Chapter 496: The Political Envoy of North Korea

"Surrender! We surrendered!"

Namhan Mountain, a fast horse roared out of the mountain city, along the mountain road towards the summer military camp at the foot of the mountain, the fast horse on the back of the man was wearing a traditional Korean robe, the face was anxious, and controlled the fast horse all the way to the summer military camp.

Then, he looked at the Xia soldiers who came up and tried to stop them, and shouted out the above words in Chinese with a Jianghuai accent, and the soldiers who heard his shouting were stunned, although they did not stop their footsteps, but they still did not stop him from rushing into the camp.

After entering the camp, the North Korean panicked and dismounted, almost crawling on his knees and running towards the largest military tent in the center of the camp, shouting as he ran: "I am the envoy of the DPRK, don't open fire, we surrender, we surrender!"

He only ran a few steps before he was pushed to the ground by the rushing Xia soldiers, struggling to get up, still screaming loudly.

At this moment, an officer came out of the tent, and the officer looked at him expressionlessly, waved his hand at the soldiers who were pressing him, and said, "Let him get up, the acting general wants to see him."

When the soldier heard the news, he got up and pulled the North Korean up from the ground, and the North Korean didn't bother to thank the officer, so he hurriedly followed into the military tent, knelt directly on the ground, and kowtowed heavily to Dongfang Yang, who was sitting on the main seat, begging for surrender.

Immediately, on the third day of the ninth month of the fifteenth year of Wu'an, the Koreans took the initiative to open the city gate, and the princess Jin, the prince Li Yan and a number of courtiers led the soldiers and civilians of Shancheng to surrender to the Xia army at the foot of the mountain.

Jin's father and uncle knew that their act of establishing a war with the Xia Dynasty would be exchanged for the severe punishment of the Xia Dynasty, so they did not surrender together, and at the same time as the city gate was opened, Jin Youming and Jin Xixuan hanged themselves one after another, not only to preserve the last bit of dignity for themselves, but also to hope that they could apologize for their crimes with death and let their death draw a final end to this matter.

However, their idea was so good, after accepting the begging of the Koreans, the Xia army immediately entered the mountain city of Namhan, and found their bodies in the city, their death did not let this matter end here, in order to be able to completely control Korea, the Xia Dynasty has decided to take this opportunity to carry out a great purge of the two classes of nobles in Korea.

After the Xia army occupied the mountain fortress of Southern Han, they screened out the princes, nobles, and bureaucrats among them, and put them on ships returning to Jiangning, preparing to send them back to the country for trial.

And the rest of the people and the troops had another disposition - Dongfang Yang ordered the demolition of Namhansan Fortress on the grounds that there was no need for the continued existence of Namhansan Fortress, and the construction laborers were naturally these people.

The reason for the demolition of Namhansan Fortress is to avoid this place in the future as a place where the remnants of the forces will stubbornly resist and retreat, and this is the place where the Joseon royal family has taken refuge, and it is very likely that the Joseon royal family will not be there in the future, and it is not of much point to continue to stay.

The news of the fall of Seoul and Namhansanseong soon spread throughout Korea, and after the armies of the great families everywhere got the news, the heads of the families were all mourned, and even the imperial court, which was the backbone of the backbone, was destroyed so quickly, how could their rabble beat the wolf-like Xia army?

Realizing this, the heads of the clans in various places began to seek a new way out - they knew that continuing to be the enemy of the Xia army would only bury themselves and the entire family, but they knew that continuing to fight was a dead end, but they also had no way to negotiate peace with the Xia army.

Xia Jun's ambition for North Korea is simply Sima Zhao's heart, everyone knows, the heads of various families are just born in small countries, it does not mean that they are fools, surrendering to Xia Jun in this situation will only be eaten alive by Xia Jun, and there is not even a single hair left.

It is impossible to surrender, and they don't have that capital, so they can only continue to fight with the Xia army, but continuing to fight is also a dead end, so at first glance, it seems that they have no other way to retreat.

However, there is no endless road, these big families more or less have industries by the sea, have their own big ships, and when there is no way out on land, they are forced to look to the sea - at this time, the Xia army sailors have not yet appeared overseas in Korea, if they can escape from the waterway, maybe they can really escape.

