Later Jin launched an attack on North Korea, and in a blink of an eye, he directly drove North Korean forces out of the north of the Yalu River, and then continued to move south, attacking the city.

Unlike in the past, the Houjin set up an official government and officials here, which can be regarded as an official declaration of the right to rule here.

At the same time, an order was announced to be easy to wear and easy to wear, saying that 'keep your head without hair, keep your hair without your head', and force local men to shave their heads, and the standard is 'money rat tail'. To put it simply, it is a braid made of leftover hair, which must be able to pass through copper coins to be qualified, otherwise it will still be beheaded.

The figurative way of living is that the top of a big bald Tianling cover has a rat's tail hanging from it.

I don't know if it's funny or sad.

Those who did not want to shave their heads were indeed slaughtered in the most brutal way, and at least three villages became uninhabited. And as the Houjin continued to attack Korea in the south, the total number of this massacre continued to increase.

North Korea is not without an army, but they did not develop firearms much before that. It is not denied that the North Korean musketeers are indeed very strong, and their accuracy rate is very high. In the original history, the members of the firearms unit of the Later Kim were mainly from North Korea. But now, even if North Korea has a batch of guns and artillery, it can't compare with Houjin, which has more advanced firearms, so after several major battles, unless it is won by strategy, North Korea basically loses in a face-to-face situation.

Sometimes thousands of people fought against hundreds of people, and more than 3,000 of them died, and the other party only injured a few people.

But helplessly, this is the fact, the DPRK has been defeated and retreated under the firearms offensive of Houjin, and it cannot be stopped at all. Forced to be helpless, can only find a way to send someone to the Ming Dynasty for help, the messenger is on the sea merchant ship support for several days, only to finally reach Shandong, and then stumbled to Beijing City.

"Oh, you're saying that Houjin launched an offensive against North Korea?" Chongzhen didn't seem too surprised by this.

In fact, he knew early on that Houjin was a white-eyed wolf who couldn't be raised. But at that time, he was forced and pressured to withdraw his troops, and since the Houjin had been surrendered, the Ming Dynasty had to make a show, otherwise wouldn't the other states be worried that one day, they would also be attacked by the Ming Dynasty?

The coming of all nations is the glory of every excellent emperor, after all, no matter how good a person is, it is meaningless without the praise and recognition of others. It is rare for so many subject countries to gather around him, and Da Ming doesn't want one or two to leave by then.

"The ambition of the Later Golden Wolf was originally the same Ming domain as North Korea, but he betrayed the rules and launched an invasion of North Korea. I heard that Huang Taiji, the chief of Houjin, also personally launched an offensive with his men and horses, and in just a few days, we have lost several important cities and strongholds, and they are killing our capital...... Seeing that the destruction of North Korea is imminent, looking at the world, only Daming can help us! The ministers burst into tears, looking like a wronged little daughter-in-law.

"I know, since Houjin dared to launch an attack on you, who are also vassal states, without our consent, it is true that he does not take our Ming in his eyes. You go back and tell your king of Joseon, let him block it for a few days, I will immediately send someone north, this time I really want to destroy him!" Chongzhen exuded absolute confidence.

He believes in his troops, in his generals, and most importantly, in his belief that over the years, the firearms he has researched will not be worse than Houjin's!

The next day, Lu Xiangsheng took command, and after the oath was completed in Beijing, he took Hong Chengchou, chief of the general staff, and Sun Chuanting, the commander of the artillery, to the north. This time, they will go directly to Shengjing and completely wipe out Houjin! The strategic goal of the Ming Dynasty today is to continue to develop to the south, and to eat away those small forces step by step. After the gold, you can't keep it!!

Besides, defeating Houjin also has certain advantages, at least it can appropriately encroach on some Korean land. Any emperor, deducting all the countries to come to the dynasty to do the most is to be able to expand the territory on the basis of the original ancestors, and to be able to expand the territory in the north of the Ming Dynasty, which is also a great achievement.

Of course, this must be done on the premise of ignoring several large and small forces in the South and the West......

This time, Lu Xiangsheng was also full of confidence and planned to give Houjin a nightmare, but when he came to the north, he realized that the other party relied on the mountains and forests to play guerrilla warfare with Daming, and even harassed him day and night. In the end, it relied on several important passes to shoot at the Ming Dynasty, because of the geographical advantage, the range of the opponent's cannon was farther than that of the Ming Dynasty, so the power of the Ming artillery was infinitely weakened.

It was difficult for the army to advance, and the morale of the soldiers dropped greatly after being harassed again and again. Not to mention, there will also be deaths in the harassment.

In the end, the Ming could only confront Houjin in the north. Houjin had no intention of going south at all, but he definitely did not allow Daming to take a step north. The Ming Dynasty was very similar to going north, but they were greeted either by artillery fire or by rangers.

The news naturally reached the hands of Emperor Chongzhen of the Ming Dynasty.

Seeing the information in his hand, Chongzhen couldn't help but sigh with emotion: "If the treasure ship can be completed immediately, why are you afraid of these small things?" ”

Yes, in the Dengzhou Shipyard, the Daming treasure ship is being built overtime, which is the kind that Zheng He went to the south of the Yangtze River. In fact, the drawings were not burned, but buried together with Chengzu as burial goods. Moreover, the Ming royal family actually has ancestral teachings, and if the descendants of later generations feel that it is necessary, they will immediately take out the drawings and use them.

