Chapter 176: Drag the Knife Meter

No matter what the considerations, Zheng Chenggong was unwilling to accept this plan to temporarily withdraw troops.

Zheng Chenggong was thinking about how to solve the situation in front of him. But I heard someone outside shouting loudly: "Report." ”

Zheng Chenggong said: "Come in and talk." ”

A soldier pushed the door in, knelt in front of Zheng Chenggong, and said: "The military situation ahead, the Qing army in Seoul carried a large amount of baggage out of the city, and there is a intention to abandon Seoul." ”

"What?" Zheng Chenggong frowned, as if he couldn't digest the news for a while.

His first feeling was that even if he wanted to prevent the people below from attacking, he might not be able to hold it back.

In Seoul.

Seoul, which has gone through the wind and rain, is about to become an empty city.

Azig stood on top of the tower and saw the mighty crowd spread to the sky.

Countless crowds, the collection of carts pushing shoulders and resisting became a rolling torrent. It's like ants moving, transferring the supplies stored in Seoul to the north. It seems that because there are too many things in transit, they are all in the queue, regardless of age and age.

Outside the rolling flow of people, there were groups of cavalry, or three or five horsemen, or a dozen people, all riding on tall horses, with long knives out of their sheaths, and whenever there was any abnormal movement, these people immediately went out, and the people who made abnormal movements were killed on the spot, like shepherd dogs outside the flock.

Restrain these people and move according to the speed of their prescribed route.

Ever since Azig invaded Seoul, he has made Seoul a stronghold of the Qing court in Korea. Therefore, we vigorously gathered materials from all over the country in Seoul to strengthen the weak branches. In particular, except for some materials in the north of Korea, which were directly transported to Liaodong, the rest are here.

These materials are not meant to be transported away.

Even the hundreds of thousands of people in Seoul were a kind of material for the Qing court.

Bolo went up from under the wall, came behind Azig and saluted, "Lord Wang." ”

Azig said, "Is it all arranged?" ”

Bolo said: "It's all arranged, there is Xia Jun's scout horse haunting just now, I believe that at this time, Zheng Thief also knows the situation here." ”

"Okay." Azig said. Then he stopped talking.

Bolo had doubts in his heart, he didn't want to ask, after Azig came back from Cheongju, his whole person's expression was not quite right, his face was gloomy, and there was a negative aura all over his body. So that many people did not dare to say a word in front of Azig.

But about the war situation, Bolo had to ask, he groaned for a while, and said: "Lord, will we give up North Korea like this?" ”

Seoul is the royal capital of Joseon, and its meaning could not be more important, and the victory of the Qing army in Korea was marked by the capture of the royal capital of Joseon. And the defeat of the Qing army in Korea

, which must also be marked by the abandonment of Joseon Wangjing.

This couldn't be clearer.

Azig suddenly smiled and said, "Bolo, how long do you think Seoul can hold in the current situation?" ”

"It's okay for a year or two," Bolo said. ”

In reality, the Xia army was menacing, especially the advantage in firearms was particularly obvious, and the first battle of Cheongju frustrated the spirit of the Qing army, so that I don't know how many Koreans had a new choice, and the rule of the Qing army had a sense of turmoil.

However, in any case, the Qing army still has tens of thousands of main forces in Seoul, and these tens of thousands can not be counted without counting the Eight Banners of Korea. Coupled with all kinds of artillery, plus the Xia army needs to be rectified, it is still possible to maintain it for about a year.

Azig asked, "What happens after that year?" ”

Bolo said, "The Lord Regent won't leave us alone. ”

Azig said: "Sichuan Wu Sangui suffered a defeat, the Southern Dynasty almost threatened Chengdu, on the Yangtze River, the Southern Dynasty fleet was frequently transferred, Hong Chengchou complained again and again, and he wanted to increase his troops. Although the imperial court has hundreds of thousands of troops, it does not have the extra troops to support it. ”

Bolo listened to this, sighed, and said secretly: "Why don't I know? ”

It immediately became clear that it was Azig who blocked the news.

I just don't want the people below to panic.

"But will you just go back like that?" Bolo said through gritted teeth.

