"Brothers, sit down!" On the west bank of the Yalu River, a transport ship docked on the shore, and a captain smiled and spoke to the officers and men of the Dongjiang Army at the landing site, and then ordered the ship to sail.

Each of them looked relaxed, and there was no seriousness at all about landing on the other side to fight. In fact, not only them, but also the soldiers waiting on the shore to board the ship, and the transport ships waiting to dock on the river, all of them were relaxed, and the order was also orderly.

The reason why it is so easy is that in addition to the great victory of Liaodong's recovery, on the surface of the Yalu River, the Ming army and sailors dominated, in fact, the Manchu remnants on the other side of the river did not have boats at all, so they could only watch the excitement of the Yalu River from a distance at the head of the city of Sinuiju.

The transports, without the cover of warships, were far away from the shore where Sinuiju was located, and they chose a suitable place to land on the shore. Just when the first Ming soldier set foot on the east bank of the Yalu River, a fire broke out in the city of Sinuiju, and the remnants of the Manchu Qing Dynasty set fire to the city, and then fled eastward in a hurry.

Seeing this situation, the soldiers of the Ming army who landed on the shore must not be able to catch up, so they couldn't help but complain loudly: "His grandmother's, aren't these Manchus known as invincible in the field, and don't they call themselves Qing warriors?" What's the matter, just running away with his tail between his legs, what kind of warrior is this? ”

Among the soldiers of the Ming army who went ashore immediately afterwards, some people sighed, looked back at the other side of the Yalu River, looked at where the handsome flag was, and muttered: "The governor doesn't know what to think, obviously he can intercept the Manchus in Sinuiju, but it turned out to be so fanfare, it's strange not to scare them away!" ”

After he said this, no one dared to echo it, but someone smiled and put forward another statement: "Hehe, how do I feel, it is also very good to show off your strength like this, and scare those Manchu remnants to flee when they hear the wind!" ”

And one of the general banners who landed in the back, hearing their words, reprimanded the person who was complaining in front of him: "It's strange that you can guess what the governor thinks!" Do your job well, and look back to see how we exterminated these Manchu remnants under the command of the Governor! ”

For the old leader, Lu Xiangsheng's prestige in the Dongjiang Army is beyond doubt. Therefore, this soldier just said it casually, was reprimanded by the official, and hurriedly smiled.

"Let's go, let's go, let's put out the fire!" The general flag shouted loudly, and without waiting for the follow-up army to assemble, he shouted and left. Today's Dongjiang Army, their psychological advantage over the Manchu Qing is already the same as the Manchu Qing's psychological advantage over the Dongjiang Army in the past.

At this time, Lu Xiangsheng, who was on the west bank, had already seen this scene through the telescope, so he instructed Wei Mulan, who had been promoted to the rank of Jinyi Wei Baihu beside him: "Tell the emperor, just say that our army has begun to cross the river, and the Manchu remnants on the other side have not dared to fight, and have set fire to escape!" ”

Hearing this, Wei Mulan immediately agreed, and then entered the chat group to confess.

And Lu Xiangsheng didn't wait, turned his head to look at another young man beside him and said, "Chief Cao, it's time for your new army to cross the river next!" ”

This Cao Zongbing is not Cao Wenzhao, but Cao Bianjiao. Now he has realized his dream back then, and he is at the same level as Wu Sangui. It can even be said that it is actually Wu Sangui's turn to envy him. After all, although they are the same general army, Cao Bianjiao's hands are the most capable army of the Ming Dynasty, which is almost equivalent to the emperor's army, which is far from being comparable to the army of the general army of Datong.

When Cao Bianjiao heard Governor Lu's order, he smiled and agreed easily: "This kind of battle is really unexciting, if only there was a tough battle!" ”

Young man, hot-blooded and impulsive, eager to throw his head and spill blood. He said it so casually, but he didn't expect that it would attract Lu Xiangsheng's stern face, so he listened to him and said: "You are now the general soldier of one side, how can you have such an idea?" It is the best policy to go to the army to fight and conquer without a fight, and secondly, to crush the enemy with strength, and the most important thing is to fight hard and dangerous battles......"

Cao Bianjiao secretly regretted it in his heart when he heard this, and then he said that he would not really do this, but he didn't expect to attract the bitterness of the governor, and his mouth was really cheap!

He immediately confessed his guilt with sincerity.

