Chapter 91: The Korean War III

The Eight Banners Cavalry was like a snowstorm, coming as scheduled this winter.

Azig moved like thunder, and ten thousand horsemen swept through the north, and everywhere they passed, the Korean defenders were dumbfounded, and for a while they didn't know what to do now.

There were some loyal ministers who went out of the city to block the Qing army, but there was only one end, and they couldn't stop the Qing army. and it was broken. Azig went around the city, but marched more than 200 miles every day, and within a few days, he drove straight into the city, and the troops came to the city.

North Korea is terrified.

There was everything to say for a while.

The king of Joseon led people to the city and overlooked the Qing army camp, but on this day, the sky was rising one after another, and it was snowing again.

This heavy snowfall, I don't know who to mourn for, from the head of the city, originally with a thick ink style of the picture, a little bit covered by snow, it looks like a large piece of white space in the Danqing, only outside the north gate, there is a big camp, people back and horses neighing, coming and going, even on the top of the city tower can be seen.

Seoul has eight gates, four main gates, and four side gates. In terms of architectural style, there are many places with the style of the Tang and Song dynasties, such as the corner towers everywhere, there is an obvious style of the Tang Dynasty, which can be regarded as the remnant of the Tang Dynasty in this world, but after all, the Tang Dynasty is far away, and many architectural styles are not far from the city walls of the prefecture and county inside the Ming Dynasty.

The city wall is not high, about three zhang.

The soldiers standing at the head of the city were the elite soldiers of the Imperial Front Division trained by the king of Joseon, and there were about 40,000 of them, including 10,000 cavalry.

Many of these soldiers were selected from the best of the best. It is the elite of the Korean country, and most of the soldiers who defend the city are armed with firearms and hats. Dressed in bulging bags. But it's a cotton coat.

Speaking of which, the newly enthroned king of Joseon can also be said to be a promising king.

Regardless of whether he was a real Northern Expedition or a fake Northern Expedition, at least his military investment was immediate. There has been a lot of progress in the talks with the DPRK's armament before. At least let the Korean soldiers be fed and clothed, of course, only the 40,000 Beijing troops. How about the rest of the army.

He also knew in his heart that in the Bingzi Rebellion, the soldiers were unclothed in the cold winter. How long has it been since the old thing of only using a cloth bag to keep out the cold.

However, the king of Joseon had also spent a long time in Shenyang and Beijing, and had seen the soldiers of the Qing court, and even if he selected the best of the best Korean troops to form, he was very skeptical about whether he could fight with the Qing court.

No confidence at all.

He could see that there were not many Qing cavalry outside the city, no more than 20,000 at most, but he had no confidence to go out to fight.

The king of Joseon looked at the ministers who were following him around him to patrol the city, but he saw them shivering one by one, but he didn't know whether they were frightened or frozen. He sighed slightly in his heart, originally in the heart of a decisive battle

, a little weaker, said: "Who is willing to go to the camp for a lonely trip, ask the king of England, why do you ask the guilty state." ”

For a moment, no one below spoke, only looked down at the ground.

It seems that the thin layer of snow on top of the green bricks is the most beautiful scenery in the world.

"The old minister is willing." Zhao Yi said.

The king of Joseon naturally couldn't let Zhao Yi pass, and said: "You can't leave the teacher when you are alone. ”

"I want to go." An old minister said.

The king of Joseon looked at him and said, "There is no need to discuss the government. ”

If there is anyone who was the first person to be killed by the king of Joseon, it is the person in front of him, whose name is Kim Zidian, who has always been attached to the Qing court, and is a representative of the pro-Qing faction in the DPRK and China. It is precisely because of his attitude that he has been excluded in many things, and if there is no today, the king of Joseon will slowly move and remove Kim Zidian.

Not anymore.

It's just that although he wants to keep him, the king of Joseon also knows that once Jin Zidian borrows the power of the Qing court. I don't know what kind of storm to make.

"I want to go." A man in his thirties came out and said.

When the king of Joseon saw this, his heart moved, and he said: "Okay, I hope you will live up to the name of your father." ”

This person is Choi Ming-gil's son Choi Ziye, who is the former leader of the DPRK and tried his best to make peace in the chaos of the Bingzi War. was criticized by the whole of North Korea, but Choi Mingji was not a person who attached himself to the Qing court, but judged the situation and knew that North Korea would never confront the Qing court, and everything he did was to preserve the community of North Korea.