Therefore, some people gritted their teeth and moved most of their family property onto the big ship and abandoned it directly

The inheritance accumulated over several generations took the people to the country by boat.

They didn't go much, either to the freezing province of Longquan, to join the Japanese, or to wander along the northern coastline.

Longquan Province has not been fully developed, and there are many places in its vast territory that are uninhabited, and if these North Koreans run into the mountains and forests, the Xia army will really not be able to find them.

And taking refuge in the Japanese can only be regarded as a next step, the large amount of wealth they carry will only cause the Japanese to covet, if the Japanese calculate, openly agree to take them in, and then rob them of their property, and then hand them over to the Xia people in exchange for rewards, then it will really be the end of the calf.

And drifting along the northern coastline...... It's almost a life-or-death choice.

These few people have the courage and ability to escape, and more of them still have no way to retreat, so they can only desperately look at the officials who fought side by side with them before and surrender to the Xia army, and in order to atone for their crimes, they waved the butcher knife on their heads.

After the mountain fortress of Namhan was conquered by the Xia army, in less than a month, the entire territory of Korea was basically occupied by the Xia army.

As for the Sanggyeong-do naval army that received the order to attack the Busan Military Port, they did not wait for Ang Lee's sailors, and they did not dare to attack the Busan Military Port alone, so they could only keep drifting at sea, and from time to time sent people to the shore to "buy" supplies.

The people they sent out to "buy" supplies learned that the mountain fortress of Namhan had been conquered by the Xia army, and that the whole court had fallen into the hands of the Xia army, so they didn't care about what they had looted, so they hurriedly returned to the ship and reported the news to the higher-ups.

When the commander of this Korean naval division got the news, he didn't believe it at first, but he also knew that his men didn't have the courage to deceive him, and there was no need to suddenly make up this lie to deceive them.

Therefore, the commander of the navy sent people to the shore to inquire about the situation, and finally confirmed the accuracy of this news - the DPRK was indeed defeated.

To be honest, after confirming the authenticity of this news, Shang Qingdao's naval commander was very confused in his heart, but at the same time, he also breathed a long sigh of relief - he was not very willing to attack the Busan Military Port, otherwise he would not have been floating on the sea.

Now that the imperial court that issued the order to them has been wiped out, there is no need for them to continue to carry out this stupid order, but at the same time, he is also a little worried that if North Korea is destroyed because of this, his power will be affected and his status will plummet.

In any case, they didn't have to carry out this order that was obviously to offend Xia Jun, and the whole fleet breathed a sigh of relief, and the sailors at the bottom didn't even hide it, and directly hugged each other and cheered, obviously glad that they had escaped.

Subsequently, the fleet returned the same way, preparing to return to Shuizhai, waiting for the Xia Dynasty to send someone to take over, on the way back, Shangqing Dao Naval Army Commander even thought of a statement in advance - he was ready to say to the Xia envoy that he was not in favor of a war with the suzerain, so he did not follow the orders of the imperial court after the war, and was afraid of being held accountable by the imperial court, so they did not dare to return to Shuizhai until the news of the victory spread.

On the other hand, as the Korean officials and armies in various places changed their banners and surrendered to the Xia army, the liquidation of the local clans was forced to be put on the agenda, and all the clans who had participated in the war against the Xia were all put on the liquidation list.

Those big families also knew their fate, they chose to resist stubbornly, fighting to the last moment, but not everyone had the courage to die, when the battle progressed, the Koreans who were afraid of being killed laid down their arms and begged for forgiveness from the Xia army.

But at this time, it was obviously too late, and all the families who participated in the war against Xia were all slaughtered, and all their family property was confiscated.

Under the iron-fisted slaughter of the Xia army, many clansmen were forced to flee incognito and fled into the mountains, these people were all killed, and they had no courage to avenge the family, and only hoped that they could survive.

……

When the news reached Jiangning, it was already the end of the fifteenth year of Wu'an, and after some fierce debate, the imperial court finally decided to abolish the dynasty

The position of King Xian, who ruled directly over Korea.

In any case, since the establishment of the Hongmu Dynasty, Korea has always been the number one loyal subject of the Celestial Empire, and even if they start a rebellion now, these ministers still can't hate.

However, they also knew that rebellion had always been an unpardonable act, and if they had been pardoned because Korea had always been the number one obedient vassal, then the other vassals would follow suit, and it would be a great blow to the majesty of the imperial court.

