In the temporary residence of the Joseon lord Yi Ju in the mountain city of Namhan, Li Ju and his wife and all the ministers of North Korea gathered together, and there were two more dark circles in the corners of Li Ju's eyes, obviously because he didn't have a good rest last night.

At this time, the ministers sitting in front of him also had different expressions, and many officials showed anxious expressions on their faces, only Li Junjie, the secretary of the courtesy of Cao, and Jin Shiyan, the secretary of the judgment of Bing Cao, were still sitting on the stool with expressionless faces, but those who were careful could still detect that the hands of these two people outside the sleeves were trembling slightly.

Li Liang nervously asked the virtuous concubine beside him: "Aifei, do you think General Pang can repel the Qing soldiers?" ”

Concubine Xian glanced at her husband helplessly, "Your Highness, you have already asked your concubine for the seventh time, you don't have to worry, even if you can't repel the Qing soldiers General Pang, you can still retreat, he will be fine." ”

Concubine Xian's small hand passed through the wide sleeve robe and gently held her husband's hand as a sign of comfort, although she was also very nervous, she tried her best to soothe his mood in her own way.

They were afraid that if the sneak attack failed but suffered heavy losses, then North Korea would fall back into danger. But even if they perceive it, they probably won't think there's anything wrong with it, the Ming Dynasty has been the umbrella of North Korea for more than two hundred years, and this perception has also penetrated into the minds of the subjects of North Korea, and they don't have the slightest resistance to the protection from the mother country, but take it for granted, the mother country, should protect the vassal country, isn't it?

Suddenly, there was the sound of footsteps from the front, and soon a Korean soldier came out of breath outside the hall, and a voice with excitement reported loudly: "Qi Yu Lord, battle report ahead, General Pang has defeated the Qing army camp, annihilated more than 10,000 enemies, and now the Qing army is retreating in the direction of Kaesong, General Pang is chasing with a large army, and now he orders the villain to come and let the lord send a large army to pursue the Qing army." ”

"Boom"

The good news of the sudden influx made the whole hall boil.

"Great, those brutal Qing troops have finally been driven away."

"yes, we don't have to cower in this little city anymore."

When the good news came, everyone cheered up, and the restless atmosphere in the hall was swept away.

Li Liang's originally pale face also became a little strangely flushed, he stood up excitedly, rubbed his hands and said loudly while walking around in front of his seat.

"Okay, we must send a large army to cooperate with General Pang to drive the Qing army out of Korea!" At this time, Li Liang was already a little incoherent with excitement.

So much so that Jin Shiyan, the soldier next to him, had to remind Li Liang, "Your Highness, you have forgotten that there are only more than 2,000 troops in Nanhan Mountain City, and now we simply don't have extra troops to support General Pang." ”

"Ugh!"

Bing Cao's words seemed to pour cold water on Li Liang, yes, without an army, what would they do to support the Ming army.

At this time, Li Junjie, the elderly Licao judge next to him, said tentatively on the side: "Why don't we gather the nearby peasants, let them enlist urgently, and then cooperate with the attack of the Ming army." ”

"Isn't that sending them to death?" Li Qi glared at the old man angrily, even a military novice like him knew that letting an untrained farmer fight those murderous Qing troops was tantamount to driving a flock of sheep into the wolf's mouth.

"No, Your Majesty, please listen to the minister's explanation." Li Junjie saw that everyone was glaring at him with dissatisfied eyes, for fear of being infamous for a careless life, he hurriedly explained: "Your Highness, the old minister thinks so, the reason why the Ming army now asks us to dispatch a large army to cooperate with their actions is nothing more than that there is no one to defend the city after it is captured, and our temporarily conscripted soldiers can't fight, but there is always no problem in defending the city, so that we can not only train those recruits, but also help the Ming army, wouldn't it kill two birds with one stone?" ”

"Huh!" Li Liang glanced at Li Junjie with some surprise, and said in his heart: "I didn't expect this old man to be quite quick." ”

However, he didn't rush to make a statement, but turned his head and asked Jin Shiyan on the side: "Jin Aiqing, what do you think of Li Jushu's plan?" ”

"The old minister thought that this plan was feasible." Jin Shiyan thought about it and felt that Li Junjie, the courtesy of Cao, finally had no bad idea, at least this plan was still feasible.

"Well, in that case, we will first recruit 5,000 and not 10,000 new soldiers, and there must be no scene where the city has been captured but no one is stationed."

Li Qi looked unusually heroic at this time, and he looked satisfied with his gestures. The virtuous concubine beside him wanted to remind him a few words, but when she saw her husband, she was rarely happy, so she let him go.