But the criticism of Cui Mingji at that time was unprecedented, and even now there are many people who have a bad impression of Cui Mingji. However, after Cui Mingji negotiated peace with the Donglu, he secretly communicated with the Ming Dynasty, was discovered by the Dongyu, and was imprisoned in Shenyang.

He was imprisoned for several years before returning to China, and died the year before last.

At this moment, the king of Joseon even sighed in his heart that if Mr. Choi was still alive, he would not be helpless today.

Cui Ziye said loudly: "The minister obeys the order." ”

For Cui Ziye, his father is the person he admires the most, he will never fall into his father's reputation, after agreeing, immediately go down to the city, the king of Joseon did not dare to open the city, let people use a bamboo basket to hang Cui Ziye.

Cui Ziye stepped on the outside of the city alone, covered in snow, and could not see the streets of the road clearly.

Walking step by step to the camp of the Qing army, a Qing army ranger found him and took him to the big tent of Azig.

"The foreign ministers visited the king of England, but they did not know where the small country got the kingdom, so that the kingdom was angry and raised a large army to crusade." Cui Ziye saluted and said. There was a soft and hard in his words, and there was a hint of sarcasm in it, satirizing that the Qing court envoys only arrived on the front foot, and the soldiers arrived on the back foot.

Azig sneered and said, "Why, you really don't know, or."

If I really have no one in the Qing Dynasty, I will take the Northern Expedition as the number, organize the army and fight the military, and intend to Liaodong, so it is just that, and I am even more attached to the Southern Dynasty, and I want to play with the Qing Dynasty in applause. ”

"Lonely here as Lord Regent. It is to let the whole of the DPRK recognise the prestige of our Qing Dynasty. ”

Cui Ziye said: "If there is no such thing, the national strength of a small country is weak, and it may be difficult to deal with the conscription of the upper country, but there is no plan to attach the southern country." Please also ask the British King to know it. ”

Cui Ziye did not speak. Because of Zhao Chengli's matter, he didn't know at all.

To a certain extent, the envoy of Zhao Chengli was not approved by the Korean court at all, and it is not an exaggeration to say that it was fake. It's just that it's not clear what is true or false.

Azig sneered and said, "Is Lone still going to lie to you?" "For other parts of the Xia Dynasty, the intelligence ability of the Qing court may be somewhat insufficient, but it is also quite sensitive to the movements in the city of Nanjing.

Cui Ziye took a deep breath, suppressed all kinds of emotions in his heart, and said: "The small country knows that it has offended the kingdom, and I ask the king of England to make it clear how to let the small country go." ”

"Okay." Azig said, "Is that wise?" This king is not very self-conscious, as long as the DPRK knows its mistakes and can correct them, it is naturally very good. ”

Hearing this sentence, Cui Ziye secretly breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, he was not afraid that the Qing court would talk about the conditions, but he was afraid that the Qing court would not talk about the conditions. It's good to have conditions. It's just that they all came down sharply, which made Cui Ziye feel cold physically and mentally. It's as if you're standing naked in the snow.

"It's just this one thing, but it's not something you can talk about." Azig's face was slightly cold, as if he were talking about a trivial matter that was not worth mentioning. Said: "Let the king of Korea talk." ”

Cui Ziye immediately said: "This matter must not be done. ”

Cui Ziye refused, as soon as it came, it would greatly damage the imperial court and the national body, of course, at this time, Cui Ziye didn't care about the face. But there is one thing, Cui Ziye is worried, as soon as the king of Joseon enters the camp of the Qing army, he will never come back for a day.

I don't know how many such things there are in ancient and modern times, and the Qing court is not a person who cares much about credit. Cui Ziye's worry will not be exaggerated, he lowered his voice, and said in a low voice: "Anything can be discussed, but this one thing is not good." ”

"Really?" Azig laughed when he heard this, but he smiled with awe-inspiring killing intent and said: "It's so good, you go and tell the Li family Xiao'er, just say that this Korean land should be taken by himself, and if he wants to escape to Namhanshan City, or Ganghwa Island, just hurry up." Otherwise, it will be too late. ”

Azig has been here once with Huang Taiji, and he is familiar with the road.