Therefore, although these ministers still had a little affection in their hearts, they still supported the direct rule of the imperial court over Korea.

Immediately, the imperial court drafted a decree, declaring the Korean rebellion, disobeying the suzerain, the crime is unforgivable, deposing the Korean kingdom, and changing the Dongxing Province to the Korean political envoy, Guo Zhiqi took office as usual, and remained the governor of Korea.

The Joseon prince Li Yong, the princess Kim and the Korean royal family and ministers who participated in the rebellion were tried by the three law divisions after being escorted to Jiangning, and those who committed less serious crimes were directly executed in Jiangning.

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The news of the destruction of the Korean state spread quickly, and immediately caused an uproar in the subordinate countries around the Xia Dynasty.

The kings of all countries looked at the behemoth on the continent in horror, and the aggressive desire that the Xia Dynasty gradually revealed made all countries feel a deep sense of fear.

"The Xia Dynasty, it's really terrifying, even if we sign a long-term peace treaty, we still can't let our guard down, not to mention that the Xia people don't want to die, not only the Date family of the Sendai Domain, but also the armies of other fallen forces also have weapons provided by the Xia people."

In Edo, Japan, Tokugawa Tsunyoshi, who had become the general of the Daishoi by various means, held the information sent from Korea in his hand, and his eyes were meaningfully cast to the far west, and he said so in his mouth.

Japan's War of the Fall of the Shogunate was in full swing, and the two sides that had received the weapons sold by the Xia Dynasty fought fiercely in the narrow territory of Japan, and the sound of guns and cannons continued, and the three-stage strike, which was widely used by Oda Nobunaga, was picked up again.

In addition to purchasing weapons from the Xia people, the two sides also hired veterans from the Xia Dynasty as instructors through various channels to teach the Japanese army to fight with the tactics of the Xia army - because of this, Japan's fallen battlefield gradually evolved into the tactics of lining up to shoot.

Yes, even if the Japanese army still used the arquebus that was eliminated by the Xia army, they still used the tactic of lining up to shoot, but in order to prevent any accidents when the arquebus was thrown on others during the battle, their queue was slightly looser.

Ayutthaya Dynasty, Ayutthaya City.

"The Xia Dynasty really can't hide their vicious fangs, and now they are even going to do it against their subjects." In Ayuthaya's palace, King Nalai sneered and said to his courtier, "The Xia people are really the most evil race in the world, and I can see from the time they forcibly occupied the land south of my Yegong River, they can attack even the most loyal subjects, let alone us."

"Your Majesty, what should we do then?" The palace minister looked worried.

"Let the sons and daughters prepare for war, we must be ready for war, the Burmese have submitted in shame, but we Siamese people cannot give in easily, even if we die, we must bite off a piece of meat on the Xia people!" King Nalai said viciously.

King Nalai was not alone, as the few remaining countries in Southeast Asia were filled with fear of the great powers of the north.

The Lancang Kingdom, which was closest to the north and directly bordered Guangxi, was the first to react, and the Lancang king hurriedly gathered a large number of precious gold, silver and jewelry, led by the heir, and formed a large delegation to Jiangning, hoping to show his loyalty to the Xia Dynasty.

Most of the reactions of neighboring countries were based on fear, but as the protagonist of this incident, the people in North Korea cheered.

The Korean people have been suffering from the Li clan for a long time, and they are looking forward day and night to be directly under the rule of the Xia Dynasty, at least under the rule of the Xia Dynasty, they can abolish the cumbersome taxes that have been pressed on them, and they can also turn over through scientific examinations.

Under the rule of the Li family, the domestic class in Korea had long been solidified, and the two classes of nobles became the biggest obstacle to the common people's upward climb, and after the direct rule of the Xia Dynasty, the two classes of nobles were able to be arrested

It is directly banned, and the people can also become officials through the imperial examination and climb up.

Moreover, most of the local clans were liquidated by the Xia army, and the land seized after the liquidation was distributed to the once oppressed tenants and the surrounding people, who as the biggest beneficiary, their support and loyalty to the Xia Dynasty skyrocketed.

It is no exaggeration to say that after being directly ruled by the Xia Dynasty, the living environment of the Korean people has almost undergone earth-shaking changes.