On the main hall of the Han Palace, Chen Han and his group of civil and military gathered. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

Everyone's eyes looked at Kim Ki-chong who was kneeling in the hall and weeping bitterly, this person was the second brother-in-law of the Joseon King Li Chong, who had just ascended the throne and succeeded to the throne, the original grandson concubine, and the cousin of the current Korean queen Kim. Li Qi promoted his official position from the judge of the Seoul Prefecture of the fifth rank to the deputy of the Chengzheng Yuan of the third rank, and then sent him to China as a chief envoy and sent Chen Han. There is only one purpose - to ask for help.

At the beginning of March, Li Chong hastily ascended the throne in Jinju [the coastal location of South Korea, almost next to Busan], and immediately sent Kim Ki Chongda to the port of Busan to Jeju Island, and then took the warship of the Fu Han Army to cross the Han River through the Yangtze River, arrived at Xiangyang, and then changed horses and galloped all the way to Lusan.

Just look at Jin Jichong now, and his face is dusty.

Of course, what Jin Jichong is going to do now is to 'cry Qin Ting', and the more miserable his image is, the more pitiful he can sell in front of Chen Hanjunchen.

Chen Ming looked at the weeping Kim Ki-chong in very standard Chinese to denounce the despicability and barbarism of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, and told the Manchu Qing Dynasty's dispatch of troops to North Korea and the deep suffering brought to North Korea, and at the same time sighed in his heart again - the plan is not as good as the change.

Chen Ming really didn't expect that Emperor Qianlong was going to devour North Korea in one bite. When he received the Qing army's attack on North Korea, he thought that Qianlong was going to blackmail North Korea or force North Korea to send troops, but he thought that he was going to devour North Korea in one bite. After Yi Yu committed suicide and Li Su became queen of South Korea, they themselves introduced a Li dynasty clan and ascended the throne in Pyongyang, North Korea.

At the same time, the Manchu infantry army also wantonly burned and looted on Korean soil, and continued to plunder the population. You must know that in previous years, the Manchu Qing Dynasty had a resolute attitude towards the people who crossed the border in Korea. Now that they are going to develop the northeast, and it is difficult to capture the Han people, they can only apply the methods of more than 100 years ago to North Korea.

"During the Wanli period of the former Ming Dynasty, the Japanese invaded the DPRK, and in January, the Korean 'three capitals were lost, and the eight roads collapsed', and the king of Korea had to go into exile in Uiju on the border between the two countries, and the country was in danger, so he had to send an envoy to Zhu Ming for help. In addition to submitting the official credentials to the Wanli Emperor, the envoys of the Joseon Dynasty also went to visit the courtiers, scholars, squires, imperial historians, and eunuchs of the Ming Dynasty, and even expressed their willingness to attach themselves to the Ming Dynasty, trying to urge the Ming Dynasty to send troops to aid the Ming Dynasty as soon as possible. ”

"And today's Joseon kings, although they have fallen to Jinju and other places, the Qing army has few soldiers in Korea, and the large army is stationed in Gyeonggi, North Korea, and few have crossed Chungcheong-do and went south to Jeolla Province and Gyeongsang-do. He is not yet exhausted. In other words, this gold base is pitiful, many things are also true, but there is still a big difference between the inside. At least the current Li Qi didn't ask for it.

"This situation in Korea is like the turn of the two Song Dynasty, although the Jin soldiers are profitable, they are trapped in a small number of soldiers and cannot swallow China in one fell swoop. Now the Qing army is also trapped in a small number of soldiers, and cannot swallow the whole of North Korea. ”

"And although our army is dominant, the foundation is unheard. At this time, whether it is a large-scale northward movement or a cross-sea trip to North Korea, it is not the first priority. ”

Chen Cong was the first to stand up against sending troops to North Korea, which clearly stated his attitude. And from him down, there are still many pro-noble ministers in the Lushan court who do not approve of sending troops to Korea. Including disapproval of an immediate attack on the north to attract the attention of the Manchu court.

As for the atrocities committed by the Manchus on Korean soil, many people thought that it would be enough to publish them in the newspapers and publicize them to deal a blow to the prestige of the Manchus.

Of course, there were also those in the crowd who supported North Korea. Because although Li Qi did not shout about attaching it, he made it clear that he wanted to recognize Chen Han as his suzerain. Many of Chen Han's current high-level people are from average backgrounds, and there are always a few people who are blinded by vanity for this kind of "beautiful" thing that increases face.

