Kim Yong-ha's eldest son, Kim Kang, was implicated after Kim Yong-ha's death in the battle, and he was originally a mid-level officer, but he was demoted and disposed of with Kim Yongha's battle and became a low-ranking officer. Tian "Lai Xiao" said.2.

However, the careers of the Korean generals and officers who were released after the surrender of Kim were not affected in the slightest, and they remained in their positions and were appeased by Li Hui.

Obviously, Li Hui was very dissatisfied with Jin Yinghe's death battle with Hou Jin for the sake of the Ming Dynasty, believing that he had lost Korean soldiers in vain, so he used practical actions to show that he did not encourage the behavior of fighting to the death for the Ming Dynasty.

This made Jin Kang and the Jin family very aggrieved and depressed in the past few years, obviously Jin Yinghe fought bravely on the battlefield, but in the end, what happened was not as good as those who survived after surrendering, which really made some people who sympathized with Jin Yinghe feel cold.

What made Jin Kang feel relieved was that the Ming Dynasty did not forget the Jin Yinghe who died in the deep river of Liaodong, not only gave the Jin family many rewards, but also posthumously awarded the title of Jin Yinghe Zhongwubo, and then created the history of the Korean Kingdom, making him very grateful to the Ming in his heart.

Kim Kang had just passed the age of his energy, having been in the army for more than ten years, and as the son of two classes of nobles in Korea, he was able to become a middle-ranking officer in Seoul when he was young, thanks to the budding shadow of Kim Yeong-ha, without having to pass the martial arts examination.

The North Korean martial arts examination was selected by the junior officers of the army, and the positions of middle and senior officers were held by the children of two classes of nobles.

After attacking the title of Count Chungmu, Jin Kang naturally could no longer be a low-ranking officer in the army of Seoul, and then resigned from his position, as an earl, his status in Korea was second only to Li Hui, who was the prince, and it could be said that one person was above ten thousand people.

Li Hongyu has already thought of a position for Jin Kang, and through contact with Jin Kang, Li Hongyu now has a high military quality, and he is still angry about what happened to the Jin family, and his attitude towards Daming is also respectful, so he is ready to let Jin Kang serve as the commander of the newly formed Korean army.

According to Li Hongyu's concept, the 50,000 Korean Army Corps stationed on the Yalu River Front will be commanded by North Korean generals, and its officers at all levels will also be North Korean military attachés.

However, Li Hongyu did not abandon the North Korean army, he would send a regiment of instructors into the Korean army to train them in accordance with the Ming New Army system, all military attaches must be trained, and only qualified military attaches can serve.

For the Ming Dynasty's plan to form a 50,000 Korean army, Jin Kang naturally strongly supported, and felt inexplicably excited at the thought that he would become the commander of 50,000 Korean soldiers.

Li Liang didn't expect that Daming would make Jin Kang the commander of the Korean Army, but this is fine, which means that Daming should not let the Korean Army become cannon fodder on the battlefield with the Houjin army, otherwise the commander will definitely be the general of the Ming Dynasty.

Unlike Li Hui, Li Ju supported and assisted the Ming Dynasty in the war with the Later Jin, which is not only related to the fact that Korea has become a vassal state of the Ming Dynasty for more than 200 years and is deeply influenced by the culture of the Ming Dynasty, but also inseparable from his personal insight into the current war situation in Liaodong.

As a close minister beside Li Hui, Li Ju naturally knew the reason why Li Hui was unwilling to send troops to help the Ming Dynasty attack Houjin, and secretly colluded with Houjin.

With the rise of the Later Jin Dynasty in Liaodong, Li Hui gradually realized that the decline of the Ming Dynasty was no longer the powerful and prosperous Celestial Dynasty that it used to be, otherwise it would not have allowed the Later Jin to call for wind and rain in Liaodong.

Therefore, Li Hui was reluctant to intervene in the war between the Ming Dynasty and the Later Jin, he was a very smart and pragmatic person, and he realized that the Ming Dynasty was likely to fall into a protracted war with the Houjin in Liaodong, and there was a good chance that he would not be able to hold Liaodong.

