It is expected that there will be news of Prince Ying's arrival in Seoul on the third or fifth day, but there has been no news for seven or eight days. Unable to sit still in Ping'an City any longer, he decided to take his troops across the Qingchuan River to reconnoitre.

However, the unexpected happened just as he was about to leave the city, and only three of them returned from a group of men sent out to sweep the nearby countryside to collect food, and claimed that they had encountered a large number of Ming troops, which used muskets and cannons, which were very different from the previous Ming troops who used bows and arrows and spears.

In Kubilong's opinion, the caliber of these three defeated soldiers was surprisingly consistent with Fan Wencheng, it must be that they were afraid of punishment, so they also applied the boiling rumors that had spread these days. The wind must not last, so he had to take three men and cut them to warn the others.

Three knives went down, and three good heads fell to the ground.

Rumble!

The cannon roared suddenly, and the low rammed earth walls of Heian Castle were shaken and fell to the muck.

"Where's the gun?"

When he heard the sound of the cannon, he was very suspicious.

Soon, a banner soldier came to report: "Oh no, the Ming army is attacking the city!" ”

Until this time, Suppilon was still thinking about luck, but when he climbed the city wall and saw the dense crowd of people and horses below, his heart was cold. After careful observation, I saw that there were only a few hundred Ming troops, and the rest of the tens of thousands were actually local people in Korea.

This made Suppilon very angry, and he felt a faint sense of humiliation.

Do these savages of the Korean State dare to challenge the Eight Banners of the Great Qing State in a grand manner today, thinking that they have hundreds of Ming troops to support them? You must know that the banner of the Han army under the command of Kupilon is neither an ordinary banner that can easily fight, but the elite of the yellow flag.

Pointing to the tens of thousands of people under the city, he said to his subordinates: "How arrogant are the savages in the mountains, who will teach them for me......"

Before the words fell, the cannonballs smashed into the city wall like hail, and in an instant, several unlucky eggs were swept by a solid bullet, and their limbs were broken in an instant, and their flesh and blood were blurred.

Suddenly, a tsunami sounded from under the city, and tens of thousands of Korean civilian soldiers rushed to Pyongan City with ladders and heavy wooden stakes that no one could wrap around.

Before he could say anything, he was swallowed back raw, to this point. He understood that the savages of the Korean State had the support of the Ming army, and they no longer regarded the Great Qing Kingdom at all. Now that the other party is attacking the city, all he can do is to block the water and cover the earth.

The defense of the city is not as good as the field battle, and it pays attention to the division of advance and joint attack, advance and retreat. The city was at his feet, and he and his army had no way to retreat.

It was only at this time that Suppilon deeply realized the despair in his heart when he was trapped in the lonely city. He began to hope that Prince Ying's army would come back one day earlier and help him clean up these self-defeating mountain savages.

Thinking of Prince Ying, Ji Bilong's heart chuckled for a moment, and he suddenly realized that since he could be besieged in this small peaceful city, would Prince Ying also be ambushed by the Ming army after crossing the Qingchuan River?

The battle to defend the city was extremely arduous, and the elite of Kupilon and his troops with yellow flags lost nearly 30% of the battle. After the sun set, the Korean National Army left thousands of corpses under the city of Pyongan and began to retreat to camp three miles from the city wall.

At this time, Ji Bilong didn't care about face, so he went to Fan Wencheng, who had just recovered from a serious illness, to ask for an idea.

After Fan Wencheng listened to the description of Curb Pilon, he didn't say a word for a long time. The impatience of the others urged him: "Mr. Fan, you have something to say, if we continue like this, we will be more auspicious!" ”

"Give up Ping'an City!"

"What?"

He couldn't believe his ears, and Fan Wencheng repeated it word by word.

"Give up Ping'an City!"

"When Prince Ying was leaving, he specially told me to keep Ping'an City, and now I will give up if I say I will give up, how can I trust Prince Ying?" Convinced that he had heard correctly, he bounced up as if he were sitting on a red-hot piece of iron.

Fan Wencheng sneered twice, "Do you think Sakha can come back?" ”

This rhetorical question made Kubilon short of breath, and he hesitated and asked, "Could it be that Prince Ying is also fierce?" ”

Fan Wencheng didn't answer his question, but only said coldly: "If I were you, I would take advantage of the fact that the Korean People's Army did not encircle Ping'an City and leave this place of right and wrong overnight!" ”

Curb Pyron was immediately like a deflated pig urine bubble, and the whole person withered. A full hundred days of defending the city had exhausted his self-confidence, and the Korean People's Army could take Pyongan Fortress even if they used their lives. On the other hand, in his hands, there were only 2,000 men, and he lost 30% in another battle. And that's not all, as the siege began, the city was short of supplies, and the lack of food would soon become the Achilles' heel of the defenders.

When the time comes, where will he go to raise food? He is not a god in the sky, and he can conjure hundreds of catties of grain with a breath.

At night, more than 1,000 Qing troops died down, withdrew from the west gate of the Korean People's Army, and fled in the direction of the Yalu River.

A young official waited in the dark for a long time, and when he received the news of the retreat of the Qing army, he showed a smug smile.