However, Chen Ming's view is that whether it is to send a large army to land in Korea or to immediately go on the Northern Expedition, it is nonsense. Sending a large number of sailors to go, let's not say whether it will work or not, just say that all the maintenance of warships and ammunition supplies will depend on Chen Han's side to transport, and the North Korean side will not be able to supply them at all, which is quite nonsense.

It's April.

In the near future, when the summer wind blows, merchant ships from Europe and Southeast Asia will arrive in the southeast coastal area, and there will definitely be more merchant ships arriving this year than in previous years. Although they lag behind Western sailing ships in terms of performance, and they are also very fragile in terms of combat effectiveness [without dragon bullets], they are floating on the sea. Chen Han wants to use them to strengthen his face.

After entering May, Chen Mingdu planned to withdraw part of the fleet of the Fu Han Army active in Shandong, Bohai and southern Liaoning. The Koreans, however, wanted to use the false name of a 'suzerain' to lure Chen Han to attack the Manchus and relieve their own siege. Chen Ming absolutely disagrees.

To a certain extent, Chen Cong's views represent Chen Ming's views.

Let's talk about the gold base species that have been retired. After returning to the state guesthouse from the Han Palace, he was immediately surrounded by the Koreans who came with him.

"Lord Vice-Chengzhi, what did His Majesty say?" Deputy envoy Ding Jae-won welcomed Kim Ki-chong back to the room and sat down, and without waiting for Kim Ki-chong to catch his breath, he hurriedly asked, his eyes full of hope and anticipation.

Jin Jichong shook his head in a low expression, and Ding Zaiyuan and the others immediately felt half cold in their hearts. It has been four days since they came to Lushan, and Jin Jichong, as a righteous envoy, really saw the true face of Chen Ming, the prince of Chen Han, and saw the true face of King Han today. The latter is not very unusual, and in terms of face and majesty, it is far from being comparable to the bearing and demeanor of the founding king of the kingdom imagined in his mind.

It is no wonder that even Chen Han's own military and civilians think that Chen Han can have today's bearing entirely because of their Royal Highness the Crown Prince; King Han was able to transform from a humble soap household to come to the Ninety-Five Honor, and it was entirely because he gave birth to a good son.

The day after Jin Jichong came to Lushan, he ran to the prince's mansion to ask to see him, but Chen Ming didn't see him.

And today, when he was 'crying Qin Ting', although he was really crying bitterly, when he looked up, he also caught the expressionless face of Chen Ming, the first column in his right hand. 【Left Text, Right Martial Arts】

"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince of Shangguo was not moved by my words and pleading...... "Kim Ki-chong is very aware of the current situation of the Korean State, and without China's support for them, there is really no hope of recovering the old land and driving out the Qing captives.

Thinking of Li Zheng's current situation and the losses that North Korea has already suffered, Kim Ki-chong felt sad and couldn't help but shed tears again. The red bubbles in his eyes had not yet subsided, and this cry, a sad atmosphere instantly swept the entire room.

Ding Zaiyuan deflated like a popped balloon. As early as nine years ago, he became the Jinju pastor of the third grade. In the year when his fourth son Ding Ruoyong was born, one of the biggest tragedies in the history of the Lee royal family occurred in the Joseon Dynasty, the "Renwu Incident", according to legend, Li Yu thought that his son was incompetent, so he trapped his second son [the eldest son is dead, set up the second son as a scholar, Li Zheng's father] trapped in the rice cabinet and killed. Ding Zaiyuan was very angry about this incident, and resigned from his official position in anger and returned to his hometown to recuperate. As a result, this break lasted until last year.

When the Qing army entered the dynasty, Ding Jae-yuan raised a volunteer army in his hometown, Mahyeon, Gyeonggi Province, North Korea. As a result, the volunteers were like driving rabbits and feeding tigers, and the volunteers were unable to withstand a blow from the Qing army. Ding Jaeyuan's troops could not fight, and they were inferior to others, and after the destruction of Namhansanseongseong, he fled to Chungcheong-do with his few remaining troops, and then returned to Jinju. Li Zheng succeeded to the throne in Jinju, and Feng Ding Jaeyuan was the deputy of Hongwenguan and the deputy of Kim Ki-chong, and he quickly went to China.

The North Korean mission was covered with dark clouds, as if it had seen the end of the world. Without Chen Han's strong support, how could they restore their homeland? It was very difficult to even keep Jeolla Province and Gyeongsang Province. Ding Jae-won immediately cried bitterly, and the whole room was resounding with the cries of North Koreans.

