"Gas" dipped in October of the seventh year. The Eastern Governor's Mansion is ready. The "Jizhou Yanyi" plan began to be implemented at the same time.

On 3 November, the Fourth Squadron of the Pacific Fleet escorted the troops to the port of Incheon in North Korea. The Joseon envoy Han Yu went to the palace of Seoul to meet with the Joseon king Yi Zong.

In the main hall of the royal palace, the third emperor of Joseon, Li Zong, convened his ministers to discuss countermeasures.

"What's this called?" Zuo Yizheng Jiang hesitated and said dissatisfiedly: "Your Highness, the Ming court is obviously deliberate, and when the Houjin State came to attack, they didn't help. Now that we have reached a peace agreement with Huang Taiji, they will come again, what is this called! ”

His subordinates are called His Royal Highness the King, and the reason why King Li Zong is called King instead of Emperor is because Li Joseon has always been a vassal state of China, so before jumping to independence, the title strictly followed the Chinese etiquette system. Never borrow more.

The Korean monarch is called the king, and the honorific title is "His Highness" or "His Royal Highness", and the wife of the self-proclaimed "widow" king is equivalent to the queen of China. But she is called a princess, and she is called "middle palace" or "middle temple niangniang"

Basically, it is equivalent to the Song Dynasty, and the relationship between Dali and the Northern Song Dynasty is basically the same.

The official position of the Li Dynasty was modeled after that of China, and it was divided into nine grades, from the first rank to the ninth grade, with a total of eighteen grades. Thereinto. The three products are divided into the upper part of the three products hall and the lower part of the three products. From the first product to the third product hall, it is called the hall official. Zheng Sanpin Hall goes down to Zheng Qipin, which is called Tang Xia Guan or Shen Shangguan. The following seven products are the subordinate officials. It can be seen that the upper and lower levels of the Zhengsanpin Hall are a watershed for high and low positions.

Below the king, there is the highest auxiliary body, the first government, whose chief is the "leader of the government", which is equivalent to the chief assistant of the Chinese cabinet. Under the leadership of the government, there is a left and right discussion. It is the same as the leading government. Then the next is from the first product or so in favor, and the second product is about the counselor. Then there are officials such as sheren.

Under the parliamentary government, there are six Cao, namely, officials, households, rites, soldiers, workers, and criminals, which are equivalent to the six ministries of China. Its chief is called the Book of Judgments, which is equivalent to the six Shangshu books of China. The procuratorial and advisory bodies are the Constitutional Government and the Judicial Counselling Yuan. In addition, there was the Chengzheng Yuan, which drafted the will for the king.

Clansmen and loyalists include clan houses, loyalist houses, Yibin equivalent to the Horse House, Dunning House, etc. Guoxue is Sungkyunkwan, which is equivalent to China's Guozijian. Other institutions include the Pavilion of the Chapter, the Banquet Hall, the Hongwen Museum, the Art Museum, etc.

Right Yizheng Pu Ao said: "It is obvious that we want to consume each other with Huang Taiji, and when the consumption is almost exhausted, we will come out to help." This can not only achieve the purpose of appeasing us, but also consume the strength of us and Huang Taiji at the same time, which can be described as killing three birds with one stone. ”

Zuo Yizheng Jiang hesitated angrily and reprimanded Han Shu and said: "What are you doing badly, only now have you brought in reinforcements, and the cucumber vegetables are cold!" ”

The two councilors said so, and the civil and military officials underground didn't dare to say anything, but just nodded submissively.

As an envoy sent by the king of Joseon to the Ming Dynasty to ask for help, Han Nuan's position in the country was the counselor of the Ministry of Rites from Yipin. When he heard the two councilors say this, it was clear that he was denying the credit of his trip.

So he said: "Your Highness, this is not the case! When the minister was in the Ming Dynasty, he once heard the officials of the Ming Dynasty say that the Emperor of the Great Ming Dynasty had recovered from a serious illness and could not manage the government. The Ming court had just put down the case of Wei Zhongxian's eunuch disobedience, and the country was in chaos. Therefore, there will be some delays in helping our country. At the same time, when the minister left, His Royal Highness and the lords made it clear that they were giving the minister three months. However, less than a month after the minister left, His Royal Highness negotiated peace with Huang Taiji. How can this be said that the minister is ineffective? ”

Jiang Yi was suddenly dumbfounded, and King Li Ju's face was suddenly not good-looking, which clearly meant that he was not trustworthy. However, he was also bitter in his heart, and he naturally boasted that he had resisted Haikou for three months, but he didn't think that the North Korean army was too bad, and it was defeated by others in less than half a month. It's no wonder that he is. "Forget it!" Li Brown said: "It's over, don't talk about it anymore!" Let's discuss the matter at hand! Reinforcements have arrived, how can we reply to them! ”