Therefore, in order to preserve the strength of North Korea, Li Hui decided to find a left and right between the Ming Dynasty and the Later Jin, once the Later Jin had an advantage in the Liaodong war situation, the 6 upper contact between the North Korea and the Ming Dynasty would be broken, and North Korea would have to independently compete with the Later Jin in Liaodong, which was not something Li Hui was willing to see.

The defeat of the Ming army in the Battle of Salhu not only confirmed Li Hui's worries, but also made Li Hui realize the fact that the Ming army's combat effectiveness was weak, which made him secretly frightened.

Although Li Hongyu later turned the tide of the battle in Liaodong, the main force of the Houjin Eight Banners defeated at Tieling was the Mongols rather than the Ming army.

Therefore, Li Hui believed that the victory of Tieling was not the defeat of the Ming army by the Later Jin, but the defeat of the Later Jin army by the Mongols.

What is particularly important is that although the strength of the Houjin army under the two banners under Tieling City has been severely damaged, the main force of the Houjin army is still there, and the reason why Nurhachi moved at that time was to preserve his strength, so Li Hui did not want to join forces with the main force of the Houjin army.

As the lord of a country, Li Hui's behavior of fearing and avoiding war is actually understandable, he doesn't want to send troops because he wants to preserve his strength, and he doesn't want his Korean soldiers to merge with the Houjin soldiers, and the Houjin is closer to North Korea than the Ming Dynasty.

Therefore, since the Great War of Sarhu, North Korea and Houjin have been in secret contact and have been getting along peacefully.

For the Houjin, the barren land of North Korea could not arouse their interest at all, and they wanted the fertile land of Liaodong and Liaoxi, so naturally they did not want to entangle with North Korea, and did everything possible to sow discord and drive a wedge between North Korea and the Ming Dynasty.

Nurhachi's strategy was simple, to win over North Korea and strike at the Ming Dynasty, and he needed to make peace with North Korea to stabilize the rear and avoid fighting on two fronts.

And Li Hongyu will let him get his wish, running North Korea is not only to support the Ming army in western Liaoning, but also to contain the Houjin in the future, which has a very long-term strategic purpose.

Although Li Liang also realized that Daming's strength was weakening, there was an old saying that was good, and his lips were cold.

The Ming Dynasty has a close relationship with North Korea, and it is the suzerainty that North Korea can rely on, and the guarantee of North Korea's national security, if it were not for the Ming Dynasty, Korea would have been annexed by the Japanese State.

Although the envoys sent by the Ming Dynasty were too arrogant and unsightly, the Ming Dynasty did not squeeze and exploit Korea, but instead engaged in tributary trade with Korea every year, which allowed Korea to obtain a large amount of money from it.

Judging from the exchanges with Houjin, Houjin is in an uncivilized state, greedy and barbaric, and will definitely bully North Korea once it gains power.

In addition, Li Liang and the Korean scholar class were deeply influenced by the Ming culture, and believed that they were also the inheritors of Chinese culture, and regarded the Houjin as a foreign race and an out-and-out barbarian, so they naturally had to share the same enemy with the Ming Dynasty.

Therefore, Li Liang believes that Houjin is the enemy of North Korea, and befriending the enemy is undoubtedly seeking the skin of the tiger.

Li Hongyu can clearly feel his hostility towards Houjin from Li Kun's words and deeds, and he also expressed the idea of assisting the Ming Dynasty in fighting against Houjin, but unfortunately he is not the king of Joseon and cannot decide the fate of Joseon.

In his relationship with Li Hongyu, Li Yu said that the DPRK is small and the people are poor and cannot afford the military expenses of the newly formed Korean Legion, and hoped that Daming would understand the difficulties of the DPRK.

If according to Li Hui's explanation, Li Qi should have poured bitter water on Li Hongyu and Zhao Xin, hoping that Daming would give up the idea of forming a Korean army.

But Li Liang did not do this, which is not only related to his vigilance against Hou Jin, but also inseparable from his keen awareness that the Ming Dynasty wants to build a defense line on the Yalu River.

In fact, Li Liang very much agrees with the Ming Dynasty's strategy of building a defense line on the Yalu River, so that it can protect the security of North Korea, but it costs a lot of money, and it is difficult for North Korea's finances to support it.

