Chapter 115: The Dilemma of Seoul

Reality has never been more brutal than imagined.

Zhou Fuchen has always felt that Seoul, as the capital of North Korea, should have enough reserves, just like Nanjing. As soon as Zhang Xuan entered the city of Nanjing, he began to go to Seoul to accumulate supplies. If Nanjing encounters such a situation in Seoul, it will not dare to say if it sticks to it for several years, but there is no problem in deciding for half a year.

But now Seoul has only been holding out for a few months?

In less than two months, it has reached the point of running out of oil and running out.

For a while, Zhou Fuchen's face was pale, he overestimated the strength of the Koreans, and put himself in an almost desperate situation, he silently calculated, even if there was a large army to support, he was waiting for a large group of people to land on Ganghwa Island, I am afraid it will be in early February.

There is still half a month to go.

Even after half a month, there will not be many reinforcements coming over, and even more of them are grain and grass, after all, there is not much grain and grass on Jianghua Island today. If you don't have enough baggage, no amount of reinforcements will be sent to death.

Is it difficult for them to drink the northwest wind and eat seawater.

Retreat is also impossible, not to mention anything else. The current state of the army alone is not enough, after all, the army traveled from Ganghwa Road to Seoul for only a few days, and there is no need to mention how many hardships and hardships it has experienced. The soldiers gritted their teeth, took a breath, and followed Zhou Fuchen, and the goal was to be in Seoul.

And as soon as they entered the city, they had to go back, not to mention whether the Qing army would let them withdraw, and this contradictory order alone was enough to collapse the morale below.

No matter how elite the soldier is, he can't use it like this.

Zhou Fuchen's eyes narrowed slightly, and he said to King Han: "Lord, we have come all the way to North Korea, and now the soldiers are doing things for the prince with their heads up, and they can't even meet this little request, and the brothers below won't agree." ”

Zhou Fuchen's tone was not serious, but after all, he had killed all the way, with an awe-inspiring murderous aura, which made King Han's heart tremble for a while, and he stammered, not knowing what to say.

"Lord, now it is constantly broken, and it is chaotic." Zhou Chang said loudly. He immediately saluted Zhou Fuchen and said, "Privy Council, the lower officials know where there are food and materials in the city. ”

Han Wang knew what Zhou Chang said? wanted to say something, but was pulled by Zhao Yi, Zhao Yi said: "In this matter, if we don't do it with the army of Shangguo, we will definitely prepare everything for the army of Shangguo." ”

Zhou Fuchen didn't care about this, and said, "Then it's fast." ”

Zhao Yi dragged King Han down, and King Han said: "In this way, Lone's life and death are in the hands of Xia Ren." ”

Zhao Yi said: "Please rest assured that the courtiers will definitely give thousands of stones, and persuade all colleagues to contribute to Your Majesty and tide over the difficulties together, and there are several families who are close to the Qing court."

Clan, it's time to deal with it. ”

It's not that Han Wangcai doesn't want to kill people, he understands too well that these Korean families, although they have trouble with him in many things, are indeed the basis of his rule, and as soon as today's incident comes out, I am afraid that he will lose the heart of the whole Korea.

And when he borrowed reinforcements from the Xia army, he realized that he was destined to be at the mercy of the Xia army, and if he wanted to keep his position, he had to cooperate with these Korean families.

But now I can't care about anything.

With the order of King Han, the family of the King of Han was attached to the king of Han, and the family that was attached to the Qing court was also raised high The butcher's knife was also raised high.

However, Zhou Fuchen no longer has the heart to do this.

"Looking at the current situation, Seoul won't last long, especially the city walls." On the wall of the north gate, Zhou Fuchen said. As soon as he touched the city wall gently, he felt a hand of mud, which was still a thin layer, indicating that the inside had not yet dissolved, and only the outer layer had been dissolved.

But this is already a rather bad sign.

Once the ice melts, the wall will collapse, if not collapse. Then the cannon bombarded, what kind of fate it would be, you can imagine.

"Privy." Zhou Chang said: "Xiaguan has a foolish opinion. ”

"Oh, let's hear it." Zhou Fuchen said.