"Your Highness!" Jiang Zhen said: "Since we have sent Huang Taiji, then the Ming reinforcements must stay with us anymore, so please ask them to go back!" ”

Pu Yu shook his head and said, "It's good to let them go back!" However, people come all the way to come, and this reward is inevitable, but the treasury is empty. How to reward them! ”

Li Ju asked: "Han Yu, how many soldiers and horses have come from the last dynasty?" ”

"Back to Your Highness!" Han Nuan replied: "The upper dynasty sent the Liaodong Governor's Mansion to send troops to help, with an army of seventy or eighty thousand people!" ”

Li Brown nodded and said, "How do you think the right council should be rewarded!" ”

He replied, "500,000 taels of silver!" ”

As soon as these words came out, the ministers immediately buzzed.

500,000 taels is not a small amount, it used to be better, and the treasury still has 780,000 taels of silver. In recent years, in order to fight against Huang Taiji, it has consumed a lot to support Mao Wenlong, and the front-line army has consumed more than half of the treasury silver, and this time the North Korean army was beaten by Huang Taiji's Eight Banners Army, and the pension and rest are even more huge, and it is necessary to pay a million taels of tribute to Houjin, and now the treasury has suddenly changed from a surplus to a huge deficit, where can I still take out 500,000 taels of silver.

The household counselor came out and said: "Your Highness, the household department only has 20,000 taels of silver!" There are still more than 100,000 taels of silver. ”

Li Ge suddenly raised his beard when he heard this, and his face was full of displeasure.

"Bastard!" Pu Ao hurriedly scolded and said, "Your Highness's silver has been taken out, do you want Your Highness to drink the northwest wind!" ”

"Wechen is guilty!" The household counselor hurriedly confessed.

Li Ju waved his hand, it was not the first time, and forgave the offense of the household counselor.

"What then?"

Pu Yu thought for a while and said, "The Celestial Empire army can't be lazy, that's good." Let them be stationed on the spot first, and the household department will first bring up next year's summer tax to solve the urgent need. ”

There was nothing the other ministers could do, Li Brown nodded. "Then do it!" Korean entertainment, you first arrange for them to be stationed on the spot, and stabilize them first! ”

"Obey the order!" Han Nuan took the order.

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Han Nuan returned. After consulting with the Minister of War Liu Hu, as well as Xie Yi, Li Chao and others, he hoped that the Liaodong Army would stay on the warship for the time being.

However, this is clearly not possible.

The real purpose of the Liaodong Army was to control Korea. At the moment, it is just a landing under the pretext of helping North Korea. If you stay on the warship. How can you do it unexpectedly!

So, after discussing with Xie Yi, Li Han and others, Liu Hu asked that the army be stationed on land now, because war horses are not suitable for staying on warships for a long time.

Korean entertainment was helpless, and he didn't think too much, so he was the same

As a result, the heavy cavalry and cavalry artillery of the Liaodong Army landed at Incheon Port one after another, and camped in a large camp in Ansan, the right province of Gyeonggi Province, while the Korean troops originally withdrew to Paju in the left province of Gyeonggi Province.

At the same time, twenty frigates of the 4th Squadron of the Pacific Fleet occupied the port of Incheon. The 5th and 6th warbands went to the Ulsan area in the south of Korea to monitor the sentinel ships sent by Huang Taiji, and in fact transported 10,000 black armor elite cavalry to Vladivostok Fortress, preparing to contain Huang Taiji from behind and prevent the Liaodong army from taking control of Korea. Huang Taiji will bring troops to help. Meantime. The port of Yaulcheon, south of Ulsan, was the main base of the Korean naval divisions. Jeju Island on the opposite side is the last refuge of the Joseon royal family.

Therefore, the task of the 5th and 6th Sentai was to prepare for the destruction of the main force of the Korean naval forces, and at the same time to use Jeju Island as a trade transit point connecting to the border of Pyongdo, as well as as a naval supply depot.

In the Ansan Barracks, in the Korean Command of the Eastern Expedition, Army Minister Liu Hu summoned the main generals of the Marine Division, the Cavalry Corps, the Cavalry Corps, the Fleet Headquarters, and the Logistics Headquarters to gather together for a meeting.

Liu Hu said straight to the point: "Originally, we were still going to storm Seoul, but I heard from Han Yu that the king of North Korea will come here in person to entertain us in three days, this is an opportunity!" ”

Li Han nodded and said, "If that's really the case, we will save a lot of effort!" ”

Xie Yi said with a smile: "Then this time, your cavalry and cavalry artillery, and even the fleet will not be needed, as long as the Korean king Li Brown enters the camp, our marine division will directly take him down."