Regarding Li Liang's temptation, Li Hongyu naturally wanted to reveal some tones, saying that the matter of the military expenses of the Korean Army could only be solved by the two main and deputy envoys of the Ming Dynasty, and the two envoys were important ministers around the Emperor of the Apocalypse, as long as the two of them could agree to this matter, the Emperor of the Apocalypse would allow it.

Although the military expenditure of 50,000 Korean soldiers is a huge amount of money for North Korea, it is only a drop in the bucket for the Ming Dynasty, and if the military expenditure of the Ming Dynasty can be used to reorganize an elite Korean army, it will be of great benefit to protect the DPRK from the invasion of the Later Jin.

After visiting Kim Yingha's family, Li Hongyu and Zhao Xin went to the Righteous Forbidden Mansion in Seoul to interrogate the captured Kim Kyung-rui and other generals who surrendered during the Battle of Sarhu.

The Uiban Province was an investigative agency of the Kingdom of Joseon, which combined the functions of courts, prisons, and prosecutorial investigations, and was responsible for interrogating prisoners who wanted to shake the country's foundation, such as treason and usurpation, and investigating cases related to the rebellion.

It is worth mentioning that the side that loses every party battle in the officialdom of the Joseon Kingdom is also sent to the Righteous Forbidden Palace.

The righteous forbidden house is subordinate to the North Korean soldiers, and the highest prefect is to judge the righteous forbidden house, from the second grade, from the functional point of view, it has the same effect as the brocade clothes of the Ming Dynasty and the north town of Fusi.

"Bring a great rebel!"

Li Hongyu, Zhao Xin, Li Liang, and Jin Kang sat in the lobby of the Forbidden Mansion, and as a nominal official of the Forbidden Mansion shouted, several men wearing prison uniforms and tied up with flowers were brought in and honestly knelt in front of the hall.

These prisoners were the generals who were released after the surrender of Jin Hou during the Battle of Salhu, and the person kneeling at the front was Jin Jingrui.

Because the evidence of the crime was conclusive, Jin Jingrui and the others knelt there dejectedly, looking up at Li Hongyu and Zhao Xin and others in the lobby without shame.

"What do you say?" Li Hongyu glanced at the kneeling people in the hall and asked expressionlessly.

"My lord, sinners have nothing to say, I just ask for mercy from my family members to live." The corners of Jin Jingrui's mouth twitched, and then he prayed to Li Hongyu with his head on the ground, this is his only hope now.

According to the custom, the family members of generals like Jin Jingrui were also executed, and surrender on the battlefield was the same as treason, and the lightest punishment was to be reduced to slavery.

"I beg my lord to let me and other family members live." The generals kneeling behind hurriedly pleaded in unison, they didn't want their families to die with them.

"I knew why I had to do it in the first place!"

Li Hongyu sneered when he heard this, looked at Jin Jingrui and said, "You are lucky, His Majesty the Emperor is kind-hearted and does not want to see the regeneration of bloodshed in North Korea, so he specially issued a decree to pardon the capital crimes of Er and other family members, and send them to the south, otherwise it will be difficult to escape death!" ”

"Thank you Emperor Your Majesty for your grace, thank Emperor for your grace." Jin Jingrui immediately breathed a sigh of relief when he heard this, and then he looked ashamed and hurriedly kowtowed to thank him.

"If you rebel on the battlefield, you will be hanged three days later!" Li Hongyu glanced around coldly at Jin Jingrui and the others, and announced loudly with an expressionless face.

Then, he got up and led Zhao Xin, Li Liang, Jin Kang and others to leave quickly, the purpose of coming to the Forbidden Mansion this time was to announce the punishment to be imposed on Jin Jingrui and others.

Jin Jingrui and the others suddenly looked bloodless, although they had already thought of their ending, but when this moment really came, it was still difficult to accept it in their hearts.

If the Ming officials who supervised the army during the Salhu War had not died, then Li Hongyu could also consider making Jin Jingrui and others guilty of meritorious service.

But the prison army sent by the Ming Dynasty chose to commit suicide in order to avoid humiliation after learning that the North Korean army had surrendered, which made things have no room for maneuver, Jin Jingrui and others must die, otherwise where is the majesty of the Ming Dynasty, and how to explain to the dead Ming prison army?