The departure of Hongtang Wu Jie and their men was bad news for the Korean officials and soldiers on Ganghwa Island, who had begged Wu Jie not to withdraw their troops, and even made many promises without the permission of King Injo in a vain attempt to keep Wu Jie and them.

However, Wu Jie and they also had the bitterness of being forced to withdraw their troops, and their fleet warships could not even accommodate the soldiers of the Han army who surrendered to them.

Of course, Wu Jie and the others did not leave here, but wanted to send these surrendered troops to the Iriomote Island, where Wu Daofu was located, and then kill them back.

However, Wu Jie and the others naturally couldn't tell the officials and generals of the DPRK about these things, who knows if they would betray themselves and others at that time.

Anyway, their own mobility, as long as it is on the sea, is almost comparable to the cavalry army of the Qing Dynasty, and even surpasses it, the warships of the Hongtang army need to be windy, and they don't need to consume too many materials, unlike the cavalry army, where the horses have to be taken care of and fed, which requires a lot of investment.

Just when Wu Jie and the others rushed back to settle the Han army, the Qing army's fierce offensive against the mountain city of Southern Han was launched.

However, as Li Shibai's sneak attack failed, he lost nearly 10,000 soldiers, and even Li Shibai became a prisoner of the Qing Dynasty, and the morale of the middle point of Nanhanshan City became more and more depressed.

One of the most serious problems, the loss point is nearly 10,000 soldiers, so that the garrison in Hanshan City has weakened to a dangerous situation, originally there was a little surplus manpower, but now even if the people in the city are urgently recruited to join, it is still barely supported, and there is always a danger of breaking the city.

Under the city wall, the siege ladders, rams and other siege equipment built by the Qing people with local materials slowly approached the city wall built by the mountains of Namhansan City under the impetus of the laborers.

On the city wall, the North Korean soldiers were mixed with countless gray and tattered civilians, either panicking or calmly watching the movement below.

In the distance, the Jurchen dragon flag hung high in the wind, and with the sound of a dull and distant bull's horn, the Qing Dynasty marched towards the mountain city of Nanhan in an orderly manner.

The picture of screaming loudly and screaming, entangled and fighting with each other is shocking.

Under the mountain city of Nanhan, the sturdy and flexible figures of the Qing Dynasty warriors rose and fell like waves, and the earth-shaking shouts from their mouths were not only to cheer themselves up, but also to shock the opponent's heart.

Above the sky, the arrows were like locusts passing through, dragging the neighing sound that tore through the air, cutting through each other's sky, and when they landed, they brought a wail and moan higher than a burst.

On the city wall, several soldiers who had just jumped onto the wall of Namsan Fortress had not yet gained a firm foothold when they were desperately pushed back to the edge of the city wall by several Korean soldiers who rushed up to the city wall, and finally because they were outnumbered, they were either hacked to death on the spot, or they turned around and jumped off the city wall.

The Qing Dynasty army continued to attack several waves, and under the insistence of the Korean soldiers who were not afraid of death, they were still repelled by them, but the discerning people could see that each time the Koreans repelled the Qing soldiers, the time was getting longer and longer.

As the remaining soldiers of the North Korean army have used their lives to fill the loopholes in the repeated attacks, in the end, there are very few fighters left who are truly capable of fighting.

And those ordinary people who were temporarily recruited to throw away stones, gold juice, fire oil, and other things, they all looked trembling and cowering, let alone let them fight with the Qing people.

After observing the dilemma in the mountain city of Namhan, Huang Taiji seized the opportunity and sent more soldiers to attack the city again and again, striving to take the opportunity to break through the enemy's city in one fell swoop.

The war was fought from day to night, and from night to day, and the battle was full of manpower, and Huang Taiji let the soldiers in his hands take turns to rest and recuperate, and the soldiers on the mountain city of Namhan did not relax for a whole day and a night.

In the end, the efforts of the Qing people for dozens of days finally paid off, and on the afternoon of the third day after the high-intensity siege, the Qing soldiers who did not know how many waves went up to attack the city finally opened a gap in the long wall line of Namhansan Fortress.

With this as a foothold, the Qing people soon occupied a breach in the city wall, and more and more Qing soldiers rushed in along this gap and covered the Korean Chinese army camp on the Han Mountain.

"Your Highness, go quickly, I'll wait here to break off!!"

The officials of the main battle faction led by Kim Sang-hun had already taken off their official uniforms at this time, changed into military uniforms, and faced King Injo with swords, bows and arrows.

"Let's go, where can Lone go now?"

King Injo smiled miserably and pointed to the Qing army at the bottom of the mountain, which was tirelessly climbing up the mountain like ants.

"Your Highness, the eldest husband can bend and stretch, although our army has been defeated now, but there are tens of thousands of Qinwang troops led by Marshal Du in the east to fight, and on Jianghua Island in the west, it is said that Admiral Li Tianyang from the Ming Dynasty has sent a support team!"

"The gain or loss of one city and one pond does not mean that the Korean Birthday will be destroyed for hundreds of years, and the continuation of our North Korea is not in this South Han Mountain City, but in the safety of His Highness, as long as His Highness is still there, the whole country of North Korea has the backbone!!"

One courtier after another said that among the courtiers of the Joseon Kingdom, there were many people who were greedy for life and afraid of death, but there were also many officials like Kim Sang-heon, Choi Myung-gil, Hong Yihan, Yoon Ji, and Wu Da-je who were sincere for the country.

Although Kim Sang-hun and Choi Ming-gil were attacked in the court because of their different national policies, when the Qing people closed the door to peace talks, at this moment, they had to urge Ming-gil to also faithfully follow Kim Sang-heon and them to ask King Injo to move.

"That's it!!"

Seeing that the enemy between the foothills below was getting closer and closer, King Injo could no longer maintain his temperament, so he panicked and began to arrange his followers to prepare to escape from the secret passage.

Before nightfall, the Qing soldiers occupied most of the area of Namhansan Mountain Fortress, and apart from sporadic resistance, there was no more organized resistance in the city.

It's just that until now, the Qing army has not captured the king of Injo in Korea, which is an important news for Huang Taiji that can overshadow the siege of Namhanshan City!

(End of chapter)