In fact, Lu Xiangsheng can understand what Cao Bianjiao just said, after all, he was also young. Moreover, he has been with Cao Bianjiao for a long time, and he also understands Cao Bianjiao's ability, and he also knows the composition of the new army, and there are still supervising troops at all levels, so Cao Bianjiao can't come here. But when I'm older, I seem to be a little nagging, and it doesn't take much effort to talk about a few words.

Thinking so, Feng Dehua, the eunuch of the prison seal standing next to him, looked at Cao Bianjiao, who was eating flat, and smiled there. When the Korean war is over, the new army will be transferred back to Beijing, and at that time, I will be able to go to the military supervisor to officially take office, but I didn't expect that I am also a palm seal eunuch!

Feng Dehua was thinking about it with emotion, when he suddenly saw Wei Mulan come back to his senses, and said to Lu Xiangsheng with a somewhat serious face: "Your Majesty has a decree, saying that the pressure on the remnants of the Manchu Dynasty in Korea has been lightened, which makes Dolgon still have illusions. Therefore, His Majesty decided that the new army would set out by sea to put some more pressure on Dolgon......"

Listening to Wei Mulan say the emperor's will one by one, Lu Xiangsheng suddenly had a question in his heart. After all, the pressure on the Manchu remnants here has also been reviewed by the emperor, but now he said that the pressure on this side is a little less, so there should be some change, so he asked this idea.

Wei Mulan listened, nodded and said, "Your Majesty received the news that Dolgon tried to collect all the grain before leaving. There is indeed a lot of food, and His Majesty does not want to let it succeed! ”

In fact, the original plan was to approach Seoul before the Manchu autumn harvest. But according to the emperor's meaning, it seems that Dolgon wants to harvest in advance, so that the action here will be slow according to the original plan.

When this idea was verified, Lu Xiangsheng immediately agreed and immediately began to act.

The preparations for crossing the river to the other side and setting out by sea are completely different. However, there is a chat group, and the sailor has already received the emperor's will and has already come to transport the new army.

The new army, escorted by hundreds of transport ships and more than a dozen warships, finally disappeared from the end of sight along the Yalu River.

Li Zhiqi, the commander of the sailors in the fleet, looked at the new army on the boat talking and laughing, but his heart was a little depressed. The dignified Daming Naval Division, there is no naval battle (water battle) to fight, and it has been completely reduced to a transport fleet, can this still be called a naval division?

Thinking like this, he was a little envious of the Fujian Sailors, at least they could suppress pirates and the like. This Manchu Qing is really incompetent, he doesn't even have a water division, it's really a waste of his ability, he can only watch the army compete there!

But I don't know why, it stands to reason that the Denglai Sailor no longer needs to build another warship, but he can still accept a new warship, which also shows that the shipyard supplied to the Denglai Sailor has not been closed, so many ships have been built, is it the emperor's other intentions?

In Li Zhiqi's puzzlement, the fleet continued to advance along the coastline day and night, and after resting and recuperating on the reactivated Phi Dao, it continued to advance again, and disappeared again from the field of view of the Ming army on Phi Dao.

And in the palace of Seoul in North Korea, he has never smiled since he knew that Dolgon after the fall of Liaodong, and on this day, his face finally looked a lot better, and when he talked to Duoduo and Azig, he sometimes had a smile on his face.

"It seems that the Ming army is advancing slowly in Liaodong, so it has only now assembled by the Yalu River, and it has not invaded Korea at the beginning, giving us a chance to breathe!"

When Duoduo heard Dolgon's emotion, he couldn't help but smile and said: "If you want me to say, maybe the emperor of the Ming Kingdom doesn't care about North Korea anymore, and he won't be rare in this poor mountain and bad water!" As soon as the army is released to the Yalu River, it will be over to hold Liaodong. Otherwise, why didn't he see the emperor's banner on the other side, he must have gone back! ”

It's been a long time, not only is there no emperor's banner on the other side, but the Ming army has just begun to assemble, and this side was very worried at first, but seeing the Ming army's movements grinding and chirping, it made this side feel a lot more relieved. Because they could see that it seemed that the Ming army had no intention of attacking Korea in one fell swoop.

Hearing Dordor's words, Dolgon was not so optimistic and said: "On the Korean side, it is impossible for the Ming Kingdom not to worry about it. In the past, when the Wa Kingdom occupied Korea, the Ming State had not sent troops. Now that we occupy this place, North Korea is also dominated by our Qing Dynasty, and the Emperor of the Ming Kingdom will definitely solve the Korean problem even if he wants to save face. It's just that now he has missed the best time and given us time to prepare, and when the Ming Kingdom attacks again, we don't have much to worry about! ”

For a long time, an important factor restricting the combat effectiveness of the Qing Dynasty was the shortage of grain, grass and materials, which was the same whether it was North Korea or Liaodong. Hunger, for the warriors of the Qing Dynasty, has almost become the norm.

