Chapter 356: Huang Taiji invades the peninsula and plunders
Nurhachi ordered Emperor Taiji and Amin to attack Korea.
Since Huang Taiji's white flag was replenished with the Sauron and the savage Jurchens, his strength increased from 2,500 after the war to 7,500.
It will also mean that each veteran of Huang Taiji's Zhengbai Banner has two recruits, and after more than half a year of devilish training, the average combat effectiveness is no longer weaker than before the war, because his recruits have better physique than veterans.
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Both the Sauron and the savage Jurchens used to be hunters in a race against wild beasts, climbing mountains and mountains as if walking on flat ground, their legs were not weak and they were not panting, and with a little formal training, they were strong soldiers.
Amin's blue flag had 6,000 troops at this time, and only 2,800 were left after the Liaoshen War, and 3,200 Koreans were replenished to cover the coats, which was the same as the pre-war strength, because the quality of the new recruits was unsatisfactory, and the combat power was much lower than before the war.
When there were many soldiers, this time he did not dare to attack Xiong Tingbi, but attacked North Korea on the other side.
At the time of Sarhu, the DPRK was not resolute, and only sent a few soldiers and horses with no will to fight to support Liu Ling, but as a result, they sat back and watched Liu Wei be surrounded and annihilated, and all of them laid down their arms and surrendered to Nurhachi.
The king of Joseon, Li Hui, abdicated next year in history, and after the new monarch took office, Amin invaded Korea and forced the new monarch to sue for peace.
Perhaps due to the butterfly effect caused by Wang Hongyu's crossing, the invasion of Houjin was advanced, and it was the invasion of the forces of the two banners of Huang Taiji and Amin, which caused Li Hui, the tyrant, to experience this great change before abdicating.
This person is not the king's material at all, and the Korean soldiers and horses are also negligent in training, and the vacancies account for more than half. The Minister of Civil Affairs and Military Affairs was also overwhelmed, and the Houjin Army of the two banners easily defeated the so-called border guards and reached Gyeonggi Province in 5 days. As soon as the elite of the capital engaged, it was completely dispersed, and the Houjin army was like a bamboo, and it drove straight in.
The most infuriating thing is that the Houjin army is still half a day's way away from the city, and the defenders actually abandoned the city and fled, leaving hundreds of people to be captured, and all the food and equipment in the warehouse became the spoils of Jiannu.
Originally, the strength of North Korea was several times that of Jiannu, and when they saw the arrival of the Jiannu army, they scattered and fled for their lives.
North Korea's soldiers and horses are vulnerable, and the exchange ratio of Houjin is more than 1:100.
It's a pity that Mao Wenlong's thousands of Ming troops, in order to leave more time for North Korea to prepare, launched several sneak attacks, and also counterattacked the Liaodong region of Jiannu.
As a result, Nurhachi and Huang Taiji had already prepared, and the Korean army was vulnerable again and did not contain the Houjin soldiers and horses, so Mao Wenlong suffered great losses, and the place taken back by the counterattack was taken away by the enemy.
Li Hui also asked Mao Wenlong for help more than a dozen times, but there were spies in the messenger, and he reported the location of Mao Wenlong's army to Huang Taiji and Fan Wencheng.
As a result, Mao Wenlong's troops were repeatedly attacked by surprise attacks, dragged down by the North Korean army, and not only lost all the base areas west of the Yalu River, but finally retreated to Phi Dao. Only half of the Ming troops who retreated to the island remained, and most of them were wounded, so it was not easy to return to the pre-war situation.
Jiannu fought all the way to the capital city of Pyongyang, and there were still more than 10,000 troops in the city, seeing two or three thousand Jiannu looting everywhere, no general dared to go out of the city to rescue the people.
Until Jiannu drove tens of thousands of people and drove away safely with a cart full of grain. For the cries for help and wails of the people outside the city, nearly 10,000 troops defending the city are still indifferent, and many of them are still their relatives!
Houjin robbed a large amount of grain and people, solved the grain for the next 2 years, and captured more than 100,000 people as coated slaves.
