Chapter 121: The Korean War in a Stalemate

No matter what kind of tragedy there is in Seoul. Zhou Fuchen led the team down the river. Coming out of the Han River, Ganghwa Island is already in sight.

At this moment, Ganghwa Island is much more lively than before.

At this moment, on Ganghwa Island, three new groups of people have been added.

The first group of people were the king of Han who had withdrawn from Seoul and his retinue, and there were only a few thousand people.

The second is the North Koreans who defected to Ganghwa Island from all over because of the atrocities of the Qing army.

In the confrontation between the Koreans and the Qing court, under the absolute force of the Qing army, there was no room for immediate resistance, even if they killed the Korean puppet army that defected to the Qing army, and when the Qing army team came to kill, there were only two ends, either die or flee.

Those who were able to come to Ganghwa Island escaped. 、

One by one, they have a blood feud with the Qing court.

At this time, King Han showed his skills and had a long talk with these people, so that these people were grateful one by one and were willing to die. King Han immediately took the remnants of the Seoul army as the main body, incorporated all these people into the army, and for a time actually recovered about 10,000 troops.

As for whether these armies can fight, it is another matter.

However, seeing this situation, Zhou Fuchen and Yang Shenzu also secretly exclaimed, in this battle, the Xia army lost thousands of people, but if these thousands of people want to be replenished, they must be reported to the Privy Council first, and then let the Privy Council send recruits over. Although these recruits are initially trained. You don't need to train to be part of the army.

But this process, no matter how fast it is, will take more than a month, after all, these recruits have to come across the sea. And the North Korean army replenished so quickly that it simply raised its arms and responded in groups.

The two looked at each other and didn't say anything. But each side understands each other's intentions, and if there is a war in the future, the North Koreans will be used as cannon fodder first.

And the third group of people is the reinforcements of Great Xia.

In fact, it is not right to say that it is reinforcements.

After reporting to Nanjing after the great victory on Jianghua Island, Zhang Xuan tried to add some materials, personnel, grain and grass, artillery, and everything needed for the front line in the midst of all difficulties.

The reason is that there are two reasons, the first is that Zhang Xuan has also fought in battles, and he knows the degree of difficulty on the front line, Zhang Xuan would rather be a little more difficult, and he will definitely let the front line loosen a point, and he will also reward his merits and deeds, and appoint Zhou Fuchen as the general of the right to conquer the east. Prime Minister Liaodong, the Korean war, can act cheaply, first cut and then play.

Second, Zhang Xuan's stimulus monetary policy seems to have played an excellent role. Perhaps it was a number of trades that brought a lot of income to the Great Xia Imperial Court, and coupled with the seigniorage, the finances of the Great Xia Imperial Court were much more generous than Zhang Xuan expected for a while.

Therefore, Zhang Xuan has the ability to throw money at North Korea.

Fighting a war is money, and in a war, money or

It may not solve all problems, but a considerable number of problems can be solved with money. With the arrival of this large number of materials, Zhou Fuchen immediately felt a lot looser at hand.

So, he ordered the Korean army to work with the Xia army to rebuild the defenses on Ganghwa Island.

Ganghwa Island can be said to have a river to the north and a sea to the south, so if the river does not freeze. The river is the natural defense line of Ganghwa Island, but it is always the north, so you must take precautions.

The Koreans may not be able to fight, but they can build fortifications.

Although Great Xia supported a batch of supplies, there was no shortage of grain and grass on the island for a while, but it was difficult to say after a long time. So, Zhou Fuchen sent Zhou Chang to discuss with King Han, and King Han almost hit it off, and sent an unknown number of envoys.

To all parts of Korea, some of these places have already fallen, some have not yet fallen.

After King Han got in touch with various places, Ganghwa Island became the center of resistance of North Korea for a time, especially Samnam, as the rear of North Korea, and continuously sent manpower and material resources to Ganghwa Island. With the help of the generals of the Xia army, the king of Han trained the Korean army.

And what was sent to Ganghwa Island from the Xia Dynasty has also changed.

In the past, it was mostly grain and grass, but now it is mostly firecrackers and artillery. These are not given in vain, and the DPRK is required to exchange all kinds of materials. And these weapons are all weapons that Great Xia has reloaded.

