Chapter 0983 - Sending troops to North Korea

He Kegang did not have any opinion on the emperor's arrangement, and resolutely implemented it, and at that time, Man Gui strongly agreed! Although he has been fighting guerrillas far away from the Ming Dynasty, there are not many people in the Ming Dynasty who are more loyal to the imperial court than Man Gui.

For Man Gui, Chongzhen Emperor Zhu Youzhen is also very relieved, this person who died once for the Ming Dynasty in the original history, in this life, the emperor wants to let Man Gui gain more trust. For a general, being able to independently lead a war that is related to the fate of the country is the greatest trust.

The life of the Joseon king Yi Ju was the saddest, he once climbed to the south gate of Namhansan Fortress, and saw the Qing army under the city, and couldn't help but sigh. The Qing army raised the white flag at Mochizuki Peak and wrote the word "surrender", and sent a letter to Renzu, ordering him to surrender out of the city. Renzu replied to the book "The siege is not solved, and the emperor is angry", so he can't go out of the city to ask for surrender, "The ancients had people who worshipped the Son of Heaven in the city, and the cover was not abolished, and the might of the soldiers was also terrible and ......." Seeing that the Korean side was still entangled in the details of the surrender out of the city, the impatient Huang Taiji ordered the city to be attacked with artillery, preparing to storm Ganghwa Island.

The 20,000 Central Imperial Forest Army of Phi Dao Mangui and He Kegang arrived at Ganghwa Island under the transportation of 10,000 officers and soldiers of the Daming Naval Division, 200 building ships and warships, and 20 all-ironclad ships! The 30,000 horses are all armed by the central lineage, all of them are the personal soldiers of the Chongzhen Emperor Zhu Youzhen, and the battle against the Manchu Qing Dynasty in Korea, the Chongzhen Emperor Zhu Youzhen took out half of the family funds! The remaining half, it's not that he is reluctant to take it out, he wants to keep a little bit first, the Central Plains anti-people have not been completely let go by him, Chongzhen Emperor Zhu Youzhen is ready to rise again.

Rumble! Rumble! Rumble! Rumble! Rumble! Rumble!

The Manchus attacked Ganghwa Island in a big way, and they were not worried about breaking the city, at least for the time being. But if Ganghwa Island is breached. The blood of the Joseon royal family is completely broken! Li Liang's tears came out. Seeing that the Qing army was strong, it was ready to surrender.

Huang Taiji saw that the Korean monarchs and ministers were seeking peace, and had no fighting spirit, so he forced him to surrender and ordered the Qing army to surround the mountain city of Nanhan, cut down the wood fence, and garrison around the city, and cut off the grain and grass in the mountain city. had to kill horses to satisfy hunger. The armies of King Qin were also defeated by the Qing army, and the Korean monarchs and ministers were trapped in a lonely city.

Huang Taiji sent Zierharang to guard Shenyang, Azig and Abatai to guard the mouth of the Liao River to contain the Ming army, and Huang Taiji personally led the Qing army of 120,000 to invade Korea. Huang Taiji ordered Dolgon and Haoge to divide the left wing of Manchuria and Mongol soldiers, and entered the Changshan Pass from Kuandian; Hebu Chengzheng Ma Futa and others led 300 troops to raid Hanyang City, the capital of the Joseon king, and Duoduo, Yue Tuo and others led thousands of soldiers and horses to respond. Huang Taiji and Dai Shan led other armies and horses to attack Korea. Mafuta, Duoduo and other troops defeated the defenders of Hanyang, and the Joseon royal family moved to Ganghwa Island to take refuge, while he himself retreated to Namhansan Fortress. Subsequently, the main force of the Qing army crossed the Zhenjiang River and occupied Guoshan City, and Dingzhou and Anzhou surrendered without a fight. The Qing army crossed the Imjin River to capture Hanyang when it was frozen. Rendezvous to besiege Namhansan Fortress.

When the defenders from all over Korea saw that the king was besieged, they came to their aid. But it was defeated by the Qing army one after another. In the first month of 1637 (the second year of Chongdeok), the Qing army defeated reinforcements from Jeolla Province and Chungcheong-do.

Rumble! Rumble! Rumble! Rumble! Rumble! Rumble! Rumble! Rumble! Rumble!

"Holy Lord, look, it's the Ming Army! It's the Ming Army! The Qing army was beaten and fled. The ministers around Li Qi shouted in surprise.

Li Liang looked around, and sure enough, he saw the red flag with a five-pointed star, and the Daming warship with the dragon flag, the battleship was like a mountain, especially the twenty ironclad ships, when facing the medium-sized building ships of the Qing army, it was like adults beating children, and the Azig and Abatai tribes were beaten in all directions, and they gave up the burning wooden boats to land.

"Yes, there is salvation!" Li Qi shouted in a lost voice.