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Naked showing off!

Zhan Zengyong said with a smile: "Wouldn't it be better for you kid to be so good at not making a move?" ”。 It is! Li Han said: "The art of war is cloudy, and the soldiers who surrender without a fight!" The most important thing is that we get the most out of the battle with the least number of soldiers! ”

A few people were obviously sour, and Liu Feng said: "Who let you all take the lead every time, and our Marine Division will go to clean up the battlefield at the rear!" ”

"Alright, alright!" Liu Hu smiled: "Don't fight! We must be fully prepared to be able to detain the king of Joseon, Yi Brown, not necessarily to pry open the whole of Korea.

Force is inevitable, and besides, Huang Taiji will not sit idly by, even if he does not confront North Korea, he will also confront his godson. ”

"It's better to let all their civil and military officials come!"

Li Han said: "If all come." We have accused both the king of Joseon and the civil and military officials of Joseon. Then it will be easier to take the whole of North Korea! ”

Zhan Zengyong said: "It looks like it should be fine!" I didn't know if I didn't come to North Korea, but I didn't expect that the Korean royal family's jealousy and obedience to the court had reached the extreme, so people couldn't bear to take away his inheritance! ”

Liu Hu nodded and said: "My lord has explained, we just want to turn Korea into a colony, and the task of ruling Korea is to return the Korean king Li Brown, we just want to control the military power of North Korea, and it is our goal to collect the wealth here." ”

Xie Yi suddenly said: "I don't think there is anything in North Korea!" Out of the northern production of ginseng, deer and other treasures. There's nothing of value left."

Liu Hu said: "We mainly harvest high-quality timber on Changbai Mountain to build ships, and the other side is under the control of the Jurchens, which is inconvenient for us to do." Meantime. The depth of North Korea is much greater than that of Governor Kim, which is convenient for us to directly raid the rear of the Jurchens, and its strategic value cannot be ignored. ”

"That's right!" Zhan Zengyong nodded and said: "If we control North Korea, our Liaodong Governor's Mansion can connect Vladivostok, Nuergan and Liaodong together, and control the entire northern coast, and then there will really be no salt to eat!" ”

"If you don't eat salt for three days, you will definitely have no strength." Li Han said with a smile: "At that time, Huang Taiji would probably attack us regardless of it!" ”

Liu Hu nodded and said, "That's right!" It's not easy for us to wipe them out, but if we lure them to take the initiative to attack, then we only need to set up our cannons and muskets, even if it's hundreds of thousands of leptons! ”

When everyone heard this, they immediately laughed.

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Three days later, the Joseon king Li Ju finally collected his tongue around Seoul, and after collecting enough 500,000 taels of silver, he led the civil and military officials out of Seoul. Personally went to the Ansan camp to work for the army.

Liu Hu led the generals out of the camp to greet them, and organized a guard of honor to display in front of the Joseon king Li Ju and his civil and military officials, as a show of force and intimidation.

Really. When the Korean civil and military officials saw the appearance of the Liaodong Army in bright clothes and armor, they were immediately amazed by it.

A bit of politeness. On behalf of the imperial court, Liu Hu thanked the king of Korea for his army, and then invited the king of Joseon, Li Ju, and the hundred officials of Jianwu to the camp to drink.

At this time, Li Ju and others did not doubt it.

Li Ju brought more than 1,000 forbidden troops, and was arranged by Liu Hu to drink and eat meat in one place. These sergeants were of great interest in the Liaodong Army. In particular, they couldn't put down the weapons and equipment of the Liaodong Army, and soon under the deliberate arrangement of the Liaodong Army, they drank and had fun with the Liaodong Army, and they were very happy with each other.

Since Li Ju and other civil and military officials entered the camp together, it has become very easy to deal with Li Brown.

Liu Hu ordered. Although the officers and men of the whole army drank wine and ate meat, except for the sword and axe men who had been ambushed, they were quite calm.

In the big tent of the Chinese army, on the left is the king of Joseon Li Ju and the main civil and military ministers, and on the right is Liu Hu and the main generals of the Liaodong Governor's Office. Because of the language barrier between the two sides, only Liu Hu and Li Brown had a conversation, and in the middle was Turning Ze Korean Entertainment, and the other ministers only cared about eating and drinking by themselves.

The wine has passed three rounds, and the dishes have passed five flavors.

Soon, Li Brown said: "The widow is not strong enough to drink, so I will return to the palace this time!" Thank you General Liu for bringing troops to help, but now that our North Korea has calmed down, we must be raising sword soldiers! Therefore, the widow wants to ask, I don't know when General Liu will bring his troops back to China."