"Pass the order, rob and kill Curb Pilon, and let these Tartars go and never return!"

The people of North Korea hated the Qing army to the core, and after listening to the order of the old man to pursue the Qing army, the crowd was excited, and tens of thousands of people followed with a tsunami.

Yao Qisheng praised for a long time: "The people's hearts are available, the people's hearts are available!" ”

At this moment, he sincerely admired Cheng Junmen.

With the Ming army as the backbone and the Korean National Army as the branches and leaves, a war of annihilation was launched against the Manchus!

The words in Cheng Junmen's letter are still in his eyes, and he has changed from the initial suspicion to the sincere convincing at the moment.

Tens of thousands of Sakha Luan's army was defeated in a battle by the Han River, and then with the cooperation of the civilian army, it will be completely annihilated in one fell swoop, and the main general Sakha Lin also died in the chaos. Originally, I thought that the Marquis of Zhenyu would inevitably come to command the Manchu war. Na Cheng thought, it is said that the Marquis of Zhenyu is engaged in educational reform and commercial reform in Nanjing, and he has no time to take care of the situation in the northeast, and now he has entrusted all matters related to the invasion of the northeast to Cheng Junmen.

The meat and bones were all gnawed by others, and Yao Qisheng also had to get some soup to drink two sips. Sitting back and watching someone snatch all the food away is not his style. Inspired by Cheng Mingjiu, Yao Qisheng also used the popularity accumulated during his tenure to inspire the hatred of the people of Pyongan Dao in Korea against the Manchu Tartars, and armed these people against the Qing army in the territory.

The Qing army attacked Korea several times, not to mention burning, killing and looting the local people, especially Ping'an Road, which is next to the Yalu River. Speaking of which, which family has no relatives who died at the hands of the Manchu Tartars? Therefore, the disposal made the old man raise his arms, and the people of the Korean country expressed their willingness to obey the order and kill all the Tartars in order to take revenge.

To this end, Yao Qisheng also tailor-made a slogan for these Korean people.

"Fought the Yalu River, robbed money, grain, and women!" As long as it is a Tartar thing, it is hidden outside the treasury, no matter what it is, whoever grabs it belongs to whom!

Under the double encouragement, the Korean National Army has also burst out with unprecedented combat effectiveness. Less than 20 miles after he escaped, he was caught up by the civilian army in a mountain depression, and he had no power to fight back after tens of thousands of people.

In desperation, he could only grit his teeth ruthlessly, and ordered all the foot soldiers to break off, and he led the cavalry straight to the Yalu River.

The remaining hundreds of Eight Banner Infantry knew that they would die if they stayed, but no one objected, and they must obey the military order unconditionally, otherwise their children and clansmen are likely to be implicated because of their disobedience.

Along the way, he lost his helmet and even dropped a boot in the scuffle, until the dark surface of the Yalu River appeared in front of him, and he felt like a savior. But when he looked back, there were only a few hundred people who escaped with him, and they wanted to cry without tears.

Fan Wencheng escaped together, and when he saw that Curb Pilon was still sad, he broke off and shouted: "If you don't leave, you will be chased by the Korean savages!" ”

He shuddered and shouted, "Cross the river, cross the river!" After crossing the river, we are completely safe! ”

These Eight Banners soldiers were already exhausted, and they couldn't wait to end this endless escape as soon as possible, and after hearing that the Yalu River was completely safe, they rushed to the river regardless of it.

The river was chest-deep, and the cavalry could barely pass on their horses.

The soaking wet, he climbed ashore and finally arrived at the land of Liaodong, with infinite emotion in his heart and incomparably down-to-earth.

Suddenly, the shouts of killing sounded.

Suddenly, there were fires in the night, and the secret road of Curb Bilong was over, and there were ambushes in Liaodong. Looking back, there were still nearly half of the people in the river, but he didn't dare to hesitate, in case he was surrounded by the other party on the river beach, there was only a dead end waiting for him.

He gritted his teeth and led the men who had already come ashore to whistle and gallop on horseback.

A rain of arrows fell, and dozens more fell off their horses. The ambush soldiers only shouted for a while, did not pursue, but only swarmed to the bank of the river, and annihilated all the flag soldiers who could not reach the shore in the water.

Ji Bilong looked back and saw that Fan Wencheng was riding two steps behind him on his horse, and he actually followed closely.

"Mr. Fan, you have an idea, what should I do now?" Suppilon shouted loudly.

"Go back to Shengjing and warn the regent! Sakha is no longer back! ”

After hearing this, Suppilon was silent, how could he open this mouth? He also knew that he was completely finished, and there was no room for defeated generals in the Eight Banners.

Seeing Fan Wencheng and Kupilon, who fled back to Shengjing in embarrassment, the emperor's uncle regent Dolgon was shocked and angry, and after listening to the report of the two people, he refused to believe it.

After seven days of waiting, the exact news reached Shengjing, and Sakha's army was completely annihilated by the Han River, and Sakha himself died under the fire of the Ming army. In retaliation, the Joseon lord Min Kwang-hoon cut off Sakha's head, cooked it in a large pot of sea salt, and sent him back to Shengjing.