There is no way, the DPRK is too weak, the DPRK soldiers are too weak.

Think about the performance of the Qing army in Korea, people are like tigers and horses. In terms of combat effectiveness, it was completely crushed, and the North Korean soldiers were all blown up.

"The kingdom has just been established, and the foundation is not solid......," Ding Zaiyuan said what he didn't believe. After seeing the richness along the Yangtze River, how could they think that Chen Han was still weak? This is not in Seoul. The year before last, the news of Chen Han and the Fu Han army reached North Korea, but the entire court was silent.

In the eyes of the Korean monarchs, Chen Han occupied the southern country, and in the perception of the Koreans, the southern part of China was a land of boats and ships, and there was no place for too many cavalry. In their eyes, the cavalry of the Qing army was the most powerful elite in the world. Whether it was two wars more than a hundred years ago, or a war that is still going on today, the cavalry of the Qing army showed a crushing advantage over the Korean army.

In the eyes of the Joseon monarchs and ministers, with the fledgling strength of the Han army, it was by no means easy to defeat the Manchu Dynasty, which had strong cavalry, in the vast and flat northern plains. The Manchu Qing Dynasty in the Qianlong period was different from the end of the Yuan Dynasty in the time of Zhu Yuanzhang. Therefore, China will inevitably enter a period of confrontation between the north and the south! Therefore, North Korea should obediently and honestly do its duty, and do not show joy to provoke Beijing's anger.

Although the Joseon monarchs and ministers were pleased with the changes in the Central Plains, they were only overjoyed. Before the Manchu invasion of Korea, the noble ministers who sneered at the Manchus did not dare to propose to send envoys to the south to worship.

That is based on the fear of the Korean monarchs and ministers of the Manchu Dynasty: the Ming and Qing dynasties, the land of Shenzhou sank, and the mountains and rivers have long been transformed into the land of fishy people. This is just the pride of North Korea's own people, like an ostrich with its head stuck in the sand. In fact, every North Korean who has actually walked through Beijing will know that the heavens and the earth are already Qing Dynasty, and the sun and moon are Qianlong. China's national power is still far superior to that of North Korea.

The rule of the Manchus in the Central Plains, and the prosperity and strength of the Central Plains under the rule of the Manchus, were not at all comparable to the small states of Korea. In addition to enjoying themselves with 'Little China', North Koreans can only enjoy themselves.

After the Manchu Qing Dynasty entered the customs, North Korea sent envoys to Beijing almost every year, which was called "Yan Xing" in North Korea.

China's vastness, wealth and strength are not comparable to the small North Korea, the Korean envoys who passed through Shengjing more than once for Shengjing - that is, Liaoyang in the Ming Dynasty, Shenyang in later generations, there is nothing on the left and right roads, and they go directly to the market of Wuli, and they are full of emotion. This scene always reminded the Korean envoys of their homeland, and of the narrow streets of Seoul, the king of Joseon, where the business situation and the market scene were really comparable to that of Shengjing.

Many members of the Korean mission went to Tongzhou, where the ten-mile-long commercial streets, the mountains of various goods, the merchants from all over the world, and the endless stream of boats on the canals, made them even more dumbfounded. The Korean Yanxing artists described this unique landscape as "the prosperity of the boat", and the latter is called the three "spectacular" scenes in the minds of the Koreans, along with the "beauty of the imperial capital" and "the vastness of the vast wilderness".

These three "spectacular" scenes are like three high mountains pressing on the heart of every Korean 'man with lofty ideals', reminding them all the time of the huge power gap between North Korea and the Manchu Qing Dynasty.

However, this time, Jin Jizhong and Ding Zaiyuan and his entourage took a warship to enter the Yangtze River at Wusongkou, thousands of miles along the way, Zhenjiang, Yangzhou, Nanjing, Wuhu, Anqing, Jiujiang, Wuchang, Hankou, and Xiangyang after entering the Han River......

Those who have long been engraved in their memories of the 'vastness of the vast wilderness, the beauty of the imperial capital, and the grand event of Tongzhou Zhouji', compared with the richness of the fish, rice, silk and tea in the south of the Yangtze River, the magnificence of the rivers and mountains, and the huge number of boats and boats in the rivers and seas, it seems that they are not 'remarkable'?

Just after a quick trip, Jin Jichong, Ding Zaiyuan and others decided that the momentum of the Fu Han Army's unification of the country was unstoppable. The 'meaning' of Seoul back then was a complete joke.

