has spent more than ten years.

He had just breathed a sigh of relief, though. Then his heart rose again. He secretly said in his heart: "Why did this Qing army retreat?" For a while, his heart was pounding, and a thought kept spinning in his heart, and he said secretly: "Calculate the time, the army should also arrive." ”