Got to the point!

Liu Hu smiled secretly, it is easy to invite God and it is difficult to send God, how can Lao Tzu be so easy to dismiss!

"Your Highness!" Liu Hu said: "There is one thing that the official doesn't understand, and I hope His Royal Highness will explain the doubts to the official!" ”

Li Ju smiled: "General Liu, but it doesn't hurt to say it!" ”

Liu Hu said: "We came all the way to rescue you because you are the state of the Ming Dynasty. as a suzerain. The Ming court has an obligation to come to your rescue. But now you are negotiating peace with Jin Jiannu, an enemy of the Ming court, but there is such a thing."

Li Ju didn't know why, and didn't know what Liu Hu meant, so he asked, "But there is such a thing!" Thinking that my small country in Korea is powerless to resist the army of Emperor Taiji of Tiancong Khan, so for the safety of the people of Li, the widow has to be aggrieved and ask for peace."

Liu Hu said: "This is" two falls! How can this be explained that you have paid tribute to the thief chieftain without asking for our permission, and have been called a vassal?"

Li Ju said secretly: This is to ask the teacher for sin!

So he said: "If we don't agree, we don't have to drink with General Liu now!" I also hope that General Liu Haihan, the difficulties of a small country! ”

"Naturally, there is nothing here. Liu Hu said: "It's just that the court has been angry, and you, as the Ming Dynasty's fan, are not allowed to pay tribute to the enemies of the Ming Dynasty." ”

"What does the envoy mean?"

"It's easy!" Liu Hu said: "It is not allowed to negotiate peace, and the treaties that have been negotiated are abolished!" At the same time, in order to appease the anger of the imperial court, you must personally go to the capital city of Beijing to apologize to the imperial court, and the important military and political affairs here are temporarily entrusted to us.

"What?"

Before Li Ji could reflect, several nearby civil and military ministers became excited.

Isn't that bullying?

There is no big problem for the king of Joseon to go to Beijing to apologize, and it is not a big deal for the king of Fanbang to apologize to the emperor of the suzerain. However, it is absolutely impossible to hand over the military and political affairs of the DPRK to Liu Hu, even if it is only temporarily managed.

Li Ju was relatively weak, and in the face of Liu Hu's words, he didn't know what to do, so he turned to Jiang He, the leftist politician next to him.

Jiang Yi suddenly said in an unkind tone: "That's right! We are privately making peace with Huang Taiji, and it is not right to pay tribute to the Jurchens! However, we have a reason for this, the Emperor Taiji's army is coming to the city, and Korea is about to die, but your people have not seen it, are we not allowed to negotiate peace, thinking that it is a plan to delay the army? ”

A delaying tactic?

Liu Hu and the others were stunned when they heard this, they didn't expect this old guy to be able to explain like this.

"We didn't say it wouldn't work! , Xiao Liu Hu said: "It's just that your king wants to go to Beijing to give our emperor an explanation, and you don't have a king in your country, so we are worried that there will be chaos." That's why they took over the military administration of North Korea

"Rest assured!" Jiang Zhen said: "Even if the king is not there, we will not have trouble here."

What does this mean? Li Ju was immediately displeased.

Liu Hu said: "How can you not have a king here? Unless the king is an ornament! He turned to Li Ju and said, "Does Your Highness think I'm right?" Although Li Ju was not happy with Liu Hu saying this, he was now even more angry at what Jiang Jian said, clearly saying that without him as a king, as long as there was no Jiang Ji in North Korea, there would be no chaos.

Liu Hu took the opportunity to say: "Your Highness, in order to ensure that your rights are stable, North Korea is still the Li family, and I hope you can hand over the military and political power of North Korea to us for safekeeping." The Heavenly Empire is fertile and wild. I won't want your North Korea, but if I give it to someone else. Don't say you're not at ease, even we are not at ease! ”

Li Ju was obviously moved by Liu Hu's words, and he believed that Jiang had intentions against North Korea more than the Ming court.

"General Liu". Li Brown said: "I naturally believe in the Celestial Empire and General Liu, but I just went to Beijing to ask for guilt, do I have to go in person?"

"Of course". Liu Hu said: "You privately called Huang Taiji a tribute, and the court was extremely angry. If it weren't for the fact that the Li family has always been loyal to the Ming court, they wouldn't have given you this opportunity at all! ”

"What do you mean?"

"Tell me the truth!" Liu Hu said: "If it weren't for the sake of our family's trade with your North Korea, they wouldn't have pleaded with you." The Imperial Court originally intended to order us to attack Korea and depose you. However, our family wants to continue to cooperate with His Highness, so I plead. The emperor is gracious, as long as you go to Beijing immediately to ask for guilt, this North Korea is still your Li family! ”

When Li Jia heard this, he immediately sat aside, stunned for a long time.

