"Doctor, how is my father?"

"How's the king?"

Looking at the eager and anxious eyes around him, the imperial physician Han Tu calmed his mind and said, "My lords, please rest assured, the king will not get in the way, and the lower officials will administer needles to the king in a while, and rest for a while, and the king will wake up." ”

"Then what is the reason why my father fainted?" The prince asked Ning Dajun Li Zhen eagerly.

"This," Han Tu pondered his words for a moment, and said in a low voice: "According to the pulse, the king is emotionally injured, physically weak and tired, coupled with the sudden fright, causing the qi to be reversed, and the qi and blood yin and yang are not in harmony......

Twelve-year-old Li Zhen blinked, not understanding what the other party was saying, Jin Zongrui beside him interjected in a low voice: "Imperial Doctor Han, do you mean that the king is overworked and frightened and angry?" ”

"Well, so to speak!"

Li Zhen still wanted to ask a question, but was stopped by Jin Zongrui: "His Royal Highness, let's let the imperial doctor administer the needle first, and other things will be talked about later!" ”

"Well, okay, then Imperial Doctor Han should hurry up and apply the needle!"

"Yes, Your Majesty!"

......

When the imperial physician administered the needle, the chamberlain and Li Zhen and others served on the side, while Jin Nanxuan and Du Mingju waited in the side hall to study, by the way, the battle report of Cheongju.

This battle report was written immediately after Han Dongzheng returned to the city, and sent people to send it before the Ming army besieged the city, and met reinforcements from Sangju south on the bank of the Geumju River, and after hearing that Cheongju was defeated, the Sangju reinforcements immediately returned to the east bank of the Geumjiang River, defended by the river, and waited for the order of Sangju, while Han Dongzheng's messenger was escorted to Sangju and sent to Li Fangyuan.

After listening to the messenger's report, coupled with Han Dongzheng's battle report, Du Mingju and Jin Nanxuan looked at each other, I don't know what to say, the ambition of the previous two days has been thrown out of the clouds, the Ming army is so powerful, how can this battle be fought?

In fact, whether it is Du Mingju or Kim Nam-hyun, they are all talents selected after Li Fangyuan fled to Gyeongju, the previous generals and confidants of the unified army, who were either killed in battle or surrendered, and these two people were just short generals.

Most of Li Chenggui's fierce generals who fought on the battlefield in the past have passed away, and a small number of them have also been abandoned by Li Fangyuan, and Du Mingju was just a middle-level officer at that time, as for Jin Nanxuan, when he was broken in Seoul, he was just a soldier and horse guarding the city gate, they had no experience in commanding a large army to fight, and they did not have a deep feeling about the firearms and combat power of the Ming army, and thought that the previous failures were because the soldiers were not loyal enough and did not use their lives enough.

Now that the city of Qingzhou is broken, Qu Neng and Sheng Yong are connected into a line, what should I do next?

"General Kim, do you think what the messenger said is true?" After thinking about it for a long time, Du Mingju suddenly came up with such a sentence.

"Old General, this, it should be true." Jin Nanxuan didn't understand what Du Mingju meant, so he could only follow his words.

"The old man still dealt with the Ming army," Du Mingju stroked the beard on his chin: "In the twenty-sixth year of Hongwu, the king went up to meet the Ming Emperor, and the old man was fortunate to accompany him, according to the old man's observation, most of the elite soldiers of the Ming Kingdom were in the hands of King Yan, of course, the army of the Beijing division camp was also very elite, but the fierce spirit was far less than that of the northern army; ”

"Even if it is the Northern Army, the old man thinks that he is only between the two with our army, but the Ming Army that Han Dongzheng said today feels completely like a heavenly soldier! The old man really can't believe it! ”

"Could it be that Han Dongzheng miscommanded and deliberately said that the Ming army was too strong to cover up his mistakes?" Jin Nanxuan hesitated for a moment and said.

"It's possible," Du Mingju thought for a while and nodded: "It's very possible, but even so, the combat power of the Ming army should not be underestimated, the old man underestimated the enemy before, I'm afraid, they also have the strength to fight with the elite of our army." ”

Listening to Du Mingju's words, Jin Nanxuan did not respond immediately, but took the battle report and looked at it carefully.

After a while, Jin Nanxuan put down the battle report in his hand: "But there is one more thing to note, Han Dongzheng is extremely afraid of the firearms of the Ming army, according to him, the Ming army has a kind of grenade, which is a sharp weapon against the infantry, once it is shot, our army will immediately be killed and wounded; The handcuffs equipped by the cavalry of the Ming army are the sharp weapons of cavalry warfare, and at close range, almost 100 shots and 100 hits, our army can only pull the distance and suppress it with bows and arrows, otherwise it is not the opponent of the Ming army at all. ”

"Old General, do you think what he said is true?"