As mentioned above, because the power of the bird gun is insufficient, Zhang Xuan has always wanted to change a batch of fire guns, and now in order to imitate the style of Western fire guns, the newly created fire guns have begun to be installed. Therefore, he retired a lot of firecrackers in the army.

Zhang Xuan originally wanted to install these guns in various prefectures and counties, so that they could be used to train recruits.

Now that North Korea is in urgent need, it is sent to North Korea for waste utilization.

These firecrackers may not be powerful enough, but after all, they were made by the standards of the Great Xia military, and they are much better than those naturally made by the Koreans. These firecrackers played an extremely important role in future engagements. Let the Qing army fall into the mud.

After the Qing army captured Seoul, it also began to change its strategy.

Seeing the strength of the Xia army's naval division, they knew that Ganghwa Island could not be captured, so the Qing army turned to attack all parts of Korea, thinking that as long as all parts of Korea surrendered, Ganghwa Island was just a mere island and would not be of much use at all. Therefore, Azig himself took the island to watch Ganghwa Island and divided his troops to the south.

For a time, Sannan was threatened.

In the vicinity of Sejong, the Qing army once again defeated the Korean army and captured heavy prisoners. The main forces of the North Korean army were almost completely scattered. But the Qing army was also in trouble.

The Qing army encountered the biggest trouble, the small team of men and horses, encountered an ambush by a large number of Korean firecrackers.

After all, this North Korea is the North Korea of the North Koreans, and the atrocities of the Qing army have put aside all the contradictions between the top and bottom of the North Korea, and they are bent on resisting the Qing court. If before the massacre of Seoul, to

There were still many people in Xianren who were attached to the Qing court and wanted to grovel and seek peace in Korea.

But now, none of these people are left.

Perhaps some people have already defected to the Qing court and become subordinate officials of the Qing court. But all that remained was the resolution to fight the Qing court to the end.

Because the Xia army occupied the advantage of the sea, it often sent ships to various seashores to deploy materials and weapons from various places, that is, they were originally scattered all over Korea, using the sea as a thoroughfare, and connected together. Although the Qing army had tens of thousands of troops, the Korean army could not be shaken at all.

It's just that these tens of thousands of people are too few for thousands of miles of land in North Korea, and for a time, there were rebellions on the land of North Korea. And when the Qing army clears a place, it is likely that the people and horses here will be evacuated from the sea, and after the Qing army leaves, they will return to this place.

Azig was furious at this situation.

In response to such a situation, Azig decided to go on a killing spree.

Wherever there is such a place, the local people slaughter it. It is better to kill North Korea for nothing than to tolerate the North Koreans being so rampant.

Azig's resolute attitude was not without opposition among the Qing army, but Azig's order was not something they could undo, only Bolo moved a group of Koreans to outside Tuntian in Liaodong, and the rest of the people died on the butcher's knife of the Qing army.

Without the support of the Xia army, perhaps the North Koreans would have succumbed.

However, with the continuous support of the Xia army, the Koreans kept the two southernmost roads, and the king of Han understood that he had no way to retreat, and even inspected the two southern roads under the escort of the Xia army. Boost morale and make rounds around.

For a time, there were not many battles between the Qing army and the Xia army, but there were more than 100 people, small battles of hundreds of people, from morning to night, everywhere was not broken, driven by hatred. The fighting was particularly fierce.

At this time, Azig had to ask Beijing again and again for help, either materials or manpower.

Just looking at the Korean battlefield, the Qing army, the Xia army, and the Koreans can be said to be three defeats and wounds, and the Koreans needless to say, this battle is estimated to be the suffering of North Korea, which probably exceeds the Wanli War to aid Korea. And for the Qing army and the Xia army, it was just a waste of money and food.

It's just that for the overall strategy, Xia Jun is making a lot of money.

Although the Korean war was also a big burden for Bactria , most of the supplies of the Koreans were borne by Bactria . However, the Koreans effectively pinned down the Qing army.

And it is a burden to Great Xia, but it is not a burden to the Qing court.

Compared with money, even though Daxia is very nervous now, it is far beyond the Qing court, which Zhang Xuan is very confident about. If the Qing court can be smashed down with money, Zhang Xuan will not be worried.