On the eighth day of the ninth month of the sixth year of Chongzhen, Dolgon and Haoge led 9,000 people from the white flag, the yellow flag and the Mongolian left banner to cross the Yalu River from Kuandian. Please Baidu search (product book network) to see the most complete! The fastest update! After they crossed the river, Dolgon ordered more than 300 people led by Mafuta, the head of the household, and the general Yingordai, to lead more than 300 people to the vanguard of the army, and went straight to Hanyang Province around the gate, shaking the Korean determination to resist and preventing the Joseon king from fleeing Hanyang.

On the evening of September 15, when Wu Sangui and Shen Qiyuan attended a private banquet hosted by Jin Jin, the invasion alarm from the northern border finally arrived in Hanyang. At this time, the vanguard led by Mafuta and Yingordai had already passed Kaesong, less than 100 miles away from Hanyang.

Behind them, the front army led by Dolgon and Hauge was like a bamboo, and the defenders of the prefecture and county either fled from the wind, or it was difficult to resist a surprise attack of the Houjin army. The northwestern cities of Anju and Pyongyang also fell into the hands of Dolgon and Hauge.

Although the new Marshal Jin Zidian, knowing that his mission was to go to the northwest border to rectify the defense, he still walked slowly all the way, as if this trip was just an ordinary tour. It took two days to reach Yangzhou, which is less than 50 miles north of Hanyang.

On 16 September, he was about to get up from Yangzhou when he received news that the Houjin army had crossed the Yalu River. Jin Zidian suddenly stopped his trip and watched in Yangzhou. Two days later, the news of the fall of Anzhou reached Yangzhou again, and Jin Zidian suddenly couldn't sit still.

As the new marshal of the capital, he has the responsibility to immediately rush to Pyongyang to organize men and horses to defend the most important town in the north, once the Houjin army captures Pyongyang, then the Houjin can almost directly hit the old capital of Kaesong, once Kaesong falls, the gateway to Hanyang is also opened.

But Kim Zidian knew very well that with the sake bags and rice bags of those northern prefectures and counties, he would definitely not be able to hold Pyongyang, not to mention that he was still nearly 400 miles away from Pyongyang, and he would not be able to catch Pyongyang in five or six days.

In such a situation, not to mention that Jin Zidian was a little confused, but his entourage was also flustered, and everyone was thinking about how to persuade the head of the family to give up the idea of going to the north to die.

However, Jin Zidian quickly came to his senses, and if he continued to stay in Yangzhou at such a juncture, the blame for the defeat in the north would inevitably fall on his head, and if he continued to advance towards Pyongyang, it would undoubtedly be tantamount to death. However, as Marshal Du, he has the power to dispatch the entire northern army, and since the Houjin army is in the northwest, it means that Hamgyong Province and Gangwon Province in the northeast are still safe.

After Kim Zidian sorted out his thoughts, he immediately urged his house slaves to prepare for their outfits, and prepared to rush to the mountains of Gangwon Province to avoid Houjin's edge. Before leaving, he was afraid that after Hanyang got the news of the fall of Anzhou, he sent people to force him to organize resistance in the north, and also ordered the officials of Yangzhou City to detain the messenger who reported the news for a day to prevent Hanyang from knowing where he was.

In order to protect himself, Jin Zidian also used the power of Marshal Du to mobilize people and horses who passed through the prefectures and counties to follow him, and did not stop until he was almost at the foot of Xueyue Mountain. Jin Zidian's actions not only failed to fulfill his duties as the marshal of the capital, but also caused the prefectures and counties northeast of Hanyang to lose their ability to defend, so that the Hanyang court after learning of the invasion of the Later Jin wanted to transfer troops from here to garrison Hanyang.

When Kim Jae-dian fled with his army to the mountains of Gangwon Province, the city of Hanyang was also in chaos. When Shen Qiyuan returned to Hanyang with the news that the Later Jin was about to invade and brought an order from the Ming Emperor to resist the Later Jin invasion. His political opponents in the DPRK desperately slandered him in front of the Joseon king Yi Liang, believing that Shen Qiyuan was using the authority of the suzerainty to seize power and dictate himself.

Jin Liu, who was even more worried about Shen Qiyuan replacing himself with the power of the Ming State, tried his best to prove in front of Li Liang that Hou Jin had no conflict with North Korea in the past two years, and even the prince was released after they promised to trade, how could he attack North Korea with great fanfare?

On the contrary, in the past two years, the Ming State not only forced North Korea to open its doors and allowed Ming merchants to trade freely and set up factories in Korea, but also took away the control of the Korean Naval Division, so that the officers and soldiers of the Korean Naval Division now only know that there is an emperor but not His Royal Highness. Now that Shen Qiyuan has returned to China with so many Ming troops, it is difficult to guarantee that he will not be ordered by the emperor to overthrow His Highness.

Jin Liu's statement made Li Liang very hesitant, and the attitude of the ministers towards Shen Qiyuan was also different. Cui Mingji, the secretary of the official Cao, believed that the news from the Ming State should be believed, but he could not accept the orders of the Ming State. With the national strength of North Korea, there is no hope in the battle between the strong wall and the Houjin to the death. It is better to send an envoy to Houjin to understand why Houjin has the idea of invading Korea, and bow to Houjin to a certain extent, so as to protect the sect and avoid the calamity of the people.

