The scouts sent out by the Korean soldier Cao Jushu ran back a few hours later on a fast horse with joy.

At the same time, he brought great good news - the Ming army was rushing towards this side.

After learning that the Ming army had arrived and driven the Qing army away, the Korean soldiers and civilians in the city of Nanhan Mountain breathed a sigh of relief, and Li Hao hurriedly asked the attendants to clean and dress himself in order to welcome the Ming king's division, and then took the civil and military officials and the army in the city down the mountain to greet him.

Li Hao knew very well in his heart that if he wanted to keep his position and save the country from being invaded by the Tartars, he had to hug the thighs of the Ming Dynasty King Shi tightly, so when he saw Su Fu and Chen Zhaojun, Li Hao looked very respectful and enthusiastic.

Regardless of his image as the monarch of North Korea, he personally dismounted to meet Su Fu, and despite Su Fu's prevention, he took the initiative to step forward and hold the reins of Su Fu's war horse, and said:

"The king and the master worked tirelessly to save my country, and the king of the small country was grateful, and he should have thanked him with a generous gift, but the Tartars were so brutal that Seoul was destroyed, and I asked the kingdom to avenge my Korean people......"

Su Fu can be regarded as seeing this, Li Hao put down his body so respectfully, didn't he just want to borrow the sword of the Ming Dynasty to kill the Qing army for them, he was clear in his heart, there were no waves on his face, and said:

"Your Highness, we are waiting for the order of His Royal Highness the Prison State to rush to the aid of North Korea, since it is to rescue the Korean people who are suffering under the iron hooves of Hu Lu, you don't need to do this."

The two were polite again, and when the army reached the outskirts of Seoul, the Koreans couldn't help but cry and mourn when they looked at the city, which was mostly reduced to white ruins.

Then, Li Hao ordered to enter the city to search for survivors, and sent officials to the southern provinces to order King Qin's army to assemble outside Seoul.

Although he looked very calm on the outside, Su Fu could clearly see that his eyes were red, and his hands hidden under his sleeves were still trembling slightly.

Su Fu was silent, and did not let his subordinates participate in the search, but set up camp in the north of Seoul, while sending scouts to follow the trail of the Qing army's retreat all the way to check the whereabouts of the Qing army.

After a day of searching, the North Korean officers and soldiers who had searched in Seoul returned one after another, and the reports they brought back were regrettable: there was not a single survivor in the city except for roaming wild beasts, and the streets were full of the corpses of people who had been burned and hacked to death, and many of the corpses still had traces of being eaten by wild beasts.

The whole city is like hell, filled with an atmosphere of hopelessness and oppression.

The only good news is that the palace complex where the Joseon monarchs lived was not affected by the fire because it was far from the residential area, and only a few buildings on the periphery were damaged, and the rest were still intact.

However, the interior of these palaces has been damaged in various ways, those valuable objects have been robbed, murals and other things that cannot be taken away are directly destroyed, and the portraits of the Korean kings hanging in the temple have been thrown on the ground and trampled, which is terrible to see.

After seeing the tragic situation in the temple, Li Hao's blood surged, and immediately spit out a mouthful of blood, North Korea is deeply influenced by Chinese culture, and naturally pays attention to filial piety, and during his reign, the temple that symbolizes the ancestors was destroyed, and this impact is a little lighter than the ancestral tomb of the Zhu Ming royal family in Fengyang excavated by the rebels during the Chongzhen period. Even if he was a king of a small country and a widow, Li Hao still had his blood in his heart, and when he saw that the Taimiao, which symbolized his ancestors, was destroyed by the barbaric Tartars, he was furious and vowed to make the Tartars pay.

But he also knew that he didn't have enough strength to take revenge on the Tartars, so he turned to the Ming army for help, hoping to let the Ming army avenge himself.

For this reason, after ordering people to simply repair several major palaces, Li Hao gritted his teeth and took out some sumptuous delicacies and wine, and selected some bewitching and beautiful dancing girls, and feasted Su Fu, Chen Zhaojun and a group of officers in Gyeongbokgung Palace.

Receiving the invitation of the Korean monarch, Su Fu and the others naturally had no reason to refuse, they gladly accepted it, and were escorted by the guards into the desolate Seoul and went to the palace.

At night, Seoul was barely regained a little vitality because of the move in of the North Korean soldiers and civilians who had taken refuge in Namhansan Fortress, and the buildings on the side of the street that were not affected by the fire could still see the sporadic fires, and the North Korean officers and soldiers in loose armor patrolled the streets in groups, muttering complaining words.

Su Fu looked at this scene as if it was a scene after the end of the world, and even more contemptuous of Li Hao, who was still holding a banquet in this situation, and said to Chen Zhaojun beside him: "The country is in danger of survival, but the monarch of North Korea still holds a banquet, drunk and dreams of death, how can such a monarch govern a country well?" ”

Chen Zhaojun chuckled, with a deeply appreciative expression on his face, and echoed: "I went to North Korea last year with Lord Wu, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, and I have seen the various states of the Korean people before the war. ”

"In such a country, is it necessary for me to pay the lives of my soldiers to help them resist the Tartars?"

Su Fu raised the question in his heart, and Chen Zhaojun listened to the words and explained to him: "North Korea is located in the east of the Bohai Sea, although it is a small country with widows and poor resources, but its geographical location is important.

Whether it was the Battle of Baekgangkou in the Tang Dynasty or the Renjin Rebellion in the reign of Emperor Shenzong, the Japanese invaders intended to occupy Korea and then plot against China, which shows the importance of Korea. ”

"If they are ambitious, I will definitely not let them have a chance to plot against China." Su Fu clenched his fists and said in an unquestionable tone.

Chen Zhaojun didn't speak, although his vision was dim at this time, he could still see the resolute look on Su Fu's face.

The two quickly put an end to the topic, because the palace complex of the Joseon Dynasty was already close to them, and perhaps it was the siege of Namhansanseong that had left a huge psychological shadow on the Joseon monarch, and the five guards of the Joseon Forbidden Army were deployed around the palace and were extremely heavily guarded.

If it weren't for the belief that the North Koreans didn't have the courage to attack them and set up a Hongmen feast, they would even suspect that the North Koreans were trying to lure them to the door and then kill them.

The arrival of Su Fu and others caused a sensation at the banquet, and the Korean monarchs and ministers led by Li Hao were full of enthusiasm and respect for these Ming generals.

As Li Hao personally raised his glass to worship the direction of Nanjing City in the west, the banquet officially began, and the sound of silk and bamboo and musical instruments inside and outside the palace was endless, and those dancers who were only dressed in wisps and had beautiful faces danced to the accompaniment of music.

The Korean monarchs and ministers couldn't help but smile and be fascinated by their dancing postures, and Li Hao took the lead in clapping to the beat, no longer seeing the embarrassment they had when they were trapped in the mountain fortress of Namhan a day ago.

Su Fu watched this scene like a bystander, and a feeling of sadness rose in his heart, the people outside were displaced and suffering from the war, and the princes and princes were still enjoying themselves.

Just like the poem that Du Fu once wrote-Zhumen wine and meat stink, and there are frozen bones on the road.

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