Zhou Fuchen has a good impression of Zhou Chang, firstly, Zhou Chang's surname is Zhou, and his hometown is not far away, and secondly, Zhou Chang can speak. Yang Shenzu called Zhou Fuchen a general, yes, Zhou Chang has the rank of general of Zhengdong on his head, and there is nothing wrong with calling him a general.

But the most prominent title on Zhou Fuchen's head is the Privy Councillor.

However, the Privy Council is also the creation of this dynasty, so it is not as good as the cabinet, and directly follows the title of the previous dynasty, called the elder of the cabinet, and among the Privy Council, most of them are warriors, and there are not so many flowery intestines. That's why it's called a knighthood. Zhou Chang's sentence of privy is ingenious.

Zhou Fuchen was secretly happy, and he decided to let everyone call him that way after he went back.

Zhou Chang said: "Winter goes to spring, and the ice and snow melt, which is not only bad for us, but also good for us. ”

Zhou Fuchen raised his eyebrows and said, "Where is this benefit?" ”

Zhou Chang said: "On the Han River. ”

Zhou Fuchen was reminded by Zhou Changyi, and his heart suddenly moved, Seoul, naturally, said to be on the north side of the Han River. The Han River is not a big river, but it is also accessible to boats. When the Han River freezes, it is better to let the sailors go up the river and go straight to the vicinity of Seoul, whether it is to retreat or to serve as a supply line.

However, Zhou Fuchen felt that it was better to retreat here.

After all, I want to keep

Living in Seoul requires a lot of effort.

However, Zhou Fuchen came to North Korea, not to fight for North Korea, but to make the Korean war prolonged.

Zhou Fuchen said: "Go and see where the Han River is?" ”

Zhou Chang led the way in front, but after a while, Zhou Fuchen was on the city wall looking at the Han River, which was covered with snow, as if it were an ink outline, passing from the southeast of Seoul. Zhou Fuchen could see clearly that the ice of the Han River was already very thin.

Although Zhou Fuchen didn't know the local Marquis of Seoul, he thought about it, and it was a period of time since it was completely frozen.

"General Yang, what do you think?" Zhou Fuchen turned his head and asked.

Yang Shenzu pinched his beard and said, "In water warfare, the general is an expert, so why ask me." ”

Zhou Fuchen smiled slightly and said, "Okay, then retreat from the Han River." "Zhou Fuchen selected brave men from the army, quietly went out of the city, and went to Jianghua Island, although the soldiers outside were surrounded, but the team could not sneak over, but one or two soldiers, but it was still possible.

At the same time, Zhou Chang was also sent over to talk to King Han about it.

Zhou Fuchen looked down on King Han in his heart. Come to think of it, the few princes sealed by the imperial court are either meritorious or heavy-handed generals, no matter which one is taken out, it is enough to beat the three Han kings. But no matter what, now this King Han is also sealed by the imperial court, and his name is above him, so it stands to reason that he should salute King Han.

He didn't want to do that, so he didn't bother to see him.

Zhou Chang saw King Han and brought the matter together, and when King Han heard it, his face turned pale and said, "Is there no way to undo this matter?" ”

If King Han did not think about retreating from Seoul, it is false. It's just that the Qing army came too fast at the beginning, and it couldn't be withdrawn at all, but now that he has met the army of Shangguo, he thinks that this Seoul can be defended, but he doesn't want such a thing to happen, which makes him a little unacceptable for a while.

"Lord Wang, this is already the case, it is not the wish of Zhou Shumi, if it is not for the situation in Seoul is really unbearable, Zhou Shumi does not want to make this decision as soon as he enters the city." Zhou Chang said: "Even if Zhou Shumi does not withdraw, where can this Seoul be defended for a long time, it is not easy for the army to be transported across the sea, and tens of thousands of imperial court Zhenshi are in Haidong, which is already the limit." How can it be any more? And the various departments of North Korea, how can they break through the siege, what is the end of the long-term defense, does the prince want to fall into the hands of the Dongyu. ”

"Never." King Han shuddered and said, "Gu Ning will not fall into the hands of Dao Dongyu if he dies." ”

He understands Donglu's methods too well, and since he has torn his face, if he falls into Donglu's hands, he will almost die ten times without life, and there is no place to bury him. I don't know how miserable it is.

"But what should the people of the city do?" King Han looked at Zhou Chang expectantly.

But what can Zhou Chang do?