When the flotilla from the north came closer, it was a false alarm, and it turned out to be the Haidong Navy Division from Pyongyang.

The Japanese are good at naval warfare, but not land warfare. The naval division of Goryeo can be handed over to them to deal with, and the capture of Ganghwa Island must be carried out by the Haedong army in person. In fact, even if the Japanese are good at land warfare, Deng She will never let them land on Ganghwa Island for half a step, if they occupy this island and use it as a stronghold, it will be troublesome in the future.

There were more than 30 ships from Haidong, all of which were large sea ships of one or two thousand stones, and they carried more than 1,000 soldiers in total.

The general who led the team met with Liu Yang, although the two were not a system, but they knew each other, but they were in wartime, and they didn't have time to talk about the old days, so they briefly exchanged the situation, one led the team to attack Ganghwa Island, and the other led the Japanese naval division to continue to fight with the Li army, and patrolled the coast, responsible for the security of the sea area.

In the days that followed.

The Haedong infantry successfully captured Ganghwa Island, and the Japanese naval army found two other garrisons of the Goryeo naval division, and fought two more fierce naval battles. As Shiro Nagano said, the Goryeo sailors had no fighting spirit, and less than half of the ships were sunk, and the rest were all surrendered. The coast of Wangjing, Goryeo, fell under the control of Haedong.

The Japanese people were killed to the head of the rise, and it was difficult to change the nature of the Japanese invaders, and one of the Nagano Shiro even landed on land, captured two coastal counties, and plundered them.

This is a later story, and there is no need to mention it.

The good news of the navy army spread to Pyongyang one by one, and the good news of the foot soldiers also followed.

Nam-Goryeo Wanggyeong, the two counties of Goguryeo, one is Kaesong and the other is Songak-gun. Goryeo Taejo's hometown was in Songak, and in the year after the founding of the country, he moved the capital here, spanning two counties, and changed it to Kaeju. In the eleventh year of Guangzong, it was renamed the imperial capital. In the fourteenth year of Seongjong, it was renamed Kaesongfu.

In the first year of Xianzong, the Khitan invaded, and the Kaesong Mansion was fired, and the palace and houses were all destroyed. Subsequently, after several dynasties of Goryeo, most of the existing palaces and buildings were rebuilt. After the Mong Yuan, the monarchs of Goryeo no longer called themselves emperors, but all changed to kings, and the imperial capital naturally became Wangjing.

There are many counties under the jurisdiction of Wang Jing, and more than a dozen surrounding prefectures and counties have been allocated to the direct government, called "Gyeonggi". The so-called "Ji" refers to the place where the neighboring national capital is, "Fang Qianli is Wangji". The scope of Wang Jing's county is not as big as a thousand miles, and there are still one or two hundred miles, and the place is not small.

Cho sent several good news to Pyongyang, reporting several victories in the course of the war against the Gyeonggi region.

Wang Jing is built according to the mountain, there are many mountains such as Fengming Mountain, Tianmo Mountain, Centipede Mountain and so on before and after, surround the circumferential side, face the Licheng River in the west, the terrain is precipitous, the mountains and rivers are combined, it is easy to defend and difficult to attack. Although Zhao Guobu appeared like a divine soldier descending from heaven, after all, he was not a real heavenly soldier and a general, and it was difficult to break the city in a short time.

Therefore, as early as the military meeting before their departure, Deng She had already brainstormed and decided on a combat plan of "first removing its wings, cutting off its foreign aid, isolating its city, and then launching the three armies and attacking together".

So far, the implementation of this plan is going well.

Wang Jing went west, as far as the border counties along the sea, and all of them had fallen into the hands of the Haidong army. On the east side of Wangjing, the Haidong army also took two or three county seats, and with the help of mountains and rivers, they built a defensive line to cut off the possible assistance of the eastern Li army. The main force of the Haidong army was on the north side of Wangjing. The Art of War: Surrounded by three ques, the four sides of Wang Jing are only vacated in the south.

Zhao Guo did not completely ignore the south of the city, and sent several teams of cavalry to do surveillance.