Huang Taiji and Dolgon, who were personally commanding the siege of Nanhan Mountain City, were shocked, and they didn't expect that the firepower of the Ming Dynasty was already so powerful? The 200 warships were as if they were invincible, presenting a circular offensive, bombarding indiscriminately behind the Eight Banners Army.

"Dolgon, you hurry up and take three thousand iron horsemen to meet and suspend the attack on Namhansan Fortress!" Huang Taiji decisively ordered, the artillery of the Ming Dynasty was mighty, but he was not so alarmed, the mountain city of Nanhan was already in his mouth, he was bound to win, and this battle would not hesitate to pay a price.

Dorgon hurried to get his orders.

Man Gui laughed and said, "The Great Ming Water Master is so powerful? Break all the ice surface of the Imjin River for me to prevent the Qing army's iron cavalry from attacking Juehua Island, as long as Juehua Island is in our hands, this battle will be fought! ”

"Yes! Checkmate! "Although the navy and the army are of the same level, but Man Gui has been in Korea for many years, since the Chongzhen Emperor Zhu Youzhen changed history, he has been taking over Mao Wenlong's position in North Korea, fighting guerrillas in the area of Phi Dao, at this time the 10,000 Imperial Forest Army in his hands is not worse than He Kegang, Cao Wenzhao and Sun Chuanting, and Lu Xiangsheng's Imperial Forest Army, so Man Gui is the commander-in-chief of the Korean War.

Li Liang burst into tears with excitement, and when he saw that the ice surface of the Imjin River was broken, he was half relieved, at least the palace was saved, his concubines and princes, and the minister's family.

Huang Taiji's eyes burst with rage, "All the ministries listen to the order and continue to besiege Namhan Mountain City!" ”

Just now he gave the order to suspend the attack on Nanhan Mountain City, and now he has ordered a strong attack, Huang Taiji is obviously a little superior, and Da Yu'er and Fan Wencheng around him don't know whether to persuade or not.

Man Gui snorted coldly, "He Kegang, you lead the headquarters and navy to occupy the Imjin River, and Juehua Island will be handed over to you, and I will take people to reinforce the mountain city of Namhan, and I can't let the king of Korea be captured." ”

He Kegang was not as qualified as Man Gui, and Man Gui was the commander-in-chief, so his tone was very humble, "Lord Man, I know that your subordinates are brave and good at fighting, but you haven't seen the power of the Chongzhen-style rifle newly issued by my men, and you are the commander-in-chief, let me go to reinforce Nanhan Mountain City, and I will have experience in defending the city." ”

Man Gui nodded, "It's okay, I'll leave it to you, the emperor called, only win and not lose, Daming took out all the belongings this time, let us fight a war of attrition with Jiannu, and fight all the people in North Korea, and all the people in Jiannu." ”

He Kegang nodded, let the fleet close to the shore, after many naval battles, the landing operations of the Ming Army were also very proficient.

After Azig and Abatai joined the Dolgon troops who came to respond, they gathered 20,000 troops again, all of which were heavily armed iron horses, strong crossbows and iron shields, which could be called the king's army in the era of cold weapons, but in the face of He Kegang's department, the 10,000 army troops newly equipped with 5,000 Chongzhen-style rifles did not even have the strength to fight back!

The power of five thousand Chongzhen-style rifles is overwhelming, this is the first time that Da Ming has a complete division-level establishment is full firearms equipment, which is completely different from the three-eyed gun, Man Gui's tears can be seen, he didn't expect Da Ming to be so powerful, "Da Ming is different, Da Ming is really different, fight well, give me a hard fight against these dog-raised Jiannu." ”

Huang Taiji saw that he couldn't do it, and urgently ordered the troops to be withdrawn! This was the second time he ordered the troops to be collected, "to hold the fence and dig the trenches." ”

After being bombed several times by Emperor Chongzhen Zhu Youzhen, Jiannu's tactical literacy and Huang Taiji's command are also making rapid progress, and the use of red-coated cannons and the prevention of Daming firearms have been greatly improved.

As He Kegang's troops broke through the siege, the Mangui troops were stationed by the river, and Jiannu also passively changed the siege and formed a state of confrontation.

The 20,000 army of the Ming Dynasty did not have the strength to repel the Jiannu, and the Jiannu army did not have the strength to drive away the 20,000 army of the Ming Dynasty.

Li Liang personally greeted He Kegang, and He Kegang's army entered the mountain city of Nanhan.

"The general has worked hard." The king of Joseon, Yi Liang, performed a courtesy, which was already considered a courtesy of the same level. The ministers of the DPRK saluted Ri with a courtesy.

He Kegang smiled slightly, "North Korea has a population of five million and an army of more than 200,000, why was it forced into this field by Jiannu?" Your king ousted your brother from power, and did not get the approval of the Ming court, and now the Ming court wants to take back the delegation of power to North Korea and change it to a province directly governed by the Ming court! (To be continued......)