When the artillery behind the Ping'an army sounded, it had already decided the result of the defeat of Li Long's king's army, after all, for the North Korean army that was dominated by cold weapons, in the face of the power of the artillery salvo, and the scene of the next musket team attacking in a row, these Koreans had no power to fight back at all, most of them were already frightened by the roar of artillery, even if the bow and arrow in their hands still had a lot of lethality to the musketeers, but no one dared to turn around and shoot an arrow.

It was also under the power of artillery and muskets that Li Long's army had already shown a situation of complete defeat and retreat soon after the battle began, and even Li Long fell off his horse in fright, and when the guards helped him onto his horse, Li Long immediately turned his horse's head and galloped towards Seoul, not daring to stop on the battlefield at all.

Li Long's escape, so that the Korean king's army no longer has the possibility of turning the tables, tens of thousands of troops fled all over the mountains and fields, there is no rule at all, the Pingan army behind closely pursued, a company chased out of the Lu for dozens of miles before stopping, the most Lu later counted the results of the battle only to find that this battle killed tens of thousands of kings, captured more than 20,000 people, it is estimated that less than 20,000 people can escape back.

After this war, Li Long's strength was greatly damaged, and he could no longer control the vast area of Gyeonggi Province, and for his own safety, Li Long transferred elite troops from all over Gyeonggi Province into Seoul to defend it, as a result, this also made the defense of Gyeonggi Province empty, and the Pyongan Army almost did not spend much effort, and it was already in control of most of Gyeonggi Province, the only hateful thing was that the Chungcheong Army in the south and the Gangwon Army in the east also took the opportunity to annex some of Gyeonggi Province's territory, which made Liu Tao and Li Anliang very dissatisfied, But now is not the time to settle accounts with them. So they can only pretend not to see it. Then mobilize troops to besiege Seoul.

Seoul's real name is Hanyang. Later, the capital of North Korea was set here, which was renamed Seoul, and it was generally called the capital in North Korea, or directly called Beijing, as the largest and most prosperous city in North Korea, the city defense of Seoul was naturally very strong, not only with tall and strong walls, but also the city also concentrated the most elite army of the Korean Kingdom.

However, Seoul can be said to be the most fortified city in North Korea. For example, according to the original history, in the Imjin Rebellion a few decades later, the 20,000 troops of the Japanese State defeated the capital of the elite of the whole of Korea, and burned and looted here, and when they left, they slaughtered the people of the entire city, and Seoul became a dead city.

The Japanese army could easily break through Seoul. Although the Korean Heian Army, which was led by the Ming generals, was a little weaker, don't forget. They still have 3,000 firearms in the army, especially among them there are hundreds of artillery, this is the real siege weapon, when these hundreds of artillery shelled the city gate together, Seoul simply did not last long, the most rearly city gate was smashed by artillery bombardment, and then tens of thousands of Pyongan troops poured in, and the strong Seoul was so easily captured.

With the entry of the Heian army into the city, the Korean king's army in the city had already been frightened by the artillery, and they had no courage to resist at all, and the ordinary people hid at home, chanting "Amitabha Buddha" in their hearts, begging the Buddha to bless them, and never let those rebels kill into their homes.

Compared with ordinary people, Li Long, who was above 10,000 people before, was like ashes, and at the moment when the gate of Seoul was opened by artillery, he also fell into despair all of a sudden, and he also knew that there was almost no one in the whole of Korea who did not hate him, and the reason why he was able to live until now was because he was the king of North Korea and had an elite army in his hands, but now this army has been defeated, and the king's position is not guaranteed, and even he can already see it. What kind of cruel punishment will he face when he is captured?

As soon as he thought of the tragic situation after he was captured, Li Long couldn't help but feel an incomparable fear, and finally he simply relented and learned from a tyrant of the Central Plains Dynasty, that is, the famous king of Shang, while the Ping'an army had not yet invaded Gyeongbokgung Palace, he ordered people to concentrate all the gold and silver treasures in the palace in his bedroom, and called his favorite concubines, as well as all his sons and daughters, and then Li Long ordered someone to seal the gate, and a fire lit the whole palace, and he took his gold and silver treasures, and the beloved women and children dying in the fire.

When he learned that Li Long had set fire to himself, Liu Tao felt very sorry, they were originally very interested in the treasures in Li Long's treasure house, but now it seems that those treasures must have been burned to ashes along with Li Long. Unlike Liu Tao, Li Anliang and the other Koreans were very angry when they learned that Li Long had burned him, because in their opinion, a tyrant like Li Long should die in the mouth of all the people, and it was too cheap for him to die like this.