The Haedong army advanced by land and water, and launched a fierce attack at the same time, and the internal chaos of Goryeo Wangjing was in chaos. Wang Qi received urgent reports from Tanma several times, and he still couldn't believe it, and he was almost suspicious of his dreams. In a dignified country, the defense line on the border is so lax that the enemy has touched under his nose, and he has not yet found out!

Goryeo Royal Palace.

Wang Qi was so angry that he almost fainted, his face was pale, frightened and frightened, carrying his sword, and walking around the room. Every time he walked next to a minister, he would stop and ask, "The enemy is already ahead, what is the best plan for the minister?" None of the ministers answered him, what is the best way to do it now?

He brandished his sword and shouted, "Half of the prefectures and counties outside the city have fallen." The red thief iron horse, in the blink of an eye, seeing that Wang Jing is in danger, I have been raising soldiers for hundreds of years, at this juncture, you, you ,......" coughed excitedly, the fire rose rapidly, a mouthful of phlegm stuck in his throat, and his pale face turned red. The two attendant little eunuchs hurriedly stepped forward to help him beat his back.

It was easy to breathe easily, and he reached out and pushed the little eunuch away.

The kneeling ministers in the hall were all earth-colored, speechless, timid, sweating, and trembling. Wang Qi asked several times in a row, but couldn't get a half-sentence response. Frightened to the extreme, people will be hysterical. His horror instantly turned to anger, and he shook the sword in his hand, and he had the urge to pull it out and draw it and cut people.

It's not that no one answered, many of the talented civil and military forces in Goryeo were not in Wangjing, and some were on the eastern front, confronting Monk Li; Some are leading a naval army to fight against the Japanese on the south coast. For example, Hong Yanbo and his ilk either did not return from the mission, or only left the capital to inspect various places to prevent local chaos.

Not only are most of the elite officials not in the city, but at least half of Wang Jing's garrison army has been transferred out. There are no brave generals, and there is a lack of soldiers. And the enemy suddenly attacked, what can I do?

Jin Yong and Li Zichun have lower official ranks, and seeing that none of the senior officials in front of them answered Wang Qi's question, they took two steps forward and said loudly: "Please calm my anger." Please don't worry about me, king. In the opinion of the ministers, the attacking red thieves are no more than 10,000 people, and although the armies in our city have been transferred to the eastern front, there are still guards, squads, and tens of thousands of men and horses, which is far more than the number of red thieves.

"And I have a fortified city, and he is a guest army. The people in the king's capital can also help in the war. I have these three advantages, why worry about the red thief? Although it came with a menacing momentum, it was not terrible. As long as my king gives 5,000 men and horses to his ministers, while his foothold is not stable, he will immediately go out of the city and attack it, and he will definitely be able to make it come and go! ”

When Wang Qi asked for advice, no one answered. Jin Yong and Li Zichun fought the main battle, and some people immediately came out to oppose it.

"Never! Although there are still tens of thousands of people in our city, most of them are newly recruited pawns, and when it comes to combat strength, they are really vulnerable, and they are by no means the opponents of red thieves. It's okay not to get out of the city, barely enough for defense. Once out of the city, fight the thieves in the field. That is, with my shortness and the strength of the enemy, what is the difference between this and self-defeating? ”

"Then according to Qing's opinion, what should I do?"

"The three advantages of my three mentioned by Lord Jin and Master Li are not bad. The commander of our army is in a fortified city. The short of the red thief is in the guest army. Our city has abundant grain reserves. The current strategy is to stick to it, and we must not rush out and damage our own strength. The minister thought that as long as I, Wang Jing, could hold on for ten days and a month, the red thief would definitely retreat without a fight. ”

"Why?"

"The red thief is coming from afar, and it is difficult to supply grain and grass, this is one of them. Wang Jing is trapped, and the division of the Quartet King will come within ten months, and this is the second. ”

Another minister came out and said: "The ministers dare not agree with the words of the whole adult. ”

Wang Qi asked, "What?" ”

"Yesterday there was a military report from the coast. Haidong joined forces with the Japanese people, and a few days ago, Ganghwa Island had been captured by red thieves. Our naval division was defeated. Now, in the western seas, all the sailors of Haidong and the Japanese people, and the first-line states and counties along the coast, have all fallen into the hands of thieves. Pyongyang's supply fleet is constantly flowing, passing through the west coast, ready to replenish the enemy in front of us.