Liu Hu took the opportunity to say: "Your Highness, you have also seen it!" How does our army compare to Huang Taiji's army? ”

"Naturally ten times larger!" Li Brown hurriedly replied.

"Nurhachi was invincible all his life, but we were defeated twice in a year, and finally hated the battlefield." Liu Hu smiled: "Is Huang Taiji still better than his father?" …… Of course, of course! Li Ju said: "What the envoy said is true! The widow will go back to the draft now, and do what the general says! ”

"No need". Liu Hu said: "Let's draw up the purpose here!" Li Ju was stunned when he heard this.

At this time, Liu Hu clapped his hands, and more than a hundred sword and axe men came in, standing behind the Korean civil and military ministers. For a while, the atmosphere was tense.

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Shenyang

Later Jin Tiancong Great Khan Emperor Taiji was discussing with his ministers, conquered Korea, plundered a large number of materials, and forced Korea to pay tribute, open the market and other huge results made everyone happy.

In particular, the opening of the market with North Korea allowed Houjin to obtain materials from North Korea. In particular, salt, which is crucial, has alleviated the huge pressure on the high price of salt in the post-financial holding area.

Huang Taiji rewarded meritorious deeds, Amin and Azig were the first merits, and the strategist Fan Wencheng also made great contributions, and other generals who restrained Yuan Chonghuan's department in Liaoxi and Mao Wenlong's department in Liaodong were also rewarded one by one.

However, the Eastern Expedition to Korea was only the first step in Huang Taiji's grand plan, and then he targeted Mao Wenlong and the Mongol tribes of Monan...... Ladies and gentlemen! Huang Taiji said: "This Eastern Crusade to Korea was successful. It's really the first happy event for my Dajin country, but we can't be happy too soon. With Mao Wenlong and the Liaodong Governor's Mansion in Liaodong, Yuan Chonghuan in Liaoxi, and many remnants of supporters of the Mongol Lin Dan Khan, we are already in danger. Don't be careless

Huang Taiji spoke, and the ministers immediately shouted.

"Great Khan, now that Korea in the east is pacified, domestic prices will soon fall, and I believe that the national strength will soon rise to its full peak," said Dabel Daishan. It's just that now that the rear has been calmed, the next step is not to go west to conquer the Ming Dynasty! ”

Dai Shan is obviously consumed with Da Ming, and everyone understands in their hearts that Dai Shan can never forget that he was captured by the Liaodong Governor's Mansion and escorted to Da Ming to behead, so Dai Shan's most important thing is when to attack Da Ming. Settle an old score.

Dolxiang said: "What the Great Belle said is very true! Now that North Korea has been pacified, Mao Wenlong's department has been blocked in Gaizhou, and he has blocked the army of the Liaodong Governor's Mansion, which saves us a huge threat. Now that the Great Khan has made a contract with Yuan Chonghuan, Yuan Chonghuan must be defenseless, so it is better to take the opportunity to cross the Liao River. In one fell swoop, Jinzhou and Ningyuan were taken

Doldo unabashedly flattered Daishan, which made Daishan very satisfied.

Mang Gurtai did the same, and said: "I heard that Yuan Chonghuan hoarded a large number of firearms in Jinzhou, if we can take Jinzhou, it is equivalent to mastering the firearms of the Ming army, and there is no need to wait for the artillery of the Russian Empire." ”

Yuan Chonghuan arranged a large number of firearms workshops and gunpowder factories in Erzhou City, which were organized by thousand... In the second victory of the second door, Deng Haonan used the method of positioning and striking in the circle of the earth, which increased the hit rate of the artillery by more than ten times, so that the power of the firearm could be brought into play. Today, Yuan Chonghuan spent almost all of Liaoxi's military spending on firearms and gunpowder, preparing to make Jinzhou's defense impregnable. And so on. Once Yuan Chonghuan defended Jinzhou as strong as Jinzhou. That's really not easy to deal with.

Huang Taiji naturally wanted to seize the firearms and workshops in Jinzhou City, but at the moment he had more far-reaching views.

The ministers all wanted to attack Liaoxi, but Huang Taiji had no choice. I had to set my eyes on Fan Wencheng, hoping that he would come to solve the siege.

