One Thousand and Sixty-Three Disasters in Pyongyang
Nurhachi did not intend to launch an attack on important North Korean cities at all.
That's right, he didn't plan to attack the main cities of Korea at all.
He knew that he had suffered heavy losses, that he had lost the ability to besiege the city with heavy troops, and that the gap between the powerful tribal leader and the current head of the exiled army was not as big as the average two.
But in order to survive, Nurhachi forced himself to enter the limit state, and took advantage of his familiarity with the Korean route when he entered the DPRK to retrace the path of the past.
He knew that he didn't have the ability to attack important cities, but there were times when he didn't necessarily need to attack important cities to inflict a blow on the enemy.
Since ancient times, rumors have surrounded all aspects of people's lives like a curse, and there are rumors everywhere and people who have been deceived.
Nurhachi's brain at the limit quickly came up with a solution.
At first, it was possible to surprise the city, and this is how Yongbyon was taken, and the surrounding villages and towns were also swept away by the Jurchens, and after Nurhachi solved the temporary food crisis, he began to spread rumors.
Tell some Korean prisoners that he will soon go to Dingju to rob, and that he will definitely succeed, use his violent side to intimidate these Korean people, make them panic, and then let them go, let them flee to the south, and create panic.
Their escape will lead to the news that the Jurchen army will go south to plunder, and the local people will naturally be more panicked, not all of them need to be frightened, as long as some of them are frightened, and then continue to spread the news of panic in the south.
At this time, Nurhachi continued to mobilize his extreme brain, sent a group of clever people, changed into the clothes of the North Korean people, tied a headscarf, and walked with the refugees, observing the reality and preparation of the North Koreans along the way, and then reporting at any time, establishing an intelligence network based on the ranks of the displaced people.
He was able to grasp all the reactions of the North Korean government on this route and respond as quickly as possible.
He originally thought that taking Yongbyon would be a very good result, but he didn't expect that the defenders and defenders of Dingzhou were too cowardly, fled without a fight, and directly lost the city to him.
Nurhachi's troops plundered the area and killed indiscriminately, adding a realistic basis to the rumors and making them more credible.
At the same time, through repeated looting and killing, he regained the spirit of his subordinates, and recovered from the depression of being pressed and beaten by the Qin army and losing their homes.
They were re-invigorated and received a large amount of North Korean military supplies, which not only allowed their troops to be re-equipped, but also gave women and children a weapon in their hands, and they also had to kill people if necessary.
After all, at this moment, more than 50,000 people fled to North Korea with Nurhachi to survive, and since they escaped, Nurhachi could not sit idly by, and had to get them food.
The spread of panic has greatly alarmed the North Korean people, who do not know the truth, and they have no way of judging the truth of the rumors, nor can they judge the truth of the rumors, and they have been frightened.
They basically survived the battlefield ravaged by the Japanese invaders, and the terrifying memories of seven years ago still linger in their minds, and now the news of the Jurchen invasion has come again, and many people are not thinking about resisting, but immediately pulling their legs and running.
They remembered the terrible scene of the Japanese army attacking the city.
Although many of them did not see the Jurchens at all, they still ran away, spreading more panic to the people passing by as they ran, causing the terrible phenomenon of more people running south together.
The herd mentality is terrifying.
This gives Nurhachi a lot of room to play.
He soon learned that a North Korean army was moving towards his side, numbering two or three thousand, and the equipment was okay, it should be a regular army.
Upon hearing this, Nurhachi quickly judged that this army was coming against him, and he immediately devised a plan to annihilate it.
That is to spread the news that Sunan has been breached, so that the attention of the North Korean army will be focused on Pyongyang, and quickly advance towards Pyongyang, giving him the opportunity to fight an ambush.
Before that, he sent people to feint to attack Shun An, so that the defenders of Shun An closed the city and resolutely did not go out, and pretended to surround Pyongyang, so that the Pyongyang defenders also closed their doors and did not go out of the city to fight, so as to ensure that no one would interfere during the battle.
The plan went well, the help of the Koreans was very good, Guo Zaiyou's more than 3,000 troops encountered a surprise attack by the Jurchen cavalry led by Nurhachi in the south of Pyongyang, and the whole army was annihilated, and there was no other army to interfere in the whole process, Nurhachi won a complete victory, and captured more than 300 war horses.
Nurhachi suddenly felt that he should have come to North Korea earlier, knowing that North Korea was so weak and stupid, why did he come at this time?
If he didn't go south as soon as possible, he would really be worried that the Qin army would chase after him, otherwise, he would have enough time to scare the defenders of Pyongyang out of the way and surrender himself.
Unfortunately, it is unlikely that Pyongyang will be taken now, and in desperation, he is a little angry, so he ordered the army to cut off all the heads of these North Korean reinforcements, and then throw all the trebuchets obtained from Jeongju into Pyongyang, scare the defenders of Pyongyang fiercely, and then leave.
As a result, such a guy actually scared the gates of Pyongyang open.
Originally, Nurhachi planned to leave Pyongyang early the next morning and continue southward, but the Pyongyang defenders sent people to meet them that night, saying that they were willing to open the city, but asked Nurhachi not to kill more.
Nurhachi was stunned, he couldn't believe his ears at all, and asked again, only to know that these Koreans really planned to surrender in Kaesong, and immediately gave him pleasure, and immediately promised that he would never kill people and set fires, as long as supplies, in exchange for Pyongyang's Kaesong the next morning.
The result is certain, Nurhachi will not keep his promise to the North Koreans, where is the lamb qualified to negotiate terms with the tiger?
As soon as he entered the city, Nurhachi liberated the Jurchen cavalry who could not resist their desires.
Although Pyongyang cannot be compared with the Central Plains city, as a small China, North Korea's urban construction is still very considerable, small in scale, but very exquisite, and Pyongyang, as one of the three capitals of North Korea, is even more so.
Although it was captured by the Japanese army seven years ago, the Japanese army and the Ming army fought here, causing serious damage to Pyongyang, and for seven years, North Korea still focused on repairing Sanjing, although it was not as good as before the war, but it was not something that the Jurchens could imagine.
So it's understandable that their agitation and desire to rob is so strong.
Until the time he gave the order to set fire to the city, Nurhachi couldn't believe that he had taken everything in Pyongyang so easily, and that he would lose everything.
Isn't this really a dream?