After the Manchus captured Seoul, they set up one of the sons of Gwanghaejun as the king of Joseon, paid tribute to the Manchus, and ruled the land of the five provinces in the west.

However, the Joseon king Yi Hao was in exile on Jeju Island and had been in contact with the old department of Badao, and Lin Qingye himself was often active in Badao, so the rule of the puppet Joseon was not very solid.

Except for Gyeonggi Province because of the Qing army, which is relatively stable, the Korean puppet army in the other four provinces can basically only shrink in the city. If the soldiers went out of the city, they had to be in groups, and a single person did not dare to go out at all, for fear of encountering the Korean rebels.

The city of Douiju in Pyongan County, North Korea, was garrisoned by a Korean puppet army of more than 1,000 people, maintaining smooth communication between North Korea and the Manchu Qing Dynasty.

The defender of the city was named Qi Bingzi, who was originally an officer under Lin Qingye, who was captured by the Qing army when the coalition army was defeated, and soon changed his court, allegiance to the current puppet king of Joseon.

On this day, when he was drinking in the barracks, an officer suddenly walked in, saw him, and then hugged his fists and said: "General, the group of brothers who went out to collect food did not come back, maybe something happened!" ”

Urging Bingzi was immediately furious when he heard this, and near the end of the year, the above explained that the Qing army uncle in Seoul was going to celebrate the New Year, so the following taxes must be collected more this year. Each province has a share to complete, and Yiju in Bingzi also has indicators. Although the land and people in North Korea are poor, the Qing army has no choice but to send people to loot if they want to celebrate the New Year.

Because of this incident, the people near Yizhou often make trouble, and he endured the ordinary small troubles, but if he dared to do something to the grain collection team, he was angry.

"What? Where did it happen? As soon as he put the wine glass down, he was immediately furious, "They are the opposite!" ”

"It's a team that went to the Pingyuan store in the east of the city to collect grain. I was supposed to be back yesterday afternoon, but there was still no news this morning! It is estimated that he was detained by Diao Min. ”

Urging Bingzi raised his eyebrows, "Go and order all the soldiers and horses, and rush to the Pingyuan store with the general to see what this group of Diao people want to do!" ”

The gate of Yizhou City opened, urging Bingzi to take the lead, and more than 1,000 puppet troops behind, holding flags and three-pronged guns, rushed forward quickly.

The team rushed all the way, and Xuan Bingzi did not send a spy to explore the road in front, and after running for a while, seeing that it was almost to the Pingyuan store, a team of people suddenly appeared in front of him to block the road.

The three thousand Korean troops lined up on the road, the equipment was no different from the Ming army, the armor and weapons were all the Ming army system, and if you didn't look at the flag that said the Ming Dynasty, you didn't know that it was the North Korean army.

Three thousand men and horses lined up in turn, with gunners in the center and swords, shields and pikemen on either side.

When the two armies met, the North Korean army did not say a word, the trumpets and drums sounded in unison, and they immediately attacked them, and the guns in the middle were raised and shot under the command of the Ming army generals. The swords, shields and spears on both wings were immediately outflanked from the left and right, and before Qi Bingzi could react, he was already defeated.

The North Korean army hit several rounds of guns, and the puppet army that collided with it was directly defeated.

On the hillside, Xie Qian looked at the puppet army and the well-organized North Korean army, and turned back to Xia Wanchun and said, "Xia Shilang, how is it?" ”

Xia Wanchun smiled slightly, "There are some rules and regulations, which can compete with my court soldiers!" ”

In the Nikan mansion in Seoul, Gyeonggi Province, North Korea, soldiers kept coming in and out, and everyone's faces showed anxious looks.

At this time, Nikan was sitting in the festival hall, his face gloomy, and soldiers kept coming in to report.

"Lord Qiyu, the whole territory of Jeolla Province has fallen!"

"Lord Qiqi, Kaesong was attacked by enemy soldiers, ask the prince for help!"

"Lord Wang, Yizhou has been captured by the enemy!"

"Lord Qiyu, the whole state is in an emergency..."