Kim Sang-heon, the secretary of the court, resolutely opposed Choi Myung-gil's idea of seeking peace before fighting, and he said to Li Liang in the court: "... Since the new emperor succeeded to the throne, has been working hard, since then there have been several wars between the Ming and the Houjin, the Houjin has not been able to get much benefit, last year the emperor led the army in the grassland to repel the army led by Chief Hu himself.

It can be seen that the power of Huayi has undergone great changes, our North Korea has always prided itself on being Xiaohua, and now there is a country behind us to support us, how can we just hear a little wind and can't wait to run to bow to Hulu? The minister thinks that our country should be prepared for the invasion of Houjin according to what the emperor said..."

Most of the officials in the DPRK supported Kim Sang-heon's ideas, but most of these officials had no power and could only influence public opinion. As for those officials who hold real power, they know very well whether the DPRK army can fight or not, and they all stand on the position of peace one by one.

Wu Sangui and Shen Qiyuan stayed in Hanyang for three or four days, and did not wait for the Joseon king to issue an order to clear the fortress in the north, but heard the news that the Houjin army had crossed the Yalu River. The invasion of the Houjin army soon spread throughout Hanyang City, causing the people of the entire Hanyang to panic.

Many of the two classes of nobles had already begun to send their families out of the city and went to Jeolla Province and Gyeongsang Province in the south, while the common people were asking around where the Houjin army had arrived and whether it would reach Hanyang City. Food prices in the market are quickly rising, even now when the new grain market is coming.

As for the ministers of the court, they no longer discussed whether the news brought by Shen Qiyuan was true or false, but began to discuss whether to mobilize people to resist in the north, or send envoys to beg for mercy and peace. Previously, he strongly accused Shen Qiyuan of being a scheming leader and a capital inspector, but now he doesn't say a word, and always says a word about the question of war or peace, "The minister thinks that this matter should be decided by His Royal Highness." ”

As for the officials of the two factions of Choi Myung-gil and Kim Sang-heon, there was a dispute over the main battle and the main peace. It's just that although those officials of the main battle faction are outnumbered and powerful, none of them are willing to take the initiative to stand up to defend against the enemy in the north. Even the king of Joseon, Li Liang, could see that although Choi Mingji tried his best to advocate peace, he still wanted to save the sect and the people. As for those officials who fought the main battle, most of them just wanted to shirk their responsibilities, and they had almost no way to resist the southward movement of the Later Jin army except for quoting scriptures to refute the claims of the peacemakers.

On 17 September, a small force of the Houjin army appeared in the vicinity of the North Han Mountains, and the Korean officers and soldiers guarding the Great Wall in this area immediately dispersed, and the mountains north of the city fell into the hands of the Later Jin army.

When this news reached Hanyang, Li Liang immediately wanted to run away. However, Jin Shangxian and Shen Qiyuan stopped him, both of them thought that the main force of Houjin did not hit here so quickly, if it was just a small group of people who appeared outside Hanyang City, and Li Qi left Hanyang City and fled, then the defenders of Hanyang City must have been discouraged and finally dispersed.

Although Shen Qiyuan knew that his task was to protect Li Liang and prevent him from falling into the hands of Houjin. But he never thought that Houjin would take Hanyang City so easily, and let the treasury and people in the city fall into the hands of Houjin.

Under the persuasion of Jin Shangxian, Shen Qiyuan and others, Li Liang finally did not run away immediately, and followed the advice of the two. Deploy nearby troops to guard Hanyang; transfer Hanyang's treasury and palace concubines to Ganghwa Island; Send someone to find out how many Houjin troops have come from the north.

The first two are fine, only the last one, even if Jin Shangxian and Shen Qiyuan promise heavy profits, there is no situation where the officers are willing to go out of the city to explore the north. In the end, it was Shen Qi who went far away and pleaded with Wu Sangui, so that he took fifty or sixty soldiers out of the city to investigate.

On 16 September, Dolgon and Hauge entered Pyongyang City, and all the major traffic arteries north of the Taedong River, except for Tiesan County and Phi Dao, had fallen into the hands of Houjin. The two led their troops to repair in Pyongyang for a day, and then received a military order from Hwang Tae-gil.

The military order ordered the two men to continue southward and be sure to reach the city of Hanyang within six days, and besiege the king of Korea in the city of Hanyang. On September 16, Huang Taiji led an army of 35,000 and 5,000 auxiliaries to cross the Yalu River from Jiuliancheng and seize Yiju.

Subsequently, Huangtai Ji ordered Yanggu to attack Tieshan County, forcing Wang Huazhen to close the city and defend himself, and Mao Long led the Dongjiang army to retreat to Phi Island. After that, Yangulliu led 2,500 men from his younger brother Shumulu Tan Tai to besiege Tieshan City, and he continued to pursue Huang Taiji's main force south.

On September 22, Hwang Tae-gil led the main force to Pyongyang, and Hauge also led the main force with the yellow flag to the north of Hanyang, where he was rescued by the Mafuta and Yingordai armies led by Wu Sangui and more than 2,000 Korean troops.

Relying on the mountainous situation north of Hanyang, under the calm command of Wu Sangui, the Korean army did not lose much, disengaged from the Hauge army, and retreated to Hanyang City. It's just that as soon as he returned to the city, these Korean troops under his command were taken over by Kim Ryu on the orders of the king of Joseon.

At this time, several carrier pigeons were released from Tieshan City and Hanyang City, and the exact news of the Houjin invasion of Korea was transmitted back to Daming.

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