Li Long died, and Seoul also fell into the hands of the Ping An Army, on the surface, Li Anliang was still the leader of the Ping An Army, but in fact, Liu Tao and others were in charge of the entire Ping An Army, but when the order was issued to the outside world, the name of Li Anliang was still used, for example, after the Ping An Army occupied Seoul, it immediately sent invitations to Qi Yanming and other rebel leaders, nominally inviting them to come to Seoul to discuss the future of Korea, but in fact it was to force the rebels from all walks of life to recognize the Ping An Army as the head of the rebels.

For the plans of the Ping An Army, Qi Yanming's rebel leaders are naturally very clear, but the Ping An Army can destroy Li Long in one fell swoop, which has surprised everyone, and what shocked them even more is that there are a large number of artillery pieces in the Ping An Army, which makes everyone understand that there must be a huge force behind the Ping An Army to support, and the only one who can provide hundreds of artillery pieces and thousands of muskets at a time is probably only Da Ming.

It is also known that the above is the case, so many rebels with less strength saw that the Hean Army had a strong background, and eliminated Li Long, which made them all die, and after receiving the invitation, they began to rush to Seoul one after another, after all, they all knew that if they did not go to Seoul after receiving the invitation, then they would be the enemies of the Hean Army in the future, and with the strength of the Hean Army, they would not be opponents even if they were united.

Li Anliang and Liu Tao were not surprised by the submission of those small rebels, they were concerned about the Chungqing Army, the Gangwon Army and the Gyeongsang Army led by Qi Yanming, these three rebels were the largest rebels in addition to the Ping'an Army, their attitude was the most critical, if these three rebels were unwilling to surrender, then they could only solve it by force.

As the weak rebels from all walks of life chose to submit to the Ping An Army, this also gave Qi Yanming and other leaders of the three rebels a strong pressure, after all, judging from the combat power shown by the Ping An Army, they are definitely not the opponents of the Ping An Army, and even if they are united, they are also hesitating whether to surrender to the Ping An Army, which was still on an equal footing with them before.

The first to resist the pressure is the Gangwon Army, most of this army is composed of defective North Korean officers and soldiers, the leader is named Choi Donglong, who used to be just a middle-level officer, although Choi Donglong is very talented in the military, but he is powerless in governing the place, so this also makes Gangwon Province under his rule also very chaotic, the situation is only better than the previous Pyongan Road, and now the Pyongan Army has been rectified by Li Anliang and Liu Tao, the situation is not what it used to be, and as a result, his Gangwon Road has become the most chaotic place in the whole of Korea, Even Cui Donglong already has a feeling that he is unable to govern the place.

It is precisely because of the above reasons, coupled with the fact that Choi Dong-ryong knew that he was definitely not the opponent of the Heian Army, and Gangwon Province and Gyeonggi Province were originally next to each other, so after careful consideration, he finally decided to go to Seoul to meet Li Anliang, which also showed that he was willing to submit to the Hean Army.

Liu Tao and Li Anliang are very happy about Cui Donglong's submission, because in their opinion, those small groups of rebels don't matter at all, the most important thing is the three major rebels led by the Chungqing Army, and now one of the three major rebels, the Gangwon Army, has finally chosen to surrender, then this is a good sign, maybe a few days later, the Chungcheong Army and the Gyeongsang Army will also choose to surrender.

However, Liu Tao and Li Anliang obviously underestimated the Chungqing Army and the Gyeongsang Army too much, they waited in Seoul until the day of the banquet for the leaders of the rebels, and they did not see Qi Yanming and those scholars, and finally Li Anliang and Liu Tao held back their anger to entertain the rebel leaders who chose to surrender, and then arranged for them to live in Seoul, as for the army under their command, there will naturally be people from the Ping'an Army to take over.

In fact, for the stubbornness of the Chungcheong Army and the Gyeongsang Army, Liu Tao and Li Anliang also had some psychological preparations before, after all, these two rebels are different from the Gangwon Army, especially Qi Yanming's Chungqing Army, they were originally the first group of rebels in Korea, and among the rebels in North Korea, they have always been the strongest, but now the sudden rise of the Pyongan Army has made the Chungqing Army fall behind, but the arrogance of the Chungcheong Army is still there, and it is naturally not so easy to make them bow to the Pyongan Army that was not as good as their own. So it's not surprising that Qi Yanming didn't go to Seoul.

As for the Gyeongsang Army formed by the Korean Warrior Alliance, this army needs money, money and people, and it can be said that it is the most promising of the four rebels, but it is a pity that their position is too far south and too far from Gyeonggi Province, so they have not been able to participate in the core battle.

However, now this terrain has taken advantage of them, because it is too far away from Gyeonggi Province and there is a Chungcheong army in between, so they are not worried about the threat of the Pyongan army at all, and they want to make them submit, unless the Pyongan army can defeat the Chungcheong army sandwiched in the middle. (To be continued......)