"It's not that my king doesn't know about these situations. May I ask my king, how should Wang Jing hold on to such a situation? ”

"Fight, don't fight. Guard, can't be kept. ”

Wang Qi finally couldn't bear his anger, drew his sword out of its sheath, and slashed it on the pillar on the main hall. He was so pampered that he didn't have much strength, and after a few swords in succession, he was already out of breath and sweating profusely, and he didn't know if he was tired, angry, or frightened.

He carried his sword, forced his eyes on the ministers, and asked, "If you don't let you fight, you can't defend it." What should I do? What should I do? ”

The ministers made eye contact with each other, and the man who had just answered mustered up his courage and said, "The minister thinks that the best policy is to go." ”

In previous years, due to the attack of the Japanese invaders, approaching Gyeonggi, Wang Jing had several martial law, and when it was critical, Wang Qi did not have the intention of escaping into Ganghwa Island. But just gone? It's unwilling. What's more, now that Ganghwa Island has fallen into the hands of Haidong, where can you go?

"You can go to Hanyang Mansion."

Hanyang, i.e. Seoul. To the south of Wangjing. During the reign of Hyeonjong of Goryeo, the Khitans attacked, and Hyeonjong was once unable to escape Hanyang, and was promoted to Nanjing, as a temporary capital and accompanying capital, and Pyongyang, Pyongyang, and Gyeongju, Tokyo, and called "Little Sanjing". Later, Gyeongju canceled the Kyung, but Hanyang has not changed as a companion.

Wang Qiliang was speechless for a long time.

The ministers did not dare to come out, and there was a death-like silence. Outside the hall, the light rain is misty, the spring breeze blows the trees, and the leaves rustle. Through the leaves, you can vaguely see that in the bamboo forest in the distance, a raised crane, strolling along the shore of the pond, leisurely pecking at the white feathers, chirping.

Wang Qi suddenly felt a sense of sadness, his anger, his helplessness, and his former ambitions, just like that, all disappeared at once, disappeared without a trace.

The slanting wind and drizzle, the spring is getting stronger.

He looked around blankly, and the sword in his hand fell to the ground. He heard the crane chirping, and he closed his eyes and smelled the flowers in the garden. He has a good name for flowers, and he divides them, this is the fragrance of Jindalai, and it is the camellia. It is the apricot blossom that falls with the wind, and the light one is the gentleman's orchid in the water.

He struggled to raise his head, not wanting his courtiers to see it, and two tears flowed down his face. This is the ninth year that he has ascended to the throne, and in less than a year, he has lost half of his country, and now, even Wang Jing is difficult to keep. If this momentum continues, perhaps, he will not have another next year.

He muttered to himself, he suddenly thought of a Tang poem, and he recited softly: "When I feel the tears, I hate the birds." ”

The ministers in the palace all looked ashamed. In the eyes of Jin Yong, Li Zichun and others, tears came out of their eyes, regardless of civilian, official and military generals, knocking their heads and kowtowing. Jin Yong raised his head and said: "The minister is not talented, but I have the grace of my king, and I have been promoted." Now that he is a popular thief, he has no solution, and he is really ashamed of my king. Please use a three-foot sword to lead 5,000 soldiers, that is, to go out of the city as the vanguard of my king, fight a decisive battle with the thief, and protect my king out of the city. ”

The cannon rang out at the head of the city, like thunder.

A eunuch crawled with a roll, rubbed the muddy water all over his body, ignored it, and broke into the palace: "King! The big thing is not good, the North City Gate, the North City Gate, the North City Gate Red Thieves are on the offensive suddenly, and they are about to break! ”

Jin Yong stood up: "My king, please prepare quickly, and the minister will send you out of the city."

In a hurry, the word "you" was spoken. The ministers, including Wang Qi, did not notice. Li Zichun jumped up and grabbed the vanguard.

On the eve of the destruction of the city, Wang Qi calmed down, he picked up the sword that fell on the ground in a hurry, and handed it to Jin Yong: "Take this sword alone, and the garrison in the city will be under your command." …… Li Qing, you don't have to go, immediately order Qi to inspect and defend the army, and be ready to go out of the city with Gu at any time. ”

Jin Yong took the sword, turned around and waited, and collided head-on with another eunuch who came to report the news.