However, without the burden of Liaodong, after the autumn harvest on the Korean side, at least the Qing warriors will be able to eat enough, as for the Koreans, it is secondary, and they can't take care of it. According to Dolgon's estimates, even if the Ming army on the Yalu River began to attack Korea, it would be too late. Therefore, he explained the army's friction and finally missed the best fighter.

I heard Duoduo pat his chest and say: "So, in fact, the emperor of the Ming Kingdom is just like that, if it weren't for the strong troops in his hands, a lot of materials, and such a rich place as the Ming Kingdom, how could he destroy my Qing Dynasty." Truth be told, if I had sat in his place, believe it or not I would have done better than him! ”

When he had finished speaking, seeing that Dorgon was smiling, he added, "It would be best if you went and sat in his place, brother!" Definitely better than anyone else! ”

Azig listened to Dordor bragging, and although he knew that this was impossible, he also smiled, and his situation changed to optimism, and his mood was no longer as panicked as he had been at first.

But at this moment, there was a sudden sound of hurried footsteps, and a messenger arrived, telling the Ming army to start crossing the river, and the general of Sinuiju felt that he could not hold it according to Dorgon's order, so he had already set fire to the city and retreated.

Hearing this, Dolgon was not in a hurry at all, and immediately nodded his head to indicate that he knew, and sent the messenger down without hurry. Then, he turned his head to look at Duoduo and Azig and said, "The Ming army is still attacking after all, since this is the case, let's collect the grain in advance according to the plan!" “

"That's right, we collect the grain in advance, and then clear the wilderness, if we don't have to go to the Japanese country, we can consume the attacking Ming army in Korea!" Duoduo was a little excited, and immediately nodded and said.

Dorgon listened, and there was a hint of anticipation in his eyes. This tactic has not been used by the rulers of North Korea in the past. The Sui and Tang dynasties were strong in the past, and when they attacked here, they were dragged down by this trick and the army sent to attack them many times, and even the once-strong Sui Dynasty paid the price of destroying the country.

However, Dorgon was more sensible after all, and did not think about it anymore, but began to call the shots, ready to rush to harvest the grain. This kind of manual work was naturally done by the Koreans, and Wu Daji was passed on, and the order was given to him.

"Your Highness, if you wait a little longer, you can harvest more grain, you have been waiting for so many days, is it better to wait a few more days?" Wu Daji had a look of pity on his face and suggested to Dolgon.

Dolgon shook his head and said resolutely: "Can't wait any longer, the Ming army will be able to attack in a few days!" ”

"Could it be...... Can't you let some of the soldiers eat their stomachs first and stop the Ming army on the front line? Wu Daji seemed a little unwilling, and said with an idea, "In this way, we can wait for the grain to grow and harvest!" ”

This time, Dorgon did not speak again, and Dorgon had already reprimanded him loudly: "Shut up, just do it, Hugh is verbose!" ”

After scolding, he couldn't help adding: "If you Koreans can withstand the offensive of the Ming army, then you can try!" But can you North Koreans? Even a thief can't deal with the goods, and he talks about blocking the Ming army! ”

From beginning to end, he didn't mention that the Qing Dynasty himself sent troops to block the attack. Dolgon, on the other hand, sighed in his heart, if he had enough troops in his hands and was not afraid of consumption, he could do this, but ......

It was useless to think too much, so the matter of collecting grain was handed over to Wu Daji, and the matter of preventing the Korean rebels from making trouble was handed over to Duoduo, and the question of the retreat in the rear was explained to Azig to verify the arrangements again. Prepared with both hands, but as a last resort, he did not want to leave North Korea.

However, he didn't expect that the next morning, before he had time to start moving, something happened suddenly.

On the seaside, only 50 miles away from Seoul, there is a place that will be famous in later generations, called Incheon. This side was originally the Incheon Metropolitan Government of North Korea, and the place where the flanks of Seoul were guarded was also relatively high. But there was no food, the Koreans were tossed by the Manchus, and this side was also sparsely populated, with only a few troops.

Just as they were stunned, on the sea of Incheon, a mighty fleet appeared, flying the banner of the Ming Dynasty, close to the coast, a natural deep-water port, so that the Ming army could land quickly. The defenders on the coast of Incheon did not even think of resisting, and immediately scattered and fled.