At this time, on September 7 of the ninth year of Chongzhen, after half a month of trailing pursuit, Amin returned the territory he originally occupied to the Koreans, and at this time he had been driven to Sinuiju by Pang Gang, and then it was the territory of the Great Qing Kingdom.

Looking at the land in front of them, Amin who has never known what tears are can't help but cry, this half month can be called a nightmarish day, the Ming army behind them takes the cavalry as the forerunner, the infantry is the backbone, and they continue to pursue them from time to time, and the Qing army suffered heavy losses in the process of pursuit, and his 20,000 remnants of the army plus 10,000 soldiers and horses originally stationed everywhere A total of 30,000 troops were eaten by Pang Gang on the way to escape in this half a month.

Amin didn't think about hitting the force and fighting a decisive battle with the evil Ming army behind him, who knew that those Ming troops relied on the fast mobility of the cavalry to implement a hit-and-run tactic against the Qing army. Originally, the cavalry of the Ming army was not a big threat to the Qing army, because their bow and horse riding skills were much worse than those of the Qing army, and nine times out of ten times they were inferior to the Qing army, but after the cavalry of the Ming army was also equipped with that kind of evil firearms a few years ago, the nightmare of the Qing army came.

Those Ming cavalry prime ministers used the mobility of their horses to fall far behind the Qing army, and then used the long-range firearms in their hands to shoot constantly from a distance, and the Qing soldiers behind the palace continued to shoot off their horses, so that later the Qing army called the task of being responsible for the palace "an errand to death"!

Amin jumped off his horse, knelt down and cried in front of the surging Yalu River, he finally came back alive, and finally didn't have to be afraid of the damn Ming army behind him. Behind him at this time were more than 10,000 Qing soldiers who were just as apprehensive as him.

At this time, a few miles behind Amin, Pang Gang was riding on a war horse, and the clairvoyant mirror in front of him looked at the endless river. This river, which originates at the southern foot of Changbai Mountain, flows through Changbai, Linjiang, Kuandian, Dandong and other places, flows southwest along the border between Daming and North Korea, and gathers the Hunjiang, Xuchuanjiang, Ballu River and other tributaries and stretches for 795 kilometers, feeding 64,000 square kilometers of land and hundreds of people on the land of Liaodong, and now it appears in front of its own eyes.

"What a beautiful river!" Pang Gang let out a long breath, although his face was already covered with unshaven beard for half a month, but he could still see a heartfelt joy on his face.

"My lord, do we want to continue the pursuit and try to eat some of his men again? His tired army doesn't have much combat power anymore. Li Yuan, who was beside him, still asked eagerly.

"Nope." Pang Gang shook his head, "Although they are also tired soldiers now, we are no better, and the most important thing is that their reinforcements should be coming." ”

Yes, just when Amin arrived at the Yalu River, the reinforcements sent by Huang Taiji finally arrived, and a support force composed of 50,000 elite Qing troops led by Dorgon, the most capable and cunning Prince Rui in the Qing Dynasty, also came to the Yalu River.

When Dolgon saw Amin, he couldn't believe his eyes, was this really his cousin with his head held high forever and a murderous look in his eyes?

"Second Belle, how did you become like this?" Dolgon looked at the ragged Amin in front of him, whose face had turned dark because he hadn't washed his face for a long time, and asked in surprise, "Erbele, where is your army, why are there so many people left?" ”

Seeing Dolgon's arrival, Amin was both happy and ashamed, he drooped his head and said with a sad face: "Fourteenth brother, am I useless, I have failed the emperor's trust, and there are only so many people left in the 50,000 army now?" ”

"What?" When Dolgon heard this, his body shook and he nearly fell off his horse.

"Impossible, no matter how powerful Pang Gang is, you can't beat him, can't you still withdraw it? How can the loss be so big! Dolgon's tone was full of shock and anger, he knew the combat power of the Qing warriors, not to mention that the red flag and red flag elite brought by Amin were not far from the white flag under his command, even against the 100,000 elites of the Ming army, they would not be afraid at all. Take 10,000 steps back, even if you can't beat Pang Gang, you won't lose so badly even if you lose the battle, can't you still run if you can't beat it?

"Their firearms and artillery are very sharp, and in the mountainous areas our army's mobility advantage is simply not able to play, they rely on the advantage of firearms to follow us all the way to the Yalu River, and our men and horses are eaten by them piece by piece." Anyway, his face has been thrown to his grandmother's house, and Amin is not afraid to tell the truth.

"Pang Gang," Dolgon looked at the rolling river in front of him and whispered, "This person will definitely become a big trouble for the Qing Dynasty in the future!" ”

(To be continued)