Fan Wencheng nodded. Out of class said: "Qi Qi Khan! We just signed a contract with Yuan Chonghuan, if you regret it immediately. Then it will not work if you want to rely on this method to stabilize Yuan Chonghuan in the future. ”

"What Aiqing said is true!" Huang Taiji hurriedly found a step down and asked, "Then Aiqing has any other plans?" ”

Fan Wencheng thought for a while and said, "Does the Great Khan remember the last time he pursued Deng Haonan in the Mongolian desert? ”

"Of course I do!" As soon as he thought of that Hao Nan, Huang Taiji was furious, and gritted his teeth and said: "Ben Khan can't wait to pick his skin, pump his tendons, and drink his blood, this damn guy, it really has to be our Dajin country." ”

The same is true for everyone, when it comes to Na Haonan, they will all think of a series of sufferings since Ning Yuan's defeat, almost every suffering is directly or indirectly related to Deng Haonan.

As a result, the ministers scolded Deng Haonan angrily, and for a time the court became as lively as a vegetable market.

Huang Taiji waved his hand. Signal everyone to be quiet.

Fan Wencheng said: "Did the Great Khan ever remember how Deng Haonan escaped from the Great Wall? ”

Great Wall?

Huang Taiji suddenly remembered and said, "He escaped from the Great Wall Water Pass at that time!" Ben Khan remembers that the water gate had been washed away by the flood! ”

At that time, the Great Khan explained that the court would focus on a section of the Great Wall in eastern Liaodong. The Great Wall in other areas has not been repaired for a long time, especially the water pass, which has been washed away by floods for many years, and many places have not been repaired at all! ”

Huang Taiji cast a grateful glance at Fan Wencheng, this was not what he said, but what Fan Wencheng told him. Now Fan Wencheng is pushing this matter to himself, obviously to let Huang Taiji establish his prestige in front of the ministers and show his talent to convince the public.

Huang Taiji was very happy and said, "Aiqing said so." Ben Khan remembered! ”

So, Huang Taiji told the ministers the whole story, and told the loopholes in the defense of the Great Wall of the Ming Dynasty, which immediately made the ministers excited. "The Great Khan is wise!" Dai Shan said with some excitement: "If that's really the case." Then we go around to Mongolia and break through the water pass of the Great Wall of the Ming Dynasty, and we can go straight to the capital of the Ming Dynasty. ”

Azig said equally excitedly: "Yes! If we attack suddenly, the Ming Jingshi will definitely be broken by us if they are defenseless. ”

"Countless gold and silver treasures, countless beautiful women!" Mang Gurtai rubbed his hands and said excitedly: "It's better to get a few concubines of the Ming Emperor to do it, haha!" ”

Looking at Mang Gurtai's lewd smile, from Huang Taiji to the warriors in front of the palace, they all cast envious and contemptuous glances.

What I envy is that everyone thinks so in their hearts, but they don't dare to say it. What is disdainful is that in order to show one's great sentiments, one must go to despisy shì reckless Gurtai, so as to appear that they are the image of civilized people.

Huang Taiji coughed lightly and scolded: "Pay attention to the image!" ”

"Look!"

Mang Gurtai suddenly shut up, but he was scolding in his heart, pretending to be innocent one by one, and he was more lascivious than Lao Tzu in his bones.

The Mongol commander of the Yellow Banner, Gulushab, said: "What the Great Khan said is very true! After listening to the words of the Great Khan, the minions also remembered this matter! Since the Ming Dynasty reconciled with the Mongols, the defense of the Great Wall has been much looser. After the first Khan Nurhachi raised his army, the Ming court shifted its focus to Liaodong, giving priority to Liaodong in terms of troops and funds. Originally, the Ming court had money, and the Great Wall was like money, but during the past ten years, the natural and man-made disasters in the Ming Dynasty continued, and the treasury was empty every year, which made the nine towns of the Great Wall lack soldiers and salaries. There are signs of mutiny. ”

Azig said: "Great! If that's the case, then we just need to add fuel to the fire for them again, so that the Great Wall will not break! ”

Fan Wencheng said at this time: "The Great Khan only needs to send an army to contain Yuan Chonghuan, and then the army will quietly pass through Mongolia and break through the barrier is just around the corner." Even if you can't beat the city of Beijing, this robbery is enough for Dajin to operate for a few years! ”

Huang Taiji nodded and said happily: "What Aiqing said is very true!" It's just that our army went around to Mongolia. Daming may not be without news.

After all, the Mongolian tribes near the Great Wall are still facing the Ming Dynasty, and it would not be good if they reported the news and let the Ming army be on guard! ”

Fan Wencheng smiled: "That's easy to do!" Didn't the Great Khan and all the lords talk about attacking the Ming or the Mongol remnants? Let's sweep away the remnants of the Mongols first, so that next time we can suddenly attack the Ming Dynasty! ”

After going around for half a circle, Fan Wencheng finally helped Huang Taiji move the plan back. Huang Taiji originally wanted to sweep away Mongolia first, and then deal with the Ming Dynasty. However, Dai Shan and the others obviously wanted to attack the Ming Dynasty first, and Huang Taiji's power was unstable, so they had to accommodate them. Now Fan Wencheng's words suddenly blocked the mouths of Dai Shan and others, and took the initiative back to Huang Taiji.