"It has only been three or four years since the army of the Kingdom of Shang, which has swept thousands of miles of southern China, and it is inevitable that it will dominate the world in the future. It's just that its foundations are not yet solid. It was not possible to persuade the King of Han and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to agree to send troops to Korea. ”

"Let not be discouraged. In the coming day, they will go to the yamen of various ministries and the mansions of your relatives, write a book and kowtow, and tell the danger bitterly. ”

"Jin Jizhong does not have the talent of Li Wenyi in the past, but he has the sincerity and gallbladder of Li Wenyi." Li Wenyi is Li Dexin, the minister of the Li Dynasty during the Battle of Wanli Korea. This person was under the account of Hao Jie, who was the governor of Liaodong at the time, begging for reinforcements, and the court wept bitterly, and his words were generous. All day long. Hao Jie was moved. Didn't get on the show. 5,000 soldiers and horses from the town were sent to the deputy chief soldier Zu Chengxun to lead him, and he crossed the river first in July to save him. As a result, due to the unknown situation of the enemy and the underestimation of the enemy, he returned with a great defeat in Pyongyang. [Zu Chengxun is Zu Dashou's father]

From Jeju Island to Wusongkou by boat, and then the wealthy Jiangnan, at this time is also catching up with the spring tea out of the market, a large number of goods along the Yangtze River to Shanghai, transported to Wusong Port.

Jin Jizhong and Ding Zaiyuan, who saw the scene of the sails outside Wusong Port for the first time, were stunned by the ships that could not be counted. This is not a boat walking in the canal, there is no shortage of two or three hundred tons of sea ships in it. For the DPRK, a sea ship of two or three hundred tons is already a great ship.

Then there is the wealth and vastness on both sides of the Yangtze River. With passenger ships and cargo ships shuttling back and forth, it is hard to imagine that there was still a war here last year.

The traces of war are rapidly fading, and wherever the Yangtze River rolls is the river, it is completely endless wealth.

If such a rich land and such a dense population are fully operational, and the human, material, and financial resources generated are completely devoted to war, it will be unstoppable to dominate the world.

Along the way, they were full of North Korean missions on both sides of the Yangtze River, and everyone was full of confidence in Chen Han's future.

Kim Ki-chong even felt that the previous estimation of Chen Han's current strength in North Korea was wrong, so Chen Han had the strength to immediately send troops to North Korea.

It is true that the Manchus who lost the south are still behemoths compared to North Korea, but their strength perception with Chen Han is by no means as close as North Korea estimates, but there is a great disparity.

……

Shandong, Fanjiaji in the east of Tai'an Fu.

Yang Lei clutched an ash pole gun tightly, and it was difficult to calm down. News came from the Fu Han Army in March, asking them to move in Shandong, but Yang Lei didn't expect that he had just come down the mountain today, and he collided with a team of Tartar horsemen.

This luck is really enough to carry it. It's no wonder that playing dice these days has been a mess of losing by yourself.

These Tartar soldiers in cotton armor are not easy to deal with. It's vicious enough.

"General, here comes the Tartars." Liu Tao, a former martial artist, saw the dust rising in front of him from a distance, and reminded in a low voice. He is Yang Leiying's deputy. But although his status is very good, without Yang Lei's words, he can't command people at all.

Yang Lei looked into the distance, the expression on his face was calm, and he was worried in his heart, and he couldn't show cowardice on his face, this was what Wang Jinglong [Wang Lun Yizi, one of the two main generals of the Qingshui Sect] told him.

"Come on, come on. Lao Tzu is afraid that they will not succeed? Brothers, let's fight the Tartars to the end today! ”

"Liu Tao!"

"You take a hundred people to supervise the formation!" Yang Lei pointed his hand and pointed at a team officer.

"No matter who it is, without an order, anyone who dares to take a step back will be killed!" Yang Lei ordered in a deep voice, and Liu Tao obeyed his orders. Immediately, together with the officer, he led a hundred men to stand behind the formation, and stared at the rest of the soldiers. The remaining hundreds of soldiers under Yang Lei were all in the same heart.

"Brethren, the brave on the narrow road wins! I, Yang Lei, dare not guarantee anything else, but I will definitely fight side by side with you, living and dying together. Never be a cowardly turtle, greedy for life and afraid of death, abandon you and flee. If I abandon my brother and flee from the battle, Liu Tao! ”

"Yes."

"Your archery skills are famous in the whole army. Look at my throat. An arrow pierced him! ”

"Even if Lao Tzu retreats, he will die the same. Let's fight with the Tartars today......" (To be continued.) )