As if it had been discussed, except for Gyeonggi Province, the other four provinces were attacked by the combined forces of the Ming Dynasty and Korea.

The situation in North Korea, which had been calm for almost two years, was suddenly broken by the coalition forces.

Listening to the beating report, Nikan only felt that he was now embattled, and he could meet the coalition forces when he left Seoul.

When the Qing army invaded North Korea, in less than half a month, it broke through North Korea, killing Xie Qian who lost his armor and fled into the sea.

The Qing army's treasury was tight, and after the Qing army occupied Korea, Dolgon did not send any resources to Korea, and Nikan's 10,000 people were all relying on looting Korea to stay in Seoul for a long time, and the Qing army's strength in Korea did not grow.

The Ming Dynasty has been sending materials to North Korea, especially North Korea caught up with the Ming Dynasty towns to replace new equipment, the Ming army eliminated equipment, was sold to North Korea at a low price by the Ming Dynasty, the North Korean army has equipment, and after two years of training, the combat power has naturally improved.

The puppet army is still the same vulnerable army as it was two years ago, but the North Korean army is not what it used to be.

There are more than 20,000 puppet troops, but they are scattered in four provinces, and their combat strength is weaker than that of the Korean army.

Seeing one soldier after another, he entered the hall and knelt on the ground to report, and then hurriedly withdrew, and Liu Qingtai, the Qing general standing next to him, was anxious.

"Lord Wang, the enemy army is attacking everywhere, and the four roads are in an emergency, what are we going to do?"

Nikan was gloomy, and when he heard so much news about the loss of the city and the help, he was also upset in his heart, and at the same time very angry, he didn't expect the puppet army's combat strength to be so poor.

Nikan guarded Korea for two years, and knew that the Ming Dynasty would help North Korea train a new army, and he also wanted to strengthen the combat strength of the Korean army under his command, but the Qing court could not support him, and North Korea was too poor, and it was very laborious to raise him 10,000 elites, not to mention anything to improve the combat strength of the Korean army.

The situation in North Korea has been calm for nearly two years, and Nikan knew that sooner or later there would be a war, but he didn't expect it to come so suddenly.

He thought that the Ming army would have to train the Koreans for at least three years and accumulate enough strength before they could counterattack Seoul, but he didn't expect it to come so quickly.

For a moment, Nikan stood up and paced back and forth in the lobby with his hands in his hands, frowning and thinking.

Xie Qian's disruption of the balance in advance must have been due to the fact that the main forces of the Qing Dynasty were concentrated in Beijing and were preparing to march west to Zhunger, so the Ming army deliberately went to Korea to make trouble and contain the Qing Dynasty's westward advance.

Thinking of this, Nikan stopped his steps and suddenly said: "Don't care about the movements of the Ming army, if the army outside can withdraw to Seoul, they will withdraw to Seoul, and if they can't withdraw, let them fight on the spot!" We are defending Seoul, and not a single soldier is allowed to leave the city! ”

Liu Qingtai was worried when he heard this: "Lord Wang, don't you care about Kaicheng?" Once Kaesong is occupied, Seoul will be an isolated city! ”

Nikan nodded heavily and said in a deep voice: "Don't care, just hold Seoul, it doesn't matter if you are in other places." We have more than 10,000 elites, holding on to Hancheng, waiting for them to attack, as long as we hold on until the end of the imperial court's western expedition and the cavalry returns, Xie Qian can only go to the sea again, and the lost city can be easily recovered! ”

The coalition forces attacked the puppet army everywhere, but Nikan in Seoul was unmoved.

The Ming army did not lure out the Qing army in Seoul, so Xie Qian could only follow the steps, sweep the periphery of Seoul, and then gather men and horses to pounce on Seoul.

At the head of the city of Seoul, the Qing soldiers were carrying arrows and rolling logs to the city, and on the field outside the city wall, suddenly a big flag appeared, and countless soldiers followed the big flag, marching in formation, and coming towards Seoul in a mighty way.

"Knock knock..." The alarm bells in Seoul suddenly rang out.

(A group of deacons was established: 162357907)

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