Huang Taiji then said: "We are definitely going to conquer the Ming Dynasty, but in order to be foolproof, we will conquer Mongolia first, do you Aiqing still have any opinions?" ”

Dai Shan and the others were bypassed by Fan Wencheng, and now they naturally can't object, so they nodded and said in unison: "The ministers obey the orders of the Great Khan!" ”

Huang Taiji smiled and looked at Fan Wencheng. Nodding in satisfaction. And the latter just bowed down and smiled faintly, and acting low-key has always been Fan Wencheng's motto.

Huang Taiji mobilized men and horses, and prepared to personally lead the Jurchen Eight Banners and the Mongolian Four Banners with an army of 100,000 to sweep away the remnants of Mongolia. However, before sending troops, Huang Taiji responded to Fan Wencheng's intentions. An order was sent to the Mongol ministries to meet the alliance. If the Mongol tribes who came to the alliance on their own initiative were not included in the conquest, they would have to be forced to submit by force.

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Just when Huang Taiji was preparing to sweep Mongolia and unify the north, Korea in the east was controlled by the Liaodong Governor's Office.

Li Ju was in the camp of the Liaodong Army that day, and in the face of the threat of force from outside the Ming Dynasty, as well as the anti-backbone exposure of Jiang Ji and others from the internal left, Li Ju finally made the weak and incompetent Li Ju finally choose

Of course, Liu Hu assured him that North Korea was still the North Korea of his Li family, and Li Brown nodded in agreement.

On 7 November, the Liaodong Army marched into Seoul and took over the defense of Seoul, and more than 10,000 Korean troops were disarmed and imprisoned in a large camp outside the city.

After taking over the defense of Seoul, Liu Hu released the civil and military officials and allowed them to continue exercising administrative power. However, one by one, they were strictly controlled between their own home and the court, and they were not allowed to have any chance to collude with each other to negotiate.

On the other hand, the Joseon king Yi Ju issued dozens of orders in the Ansan military camp and sent them to the prefectures around Gyeonggi Province, as well as the prefectures of Hamgyong-do, Pyongan-do, Hwanghae-do, Gangwon-do, Chungmyeong-do, Gyeongsang-do, Jeolla-do, etc., informing them that all military power would be temporarily handed over to the Ming army for management, and that government affairs would be supervised by the Ming army. As soon as these orders came out, they immediately caused an uproar. The area around Gyeonggi-do is better. In the vicinity of Wangcheng, I knew that the Ming army had arrived, and the king of Korea had entered Beijing to ask for guilt. However, in the distance, the governors did not know what was going on in Seoul.

Fortunately, North Korea is not very big. A few days later, officials from all over the country sent people to Seoul to inquire, only to learn that the entire central court had been controlled by the Ming army, and the king had even boarded a ship to the Ming capital to ask for guilt, so he knew what had happened.

Although the local governors expressed their anger, they did not have any power to resist. Looking at the heavy cavalry of the Liaodong Army under black pressure. Far more powerful than the cavalry of Hou Jinlezi, they did not dare to fight. Anyway, the king and the civil and military ministers of the Manchu Dynasty nodded in agreement, so they did so one after another, and handed over the military power of the various provincial protectorates to the Liaodong Governor's Office.

As a result, Liu Hubing occupied North Korea bloodlessly. After the occupation of Korea, the Liaodong Army quickly gathered the troops stationed in various provinces of Korea and drove all of them to Pyongan Province outside the Yalu River, and concentrated in Yongbyon Prefecture.

North Korea originally had more than 20,000 cavalry, but it was crippled by Houjin Amin's troops. Now there are only about 6,400 people left. There are not many infantry, and after the infantry of the whole of Korea is gathered, there are less than 50,000 people, which shows the weakness of the Korean army. However, the North Korean sailors are not weak.

The victory of the Imjin Great Patriotic War made the Korean naval division once achieve unprecedented development under the rule of Yi Sunsin, among which the Korean naval army stationed in the port of Hosocheon had 40 turtle ships and more than 270 banya ships, and their strength was still considerable.

