Nurhachi felt that this would not work, so he arranged for archers armed with bows and crossbows to protect the soldiers who broke the traps and barricades at all times.

When the Korean guerrillas attacked again, the losses were more serious, and after one or two times, there were fewer arrivals, and in one morning, Nurhachi broke out of the trap area and approached Kaesong, where the tall Kaesong walls could be seen in the distance.

In order to conquer Kaesong, Nurhachi and Li Rusong broke through together, and after a flesh-and-blood street battle, they defeated the Japanese and successfully occupied Kaesong.

The previous trick of using the heads of North Korean reinforcements to scare open the gates of Pyongyang is probably not working, but this time it is obvious that the other side is in full array, and it can be seen from the previous guerrillas that they are not frightened, but are bent on holding Kaesong and daring to go out to fight.

This is not good, the attack will not work, it will definitely meet with strong resistance, and now there are Qin army chasing soldiers behind, and they can't stay for a long time, they must leave as soon as possible.

Although he knew that there must be water he needed in the city, it didn't matter, as long as he broke through the Kaesong area and reached the Imjin River on the edge of Kaesong, he would not be afraid, the Imjin River was so large in water, how much poison could work?

At this thought, Nurhachi decided to give up attacking Kaesong, and went directly to the Imjin River to drink a full meal, and then the whole army crossed the Imjin River and ran directly in the direction of Seoul.

Moreover, Nurhachi also noticed that the initial dividends of the invasion had disappeared, and the North Koreans had already reacted and were ready to resist bravely.

Although he also issued weapons to women and children, and their women and children were physically strong enough, they were still much worse than the professional army, and they might be able to defeat them head-on against the North Korean army, but after a few battles, he was powerless.

After all, if you die, you will lose one.

But after thinking about it, isn't it the last carnival to do this, and when you reach the last coast, what way do you have to retreat?

As soon as he thought of this, Nurhachi couldn't help but feel a little depressed.

But at the moment, we must not show a depressed expression, and we must not let the subordinates know that they are depressed, but let them think that everyone is running for survival and hope, not a road to death.

Probably the only person who knows his true purpose is Fei Yingdong.

Nurhachi thought so.

Therefore, he decided to lead his troops to bypass Kaesong and arrive directly at the edge of the Imjin River to prepare to cross the river by pontoon.

And in the city, Liu Chenglong has already made all the preparations, ready to fight a bloody battle with the invading enemy anytime and anywhere until the last soldier, there is such a big man to lead everyone to defend the city, the soldiers suddenly feel that they have nothing to fear, their morale is greatly boosted, and they decide to fight to the death with the invading barbarians.

Everyone made a lot of preparations, moved the fire to the city, set up the artillery, bows, crossbows, spears, rolling wood, stones, etc., all prepared at the head of the city, and the people in the city even contributed a lot of oil to prepare to heat up against the barbarians who climbed the city.

The news of the barbarian attack came, everyone was ready to fight, Liu Chenglong personally climbed to the head of the city to prepare to meet the enemy, but after observing for a long time, he was stunned and found no traces of the enemy's attack, Liu Chenglong felt strange, so he asked the soldiers sent out to fight guerrillas.

"Didn't you see the barbarians fall into my trap with your own eyes?"

"Yes, that's true."

"What about the barbarians?"

Liu Chenglong pointed out of the city.

As far as the eye could see, there was no trace of the barbarians' attack.

The soldiers were also very strange, but insisted that when they went out to guerrilla, they saw a large army of barbarians, there were a lot of them, and they were definitely coming towards Kaesong, and when Liu Chenglong was puzzled, the East Gate guard came to report - found traces of enemy troops.

Liu Chenglong was taken aback - could it be that the barbarians were going to attack from the east gate instead of the north gate?

So he immediately went to the east gate, and when he reached the east gate wall, the east gate guard reported that he had found that the barbarians were moving towards the south of the city, some distance from the city, and it seemed that he had no intention of attacking the city.

Liu Chenglong saw that there was a large amount of smoke and dust not far from the gate of Dongcheng, and it was obvious that it was not caused by one or two small troops, so what was going on?

didn't figure out what was going on outside the city, Liu Chenglong didn't dare to open the city gate to investigate the situation, so he could only send people to continue to stare at the city, he went to the south and west of the city, and found no sign of the barbarians arriving here, so the idea of surrounding the city was self-defeating.

The barbarians came, but they did not attack the city, this situation made Liu Chenglong very puzzled.

He could only order the whole army to be on alert, ready to shell the attacking barbarians at any time.

North Korea's artillery is basically the standard artillery of the Ming army, which was introduced by Xiao Ruxun during the Korean War, and eliminated the firearms of Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Di, which have been used in the Korean army, and replaced them with bird guns and Furlong guns, but the bird guns have not been practiced for a long time, and only the Furlong guns are still proficient.

After all, there are also people in the North Korean army who followed Xiao Ruxun to attack, and they have witnessed how Xiao Ruxun used the advantage of artillery to defeat the Japanese invaders step by step, and they respect artillery very much.

As a result, they did not come.

Kaesong is the last barrier to protect Seoul, behind Kaesong is the Imjin River, and across the Imjin River is Seoul, a horse and a flat river.

At that time, the Japanese invaders blocked the Ming army in Kaesong, Imjin River and Bihokan, and were defeated in three places, and were defeated by Xiao Ruxun The main force was defeated, and he lost his courage, and directly abandoned Seoul and retreated to Busan.

Liu Chenglong wanted to fortify on the Imjin River, but firstly, the troops were insufficient, secondly, it was a pity that such a good city wall in Kaesong was not used, and thirdly, Li Hao had fled, and Seoul was already equal to an empty city, and there was nothing worth guarding.

That's why he decided to have a decisive battle with the Jianzhou soldiers in Kaesong, but the barbarians didn't come.

When the sun set, the barbarians did not come, the soldiers in the city were very strange, and Liu Chenglong also frowned.

In the end, it was decided to use a rope to drop a few sturdy soldiers to investigate the situation, and then come back to inform Liu Chenglong, and then Liu Chenglong ordered the people in the city to make a fire to cook and let the soldiers have dinner.

After nightfall, the barbarians still did not come, but the scouts returned, and their report surprised Liu Chenglong.

"The barbarians are building a pontoon bridge and seem to be planning to cross the river!"

Hearing such a report, Liu Chenglong was even more surprised.

Won't they attack the city?

Or is it a ploy?

Did you not intend to attack Kaesong in the first place, or did you want to lure the Kaesong army out of the city and then use the advantage of cavalry to destroy the defenders of Kaesong?

The barbarians are very cunning, that's for sure, otherwise Pyongyang would not have fallen, and Guo Zaiyou would not have died.

And Liu Chenglong also understood that if the barbarians did not fight with Kaesong and crossed the river directly, they would be able to take Seoul directly.

Although Seoul has been fortified and cleared, there are only 500 defenders, and they can take it as long as they attack.

But if they do this, the back road of the barbarians will be threatened, and it will be easy for them to come, but it will be difficult for them to go.