"Of course not." Azig's eyes flashed, and he said, "I definitely want to give the Zheng family a good look, just don't hit the upright array." If you want to defeat the Zheng family, you have to work hard in other aspects. ”

Bolo is also a smart man. Otherwise, even if he was from the clan, he would not let Azig value it so much, and he would almost mention it face-to-face. As soon as he was mentioned by Azig, and then thinking about Azig's various actions of withdrawing from Seoul, his eyes lit up, and he already had some thoughts in his heart. He thought for a moment and said, "Is the prince trying to lure him to chase him?" ”

Azig said, "Yes, I'm the dragger. ”

Bolo figured out a lot of things at once.

Azig has never been a man who is hard to give up on money, if he wants to give up Seoul, even if he kills all the people of Seoul and burns the grain and grass in one go, he will not drag these people with him. It didn't feel like a march at all, but it looked like a move.

Although Azig is on the table, there are many reasons.

For example, the imperial court is nervous, for example, there are tens of thousands of horses in the Eight Banners of North Korea now, if their families are not taken into account, I am afraid that they will be separated from the imperial court.

But in Bolo's eyes, none of these reasons were enough to convince him.

Only the dragging knife meter made Bolo's eyes shine.

If the army is in a panic with so many people, it will leave here

After Seoul, he didn't even defend it, could Xia Jun bear not to chase it?

If you count it, since Zheng Chenggong went ashore, it can be said that it has been smooth sailing and smooth sailing. Hit here. Still cautious and almost cowardly, so that Azig is helpless? There is no chance, and there is only the opportunity to create.

However, Bo Luo still had some worries in his heart, and he said, "Lord Wang, what if this Zheng family child doesn't come?" ”

"No, it won't." Azig said: "Looking at Zheng Chenggong's use of troops, he is not the kind of person who does not dare to take risks. ”

However, this sentence was not enough to convince Azig himself, he paused slightly, and said: "If Zheng Chenggong really doesn't chase him, he will bring hundreds of thousands of Korean people back to Liaodong, and this time he will enter North Korea, and it will not be in vain." ”

Azig knew very well that after he decided to abandon Korea, the future front would be in Liaodong.

Speaking of which, although Liaodong is the land of Longxing in the Manchu Qing Dynasty, on the whole, it is much empty. Because most of the Manchus had already moved to Beijing, there were not too many people who were ordered to stay behind. If Liaodong becomes a battlefield again, I am afraid that troops will have to be sent from the Guannai to support.

And these tens of thousands of Korean Eight Banners and their families, although their combat power is not good, they have been tied to the chariot of the Qing court.

If the Xia army did not act, Azig would have brought the Korean people to Liaodong along the way and filled all parts of Liaodong. As the basis for a protracted war with the Xia army in Liaodong in the future.

It's just a matter of second-best.

If he could, Azig still hoped to shoot back, defeat Zheng Chenggong, and save the Korean war.

It's just that he acts in people, and it is in heaven that he can do everything, and he can only see what Zheng Chenggong can do.

At this moment, Zheng Chenggong didn't know what Azig thought, but even so, his heart was shaken by the situation in front of him.

Before the big tent of Zheng Chenggong's Chinese army, generals at all levels lined up left and right, led by Liu Guoxuan, who was the general of the navy and the descendant of Zheng Chenggong. On the other side, led by Liang Huafeng and Ma Sanbao, they are all members of Zhang Xuan's lineage and the main force of the army.

And Chen Yonghua stood behind Zheng Chenggong.

Faced with such a situation at this moment, Liu Guoxuan and the others did not speak, the reason why they did not speak was not because they had nothing to say, but because they wanted to see Zheng Chenggong's opinion. But Ma Sanbao came out of the crowd and talked eloquently in front of everyone.

He is Zhang Xuan's favorite general, he has been the commander of Zhang Xuan's personal guard, and everyone in the army looks down on him, even Liang Huafeng is unwilling to offend him. Naturally, no one dared to rob him of his prestige.

Ma Sanbao said: "King Yue, the last general has already been to the city of Seoul before, the Qing army suppressed hundreds of thousands of people to go north, and the troops were extremely scattered, and the end could not be corresponding, as long as I ran towards the army for dozens of miles, I could be defeated with one blow." This battle is certain, and Liaodong, North Korea, can be won by turning over the palm. ”

"The last general is willing to be the vanguard of the army."