He dodged two steps and stood firm. The eunuch fell to the ground, and before he had time to get up, he cried out in a trembling voice: "My lord, something is wrong! ......, South City Gate, South City Gate. ”

"How's the South Gate?"

"There is a red thief on the sea in the west, and I don't know when, they surrounded the south city gate!"

The city gates are surrounded on all sides, and it is difficult to fly with wings. Everyone knew in their hearts that this was a harbinger of Haidong's imminent general attack. Jin Yong and Li Zichun were not afraid of danger, saluted Wang Qi and his party, and walked out of the hall in great strides. Since the city gate was besieged, a bloody path was struck. In the hearts of both of them, they secretly made up their minds that the time had come to repay the king's kindness.

"Wait for you, and then retreat. Go back to your home and get ready to go out of the city with Lone. ”

Wang Qi calmly watched the courtiers kneel and retreat, he secretly wiped away his tears, and said to the little eunuch who was accompanying him: "Go to the back palace, inform the queen, and say that Gu wants to go to Hanyang to have a look, and ask her to prepare quickly." ......, you, if you want to go with Lone, go and prepare to pack up as soon as possible. ”

"The king,......" The little eunuch choked up.

"What are you crying about? Hanyang is a good place, with beautiful mountains and rivers, you must have never been there. Here is music, why Sishu? Ha ha. ”

Wang Qi lifted his shirt and turned around to sit on the throne. Several eunuchs went out to report to the queen and concubines, and there was no one else in the vast and dark hall except him.

He sat dumbfounded for a while, looking at the bamboo forest and cranes, and listening to the sound of rain. The cool breeze of Xi Xi blew into the hall in bursts, bringing in the fragrance of flowers. He began to involuntarily reminisce about the past, the years of which were churning out from the dusty corners of the past. He suddenly realized that he had never seemed to be at such a leisurely time.

When he was a teenager, he stayed in the Yuan Palace; At the age of twenty, ascended to the throne. I work hard every day, and I can't even sleep at night. At the end of the day, what did you get? Goryeo Buddhism is very prosperous, and at the beginning of his accession to the throne, he imitated the national teacher system of Mengyuan and appointed a monk as a royal teacher, which was quite influenced by Buddhism.

His unfocused eyes pierced through the rain curtain and floated under the firmament, above the earth. He reminisced about the past, and he was not confused. What he fought for, what he fought for, what he had, and everything he wanted to have, seemed to be ethereal at this moment, "like a dream bubble, like dew and electricity".

Suddenly, he smiled to himself, as if he was laughing at himself, as if he had seen through the three thousand red dust. He casually played the huqin by the throne, put it on his cocked legs, and played the strings. The sound of the huqin, grumbling and sad, came out of the hall and mixed into the rain.

There was silence, and the sound of the piano was desolate.

He played the huqin all day, from morning to night. During this period, he received three military reports from outside the palace, and the first time, Jin Yong was killed. The second time, shortly after Li Zichun took over the command of Jin Yong, he was also killed. The third time, the defenders mutinied, and someone opened the north gate and put in Haidong's army.

Thousands of troops entered the city, and came by night, and boundless torches poured into the palace.

The guards, eunuchs, and maids in the palace escaped completely. Soon, a vanguard of hundreds of people rushed into the main hall. Torches, armor, blood, excitement, and the sound of rain and flowers. Hundreds of knives and guns, flashing with cold light, surrounded him in the center.

He is clothed in royal robes, and he is afraid of the throne? He didn't know. His hands were trembling, but the music of the huqin was still ringing stubbornly. Perhaps, this is the only thing he has left, the self-esteem of the king, right?

In the Haidong Army, a man jumped out, dressed in the uniform of a pawn, and several hundred household officials were respectful to him. He stood tall in front of the king of Goryeo and shouted, "Ah! The king of thieves, let you hear clearly, the one who captured you today, under the command of General Haidong, and the pawn Guo Conglong is also. ”

Yes, Guo Conglong Hengge jumped, and was the first to rush to the head of Wang Jingcheng. After the battle, he took out the arrows in his body, and the arrow clusters weighed several catties.

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1, Huqin.

i.e. erhu.