Now, when Chongzhen knows the monstrous profits of Haimao, where can he continue to lie quietly on this drawing? No, it is natural to get up.

It's just that the craftsman has to restore the treasure ship according to the drawings, but it is not an overnight thing, especially the production and transportation of materials is a matter that takes a lot of time. After the construction of the dock was completed, it took almost a year to prepare the materials, and finally reached the assembly stage.

But now it seems that even if a treasure ship is assembled, how many soldiers can be brought across the sea to North Korea to support? And look at this progress, I'm afraid that the Ming Dynasty has not yet arrived, and the capital of North Korea is only afraid that it has fallen, right?

"Li Luo, why is Houjin's firearms so strong......" Chongzhen asked distressedly.

"Houjin is not producing, and it is better to say that these firecrackers are made than to be bought. They had trade relations with the puppet dynasty, selling horses, furs, ginseng and timber, and even slaves in exchange for firecrackers. It is not denied that this should be eliminated, but the performance, at least the strength of the steel is higher than ours, and the burning rate of gunpowder is higher than ours...... In short, in terms of comprehensive power, the power of Houjin, which is bought, is greater than ours.

But this is not without shortcomings, at least Weichen sees two: first, they only buy but do not build, there will always be a day when resources run out, and then there will be no money to buy weapons, and they will suffer the loss; The second is that they lack the resources to research firearms, so they have to rely on buying them. And we have enough people to study and improve, and now our costs are decreasing. So it only takes time, and my Ming will be able to crush the other party in terms of firearms!

But this time, I'm afraid that North Korea is really dangerous...... "Li Luo also has to admit that at this stage, Houjin is at least capable of keeping his own borders.

The most important thing is that the finances of the Ming Dynasty are a bit of a problem, if it is three years later, let alone immediately defeat the Houjin, by the way, it will not be a problem to defeat the Mongolian tribes that depend on the Houjin, as well as North Korea...... But now, we have to compromise with reality.

"That's it...... Let them fend for themselves...... No wonder the puppet emperor Zhang Hongbin always said, 'Face is earned by yourself, not given by others'. In his opinion, the coming of all nations should be a puppet dynasty shot by gun, rather than relying on the glory of the ancestors and enough gifts in exchange...... Maybe it's been a long time since North Korea didn't come to pay tribute, and I think I think that our Ming Dynasty is no longer as powerful as it used to be. In that case, let them make a fuss! Let Lu Xiangsheng pay attention, don't let Houjin go south, it's over! Chongzhen thought about it carefully and made a will.

"Obey the order!" Li Luo also feels that this is the best solution at this stage.

So next, North Korea is really sad. If it weren't for the lack of enough soldiers in Houjin, and even the fact that Lang spent a lot of ammunition reserves to resist the Ming Dynasty, it would not have been a problem to directly attack Seoul. However, now that it is just approaching Seoul, it has to be used as a border and has begun to enter a state of defense.

In this way, North Korea breathed a sigh of relief, at least not more than worrying that it would be beaten into the royal capital by others. But this shape shì is not optimistic, if it continues, it will be a matter of time before the king of Joseon is broken. On top of that, the royal capital was so close to the enemy's front line, which was really a bit dangerous, and the subjects of Joseon had already begun to admonish the king of Joseon and ask for the capital to be moved.

After some struggle, Joseon Injo Ri said that he would move the capital and at the same time want to form a brotherly country with Houjin.

Among them, it naturally contains the indelible resentment that Daming did not come to the rescue.

In order to achieve the effect of delaying the army, Hwang Tae-gil signed a treaty with Korea. The treaty stipulates that the land currently occupied by Houjin belongs to Houjin, and this time Houjin went south so hard, and demanded that North Korea compensate for the cost of the expedition of 200,000 taels of silver.

These, under the deterrence of Houjin's powerful firearms, the North Korean side had to pinch its nose and agree.

It was at this time that the first batch of goods from the Wa Kingdom also came to Liaodong, and after passing through the caravan, they marched towards the direction of the Republic.

As for Huang Taiji and others, they returned to Shengjing at this moment, and took advantage of the seizures in Korea and the Japanese Kingdom to hold a grand celebration banquet. Huang Taiji officially announced that he would change the name of the country to Qing (after all, the Houjin State had already declared its demise, and continuing to use the name Houjin would only provoke ridicule). People of insight can see that this Qing character seems to contain the meaning of annexation of the Ming Dynasty.

After all, according to the five virtues, the Ming Dynasty is the fire virtue, and the word 'Qing' in the pseudo-Qing Dynasty is obviously water, so the pseudo-Qing Dynasty is the existence of the new dynasty instead of the Ming Dynasty.

The news reached Chongzhen, and in exchange for Chongzhen's roar, it was naturally Chongzhen's roar, but he couldn't go north to destroy the pseudo-Qing Dynasty for the time being.

At this time, the caravan that had departed earlier entered the territory of the Republic and came to the prosperous city of Chang'an......