Liu Chenglong believes that although the barbarians are ignorant, they will fight and plunder, and they will not be unaware of the horror of being threatened in the back, so they will not do such a brainless thing.

Therefore, these barbarians must have used a stratagem to induce the Kaesong army to attack, annihilate the Kaesong defenders with the advantage of cavalry on the plain, and then occupy Kaesong.

Then the best way is actually to stick to Kaecheng and not get out, so that the barbarians are stunned.

It's just that in this way, if the barbarians really kill the other side of Seoul regardless of it, then for Liu Chenglong, the goal of stopping the barbarian army from moving south in Kaesong will also fail.

Although Kaesong was saved, the barbarians would carry out large-scale killings of the fleeing civilians south of Kaesong, and the people would be miserable.

The dilemma is placed in front of Liu Chenglong.

He doesn't have many troops at hand, if there are more troops, he is willing to use a force to attack the barbarian army and attract them, but when the army is not large, he rushes to send troops, once the barbarians gather the main force to fight, then Kaesong will be dangerous.

There are also tens of thousands of people in Kaesong who need to be protected.

Liu Chenglong asked the generals to discuss, and the generals were silent one after another, expressing their absolute obedience to Liu Chenglong.

Liu Chenglong was silent for a long time and did not make a decision overnight.

Early the next morning, before dawn, Liu Chenglong got up and climbed the city wall, after dawn, the soldiers were having breakfast, and as a result, they got the news that the barbarians were crossing the river.

Liu Chenglong was shocked, he didn't expect the barbarians to be so decisive, isn't he really afraid that he will be blocked and have no way to retreat?

In a panic, Liu Chenglong couldn't continue to stay in Kaesong, even if it was a trap, he had to go out and break through, if he let go of the barbarians here, and the barbarians continued to go south, they would definitely chase to the south and threaten Li Hao's safety.

When the time comes, if you don't send troops to Kaesong, you will definitely be slandered as supporting the army and respecting yourself, only caring about your own life and ignoring the king, etc., and you will definitely not be able to escape death.

If you go out of the city to fight, you will die, and if you stay and hold Kaesong, you will die, it is better to fight and die, so that you can save your family.

After pondering for a while, Liu Chenglong called Zheng Weiguang and left him with 3,000 men to guard the city, and he would take the other 3,000 people out to fight the barbarians.

Zheng Weiguang heard Liu Chenglong's will to seek death, was shocked, and hurriedly grabbed Liu Chenglong's hand: "The prime minister is the important minister of the country, how can he easily seek death?" Going out of the city at this time is definitely a barbarian trick, and the leader will definitely die! ”

Liu Chenglong shook his head and said sadly: "If I don't fight, I will definitely die, rather than die unjustly, it is better to die in battle directly, which can be regarded as repaying the kindness of the country, you don't need to say more, I will bear all the consequences alone, you must defend Kaecheng and hold on until the arrival of Daqin reinforcements!" ”

Zheng Weiguang's eyes turned red, and then he said: "Then let the last general die instead of the leader!" ”

"The sin is not in you, you can live, and I must die."

Liu Chenglong held Zheng Weiguang's hand: "If you still recognize my affection, just hold the city, don't let the creatures in this city be killed by the barbarians, that is the best reward for the old man, you must remember, no matter how miserable the old man is, don't open the city gate." ”

After that, Liu Chenglong asked people to change his armor, and then ordered his soldiers and horses to go out of the city.

The news of the North Korean army leaving the city was soon known to Nurhachi, and he just sneered, because he knew that the North Koreans were going to leave the city nine times out of ten, but he didn't expect to lose his breath so soon.

According to common sense, there are backs and turns to raid in the south, and there is basically no way to bypass a certain city and directly blitz the rear without fighting, otherwise your back road will face the danger of being cut off, and you may also be caught in trouble by the enemy's two-way attack.

But the North Koreans didn't know that he didn't plan to go back when he came, and naturally he didn't have any rear, he just wanted to go south to play extreme survival, and he didn't think about going back at all, so he didn't care about the gains and losses of one city and one pool.

The North Koreans don't know, otherwise they wouldn't think of going out of the city to attack, but should huddle in the city and not be able to come out, playing with strong walls and clearing the wilderness, and they can starve him to death in a minute.

But they still went to war, and they fought very miserably, which made Nurhachi laugh.

Knowing that the North Korean army had dispatched about two or three thousand troops, Nurhachi also set up three thousand troops and prepared to destroy them in one charge, just as he had done with Guo Zaiyou before.

Liu Chenglong knew that he would send the army to attack and there would be no return, and the soldiers may not know it, but he personally led the army and lived and died with the soldiers, which could inspire the courage of the soldiers to the greatest extent.

Look, such a big official is fighting with us, it seems that we have a chance to survive.

So that the army does not collapse before it meets the barbarians.

It's just that I'm afraid the ending will be the same.

Liu Chenglong has never learned to fight, but he has read military books for a few days out of hobby, knows some basic rules of war, and knows that in the face of cavalry, he must form an army formation, and he must not disperse, and he must gather together to not give the cavalry a chance to disperse them, but what kind of military formation can these armies that have not been trained for a long time and are not skilled in tactics at all?

Liu Chenglong knew that he would definitely encounter a collapse ending, but he didn't expect this ending to come so quickly.

Before arriving at the Imjin River, just halfway through the road, the outpost said that the barbarian cavalry was coming, and Liu Chenglong immediately ordered the army to set up a formation, and the sword and shield soldiers and the bird guns set up a military formation to meet the enemy.

Originally, everyone was still waiting for the battle with some confidence, but when the terrible vibration of the large number of cavalry charging came to them, many soldiers who had never fought with the large cavalry army were still frightened.

Thousands of cavalry rushed over with an indomitable momentum, and the feeling of the earth shaking, the sense of impact and the strong murderous aura that rushed to the face would be the greatest test for the infantry.

The good infantry will not be shaken by this, but firmly stand beside their comrades and set up their formation, raise their big guns, and force the enemy cavalry not to dare to charge the large formation head-on.

However, the North Korean army did not have such good organization and training to fight against cavalry, a row of bird-gunners stood in front, raising their guns at the roaring cavalry, and the remaining sword and shield men and spearmen stood in the back and were ready to step forward at any time.

The huge deterrence of the oncoming attack stunned many soldiers who had never fought with cavalry.

Liu Chenglong is not a professional general, and it is not easy to do this step, he ordered the bird gunners not to shoot in advance, but to wait for his order to shoot.

But when the Jianzhou cavalry rushed halfway, a bird gunner couldn't help the fear in his heart, and he didn't pay attention and pulled the trigger.

When a shot is fired, it is equivalent to a signal, and the other bird-gunners thought that the order to shoot was given, and they didn't care about it in the highly tense environment, so they just closed their eyes and fired.

Liu Chenglong was shocked and hurriedly ordered the soldiers to stop shooting, but no soldiers heard his order at all.

Their bird-gunned guns had an effective range of only fifty paces, and the cavalry was instantaneous, and the well-trained Qin-trained bird-gunners could complete a three-shot attack and then quickly retreat into the main formation, handing over the battlefield to other comrades, and then waiting for the next order, but the North Korean army could not do it.