The place where Huang Taiji focused on plundering this time was the grain-producing area of the western plains and hills, and the entire Gyeonggi Province was empty of ten rooms and nine empty, with grain, ploughing cattle, donkeys and mules, pigs, sheep, chickens and ducks, and even horse-drawn carriages, trolleys, and wheelbarrows.
Many of the old, weak, sick and disabled were killed, and the Jiannu even took away their children, as well as light farm tools and cooking utensils. Jiannu did not set fire to the houses, presumably in order to facilitate the migration from the mountainous areas, and continued to produce food for them and store the young and strong.
Huang Taiji and Fan Wencheng had already designed that North Korea was the supply base for Jiannu's grain and soldiers, and leeks could only be cut, not roots, and if they were dug up, no leeks would grow out.
When the Jiannu army entered the court, Mao Wenlong sent scouts to send a letter to Guangning, and Zhang Shenwu, who monitored the movement of the Jiannu army, had already informed Wang Huazhen with carrier pigeons, and even Jiannu dispatched two banners, about 13,000 troops, and clearly reported to Wang Huazhen.
Wang Huazhen, who was stationed in Guangning, had tens of thousands of troops under him, and at this time he was even more anxious and wanted to take advantage of the "emptiness" of Jiannu's troops to launch an attack.
He didn't believe what Mao Wenlong and Zhang Shenwu said at all, and Jiannu only dispatched two flags.
In his opinion, if Jiannu wants to defeat North Korea, even if he dispatches all the more than 60,000 Eight Banner soldiers, he may not be able to defeat it.
Korea has always been a defensive country, during the Sui and Tang dynasties, there were five emperors who waged war against Goguryeo, and in the end they lost money and labor, and only Li Shimin defeated him, which was also a pain in the bones.
Jiannu only dispatched two flags to take down North Korea? Wang Huazhen won't believe it if she is killed, is Nurhachi more powerful than Li Shimin, Yang Jian, and Yang Guang?
In fact, he is only good at recruiting troops and buying horses, and he doesn't understand military affairs at all. Nurhachi and Huang Taiji are very good at field ambushes, just waiting for Wang Huazhen to come.
At the same time, Wang Huazhen sent someone to find the carrier pigeon station of the bald old Tan and sent a flying letter to urge Zhang Shenwu to counterattack Shenyang.
Zhang Shenwu saw Nurhachi's strategy, and knew that the Eight Banners had only sent two flags to dispatch, and there was less than half of the main force at all, and the rest had already been pocketed, waiting for Wang Huazhen to take the bait, and also waiting for Zhang Shenwu to come out of the mountains.
This is a strategy used by Nurhachi and Huang Taiji to lure the enemy into depth, Nurha has long known that Wang Huazhen is Yuan Yingtai's second, and he really wants to give Wang Huazhen an ambush battle to solve the main force of the Ming Dynasty in Liaoxi in one battle.
When Wang Hongyu withdrew from the southwest, Liaoxi was already his Nurhachi's world, and Wang Hongyu had the ability to reach the sky, and in the face of Shanhaiguan, which was pressed by the Houjin soldiers, he could only call in vain.
Zhang Shenwu did not hesitate to use five flying pigeons to pass the book, and analyzed in detail that the attack at this time was the middle plan.
Do everything possible to persuade Wang Huazhen not to be impulsive.
Wang Huazhen was strongly dissuaded by Xiong Tingbi, but in the end he was not fooled.
But he was furious and began to resent Xiong Tingbi and Zhang Shenwu.
The famous historical discord between the government and the government happened again.
It was still Wang Huazhen who targeted Xiong Tingbi first.
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After the large-scale raid of Korea, Huang Taiji met unexpected "guests." ”
The Dutch people happened to go north from Nagasaki to reconnoiter the waters of the Bohai Sea and North Korea, and happened to find that the Houjin had plundered Korea on a large scale as if it were no one.
hit it off like this, and got on the line with Huang Taiji's side.
Huang Taiji didn't think there was anything special about these red-haired pirates at first, but Fan Wencheng's eyes flashed with a treacherous light, and he sensed the strength of the Dutch ships.
It just so happened that the Dutch had some Ronin on board.
All three parties felt that they could expand their cooperation.