Du Mingju's eyes were a little confused, he avoided Jin Nanxuan's eyes, and looked out of the door: "The Mongolians also have firearms, and my North Korea is also equipped with firearms, but the old man thinks it's not easy to use at all, why are the firearms of the Ming army so powerful?" Grenades, handcuffs, why has the old man never heard of them? ”

Seeing that Du Mingju was so ignorant of the Ming army, Jin Nanxuan was speechless.

......

I don't know how long I was silent, Jin Nanxuan finally spoke: "Old General Du, the matter has come to this, do our army still want to go north to capture Hanjing?" ”

Regarding Jin Nanxuan's words, Du Mingju didn't know how to answer, he scratched his head and thought for a while, and finally said: "General Jin, the king may be waking up soon, the old man thinks that this matter still needs to be decided by the king!" ”

"Okay!" Looking at Du Mingju's embarrassment, what else could Jin Nanxuan do besides smile bitterly?

......

"Two generals, the king has woken up, summon the two of you!"

"Okay, thank you!"

Du Mingju and Jin Nanxuan were a little apprehensive in their hearts, but they still nodded yes and followed the attendant to the inner room.

......

Cheongju, Fuseong.

Bathed in the morning sun in the east, there was no bite to pull the rice porridge in the bowl, Han Dongzheng, who had been worried about the city tower all night, was listless, and he was very depressed, he was afraid that he would not be able to see the sun for a few days, the Ming army was really dead-eyed, why not allow himself to surrender?

Suddenly, there was a commotion under the city, Han Dongzheng immediately stood up, looked at it, he found that a cloud of smoke and dust rose in the eastern sky, and a group of cavalry rolled in under the smoke, and the leading cavalry held a big banner and wrote "Hou Sheng, the commander-in-chief of the Ping Dynasty Army", Han Dongzheng's hand shook, the porridge bowl slipped to the ground, making a "click" sound, and the porridge splashed on his trouser leg, but Han Dongzheng didn't feel it at all, he muttered a sentence in his mouth: "It's over, Sheng Yong is here!" ”

Qu Neng personally went to the door to greet Sheng Yong, and the two were very affectionate after meeting, and only after greeting did they walk to the big tent together.

After listening to Qu Neng's description, Sheng Yong said: "General Qu, how many days will Qingzhou City be broken?" ”

"Back to the commander-in-chief, the artillery has been shipped, and the last general estimates that the city can be broken in half a day!"

"Very good," Sheng Yong paused for a while, looked at the decorations around him, and suddenly said, "What advice does General Qu have for our army's next move?" ”

"Since the commander-in-chief has arrived, then he is listening to the order, and please ask the commander-in-chief to give the order!" Qu Neng hugged his fists and said.

"Hehe, you don't have to be like this between you and me, General Qu, please speak freely," Sheng Yong patted Qu Neng's shoulder with a smile and said: "This battle must make the North Koreans frightened, so that they dare not have the intention of rebelling again, otherwise the blood of our soldiers will be shed in vain." ”

"Okay then," Qu Neng was not a procrastinator, he looked at the map and said, "Commander-in-chief, the last general wants to know, is Li Fangyuan still in Gyeongju?" ”

"Hehe," Sheng Yong glanced at Qu Neng approvingly: "He has already left Gyeongju and led the army north, according to the distance, it should be in Sangju, and it should not reach Chungju." ”

"Then there are two main directions of attack of our army, one is Li Fangyuan in Sangju, and the other is Li Sunggui in Gyeongju. If Li Chenggui can be captured and ordered to give up resistance, then North Korea can be pacified, and the casualties will be smaller! ”

"So what do you think should be done?" Sheng Yong pointed a few times on the map, and then asked.

"The last general thinks that it is the best policy to eliminate Li Fangyuan, which can make North Korea cold, but the casualties are greater, and Your Majesty is afraid that it will ......"

Sheng Yong pondered for a while, and suddenly smiled: "Lao Qu, you are my army!" ”

"Hehe," Qu Neng smiled and said, "How dare the lower officials!" ”

"Lao Qu, you think the same as me," Sheng Yong patted the map with his hand and said, "After getting the news that you are going south, I will send Zhang Hantian to the north to meet you; At the same time, I sent Zhuang De to lead the army to cross the Nakdong River, storm the Heluoshan Pass, attract the attention of the Gyeongju army, and at the same time ordered Chu Zhi to lead the army along the coast to detour back to the back of Gyeongju and conquer Gyeongju in one fell swoop. ”

"After Qingzhou is pacified, Lao Qu will lead your army north to Shangzhou and Chungju, and annihilate Li Fangyuan in one fell swoop, so that North Korea can be pacified."

"Good!" Qu Neng stood up happily and arched his hand: "The commander-in-chief is wise, and the general admires it!" ”

"Good!"