It is precisely because of the considerable strength of the DPRK naval army. In the face of the Liaodong Army's takeover of the Korean military administration and forcing the Korean king Li Ju to go to Beijing to apologize, Li Fang, the governor of the Hosokawa Naval Army, felt strong dissatisfaction. Yi Fang was the nephew of Yi Sunsin, and he was extremely high in the army, and the Korean Yaucheon Naval Division refused to be taken over by the Ming army. In order to protect the king's family, Li Fang led all the sailors to withdraw before the Liaodong Army arrived at Sacheon to take over the defense of the water division, and felt that they were stationed near Incheon's Waijuehwa Island. The reason was to escort the king of Joseon into Beijing. In fact, he didn't want to be taken over by the Liaodong Army.

Obviously, this Korean naval force was a major hidden danger to the Liaodong Governor's Office, and Liu Hu immediately ordered the fourth, fifth, and sixth teams of the Pacific Fleet to assemble in the waters off Juehua Island to closely monitor the movements of the Korean naval division. and ordered the king of Joseon, Li Ju, to order Li Fang to obey.

Li Ju ordered Li Fang to hand over the sailors three times, but Li Fang refused all of them and was ready to fight the Pacific Fleet.

Liu Hu saw that Li Fang was stubborn, so he ordered Liu Jian to quickly assemble the escort fleet and prepare for battle.

After Liu Jian received the order, he immediately mobilized three convoys, and sixty frigates were ready for battle, while Liu Jian, Wen Sanjiu and other naval officers studied Li Fang's turtle fleet to know themselves and their opponents.

One of the oldest ironclad ships, the turtle boat, was built by the Joseon Dynasty in the Chiki Dynasty to resist the invasion of Toyotomi Hideyoshi by Gumoto. The turtle boat resembles a turtle, so it is called a turtle boat.

In the Hui year of the A.D., General Yi Sunsin, the commander of the Jeolla Left Naval Army, led soldiers and craftsmen to make it. The turtle boat is a long meter with a width of 2 meters and a height of 2 meters. There are old tsubaki on the left and right sides of the ship, and the masts can be raised or down. The turtle ship has a number of cavities for guns, cannons or archery, and the cabin has a cabin, a warehouse, etc., and there are dense knives and awl-shaped iron skewers on the iron armor. The bow of the ship is tortoise-shaped, and poisonous gases such as sulfur and flame nitrate are spewed out from the mouth of the glans like a mist, causing the enemy to panic.

The turtle boat is lightweight, simple and sturdy, and the boat is fast. It had great firepower and was the most advanced warship in Asia at that time. There are many versions of the turtle boats that were used in North Korea during the war, but they are generally about blade to blade meters long, and their underlying structure is extremely similar to that of itaya boats. Technically, a turtle boat is a hull built on top of a board house, and a huge anchor is hung in front of the boat. The dragon head erected in the bow of the ship emits a mist-like sulfur gas, effectively disrupting the enemy's fleet formation, and concealing the ship itself when approaching and weaving between enemy ships. At the same time, the faucet is large enough to hold a cannon. There is a huge anchor in front of the ship, and a "face" painted under the anchor is used as a striking tool. Like a standard board house boat, a turtle boat has two masts and a pair of sails. Another similarity is that turtle boats also make use of oars to speed up.

Liu Jian looked at the information of the turtle boat and said, "The turtle boat can use the oars as power to rotate the angle on the spot. This means that they can be maneuverable and far superior to our warships! We have to be careful! ”

Wen Sanjiu nodded, thought for a while, and said, "This turtle boat is like a hedgehog full of thorns!" ”

Liu Jian smiled and said, "And it's a hedgehog that can bite!" ”

"It's full of thorns! It's impossible for us to jump in hand-to-hand fights! Wen Sanjiu said: "The turtle ship, like the standard banya ship, can carry about the Yumen cannon. There are on both sides. Gun doors, 2 in the front and 2 in the rear. Various models of turtle boats were equipped with Pai Zhi Mimen guns. A cannon can also be installed in the dragon's mouth of a turtle ship. Due to the fact that the turtle ship has gun muzzles on all sides, it can fire in any direction. The turtle ship is equipped with heaven, earth, Xuan, Huang and Shengzi cylinders. The Shengzi Rao barrel is the lightest artillery, with a range of about meters. And the heaviest Tianzi tube has a range of rice meters. The Xuanzi and Huangzi canisters are medium-sized guns that usually fire fire arrows instead of cannonballs. ”

Liu Jian nodded and said, "In this way, the single ship firepower of the turtle ship is also very strong, and our frigate is only twenty guns!" And there is no artillery at the end of the head. There are shooting blind spots! And their turtle boat did not! ”

Wen Sanjiu thought for a while and said, "It seems that we need to study how Li Sunsin used turtle ships to fight back then, and we can only start with tactics!" If you want to know what will happen next, please log in to be busy, more chapters, support the author, support genuine reading! D